Osaka Fire Storm Deepens War Strain in Japan
Osaka, Japan's key war production center, faced a three hour bombardment by 400 to 450 Super Fortresses dropping 2 500 tons of bombs. Tokyo said fires spread through Osaka's northeast and north sections, with 50 000 displaced families sent to farms to boost food. Okinawa fighting continued with Japanese forces hemmed in a 25 mile pocket and civilians surrendering in small groups.
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Pearl Harbor
Osaka
Heart of Japan
War Industries
Japan
Tokyo
Great
Great Airfleet
Okinawa
Kyushu
Guam
11Th Air Force Liberators
Kata Oka
Shimushu
1St Marine
Oruku Peninsula
Toman
Iwo Jima
Iowa column warns Tuesday most deadly day for 1944 traffic
The state public safety department says Tuesday has been the deadliest weekday for fatal auto accidents in 1944, with a surge in youth drivers. The count overall rose to 1 564 fatalities and incidents from 15 702 in 1943, led by ages 13 to 16.
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Des Moines
State Public Safety Department
Killed When His Truck Leaves the Highway
Iowa City man Lloyd E Reynolds of Cumberore was killed in a sideswipe crash 12 miles west of town on Highway 6. J J Kapfer of Oxford driving a Mandard Oil Co truck was severely bruised. Reynolds was pinned and died from injuries while the trailer of the White Bros truck carried thousands of pounds of shelled corn.
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Iowa City
Lloyd E. Reynolds
Cumberore
Here
White Bros
J. J. Kapfer
Oxford
Mandard Oil Co
Reynolds
Beveret Srtary
Four Cent Gasoline Tax Effective July 4
Iowa motorists must pay four cents more per gallon in state gasoline tax starting July 4, according to Attorney General John M Rankin. An injunction suit in Johnson County seeking to block the one cent increase won t stop collection. Rankin said the case won t be heard in Des Moines City before June 28 and any injunction would be stayed on appeal.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Atty
John M. Rankin
Johnson County
Rankin
Jows City
Payroll Cut Planned In Wapello County
Ottumwa reports a possible payroll reduction for the last half of 1945 to address insufficient funds in the county general fund. The issue has recurred yearly. Bankers have previously backed deficits, but this year such advances are uncertain. A survey of courthouse offices will determine the final six months funding.
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Ottumwa
Wapello County
County General Fund
Divorced Couple to Share Their House
Edward H. Trebon and MacDalen Trebon were divorced after 25 years of marriage but granted the right to occupy separate quarters in their home. District Judge W. T. Evans issued the decree on Trebon's cross petition. If Mrs. Trebon leaves and later moves back she must give 30 days notice.
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Watersoo
Edward H. Trebon
MacDalen
Trebon
W. T. Evans
Fort Dodge Boys Tied to 14 Auto Thefts
Six boys ages 13 to 16 were held in connection with the thefts of 14 automobiles in Fort Dodge since April 18. Police Chief Everett Markle said the youths had admitted to the thefts.
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Fort Dodge
Everett Markle
County Group to Draft Center for Physical Exams
A group of 33 Washington county selectives left by bus and train via Burlington and St. Louis to take pre induction examinations for possible military service. The list includes Wayne Zeck, Carl Daering, Ray Martin, and 30 others from Washington Brighton Ainsworth Wellman Riverside Kalona and nearby towns.
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Washington County
Selective Service
Jefferson Barrace
Burlington
St. Louis
Wayne T. Zeck
Washington
Wesley R. Ramsey
Carl D. Daering
Ray A. Martin
Jennie G. Houseal
Brighton
Howard E. Reighard
Elliot McKinstry
Donald E. Stout
Donald J. Wollrab
Ainsworth
Arthur J. Long
Richland
Lewis J. Weber
Riverside
Wilbur l L. Moore
Junior Marvin Buck
Charles A. Waklischmidt
Lloyd W. Brown
Robert FE. Galloway
Washing
Hannibal Holds Man for Raising Check Case to Washington
Deputy Sheriff Walt Whitsey left for Hannibal Aiv to fetch Henry J Epperly held for Washington authorities. Epperly allegedly raised a five dollar check to twenty five dollars and cashed it at a Washington store. He and a companion were confined during outdoor toil cleanup. Sheriff H M Putnam paid and the forged check related to work. A warrant was issued by Justice of the Peace J E Bovee.
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Walt Whitsey
Hannibal
Aiv
Henry J. Epperly
Washington
Epperly
H. M. Putnam
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. E. Bovee
Joy Ride Cars Abandoned in Towns Run Into a Tree
Several cars were taken for joy rides and left in this town or nearby areas. One vehicle crashed into a tree and was wrecked, with authorities tracing the incidents to the same group of youths.
Local Man Reported Robbed in Chicago
Nathan Berman a Chicago taxicab driver and his companion Frankie Fitch were arrested on grand larceny charges after Leland D. Carris of Washington Iowa identified them as the robbers who struck him Monday night The ring was reportedly recovered Carris said a pen and pencil set a cigar lighter and $77 were taken but the suspects denied taking them
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Chicago
Nathan Berman
Frankie Fitch
Leland D. Carris
Washington
Iowa
Berman
Carris
Injuries Fatal To War Veteran
James Marion Mickey, injured when his car struck a freight train on highway 76 near the depot, died at Hershey hospital Muscatine. The Columbus Junction veteran, discharged from the navy in Norfolk May 30, is survived by parents two brothers and four sisters. Funeral services set for Friday at Richie funeral home.
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Columbus Junction
James Marion Mickey
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Richie
Mickey
Mirs
Jesse Mickey
Norfolk
Cpl. H. J
Hot Springs
Ark
John
Mary Ann
Wyman Ogier
Wapello
Dorothy
Rock Island
Lela
West Liberty
Five Pounds Canning Sugar This Month
The county rationing office announced a sugar shortage forces a five pound limit per person for June. The yearly quota is divided into monthly allotments by the OPA, with hope to resume higher supplies in July. The board urged patience and said allocations will be as large as possible.
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OPA
Divorce petition filed by Gray against Gray in district court
A petition asks the court to grant a decree of divorce. Lloyd A. Gray filed against Margaret M. Gray citing their marriage beginning the record in district court.
Iowa Counties Hit Quota in 7th War Loan Drive
Des Moines reports 23 counties topped their E bond quotas with Audubon leading. statewide sales total $46,500,000 in Series 1 bonds and $1,700,000 in FE bonds, 56.6 and 2.1 percent of state goals respectively. Polk and Black Hawk counties show lagging progress as canvassing resumes.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Tokyo
War Finance Committee
Audubon
Pocahontas
Mitchell
Franklin
Lyon
Japan
Washington County Bonds Row But Still Near End
Tabulation shows Washington County with 35.5 percent of E bonds and local figures released yesterday push to 45.15 percent of its Kk bond quota. Analysts expect county position to stay near its earlier rank with minor shifts as figures update.
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Washington County
Washington
Plaintiff seeks title to jointly held real estate in Iowa case
On March 3, 1945 in Iowa City the couple lived as husband and wife until about June 1. The plaintiff requests further judgment decreeing title to all real estate now in his name. Attorney: L. J. Kehoe.
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Iowa City
Bretton Woods monetary pact passes House vote
The House approved the Bretton Woods monetary agreement by a strong bipartisan margin, sending the measure to the Senate. It would authorize US participation of up to six billion dollars in the stabilization fund and nine point one billion for the international bank for reconstruction and development. An effort to scrap the stabilization funds failed 325 to 29.
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Bretton Woods
Senate
United States
International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
New Hampshire
Jessie Sumner
Rep
Meeting of County Legion at Wellman
A joint American Legion and Auxiliary meeting in Wellman was mainly social with dancing and no business session. Speakers included Ensign Darrell Wace Sgt Joe Gowing and Emil Hes selschwerdt. Joan Kraft spoke on citizenship duties winning second in a Burling ton district contest. Next meeting will be in Crawfordsville in August for officer elections.
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American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Wellman
Darrell Wace
Joe Gowing
Emil Hesselschwerdt
Kalona
The
Legion
Joan Kraft
Burlington
County Legion
Crawfordsville
Six Persons Indicted in Espionage Conspiracy Case
Washington announced six arrests for alleged conspiracy to violate the espionage act as part of a broader drive against illicit use of confidential government information. Acting Secretary of State John C. Grew cited a comprehensive security program and vowed continued actions to halt disloyal disclosure.
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Washington, D. C
USP
John C. Grew
State Department
Navy
Counties Lead In E Bond Sales In Local Region
Counties including Jefferson Iowa Van Buren Muscatine Cedar Scott Mahaska Johnson Henry and Louisa report higher E bond sales than Washington with Keokuk the lone laggard in the area.
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Washington
Jefferson
Iowa
van Buren
Muscatine
Cedar
Scott
Mahaska
Johnson
Henry
Louisa
Keokuk
Awaiting Break On Voting Issue At UN Conference
In San Francisco June 17 the United Nations conference awaits a Moscow signal to break the deadlock on the veto in voting procedure. The dispute concerns whether a major power may veto discussion of disputes in the security conference. Officials expect possible adjournment within ten days after the veto issue is settled.
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San Francisco
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
China
Russia
Bob Bostwick joins Maritime Service
Bob Bostwick 18 of Washington Iowa joined the United States maritime service at the regional enrolling office in Minneapolis. He will train at Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn and become a seaman in the merchant marine after completion. Volunteers aged 17 to 501 are urged to enroll with referral cards from the U.S. Employment Service.
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Minneapolis
Robert R. Bostwick
E.W
Washington Street
Washington
Iowa
United States Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
N.Y
United States Merchant Marine
Robert
Brb. F. Bostwick
Washdington
Washington High School
Maritime Service
U.S. Employment Service
Pfc. Berlin Houseal Freed From German Camp
Mr and Mrs Paul Houseal of the Valley area west of town received a war department telegram stating their son Pfc. Berlin P Houseal is alive and well and would contact them from the United States soon. He had been a German prisoner since July 1944 at Stalag 7 A, and this is the first word since liberation.
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Paul Houseal
Valley
War Department
Pfc
Berlin P. Houseal
United States
Houseal
Stalag 7
Mountaintop battle on Okinawa seals Japanese doom
United Press reports 16th Army presses a final stand in a 25 square mile pocket on Okinawa's southern tip near Yaeju-Bake plateau. American land-based bombers hit an ammo dump and a mountain face as 7th and 96th Army divisions push through outer defenses. Naha airfield falls to U S troops. Tokyo concedes final defeat nears.
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Okinawa
Tokyo
United Press
Edward Thomas
Yaeju-take
Naha
Chinese Troops Gain Coastal Control Across East China
Chungking dispatch reports Chinese forces holding more than ten miles of the east China coast opposite embattled Okinawa after a Japanese relief push. Seaborne Japanese columns retreating toward Foochow area are pursued by Chinese troops advancing to Fu ting and seizing the coastal highway from Foochow to Fu ting.
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Chungking
East China
Okinawa
Siapu
Foochow
Futing
Caunton-Hongkong
Shanghai
Japs Urge Guerrilla War In Japan Civil Defense
San Francisco dispatch reports Tokyo radio broadcasting a government handbook urging one hundred million Japanese to form a special attack corps and wage guerrilla warfare if Allied forces land on Japan proper. The guide calls for civilians to resist and guard the homeland.
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San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo Radio
United Press
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Ralph BE. Curl
Howard E. Beese
Lockridge
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Davenport
Eber G. Diener
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Charles Harland
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Archie J. Haberman
Salona
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