Allied Air Campaigns Ramp Up Across Europe
Allied bombers pushed deep into Germany and occupied targets in France and the Munich area. American Flying Fortresses struck three French air fields while RAF aircraft hit the German synthetic oil center at Gelsenkirchen and key rail junctions, with daylight and night raids intensifying toward the Normandy front.
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Allied Hdq
Naples
Munich
London
France
Channel
R.A.F
Gelsenkirchen
Mystery Man Found Dead in Trunk Near Cemetery
An unidentified man was found decomposed in the rear trunk of a Ford sedan with Missouri plates on a road near a cemetery in Farmington. The car had been left there about five days. Coroner H. A. Burnett noted no identifying papers were found. Witnesses reported possible throat wounds. police awaited identification and car owner details.
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H. A. Burnett
West Bend Youth Dies in Barn Gun Accident
Nickeley Bonnstetter, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Bonnstetter, farmers two miles north of West Bend, was accidentally shot and killed when a younger brother’s .22 rifle fired as they played in the barn. He stepped in front of the discharge.
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West Bend
Nickeley Bonnstetter
M. P. Bonnstetter
Nickeeley
University Contributes 26 381 to Armed Forces From Pearl Harbor to June 1
Iowa University released official figures showing 26 381 alumni and students serving in the armed forces since Pearl Harbor. The breakdown lists 7 910 in navy pre flight 15 399 in V 12 programs in medicine and dentistry 153 in navy war training service 607 and 2 411 in ASTP programs.
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University
Youth Sentenced On Larceny Charge
Herbert Kuhn 17 of Newton pled guilty to as county attorney information in district court and was sentenced to up to five years in the men’s reformatory at Anamosa for the theft of 82 dollars from the Coast to Coast store on June 5. He escaped from a policeman during investigation and was rearrested Friday night.
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Newton
Herbert Kuhn
Anamosa
Eldora
Boy Run Over by Father In Yard Accident
Kenneth Ray Walling four was seriously injured when his father David H Walling backed a car over him in the family yard in Council Bluffs. The left rear wheel passed over the boy s abdomen and he was listed in just fair condition at a hospital Monday night.
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Council Bluffs
Kenneth Ray Walling
David H. Walling
Walling
Kenneth
Sioux City man dies from skull fracture after arrest
Sioux City 41 year old George Williams died Monday from a fractured skull after an arrest that led to the suspension of a local police officer Harry Seneenbaugh. Williams was arrested at his home on a drunkenness charge and taken to hospital from jail.
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Sioux City
George Williams
Williams
Harry Seneenbaugh
Seneenbaugh
Toeg Hospital
Showers Drench County as West Chester and Haskins See Downpours
Rainfall in Washington dropped to .13 inches yesterday with scattered showers across the county. West Chester reported a heavy downpour and the Haskins area also endured a strong shower.
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Washington
West Chester
Haskins
Retreating Nazis Face Stiff Resistance Across Italy Front
Allied reports say 70,000 German troops have been killed, captured, or wounded as fresh divisions fall back from the north toward Rimini and Pisa. American and British columns clash with Nazism along the Orvieto line and near Orbetello, Lake Bolsena, and Valentano as Allied forces tighten the Rome sector. In Rome, Rotary club heard Leslie Dunlap discuss selective service, noting the human stakes and community cooperation, with Lt. William Walker recounting bombing missions across Africa Europe and Italy.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
5Th Army
Italy
HDQ
Naples
14Th Army
Tyrrhenian
Orbetello
Rimini
Pisa
Orbeiello
Leslie Dunlap
Rotary Club
Dunlap
Selective Service Board
Rotary
William Walker
African War Zone
Africa
Balkans
Germany
Bill
Lieut. Walker
America
Don Skelton
Rockwell
Texas
Machine Guns For Guard Drill Expands Iowa Unit
Washington's headquarters company of the Iowa State Guard adds three 30 calibre machine guns requiring three crewmen each. The new arms prompt organizing machine gun crews as drills draw 40 attendees. The company now has about 50 men and aims for 60. two recruits joined last night as the unit seeks volunteers to fill losses to the U.S. army and navy. Interested men may contact Captain George Baker or any officer.
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Washington
Iowa State Guard
Givng
United States Army
Navy
George Baker
Divorce Decree Filed in Brumback Case
A decree of divorce granted by Judge J. G. Paterson on November 14 1941 was filed yesterday in district court by the plaintiff’s attorney in the Brumback suit Vera Ayers Brumback versus Cloyce Brumback. A separate petition requests divorce for George LeGrand Mc Aoy and Doris Webb McAvoy. they wed February 5 1942 at Fort Dix New Jersey. The petition cites foreign military service and later wounds with desertion alleged.
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J. G. Paterson
Clerk of District Court
Vera Ayers Brumback
Cloyce Brumback
George LeGrand McAoy
Doris Webb McAvoy
Fort Dix
N. J
L. J. Nehoe
Mrs. Springman Taken by Death
Louise Mae Springman 67 wife of Harry H. Springman died at home after long illness. She leaves nine children and 12 grandchildren with three sons in U.S. armed forces overseas. Funeral 2:30 Thursday at Sherman’s funeral home. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. She was born May 7, 1877 in Highland township and lived in Washington since marriage.
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Louise Mae Springman
Harry H. Springman
South Avenue
United States Armed Forces
Navy
Marine Corps
Sherman
George Kerr
Elm Grove Cemetery
Springman
Joseph
Catherine
Strachek) Shebeck
Highland Township
Washington
Bethel Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
Lee Whitson
Chicago
John Brookhart
Duluth
Minn
Edward Machen
Richard P
Louisville
David G
Joseph M
South Pacific
Robert W
Mediterranean
William H
Frank Wickavie
Libby Ransey
Des Moines
Rudolph Beicthler
Iowa City
Frank and
Joseph Shebeck
John Shebeck
Special War Picture at State Theater Opens Wednesday
State theater manager Ralph Pratt announces a special two reel War Department release titled Eve of Battle. The film, showing Allied planning for D-day under Eisenhower, plays Wednesday through Saturday replacing the regular newsreel as invasion headquarters supervises its release.
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Ralph Pratt
State Theater
War Department
Eisenhower
Approaches of Seaport Are Probed
Allied forces probe Cherbourg peninsula approaches as fighting rages in Carenton and Montebourg. American and British divisions along with Canadian units operate across five landing strips in France amid improving but spotty weather.
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G. I
France
Signal Corps
Allies
Cherbourg
8Rd
6Th Airborne
Americans Close In On Cherbourg Front With Pont LAbbe Capture
Allied dispatch reports American forces pushed from St Mere Eglise to seize Pont L Abbe eight miles from Cherbourg's west coast rail line. Three villages fell to a drive along the Paris Cherbourg highway as patrols probed the port approaches. German forces rushed 14 to 15 divisions to try to save Cherbourg.
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London
Normandy
Pont L’ Abbe
Cherbourg
Montebourg
Paris-Cherbourg
Europe
Pont L'Abbe
St. Mere Eglise
Milwaukee Road to Credit $30,000 to Washington County
Washington county fifth war loan drive will receive $30,000 credit from the Milwaukee road purchase of government securities. The railroad plans a $15,000,000 investment across 12 states with Iowa allotted $2,420,000 for county distribution. Trustee H A Scandrett urged federal court approval, noting war support and long term railroad benefit.
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Washington County
Milwaukee Road
Itt
Iowa
H. A. Scandrett
Federal
Chicago
United States
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Latera
Afri
Washington Company
McAvoy
Pany
Sam Munson
Edward Chabal
Central Park
God Bless
Sterling
Fillmore
Rodgers
King King Richards Klieffman Sousa
Yoder
State
U. S. Signal Corps
U. S. Cruiser Guards
U. S. S. Augusta
Amy Chic Ten
D.C
Bae
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Carenton
Milwaukee
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