Iowa Legion District 1 Names New Commander
Muscatine resident John McCullough was named commander of the first district of the American Legion at the summer conference in Muscatine. Elected as vice-commanders were Fred Johnson Iowa City Paul Fulton Burlington and Joe Hagland Hillsboro. Delegates to the national convention include Ben Nichols Nichols H C Gilbert Burlington Marty Whittaker Washington and Bud Turner Fairfield.
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Muscatine
John McCullough
American Legion
Fred Johnson
Iowa City
Paul Fulton
Burlington
Joe Hagland
Hillsboro
Ben Nichols
Nichols
McCullough
H. C. Gilbert
Marty Whittaker
Washington
Bud Turner
Fairfield
Postwar welfare backlog eyed by Iowa officials
Des Moines reports a growing backlog of old age assistance cases as dozens may have left rolls or not applied due to higher employment. Palmer cited a peak of 60 000 projected, with 51 326 in 1946, as conditions improved. Other speakers included Edward Curtis and Ray Wakely.
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Des Moines
King Palmer
Iowa Department of Social Welfare
Palmer
Iowa
Iowa County Officers Association
Edward Curtis
Iowa Bonus Board
Ray E. Wakely
Iowa Welfare Association
Iowa State College
Ames
County Republican Convention Set for June 30 at Court House
Chairman Theodore B Bailey announces the Washington County Republican Central Committee will hold the county convention Friday June 30 at the court house starting at ten in the morning. Delegates will be chosen to the state Republican conventions in Des Moines on July 14 and July 26 and senatorial and congressional committeemen named. Afterward the county committee will elect officers and handle other business.
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County
Court House
Theodore B. Bailey
Washington County Republican Central Committee
Des Moines
Bailey
Brighton Od
Wilbur Day
Crawford Ec
Ce Seay
Clarence Fulton
W. W. Twinam
J. D. Hamil
Frank Gault
Rose Moorehead
George Yeager
T. H. Huston
R. I. Williams
M. N. White
J. C. Huston
Dutch Creek
Presbyteran Synod of Iowa Adjourns Four Day Meeting
The sixty third annual meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of Iowa adjourned at Iowa State College Memorial Union after a four day session. Dale D Welsh president of Dubuque University reported more than 1 000 civilian students among Iowa colleges. He noted Dubuque University 259% civilian students and 250 V-12 trainees Buena Vista Storm Lake 150 civilians Coe College Cedar Rapids about 50 percent civilian Parsons Fairfield a good year with a slight drop in enrollment.
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Ames
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
IoWa State College Memorial Union
Presbyterian Colleges In
IoWa
Dale D. Welsh
Dubuque University
Buena Vista
Storm Lake
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Parsons
Fairfield
Clinton County Releases Parasite Beetles on Corn Borer
First insectparasite agents intended to feed on and destroy the European corn borer were released Wednesday evening on a Clinton County farm. Dr Carl J Drake, state entomologist, oversaw about 400 parasites released at Henry Munk farm along Highway 30 near Clinton. Drake said two years are needed for worthwhile results and more fields in 14 Iowa counties are to be infested later this month.
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Clinton
Iowa
Clinton County
Carl J. Drake
Klate
Iowa City
Henry Munk
Highway 30
Drake
Des Moines Man Indicted for Interstate Forgery and Car Theft
A federal grand jury in Indianapolis indicted John K. Meredith, 54, of Des Moines, on three counts for interstate check forgeries and transportation of two stolen cars. Meredith, linked to Iowa crimes, faces previous charges under the national stolen property act and allegedly passed forged checks with Brown Construction Co. Credited records show Meredith operated as a confidence man in Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Davenport.
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Des Moines
Indianapolis
John K. Meredith
Meredith
Iowa
Brown Construction Co
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jedith
Confcience
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Davenport
Weather line item hints at warm day and humid night
A report notes yesterday's high of 89 degrees and low of 72 with morning humidity around 59 percent. The data suggests a warm, muggy day-to-night transition.
Rev. Ivan Riess Resigns Washington Church Pastorate
Rev. Ivan Riess, pastor of the Washington Church of Christ for three years, resigns effective July 2 and will seek a new location. He will continue to supply the church until a decision on his future is made, and since arriving in June 1941 he has grown as a preacher and leader, a change welcomed with regret by the Washington community.
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Washington
Riess
Church of Christ
British Gair New Control India Road
British forces regain control of the Imphal Kohima highway in a three month campaign claiming about 14 000 Japanese killed. Allied sources disclosed Japan deployed 75 090 troops in the March invasion of India. Two British columns joined from north and south to defeat the Japanese 15th and 33rd divisions south of Kohima, restoring the overland supply line between Imphal and Kohima.
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Japan
India
15Th
List
Kohima
Imphal
Burma
Nazis Launch a Summer Offensive Across White Russia
The German DNB reports a Red army summer offensive began yesterday on a broad front from Mogilev to Vitebsk in White Russia. Strong troop and tank formations attacked along the Smolensk Orsha highway, with initial battles resulting in German counterattacks and local German successes.
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London
DNB
Red Army
Mogilev
Vitebsk
White Russia
Smolensk-Orsha
Germany
Park Services Open Sunday in Central Park
Sun day evening union services in Central park begin next Sunday at eight o'clock with Rev. Ivan Riess of the Church of Christ as preacher. It will be his last sermon to the Washington union audience before leaving for another pastorate. If rain, the service moves to the Baptist church.
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Central Park
Reev
Ivan Riess
Church of Christ
Riess
Washington
Alfred Trenerry
the Baptist Church
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Milo Phillips
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Trenerry
Fred &. Miller
Methodist Church
Robert Fulton
Eleanor Tucker
Boyd White
Reiss
Baptist Church
Eastern Star elects leaders at Mason City grand session
Sixty delegates from 24 Iowa chapters of the Order of Eastern Star concluded their thirty-fifth annual grand session in Mason City with the election of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Clarinda as worthy grand matron and Percy Parker Mason City as worthy grand patron.
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Mason City
Iowa
Order of Eastern Star
Elizabeth Jones
Clarinda
Percy Parker
State Guard Holds Test Mobilization
Last night Captain George Baker and lieutenants Rodney Kep hart and Edward Chabal ran a test mobilization of the Town State Guard headquarters company to measure how quickly 46 members could respond. By eight, 30 reported at the armory after calls began at 6 40, with 10 more at 7 15 and 7 45, while six were contacted but excused, four out of town, and six unreachable.
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George Baker
Rodney Kephart
Edward Chabal
Baker
Mrs. Good Dies Near Wayland at 87
Mrs. Joseph Good, 87, died shortly after nine this morning at her daughter’s home three miles north of Wayland after several months of illness. Funeral arrangements by Zehr funeral home Wayland were not yet set. She belonged to Sugar Creek church and is survived by three daughters and three sons with 21 grandchildren. Mr. Good died seven years ago.
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Wayland
Joseph Good
Ed Wenger
Sugar Creek Church
Wenger
Albert Heiser
Rantoul, Ill
Emanuel Heiser
Fisher, Ill
Amos
Davenport
Joe
Jacob
Good
Washington County Leads War Bond Drive With 21 Percent
A federal reserve report via the state war finance committee shows Washington County's war bond purchases total 262,104 dollars, 21 percent of its 1,243,000 quota. County sales total 307,898 dollars, 12 percent of a 740,000 quota, with other counties reporting varying percentages and sums across the state.
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Federal Reserve
State War Finance Committee
Des Moines
Washington County
Jefferson County
Keokuk County
Louisa County
Mahaska County
Muscatine County
Wapello
Iowa County
Kalona to Hold Township War Bond Drive Next Tuesday
Kalona and English River township will stage an intensive fifth war loan drive next Tuesday afternoon. All town businesses will close for a half day as local merchants canvass farmers for war bonds. Dean Feldman, township chairman, reports 100 percent cooperation from Kalona’s business community. Farmers are asked to be at home or arrange pledges.
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Kalona
English River
Dean Feldman
G. KE. Mace
Canvass Reports Delayed Across County and Nearby Areas
G. K. Mace, county war finance chairman, said canvassing returns from Washington and surrounding country are still incoming. Only two or three men's teams remain to report, with many areas in town yet to hear from after delays in finishing solicitation yesterday and last evening.
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Washington
County War Finance
G. K. Mace
American Subs Sink 16 Vessels in Japan War Effort
American submarines added 16 enemy ships to their war tally, bringing total sinkings to 623 this war. The latest losses include 11 medium cargo vessels four small cargo ships and a medium naval auxiliary, as U S forces threaten Japan's inner defenses.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Japan
U. S
Allies close on Cherbourg as port boldness grows
Allied forces pounded toward Cherbourg as American troops reached about 4,000 yards from the city center and captured a key terrain feature. Eisenhower headquarters expressed hope for a quick fall while warning more major blows were planned as the final drive intensified.
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Allied Supreme Hbq
London
U.P
Cherbourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Supreme Allied Command
DNB
Britain
Belgium
France
German Counter Attacks Halt British Advance Near Perugia
In central Italy German shock troops stalled the British Eighth Army advance north and west of Perugia with savage counter-attacks. Allied forces meanwhile pressed north along the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts as German rear-guards fought in hill country south of Perugia.
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Rome
Italy
Perugia
Adriatic
Decree of Divorce Granted in Cook County Illinois
Mary Reinert Dawson was granted a divorce from Raymond Rex Dawson by Judge Sabath on December 27 1943 in Cook County Illinois. Custody of their 11 year old child was awarded to the plaintiff and alimony was waived.
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Journal
Mary Dawson
Chicago
Mary Reinert Dawson
Raymond Rex Dawson
Sabath
Cook County
Ill
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