Iowa City Column Reports Tax Suit Dismissal Motion
Johnson county district court hears motion by the attorney general to dismiss L V Carlton’s challenge to a 1945 act raising Iowa gasoline tax from two to four cents per gallon. Assistant AG R G Yoder argues no factual issue for trial. The tax increase was attached to a bill allowing county supervisors to raise secondary road maintenance levies.
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Iowa City
L. V. Carlton
Johnson County
Attorney General's Office
R. G. Yoder
Carlton
Denial Filed In Misbranded Drug Case In Cedar Rapids
Master Laboratories of Omaha denied in federal court a charge that 43 jugs of hug e medicine were misbranded. Proceedings sought condemnation of the medicine and 400 circulars found at the Petersen Implement Co. in Grundy Center Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Master Laboratories of
Omaha
Federal Pure Food Division
Petersen Implement Co
Grundy Center
Boy Drowns While Swimming in Iowa River at Alden
Services held for Robert Allen Hoversten 15 son of Mr and Mrs Truman Hoversten. He drowned while swimming with two companions in the Iowa River near Alden. Body recovered Sunday night. Survived by parents and ten sisters and brothers.
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Iowa River
Alden
Robert Allen Hoversten
Truman Hoversten
Judgment of 806 Dollars in Poultry Price Action
In Fort Dodge, L D Treloar, a poultry dealer, agreed to pay 806.13 dollars after buying and selling poultry above OPA ceilings. An injunction stops further OTA price violations. The judgment equals triple Treloar’s overceiling gains.
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Fort Dodge
United States District Court
L. D. Treloar
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OTA
Treloar
Charges of Theft Faced By Two Perry Youths
Two 17 year-old Perry youths with prior records face theft charges. They allegedly took a car from Cora Shelton, abandoned it in Des Moines, then drove another car to Des Moines and west, were stopped in Central City, Neb, and returned to Des Moines by a U S marshal. Federal authorities released them to Sheriff B A Burger of Dallas county. He said they may have stolen a small amount of cash gas coupons and valuables from three farm homes northwest of Perry.
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Adel
Perry
Cora Shelton
Des Moines
Central City
Neb
United States
B. A. Burger
Dallas County
Here
Bedford Man Shoots Woman and Kills Himself
Mrs Albert Spencer, wife of a soldier overseas and mother of a young girl, was slain in Bedford. Marion Martin, about 40, shot Mrs Spencer with a .38 revolver, then wounded himself with multiple shots. He staggered to his home and killed himself with a .22 gun. Deputy Lester Round investigated and has not learned motive.
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Bedford
Albert Spencer
Marion Martin
Lester Round
Martin
Spencer
Death of James R. McKee in Macon Missouri
James R. McKee, father-in-law of Dr. P. L. Etter, died in Macon Missouri today at age 63. A longtime railroad man and station agent for the Burlington at Macon for 36 years, he had visited the Etter home prior to his illness.
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P. L. Etter
James R. McKee
Macon
Vandenburg Argues World Chaos Alternative to Security League
Senator Artur H. Vandenburg in Washington urged early ratification of the United Nations security charter. He called the charter a possible path to peace, a starting point to outlaw aggression, and a tool to shape fair peace terms despite its flaws. He warned against delaying action while world tensions rise.
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Vandenburg
Washington, D.C
Jane
ULP
Artur H. Vandenburg
Mieh
Senate Today
United Nations Security League
Senate Republicans
San Francisco
Senate
United Nations
Vardenberg
OPA Bill Faces The House Next
Washington June 29 The conference report on the OPA extension bill passed by the Senate in turbulent sessions heading to a House session expected to be equally turbulent. Senate turbulence stemmed from a southern filibuster against FEPC appropriations and the House fight is likely to focus on the OPA bill. Senate vote was 40 to 8 with Republicans hoping to force a conference to push for farmer favorable amendments.
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Washington
D.C
Senate
House
FEPC
Fire crews respond to Crossett kerosene stove blaze
This morning the fire department was called to the Keith Crossett home at 603 North Fifth Avenue where a kerosene stove was involved in a blaze.
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Keith Crossett
North Fifth Avenue
Strikes Ebb in Detroit as 40000 Return to Work
About 40 000 Detroit workers resumed tasks after CIO and AF of L leaders tentatively settled jurisdiction disputes. Nationwide unrest kept roughly 60000 idle elsewhere as UAW and AFL CIO press for reconversion orders and wage action amid plant conflicts at Packard Budd Ford.
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Detroit
CIO
AF of L
United Auto Workers Clo
R. J. Thomas
International Union
Washington
Thomas
UAW
National Building Trades Council
Ia of L
Packard Motor Car
Budd Wheel Manufacturing Company
Ford Motor Company
Railway Brotherhood
Chicago
Amalgamated Meat Cutters AF of L
Carnegie Steel Corporation
Duquesne Pennsylvania
United Steel
New Kensington
Four Washington County Men Start Pre-induction Tests
Four Washington county men departed from Washington last night for Jefferson Barracks Missouri for pre induction physical examinations. The group included Mark Alan Suftton Haiskina Richard Lee Hayes Washington Lee Eugene Mullikip Brigh Clarence Otis Whitaker. Acting up and the firemen were called as a precaution but no damage occurred.
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Washington County
Washington
Jefferson Barracks
Mark Alan Suftton
Haiskina
Richard Lee Hayes
Washing
Wellman Soldier Killed in Action
Wellman residents learn two men connected to the town died in service. David Huber was killed in action on Okinawa while serving in the marine corps after about two years in the service. Another Wellman connection, Paul Dove, a commissioned officer, died when a Japanese prison ship was attacked, his wife Joy Eckhart and family residing in Wellman.
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Wellman
Harry Huber
War Department
David Huber
Okinawa
Marine Corps
Paul Dove
Welltian
Corregidor
Dove
Joy Eckhart
Union Service Planned Sunday
Rev Alfred Trenerry of the Baptist church will preach at a union church service next Sunday evening at eight in Central Park. Music includes a prelude by Elsie Bratten and a duet In the Garden performed by Barbara and Cheryl Nadley.
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Alfred Trenerry
the Baptist Church
Union Church
Central Park
Elsie Bratten
Chares Murdock
Miles
Barbara
Cheryl Nayadley
Milo Phillips
Walter Smith
Thomas Polk
Fred Miller
Trenerry
County Doctors Hear Dr. Paul of Iowa City
The Washington County Medical Society held its June meeting at the nurses home with president Dr. W. Alcorn presiding. A free fried chicken dinner preceded a lecture on arthritis by Dr. D. Paul of the State University of Iowa medical school, with lantern slides. Dr. G. G. Spellman of Iowa City managed the projection machine.
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Dr. Paul
Iowa City
Washington County Medical Society
D. Paul
State University of Iowa School of Medicine
G. G. Spellman
Washington People Watch Storm Clouds
A large number of Washington residents observed a funnel shaped storm northeast of town with potential tornado activity. Reports of hard rains came from west east and northeast areas while town saw dark clouds and lightning. The Mile Weaver place four miles northeast suffered damage including a garage torn to the barn lot and a chicken house unroofed. Several small buildings were damaged and a few chickens were killed.
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Washington
Ainsworth
Weaver
Mile Weaver Place
Charter For World Peace Signed At UN Conference
The Big Five delegation chairmen affixed signatures to a new world organization charter as the United Nations conference in San Francisco ended after nine weeks. Printed on long lasting paper, the blue leather bound transcript was signed by 50 nations with space for a Polish government signature when recognized. Ratification now awaits each of the 50 participating nations.
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BIG Five
New World Organization
United Nations Conference
San Francisco
County E Bond Sale Progress Report in July Drive
Washington county reported slow gains in E bond sales during the seventh War Loan, with totals at $627,790.25 toward an $882,000 target and $258,600 remaining. Banks reported $4,500 in sales yesterday, and four county banks had yet to report. The drive emphasizes Series KE bonds, and daily E bond sales must exceed $36,000 to hit the county goal by July 7.
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Washington County
Wellman
Riverside
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Washington
Brighton
Damages Sought Over Horse Shipment Losses Against R I and P
A petition filed with the district court clerk by E A Yoder against the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company and Joseph H Fleming and Aaron Colnon trustees seeks 993 75 damages. The plaintiff through attorney L J Kehoe alleges that on February 7 1945 he shipped over.
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Clerk of District Court
E A. Yoder
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Joseph H. Fleming
Aaron Colnon
L. J. Kehoe
U S Fleet Prowls Macassar Straits as Invasion Fears Rise
Allies report U S forces patrolling Macassar straits near Borneo and Celebes while battles over Tarakan Balikpapan and Sasebo sharpen invasion fears. Tokyo cites damage and sinkings as fleets clash in the Pacific theater.
Mrs Sorden Steps Down as Choir Director
The Methodist church music committee announces that Mrs Elouise Sorden will take indefinite leave from choir direction effective July 1. Herbert Osincup, choir member, will serve as interim director, with expectations of continued strong musical contributions in worship services.
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The
Methodist Church
Elouise Sorden
Sorden
Osincup
Red Cross to Visit Japanese Prison Camps
British radio reports say the International Committee of the Red Cross will be allowed to visit Japanese war prison camps after three years of negotiations. The BBC quoted a Berne dispatch confirming inspection access, while another note mentions a carload of horses sent to William Z. Martin in New Holland, Pennsylvania, with five deaths and seventeen illnesses cited upon arrival due to alleged railroad mismanagement.
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United Press
International Committee of the Red Cross
BBC
Fee
Berne
Red Cross
Japan
William Z. Martin
New Holland
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Iowa
Missouri
Churchill
Red Lion
High Wycombs
England
Benjamin Disraeli
Winston Churchill
Washingon
Bill
Seave
Lee Eugene Mullikip, Brigh
Clarence Otis Whitaker
Gov
Harry F. Kelly
Grand Hotel
Mackinac Island
Harry F Kelly
Michigan
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
the Earl of Halifax
A. A. Gromyko
Wellington Evo
Joseph Paul Boncour
K. A. Yoder
Rock Island Railway
U. S
Borneo
Luzon
Guam
Kugamatsu
Honshu Island
Sasebo Naval Base
Pearl Harbor
Tarakan Island
Tokyo
Balikpapan
Straits
Ouglas MacArthur
Manila
Thomas C. Kincaid
Macassar Straits
Celebes
MacArthur Commanniquae
Java
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