Deferments Tightened for Iowa Workers in War Effort
In Des Moines the military announces stricter rules on deferments, allowing them only for those directly essential to the war effort. Des Moines father learns his son Master Sergeant Paul P. Rogers is among 14 Army personnel who accompanied General MacArthur from the Philippines to Australia. Rogers, once a ministerial student at William Jewel College, chose army service last September over returning to college.
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Des Moines
Paul P. Rogers
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Australia
Rogers
MacArthur
Willian Jewel College
Liberty
Tragic Electric Shock Kills 17 Year Old In Harrison County
Harrison County Coroner H M Hennessey reports Marjorie Diatrost, 17, was accidentally electrocuted at a Missouri Valley home where she worked. She touched a heating unit from the floor while in the bathtub. No inquest will be held.
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Missouri Valley
Marjorie Diatrost
Harrison County
H. M. Hennessey
Hennessey
State audit flags discrepancies at Independence Hospital store
Iowa state auditors faulted Independence state hospital for apparent discrepancies and lack of proper records in the general storeroom and in stock accounting. The report says the storekeeper kept no records of item quantities or requisitions filled.
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Des Moines
Independence State Hospital
Chet B. Akers
Clinton Iowa highway fight over new Lincoln Highway entrance
The Iowa highway commission and Frank Butka settled a two year court battle over Butka’s service station blocking a new Clinton entrance to the Lincoln Highway. The commission sought to oust the station while Butka, who had a state contract for a new location, refused to move.
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Clinton
Iowa Highway Commission
Frank Butka
Butka
Lincoln Highway
Leaders Named for Townships, Brookhart Heads City Committee
Washington county mobilizes for a countywide defense bonds and stamps drive led by Attorney A. Baldrige with Brookhart as city chairman. Township leaders and ward committees named. pledges taken triplicate for treasury, state director, and buyer.
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Brookhart
Washington County
Aworney A. & Baldrige
Treasury Department
Baldrige
Australia Becomes Allied Navel and Ground Hub in Pacific
The Pacific theater shifts as MacArthur, Brett, and Leary take command in Australia with Melbourne and Sydney over one million residents each. Curtin backs the American leadership to hold fast and prepare for a future Allied counteroffensive in the Southwest Pacific.
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Australia
British Commonwealth
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Singapore
Big
Melbourne
Sydney
MacArthur
George H. Brett
Herbert F. Leary
United Nations Sea
Australia-New Zealand
John Curtin
Sugar Registration of Consumers Set For May 4 to 7
Frank Bane announced nationwide sugar rationing registrations for March 28 29 for commercial concerns and May 4 5 6 7 for consumers at a conference of 48 states and 10 regional rationing administrators. Consumers will register at nearby grade or high schools with books issued then. allotment is one pound every two weeks or three quarters of a pound weekly.
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Chicago
Frank Bane
Office of Price Administration
Bane
Jones
Smith
Pepper calls for universal conscription in all-out war plan
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida demanded universal conscription from every man, woman, and child in the United States to ensure the nation is fully engaged in all-out war preparations. The outspoken pre-war interventionist framed the proposal as a mobilization measure for national defense.
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Washington, D. C
Claude Pepper
Florida
United States
Sergeant Knottnerus Heads to Camp Bowie With Troop D
Sergeant Rudy Knottnerus, first sergeant of Troop D, 113th Cavalry, returns from a furlough to join his Washington unit at Camp Bowie. Washington soldiers there are preparing amid wartime restrictions and shifts in command as the mechanized regiment organizes for expanding national service. Lt Nate Young remains away at school. Capt Wilbur Stevenson leads Troop D with former captains Brown and Conner reassigned to the air corps. Several troop members may take upcoming furloughs.
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Rudy Knottnerus
Washington
113Th Cavalry
Camp Bowie
United States
Bowie
Iowa
Texas
Nate Young
Wilbur Stevenson
Des Moines
Jay Brown
Walter Conner
Air Corps
Knottherns
March Wind Rips Through Town as Storm Lingers
A strong March wind sweeps through the town making sidewalks slippery and rattling shutters. The gusts aid drying after yesterday’s light rain and leave air with a sharp, damp chill.
Oscar J George Taken by Death Funeral Monday
Oscar Jacob George 71 died at 6 10 yesterday evening at Washington county hospital after a stroke早 while active in his George dairy He was born December 24 1870 and married Mary Reynolds on August 23 1900 Surviving are his wife three sons one daughter two daughters in law two sons in law and siblings Burial will be at Mil Grove cemetery in Washington parish church role noted
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Oscar Jacob George
Washington County Hospital
George Dairy
Sherman
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Mil Grove Cemetery
George
Washington
Jacob
Mary Ann (Drake) George
Mary Reynolds
Charles George
Marion St. George
Norman Webster
Ligonier
Charles
Philip
Keota
J. M. George
la Monta
Atrocities Reported in Far East by Official Sources
The state department announced receipt of reports from American official sources in the Far East confirming charges of Japanese atrocities. The disclosure came as Washington released the findings amid growing wartime tensions and calls for verification of claims.
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Washington, D. C
State Department Today
Far East
MacArthur Welcomed In Melbourne Amid War Front Updates
General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Melbourne to cheers as Allied bombers attacked Japanese ships and bases north of Australia. Across theatres, Mindanao, Zamboanga, Rabaul, and New Guinea saw heavy fighting and ship losses, while Japan pressed air and naval operations around Broome, Derby, and the Solomons.
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United Press
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Melbourne
Jonathan Wainwright
Philippines
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Manila Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Yamenda
Broome
Derby
New Guinea
Gulf of Papua
Port Moresby
America
Rome
San Christobal
Solomons
Huongulf
John Curtin
MacArthur Matement MacArthur
United Nations
Indian Ocean
Christmas Island
Toungoo
Rangoon
Tokio
Kharkov
Staraya Russa
Moscow
County Board Awards Road Work Contracts
The Washington county board of supervisors awarded culvert contracts to Christensen Bros of Sioux City for 22 04882 and oil contracts to Socony Vacuum Oil Co of Kansas City for 542 888 50. Three bids on culverts and seven on road oil were received. bids for road-bed preparation and oil and chip application were rejected as too high.
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Court House Oy
Washington County
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company of
Kansas City
Board of Supervisors
Roy R Gordon Dies After 52 Years in Washington
Roy Ralston Gordon aged 65 died at 4 30 PM at his home 918 Kase Main Street after nine days illness He was a Washington resident for 52 years and will be buried in Elm Grove cemetery Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 PM at L A Jones funeral home Rev George Kerr of United Presbyterian Church will officiate with Rev Alfred Trenerry of Baptist Church present He was born April 1 1876 on a farm north of Washington He married Mabel Carr Gamble April 17 1937 and is survived by his widow and two stepchildren Clara Matilda and John Pressley Gamble
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Roy Ralston Gordon
Kase Main Street
L. A. Jones
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Alfred Trenerry
The
Baptist Church
Pariah
Elm Grove Cemetery
Bert
Blanche
Mabel Carr Gamble
Clara Matilda
John Pressley Gamble
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H. J. Corcoran
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George Rudiger
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Vera Wolfe
Ray Box
Russell Bell
Harry Dye
Harry Simpson
Robert Schell
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W. Kuster
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Claude Tucker
Walter Cogan
Clarence Logan
Loyan Norton
W. M. Tweeten
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C. Kh. Wilson
F. W. Eastwood
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R. E. Dougherty
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Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
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