Sole Survivor of Iceland Plane Crash Recalls Event
The lone survivor, Staff Sgt. George Bisel of Columbus, Ohio, described being pinned in the wreckage for 26 hours after a Liberator crash near Reykjavik. He recounted fire, exposure, and near death as the aircraft went down in bad weather during a mission led by Lt. Gen. Frank Andrews.
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Frank M. Andrews
Adna Wright Leonard
Robert H. Shannon
Washington
Iowa
George Bisel
Columbus
Ohio
Ald
Kaisel
Allies drive toward Bizerte and Tunis in North Africa
American infantry and tanks push toward Bizerte and isolate the base as British forces seize a Tunis suburb and the harbor area. Allied air power pounds Axis lines while Axis retreat aims falter under the advance of the Mediterranean frontier.
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Africa
U.P
Bizerte
First Army
Tunis
Tunisia
Radio
Algiers
Barbo
Iowa column notes declines in drunken driving convictions
For the first four months of 1947 Iowa reports 455 drunken driving convictions with license revocations. This year the count drops to 191, a decrease of 264. Highway fatalities total 77 so far this year versus 144 in the comparable period last year.
Burlington Girl Dies In Truck Accident
Donna Lou Page aged 2 of Middletown died after being struck on Highway 34 in Middletown. A. J. Ellis of Mount Vernon 53 drove the truck and did not know he had hit her until stopped by concerned motorists after some distance. The sheriff cited uncertainty whether the child walked into the truck or was drawn under the rear wheel by suction.
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Burlington
Donna Lou Page
Glen Page
Middletown
Edwin Miller
Des Moines
A. J. Ellis
Mount Vernon
Miller
Largest group of air cadets trains at Ottumwa station
The 658 cadets from the Iowa City pre flight school arrived at the Ottumwa naval air station to begin flight training on Thursday. Ten extra training planes were delivered Thursday from Wichita, Kansas.
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Ottumwa
Naval Air Station
Iowa City
Wichita
Kan
Iowa Auto Owners Hold B or C Gas Ration Books
Des Moines district office of the office of price administration reports that about 88 percent of Iowa automobile owners have B or C gasoline ration books. The six county tabulation shows Basic & rations 405,012 Supplemental B 113,951 Supplemental B 38,061. About 28 percent of A book holders have also received B rations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Office of Price Administration
Telephone Manager Released from Jail
Carl H Daubendiek manager of the Jefferson Telephone Co was released from Greene county jail after a 90 day sentence in the no gas no telephone service case. He was fined 500 dollars and cited for intentionally interrupting service for two hours after an argument with a rationing board. His father is listed as company president.
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Jefferson Carl H. Dauberdiek
Jefferson Telephone Co
Greene County
Daubendiek
W H. Daubendiek
West Bend
Carl Daubendiek
Funeral services for Harry Green in Keota
Funeral services for Harry Green, former Washington county resident, set for Saturday afternoon at 2 20 at Marsh Funeral home Keota. Burial will follow in Keota cemetery.
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Keota
Harry Green
Washington County
Marsh Funeral Home
Keota Cemetery
Senior Play at School Tonight
The senior class play Your Uncle Dudley will be performed this evening at eight at the high school auditorium. Reserved seats are on sale at local drugstores or available after six at the school. Opal Munger directs the cast of seniors and others, with Lindsay and Robinson as playwrights and Samuel French as the producer.
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Dudley
Phillips and Hebner
Opal Munger
Guhier College
Lindsay and Robinson
Baccalaureate Service to Honor Washington Graduates
Rev. Ivan Riess of the Christian church will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to Washington high school and junior college graduates Sunday at 8 pm in the Methodist church. Invocation by Rev. George Kerr Scripture by Rev. Basil McRae prayer by Rev. R. C. Keagy benediction by Rev. Alfred Trenerry. Music includes The Rosary sung by the senior sextet with Beverly Brown at piano and a violin solo by Ralph W. Young with accompaniments by Mrs. Boyd White and cosines Dorothy Dear.
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Ivan Riess
The
Christian Church
Washington High School
Methodist Church
George Kerr
Basil McRae
R. C. Keagy
Alfred Trenerry
Beverly Brown
Ralph W. Young
Boyd White
Riverside man starts 30 day jail sentence for intoxication
Jerry Chapek of Riverside was brought to the county jail this morning by Deputy Sheriff Walt Kiesey to begin serving a sentence of thirty days imposed by Mayor Ed Veggy of Riverside for intoxication.
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Jerry Chapek
Riverside
Walt Kiesey
Ed Veggy
Mrs. Dittmer 62 Taken by Death in Washington IA
Mrs Elizabeth Jane Dittmer 62 wife of Chris Dittmer died at 12 50 after a three week illness at their home 652 East Washington Street. She had never fully recovered from a car accident five years ago. Funeral services will be Sunday at 230 at L A Jones funeral home with Dr F W Eastwood of the Presbyterian church officiating. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery. She was born March 17 1880 in Charlotte Iowa daughter of Alexander and Margaret Barr and married in Davenport in 1904. Surviving are her husband a daughter Iola and three sisters Mrs Henry Dittmer Mrs John Tollenaar and Mrs George Brown.
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Chris Dittmer
East Washington Street
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove
Cem
Etery
Dittmer
Alexander
Margaret
Murphy) Barr
Charlotte
Iowa
Davenport
Washington
Pythian
Iola Dittmer
Henry Dittmer
John Tollenaar
Keokuk
George Brown
Legion Meet in Omaha and Indianapolis May 7
The American Legion awarded its 1943 national meet to be held in Omaha Nebraska and Indianapolis Indiana, with events slated for May 7 and surrounding dates.
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Legion
Omaha
Indianapolis
Neb
American Legion
Miners to Stay Put During Coal Field Crisis
President Roosevelt declared in a press conference that the government does not expect or tolerate new work stoppages in coal mines. He stated miners are government employees and noted no strikes by federal workers against their government in his career.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Roosevelt
Brighton Couple Informed Son Roy Rotzinger Is Prisoner
Mr and Mrs MWomer Rotzinger of Brighton learned last night their son Private first class Roy H Rotzinger is a German prisoner. The family had been told on March 10 that he was missing in action in North Africa.
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Mwomer Rotzinger
Brighton
Roy H Rotzinger
War Department
North Africa
Blind 104-year-old Burr loves baseball above all
Glendale notes that Mrs. Warrior Skinner Burr, though blind and bedridden at 104, counts baseball as her favorite sport and says life would be a game if it were baseball.
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Glendale
Cal
Warrior Skinner Burr
Convention Today Over Bid of Chicago
A convention is slated for September 21 to 23 to discuss the bid involving Chicago. Attendees will consider proposals, with officials outlining the schedule and expected resolutions.
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Chicago
Music Week Band Concert at Washington May 8
The Washington Municipal Band presents a Music Week concert Saturday evening May 8 directed by Ralph W. Young. The program features God Bless America and selections including Berlin portrays and The Star Spangled Banner among others.
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Washington Municipal Band
At & O
Ralph W. Young
America
Berlin
Crawford
Gay
Burma
King Foray Asses Puma
Sara Accion
Ferdinand the Bull
Yoder Prg
Public Invited to Hospital Open House May 12
Washington county invites all residents to tour the new addition of the county hospital on National Hospital Day, Wednesday May 12, from 1 to 5 PM. Nurse aides in training will host, assisted by hospital staff and Red Cross volunteers, highlighting wartime nursing support.
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Washington County
Florence Nightengale
Modern Nursing
Washington
The
Red Cross
Dolly Bennett
Mary Block
Thelma Luther
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