Commandos Raid Italian Riviera New Defenses Demolished
Allied commandos destroyed newly built coastal fortifications along the Italian Riviera in weekend raids as invasion tension rises. Fascist press noted some commandos reembarked after destroying defenses while others were annihilated.
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London
Italian Riviera
Britain
Europe
British Broadcasting Corporation
Switzerland
Corsica
Sardinia
Eoastal
Grinnell College to Add Euthenics Field for Women
Dr Samuel N Stevens president of Skinnell College announces a new field of concentration in euthenics for women students to begin next fall. He defines euthenics as the science of improving living conditions through conscious behavior to create efficient humans and notes its focus on race, environment, heredity.
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Grinnell
Samuel N. Stevens
Skinnell College
Dr. Stevens
Beaconsfield Man Burns Hands in Theater Fire
Elmer R. Birch of Beaconsfield suffered burns to his hands while trying to extinguish a fire in the Community hall projection booth. The fire destroyed the hall, valued at about $2,500.
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Tingley
Elmer R. Birch
Beaconsfield
Colonel's Dog Awaits Return from War in Council Bluffs
Pete the familiar dog of Colonel Everest waits in Council Bluffs three years after his master left with the 168th Iowa Infantry. The dog habitually visited Everest's law office and still goes daily to the private office, greeted by Building Superintendent O. H. Lee.
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Council Bluffs
Col. Folsom Everest
Pete
Everest
168Th Iowa Infantry
National Guard
O. H. Lee
Milwaukee Train Fatality in Jefferson Nebraska Sioux City
William Enright, 79, was killed Saturday when struck by a Milwaukee railroad passenger train near Jefferson South Dakota. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday in Jefferson. Coroner's jury ruled accidental death. Survived by widow and nine children. Jefferson is 12 miles northwest of Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Jefferson
William Enright
Chaplain School Class of 200 Graduates Sent to Service
A group of 200 past Iowa pastors graduate from Chaplain School at Harvard University and are assigned to active duty with the armed forces. Named are Clarence H. Thaden of Cleghorn, Wayman WW. McReynolds of Dallas, Clarence A. Ferring of Catholic faith, John A. Zwack of Marshalltown, William Z. Baird of Williamsburg, and a Catholic chaplain from Pisgah whose name is not listed.
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Ished Chaplain School
Iowa
Chaplain School
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Clarence H. Thaden
Presbyterian
Cleghorn
Wayman WW. McReynolds
Disciples of Christ
Dallas
Clarence A. Ferring
Manly
John A. Zwack
Marshalltown
William Z. Baird
Williamsburg
Pisgah
Repulse German Attacks in Italy
Allied ground troops repulsed German patrol attacks in the Garigliano valley sector of the main 5th army front. Allied artillery activity increased along a 50 mile front west of Cassino as German shelling intensified from Cassino to the Adriatic coast.
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Naples
Garigliano
5Th Army
Cassino
Adriatic
Funeral set for Lt. Jack Rippel in local services
Funeral services for Lt. Jack William Rippel will be held next Saturday at ten at L. A. Jones funeral home with burial in Ainsworth cemetery. The Marine Corps pilot from Chicago died when his plane crashed at Cherry Point North Carolina after a motor failure on landing. He was 21, married to Donna Rabenold, and survived by his mother Mrs Betty Rippel.
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Jack William Rippel
Ten O’eclock
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Ainsworth
Rippel
J. D. Rabenold
Washington
Cherry Point
North Carolina
Marine Corps Air Service
Marine Corps
Chicago
Hollywood
Fla
Donna Rabenold
Don Rabenold
Rabenold
Iow Gity
Betty Rippel
Reduced Ploesti output cited by Allied chief
Lt Gen Ira C Baker reported Allied bombing cut Ploesti refinery output to under 25 percent of normal. He said over 200000 tons of bombs were dropped in the Mediterranean theater from November 8, 1942 to last Friday, as he praised Maj Gen Nathan Twining of the U S 16th Air Force for recent operations.
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Allied Hdq
Naples
Ira C. Baker
Ploesti
Baker
Allis
Mediterranean
Mediterranean Air Forces
Nathan Twining
U. S. 16Th Air Force
Johnson Shoots Down 27 Planes In Luftwaffe Encounter
At a base in England on May 8 Captain Robert Johnson from Lawton Oklahoma, a Thunderbolt ace, shot down his 26th and 27th German aircraft to equal the American fighter ace record. His feat ties Major Richard Bong who previously held the mark in the Pacific. Johnson leads the European theater in air victories, while Captain Don Gentile from Piqua Ohio trails with 23 air kills and seven ground destructions.
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8Th Air Force
England
Robert Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Johnson
Richard TI. Bong
Poplar
Wisconsin
Southwest Pacific
Don Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Child Severely Scalded In Brighton Incident
Word reached Brighton yesterday that seven month old John, son of Mrs. Harriett Sutten of Lodi, was severely scalded in an accidental incident. Mrs. Sutten is a daughter of Louis Dunbar of the Brighton community.
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Brighton
John
Harriett Sutten
Lodi
Salif
Sutten
Louis Dunbar
Court proceedings in pipeline and fuel refund cases
Judge P. J. Siegers presided a day of court with arguments on a motion in a pipeline case to be heard this afternoon. Earlier a hearing in a motor vehicle fuel refund case against M. L. Whittaker noted a date affidavit error and a $25 fine was imposed. State authorities pursued similar actions in Iowa over date nonconformities.
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P. J. Siegers
M. L. Whittaker
Iowa
Selective service meeting eyes possible induction date
Washington officials conferred on May 8 to set a definite date for resuming inductions of men 26 years and older, signaling potential changes in the draft process.
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Washington, D. C
Selective Service
Second Blow At Berlin in 24 Hours
Allied air power pounds Berlin and Brunswick in a second day raid as 1 000 heavy bombers and an equal number of fighters strike through heavy German resistance. Weather hampers some groups while others press the offensive across western Europe and the French coast.
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London
Berlin
Brunswick
U. S
Europe
Smd
Germany
Straits
Atlantic Wall
French
R.A.F
France
Leverkusen
Bucharest
Romania
Rennes
Brittany Peninsula
Nantes
Tours
Salbris
Normanjy
Blast Japanese Base at Rabaul
Allied bombers pressed attacks on Rabaul New Britain as they continued a 12th straight week campaign to neutralize the former key bastion in the Bismarck archipelago.
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United Press
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Bismark
Father of Stanley McKeown Dies in Oklahoma
J. L. McKeown aged 85 father of Stanley McKeown of Washington died at his Agra Oklahoma home. Body to be brought to Washington Tuesday at 3 30 p m and taken to Mediapolis for funeral services likely Wednesday at 2 p m. L A Jones funeral home in charge of local arrangements. Mr McKeown formerly lived long in Mediapolis.
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J. L. McKeown
Stanley McKeown
Washington
Agra
Okla
Mediapolis
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Mr. McKeown
May Rain Totals Impact Farm Work And Planting
May rainfall reached .28 inches on Sunday night and .67 inches last week, bringing the first week total to 0.95 inches. Temperatures ranged from a 45 degree low to a 59 degree high as drizzle continued and farmers struggle to plow fields and plant corn, oats, and soybeans after April’s heavy precipitation.
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Sun Cay
Funeral at St James for Elizabeth Sweet in Elm Grove
A funeral mass for Elizabeth Jane Sweet infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Sweet was held Saturday morning at St James Catholic Church with Rev H J Corcoran officiating. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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St. James Catholic Church
Elizabeth Jane Sweet
Keith Sweet
H. J. Corcoran
Elm Grove
Crowning of Queen At St James Church
Mary Queen of May coronation at St James school Sunday featured Patricia Nardy as queen with attendants Joan Campbell Viola Gevock Mary Heck and Abigail Perez. Banner bearers included Melvin Ker n and ribbons carried by Margaret Baker Judy Campbell Sandra Tibitts and Eileen Wittetoe. Rev John Bonn S J preached on Mary’s devotion at Ottumwa naval base with Father Courtenay officiating.
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Mary, Queen of May
St. James School
Melvin Kern
Margaret Baker
Judy Campbell
Sandra Tibitts
Eileen Wittetoe
Patricia Nardy
Joan Campbell
Viola Gevock
Mary Heck
Abigail Perez
Joan Friese
Diana Schulty
Barbara Redlinger
Weather Warns Fruit Growers On Disease Risk
Cold rainy spell now favors fruit diseases such as apple head and brown rot on plums. Spray apples, plums, and pears before blossoms open, or after buds separate, with a mix of 5 quarts lime sulfur 2 pounds hydrated lime and 1½ pounds lead arsenate per 50 gallons. Regular spraying through season boosts fruit quantity and quality.
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J. W. Chandler
Steps Up Attacks On Sevastopol
Moscow reports the Red air force intensified bombardment of Sevastopol on May 8 as preparations for a ground offensive in Crimea. Waves of Soviet planes struck the port while German defenses faltered, with 22 German planes destroyed and German ground forces pushed back near Tiraspol, losing 200 men and 11 tanks.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
Sevastopol
Crimea
Black Sea
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Iasin
Romania
Speedy planes raid Paramushiro in Kurile offensive
Washington reports daylight bombing by two engine Navy Ventura planes on Paramushiro, marking the 29th raid on the island and the 47th on Kurile bases. A Navy search plane also shot down a Japanese four engine patrol plane near Ulusland, about 100 miles northwest of Truk.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Ventura
Kurile Islands
Paramushiro
Kurile
Ulusland
Truk
Senate Passes Lend-Lease Extension With Postwar Constraint
The senate approved extending lend-lease to June 30 1945 by 68 votes to 1. An amendment blocks the president from any postwar economic or military commitment related to lend-lease settlements.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
British carrier planes sink two enemy ships in raid
Carrier planes of a British task force attacked enemy shipping and sunk two supply ships while damaging three more in a May operation near London. The raid reflects persistent Allied pressure on overseas supply lines during the campaign.
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London
Coordinated Attack on German Convoys Off Norwegian Coast
An Admiralty communique disclosed a coordinated attack on two German convoys off the Norwegian coast in the early hours of Saturday morning. The report details the engagement and notes naval forces involved in the operation.
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