Airdromes and Rail Yards Blasted in Western Europe Strike
The report notes nearly 2,000 American aircraft striking 10 German airfields and rail centers in France Belgium and Luxembourg as part of a record 23 day western Europe offensive. About 4,000 tons of bombs fell on eight airdromes and four rail yards in the first 12 hours with 3,760 sorties by daybreak.
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London
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Europe
U. S
Keystone Banks
Britain
Western
Balkans
Osnabruck
Ruher
Iowa brothers given up to ten years on larceny charge
Two Oska loosa brothers Donald 22 and Francis Harryman 20 were sentenced by District Judge E O Newell to not more than 10 years in the men's reformatory at Alamosa on a larceny charge. They pleaded guilty after confessing they took eight cattle from the Elta Archer farm near Mediapolis on March 7, transported them to Chicago and sold them.
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Lurlington
Donald
Francis Harryman
Alamosa
E. O Newell
Elta Archer
Mediapolis
Chicago
William Z. Kueneman Dies at 69 Publisher in Iowa
William Z. Kueneman 69 longtime publisher of the North English Record died at University hospital after an operation. He was active in Iowa Republican and Masonic circles and served as a Republican state convention delegate. Survived by wife, daughter in Santa Ana California, a son W. N. Kueneman Chimnell, two sisters and two grandchildren. Services will be in North English.
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William Z. Kueneman
North English Record
University Hospital
Kueneman
Iowa
Riverside Leader
Santa Ana
Cal
W. N. Kueneman
Chinnell
Light Burns for His Three Soldier Sons
A front window light in Anita shines every night since August 1942 when the Petersen family’s three sons enlisted. A service flag with three stars honors Ivey Meldon and Ansel Petersen, with Ivey serving as yeoman third class and Meldon in England. Ansel asks the light remain burning until they return home.
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Anita
Chris Petersen
Ivey Petersen
Great Lakes
Ivey
Yeoman
Meldon Petersen
England
Petersen
Ansel
Four Dairies Merge into Single Unit at Clinton
J J Swaner of Mello-Gold Dairies Iowa City announced the purchase of Bolte Crystal Oak Grove and Rainbo dairies in Clinton to form one operating unit. The move consolidates four large local facilities under Swaner’s direction.
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Clinton
J J. Swaner
Iowa City
Mello-Gold Dairies
Swaner
Bolte, Crystal
Oak Grove
Rainbo Dairies
Doctor and County Home Steward Resign in Controversy
OTTUMWA The resignations of George Strader steward at the Wapello county home and Dr T L Vineyard county physician were presented to the board of supervisors after a dispute over hospital management. Dr Vineyard said the steward tried to force a patient to drink whisky without doctor orders. An investigation followed.
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Ottumwa
George Strader
Wapello County
T. L . Vineyard
Wapello
Marith
Board of Supervisors
Gilmere Buys Paul Long's Shell Station
Paul Long sells his Shell service station at West Washington Street and South Avenue B to Les Gilmere, former Peters Hardware worker. Gilmere takes stock and fixtures, with Shell Oil approving, and will run as Gilmere's Shell Service offering full Shell line car washing and lubrication.
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Paul Lone
Shell
West Washington Street
South Avenue B
Les Gilmore
Peters Hardware Store
Long
Washington
Keota
Gilmere
Shell Oil Company
Military Honors Paid Owen Woods
Funeral services were held yesterday at L. A. Jones funeral home for Owen Woods a World War I soldier who died at the Des Moines veterans hospital. Rev Fred E Miller led the service followed by burial in Elm Grove cemetery with Leon Beatty post American Legion furnishing pallbearers firing squad color guard and bugler.
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L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Owen Woods
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Fred E. Miller
Methodist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Harry Simpson
Harvey Davis
Leo Nardi
Tom Berdo
Stanley Richards
Charles Kennedy
VFW Memorial Service Tonight At Local Hall
Veterans of Foreign War Post plans an eight o'clock memorial service led by Chaplain Norman Schoonover at the hall. The annual observance honors the post’s deceased members with a special meeting preceding.
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Veterans of Foreign War
Post
Mb CC. Hall
Norman Schoonover
Music Week Programs Announced at Local Churches
Helen Harvey will present a piano pupils recital tomorrow at 4 39 in the social rooms of United Presbyterian church as part of National Music week. A vocal and instrumental concert by high school pupils is set for this evening at 8 in the high school auditorium. Carolyn Hamilton will lead a voice recital Thursday at 4 30 in the chapel of United Presbyterian church. Edith Gillespie violinist and Doris Gray soprano with Mrs Boyd White at the piano will perform Friday at 8 in the same church, page continued.
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Helen Harvey
United Presbyterian Church
Carolyn Hamilton
Edith Gillespie
Doris Gray
Boyd White
The
Presbyterian Church
War Bond Sales In Washington County Reach April Total
April war bond sales in Washington County reached 85836.50 dollars, announced by county war finance chairman G. E. Mace. First four months of 1944 total 1,449,573 dollars, with overall war bond sales since start of the war at 6,299,167 dollars. Plans for a fifth campaign set for June 12 to July 8 aim at about 1,000,000 dollars.
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Washington County
G. E. Mace
County War Finance
Waste Paper Fund Boosts Red Cross War Drive in County
Washington county reports its salvage program raised 139.40 from waste paper sales to aid the Red Cross war fund. Of this, 96.50 came from Washington collections, with more expected. County total reaches 25, 86.64, exceeding the county quota by 5,586.
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Washington County
Red Cross War Fund
Roger Sherman
Washington
Ir. Sherman
More Road Deaths Rise in March Highway Fatalities
State Department of Public Safety reports higher highway deaths in the first quarter. Thirty-three percent of March fatalities were male, seven females. 23 killed in March with 16 male and seven female.
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State Department of Public Safety
Accidental Burns Cause Reiner Death in England
Anton Reiner of Washington received a letter from Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlop confirming the death of his son, Private Maynard R. Reiner, U S Army Corps of Engineers, in Oxford England. The casualty report states he died April 17 in a hospital from burns sustained in a motor vehicle accident on April 13 1944 while traveling in a convoy.
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Anton Reiner
Washington
Robert H. Dunlop
United States Army
England
Maynard R. Reiner
Corps of Engineers
Oxford
Judge Hears Motion in Morrison vs Natural Gas Pipeline Case
Judge P. J. Siegers heard oral arguments yesterday on a motion filed April 18 in the case W. J. Morrison against the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America. He took the motion under advisement and will likely rule when he returns.
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P. J. Siegers
W. J. Morrison
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
St James Pupils Win Poster Contest
Pupils of St James school in Washington are among the winners in the Latham Foundation poster contest for humane education. Margaret Baker won first prize in Group I and certificates went to Janice Campbell Robert Libe Shirley Mattes Verne Richardson and Sandra Trevetts. Judges praised the strong local response and posters from areas that had not entered before.
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St. James Schovol
Washington
Latham Foundation For the Promotion of Humane Education
California
Organiza
Margaret Baker
Janice Campbell
Robert Libe
Shirley Mattes Verne Richardson
Sandra Trevetts
Grinnell Votes for Memorial Building Plan
Grinnell residents approved bonds to fund a $325 000 memorial building with a 2 mill levy to retire the debt in 20 years. The proposal was backed by the American Legion Fecht Tennant post the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and five commissioners will be appointed to select a site.
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Crinnell
Grinnell
Fecht- Tennant Post
American Legion
Chamber of Commercce
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Ecmc
Washington Court Set For Another Day Next Monday
The court in Washington schedules another session for next Monday to continue hearings and proceedings. Proceedings involve hearings and potential rulings while awaiting further filings and testimony.
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Washington
Allied drives push Japanese back from Burma to China fronts
Allied reports from southeast Asia describe heavy offensives from Ko hima to Imphal with British Indian forces aided by RAF and U S bombers threatening a collapse of Japan's Burma invasion and crippling three divisions. Simultaneously Burma communications were attacked and Hankow in central China saw large fires from coordinated air strikes.
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Allied Hdq
Kandy
Ceylon
A_ southeast Asia
Kohima
Southeast Asia
R.A.F
Imphal
India
Burma
China
Hankow
State Guardsmen March Downtown
Washington's headquarters company of the Town State Guard held a weekly drill led by Captain George Baker and Lt. Rodney Kephart on downtown streets. Thirty six men drilled around the square with guards posted and several new recruits joining, bringing roster to 48 and aiming for 60.
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Washington
British Weather Forecast Backs Invasion Across North Sea
The London Daily Express predicts excellent invasion weather for the next three weeks as Germany tightens control of the Dutch and Danish coasts. Reports from European capitals note a dry spring aiding Anglo American invasion plans from Holland to Spain. Six potential invasion ports along the English coast are named Ramsgate Deal Dover Folkestone Brighton and New Haven.
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London Daily Express
Germany
North Sea
Europe
Daily Express
Holland
Spain
Straits of Dover
Sion
Radio National
English
Ramsgate
Deal
Dover
Folkestone
Brighton
New Haven
Stockholm
Germans Abandon Central Italian Salient In World War II
Allied headquarters reports the German army abandoned a deep central Italian salient after heavy pressure, retreating north of the Aventino river toward the Malello plateau. German forces blew bridges and withdrew across the Aventino, surrendering the villages of Palena and Lettopalena without combat while Allies push to consolidate positions on the Malchio mountains.
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HDQ
Naples
Aventino
Towers Ing Malello
Palena
Lettopalena
Adriatic
Caspi
Castel di Sangro
Lettepalena
Sungro
Villa Santa Maria
Like Summer Feed Silage Improves Winter Pasture Feeding
Silage labeled as like summer feed helps grazing systems in winter by providing forage that mimics fresh pasture, aiding dairy and beef operations. It supports stable intake, aids rumen function, and reduces forage gaps during colder months.
Reds Move in for Sevastopol Kill
Soviet siege forces stormed Sevastopol in two days of heavy fighting and neared a breakthrough against the German defense, artillery barrage pounding hill fortifications as the base faced a final stage in the Black Sea.
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Reds
Sevastopol
Moscow
Great
Black Sea
Crimea
Sergeant Farrier Keeps Planes Flying
Tech. Sgt. Harvey T. Parker of Brighton Iowa serves as an airplane mechanic at a heavy bomber station in England. He repairs battle damage and keeps B 17s ready for combat, contributing to the Eighth Air Force’s mission to bomb industry and support the Europe invasion. Park er is 29, a 1934 Brighton high school graduate, and has served in the European Theater of Operations for about a year.
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Eighth Air Force
England
Harvey T. Parker
Brighton
Iowa
Europe
Farrier
Eighth
Brighton High School
Sergeant Farrier
Andy Farrier
Air Forces
Soviet Forces Capture Inkerman Lighthouse North of Sevastopol
Soviet troops and tanks moved to the north shore of Sevastopol bay and seized western Inkerman lighthouse about 1% miles northeast of the bay. The action pushed enemy forces from the main garrison across the bay.
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Sevastopol
Sevastopol Bay
Inkerman
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