Government Returns Ward Plants After Labor Victory
The government returns Montgomery Ward Chicago plants to the company after a labor board election favoring the CIO. Judge Holly delays ruling on injunction against officials, deciding Friday on possible dismissal. Ward chairman Sewell Avery cites decline in business under government control and criticizes perceived government interference.
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Chicago
Wm. H. Holly
Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
Ward
CIO
Montgomery Ward & Co
Labor Board
Panthata Pounding of Europe in 24th Day
The RAF launched heavy bombings on the French coast and western Europe entering the 24th day of nonstop aerial attacks. American Marauder crews hit Creil railway junction north of Paris, targeting three line tracks and surrounding freight facilities as daytime raids continued.
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Europe
London
R.A.F
Creil
Paris
France
Mons
Hemp Processing Begins at Iowa Falls Plant
Iowa Falls hemp processing shifts to full operation by week’s end with HF C Wilds announcing. One production line serves about 30 workers. a second line will start soon after. A test run earlier required machine adjustments as the plant runs 20 hours daily and aims to process 8 000 to 10 000 pounds of fiber.
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Iowa Falls
HF. C. Wilds
Inquest Opens on Davenport Truck Fatality
Coroner’s jury returns an open verdict in the death of Verda Mae Donnelly 28 Davenport after a pedestrian dash from a stopped car on Gayon Highway near Walcott. Truck operator Harold Weinard Forsythe Trucking West Liberty says incident. husband Lawrence Donnelly 59 held. blood test taken.
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Davenport
Verda Mae Donnelly
Gayon
Walcott
Harold Weinard
Forsythe
C O
West Liberty
Weinard
Walter Beuse
F.C. Keppy
Four Firms Fined for Violating OPA Ceilings
Federal Judge Henry Graven in Waterloo levied total judgments of 1 098 against four Iowa firms for OPA price ceiling violations. National Oats Co of Cedar Rapids faced 8 773 28 for excess milling service charges. Butter overcharges led to 711 94 for Clear Lake Cooperative Creamery, 794 74 for Silver Spring Creamery Delhi, and 818 86 for West Union Farmers Creamery. National Oats Cedar Rapids agreed to pay 21 0655.89 after treble damages.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Henry Graven
Office of Price Administration
OPA
National Oats Co
Cedar Rapids
Clear Lake Co-operative Creamery Association
Silver Spring Creamery
Fourth of Men Fail in Physical Examinations
Des Moines reports that doctors at Camp Coden reject about one quarter of men in physical examinations. The rate held steady from March to April, with most examinees under 26 and the rejection rate remaining around 25 percent.
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Des Moines
Camp Coden
T. J. Easter Dies at 89 in Ainsworth
T. J. Easter 89 longtime Ainsworth resident died last evening at the Masonic home in Bettendorf after a brief illness from acute uremic poisoning. He retired from the Rock Island railway in 1925 after 54 years as station agent and telegraph operator. Surviving are four daughters Mrs Lee Sands Mrs Ruth Coffman Mrs Mable Stephens Mrs Beulah Coward and a son Clarence Foster. funeral arrangements handled by L A Jones Washington.
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Ainsworth
T. J. Easter
Bettendorf
Lee Sands
Haskins
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Miorida
California
Thomas Jones Easter
Amboy
George
Sophronia Marr Easter
Phoebe Jane Newton
Bloomfield
Easter
Rock Island Railway
A.F
A. M
Royal Arch Mason
Knights Templar
Order of Railway
Florida
Ruth Coffman
Des Moines
Mable Stephens
Los An
Allied air blitz targets defenses in Marshall Islands
Army, navy and marine fliers bombed defense installations in the Marshall Islands on Monday. They hit fuel storage, anti-aircraft batteries, barracks and coastal guns. Liberators and Mitchell bombers attacked Ponape town and its air field, facing moderate anti-aircraft fire. Also, Ponape raid confirmed as part of ongoing Pacific operations.
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Hitler
Europe
United States
15Th Air Force
Washington
Dd.c
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Marshall Islands
Ponape
Carolines
Marshall
Freshman Boys Chorus Shines At Local High School Concert
Freshman boys septet impressed the audience with most of their few appearances hidden in a concert by Fortnightly Club music pupils. About 50 voices formed a mixed chorus under instructors Davies and Ralph W. Young with Mrs. Ralph Kleese introducing National Music Week. Soloists Leonard Booth and Keven Stone appeared, while the sophomore junior sextet featured Donna Parr Donna Wylie Maranda Martin Julia Zeck Ellen Caldwell Charlotte Eari with Mary Low Barth on piano. The Little Brown Joe Does town encore drew standout piccolo work by Shirley Dunlap and lively stage interpretation.
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Anda Davies
Ralph W. Young
Ralph Kleese
Music Week
Music Department
Frends
Leonard Booth
Kcien Stone
Leslie Guile
John Lloyd
Die Dodder
Bob Steele
Jerry Gardner
Richard Dare
Kick Dodder
Joan Boileau
Donna Parr
Donna Wylie
Maranda Martin
Julia Zeck
Ellen Caldwell
Charlotte Eari
Mary Low Barth
Mr. Young
Little Brown Joe
Piccolo
Salient in Italy Taken by Allies
Allied troops moved along the Maelella plateau front in central Italy, swift and unopposed, sealing the 200 square mile German‑abandoned salient. Spearheads occupied Palena and Gambarale, with other units at Pallasecosa, while rear guards and demolition squads offered light resistance. Sporadic clashes and artillery duels were reported elsewhere on the trans‑Italian front.
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HDQ
Naples
Mailella
Castel ii Cangro
Casi
Palena
Aventino
Gambarale
Pallasecosa
Alfenda al
Defense Council Holds Washington Conference In County
BK F Nowack state director of the Citizens Service Corps and Herman F Weigel regional civilian war services advisor travel to Washington for a conference called by Lee A Holland chairman of the Washington County Defense Council They dine at North Side cafe and plan an afternoon meeting at the city hall to discuss issues facing defense council offices and war service groups including victory gardens nutrition and salvage programs
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BK. F. Nowack
Citizens Service Corps
Herman F. Weigel
Washington
Lee A. Holland
Washington County Defense Council
War Services
North Side
Council
Defense Council
Paper Collection Delayed by Wet Weather in County
Chairman Earle F. Libe of the county salvage committee says rural schools still have waste paper waiting to be picked up due to long wet spells and washed out culverts. County trucks will finish collections in a day once roads open. teachers should notify district directors and leave a building key for after hours pickups.
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Earle F. Libe
Libe
31 County Men Go to Camp Dodge for Pre-induction Examinations
Early today 31 Washington county registrants traveled by bus to Camp Dodge to take pre induction examinations for army navy or marines. Names of those leaving include Floyd Kerr Raymond Moberly Floyd Zook Francis Chapman Wilbur Hysell Earl McCutchen Ben Keller Everett Shalla Homer Emry Lignant Kelley George Norman Darris Steele Eury Henderson Everette Sommer James Vesely Doyle Norris James Pence Wayne Johnson Raymond Bell Donald Fox John Hesseltine Charles Swift Donald McArtor Eugene Vogel Roger Romine Ross Davisson Arnett Knupp Unzieker Howard Walker Dwain Richardson Marion Swanson and Harvey Holden.
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Washington County
Camp Dodge
Army
Navy
Marines
State Selective Service Board
Donald W. Fox
Riverside
John K. Hesseltine
Ollie
Charles E. Swift
Washington
Donald H. McArtor
Crawfordsville
Eugene L. Vogel
Keota
Roger L. Romine
Ross J. Davisson
Wellman
Arnett W. Knupp
Orval W. Unzieker
Washing
Russians Capture Sevastopol in Three Day Assault
Soviet forces seized the Crimean naval base of Sevastopol after a three day offensive that devastated the city. Front reports said tens of thousands of German and Romanian dead lay among the ruins as the Red Army closed in from three sides. The German DNB agency confirmed the fall and described the port as evacuated and reduced to ruins.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Russia
Red Army
Black Sea
DNB
Air Cadets Complete Three Months Training Milestones
Sergeants Bob Livingston Dick McCleery Dale White Howard Patt on Wayne Pratt Jack James Norman Phillips and corporals Don Stone John Green finished three months in the Civil Air Patrol Cadets and will be sworn in May 16 as permanent officers. A city hall Lincoln school meeting prepared for inspection with parade drill and a final test by instructor Paul Wolfe, with results due next week. The next meeting at Washington airport will include sworn-in cadets and an inspection.
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Bob Livingston
Dick McCleery
Dale White
Howard ‘Atton
Wayne Pratt
Jack James
Norman Phillips
Don Stone
John Green
Civil Air Patrol Cadets
City Hall
Lincoln School
Paul Wolfe
Army private Clayton Matlock reported dead
Westchester May 10 Telegram to Mr and Mrs W O Ralston from their daughter Beth Ralston Matlock of Baldwin Park California states her husband in the army stationed at Camp Fannin Texas is dead No particulars on the cause available yet The Ralstons expect further word soon He was a son of George Matlock formerly of Brighton and Washington and had been away from the county for years
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Westchester
W. O. Ralston
Beth Ralston Matlock
Bakdwin Park
Calif
Camp Fannin
Texas
Ralstons
Clayton Matlock
George Matlock
Brighton
Washington
Roosevelt Proposes $49.24 Billion Army Budget for 1944
President Roosevelt sent Congress a $49,243,916,500 army budget for the 1944 fiscal year beginning July 1. Only $15,676,652,700 would be newly appropriated.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Dairy Feed Subsidy Paid for 2 Months
Washington County Agricultural Conservation Association pays the dairy feed subsidy for milk and cream produced and sold in March and April. Eligible payments will be issued in May and June at the rate of 0.5 cents per pound of butterfat and 50 cents per hundredweight of milk.Applicants should file at the ACA office or by mail and bring sales evidence.
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Washington County Agricultural Conservation Association
Washington County
A.C.A
Warren Morgan
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Union Wing
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Rock Island Railroad
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T. J. Baster
Shirley Dunlap
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Floyd F. Kerr
Middletown
Raymond R. Moberly
Floyd A. Zook
Iowa City
Francis E. Chapman
Wilbur L. Hysell
Earl S. McCutchen
Ben F. Keller
Everett
F. Shalla
Homer L. Emry
Lignant J. Kelley
Kalona
George R. Norman
Darris Pp. Steele
Columbus Junction
Eury J. Henderson
Howard Kek. Walker
Dwain Richardson
Marion M. Swanson
Harvey Holden
Story County
B. Holden
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