Bomb Rail Centers in France as Liberators Return
Allied air forces launched a three way bombardment across occupied France with 1700 plus aircraft targeting rail hubs and Nazi installations along the invasion coast. Lieutenant General James H. Doolittle restored heavy bomber operations with the 8th Air Force joining the shuttle strikes across the Strait of Dover.
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London
France
James H. Doolittle
United States
8Th Air Force
Straits of Dover
Iowa Supreme Court Names Judge Evans to Ouster Case
Iowa City district Judge I grold D Evans was appointed to hear the State's Ouster Case against Mayo. David A Nevin was requested to hear the case from outside the second judicial district. The hearing, set for Monday, likely moves to the following week. the action accuses Nevin of trial administration failures and neglect of official duties.
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Ottumwa
Lgrold D. Evans
Iowa City
Iowa Supreme Court
Mayo
David A. Nevin
Second Judicial District
Evans
Nevin
Begun & Wonth Ave
Johnson County Price Panel Chief Yoder Resigns
Ledger C. Yoder, head of Johnson County price panel, resigns citing health reasons. He is the fifth official to quit since the OPA controversy between district offices and the focal board emerged.
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Iowa City Ledger
C. Yoder
Johnson County Ration Board
Yoder
Sinc
OPA
Focal Board
Walter J. Kline Neling
Price Panel
Meat Price Fines Cases Are Settled in Iowa
Sixty four Cedar Rapids retail meat markets settled with the OPA for price ceiling violations totaling 80.30 dollars. Three other retailers settled for 62.50 dollars, with seven wholesale markets to be announced later. Settlements arose from spot checks and included self-audits by retailers. The total settled 1,939.96 dollars less than initially charged.
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Cedar Rapids
Office of Free Vdministration
OPA
Donald Holdoegel
Des Moines
Holdoegel
City Employees To Be Hired By Mayor In Emergency
Iowa City Mayor Wilber J. Teeters suspends civil service for city workers during an emergency. Appointments will be made directly by the mayor due to manpower shortages and non-availability of staff, limited to the emergency duration.
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Civil Service
Iowa City
Wilber J. Teeters
Teeters
Recitals Spotlight Music Week at Local Churches
Doris Gray soprano and Edith Gilles violin soloists will present a recital tomorrow at eight in the Presbyterian church as part of National Music Week. Helen Warvey yesterday offered a piano pupils recital at United Presbyterian Church Chapel with mothers and friends in attendance. The Fortnightly Club Music department sponsors events and Mrs. T. R. Gillespie introduced the Harvey recital. Tomorrow Mrs. Boyd White accompanies Miss Gray and Miss Gillespie with Mrs. Stenry S. Shields at the organ for the concluding number.
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Doris Gray
Edith Gillespie
Presbyterian Church
Helen Warvey
United Presbyterian Church
Miss Harvey
T. R. Gillespie
Boyd White
Miss Gray
Miss Gillespie
Stenry S. Shields
WEA Buys Iowa Eggs in Carload Lots
Chicago office of distribution invites offers of eggs in carload lots to support pricing programs under the War Food Administration. Purchase schemes include current receipts at 29 cents a dozen, graded eggs at 1.25 to 3.3 cents depending on grade and region, and contract purchases at 27 cents per dozen. Efforts aim to speed movement to storage and raise producer prices while excluding low-priced handling.
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Les Moines
Chicago
Washington
Sheehe
War Food Administration
Towa
Midwestern
Chicago Mercantile
Dakota
Michigan
WFA
Federal
Mercantile Exchange
WERA
WEA
Molotov Promises Allied Blows From East and West
Moscow reports Molotov pledges that Germany will soon feel decisive joint blows from the east and west. He thanked Britain for decorating Soviet soldiers as a lull on the Russian front continues and observers expect a broader joint operation to follow.
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Moscow
Viacheslav Molotov
Germany
Molotov
Archibald Clark Kerr
Meat and canned goods to return to ration basis this year
Boston May 11 Col Bryan Houston deputy OPA administrator said meat and canned vegetables will be returned to a reasonable ration basis before year end and that serious food shortages are unlikely. He cited two production factors and noted heavy military demand with an Allied invasion of western Europe approaching. He predicted a beef surplus between September and November.
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Boston
Bryan Houston
OPA
Houston
Europe
Floyd Griffith Dies in Arizona Motorcycle Crash
Floyd Griffith 43, of Tucson, formerly Wellman, was killed yesterday in a motorcycle accident about 125 miles from Tucson. He married Gertrude Berger in 1922 and leaves two children. Funeral arrangements are handled by Powell Funeral.
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Wellman
Floyd Griffith
Tucson
Ariz
Rationing Points Likely To Be Reduced or Abolished
The fragment suggests a government move to cut or end rationing, implying a shift in control of allocations and possible relief for consumers. No specific entities or dates are given in the readable text.
Army Air Forces Destroyed 4064 Jap Planes in Pacific War
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announced 4064 Japanese planes had been destroyed by U S forces in the Pacific in 27 months, with 1163 American planes lost. Major Richard Bong credited with 27 kills. figures cover 5 air forces and note ground losses and air victories.
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Army Air Forces
Pacific
Washington, D.C
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Richard Bong
Sth
7Th
11Th
13Th
Waii
Pearl Harbor
Amercian Army
Admiralty Islands
Wyman Soldier Killed in Action
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Davis report their son Corporal Hugh Carroll Davis aged 27 was killed in action in Italy on April 12. He served since May 9, 1941, and fought in North Africa and the Italy invasion, likely Cassino battles, in the artillery. Surviving are the parents and two sisters Miriam and Mildred. He was a Wyman High School graduate and lived with his father on the Davis farm near Wyman before enlisting.
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Miriam
Mildred
Corporal Davis
Wyman
Davis
Two Farmers Killed By Lightning Near Sioux City
Two farmers in the Sioux City area were killed by lightning Wednesday while working in their fields driving tractors. Both men were knocked from their machines and died instantly, with similar circumstances reported.
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Sooux City
Sioux City
Obituary Note for Calvin Griffith in Army Service
A brief obituary states Calvin Griffith is in the U S army stationed on a South Pacific island. He is survived by his wife a daughter Lois 14 a son Richard 9 his father a brother Pfe a sister Mrs Leo Gislain of Wellman and his mother who died about a year ago. The funeral party arrival will determine final arrangements.
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Lois
Richard
Pfe
Calvin Griffith
U. S. Army
South Pacific
Leo Gislain
Wellman
Allied Bombers Blast Nazi Lines Near Rome
Allied tactical air force bombers attacked German held railway and road lines north and south of Rome with day and night raids. American Marauders targeted Rome Florence rail bridges while AW 8S fighters covered the area. RAF Boston bombers conducted extensive operations over routes near Rome. Ground forces reported no major front changes but continued to hold a 200 square mile salient in east central Italy.
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Europe
Royal Air Force
Italy
Budapest
Hungary
U.S
Pas de Calais
England
Channel
London
Allied Hdq
Naples
Allied Tactical Air Force
Rome
Whittle Front
R.A.F
Boston
Florence
East Central Front
Sisal Production Surges in Haiti 1916 26 Era
Haiti's sisal output rose from an average of 62,259 kilograms annually during 1916 to 26 decade to 11,607,076 kilograms in the latest period, signaling a major growth in fiber cultivation and export potential.
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Haiti
Garbage Collection Starts Next Week in Washington
The city announced a new contract with Willis Beatty for the 1944 garbage work. Collections will begin next week with Beatty visiting residences weekly and the business district twice weekly, using covered receptacles as required by city ordinance.
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City
Willis Beatty
Washington
R. L. Lytle
Beatty
County Board Awards Bush Coal Contract for Winter
The county board of supervisors awarded a coal contract to Bush coal office as the sole bid. Prices: 6x3 egg coal $6.20 delivered. 3x2 nut coal $5.90. oil treated stoker coal $6.45. jail and county yards 6x3 egg coal $6.95. Washington city poor 6x3 eggs coal $7.30 delivered or $3.90 half ton. From Franklin county Illinois. Also approved bonds for W. E. Howell as county treasurer and Virginia Hasty as deputy. Howell to fill Marion George term.
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County Board of Supervisors
Bush Coal Office
Court House
Washington City
Franklin County
Illfield
Howell
W. E. Howell
Virginia Hasty
Marion George
Miss Hasty
Honeymead to Build Soybean Plant in Washington
Honeymead Products of Cedar Rapids signs to buy ten acres near Washington for a soybean solvent extraction plant costing about 200000. The site near Rock Island tracks will house a 50 ton daily extractor, a 200000 bushel feed mill, and 600000 to 750000 bushels yearly capacity, with 30 jobs created. Construction to start within ten days, operations by October 1 to serve 1944 soybean crop.
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Washington
Honeymead Products Company
Cedar Rapids
Bryan Coakley
Rock Island Railway
Twelfth Street
Rock Island
Washington Concrete Company
J. M. Tudor
Honeymead Company
Tudor
Washington County
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Nebraska
Colorado
Spencer
Bricker Attacks Corn Freeze Compared To Ward Seizure
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio labeled the federal corn freeze as government overreach, likening it to the Montgomery Ward seizure. He argued no administration should violate constitutional rights and questioned the need to freeze corn sales.
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Des Moines
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Iowa
Bricker
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Mary Right
Liberators
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New York City
Joseph J. Higgins
Robert E. Hannegan
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Alben W. Barkley
U. S. Senate
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Democratic State Committee
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Kentucky
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Thomas B. Dewey
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Rabaul
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