Iowa City radio sale overcharge hits federal treasury
Des Moines district office of price administration says Fr J Boyle of the Hock Eye Loan agency charged a soldier $50 for a used radio that sold for $11.95 new. The army man Glenwood R Lamb was refunded the excess and the rest went to the federal treasury after a $3,205 payment.
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Des Moines
Price Administration
Iowa City
Fr. J. Boyle
Hock Eye Loan Agency
Glenwood R. Lamb
State University of Iowa
Lamb
Federal Treasury
Mothers to Spend Day With Sons in Hospital
One hundred or more mothers of patients in Schick General hospital will visit their soldier sons today through Monday for Mother's Day. The Red Cross will provide transportation meals and entertainment. Mothers will be housed in Clinton homes to maximize time with their boys.
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Clinton
Schick General Hospital
Red Cross
Newton Men Plead Guilty in Car Theft Case
Three Newton men pleaded guilty in district court to operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent after taking O B Young's car Wednesday night and abandoning it following a highway accident. Dale Sutphin and Ennis Shepard each received up to one year at the reformatory. George Cattin drew the same term in the state penitentiary. The trio also took a nearby Glenn Ross pickup.
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Newton
Dale Sutphin
Ennis Shepard
Abamosa
George Cattin
Fort Madison
O. B. Young
Here
Glenn Ross
Over Half Ton Cheese Condemned as Unfit
DES MOINES The state department of agriculture condemned 1 256 pounds of cheese made at the Odebolt Dairy Odebolt Iowa as unfit for human consumption. The cheese will be diverted to an Omaha Nebraska firm for manufacture into fish bait after the Odebolt plant closed on April 14.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Odebolt
Omaha
Neb
Baby Robins Nest on Olson’s Garbage Wagon
Osage resident Oscar H. Olson found a family of robins nesting on his garbage wagon during the last two weeks. The mother robin fled at dawn as the team was hitched, and both parents awaited Olson’s return each day after measuring the wagon for a new tongue.
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Oscar H. Olson
Olson
Germany Should Rebuild Cities
In San Francisco on May 12 UP Kuzma B. Kiselev White Russia foreign commissar urged Germany to rebuild towns damaged by its armies with German labor. He warned Germany should not expect to help rebuild White Russia and said final European peace terms would determine the plan.
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San Francisco
Kuzma B. Kiselev
Russia
Kiselev
United Nations Assembly
Germans in Czech Area Surrender to Russians in Wales and Beyond
Allied reports say over 260,000 German troops surrendered to the 1st 3rd and 4th Ukrainian armies in the Czech region within three days. Russians in contact with Americans west of Chemnitz and in Silesia Pilsen and Linz. Additional notes on Norwegian disarmament, Mediterranean clearance, and occupation planning with leaders like Dietrich Funk Lammers Darn.
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United Press
Czechoslovakia
Diehard Nas
Chemnitz
Silesia
Pilsen
Linz
Austria
Norway
Scotland
Germany
Mediterranean
Athens
Rhoces
Khios
Lero
Latvia
Red Army
Berlin
United States
Pacific
Sepp Dietrich
Watther Funk
Reichbank
Hans Lammers
Hitler
Reichschancellery
Joseph Darn
France
Quisling judged mentally deranged but fit for trial
Oslo May 12 A police physician said Maj Vidkun Quisling ousted puppet premier of Norway was mentally deranged but not deranged enough to escape treason trial. The doctor examined him in jail and withheld full findings for the court. Quisling alleged megalomania claims and persists as leader and president of Norway. A post mortem on an arm found at Reichs commissioner Terboven residence at Skaugum supports death by own action.
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Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Quisling
Prisoners prove useful in wartime justice debate
The text argues that prisoners can be valuable as workers in war, but asserts that this should be a matter of supreme justice rather than mere practicality. The statement frames a moral question about humane treatment and fair justice in wartime conditions.
Y M C A to Open Again Next Monday
Secretary O E Sehmitt announced the Y M C A building will reopen Monday morning with the regular schedule of activities after a two day closure.
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O. E. Sehmitt
Y.M.C.A
One Mad Night Home Talent Play Faces Shortages
The Ys Men's club home talent play One Mad Night relies on unusual props such as a tomahawk a squirrel rifle and a burial shroud but wartime shortages cause banana and blank cartridge issues while a live feathered dead chicken is needed for a gag. Rehearsals work around makeup and disguise challenges as actors prepare to perform next Wednesday at the State theater with director Clarice Meek promising a mad night of surprises.
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Joe Picken
Tlarlem
al Terrell
Ted Brown
Dave Elder
Sue
Clarice Meek
State Theater
Mr Schmitt Hopes to Return to Job
Mr Schmitt stated he hopes to be able to return to work soon. He indicated progress in his recovery and expressed optimism about resuming duties this week.
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Schmitt
Children of Lookout School Visit Journal
Yesterday afternoon the Lookout school pupils from Engli River township visited the Journal with teacher Margaret Vodicka. They toured town sites including the American Pearl Button factory Brewers dairy and the Journal before returning to finish the school year. Six of eight pupils attended: Joan Phyllis Allen Stransky Eugene Marshall Scott and Sharon Lee Flynn. Ira Kauffman and Ward Snyder were absent.
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Journal
Lookout
Engli River Township
Margaret Vodicka
Washington
American Pearl
Brewers Dairy
The
Joan
Phyllis
Allen Stransky
Eugene
Marshall Scott
Sharon Lee Flynn
Ira Kaufffman
Ward Snyder
T. M. O'Connor Taken by Death
Thomas Michael O'Connor, 77, died at 3 15 this morning at 4165 West Second street after six months of illness. Funeral at St James Catholic church Monday at 9 30 conducted by Rev H J Corcoran, burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Rosary at 8 Sunday at home. Born March 22 1868 in Jackson township, lifelong Washington county resident. Survived by wife Mary Moriarty and children Myrtle O Connor Mary Hopping P B E O Connor Orie O Connor nine grandchildren two great grandchildren. Four sisters and four brothers preceded him. one grandson died in WWII.
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Thomas Michael O'Connor
West Second Street
St. James Catholic Church
H. J. Corcoran
Elm Grove
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
O'Connor
Jackson Township
Washington County
Jeremiah
Ellen
Murphy) O'Connor
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Riverside
Mary Moriarty
Highland Township
Haskins Mutual Telephone Company
Ife
Washington
Tie
St. James Church
Myrtle O'Connor
Mary Hopping
P. BE. O'Connor
Monday Return of ailing Official Ends Extended Absence
A high ranking official resumes duties Monday after weeks away from the office due to illness. He resumes routine responsibilities and meets with staff to address pending matters.
Goering Indicted for War Crimes in Allied Case
London reports a war crimes commission member confirming Hermann Goering faces at least eight counts. Indictments cover his role as a Reich minister and for forced labor and slavery under the four year plan. Co-defendants include Joseph Goebbels, Walther Darre, and Fritz Sauckel, with Goebbels reportedly missing and Sauckel unaccounted.
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London
United Nations War Crime Commission
Hermann Goering
Commission
Goering
Rolly-Polly Reichsmarshal
U. S. 7Th Army
Bavaria
Reich
Adolph Hitler
War Crimes Commission
Joseph Goebbels
Walther Darre
Fritz Sauckel
Sauckel
Darre
Goebbels
Berlin
U. P
Joseph Grigg
Judge Beehly Cancelled Washington Court Due to Ill Brother
Judge Frank Beehly of Mont ezuma said he will not be in Washington Monday to hold court as planned. He is in Guthrie Center with a seriously ill brother and intends to reconvene in Washington soon.
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Frank Beehly
Montezuma
Washington
Guthrie Center
Hle
County Organizes Seventh War Drive May 14
County officials announce the seventh war loan drive begins Monday May 14 with committees setting town quotas totaling 1 365 900 for the county and 882 000 in bonds to be sold through home solicitations led by Mrs Stan Kiesey and county chairman G E Mace. The plan aims for rapid completion by May 26 with emphasis on early pledges and home purchases to support the war effort against Japan.
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G. E. Mace
Mace
Stan Kiesey
Court House
Washington
Ioan
Jose Fall
Japan
Sgt Charles Atkinson Reported Missing in Action in Germany
Mr and Mrs M Dale Atkinson report their son Sgt Charles Atkinson missing in action in Germany since April 23. He arrived overseas in October 1944 with the 41st Infantry, 103rd Division, 7th Army. His brothers Marsh and Allen Atkinson are serving overseas with other units.
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M. Dale Atkinson
War Department
Charles Atkinson
Germany
Allen Atkinson
Paris
Zelather Taylor Two Thoughts for Mother's Day Cards
Zelather Taylor offers two Mother’s Day reflections. The messages center on divine care and familial love, urging gratitude and remembrance for mothers and mother figures. The lines convey warmth and reverence appropriate to a Mother’s Day tribute.
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Zelather Taylor
New Landing Reported on Mindanao and Okinawa Actions
American Marines and allied troops push along a five mile Okinawa line from Naha toward Shuri and Yonabaru as Mindanao hosts a new landing splitting Japanese defense. Naha lies in ruins with 39,469 Japanese killed in the campaign.
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Mindanao
Guam
Okinawa
Naha
Yonabaru
Shuri
Philippines
Luzon
Tarakan
East
Borneo
Dakeshi
Chester W. Nimitz
War Stamp Drive at Lexington School Surpasses Goal
Pupils at the Lexington rural school near town purchased $1 000 in war stamps and bonds aided by their mail carrier Victor Masson and the Wellman post office. Teacher Mrs Wayne Blumenstein notes her husband serves in Germany as VE Day activities include a community devotional with mothers and displays of historic papers.
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Lexington
Victor Masson
Wellman Post Office
Wayne Blumenstein
First Army
Germany
Dean Reiger
Junior Patterson
Duane Tadlock
Mary Ellen Miller
Betty Low Creen
Donnie Patterson
Robbie Patterson
Dorothy Jean Miller
Lee Roy Green
Bernita Martin
Robert Green
Caroleen Gingerich
Marion Patterson
Larry Martin
Carole Lee Cupp
Doag Reiger
Emde
Reform the World by Enlisting the Mothers
A quotation notes that to reform the world from its errors and vices one should begin by enlisting the mothers. The line emphasizes the influence of mothers in shaping society.
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Czech
Reichsmarshal
Luftwaffe
Augsburg
U. S. Signal Corps
Y's Moon
Children of Lookout
T. M. O’connor
Seu
Soviet Union
Mong
China
Siberia
Manchuria
Sea of Japan
Korea Strait
Yellow and China Seas
Hankow
Sgt. Atkinson
Dale Atkinson
6Th Marine Division
Asa River
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