Iowa May Not Get Two 1946 License Plates
A Des Moines column reports Iowa may receive only one plate per vehicle for 1946. Production of plates was halted at the Anamosa reformatory after the War Production Board limited steel to 250 tons instead of 500. The factory had already stamped two plates for each vehicle for all registrations in 22 of 99 counties.
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Des Moines
Anamosa Reformatory
War Production Board
State Board of Control
Reformatory
Knoxville Blacksmith Jailed for Assault Trial
Jury to be selected in district court for Van Waller Knoxville blacksmith charged with assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. Waller pleads innocent after an indictment by a Marion county grand jury following the severe beating of former Sheriff Paul Aplegate.
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Knoxville
van Waller
Waller
Marion County
Paul Aplegate
Aged Man Suffocates In Fire at Centerville
Centerville man about 70 named Martin Farris died of suffocation when a rooming house he lived in was engulfed by fire. Owner George Neal told firefighters he believed the building was empty when the blaze began.
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Centerville
Martin Farris
George Neal
Burns suit over cosmetic machine burns at Des Moines shop
Mrs. Dora Benson of Des Moines filed a $1,500 damage suit in Polk county district court alleging a permanent wave machine at Saymour beauty shop operated by Hazel Dawson severely burned her scalp and left ear. Since April 5 she cannot comb her hair or sleep.
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Des Moines
Dora Benson
Mondamitave
Polk County District Court
Hazel Dawson
Saymour
Benson
Gasoline Spill Fires Damages Five Planes at Sioux City Base
The public relations office at the Sioux City Army Air Base cites a spill from a bomb bay tank as the cause of a fire that damaged five aircraft on Sunday. Two B-17s two P-64s and a B-25 were affected. No injuries reported.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Army Air Base
One Killed Two Hurt In Muscatine Crash
A motorist Willis H. Truitt was killed and Elmer and Everett Sanitz were injured when their car was struck by a locomotive at a crossing near Muscatine. The accident occurred Monday on the outskirts of the city.
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Muscatine
Willis H. Truitt
Elmer
Everett Sanitz
Third Brother Captured At Bataan Is Dead
Col John Bostedt is officially listed as dead by the War Department after capture at Bataan. His twin Joseph and brother Glen, all with the Army Air Forces, were also reported dead since internment in a Japanese camp. They had insisted on serving together.
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Council Bluffs
John Bostedt
Bataan
War Department
Joseph
Glen
Army Air Forces
Meat in Lockers Is Investigated by OPA
OPA investigators in the Sioux City district will question local staff about excess meat stored in frozen lockers. Those implicated must report whether they surrendered red points tied to storage. The inquiry begins Wednesday and covers Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota counties.
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Sioux ‘City
Sioux City
County Rural 8th Grade Graduating Class Named 1945
County Superintendent Aggier B Krabill announced the rural eighth grade class of 116 from county schools. The May 29 graduation will be at the Methodist church with Prof C A Fullerton directing songs by the rural pupils and junior choir. The list includes dozens of named students and highlights the ten highest scorers.
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Aggier B. Krabill
Methodist
Wrabill
C. A. Fullerton
Iowa State Teachers College
Fullertons
Brighton
Ray Farrier
Indian Creek
Betty Lowe
Riverside
Vernie Lowry
Maynard Mineart
Cedar
Junior Patterson
Lexington
Duane Tadlock
Kidon Witthoft
Center Lay Townsiip
James Barnes
Black Hawk
Clarence Brown
Janice Donovan
Pleasant Val
Surrender Of Meat Points Ordered In District Action
Maurice Rawlings district OPA director notes 93 registered locker plants in the district with 35 000 lockers. Injunctions will be sought against violators to restrain further infractions and ensure meat disposal through legal channels.
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Maurice’ &#. Rawlings
OPA
Rawlings
Staff Sg t Dean Cox Liberated From German Prison Camp
Mr and Mrs Sir Ray Cox learned last night their son Staff Sergeant Dean Cox has been liberated from a German prisoner camp. The notice came from the American Red Cross Washington headquarters to Dr I I Etter Washington county home service chairman. Cox, waist gunner on a 3 17, went overseas last May and was reported missing June 21 1944. The Cox family had received a card from him last Nov 24.
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Ray Cox
Dean Cox
American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
I. i. Etter
Washington County Home Service
Cox
Germany
Contest of the Shelangoski Will Filed in Washington County
Attorney Ralph H. Munro of Fairfield files suit on behalf of Irene Glider Andrew K. Shelangoski Adan R. Shelangoski Martha Johnston Bertha Kupka and Mary Hopkins challenging the will of the late Frank A. Shelangoski of Washington County The petition claims Frank A. Shelangoski died intestate around January 19 1944 and that an instrument purporting to be his last will was filed January 31 1944 in the Washington County Clerk of Court office, alleged to be invalid.
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Ralph H. Munro
Fairfield
Clerk of District Court
Frank A. Shelangoski
Washington
Irene Glider
Andrew Kk. Shelangoski
Adan R. Shelangoski
Martha Johnston
Bertha Kupka
Mary Hopkins
Katherine Melinski
Alias Shelangoski
Martin Shelangoski
Darlene Shelangoski
Frederick Pehler
Washington County
Love
Last Hours of Fuehrer: Berlin Fortress Halted by Russians
Stenographer Gerhardt Herrgefelle recalls Hitler choosing to die fighting the Russians from an underground refuge behind the Reichskanzlei. He describes heavy bombardment, rapid conferences, Goebbels directing Berlin defenses, and a rushed volkstrum mobilization as Berlin crumbled.
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Obersalzberg
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Berlin
Fuehrer
Reichschancellery
Gerhardt Herrgefelle
Hitler
Herggefelle
Eva Braun
Martin Bormann
Nazi Party
Wilhelm Keitel
Gustav Jodl
Reims
Herrgefelle
Friedrich Strausse
Hatleschester
Paul Josef Goebbels
Slerrgefelle
Prenzlauer Allee
Alexander Vlatz
Volkstrum
Hierrgefelle
Rain totals for May slow Washington county planting
The article notes May rainfall reaching 4.5 inches by the 15th and 2.68 inches for the current week. A 24 hour total of 1.74 inches was followed by .67 inches last night. Cool, cloudy and windy conditions with a 67 degree low delay corn planting on Washington county farms.
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Washington County
Truman Expects Big Three Meeting Soon
President Truman said he hopes for a meeting of the allied Big Three soon with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin. He cautioned that he cannot confirm if or when the meeting will occur but stressed he expects to confer with the two leaders as conditions permit to discuss future peace plans.
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Washington, D. C
Truman
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Ife
Will confusion in heirs prompts court ruling
The document shows the will of Mr Shelangoski and the expression of Katherine Melinski, not the free act of Frank A Shelangoski, raising questions on testament validity and the influence behind the will.
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Mr. Shelangoski
Katherine Melinski
Frank A. Shelangoski
Mad Night dress rehearsal marks first Washington adult home talent
State theater hosts a Y M C A produced mystery comedy in three acts with 100 percent local cast. Proceeds support the Y M C A annual drive. Dress rehearsal featured stage intruders and creaking horrors mirroring classic Cat and Canary style. Tickets 45 cents for shows at 7 and 9 30 p m.
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Washington
State Theater
Y's Men’s Club Committee
Y's Men's Club
Clarice Meek
Y.M.C
Richard Stewart
Y's Men
New Rock Island Station Planned at Fairfield
The Rock Island Lines News Digest reports a streamlined remodel at Fairfield Iowa to be completed late this spring at a cost over $20,000 as part of a 2.5 million realignment program between Peru and Washington. Local petitions in Washington seek a new North Iowa avenue station near the business district.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Whiogh
Washington
Rock Island
Iowa Avenue
Railway Magazine
Rock Island Lines
Feirfield
Perloe
Katherine Melinski Duress and Undue Influence Case
The document cites claims of duress and undue influence involving Katherine Melinski as a key factor. It outlines alleged coercive actions affecting a legal or financial matter and references involved parties and potential remedies pursued.
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Katherine Melinski
Wounded in Action Report for Pfc Donald Knight
Mrs. Donald Knight received word from the War Department that her husband Pfc Donald L Knight was seriously wounded in Germany on May 2. He served with the 8th Army overseas since January and entered service on May 15, 1944, in the same division as Donald Hayes of Washington who was wounded last month.
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Donald Knight
War Department
Pfc
Donald L. Knight
Germany
Knight
Donald Hayes
Washington
Vaughn Smith Freed from German Prison Camp
Mr and Mrs Rex Smith of five miles east of Washington received a Red Cross letter from their son Vaughn Smith describing his release by allied forces. He said he is in good health enjoying army meals and hopes to soon be sitting around the kitchen with his family again. He has no permanent address yet but will send it once located.
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Rex Smith
Washington
Vaughn Smith
Red Cross
Vaughn
Bronze Star Awarded Lt Col William G Eldridge
Military notice from Fort Riley Kansas carries a copy of The Guidon detailing Lt Col William G Eldridge of Washington receiving the Bronze Star. The account notes his Normandy D-Day to Bastogne service with the 10th Squadron Training Regiment and his role with the General Staff WilI Corps, plus emergency return on December 16.
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Kansas
the Journal
the Guidon
Kansas Cavalry
William GC. Eldridge
Eldridge
Fort Riley
William G. Eldridge
CRTC
John B. Thompson
End Training Regiment
Normandy
Brittany
Bastogne
Belgium
States
Wili Corps
Doenitz Status Not Revealed Amid Flensburg Occupation
London dispatch reports British troops entered Flensburg seat of the German government under Doenitz. Fate of Doenitz was unknown and no definite word on Heinrich Himmler. Allied sources said Kaltenbrunner was captured in the Tyrol. Doenitz had set Flensburg as provisional capital after fleeing Hamburg.
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London
Flensburg
Karl Doenitz
Doenitz
Adolph Hitler
Fuehrer
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
3Rd Army
Himmler
Ernest W. Kaltenbrunner
London News Chronicle
Kaltenbrunner
Tyrol
Hamburg
Letter Promising Soon Return
A brief missive states the writer will be “seeing you soon,” suggesting an imminent reunion or anticipated meeting. The wording conveys a personal, hopeful tone without additional details about the context or destination.
Fourth Jap Air Field is Captured
Okinawa front reports Tenth Army infantrymen pushed through rubble toward the Naha dock area within 2000 yards and breached southern Okinawa defenses. American forces seized Yonabaru airfield and pressed from Conical hill toward Shuri and Naha, while Nagoya suffered extensive destruction from raids.
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Guam
Tenth Army
Naha
Okinawa
United Press
Shuri
Conical Hill
Yonabaru
High Stakes at Frisco Meeting
In San Francisco on May 1, officials concede the critical stakes at the conference center on the future shape of the Inter American regional system and its relation to the United Nations. Key questions include Latin American attitudes toward the UN, alignment with the United States or Soviet Russia, and potential hemispheric isolation fears. France gains a permanent seat on the Security Council, while the regional crisis dominates deliberations.
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San Francisco
Calif
New World Organization
Soviet Russia
U.S
U. S
France
Security Council
Dumbarton Oaks
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