Iowa youths confess to 48 home robberies in year and a half
Two youths, Eugene Leeney, 15, and Donald Miller, 16, confessed to police that they robbed 48 local homes over 18 months. They described loot including 463 dollars, seven watches, a camera, war stamps, cigarettes, and tin boxes. one home was entered thrice. They claimed the stolen items were dumped into the Iowa River last week.
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Iowa City
Eugene Leeney
Donald Miller
Lowa
Des Moines Lt. Col Lancaster Talks Iowa July Call
Lieutenant Colonel Ralph A. Lancaster, assistant director of the selective service in Iowa, says the July call for Iowans to enter the armed forces is about the same as June. He notes the quota remains about half of last fall's level and that the service continues to accept only about 6 percent for limited service, typically men with minor physical defects.
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Des Moines
Ralph A. Lancaster
Selective Service
Oiona
Governor Urges Adjusted Hours to Suit Farmers
Governor Bourke Hickenlooper on a Tuesday issued a proclamation urging agricultural communities to adjust working hours to serve farmers. The move follows legislative efforts to make Standard time the legal time and to sidestep wartime speed but stops short of ordering a return to standard time.
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Des Moines
Bourke Bb. Hickenlooper
Down
Governmor Hickenlooper
Senate
Iowa
Curfew Ordinance Passed in Ottumwa
Ottumwa city council approved a curfew for residents under 18 restricting them from public areas after 9 30 p m The move follows a crackdown on gambling illegal liquor and slot machines Violators face up to 100 fine or 30 days in jail The council cited rising youth crime and venereal disease concerns.
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Ottumwa
G. I. Rhoads
Fined for Attempted Draft Board Bribery
William Straub of Paullina Iowa pleaded guilty before Federal Judge George C Scott to a charge of attempted bribery aid to influence the draft board. The case centers on an alleged offer of money for favorable treatment in the draft process and marks a legal outcome for a rural Iowa farmer.
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Sioux City
William Straub
Paullina
Iowa
Farmer
Feder
George C. Scott
VFW completes Memorial Day plans and honors local dead
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post finished Memorial Day preparations led by Tom Swift with Dave McGaffey tasked to raise and lower the flag in Central park. The post honors Lawrence Gier who died last month and welcomes Frank Hedson back from overseas duty. First district commander KK Burham reports district win in state membership drive and will lead the Mason City parade June 18 to 20.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Woodlawn
Tom Swift
Dave McGaffey
Central Park
Daughters of Union Veterans
Lawrence Gier
Frank Hedson
Dorothy McGaffey
Kk. R. Burham
Burham
Mason City
Two Marriage Licenses Issued In One Day At Court House
Two marriage licenses were issued today at the courthouse. Frances Maurine Walker of Washington wed Louis Willard Larsen of Minden Nebraska, and Charles M. Keller of Kalona married Mary Weidner of Washington.
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Court House
Frances Maurine Walker
Washington
Louis Willard Larsen
Minden
Nebr Charles M. Keller
Kalona
Mary Weidner
Man Receives Fine and Suspended Sentence for Refusal to Induct
Straub drew a $300 fine and a 12 month suspended sentence in a Trederre reformatory. He was placed on probation for the duration of the war. He was indicted for offering a $100 bribe to a selective service board member at Primghar Iowa to keep his son Armand from induction. The son was later rejected for physical reasons.
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Tredere
Straub
Selective Service Board
Primghar
Armand
County seeks 3 551 000 dozen eggs for 1943
Washington county poultrymen are asked by the government to produce about 3 551 000 dozen eggs in 1943 as part of the Food for Victory program. The goal is 10.3 percent more than 1942, based on Agriculture Department guidance, with Creighton citing labor and feed as key limits and favorable prices boosting production last year. Iowa households aim for 332 170 000 dozen as part of a national goal of 4 780 900 000 dozen.
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Trenton
N. J
Washington County
National Poultry Defense Committee
United States Department of Agriculture
Hobart Creighton
Creighton
Iowa
Quebec Province Agriculture The 7 Million Acres Under Cultivation
The Province of Quebec with a largely agricultural base reports seven million acres of arable land under cultivation indicating extensive farming activity and land use across the region.
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Quebec
Button workers to meet on Thursday night
Button workers at the American Pearl Button Company will hold an open meeting Thursday at 8 o’clock in the K of P hall. Amalgamated Clothing Workers representatives will explain the National Labor Relations Board order nullifying the April 4 election. The union protests and charges against the company and Washington Chamber of Commerce will be discussed along with recent negotiations.
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American Pearl Button Company
K. of P
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Button
National Labor Relations Board
N.L.R.B
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Islations Act
Chamber of Commerce
Court Modifies Long Decree of Divorce
A court on December 22 1941 modified a divorce decree in the Lyall Moore case. The defendant must pay $8 monthly for each of two minor children. County Attorney George F Morison led for the state and Ingall Swisher represented the defendant. In the Kauffman estate Rufus Gingerich appointed administrator with bond set at $20 000. Judge Patterson plans to return to Washington June 8 for another day of proceedings.
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J. &. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Lyall Moore
George F. Morison
Ingall Swisher
Iowa City
Kauffman
V. Ig. Davis
Rufus Gingerich
Patterson
Washington
Eight Cent Hourly Wage Boost for Railroad Workers
An emergency board recommends an eight cent per hour raise for over one million non operating railroad employees. Back pay totaling about 85 million dollars is expected by July 1 with the increase retroactive to February 1. The plan excludes a union shop and avoids railroad rate hikes amid stabilization efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
National Railway Labor Panel
James F. Byrnes
No Prospect of Jap Russ War
London reports informed sources foresee little chance Russia enters war with Japan before the United States and Britain can deploy major German strength. Moscow prioritizes Germany and supply lines to the Western Front, while the Kremlin could rethink after Allied landings in Europe and the Mediterranean-Islak Sea route.
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London
Russia
Japan
United States
Britain
Pacific
Germany
Kremlin
Europe
Mediterranean
Islack
Japanese forces on Attu faced further cleanup
Washington dispatch says one pocket of Japanese resistance on Attu has been wiped out while an assault continues on another. Navy communique notes the Chicagos pass area was cleared by combined American landing forces on Monday as Army bombers and fighters support the operation.
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Washington, D. C
Attu
Chicagos Pass
Middle Eastern Command
Cairo
Messina
Eisenhower
Flood Dangers Aren't All Over
Thousands of flood victims return to waterlogged homes in the north central states as Illinois and Mississippi rivers spill over barriers protecting Missouri and southern Illinois farms. Over 15,000 troops and civilians reinforce crumbling levies along two critical zones while six state governors meet to map emergency aid for flood valleys across Illinois, Wabash, Missouri, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The gathering was called by Chester E. Davis of the food administration to accelerate re cultivation efforts.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Ilinois
Illinois
Beardstown
Grafton
Cape Girardeau
St. Louis
Lollinois, Wabash
Arkansas River
Mrs Callie Wilson Dies in Colorado
Mrs Callie Woodford Wilson age 80 died Monday in Paonia Colorado where she had lived in recent years. Her body will be moved to L A Jones funeral home in Washington for funeral services Monday May 31 and burial in Brighton cemetery beside her husband Charles Woodford. The Woodford family long resided in Brighton where Mr Woodford ran a furniture and undertaking business and later sold the local funeral home.
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Brighton
Callie Woodford Wilson
Paonia
Colo
L. A. Jones
Washington
Charles Woodford
Woodford
Wilbur Miller
U S Forces Fight Japanese Pocketed North of Chicago Harbor
American troops engage Japanese forces pocketed near Chicago Harbor as the navy reports the sinking of the small auxiliary vessel Niagara by Japanese planes in the south Pacific.
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Chicago Harbor
Navy
South Pacific
Rural Pupils Present Pageant at County Graduation
About 30 rural school students from Union Prairie Flower Salem Egypt Cedar and New Haven stage a pageant titled America, the Melting Pot at the Washington county high school auditorium. Richard Dare reads, Julia Hayter is Symbol of America, with singers Leota Fishburn and others, plus a marimba solo and brief talks. County Supt. Krabill will award diplomas and letters with invocations by Rev. Trenerry and Rev. Eastwood.
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Washington County
America
Union
Prairie Flower
Salem
Egypt
Cedar
New Haven
Richard Dare
Julia Hayter
Leota Fishburn
Beatrice Gillespie
Arlene Knapp
Gwendolyn Mayer
Mary McLaughlin
Barbara Dare
Ralph Shannon
Lester PB. Krabill
F. W. Eastwood
Boyd White
Furlough Ration Granted for Men on Leave
Washington May 26 UP Members of the armed services on a three day furlough or who eat at least nine meals at rationed establishments become eligible for a special furlough ration.
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Washington, D. G C
Armed Services
Lewis to Renew Labor Contract Talks With Miners
John L. Lewis led a UMW delegation to reopen talks with northern and southern bituminous coal operators in Washington. The War Labor Board brokered the meeting, the first since the 1941 split unified the two groups at a single bargaining table.
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Washington, D. C
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Northern
Southern
Allied air offensive against Axis centers expands to Sicily and Dusseldorf
Allied air forces about 1000 planes struck targets across Europe and the Mediterranean. RAF bombers hit Dusseldorf and Messina with heavy raids while Allied fighters swept over Holland Belgium and France. Eisenhower said Flying Fortresses targeted Messina causing major explosions and damage to docks railroads and power.
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London
Europe
RAF
Dusseldorf
Messina
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
English Channel
Germany
Air Ministry
Ruhr Valley
Dortmund
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Naval
Italy
Churchill
Ionian Sea
Preveza
Greece
Holland
Belgium
France
Britain
Dusseldort
Soviet Troops Seize Four Villages North of Moscow
Soviet forces struck northwest of Moscow seizing four villages on the Kalinin front. The communique said one hundred German troops were killed as the Soviets wiped out a fortified garrison. Navy planes reportedly sank six landing vessels and an escort boat in the Black Sea off the Caucasus.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Kalinin
Kholm
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United Press
Food Administration
Chester Ef. Davis
Callie Wilson
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