Ottumwa hunters charged with pheasant possession
Three Ottumwa men identified as O. S. Baker senior, O. Baker Jr., and T. J. Coulter, all railway workers, faced charges after failing to appear in court over 15 pheasants found in their possession. Warrants issued. they were arrested by state conservation officers and released on bond. Col. Earl Jago may rearrest them for formal proceedings. The younger Baker faces 13 pheasants, the others one each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Minnieal Court
O. SC. Baker Ow
Baker, Jr
T. J. Coulter
Stat Conservation
Monally
Earl Jago
Wapeno
Davis
Baker
Youth Held in Racket Case From Shenandoah
Shenandoah officers say a 17 year old boy named Laurel Rowe of Dover Minnesota is accused of obtaining money under false pretenses after a diary recounts a trip of more than 6000 miles and a theft of 200 cents from his trousers. The youth allegedly collected 14.71 dollars in Essex in one hour to reach Mayo's for trouble. County Attorney James Howard reports the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoat
Laurel Rowe
Dover
Minn
James Howard
Essex
Mayo's
Ciary
Penalties Ordered in OPA Coal Sale Violations
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey ordered judgments against Farmers Elevator Co Stranten and Rock Coal Co Marshalltown on OPA price excess complaints. Farmers Elevator Co paid 1487.33 and John S Rook Gene Rook and William Rook 772.80. OPA sought triple damages and injunctions against further violations of OPA revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Farmers Elevator Co Stranten
the Rock Coal Co
Marshalltown
OPA
Charles A. Dewey
Farmers Elevator Co
John S. Rook
Gene Rook
William Rook
OVA
One Draft Appeal Board for All State Iowa
General Charles H. Grahl announced that Iowa will consolidate its live draft appeal boards into a single Des Moines board effective November. The Des Moines panel will retain Board No. 1 while the Sioux City Burlington Council Bluffs and Elkader boards will be placed on inactive status as panels of the Des Moines board due to a sharp drop in appeals from 700–750 monthly to about 124–150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Iowa
Sioux City
Burlington
Counecil Bluffs
Elkader
Grahl
Woman dies in haymow fall at farm southeast of Fort Dodge
Darian Hendrickson, 26, died after slipping while pitching down hay in a haymow at her mother's farm southeast of here. The accident occurred when she fell from the mow into a barn area.
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Fort Dodge
Darian Hendrickson
Bank Buildings at Davenport Sold for 830000
The Union Savings Bank and First National Bank buildings in Davenport were sold Thursday for 830000 to a Davenport syndicate. The group includes 205-209 West Second Street Corp the Kahl Investment Corp and Thomas J Walsh. Possession to be given around Jan 1 1946. The bid was 600000 when first offered in the receivership sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Union Savings Bank
First National Bank
Scott County District Court
West Second Street Corp
Kahl Investment Corp
Thomas J. Walsh
Victory Loan appeal urges support despite long war costs
A wartime appeal argues war must be financed for years through Victory Bonds. It cites a projected 434 billion dollars in costs through next June including four billion for veterans and ongoing debt interest. The piece urges citizens to buy bonds as patriotic duty and to aid education, farming modernization, and veterans.
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America
Prominent Layman Samuel Fulton to Speak in Washington Area
Samuel A. Fulton of West Allis Wisconsin a prominent United Presbyterian layman and Gideons official will deliver a Sunday sermon at the United Presbyterian church in Washington Sunday morning and speak at Columbus City that evening He will address the Rotary club Monday noon and the church men's brotherhood dinner in the evening Delegations from nearby towns are invited to attend with visitors from outside the local congregation expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. Fulton
West Allis
Wis
Milwaukee
Washington
Momlay
Mos
United Presbyterian Church
World Wide Christian Advance Committee
The
Gideons
Fulton Company
Fulton
Columbus City
Rotary Club
Mrs Hancher 79 Dies After Illness at Wash ington Iowa
Millie Oneal Hancher of Washington Iowa died at 7 30 yesterday evening. Born February 14 1866 at Vandalia Illinois to William Oneal and Mary Rafferty. Survived by son Cecile Hancher Portland Oregon daughters Alice McCullough Portland Oregon and Mrs L H Smith Chicago with ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 850 p m at L A Jones funeral home George Kerr in charge burial at Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Oneal Hancher
Washington
Iowa
Vandalia
Mary Rafferty
William Oneal
David Smith Hancher
Louisa County
Sarah Clark John
Cecile Hancher
Terre Haute
Ind
Alice McCullough
Portland
Oregon
L. H Smith
Chicago
Alice Watson
Wellman
Sette Tillman
Davenport
Cpl
Wm. R. Payne
Hawaii
Earl D. Payne
Ste. Tokyo Bay
Japan
L. A
George Kerr
Ainsworth
Ottumwa Dain Factory Resumes Work After UAW Deal
Ottumwa workers may decide tonight at UAW Hall to approve or reject an agreement reached in Moline Illinois between the United Auto Workers and Deere & Company officials. About 600 Dain Manufacturing Co. employees are affected by the resumption of work as the strike ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Dain Manufacturing Co
Moline
United Auto Workers Union
Deere & O
Ottmwa
Hall
Dain
Fighting Ends in Magelang Java After Truce
Report says fighting between British troops and Indonesian extremists at Magelang ceased four hours after the improvised truce. Dr Sukarno arrived to help stabilize the area as Royal forces reinforced and aid began moving to Soerabaia and Semarang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Magelang
A. F
I. R. Sukarno
Con Maider
Etert
Spoesman
Magelane
Semarang
Java
Soerabaia
Honey shipments boost Hawk Springs economy spawns new trade
In Hawk Springs Wyoming bees harvest over 30000 pounds of honey shipped to Los Angeles. Officials expect continued shipments as the new honey trade expands locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawk Springs
Wryo
Los Angeles
Idle workers return delayed by five week strike
Workers had been idle for five weeks due to a strike affecting production. Management and labor negotiators resumed talks to resolve wage and scheduling disputes and restart operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ees
Idle Labor Is Boosted by New Strikes
A broad strike wave idled about 25 140 U S workers as noting activity across industries. Transportation hit by a Greyhound bus stoppage, Western Union telegraphers in multiple cities, airline maintenance crews, Hollywood film craftsmen, longshoremen, and warehouse workers all anchored by wage disputes. Steel and textile sectors reported walkouts and pending votes, with broader industry pressure amid wage talks and industry-wide demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Transportaton
Greyhound
Mississippi
AFL
Western Union
Philadelphia
Detroit
Syracuse
New York
Hartford
Amerwat Export Airlines
Hillywood
Holston
War Production Board
CIO
Northwest
Lime Creek Gives $493 to War Fund
Mrs. Burrell Foster of Lime Creek township turned in 493.40 to the national war fund, bringing Lime Creek's total to 546 from 11 districts with three districts still to report. Largest gifts came from Wassonville 65, Nira 68, Surprise Valley 63, all near the 69 quota. Overall county rural districts remain unreported. total now 13,550.10. Headquarters are likely in the courthouse lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Fund
Washington
Burrell Foster
Lime Creek Township
Lime Creek
Wassonville
John Shetler
Nira
W. D. Eckerman
Surprise Valley
Fay Rowe
Powerful Soviet Figures After Stalin
The article notes Andrei Zhdanov and Anastas Mikoyan as among post Stalin Russia’s top internal figures with Molotov prominent in foreign affairs. It highlights Zhdanov as head of the Soviet Allied Control Commission and Mikoyan as Commissar for Foreign Trade, all influential in behind the scenes affairs and expected to shape policy if Stalin dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet
Russia
Andrei Zhdanov
Anastas Mikoyan
Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
San Francisco
London
Washington
Zhdanov
Soviet Allied Control Commission
Mikoyan
New Suits Filed In District Court Involving Guardianship and Divorce
In district court Mrs. Lawrence Fountain Mrs. Arthur Enfield George Canott Mrs. Lewis Glider John Canott and Roy Canott sue FE C Jones and the New York Casualty Co seeking vacating of guardian reports for Jane B F Canott who died in 1944 and demanding a full accounting. D C Nolan Iowa City represents plaintiffs. George Whetstine sues for divorce from Virginia Whetstine claiming abandonment in 1938 after marriage in 1987 with one child in grandparents’ custody. Albrecht Knox Iowa City represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Enfield
George Canott
Lewis Glider
John Canott
Roy Canott
FE. C
Jones
D. C. Nolan
Iowa City
George Whetstine
Wellman
Virginia Whetstine
Brighton
Harry Miller
Washington
Albrecht & Knox
Riots in Egypt Kill Dozens and Spark Widespread Damage
Rioting and strikes sweep Alexandria and Cairo as violence spills into Palestinian areas. Ten killed and about 200 injured amid attacks on Jewish synagogues and shops near Rue Farouk and Mousky Market, with British police largely avoiding direct action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
Palestine
Britain
Belfour
Rue Farouk
Mousky Bezaar
Mrs Ferne Minick Campaign Strategy Winds Down
The campaign led by Mrs Ferne Minick will be discontinued after Saturday as the bid nears its final stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferne Minick
Army Leaders Rivalry After Stalin Death
The piece names top Russian army figures often debated as rivals for control after Stalin’s death, highlighting Marshal Georgi Zhukov and Marshal Klementi Voroshilov as prominent figures in the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Stalin
Georgi Zhukov
Moscow
Klementi Voroshilov
Continue Strike Despite Sinatra in Gary Indiana
Frank Sinatra drew cheers from Froebel high school students as 800 white pupils continued a strike over the enrollment of Black students. Sinatra urged them to return to class, but the strike remained active as organizers hoped his influence would end the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Frank Sinatra
Bobby
Frobel High School
Sinatra
Book Is Memorial To Charles Sutton
Grace Stephen announces a memorial gift to the Washington public library. The book Lands Away by Earl Mallatt is donated by Mrs A Anderson in memory of Charles Sutton. Sutton, a former Journal employee and Army Air Corps bomber gunner in Italy, died on a Yugoslav mission December 23, 1944 at age 22.
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Grace Stephen
Earl Marlatt
Washington Public Library
A. Anderson
Charles Sutton
Charles
The
Journal
Army Air Corps
Italy
Yugoslavia
Army Air Service
Stephen
Debris and Loot Litter Cairo Streets After Wreck
After the wreck, debris filled streets and goods stolen from shattered shops were displayed on the sidewalks in Cairo within an hour. Police were seen patrolling as residents assessed damage and collected scattered merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ask for Help of Truman in Probe
The Pearl Harbor investigating committee asked President Truman to amend an executive order restricting disclosure of cryptographic information. Public hearings begin November 15 to examine events surrounding the Japanese attack and ensuing war. Army and Navy personnel would be allowed to testify openly and share any related information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Local News Favors Visitors and Jury Duty in Davenport
Local residents including Mr and Mrs Raymond Hasty Mrs Joe Sehllatter and Mrs UH J Myers along with Clara Faulkner spent Wednesday in Davenport. Jury pool members Les Hasty and Mrs Sehlatter were drawn but not required to serve and all returned home that night. Mrs John Havel of 217 North Fourth Avenue returned from Mercy Hospital in Low City after a major formation and is reported to be recovering well. In CASFER Wyoming state entomologist George P B Harston reports honey bee population is steady with a few bees showing American Foul Brood diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hasty
Joe Sehlatter
UH. J. Myers
Clara Faulkner
Davenport
Les
Hasty
Sehlatter
John Havel
North Fourth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Low City
Casfer, Wyo
Wyoming
George PB Harston
Scholar Mr Marlatt Lectures on Life's Spiritual Value
Mr Marlatt, professor of literature at Boston University School of Theology, wrote a book largely drawn from lectures given at DePauw University on life’s spiritual value. Mrs Anderson presented the work.
Communists Blame U S Intervention Over Chinese War
In Chungking on November 2, central government sources said American 7th fleet ships reached Yingkow and Hulutao with three Chinese armies landing. Communists report mounting hostilities across the front as Chiang Kai-shek forces encircle communist troops in western Henan. China Daily accuses the United States of violating non intervention policies and aiding Chiang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
7Th Fleet
Yinegkow
Hulutao
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Hangsai
Sao Tang Pao
Canton
Haiphong
Tientsin
Yingkow
Hulu
China Daily
United States
China
Roosevelt
Truman
Henan
Wuyang
Miyang
Fangcheng
New China Daily
Thief Steals Man's Pay Outside Gary Bank
An unidentified thief snatched Ernest Harms' pay as he left the Gary National Bank after cashing a check. Harms paused to count the money, and the thief vanished around a corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary, Tnd
Ernest Harms
Harms
Gary National
Witnesses Describe German Club Massacre by Japanese Forces
Testimony at a military tribunal recounted the German club massacre in Manila where 40 or more people were killed after being trapped and the club set on fire. Witnesses described women begging for mercy, being stripped and raped, and some slain. Francisco Lopez estimated about 500 deaths among various nationalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Francisco Lopez
Metro-Golwin-Mayer
Philippines
Tomoyuku Yameshita
Bis
Lopez
Angie
Yamashita
Albert del Fino
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Shenandoah
Originl
Flan Woor
Ly United Press
Libby- Owens-Ford
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Strke
Machinists
San Francisco Bay Area
New England
Textile Workers Union
Andrezhdanov
Canott
Lawrence Fountain
G Zhukov
Marshal K. Vorishilov
Washington, D. C
Congress
U.S
Roosvelt
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