Investigation of Missouri Valley Train Collision Yields No Cause
Des Moines report by safety engineer H A Franklin to the state commerce commission says the wreck near Missouri Valley on Sept 28 killed nine and injured about a hundred. The review suggests possible failure of the train control plane or the passenger train crossing to the westward main track against a switch indicator, with extra protection needed.
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Des Moines
Missouri Valley
H. A. Franklin
State Commerce Commission
Franklin
Former Bus Queen Freed on $6,000 Bonds
Mrs Helen Schultz Brewer once known as the Iowa bus queen is released on $6,000 bonds on charges including assault with intent to commit murder obstructing justice and resisting an officer. Sheriff Atherton and deputy McCartney sought 13 stray calves at her father's farm 12 miles south of Charles City after a cattle mix up led to a tense confrontation.
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Charles City
Helen Schultz Brewer
Liberty
Floyd County
F. B. Atherton
Leyte Japs Free by Sea From Island
Allied forces report remnants of the Japanese garrison on Leyte fleeing by sea as MacArthur says the Leyte Samar campaign nears its end. 36,000 Japanese killed or captured in 13 days. battles focus on Ormoc. Japanese air attacks cause some shipping damage. 27 raiders shot down.
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Allied
Philippines
Leyte
Leyte-Samar
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
MacArthur
Ormoc
Leyte Gulf
New Guinea Service Brings Home Principal Homer Smothers
Homer Smothers, recently named principal of Washington high school, served 13 months in the Pacific with the Red Cross. His overseas assignments included Australia and New Guinea bases, followed by a return to Ames Iowa, before taking his current post. He earlier taught in Valley City and Muscatine and was assistant principal at Dakota City.
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Homer Smothers
Red Cross
Washington High School
Pacific
Navy
Australia
First Air Task Force
Dobodura
New Guinea
Finehaven
United States
Ames
Iowa
Washington
Smothers
Valley City
North Dakota
Muscatine
Dakota City
Woman Killed in Knoxville Car Truck Collision
Mrs. Mary Wright, 71, of Pleasantville, a housekeeper for William Bacon, died from injuries after her car collided with a truck two miles west of Knoxville. Bacon suffered two fractured ribs. the truck driver was uninjured. Coroner Charles A. Bruce said there would be no inquest.
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Knoxville
Mary Wright
Pleasantville
William Bacon
Bacon
Here
Charles A. Bruce
Schools Plan for Education Week
Supt. M M Schell urges home and school unity in Education Week observances. The Washington schools host open houses November 6 to 11 with an auditorium program November 9 from 7:36 to 8:30, then parents meet teachers in classrooms.
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M M. Schell
Schell
Washington
Will Sell Poppies On Streets Saturday
Scores of young women will distribute Buddy Poppies on Saturday in Washington city. Sponsored by the Washington county post and Veterans of Foreign Wars, the program supports needy and disabled ex servicemen and their families. VFW leaders urge participation and note the aim of remembering Armistice day. Buddy Poppy headquarters will be announced tomorrow.
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Washington
America
Washington County Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W
Questions of Common Interest Refreshments Note
Brief item notes that refreshments will be provided at a gathering on a topic of common interest. No further details on date or location are provided in the fragment.
Red Armies In Sight of Budapest Panic In Hungarian Capital
Soviet front reports say Malinovsky's Cossack riders reached near Pest as German Hungarian forces retreat with shattered transport. Panic spreads in Budapest while Danube front columns advance, and winter weather disrupts northern operations.
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Budapest
Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Pest
Red Arm
Malinovsky
Buda
Danube
Yugoslavia
Red Army
Prigone
Hungary
Ukraine
Prepare for Sale Of Car Licenses In Southeast Iowa
A county treasurers and automobile license clerks conference in southeastern Iowa outlined 1945 license issuance rules. New 1945 licenses will include a rear plate and windshield sticker while 1942 plates are removed. Truck weight enforcement remains, and transference after issuance requires a War Department form filed with the county treasurer.
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Iowa
F. W. Creger
FP. J. Hurley
Eicher
Cole
Highway Patrol
State Highway Commission
War Department
Scott Furniture Supports Poppy Day Aid Effort
Ralph at Scott Furniture helps with Poppy Day activities and the Post and its Auxiliary express appreciation for the assistance.
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Scott Furniture Store
V.F.W
Scott Furniture
Ralph
Dorothy Putman Starts as County Clerk of Court Clerk
Dorothy Putman began work Wednesday in the office of the county clerk of court.
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Dorothy Putman
Berry urges postwar work plans ahead not relying on federal funds
Don Berry chairman of Iowa’s postwar commission urged private initiative to start home projects now. He called for dirt work such as sewer upgrades airports and housing and for new factories and recreation programs to aid employment after the war. He noted no federal funds are in sight beyond roads and pressed towns to prepare plans and use state road money.
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Berry
Don Berry
Flown Rehabilitation Committee
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Berry
Iown
Iowa
State Commission
Ing
Army
Navy
Women's Relief Corps
C. W. Tucker
Chamber
R. Wilson
Three Inches Rain First Since Oct 5
November opens wet with yesterday’s rain totaling 0.25 inch and last night’s 3 inches, bringing October’s total to 1.81 inches. Temperatures ranged from 43 to 78 with October warmer than last year, and harvests favoring soybeans due to warm dry weather.
Burial for Roy Brown Scheduled at Elm Grove Cemetery
Roy Brown aged 44 died yesterday at Desa Moines and will be buried Saturday afternoon at 3 30 at Elm Grove Cemetery. He was a former resident of Washington.
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Roy Brown
Desa Moines
Elm Grove Cemetery
Washington
Complete Quota of Surgical Dressings
Washington women who have worked long hours making surgical dressings for war use completed their current quota yesterday and will be on vacation from the task for the present. They are not known to be called back this year, though dressings are still being prepared in other county towns with current assignments nearly finished.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Washington plans eyed for airport and housing projects
Robert Arthur reports on airport election set for November 7 and lease expiry on current site. Chamber postwar committee chief Frank Miller highlights proposals including an artificial lake, memorial building, school and housing improvements, and other Washington projects with housing needs emphasized. Secretary O H Schmitt notes a busy year with active board and committees.
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Washington
Robert Arthur
Airport Committee
Army
Navy
Frank B. Miller
Chamber of Commerce Postwar Committee
Miller
Reed
Americans Reach Schmidt as Aachen Offensive Gathers Steam
American forces advance two and a half miles southeast of Vossenack and seize Schmidt ten miles inside the Siegfried line. Lt General Hodges directs a steadily developing attack after 24 hours of fighting around the Hurtgen forest as Dutch forces capture Flushing and British units seize Domburg on Walcheren as the last barriers to Antwerp fall.
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Paris
Amer
Vossenack
Aachen
Schmidt
Seigfried
Cologne
U.S. 1St Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Hurtgen Forest
Rhineland
Flushing
Reinhard
Clong
Antwerp
Domburg
Walcheren
Schelde
Germany
Rotgen
Star
Bombers Strike Rangoon Burma Rail Centers by Daylight
B 29 Super Fortresses carrying record bomb loads attacked Rangoon rail marshalling yards by daylight. The raid involved large formations with Eastern Air Command cooperation. Weather favored missions and initial damage reports were positive amid Burma campaign efforts.
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Washington
D. C
Nova
Rangoon
Burma
20Th Airforce
Eastern Air Command
Bangkok
Siam
Kyushu
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Bronx
New York
Dulag
Leyte Island
International
General MacArthur
West Coast
Reconnaisance
Ormoc Harbor
Ljaden
Cebu
Camotes Sea
Carigara
Baybay
Fred Downing
Industrial Committee
Planng
Brown
Washington Group
O. H. Schmitt
Frontier
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