Gambling devices seized in car in Cedar Rapids
Highway patrolmen and police detectives confiscated hundreds of gambling devices from a car driven by Leonard Rotblat of Chicago. A District Judge set a plea date for the charge of possession of gambling devices. The seized items included punch boards gasol ine coupons and an ODT certificate for wholesale drug business.
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Cedar Rapids
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Leonard Rotblat
Chicago
Carl Hendrickson
G. K. Thompson
Rotlat
Boys Sentenced for Armed Robbery in Iowa
Cedar Rapids report: Robert Hasbrouck age 18 of Independence and Bill Hamilton age 17 pleaded guilty to robbery with aggravation. They were sentenced to 20 years in the Iowa state reformatories at Anamosa for the crime tied to the February robbery of Charles Erickson in Garison Iowa. Hasbrouck admitted holding Erickson at gunpoint and taking $11 and a $79 watch. Hamilton acted as a decoy during the robbery.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Hasbrouck
Independence
Bill Hamilton
Iown Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Charles Erickson
Garrison
Hasbrouck
Erickson
Hamilton
German Prisoners Escape, May Be in Iowa
Des Moines FBI joined in a search for two escaped German prisoners of war. Pvt Walter Dla 1 and Corp Heinz Schumalla 22, captured in Tunisia in 1943, fled a Bena Minnesota camp on Oct 29. They wear navy blue PW marked uniforms and cannot speak English.
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Des Moines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
F.B.I
F.c
Walter Dlai
Corp
Heinz Schumalla
Tunisia
Bena
Minn
BE. E. Kuliner
Driver Indicted in Death of Two Des Moines Girls
Paul Guy, 42, Milo restaurant operator, indicted by the Polk County grand jury on manslaughter charges stemming from a May 29 auto accident that killed two Des Moines girls. He remains free on a $6,000 bond awaiting arraignment and faces driving while intoxicated counts.
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Des Moines
Paul Guy
Milo
Polk County
Grand Jury
Guy
Hunters Who Ignore Law Paying Fines
Hunters cited in Britt Garner and Clear Lake justice courts faced fines for pheasant violations. Des Moines men Ray Mauck and Ray Maxwell paid penalties for illegal possession of pheasants and firearms infractions, with others fined for carrying loaded uncashed tins and hunting without licenses. Joe Brewer of Ottumwa pleaded guilty to illegal possession of hen pheasants in Garner.
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Charles City
Justices of the Peace
Britt
Garner
Clear Lake
Justice Court
H. H. Mullin
Ray Mauck
Des Moines
Ray Maxwell
Cecil Cox
Rudy Fritsch
Joe Brewer
Ottmana
Costa
Coldest Night This Fall Records 29 Degree Low
The report notes a record low of 29 degrees last night, marking the coldest so far in the autumn. Today remains cold but fair with continued clear conditions.
Rail freight up from 688 to 727 billion ton miles in 1942
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports freight traffic on U S railroads rose from 688 billion revenue ton miles in 1942 to 727 billion revenue ton miles.
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U. S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plan Allied Offensives In Southeast Asia
London reports a master campaign plan against Japan with American forces advancing from the east and British from the west. The Southeast Asia theater command under Admiral Mountbatten is consolidated with Lt. Gen. Oliver W. Lease named commander of the 11th Army.
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First Army
J. Laughton Collins
Leonard P. Gerow
Elwood Queseda
Ninth Fighter Command
Leven C. Allen
Charles E. Hart
Truman C. Thorson
Courtney Hodges
International Soundphoto
S. E. Asia
London
Southeast Asia
Japan
Theoutheast Asia Theater
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Oliver W. H. Lease
11Th Army
County Ranks 17th in September Waste Paper Output
Washington county placed 17th of 99 Iowa counties in September waste paper salvage, with a 100 295 pound quota and 136 000 pounds collected, 135 percent of the target. For the second half of 1944 the county was listed in the top tier with 528 000 pounds, 142 percent of quota, as Iowa counties Muscatine and others outrank it in September.
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Washington County
Iowa
General Salvage Branch
War Production Board
Iowa County
Muscatine
Washington
Airport service praised for wartime aviation training and future needs
The article highlights Washington county's airport as a long used training hub for Army and Navy air forces with 131 graduates and 42 private trainees. It notes 57 flyers including owners and out of town pilots who used the facility, urging continued expansion as postwar air travel rises.
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Army
Navy
Washington County
Washington Airport
Dresses left at Red Cross seek owners in two weeks
Women who worked in the surgical dressings room at Red Cross headquarters and left their wash dresses there are asked to go to the rooms during the next two weeks to reclaim their garments.
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Red Cross
John F Sproatt Dies in Iowa City
John F. Sproatt 65 died this morning in Iowa City after months of illness. He served as a longtime engineer in Johnson County and at the Iowa City sewage plant. Funeral services are set for Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church Iowa City with burial in Oakland Cemetery. He is survived by wife Mary Steck Sproatt son Lt John Sproatt and sister Mrs C L Clark.
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Episcopal Church
Iowa City
John F. Sproat
Iowa Sty
Trinity Episcopal Church
Frederick Putnam
Oakland Cemetery
Hohenschulh Funeral Home
Corydon
Iowa
Iowa University
Johnson County
Androm
Way City
Marion
Ohio
Detroit
Century Engineering Company
Cedar Rapids
Mary Steck
Mr. Sproatt
John Sproatt
Army Air Force
Fort Worth
Texas
C. L. Clark
Health Unit Activities Week of Nov 6
Health unit schedules show child health conferences on Tuesday 1 to 3:30 p m at the office and Wednesday 1 to 8:30 p m at Wellman. The notices outline sessions for child health concerns and well man services.
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Wellman
Dewey and FDR Talk Tonight on Radio Broadcasts
President Roosevelt speaks from Boston at eight o clock over NBC Blue and Columbia networks. Governor Dewey gives a Madison Square Garden address in New York at 9 30 Iowa time on NBC and Columbia networks. A Republican follow up is planned for next Monday at ten over NBC Columbia Mutual and Blue networks.
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Roosevelt
Boston
NBC
Blue
Columbia
Dewey
Madison Square Garden
New York
Iowa
Mutual
Younger Soldiers To Address Legion Meeting Next Tuesday
Commander Jay Brewer of Leon Leatty post said that Washington young men on leave from military and naval service will speak at the Legion meeting next Tuesday evening. Among them will be Bob Stutsplan Wendall Baker and Bo
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Legion
Jay Brewer
Leon Leatty Post
Washington
Bob Stutspian
Wendall Baker
Nazi Bombing Raid Strikes Western Germany targets
More than 1100 American bombers hit oil plants rail yards and other sites across western Germany from the Baltic to the French border. Flying Fortresses Liberators escort by Thunderbolts and Mustangs attacked Hamburg Harburg Gelsenkirchen Hanover and Saarbrucken as part of the major Doolittle 8th Air Force strike.
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London
U,pr
Germany
Baltic
Ilamburg-Harburg
Gelesnkirchen
Hanover
Saarbrucken
James H. Doolittle
8Th Air Force
Luftwaffe
Legion meeting invites service members with refreshments
Commander Brewer Crone urged a large audience of Legionnaires to attend the meeting. Soldiers sailors and marines on leave or furlough are specially invited and will be offered refreshments.
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Crone
Brewer
Private Richard R. Bear Dies of Wounds in France
Private Richard R. Bear died October 17 in France from wounds received October 3 in Holland while in combat. He was 20, born February 20, 1924, in Washington and a 1942 graduate of Washington High School known as Cub. He served Dec 11, 1943, and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds in France. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bear and sister Dorothy.
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Richard R. Bear
France
Holland
War Department
Clayton Bear
East
Washington Street
Bear
Richard Raymond Bear
Clayton E. and
Christa Jackson Bear
Washington
Washington High School
Camp Fannin
Texas
Dorothy
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Secretary of War
British Press Updates Antwerp Battle and Budapest Advance
Allied forces push toward Antwerp shipping goals as Welcheren island secured and Dutch waterways opened. Soviet drive into Budapest supplies a collapsing German defense while German forces counterattack near Goldap and the Danube flotilla heads toward the Hungarian capital.
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Antwerp
Budapest
Renew Chauffeurs Licenses This Month
During this month chauffeurs may renew for two dollars for the next year. After January first renewals require an examination. Renewals may be made with the state motor vehicle department representative at the courthouse every Friday.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Court House
Allied front reports push and counterattacks in Europe
War bulletins describe German counter-attacks driving Americans from Schmigt in Germany. Japanese forces press Kweilin area and Lipu in China. German tanks retake ground near Aachen as American spearhead recedes. Allied bomber fleets from Italy and Britain strike Nazi targets across a broad arc into Austria.
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U. S
Germany
U.P
Schmigt
Paris
Cologne
Aachen
Vossenack
London
Italy
Britain
Austria
Roosevelt assigns war plant control to Stimson in Toledo
President Roosevelt orders Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson to take over and operate eight war plants in or near Toledo Ohio where production has been interrupted by a labor disturbance.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Toledo
Ohio
Japanese Reinforcements Hit Leyte Invasion Zone
In the central Philippines Japanese reinforcements estimated at about a division landed at Ormoc Bay under cover of darkness. Ground fighting was reported along the Ormoc to north coast road as Japanese air activity increased over Leyte. Admiral Nimitz announced enemy planes damaged ships in a carrier group with two attackers shot down. Vice Admiral Mitscher claimed Japan had lost four to six carriers, signaling a strong shift in naval power toward the Allies.
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Aachen
Courtney Hodge
Seigfried
Rhineland
Schmidt
Germeter
Roer River
Cologne
Holland
Mark River
Holland Diep
Walcheren
Midaleburg
France
Vosges
Srd
Nancy
Metz
Hungary
Danube
Tisza
Budapest
East Prussia
Goldap
Pacific
Leyte
Philippines
Ormoc
Chester W. Nimitz
Third Fleet
Marc A. Mitscher
Task Force 58
San Diego
The
Japan
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King George
Belgium
England
George Patton
U. S. Third Army
Omar Bradley
U. S. Army Group
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William B. Keen
Charles H. Corlett
John F. Sproatt
Jay Sproal
Stewart
Lincoln
Cherbourg
BELG
Neth
Arnhem
Normandy Channel
Schelde
Fdr
Richard Bear
United Press
Welcheren
Bucharest
Berlin
Chungking
Apanege
Kweilin
Lipu
Kwangsi Province
Sheldon K. Anderson
Kenosha
Wis
Vienna
Army Air Forces
International
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