Iowa column notes turkey price bumps amid OPA ceilings
Des Moines Iowa turkey producers seek prices 66 to 7 cents per pound above the Des Moines OPA district ceilings. Walter D. Kline, district director, says the 64 county area is split into three price groups with ceilings adjusted for freight. Group I counties include Mitchell Howard Floyd Chickasaw Tama Linn Iowa Keokuk Wapello Davis Fayette Clayton Butler Bremer Grundy Black Hawk Benton Poweshiek Johnson Washington Jefferson Van Buren Delaware Buchanan.
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Des Moines
Iowa
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Mitchell
Howard Floyd
Chickasaw
Tama
Linn
Keokuk
Wapello
Davis, Fayette
Clayton
Butler
Bremer
Grundy
Black Hawk
Benton
Poweshiek
Johnson
Washington
Jefferson
Vana Buren
Delaware
Buchanan
Iowa egg production hits new October record in 1944
Des Moines reports that October egg production in Iowa reached 226 million, the 41st straight monthly peak. Through ten months, state output totaled about 3.88 billion eggs, surpassing 1943’s pace by seven percent per Leslie M. Carl, director of the Iowa crop and livestock reporting service.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Safecrackers take $500 from Maquoketa lumber yard
Jackson county Sheriff Bert Morehead said a gang of safecrackers looted the Hand-Fisher Lumber Co. safe in Maquoketa early Sunday and obtained more than $500 in cash. He suspects the same outfit has robbed about 30 other Iowa and Missouri lumber yards in recent months. A crow bar and sledge hammer were used to open the safe. entry was through a back door of the yard office.
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Maquoketa
Jackson County
Bert Morehead
Loaded oil truck rolls down steep Indianola hill
A fuel oil truck carrying 4,000 gallons, driven by Clyde Raney of Des Moines, escaped control and rolled back down a hillside two miles south of Indianola on Monday morning. Cables and roadside posts prevented a ditch crash.
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Indianola
Clyde Raney
Des Moines
Here
Pleads Insanity in Council Bluffs Murder Trial
Defense and prosecution exam 22 jurors in the murder trial of Harry F. May accused of strangling Mrs. Pearl May Weatherill in Council Bluffs. The body was found on a vacant lot last May. The defense claims May was not sane at the time, though a sanity commission found him not insane.
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Council Bluffs
Harry FE
May
Pearl May Weatherill
Reed Fisickinger
Sanity Commission
Plaintiff Dismisses Collett Divorce Suit
Notice filed by Violet Collett through attorney Louis J. Kehoe dismissing the divorce action against Oscar Collett at district court. The dismissal names the plaintiff’s costs and requests annulment of all outstanding process including temporary injunction and one writ of attachment.
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Violet Collett
Oscar Collett
Clerk of
District Court
Louis J. Kehoe
Congress Opens Lame Duck Session With Social Security Freeze Proposal
The 78th Congress began its final lame duck session in Washington with a busy agenda. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg proposes a fourth freeze of social security taxes at the current rate. About 50 senators and 150 representatives attended the opener, and both houses welcomed one new member. In the Senate, William E. Jenner of Indiana was sworn in to serve the unexpired term of the late Frederick Vannuys, replacing Winder Harris who resigned.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Republican
Michigan
Senate
Wm. E. Jenner
Indiana
Jenner
Frederick Vannuys
Virginia
Winder Harris
Tirpitz Attack From New Base
British warships sank or damaged nine German ships and drove one ashore in an 11 ship convoy attack off Norway. RAF crews disclosed the Tirpitz was sunk by a final strike launched from a secret refueling base at Archangel Russia, ending Germany’s last major battleship threat.
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London
U.P
Norway
R.A.F. Flyers
Tirpitz
Arctic Circle
Archangel
Russia
Germany
Reds Outflank Enemy Centers Near Budapest Drives On
The Second Ukrainian Army outflanked Jaszbereny and pushed 16 miles east toward Budapest. Soviet forces under Marshal Malinovsky formed a 30 mile arc east of Jaszbereny and advanced over 10 miles in 24 hours. One unit seized Benye 16 miles east of Budapest as the eastern arc began near Jaszapati cutting a main highway.
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Moscow
Jasazbereny
Budapest
Berlin
Jaszbereny
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Red Army
Malinovsky
Benye
Jaszapati
War finance warns big bank deposits may threaten Iowa economy
The Iowa War Finance Committee warned that a 76 percent rise in bank deposits since December 1941 could menace the state’s economy. It urged citizens to support the Sixth War Loan campaign opening Nov. 20 to drain funds through bond purchases, reducing speculative price pressures on scarce farm land.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Committee
State War Bond Office
State War Finance Committee
W. L. Clark
Deer, Lown War Finance Committee
Week of Book Reviews Opens at Library
The library’s book review week began Monday with strong attendance for Betty Smith’s The Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Critics describe it as a character study and a vivid, humane picture of slum life in Brooklyn, blending autobiography with hopeful moments as the Nolans’ story unfolds.
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Library
Brooklyn
Mre. Bilder
Betty Smith
Nolans
Mildred Rudiger
Rudiger
C. W. McLaughlin
Bombing of Manila Reported as U S Forces Press Advance
United Press dispatch from Tokyo reports 400 American carrier planes attacked Manila Clarke Field Leyte and Cavite while 350 miles south American invasion forces pressed an offensive against reinforced Japanese troops. MacArthur warned of a Leyte thrust toward Libungao near Ormoc as Japanese divisions reinforced the front. American actions disrupted Japanese plans and forced premature defense moves. Naval action near Ngeregong in the Palau islands saw a small Japanese force trapped and a destroyer sunk.
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United Press
DNB
Tokyo
Manila
Clarke Field
Leasti
Cavite
CNBC
Douglas Macarthur
Leyte
Libungao
Ormoc
MacArthur
Philippines
Mills Turn Out Steel Fast Enough for Destroyer
American steel mills can produce enough steel to build and equip a navy destroyer every half hour, highlighting wartime output and industrial capacity fueling naval construction.
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American Steel Mills
Missing details on Saturday event with Helen Wilson
The fragment notes an event featuring Helen Wilson as assistant hostess on Saturday, but no location time or additional participants are provided to identify the occasion or context.
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Ing
Helen Wilson
President Moore Names Committees for The Country Club
President Paul Moore of the Washington Golf and Country Club announced the committee assignments for the coming year. Finance chaired by Frank Kos. Membership chaired by C R Wilson with Frank Kos, Bob Arthur, Darrell Ross. House led by L S Wilson with Bob Arthur. Tournaments led by Dr Anglow, Ted Brown, Frank Nelson, T A Flenner, Ray Whitehead. Grounds led by T R Phillips with Darrell Ross and Joe Picken. Women’s activities and clubhouse dinners were not yet appointed.
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Paul Moore
Washington Golf and Country Club
Frank Kos
Irack Crone
C. R. Wilson
Bob Arthur
Darrell Ross
Dr .Anglow
Ted Brown
Frank Nelson
T. A. Flenner
Ray Whitehead
T. R. Phillips
Joe Picken
Budapest and Miskolc Highlight Hungary's Northeastern Cities
Budapest and Miskolc stand as Hungary's seventh largest urban centers in the northeast, reflecting regional population and economic roles within the country.
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Budapest
Miskolc
Hungary
Gen Schinkle outlines ammunition production at ordnance plants
Brig. Gen. E. M. Schinkle retired spoke to the Rotary Club on wartime ammo needs and plant safety. He explained gun and ammunition types, the shift from small arms to large calibers, and the role of 20 U.S. plants. He noted the Iowa Ordnance Plant sits on 22 000 acres with a five to eight mile layout. Principal Homer Smothers and County Attorney John Owen attended.
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Rotary Club
E. M. Schinkle
Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Quartermaster Department
Ordnance Department
Germany
Japan
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Homer Smothers
Washington High School
John Owen
Navy
Four-Year-Old Gerald Aubuchon Saves 4475 White Pennies
In Holyoke Massachusetts Gerald Aubuchon aged four saved four thousand four hundred seventy five white pennies over two years. He plans to invest the coins in War Bonds with help from relatives.
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Holyoke
Mass
Gerald Aubuchon
Y M C A Drive Under Way Today
Fifty men gather for breakfast as they begin canvassing to raise the Y M C A budget for next year. Supt M M Schell commends the community for supporting the Y and notes its strong role in local youth work. Reports from the early canvass are promising.
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Y.M.C.A
American infantrymen advance toward Metz through rain
American troops attacked under heavy artillery fire and pushed 2 to 3 miles into German defenses south of Metz. Fort Yser fell to U S forces to within 31 miles of Metz as units struck four miles west, with Patton’s 6th Division driving from Verhy toward Orney to seize the fortress group. Rainy, sodden fields slowed progress and limited air and artillery support.
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Paris
Metz
Fort Yser
Orney
6Th Division
George S. Patton
Third Army
Verhy
Yser
Stafford L. Irwin
3Rd Army
Harry Twaddle
95Th
Chateau St. Germain
High School Play Friday Night Dont Take My Penny
A three act comedy Dont Take My Penny by Anna Coulter Martens will be staged in the high school auditorium at eight o clock Friday evening November 17. The cast consists of high school students under the direction of Bernice M.
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Anna Coulter Martens
Bernice M
Tito’s Partisans Seize Cetinje Capital of Montenegro
Free Yugoslav radio reports Tito’s partisans captured Cetinje the Montenegrin capital after a long heavy battle. The city lies near the Adriatic coast in southwestern Yugoslavia close to the Albania border.
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London
U.P
Marshal Tito
Cetinje
Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Albania
Free Yugoslav Radio
Adriatic
Tito
Quintus Casts Voices in School Play Ticket Sale
Tickets go on sale by cast members with no reserved seats. Prices are 56 cents for adults 30 cents for high school students and 2 cents for children. The cast includes Sally Sally a maid and many listed characters such as Pat Flynn Norman Porter Beverly Brown Caleb Mavis Lydia Mary Jewell Horbert Joanna Martha Kerry Terry Greg Dale Walling Frances Whisler Bill Stockman Claire Falk Lois Ofelt Annie Tanner Stanley Jarrard and others.
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Quintus
Sally
Pat Flynn Norman Porter
Bob Burham
Penny
Beverly Brown Caleb
Bill Wiley Mark
Leonard Booth
Mavis
Merrie
Ellen Zaring
Lydia
Mary Jewell Horbert
Joanna
Martha Downing
Kerry
Terry Mathers
Greg
Dale Wallinghram
Frances Whisler
Monsieur Henri
Bill Stockman
Claire
Claire Falk
Elsie
Lois Ofelt
Lueile
Annie Tanner
Harrison Day
Stanley Jarrard
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