Williams seeks annulment of fifteenth marriage in Iowa
James F. Williams told District Judge M. C. Hamei in Cedar Rapids that Augusta Williams from a Kansas City station married him for money and disappeared with $850, clothing, and towels after their Aug. 3 wedding in Iowa City. He said the union now appears planned from the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
James F. Williams
M. C. Hamei
Williams
Augusta Williams
Kansas City
Iowa City
Dewey Denies Firemen Pay for Sleep Period
KEOKUK Iowa District Judge Charles A Dewey dismissed a $34000 suit by nine firemen at the Iowa ordnance plant Burlington seeking overtime pay for the sleep period under the two platoon system adopted Sept 1943 The men argued they were owed overtime for sleeping but the judge ruled against the claim noting the men voluntarily accepted the system and granted the defense motion to dismiss the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
United States
Charles A. Dewey
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Day & Zimmermanyr
Dewey
Des Moines Vote on Veterans Memorial Building Bonds
Des Moines city council set a special election for Wednesday December 12 on a proposal to issue up to 92.75 million in bonds to build and equip a veterans memorial building. A veterans groups elected commission would oversee the building and operation of the auditorium.
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Des Moines
State Fair Return Date Hinges on Ground Availability
Des Moines Iowa state fair secretary Lloyd Dunningham says un sure about when the state board can regain possession of the fairgrounds while still holding an exposition in 1946. He suggests a full fair would need the grounds by January 1 but the board may try a smaller event if the grounds return by April. A decision on 1946 plans could come at the state fairboard meeting December 10 11 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lloyd Dunningham
Iowa
Angual State Fairboard
Poorest Day in State Victory Loan Drive
Des Moines Iowa reports its poorest day of the Victory Loan campaign with only 100000 in Selfies E bonds registered through the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. Iowa is about a million dollars behind schedule to meet its 46 million dollar bond quota. Total sales reach 13600000, about 29 percent of the quota. County chairmen urged to organize for broader individual sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
E Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Lows War Finance
Education Week Audience Hears Dave Livingston
Education Week speaker Dave Livingston urged balanced citizens and tolerance at a Washington High School Education Week program. He praised athletics in schools for sportsmanship and stressed education as the path to economic strength, fewer prejudices, and better living. Superintendent Schell introduced him as the Will Rogers of Washington, with a full student musical program preceding and following the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Livingston
Washington High School
Livingston
Supt
M. M. Sehell
Will Rogers
Washington
Schell
Ethel McCreedy
Ralton Young
Mary Broghammer
High Schvool Girls’ Glee Club
Miss Brogh
War finance committee hints at pre solicitation
W L Clark, executive with the war finance committee, says some cases appear to require a pre solicitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L Clark
War Finance Committee
Wanaser
Crisis Deepens Over Russo Chinese Ties in Manchuria
In Chungking and Shanghai reports warn of a possible crisis as Chinese officials allege Soviet support to Chinese communists in Manchuria. Washington signals U S Marine air strikes against a communist held village near Tangshan and Chinwangtao to protect troops and coal train routes.
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Chungking
Russia
Manchuria
Shanghai
A. C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Tangshan
Chinwangtao
Lower discharge score reduces Army eligibility for civilian life
The War Department cut the male enlisted discharge point from 60 to 55 effective December, expanding eligibility to about 783,000 service members. WAC enlisted points drop from 34 to 32 on December 1, male officers fall from 75 to 73, and WAC officers stay at 37 for discharge. Enlisted personnel with three or more dependent children under 18 and married WACs who joined before May 12, 1945 may apply for discharge after December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
Wac
Lois Mace Elected to Phi Gamma Nu at State University
Lois Mace, a second year student at the State University of Iowa, has been elected to Phi Gamma Nu, the women's commerce honorary society, in a university ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Mace
State University of Iowa
Haa
Phi Gamma Nu
Ottumwa to Have Navy Preflight School
Ottumwa will host a Navy preflight school converting the naval air station for a 19 week ground course plus a three day survival hike. Ten courses total 963 hours with cadets arriving in December and a full 1590 cadets planned by June, as buildings are converted for classrooms and gymnasium use.
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Ottumwa
Ottumwa Navy
Naval Air Station
Education Week event fills auditorium and social hour
The main floor of the auditorium was filled with attendees while others gathered on the balcony. After the program teachers hosted parents in their rooms and guests stayed for a social hour in the home economics living room with coffee. It was the second Education Week program in Washington following Wednesday’s Stewart School gathering hosted by the Parent-Teacher association with Dr Herbert Spitzer of Iowa City as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stewart School
Parent-Teacher Association
Herbert +. Spitzer
Iowa City
Dealers Protest Car Price Absorption Plan in Congress
Washington protests mount as Iowa and national dealers urge lawmakers against an OPA idea to force retail dealers to absorb any rise in car prices. They lobby, testify to the Small Business Committee, and demand that manufacturers not pass all costs to buyers. OPA chief Chester Powles says dealers won’t be asked to bear the full increase, delaying price announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
IDPA
Iowa
Congress
DPA
Small Business Committee
House
Houses of
James J. Dolliver
Dolliver
OPA
Chester Powles
Change Day for Health Conferences
The health unit shifts pediatric health conferences from Tuesday afternoons to Mondays starting November 19. Conducted by the state university hospital pediatrics department under Dr. Robert Jackson, the sessions occur biweekly at the health unit office and intermittently elsewhere in the county.
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Regal
Health Unit
Pediatrc Department
State University Hospital
Robert Jackson
Health Uni Office
Utah Copper Mine at Bingham Canyon Largest in U S
The Utah Copper Co. operates a vast open pit metal mine at Bingham Canyon Utah. It is described as the largest of its kind in the United States, dominating the regional mining landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Copper Co
Bingham Canyon
Utah
United States
County Bridge Bid Date Set by State Highway Commission
Bids will be received for a concrete and steel bridge over the English River on Bunker Hill road west of Wellman. The state highway commission set the bid date for Nov. 27 at Ames. The $22 by 22 foot bridge will use farm to market funds from state and federal sources, plus motor vehicle and gasoline tax revenues. Additional farm to market funds are allocated for grading and surfacing about ten miles of county roads west of Dublin and between Crawfordsville and Havre.
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English River
Bunker Hill Road
Wellman
State Highway Commission
Ames
Dublin
Crawfordsville
Havre
Large Brinton Barn Burned In Brighton Farmstead
A large bank barn on Homer Brinton's farm three miles northwest of Brighton was destroyed by fire early this morning. No stock was inside but machinery and feed were lost. Insurance reportedly covered building and contents. The barn, rebuilt on the same foundation after a prior lightning strike, was noticed between 6 and 6:30 a.m. by Robert Brinton and neighbor Robert Guy.
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Brighton
Homer Brinton
Brinton
Robert Brinton
Robert Guy
Navy Disorganization Cited Amid Demobilization Says King
Washington dispatch reports Fleet Admiral Ernest J King blaming demobilization for Navy disarray saying it could not fight a major battle at present He also cast doubt on the atomic bomb preventing fleets from operating and Rep J LeRoy Johnson pressed the point with a pointed question about the navy's readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Ernest J. King
U. S. Navy
J. LeRoy Johnson
Rep
Calif
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples in Iowa and Washington
A marriage license was issued at the courthouse to Allan C. Lucas of Sperry Iowa and Elizabeth Marion Caldwell of Washington. Licenses were granted this morning to Omer Burnett Kelley and Irene Delores Scott both of Belmont Iowa James L Creek of Batavia and Ada Darlene Rail of Washington.
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Court House
Allan C. Lucas
Sperry
Iowa
Elizabeth Marion Caldwell
Washington
Omer Burnett Kelley
Irene Delores Scott
Belmond
James L. Creek
Batavia
Ada Darlene Rail
Mrs. Pulver 84 Dies After Illness at Home
Mrs. Mary Pulver aged 84 died at 7 50 last evening at 222 East Main Street after years of ill health. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 PM at L A Jones funeral home with Rev George Kerr of United Presbyterian Church presiding. Burial at Keota cemetery. Born November 1 1861 in Ohio she moved to Iowa as a child and lived on farms in Dutch Creek Seventy six and Franklin Townships before moving to Washington 22 years ago. Her husband Samuel M Pulver died in June 1988. Surviving nieces include Mrs Delbert Darnell Washington Mrs Jonathan Anthes Tama IA and Mrs Earnest Little Miami MO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Keota
Mrs. Pulver
Ohio
Phillip and
Eliza
Hazelett) Bennett
Iowa
Samuel M. Pulver
Dutch Creek
Victory Loan Trains to Carry War Exhibits Across 16 States
Four "Victory Loan Trains" loaded with war exhibits will travel thousands of miles on 21 western railroads to over 100 cities in 16 states during the next month. CC. RE. Johnston, head of the Western Association of Railway Executives, said the trains will also showcase captured German and Japanese trophies and include combat veterans aboard. The exhibit tours will visit Illinois Missouri Kansas Colorado Wyoming Nebraska Montana Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Louisiana.
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Chicago
CC. RE. Johnston
Western
U. S. Treasury
War and Navy
Johnston
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Montana
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Oldest twins' kid brother age 4 in Milton area
Massachusetts residents Mrs. Philena Hayden of Milton and Mrs. Irene Bruce of Melrose, both 80 year old twins, have a younger brother Silas Green aged 4.
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Milton, Mass
Massachusetts
Philena Hayden
Milton
Irene Bruce
Melrose
Silas Green
OPA Director Klein to Address Washington Rotary Club
Walter D. Klein district director of OPA based in Des Moines will speak to the Washington Rotary at Monday noon, November 19. He will outline price controls role in the reconversion program and invite local OPA workers to attend the noon luncheon. Klein has toured Iowa and spoken before many groups, delivering a message of interest to business men.
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Rotary Club
Walter D. Klein
OPA
Des Moines
Washington Rotary Club
Klein
Office of Price Administration
State of
Iowa
Business L.en
Y Campaign Surpasses Four Thousand Dollars
Progress on the Washington Y M C A drive reports receipts to 4054 with more cards to return. Country volunteers led by Verle Gallagher Ralph Kleese Robert Wiley and R E Brown began soliciting and hope to reach the 6000 goal with large annual gifts and gifts for boy memberships. Ward chairmen Roger Sherman Vernon Witting John Owen and Will Howell lead the effort.
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Washington Y. M. C. A
Verle Gallagher
Ralph Kleese
Robert Wiley
R. E. Brown
Friends of the
Ward
Roger Sherman
Vernon Witting
John Owen
Will Howell
Judge Is Winner in Omaha Policy Raid Drama
Sgt James Griffin demonstrated an Exhibit A from a policy raid a car filled with printed numbers. Police Court Judge Perry Wheeler asked how it works. The sergeant explained you draw a number and may win a few bucks. The judge drew a winning number worth $3.
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Omaha
Neb
James Griffin
Perry Wheeler
Navy convoying Pacific shipping began before Pearl Harbor
Testimony in the Pearl Harbor investigation showed Navy intelligence chief Rear Admiral Inglis testified escort service for trans Pacific shipping began on November 25 1941, thirteen days before the December 7 attack. The panel aired intercepted messages suggesting U S officials knew of Japan plans earlier. The Nomura dispatch quotes a cabinet officer saying the United States could not stop Japan and would act if Japan moved. Public hearings continued into the disaster.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
T. B
Bernard Thielen
Army General Staff
Dilator Madgeine
Auutheoke
Senate
Rep. Cooper
d.-Tenn
House
Walter C. Short
Husband Kimmel
Army
Navy
Washington, D. C
P. B. Inglis
Naval
Louis L. Stark
Naval Operations
Trans- Pacific
U. S
Japan
Nomura
Bares
U.S
Tn Nomura
United States
Inglis
Homer Ferguson
Mich
277000 Workers Idle by Strikes Across 16 States
United Press reports a one day walkout by leather workers in 16 states reduced overall strike idle to about 277,000. Major clashes include auto wage talks with General Motors, steel workers planning a nationwide strike for a $2 daily boost, and disruptions to milk bread deliveries in the San Francisco Bay area. Lumber workers edge toward settlement after weeks off job seeking a $1.10 minimum hourly wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
United Auto Workers, Cio
General Motors Corporation
Steel
CIO Steel
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco
A. F. of
L. Lumber
Local Army Air Corps Sergeant Receives Honorable Discharge
Sgt. Paul Kyle has been honorably discharged after over three years in the Army Air Corps. He was stationed at U.S. camps and was discharged at the separation center in Sioux City. Mrs. Kyle and he are visiting relatives at Avoca and plan to visit Dr. W. S. Kyle’s home Monday evening. Their other son, Bill, is at a separation center in San Bernardino, California.
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Sgt
Paul Kyle
Army Air Corps
United States
Sioux City
Kyle
Avoca
Dr. W. S. Kyle
Kyles
Bill
San Herpardino
Calif
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American Legion
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Change Day
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