Iowa Farm Fire Kills and Injures Five Children
A farm near Johnston Iowa caught fire Saturday afternoon killing two children and injuring three others. Rodney Schminkey 1 James 9 and Phyllis 6 Wilson children were hospitalized in fair condition with Karen Schminkey 3 not yet recovered. Robert Wilson 17 died at Broadlawns General Hospital seven hours after the blaze started when kerosene was poured into a cookstove.
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Des Moines
Johnston
Broadlawns General Hospital
Rodney Schminkey
Pye
Cecil Schminkey
James
Phyllis
Ada Wilson
Karen Schminkey
Rodney
Parkerburg Man Killed by Train While Walking
Parkerburg resident William Cleland was struck and killed by an eastbound passenger train Sunday afternoon east of the Highway 51 crossing. Authorities say he was walking along the tracks. He is survived by a brother, Robert Cleland of Webster City, Iowa.
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Parkersburg
William Cleland
Partersburg
Cleland
Robert
Webster City
Brother of Senator Louis Murphy Dead
Dubuque at 8 a m Sunday DUBUQUE David J Murphys 57 head of Murphy Insurance agency and brother of the late U S Senator Louis Murphy died at his home after a one day illness He was born in Dubuque February 16 1887 son of the late John S and Ann White Murphy educated in Dubuque parochial and public schools He was active in national state and county Democratic politics a member of the board of education and a World War I veteran.
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Dubuque
David J. Murphys
Murphy Insurance Agency
U .S
Louis Murphy
John 8S
Ann White Murphy
Board of Education
State's Farm Population Remains Pretty Stable
Iowa’s farm population shows greater stability than most states amid nationwide shifts from agriculture. Unofficial estimates suggest a four to eight percent loss in four years, far below national declines. Census data due next January will provide precise figures, with 1944 civilian population loss at 10.3 percent including 119,000 service members through May 1944.
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Washington, D. C
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Census Bureau
Armed Services
Food costs fall in Cedar Rapids report
Cedar Rapids prices across 61 foods eased from mid September to mid October as reported by the Chicago regional office of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meats declined 1.7 percent while eggs rose 2.0 percent. dairy held steady and fresh produce dropped 1.8 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Chncago
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U. S. Department of Ldbor
Withhold Sad News From 105-Year-Old Campbellton
Portland, Me. Jeremiah Campbellton aged 105 has not been told that his two great grandsons were killed in action in World War II due to his age.
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Portland
Jeremiah Campbellton
Double Blow Given Japs By Planes
Allied air offensives push toward Tokyo from Saipan and Bangkok with B-29s in the second heavy strike in 72 hours. China based Liberators and Pacific fleet carrier planes hit shipping and targets around Luzon and the South China Sea as Japanese positions weaken in the Ormoc corridor and Burma.
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United Press
Japan
Asiatic
Tokyo
India
Bangkok
Thailand
Saipan
Chungking
Pearl Harbor
South China Seas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Flyers
Luzon
Philippine Island
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Philippine and
East Indies
Leyte
Leyte Island
Ormoc
Ormoz
Burma
Bhamo
China
China Front
Kwangsi
Kweichow
U. S. 14Th Airforce
Nanying
Husk Corn Field for Corn Picker Victim
Merritt Reiner, patient at Washington county hospital, learned to husk corn after neighbors finished the Reiner farm harvest north of town. He was injured when his trouser leg was caught in a corn elevator, mangling his feet and ankle and requiring amputation above the knee. He is slowly improving as his wife and children, with her mother from Minneapolis, stay nearby.
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Merritt Reiner
Washington County Hospital
Reiner
Minneapolis
Two Washington Soldiers Reported Missing in Action Over Europe
Two Washington service members were officially reported missing in action during World War II. Second Lieutenant John D. Rothlisberger, a bombardier with the 15th AAF based in Italy, has been missing since November 11 over Austria. Staff Sergeant Philip Caldwell, a tail gunner, has been missing since November 9 over Germany. Both families received telegrams from the acting adjutant general confirming the notices and expressing hope they are prisoners of war or in friendly hands.
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Washington
John D. Rothisberger
Austria
Philip Caldwell
Germany
Navy
Charles G. Rothlisberger
John D. Rothlisberger
Rothlisberger
Secretary of War
Witsell
Sergeant Caldwell
Caldwell
England
Gifts Suggested for Chairman’s Legion Drive to aid Army Hospitals
The Legion urges public help for Christmas gifts to wounded and ill soldiers at Clinton Army Hospital. A published list proposes items: books across genres, stationeries, games, toiletries, wearables, smoker items, and miscellaneous goods. Donors should clearly label packages to avoid duplication.
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Cloyce Stewart
The
Legion
Journal
Washington
Army Hospital
Clinton
Farm workers listed husking corn names
Mirn., are keeping work done at the farm. The men husking corn for the Reiners were Dale Dunn, Nor bert, Joe and Harold TeBock horst, Tony Redeker, Leo Sharp Ardher Peiper, Wilbur Prybil, Will L. Shalla, Joe Malichky.
Service Held for Infant Richard Hite at Salem Cemetery
A graveside service for infant Richard Duane Hite, son of Edwin and [illegible] Hite, was held yesterday afternoon at Salem Cemetery south of Mt. Pleasant. Dr. Fred B. Miller of Washington conducted the rites. Richard Duane was born earlier but details are unreadable.
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Richard Duane Hite
Edwin Hite
Salem Cemetery
Mt. Pleasant
Fred BE. Miller
Washington
West Front Troops Push Toward Duren in Big Allied Drive
Allied forces tightened a nine mile assault arc toward Duren and neared within three and a half miles of the fortress city as paratroopers reportedly landed behind the Siegfried Line. Thunderbolt dive bombers supported U S and German defenses near Langerwehe, Grosshau, and Hurtgen while Patton's third army pressed into the Saar on a 19 mile front. Swiss reports noted paratroop landings east of the Rhine near Immenzingen.
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Paris
U.P
Duren
Cologne
Siegfried Line
Upper Rhine
Cologne Plain
Roer River
Langerwehe
U. S. First Army
Frenz
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Grosshau
Hurtgen
Saar
George S. Patton
Third Army
Germany
Zurich
Immengingen
Rhine
Jury Selection Under Way in Glenn Wilson Murder Trial
District court in Oskaloosa began selecting jurors for the Washington county case changed from Mahaska county. Judge J G Patterson presides. Wilson, an Oskaloosa resident, faces murder charges tied to the June 15 1942 killing of Harry Bolden. The trial marks a retrial after an Iowa Supreme Court reversal. Attys include William M Spencer Richard A Stewart T L Brookhart and J W Livingston.
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Glenn Wilson
Oskaloosa
J. G. Patterson
Washington County
Mahaska County
Wilson
Iowa Supreme Court
Washington
William M. Spencer
Richard A. Stewart
T. L. Brookhart
3. W. Livingston
Albert
Clarence
Harry Bolden
Bolden
Death at University Hospital Iowa City Hite Formerly Matthews
Mrs Hite formerly Anng Bell Matthews died Friday night after Thursday morning admission at University Hospital Iowa City. The notice cites immediate family and hospital dates as the core facts in the brief death record.
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University Hospital
Iowa City
Hite
Anng Bell Matthews
Public meeting to discuss Iowa school code in Washington
A public meeting is set for eight o'clock Thursday December 7 at the Washington high school auditorium to discuss the proposed Iowa school code now before the state legislature Senator G W Hunt of Guttenberg will be principal speaker outlining code provisions A Washington panel including Mrs P Weldin L J Kehoe Richard A Stephens Rev Martin O McKenzie and Ralph Shannon will join the discussion The event is a county wide meeting sponsored by the Legion the women’s clubs the Farm Bureau and the parent teachers association with inviting all county residents related to the code debate.
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Iowa
Washington
Hunt
Senator Hunt
G. W. Hunt
Guttenberg
Washington County
P. Weldin
Federation of Women's Clubs
L. J. Ke
The
Legion
Women’s Clubs
Farm Bureau
Parent
Washington county praised for clothing drive for Russian relief
Chairman Lee Holland and Karle Libe receive state and national commendations for leading a 30 000 pound clothing drive for Russian War Relief. Letters from L F Nowack and Fred Myers cite record per capita relief, large cash gifts totals in 1944, and lasting civilian defense and humanitarian impact.
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Lee Holland
Washington County Defense Council
L. F. Nowack
Citizens’ Service Corps
Mr. Nowack
Karle Libe
Service Corps
United States
State Defense Commission
Pratt Bros
Washington County
V-Home
Citizens Service Corps
Libe
Fred Myers
New York
Eleven year old Linnencamp girl dies at home Des Moines
Jean Linnencamp aged about eleven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Virgil Linnencamp, died suddenly at their Des Moines home on Friday morning. She was the second child in the family, according to her grandmother Mrs Phil Bratten.
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Jean Linnencamp
Virgil Linnencamp
Des Moines
Phil Bratten
Lin
Stettinius Named as Successor to Hull as Secretary of State
President Roosevelt nominated Edward R. Stettinius Jr to succeed Cordell Hull as secretary of state. Hull resigned and will remain in Washington as administrative advisor on foreign policy. Under Secretary Howard R. Stettinius Jr will act as secretary until a permanent choice is made.
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Washington, Dct. c
Roosevel
Edward R. Stettininus, Jr
Cordelle Hull
Senate
Hull
Washington
D. C
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
James F. Byrnes
Stettinius
Howard R. Stettinius, Jr
Th Department
State Department
Naval Hospital
Russians Reach 25 Miles From Presov and Kassa
Russian mountain troops pushed to about 25 miles from Presov and Kassa as they broke German resistance along a 60 mile eastern front in the Protectorate. The Fourth Ukrainian Army battered through snow and fog, seized Ha Mane rail town, and took hundreds of prisoners while threatening a key railway linking Poland to Budapest.
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London
Presov
Kassa
Poland
Budapest
Fourth Ukrainian
Petrov
Hamene
Snai
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David Havey
U. S
San Diego
Cal
Sgt. B. Jeffries
Los Angeles
Senator Louis Murphy
John Rothlisberger
U.S.A
Air Mail
Richard Hite
Richard Duane Was
West Front
Stewart
Livingston
Marianas
2Nd Marine Division
International
DIS
Reds
Alice Bratten
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