Escape note prompts manhunt for Guy Harness
A column reports Guy Harness, 22, escaped from Van Buren county jail Tuesday night with aid suspected from an outside accomplice. Harness had been jailed since October 19 on charges of statutory rape and left a note claiming innocence and promising to return to prove it. Authorities in southeastern Iowa and western Illinois searched Wednesday for Harness after he missed breakfast and fled.
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Keosauqua
Iowa
Illinois
Guy Harness
van Buren
Harness
Joe Brannan
Draft deferment myths for 26 to 38 year olds
Des Moines Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, state selective service director, says men aged 26 to 38 are not automatically deferred. He notes many in this age group are being inducted unless they are engaged in war essential activities or local needs work, and insists deferment is not guaranteed for all.
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Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Wanted for Slaying 42 Years Found Dead in Washington
Ed Carnes, 866, sought since Sept 1, 1902 for the murder of a sheriff after a threshing crew fight, is reported dead in Spokane Washington on Nov 20. Sheriff Melvin S. Peterson said Carnes died ten days after being identified by a former Onawa resident, with Washington officials confirming his whereabouts to Peterson. It is not known if he was in custody at the time of death.
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Onawa
Monona County
Sherif Melvin S. Peterson
Ed Carnes
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Carnes
Peterson
Rodgers
Punk Wing
Atorneys
Lillian Stewart
Bolden
More Farmers Fewer Lawyers in Iowa Legislature
Des Moines reports the next Iowa legislature will have 55 farmers and 358 lawyers, with farmers up and lawyers down. Rep. Grennhy Robinson, a Colesburg Republican and WWII veteran, is an attorney who served in the Marine judge advocate department. The Senate shows 9 farmers and about 20 lawyers, with the legal roster up by four since 1942 elections.
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Des Moines
Bisges
House
Grenn Hy Robinson
Colesburg
Judge Advocate’s Department
Norfolk
Senate
Two Hundred Steers Stampede and Train Tragedy
William J. Gannon loses twenty three Hereford steers when a herd of nearly 200 stampeded at the Great Western railway crossing as a westbound freight train approached. More than 20 others are injured during the pasture move near the town’s edge after the herd crossed and then stampeded back.
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Mingo
William J. Gannon
Great Western
Loans on Corn at 92 Cents a Bushel Available to Farmers
The Washington County AAA office announces CCC loans for 1944 corn stored on farm as collateral at 92 cents per bushel. Eligible producers include owners, landlords, tenants, or partnerships farming corn. grain must be merchantable No. 3 or better, with moisture limits varying by date. Loans run December 1944 to May 1945 with storage crib standards and loan remedies for shrinkage as corn dries.
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Washington County
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
United States
St. Lodo
County Agricultural Conservation Committee
U. 38
Department of Agriculture
Russian troops across Danube invade Hungary on broad front
London dispatch reports the Red army crossing the Danube into southern Hungary, advancing at speed to within 50 miles of Lake Balaton. Soviets seize Pecs and overrun 330 towns along a 93 mile front along the Danube west into Yugoslavia, with the third Ukrainian army crossing more than 100 miles below Budapest.
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London
Danube
Hungary
Lake Balaton
Austria
Pecs
Budapest
Yugo Slavia
Berlin
Allied Bombers Hit Oil Plants
London dispatch reports almost 3000 Allied bombers and fighters striking German targets. Heavy raids hit synthetic oil sites near Leipzig and three Ruhr benzol plants, plus the Saarbrucken rail yard, as the Eight Air Force led a major assault with over 1250 heavy bombers and 1000 fighters. British Lancasters with escort targeted Ruhr benzol plants.
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London
Leipzig
Ruhr
Saarbrucken
Eighth Airforce
Marriage License for Flanders and Mengershusen
Lt. Everette A. Flanders and Frances Mengershusen, both of Wellman, obtained a marriage license at the courthouse.
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Everette A. Flanders
Frances Mengershusen
Wellman
Stalin says Russian and Yugoslav partisan corps join Hungary conflict
Soviet premier Joseph Stalin disclosed that Russian forces in Hungary were joined by a Yugoslav partisan army corps, signaling a broadened alliance amid the Hungarian crisis.
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Joseph Stalin
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Third Raid on Tokyo Starts Big Fire Blitz
United Press reports U S Super Fortresses from Saipan began a third night attack on Tokyo, setting large fires as Japan warned of harsh treatment for captured airmen. Concurrently MacArthur said Leyte garrison reinforcements failed after a two seaborne battle in the Camotes Sea, with 13 ships sunk and about 4,000 Japanese troops killed.
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Tokyo
Saipan
China
India
Thailand
Siam
Korea
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte Island
Camotes
Washington
Coldest Night Yet With 15 Degree Low in Washington
Washington reports the coldest night of the season with a 15 degree low, down from 26 degrees. A light snowfall occurred yesterday evening while today remains chilly though sunny.
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Washington
Half-day recess in Glenn Wilson murder trial
The Glenn Wilson murder trial paused for a funeral in Oskaloosa as the case resumes this afternoon. Witnesses including Fritz Van Gendrin and Ber vard Mapes testified previously, with defense aiming to challenge Lillian Stewart’s account of Bolden’s beating. The trial is expected to extend into next week.
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Glenn Wilson
Oskaloosa
Bolden
Joy E. Rowland
Sgalaska County
D. O. Bender
Lillian Stewart
Three Army Men Injured In Double Icy Highway Crash
Two collisions on highway 218 near Ainsworth after icy pavement injure three service members from Washington. Don Stutsman and companions suffered head and leg wounds. X rays and hospital checks underway as George McAvoy and others receive care.
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Ainsworth
Germans scour towns to Cologne front as allies advance
Paris dispatches report German withdrawals toward the Roer line after blowing Inde river bridges at Inden and Lamersdorf. American 1st and 9th armies push along a 21 mile front near Cologne and Dusseldorf, taking Lamersdorf and Grosshau as German reserves rush to the West amid stubborn resistance.
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Paris
Roer
Inde
Inden
Lamersdorf
Cologne
Grosshau
Dusseldorf
Roer River
Aachen
Germany
Former Congressman Edward Eicher Dies in Alexandria
Justice Edward C. Eicher of the U S District Court in Washington DC died of a heart attack at his home in Alexandria Virginia. He was born in Noble community Iowa and served as a congressman from Iowa 1933 to 1939 and SEC chairman 1941 42. Funeral services are planned in Washington Iowa Tuesday at 2 PM. arrival of the funeral party is expected Sunday afternoon.
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Eicher
Journal
Eichers
Country Club
James France
Tipton
Janes France
Congress
Ruth Boller Teresa Ragan
A. R. Ledger
Edward C. Eicher
United States Court
Washington
Lmer Garner
Wichita
Kansas
Richer
Triar
Noble
Iowa
Security and Exchange Commission
S.E.C
U. S. District Court
District of Columbia
University of Chicago
Illinois State
U. S. Supreme Courts
Hazel Mount
Elizabeth
Chicago University
Public Utilites Holding Company
Violations By Washington County Meat Dealers Explained
R R Dvorak an OPA enforcement attorney says the red point excesses behind injunctive actions against Washington county meat dealers partly stem from a ration board clerk error and a farmer who slaughtered his own meat and held large point supplies. The statement clarifies details not in the Des Moines Journal report and is printed to honor the named individuals and firms.
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R. R. Dvorak
OPA
Des Moines
Washington County
Journal
United Press
Boy Serious Injuries After Slick Road Collision
A child suffered injuries when a vehicle driven by his father Ralph Woods skidded on icy pavement near the Baptist church corner and collided with a telephone pole while attempting to avoid an oil truck.
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Ralph Woods
Baptist Church
High Praise for Justice Eicher By Gen Biddle
Attorney General Francis Biddle called Justice Eicher's death a keen loss to him and to the federal judiciary. He praised Eicher for presiding over a seven month trial noted as one of the most complex and difficult in recent times and lauded his composure and judicial balance throughout the period.
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Washington, D.C
Francis Biddle
Eicher
Biddle
Washington Area Judge Eicher Dies Suddenly
District of Columbia judicial leaders mourn the death of Judge Eicher who died at his home in Alexandria Virginia during the night. He had presided over sedition trial sessions earlier in the week and federal courts in the District were adjourned for the rest of the week. Funeral plans were not announced immediately.
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Columbia
Eicher
Alexandria
Viginia
Death of Judge Richer shocks Washington area
Judge Richer born in the county and long a Washington lawyer and congressman died of a heart attack in Washington D C after years of public service. His brother Henry M Eicher also died of a heart attack in 1919. The Richer and Eicher families bury at Woodlawn cemetery with remaining members listed. Ed Eicher, former Burlington attorney, later joined Livingston Eicher firm and won a 1932 congressional bid during the Roosevelt landslide.
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Thi County
Washington
Congress
Wasington County
Washington, D. C
Henry M. Eicher
Eicher
Noah Eicher
Winfield
John
Des Moines
Lina Swartzendruber
Pulaski
Iowa
Smith Brookhart
Senate
Wicher
Goth
Richers
Woodlawn
Ed Eicher
Burlington Railroad
Livingston & Eicher
Eicher & Livingston
Henry Eicher
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