New Flying Record Set By Turtle in 55 Hour Flight
We The Truculent Turtle covered 11 822 miles and more than 55 hours flying time from Perth to Columbus. Four navy pilots shared the mission breaking the army B 29 record of over 7 000 miles. Commander Thomas C Davies said landing in his home state pleased him and noted a tail wind aided the long non stop flight.
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Columbus
Perth
Australia
Navy
Thomas C. Davies
Ogden
Utah
Davies
United States
Hays and Messer Court Nominees
Des Moines Iowa October 1 two party state committees named Norma Hays Knoxville and Frank Messer Iowa City as Republican and Democratic nominees for the vacant state supreme court seat held by Frederic Miller. Messer was chosen unanimously by Democrats while Hays won on the second ballot. Both will appear on the November 5 ballot to replace Justice Miller who resigns. Hays 55 year old Knoxville judge has 15 years on the 5th judicial district bench. Messer 55 year old attorney Iowa City city solicitor former representative in the Iowa legislature.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Norma Hays
Knoxville
Frank Messer
Iowa City
Supreme Court
Frederic Miller
Messer
Hays
Miller
University of Iowa Law School
Legion to Honor Junior Baseball Squad Tonight
The American Legion Leon Beatty post holds a meeting at 7 p m to honor its junior baseball team. Otto Vogel, Iowa coach, will speak on next year's Legion Junior baseball plans and schedule inviting boys under 17 to attend and learn about joining.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Legion
Otto Vogel
University of Iowa
Vogel
Retina size noted in human eye description fragment
Fragmentary text discusses the retina size as a fraction of eye dimensions, referencing a part of a historical anatomical description. The readable portion lacks clear specifics, dates, or named figures.
Pickets clash as Hollywood studio strike erupts in melee
About 700 AFL studio union supporters led by veteran flag bearers battled police at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Hollywood. The crowd faced multiple charges from a 100-man nightstick squad, with deputies dragging marchers and arrests as labor unrest spreads from coast to coast including a new shipping strike.
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Hollywood
Metro- Goldwyn Mayer
Culver Boulevard
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
AFL Conference of Studio Unions
American Federation of Labor Union
AFL
CIO
CSO Marine Engineers
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Turner Assigned to Post at Chariton in Iowa Southern Utilities Shift
Frank B. Miller announces organizational changes at Iowa Southern Utilities. Merle Warner moves from district superintendent in Washington to Chariton as district manager, Paul Wolfe from Washington becomes district manager there, and Turner shifts to Chariton with duties similar to Miller’s. The Washington district includes 24 towns and Wolfe’s duties cover power plant and line maintenance. Changes take effect in two to three weeks after Turner has served in Washington since 1942 and Wolfe since 1928.
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Washington
Merle Warner
Chariton
Paul Wolfe
Varner
Wolfe
C. M. Robinson
Robinson
Turner
Corydon
Miller
John N. Shuster 81 Dies After Illness and Heart Attack
John Nason Shuster 81 died at his home 627 East Jefferson Street at 2 20 this morning after a two day illness from a heart attack. Funeral at 2 30 Wednesday at Jie L A Jones funeral home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. He was born April 22 1864 in Burlington and survived by wife Cora Neel two sons Ralph Harry and Robert three more sons Roy Glen, a daughter Mrs Gladys Norton and three grandchildren.
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John N. Shuster
East Jefferson Street
Jie L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Elm Grove Cemetery
John Nason Shuster
Henry
Rebecca Ann Nason
Burlington
Dowells Academy
Mt. Pleasant
Cora Neel
Washington
The
Baptist Church
Ralph
Harry
Robert
Muscatine
Roy
Caushin, Nebr
Glen
Washington, D. C
Gladys Norton
Light frost observed with no expected damage in Washington
The thermometer dipped to 35 degrees overnight in Washington, matching the previous night. Frost appeared this morning but is not expected to harm crops or plants.
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Washington
Company reorganizes leadership after deaths and retirements
The death of D. D. Bentzinger, former general manager, triggers leadership changes. H. L. Mann, from Chariton, becomes assistant to the president at Centerville after 21 years in Chariton and earlier service in Sigourney. John K. Valentine, ex lieutenant governor of Iowa, remains director and general counsel and will devote more time to company affairs during the reorganization.
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D. D. Bentzinger
H. L. Mann
Chariton
Turner
Centerville
Sigourney
John K. Valentine
Iowa
Taxes Paid Deep Into September Exceed 94 Percent
County Treasurer W. Howell reported that 94.54 percent of the year’s taxes had been paid by yesterday, with mail and bank payments likely lifting the total to around 97 percent. Total levy was $934,291.18, with $883,512.41 paid to date and $269,711.07 in September, including $67,728.45 for the homestead credit.
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W. &. Howell
Howell
Iowa City Veterans Hospital Site Approved
President Truman and the federal board of hospitalization approved a twelve acre site at Iowa City for a 500 bed Veterans Administration hospital. The triangular tract on the northwest campus bounds US Highway 6 to the north and a city street to the west.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Veterans Administration
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
General
University
Washington county youths register on eighteenth birthday
Thirteen county youths who turned 18 in September registered with the county selective service board last month for possible military service. The list includes Alan Wilson Morgan and others across Kalona Washington Ainsworth and Wayland with rural routes and addresses noted.
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Washington County
Witl
County Selective Service Board
Army
Navy
Albino Para dise Fish Import Echoes European Route
An albino strain of the para dise fish with pink eyes was imported from Europe in 1935. The note preserves the era’s trade link and the distinctive eye color of this aquarium variety.
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Europe
University Owns Most Property in the Area
Most of the property is owned by the university in a arrangement that centralizes land holdings. The statement signals a strong institutional footprint and potential influence on local development and zoning considerations.
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The
University
Tall Corn Picture of 1946 at Journal Building
Wehr Photo by Don Radda shows a 26 feet 1 inch tall corn stalk leaning against the Journal building for the ninth annual Washington County tall corn contest. The love girls pose on ladders. Eleanor Swift to Mary Johnson appear on both sides. Miss Johnson wins the tall corn queen title with one vote per entrant.
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Eleanor Swift
Biddy Johnson
Catherine Little
Margaleen Redlinger
Dorothy Hotle
Corinne Nicola
Lu Ella Sojka
Ferne Owens
Winifred Stanley
Patty Brower
Barbara Peiffer
Mary Johnson
Miss Johnson
Washington County
Prize Money Split for Tall Corn Contest by Radda
Don Radde won first but forfeited, with 26 ft 1 in stalk. Prizes cast among next seven finishers and an extra $15 distributed among 15 runners with stalks listed. Second Edell Havel 13 ft 11 in. third Wade Pence 13 ft 10 14 in. etc.
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Radda
Jess Radda
Tall Corn Committee
The
Journal
Don Radda
Mr. Radde
Don Radde
Edell Havel
Wade Pence
William Wiley
Stanley Vadieka
Flora Wiley
Eileen Havel
Charles Wiley
T. E. West
Clarence Johnson
T. A. West
Charles Johnson
Clarence Lowe
Lauren Chalupa
Ralph Moorhart
Fred Chalupa
Madison Jones
Maurice Rose
Dr. W. S. Kyle
Donald Stout
Werner Lowry
Ferdinand Chalepa
Henry Wagenknecht
William Sickles
Funeral for Mrs Charles D Weldin set for Wednesday
The funeral is announced for two o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the L. A. Jones funeral home. Dr. Fred E. Miller is in charge and burial will follow at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Charles D. Weldin
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
Elm Grove Cemetery
War Crimes Trial Announces Death Sentences and Acquittals
The Nuremberg tribunal sentenced Hermann Goering and 11 top Nazi leaders to death by hanging, with others given life terms or prison terms. Three defendants, including Hjalmar Schacht and Franz Von Papen, were acquitted. Sentences to be carried out within 15 days, appeals allowed to four days. Soviet judge dissented on several verdicts.
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Rudolf Hess
Walther Funk
Eric Raeder
Karl Doenitz
Baldur von Schirach
Konstantin von Neurath
Albert Speer
Hietmar Schacht
Franz von Papen
Hans Fritzsche
Allied Military Council
Berlin
I. T. Nikitichhenko
Schacht
von Papen
Fritzsche
Hess
Nuernberg
Iowa Newspaper Week Proclaimed by Governor Blue 1946
Governor I. Robert D. Blue designates October 1 to October 8 1946 as Iowa Newspaper Week in acknowledgment of newspapers safeguarding free speech assembly and worship rights. The proclamation notes printing presses and press freedom as defenders of civilization and liberties. Des Moines Iowa capitol seal date September 23 1946.
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Robert D. Blue
Iowa
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