Ida Grove approves $10,000 hospital bond issue
A $10,000 bond issue was voted in Ida Grove for the purchase and reconstruction of the Ida Grove hospital. Dr BE Parker, Guy Barrett and Mrs Max Bockwoldt were elected trustees to administer the municipal project. Present owners are Miss Lillian Hollander and Miss Elizabeth Rock.
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Ida Grove
Ida Grove Hospital
BE. S. Parker
Guy Barrett
Max Bockwoldt
Lillian Hollander
Elizabeth Rock
Censored Ballots May Create Election Problem
Des Moines reports the fate of opened ballots lies with precinct judges and clerks. Secretary Wayne M. Ropes notes only one ballot found so far and the censor was the soldier who cast it.
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Des Moines
Towa
Army
Navy
Wayne M. Ropes
Clothing Man Dies Suddenly at Sigourney
Leo Pfaff 61, a Sigourney clothier, died Monday night at home while listening to the radio. He had worked in the clothing business with his brother Lonnie and their father the late Frank Pfaff. Survived by wife and two sons Frank of Cedar Rapids and Maj. Thorn ton Pfaff of New York City. Lonnie to carry on the business.
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Sigourney
Leo Pfaff
Clothier
Mr. Pfaff
Frank Pfaff
Lonnie
Frank
Cedar Rapids
Maj
Thornton Ptaff
New York
N. Y
Revoke Labor Permit for Wor Beer at Iowa City
Iowa City officials revoke the Central Labor union beer permit granted January 14 after a police raid found six illegal gambling devices and 24 bottles of whisky. Club officers were fined 104 dollars in police court. no district court charges filed.
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Iowa City
Central Labor Union
Boy Gathers 106 Bushels Of Milkweed Pods
Charles City reports third grader Garland Ward at Cedar No. 4 school five miles west collected 106 bushels of milkweed pods to provide floss for life jackets for the armed forces. Teacher Virginia Javer said 19 pupils at Cedar gathered a total of 183 bushels.
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Charles City - Garland Ward
Cedar No. 4
Virginia Javer
Cedar School
Funeral Services for Holdoegel Thursday
Des Moines attorney Donald J D Holdoegel, 45, longtime Des Moines resident and OPA enforcement attorney, died Monday night from infantile paralysis. Funeral services will be held at Dunn's Funeral Home at 10 30 a m Thursday with Rev W M Briggs of Grace Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Rockwell City, his longtime home.
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Des Moines
Donald JD. Holdoegel
Fietriet
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Dunn
W. M. Briggs
Grace Methodist Church
Rockwell City
Holdoegel
Broadlawns Cormingious Hospital
Bricker Radio Speech and Political Broadcast Schedule
Governor Bricker to speak tonight in Tacoma at 9 30 PM Town time with Mutual network turnout. Warren Ather ton to address New York at 9 00 PM on Thursday on Mutual network. Clare Booth Luce to address a Republican women event in Chicago over the Blue network at 9 00 PM Friday. Governor Bricker set for San Diego October 17 on the Blue network at 10 00 PM. Thomas Dewey to broadcast October 18 from New York on the Blue network at 8 30 PM Herald Tribune forum. Dewey to speak in Chicago October 24 over CBS at 9 00 PM.
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John W. Bricker
Tacoma
Mutual System
Warren Atherton
National Legion
New York
Mutual
Clare Booth Yuce
Chicago
Blue Network
Bricker
San Diego
Jov Thomas Kk
Dewey
Herald-Tribune
CBS
Assault on East Prussia Opened
Soviet forces opened a major offensive in East Prussia as the Red Army fought along the Baltic coast near Memel and advanced toward the German frontier. Reports say encirclement of German forces north of Memel allowed the push to proceed and reinforce the front with a new north Warsaw offensive indicated.
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Moscow
Memel
Baltic Sea
Prussian
Red Army
DNB
Marvin Hallensleben
East Prussia
Warsaw
Lom- Va
Tilsit
Eastrussian
Baltic
Lithuania
Liepaja
Dwight D
Netherlands
Walcheren
Bedelend
Schelde River
Canadi Triangle
Leopold Canal
Schelde
County Taxes Distributed to Districts by County Treasurer
Washington county tax collection from April 1 to Oct 1 was distributed this week by County Treasurer W H Howell. School taxes totaled $161,197.89 with checks mailed to towns and consolidated schools. amounts to Washington, Brighton, Ainsworth, West Chester, Riverside, Kalona, Wellman, Crawfordsville and other townships listed.
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W. BH. Howell
Washington County
Washington
Brighton
Ainsworth
West Chester
Riverside
Kalona
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Coppock
Gripe About Warplane Strikes Shared by B 24 Gunner
Sergeant Lemley a B 24 armorer gunner and 50 mission veteran spoke to the Ys Men club recalling the lure of home news after missions and the heavy toll of losses. He described flight danger without escort and the gang’s nickname Gentleman Jim with the Be 24 crew. New members C G Kelley and Everett Simpson joined the group and Glenn Duncan attended as a guest.
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Charles Lemley
Lemley
Gentleman Jim
Corbett
Howe
C. G. Kelley
Everette Simpson
Glenn Duncan
Richard Stewart
Funeral services held for Mrs. Cora B. Rathmel
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora B. Rathmel were held yesterday afternoon at L. A. Jones funeral home. Dr Fred E. Miller conducted the service. Pallbearers were W. R. Gross Roy Dean Palmer Babcock Harry Benn Harry Montgomery and Rusit Helwick. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Cora B. Rathmel
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
W. RR. Gross
Roy Dean
Palmer Babcock
Harry Benn
Harry Montgomery
Rusit Helwick
Elm Grove Cemetery
November Jury Drawn For County Court Term
Petit jurors for the November term of the district court were drawn at the courthouse. Sixty jurors from all county sections were selected with term to open Monday November 6 under Judge J. G. Patterson. Jurors report November 18. trials to be determined after opening.
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Court House
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Keith Augustine
Dutch Creek
Opal Bickford
Governor Brieker Radio Appearance Sets Kansas City Date
Governor Brieker will be heard on NBC radio Friday October 27 at 9 30 p m from Kansas City. The broadcast highlights the governor's program and policy remarks.
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Brieker
NBC
Kansas City
Maytag Heifer Sets Sale Record At Wisconsin Show
A 2-year-old Holstein heifer consigned by Maytag Farms Inc sold for a record $5900 at the National Holstein Show in Elkhorn Wisconsin. Glen L Bancroft of Flint Michigan bought the animal, marking the highest bid in 24 years, said farms manager M M Campbell.
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Newton
Maytag Farms, Inc
Elkhorn
Wis
Glen L. Bancroft
Flint
Mich
M. M. Campbell
Electronic controls may supplant traffic cop role
The article suggests electronic controls could replace a traffic officer by using a dash radio to relay signals to drivers.
Raid Into Japan’s Home Waters Signals Campaign Begin
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Admiral Halsey’s third fleet launched a carrier strike against the Ryukyus near Kyushu. Mitscher’s forces sank or damaged 58 ships and wrecked numerous planes with minimal American losses. Observers expect further operations to press toward Japan and the China coast.
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Pearl Harbor
Japan
Wm. S. Halsey
China Coast
Marc A. Mitselier
Rukyu Islands
FCC
Amamai Oshima
Kyushu
Miyako Shima
F Ormosa
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific
Halsey
Ryukyus
Philippines
Formosa
Funeral services for Finley E. Garrett at L A Jones
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the L A Jones funeral home for Finley E B Garrett conducted by Dr Fred W Eastwood. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery with pallbearers Grant Humble Lawrence Libe Art Ing and Ira Shenefelt.
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L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Finley EB. Garrett
Fred W. Eastwood
Elm Grove Cemetery
Grant Humble
Lawrence Libe
Art Ing
Ira Shenefelt
War Fund Drive Surpasses Quotas in Crawfordsville West Chester
Crawfordsville and West Chester exceed their National War Fund quotas with posted totals of $879.60 and $253.25 respectively, while Ainsworth reports progress toward its $344 goal. Countywide, Washington town reports push county total past $8,800 with a county goal of $16,654 remains distant. Rural districts like Lexington Cedar and Dutch Creek contribute, as canvassers seek final rounds to reach the $5,000 town goal and county targets.
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Crawfordsville
West Chester
Washington
Washington County
National War Fund
Ainsworth
Kalona
Orrin H. Johnson
Fred Bauer
Court House
Ralph Tadlock
Lexington
Cedar Township
Harry Dusenbery
Co. F. Letts
Pine Grove
Highland Town
Fred Chalupa
New Haven
Dateh Creek
Dutch Creek
L. E. Dunlap
Pere Utterback Dies and Burial in Ainsworth
Pere Utterback died yesterday in Tucson Arizona after traveling there with his niece Mrs Grover Neiswanger of Oskaloosa to spend the winter for his health Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Saturday at L A Jones funeral home with burial in the Ainsworth cemetery Neiswanger will arrive Friday morning The Utterbacks had lived in Oskaloosa where he worked in Grover Neiswanger s restaurant Pete Utterback s brother Joe Utterback of Ainsworth also died in the past year
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L. A. Jones
Pere Utterback
Tucson
Arizona
Grover Neiswanger
Oskaloosa
Ainsworth Cemetery
Pete Utterback
Joe Utterback
Ainsworth
Utterback Family Noted in Ainsworth Community
The obituary notes Jan 12 as a key date and identifies the deceased as a son of Benjamin and Narcissus Powell Utterback. The Utterback family is described as prominent in the Ainsworth community, highlighting their local standing and involvement.
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Benjamin and
Narcissus (Powell) Utterback
Ainsworth
Germans Quitting Greece Amid Allied Advances
Rome reports Nazi forces abandoning all Greece in a frenzied retreat as British troops push toward Athens. Allied gains include Peloponnesus in Allied hands and Russian forces along Jugoslavia routes. German garrisons flee northward to escape danger, aided by Greek guerrilla actions.
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Rome
U.P
Greece
Balkan
Corinthian Isthmus
Athens
Sarande
Porto Edda
Peloponnesus
Jugoslavia
Bulgaria
Reich
Allied Aims at Aachen Amid White-Hot Destruction
Allied reports say American guns and heavy airpower pounded Aachen as German relief columns attacked the city’s outer cordon in a bid to prevent total destruction. Weather cleared for air bombardment while Eisenhower announced hard fighting near Hurtgen and Monschau as Patton’s third army crossed the Chaise river toward the Moselle.
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Supreme Headquarters Rep
Paris
U.R
Aachen
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Charlemagne
Dodewaard Wid Opheusgen
Arnhem
Kihine River
George S. Patton
Chaseille River
Moselle
Saar
Nancy
Seventh Army
Moselotte River
Saulures
Belfort
Evacuation Announced by German Capital Report
A Swedish press dispatch from Berlin reported the first authoritative word that evacuation had been officially announced in the German capital. The note described German troops harrying advancing enemy columns, disrupting communications, and shooting down stragglers along the lines of retreat.
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Berlin
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