NLRB Nullifies Iowa Southern Utilities Election
The NLRB voids the Iowa Southern Utilities Co bargaining agent election after a petition by C I O. A new vote will be held as the Utility Workers Organizing Committee placed third. Other groups include A F L International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the independent IBU employees union. Cherry, supervisory for A F L, observed the vote, prompting protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
C.I.0
A. F. of L. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Independent
J Iy. Cherry
Independent Union
A. F. of L
Kaster Death Penalty Upheld by High Court
DES MOINES Iowa The state supreme court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for Stanley M Jnster 36 of Janesville for the 1943 shooting death of Glenn Winchell a guard at the Waverly municipal light and water plant He is slated for execution at the penitentiary December 29 The court ruled the murder cruel cool blooded unprovoked and deliberate with no mitigating circumstances confirming Bremer county district court findings Winchell was killed while walking near the Wave rly utilities plant
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Stanley M. Jnster
Janesville
Glenn Winchell
Waverly Municipal
Winchell
Waveerly Utilities Plant
Statewide Iowa Teacher Salaries Rise Over Two Years
Iowa public school teacher pay climbed about 23.6 percent in two years. Rural median salaries advanced from 752 to 1112 dollars annually, per the Department of Public Instruction survey.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Gravel Truck Crash Kills 12 Year Old Girl
Rita Murray aged 12, daughter of Mrs. Tom Murray of Curlew, was killed Tuesday when a gravel truck driven by Franz Schumaker of Curlew struck her bicycle on the route home from Mallard school. She lived in Curlew. her father died last June. Survived by her mother and two brothers, one a prisoner of war in Germany.
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Emmetsburg
Rita Murray
Tom Murray
Franz Schumaker
Curlew
Maillard
Germany
Maytags Await Approval for Changes at Newton
Iowa state war manpower commission approved Maytag Co. spot authorization to start pilot manufacturing of washing machine component parts. The application, filed by Fred Maytag, was forwarded to Washington for final federal review to enable reconversion to peacetime production.
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Newton
Iowa
Sugar Shortage Blamed on Puerto Rico Rum Exports
Mrs Ida B Wise Smith former national president of the W CTU told the Iowa state convention in Mason City that Prohibition is a wartime necessity and called for local option. Her remarks came at a Tuesday dinner at Hotel Cerro Gordo with about 250 registered as sessions began in the Methodist church. She blamed sugar shortages on ships from Puerto Rico carrying rum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Ida B. Wise Smith
Women's Christian Temperance Union
W.C.T.U
Cerro Gordo
Escape From West Washington Farm Residence Fire
Lee Wallace family escaped a fire that destroyed their six room rental on Glen Cuddeback farm west of Washington. The blaze started in the back porch area and spread rapidly before discovery at about five this morning. Harvey Meek drove the Farmers Mutual truck but the home and its contents were a total loss. Wallace and three young daughters woke to smoke and fled in night clothes. Mrs. Wallace remained uninjured. The house was not insured for furnishings. Harold Reynolds’ goods may have been among items in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Wallace
Washington
Mutual
Harvey Meek
Wallace
Glen Cuddeback
Cuddeback
Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association
Harold Reynolds
Crawford Township
Crawfordsville
M. N. White
B. C. Foster
Lime Creek Township
Ktoyal Robertson
Dutch Creek
G. BE. Mace
Washington Business District
Frances
Court House
Hitler Orders Mobilization of Paris Men for Reich Defense
In a desperate decree Hitler called up every able bodied Parisian aged 16 to 60 into German storm units. He urged the nation to defend the Reich with all weapons and means as allied forces pressed near German borders. The move followed what he described as failings of European allies.
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London
Adolph Hitler
Paris
Reich
Hitler
Mephant Hates to Get Up Poston Barber Shop Sign
A quirky local item notes a barber shop display featuring a cuspidor sign reading We aim to please. Will you aim, too, to please. The caption hints at a humorous or homey town newspaper tone.
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Mephant
Red Army Advances Near Czechoslovakia Frontlines
Soviet forces report pushing through Carpathian passes and forging fronts up to nine miles along Czechoslovakia’s southern border. The Ukraine army drives into the north while bombers strike East Prussia towns west of Latvia, with coordinated claims of new offensives and contested reports from Berlin.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Red
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Ivan Y. Petrov
Ukraine
Stalin
Moscow
Tartar
Bishaviseul
Red Army
East Prussia
Pacific Offensive Reaches Tenth Day in Philippines War
Carrier planes blast Japanese defenses as Halsey’s fleet presses targets in the Philippines. MacArthur joins raids on Mindanao and nearby airfields while Ulithi atoll base is confirmed occupied to support eastern approaches. Bombers hit Borneo and Hong Kong shipping faces losses as the 14th Air Force harasses troops in China.
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United Press
Japan
Philippines
Pacific
Chester Nimitz
Wm. S. Halsey
Manila
Chilippine
Manilla
Clark Field
Legasti
Luzon
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Philipespines
Southwest Pacific
Teo
Minaanao
Valencia
Cagayan
Matina
Nimitz
Ulithi Atoll
Mindanao
Borneo
MacArthur Command
Balikpapan
Mangar
14Th Air Force
Hongkong
China
Canton
Kweiping
Kweilin
Hurricane Cut Off Florida Keys In Straits
A Caribbean hurricane moved into the Florida straits and disrupted communications at the naval base on the Keys. The storm, packing strong winds, was reported to sweep through the Keys and head up Florida’s western coast tonight, with crews warning of continued rapid movement.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Florida Straits
Havanna
Weather Bureau
Naval Base Island
Keys
Florida
Springfield Armory Hits Milestone with 1 000 000th Garand
Springfield Armory, long key weapon producer, marks the delivery of its millionth Garand rifle as World War II era production continues in Massachusetts. The event highlights 150 years of armory output and ongoing military supply.
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Springfield
Mass
Springfield Armory
Brighton Leads County War Fund Drive With 432
A Brighton donation of 432.00 boosts the national war fund total to 14,386.33 for the county, with Kalona and Riverside not yet reporting. Chairman K. E. Edmondson notes a $74 short of quota but expects full county funding soon as more gifts come in.
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Brighton
National War Fund
County
Washington
Kalona
Rilverside
KE. L. Edmondson
Willey Burial Set for Ainsworth Thursday
Burial services for John Willey will be held at nine o'clock Thursday morning in Ainsworth cemetery. Willey, born in Ainsworth 83 years ago, died Monday in Omaha after long service as a city mail carrier.
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John Willey
Ainsworth
Omaha
Mr. Willey
Democrats Open County Campaign Headquarters
Wirry Dye announces the Washington county Democratic central committee has opened county headquarters at 110 East Main Street in the Davenport Democrat room of the Congress hotel building. Mrs. E. E. Ward will manage daily from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5, with Saturday evening hours, through the November 7 election.
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Wirry Dye
Washington County Democratic Central Committee
East Main Street
Davenport Democrat
Congress Hotel
E. E. Ward
Washington
Dye
War Won't End in 1944 Says Compton
Representative Randolph Compton of Connecticut said allied high command never planned to finish the European war in 1944 and that the American public was misled by OWI briefings. He arrived at an English air base after a six day Western Front tour. He noted European operations were ahead of schedule.
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U.S. Air Base
England
Randolph Compton
Rep
Conn
Allied High Command
OWI
Legion Plans Annual Armistice Banquet
At a Leon Beatty post meeting the American Legion unanimously agreed to hold the annual Armistice day banquet on the evening of Saturday November 11 and to observe Armistice day with all business houses closed as in prior years. Commander Jay Brewer appointed Howard Miler to manage the program.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Jay Brewer
Howard Miler
Local figure retires leaving family behind
A longtime community member, brother-in-law of W. Hendrickson of the Ainsworth area, has retired. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Harry of Seattle and Earl of Omaha.
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W. Hendrickson
Ainsworth
Harry
Seattle
Earl
Omaha
Americans Fight Nazis In Aachen
Allied forces press the Western Front as American dive bombers troops and artillery assault Aachen while the 250 mile front from the Dutch coast to the Vosges Mountains narrows for a major fall offensive. Patton's Third Army nears Metz with heavy mobile guns as Venray falls to British second army in a rain soaked house to house battle. Canadian and Allied units push along the Schelde estuary toward Ijzendijke.
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AEF
Paris
Aachen
Vosges
United Press
Jack Frankish
West Wall
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
Vernay
Moselle
Metz
Bonhomme
Smoking Aachen
Patton
George Patton
Third Army
Ansy-sur-moselle
Americas
Ponta Mousson
Venray
First Army
Schelde
Antwerp
Ijzendijke
U.S. Powder and Explosives Output Climbs Through 1943
In 1941 the nation produced 875 million pounds of powder and explosives. Production rose to nearly two billion pounds in 1942 and surpassed three billion pounds in 1943.
Memorial service for Garold Wehr to be held Monday
The Wehr family asked Leon Beatty to arrange a firing squad with other Legion members for Garold Wehr’s memorial service at Central Park that day. Matt Whittaker will command the firing squad. Sergeant Charles Lemley spoke at the Legion meeting recalling his Liberator bomber experiences and his wartime wounds, answering many questions from the audience.
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Central Park
Leon Beatty
Garold Wehr
Matt Whittaker
Charles Lemley
Legion
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Kaster
High Court
Wilhelmshaven .Nether
Belgium
France
Souisburg
Hamburg
Brunswick
Dortmund
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Italy
Kaiserslautern
Baltic Sea
Ruhr
Siegfried Line
Berlin
Wilhemshaven
Duisburg
Sorpe
Cuddeback Farm
Pass
Bustraviseul
Big Pacific
Halsey
Florida Keys
Bataan
Manila Bay
Corregidor
International
Hope- Well
Harold Pepper
Robert Genkinger
Pleasant
Franklin Township
Cedar Township
Rome
Francis J. Spellman
New York
William F. Pennington, Jr
Marietta
Okla
U.S
Willey
Democrats
Davenport
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