MacArthur Returns to Philippines with Vast Pacific Forces
MacArthur travels to the Philippines as naval and air power mass in the Pacific. Seventh Fleet under Vice Admiral Kinkaid joins Third Fleet led by Admiral Halsey and Task Force 58 under Vice Admiral Mitscher. Osmeña and Corregidor survivors vow they will return.
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Pacific Ocean
Seventh Fleet
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Adm
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Marc A. Mitscher
MacArthur
Sergio Osmena
Commonwealth
Corregidor
International
Thompson widow chosen as Republican candidate in Monona
Mrs. Gerald Thompson widow of the late Monona county auditor was selected Saturday by the Republican central committee to succeed her husband. Democrats did not name a candidate in the June primaries. Services are planned Tuesday over Thompson who died after emergency surgery in a Sioux City hospital.
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Onawa
Gerald Thompson
Monona County
Republican Central Committee
Thompson
Sioux City
Virginia Dixon Die in Bloomfield Car Crash
Virginia Dixon aged 16 died from injuries after a car driven by Charles Barnett 18 crashed into a telephone pole and overturned in Bloomfield. Barnett was uninjured. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Dixon and survived by three brothers. An inquest was set for today.
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Bloomfield
Virginia Dixon
Dixon
Charles Barnett
Barnett
Lester Dixon
Struck by Automobile Fatal for Frank Mulvaney in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Frank E. Mulvaney aged 45 died Sunday from injuries after being struck Saturday night by a car driven by Vern Williams. Mulvaney worked for Quaker Baking Co. He is survived by his wife Florence, his parents, and one brother. Mulvaney is the citys fifth traffic fatality this year.
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Council Bluffs
Frank E. Mulvaney
Vern Williams
Mulvaney
Quaker Baking Co
Florence
Seven Killed in Sioux City Plane Crash
A B 17 bomber attempting an emergency landing crashed into a fire station at the Sioux City army air base Sunday afternoon. Five army air men and two civilian air base firefighters were killed. Col. Wallace S. Dawson announced the disaster as the one-story frame station burned to the ground. The two firemen were the station’s only occupants. Survivors escaped serious injury, with most crew members protecting the Fortress as the aircraft stalled and collapsed into the station.
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Sioux City
Sioux City Army Air Base
Wallace S. Dawson
Mrs. Hanscom Dies at 73 from Long‑Ago Fall Injuries
Blencoe woman Mrs. Frank Hanscom died Sunday at age 73 from complications after a fall three years earlier when a siren sounded the first war bond drive. She leaves a daughter and a step son. Funeral is set for Tuesday.
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Blencoe
Frank Hanscom
Award Service Bar To Mrs Karle Libe
Lee A. Holland of the Washington County Civilian Defense Council announced he presented Mrs Karle Libe with a service bar for 2,000 hours of civilian war work. The award honored her clothing drives for Russians and the war needy, plus extensive Red Cross and defense council voluntary service.
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Lee A. Holland
Washington County Civilian Defense Council
Karle Libe
Hollana
P. J. Moriarty Dies Former Washington Resident
Funeral services for P. J. Moriarty 75 of Des Moines will be held at 10 tomorrow. He died Saturday after a heart illness. A former Washington resident he worked with newspapers in Creston and Des Moines before retirement. Survived by wife two sons two grandchildren one great grandchild a sister in Washington and another in Marshalltown two brothers in Washington and Des Moines. J G Moriarty is deceased.
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P. J. Moriarty
Des Moines
Moriarty
Washington
Iowa City
Patrick
Mary Moriarty
Living Lake
Creston
T. M. O'Connor
Marshalltown
Dan Moriarty
M. J
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Bee Line Expands Service to Riverside and Connections
Bee Line announces two daily buses to Riverside starting today with departures from Washington at 6:35 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Return trips from Riverside to Washington depart at 8:35 a.m. and 7:44 p.m. Evening and cross-town shifts adjust schedules for Lowa City and Fort Madison routes, with through connections to Macomb Camp Ellis and Quincy, Ill through Sparrow Transit Lines.
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Bee Line Company
Riverside
Washington
Lowa City
Quincy
Fort Madison
Nioto
Nauvoo
Hamilton
Marriage License Issued to Luers and Kasowsky
A marriage license was issued this morning at the county courthouse to Henry LeRoy Luers and Mary Lou Kasowsky, both residents of Brington.
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Court House
Henry LeRoy Luers
Mary Lou Kasowsky
Brighton
Knowledge Reaches Man of Her Work
A fragment notes that a man learned of her work, signaling recognition and the spread of her influence. The line hints at reception and validation from a male observer within the period context.
Attack on Dutch Nazi Stronghold Nears Bosch
British armor and infantry drive within three and a half miles of S Hertogenbosch after a heavy bombardment, as Lt Gen Dempsey's Second Army advances to cut the Nazi hold in southwest Holland. Canadian forces seize Breskens and Draaibrug on the estuary's south bank, moving to open sea lanes to Antwerp.
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AEF
Paris
Hertogenbesch
Holland
Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
Fertogenbosch
Hertoeenbosch
Schelde
Antwerp
Breskens
Draaibrug
Iowa man among released POWs from Japanese ship
Washington residents heard a radio broadcast naming Lt. John Gillespie of Sigourney among U S prisoners freed on a Philippine island. Later it was learned he was part of a group rescued from a Japanese prison ship and the only Iowa officer in the group.
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Washington
United States
Philippine Islands
John Gillespie
Sigourney
Tom Gillespie
Gillespie
Iowa
Sgt Fullerton in good health at German POW camp
Washington parents learn from a returning prisoner that Technical Sergeant Harry Fullerton is in excellent health and coping well at Stalag 17B Krems Austria. The fellow airman spoke by phone from Willimette, Illinois, near Chicago, noting shared bomber squadron and a July 26 release from the camp.
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Harry Fullerton
Washington
L. KR. Fullerton
Fullerton
America
Gripsholm
Grundy Center
Iowa
Willimette
Lil
Chicago
Stalag 17B
Krems
Austria
Vienna
Towa
Fullertons
Young People Plan Youth Conference
At a Baptist church meeting yesterday county youths drafted plans for the annual county youth conference to be held after Thanksgiving in Washington. A follow up meeting is set for next Sunday at the same church to finalize the Washington venue and invite county ministers to participate.
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Baptist Church
Washington
Mayer Services Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for Howard Tl. Mayer are announced for Tuesday at 2 PM at L. A. Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Milo J. Phillips and Rev. Carl Klein presiding. Burial will be in Oak Ridge cemetery. Mayer died Saturday at 6 45 PM after a stroke at the county hospital. He was born September 30 1870 in Dutel Creek township and lived on the west county home farm before moving to Washington 20 years ago. He and his sister Lena Mayer lived at 116 East Madison Street until her death in 1988. He was a member of St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church at Valley. Surviving nieces and nephews include Gien Mayer Madrid Iowa Mrs Orba Little Washington Mrs Bertha Sundberg Ft Dodge Iowa Mrs Nelson Thompson and Charles Mayer Washington Frank Mayer Richland Mrs Vern Frohm Pennington NJ Everette Mayer Chapin Iowa and Mrs Ethel Randolph Washington DC.
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Howard Tl. Mayer
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Milo J. Phillips
Washinson
Carl Klein
St. Louis
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Mr. Mayer
Dutel Creek Township
John A
Catherine (Neff) Mayer
Washington
Lena Mayer
East Madison Street
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Valley
Gien Mayer
Madrid
Iowa
Orba Little
Bertha Sundberg
Ft. Dodge
Nelson Thompson
Charles Mayer
Frank Mayer
Richland
Vern Frohm
Pennington
N.J
Everette Mayer
Chapin
Iewa
Ethel Randolph
Washington, D.C
Car Breaks Window at Utilities Office in Sioux City
A west plate glass window at the Iowa Southern Utilities office was shattered Saturday night when a car run out of control swerved onto the sidewalk at the alley intersection. The vehicle, owned by Elvin Gerber, was driven by a woman named Mary Custer.
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Iowa Southern Utilities
Elvin Gerber
Mary Custer
MacArthur forces drive Japanese from Palo on Leyte coast
Gen MacArthur's troops push the Japanese from Palo Leyte the first stronghold on the east coast road to Tacloban and Dulag. Japanese retreat inland under heavy shelling as engineers convert Tacloban and Dulag airstrips for land based air support.
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MacArthur
Leyte
Palo
Tacloban
Dulag
Hill 522
Philippines
DNB
Tokyo
Memorial Service For Private Harold Wehr F E F
Memorial service was held at St James Church for Private Harold Wehr of Washington killed in action in France. Rev H J Corcoran led high mass and gave a memorial address praising Allied sacrifices and faith, with a firing squad and taps after the service. Legion and VFW members attended with Commander Jay Brewer in charge.
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H. J. Corcoran
St. James Church
Father Corcoran
Harold Wehr
Washington
France
Christ
United Nations
Legion
Jesse Radda
Matt Whittaker
Garold Wehr
Jay Brewer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W
Fiurvey Davis
Leo Nardy
Bob Peters
Ellis Swisher
Lester Cook
Stanley Richards
S. W. Ivaster
West Chester Child Health Conference Planned
A child health conference will be held in the West Chester home economics room on Wednesday September 25 from 1 00 to 3 36 p m. The telephone operator will take appointments.
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West Chester
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