Eighteen of 86 Iowa training school escapees recaptured
Iowa state training school superintendent Fred N. Cooper reports most escapees from the boys school were returned after a weekend run. He cites emotional instability and a hollered at ward as triggers while noting improving conditions and salary rises to attract better staff. He invites qualified individuals to help run cottages and other work to restore order.
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Eledora
Fred N. Cooper
Cooper
Pinball Man Charged With Drunken Driving
NEWTON charged with driving while intoxicated Vernon Parks 34 of Des Moines operator of a jukebox and pinball business was held on 500 bond and waived to district court from Justice Merediths court He lived at Thirteenth St and Grand Ave Parks was arrested when his car entered a line of autos checked for fights and brakes Joseph Goebel 38 of Victor Ia railway car penter riding with Parks was fined 10 for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Vernon Parks
Des Moines
Burlington elects new executive secretary of Iowa Municipalities League
Conrad Burlington elected executive secretary of the League of Iowa Municipalities, succeeding Frank Pierce who had led since the league’s founding 47 years ago. Pierce protested the vote as unfair, noting the small turnout compared with the official league membership of about 500. Approximately 300 city and town officials attended the meeting which ended after Gov. Robert D. Blue delivered a speech. Pierce also serves as editor and publisher of the league magazine. Burlington Fort Madison Mayor named eagle president and Iowa City Mayor W Teeters vice president.
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Burlington
Conrad
League of Iowa Munipalities
Frank
Piero
Marshalltown
Conrail
Pierce
Robert DD
Blue Pierce
League
Burton
Strikes Hit Key Industries Across Nation
The CIO led wave of labor action spreads through auto, glass, lumber, shipping and airline sectors. American Airlines and its overseas unit face a broad strike adding pressure as Detroit GM and Chrysler workers vote for wage hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hillywood
American Airlines
New York
Tilmdam
A. F
Houston
Texas
Chrysler
A.F. of L
Northwest
Libhbey-Oversford
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Detroit
Chicago
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
St. Louis
Buffalo
York
American Export Airlines
American
LaGuardia Field
General Motors
CIO Automobile Workers Union
Chrysler Corporation
NLRB
Audubon County Booster Drives Bond Purchases
Audubon county chairman Linad Holm announced in Audubon that residents had purchased or pledged $391,457 in Victory bonds, surpassing the county quota of $280,000. The drive shows strong local support as residents backed the national bond effort.
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Audubon
Linadholm
Audubon County
Yellowstone Park Area Size Revealed
The article reports Yellowstone National Park covering about 3,472 miles or roughly 2,222,000 acres. It emphasizes the large expanse of the park and notes its significant geographic scope for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Pheasant hunting opens October 28 in 66 Iowa counties
Des Moines reports the 1945 pheasant season starts at 6 a.m. October 28 in 66 counties with a large opening day hunter crowd expected. State officials note cornfields and cover conditions may affect openings and urge landowner permission before accessing properties.
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Des Moines
Bruce F. Stiles
Fish and Game
Bremer
Butler
Kossuil
Wihanebago
Worth
Floyd
Dickinson Emmet
Hancock
Mitchell
Howard
Stiles
Chinese Forces Fight Each Other Near Hungchhow Bay
A Chinese communist communique reports fighting began nearly three weeks ago between government forces and a Kuomintang brigade of the new communist army near Hungchhow Bay. It says Kuomintang troops attack the communists as they retreat toward the north and asks for a safe withdrawal north of the Yangtze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Kuomingtang
Hungchhow Bay
Tsing
Tao
Julang Kai-She
Kuomingtong
Yangtze River
Four County Men to Be Inducted Today
Four Washington county men are at Fort Snelling Minnesota for induction into the armed forces. They traveled to Minneapolis by bus and train via Davenport. The list includes Robert Duane Erlenbush Washington Iowa Leland Denman Jeffries Washington Iowa Donald Wayne Stagner Wellman Iowa Howard Lugerne Spreacker Kalona Iowa
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Washington County
Fort Snelling
Minn
Minneapolis
Davenport
Robert Duane Erlenbush
Washington
Iowa
Leland Denman Jeffries
Donald Wayne Stagner
Welltian
Howard Lugerne Spreacker
Kalonn
Lowe
Methodist Women In Special Service Observed With Prayer
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church will hold a prayer service at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon in the Chapel. An organized program directed by the spiritual life committee chaired by Mrs A Anderson is planned. An offering will be taken for missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Spiritual Life Committee Af
A. Andersn
Open pheasant season set for Guthrie Dallas counties
The 1945 pheasant open season runs October 28 to November 6 in Guthrie and Dallas counties. A daily shooting window is 9 am to 5 pm with a bag limit of four male birds, and a possession limit of four male birds begins after the second open day.
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State Conservasion Commission
Marr'ses Pottawattamie, Mills and Presmont
Lyon
Osceola
Dickinson
Kmimmet
Kosuth
Winnebago
Winneshiex
Worth
Mitchell
Howard
Silous O'Brien
Clay
Palo Atlto
Haancock
Cerro Gordo
Floyd
Chiskasaw
Plymouth
Cherokees
Buena Vista
Pocahontas
Humbol’t Wright
San Guthrie
Dallas
Ringneck
Ration for Butter Cut To 8 Points
The OPA reduced butter and fat values to eight points for the upcoming ration period starting Sunday. Meats remain largely unchanged with specific pork cuts dropping to six points or less. New ten point stamps validate November 1 with green stamps noted and valid through February 25.
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Washington
D.c
OPA
CPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Still Need $2 000 In the War Fund
Washington county is $2 009 short of the national war fund quota with 10 200.80 already contributed to county headquarters. More donations from Wellman and Riverside are expected to cover most of the deficit as rural districts finish reporting. Chairman Robert McFarlane urges all workers to complete canvasses and finalize reports in the coming days.
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Washington County
National War Fund
Wellman
Riverside
Washington
Robert McFarlane
County Committee
Officer Injured by Fall from Bridge in Waterloo
Waterloo flight officer George R. Holroid was listed in critical condition at Waterloo hospital after a fall from the Great Western railroad bridge over the Cedar River. He was found unconscious on a concrete abutment four feet above the water, suffering a skull fracture possible jaw fracture and blood loss. A veteran of 10 bombing missions over Japan, he arrived Sunday from Saipan on 45 day leave.
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Waterloo
George R. Holroid
Waterloo Hospital
Great Western
Cedar River
Holroid
Japan
Saipan
Rationing Board Explains Serious Tire Shortage
The Washington County Ration Board releases a full report on tire conditions. It notes 26 certificates available this month and 67 applications, meaning 581 people may be disappointed. It urges repairing or recapitalizing tires, limiting applicants, and prioritizing returning service members, with 60 day processing rules.
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Washington County
Washington County Ration Board
OPA Washington Bureau
Washington County Board
Explosion Destroys Vast Japanese Ammunition Stockpile
Tokyo dispatch reports 800 to 1000 tons of Japanese mines shells and torpedoes blew up on the Torihama peninsula near Tokyo. Ammunition was being moved from storage caves to wharves under American 316th ordnance ammunition company supervision. No Americans believed among casualties. Cause under investigation.
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Tokyo
Torihama Peninsula
316Th Ordnance Ammunition Company
Captain Boshart Joins Mace Force as Sales Manager
Captain William O. Boshart, recently discharged from the U S Marines, will join Mace Motor company staff on November 1 as sales manager. He is son in law of proprietor G E Mace and a former fighter pilot who served fourteen months in the Gilbert and Marshall campaigns. His wife, Martha Mace, accompanies him after his San Diego release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Boshart
Unite States Marines
Mace Motor Company
Boshart
G. E. Mace
Gilbert and Marshall Camaigns
Pacific
Martha
Mace
San Diego
Tax Bill Aims to Exempt 12 Million From Income Tax
The House agreed to a Senate conference to reconcile differences on the 1946 tax bill. The plan would exempt at least 12 million individuals from income tax and repeal the auto use tax while keeping Social Security payroll tax at 1 percent for another year. Affected households include couples with no children and households with two children, under thresholds up to $1,000 and $2,500 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Ways and Means Committee
Senate-House
Cut OFF Japan's World Contacts
Tokyo reports Gen Douglas MacArthur ordered Japan to transfer all diplomatic and consular archives and property to the allies, recall all diplomats, and cease routine foreign contacts. The move, urged by the joint chiefs, isolates Japan abroad and may aid investigations into wartime actions, while routine protection of Japanese nationals shifts to Sweden or Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Spain
Portugal
MacArthur
Sweden
Switzerland
Motorcyclist Breaks Leg in Town Vicinity Crash
William Robertson, 23, lies at county hospital with a broken leg after a collision with a car driven by Robert Quinn a half mile east of town last night. Robertson’s motorcycle rear foot rest and the car’s rear fender were bent in the crash as he tried to pass the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robertson
Robert Quinn
Original Flying Hawks member tied to Iowa group
The text notes a member of the original Flying Hawks from the University of Iowa, with Nile Kinnick as a fellow member and Captain Bob Frink of Washington among the originals. It also mentions Captain Boshart’s former home in the Wayland community.
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Flying Hawks
University of Iowa
Nile Kinnick
Bob Frink
Washington
Boshart
Wayland
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