World Tall Corn Record Shattered By Don Radda
Don Radda of Cedar township raised a corn stalk 28 feet 514 inches tall, breaking his own 1942 record and making a world champion showing at the Journal contest. Louis H. Rinner placed second with 11 feet 9.5 inches. Jesse Radda did not enter. The stalk stood near the Journal office as crowds photographed the height feats with military observers present.
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Journal
Washington County
Don Randa
Cedar Township
Don Radda
Louis H. Rinner
Crawford Township
Raddas
Jésse Radda
Don
Radda
O. E. Schmitt
Washington Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Lytle
Walter
Fred Downing
Army
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Francis Hughes
Ray Minick
Don Benz
Coast Eard
Everett Everett Burham
Army Air Corps
Harvey Gosling
Ainsworth
Marines
Walter Conner
Nate Young
Cavalry
Sehmitt
Eclipse Lumber Company
Germans Expect Denmark Invasion Rumors Spread
Stockholm dispatch reports the Danish press service stating Germany anticipates an invasion of Denmark soon. An allied fleet may be en route from Iceland to the Danish peninsula while heavy reinforcements are being placed along Jutland and North Zealand, with Skagen strengthened.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Iceland
Jutland
North Zealand
Skagen
Peninegula
Child Strangled in Granary at Decorah
Iowa City reports a fall enrollment rise at the State University of Iowa reaching 3 618 campus students, up 4 percent from last year. President Virgil M. Hancher notes 2 395 women, second highest in history, and 1 125 men enrolled. the wartime navy program is excluded from this count.
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Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
Navy
Hancher
Man Charged in Millking Machine Theft at Cattle Grounds
Waterloo Cedar Falls suspect Stuart Henry was freed on under 1000 bond after an arrest on a forgery charge tied to the theft of a milking machine from the Dairy Cattle congress grounds. Police found the machine in a hay loft on Henry’s farm.
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Waterloo
Stuart Henry
Cedar Falls
Congress
Henry
School Bus Upsets And 27 Pupils Hurt
Twenty seven pupils from Eartham consolidated school were bruised and shaken when their bus overturned one and a half miles from Dean Kruwell. Driver Howard Jones, a high school junior, turned to quiet noisy pupils and lost control. The bus veered into a ditch. Jones suffered cuts on the head. Dean Kruwell, 14, had a back injury and cuts and was taken to Dexter hospital by ambulance.
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Bakrsham
Eartham Comsolidated School
Here
Dean Kruwell
Dexter Hospital
Howard Jones
Jones
Raids Hit Anshan Steel Works and Singsing Junction
The United States and Chinese authorities announced a daylight raid by B 29 Super Fortresses on Anshan in Manchuria and on the Pekin Hankow rail line at Singsing. Reports said 106 bombers participated, with Lomeli noting Lomeli? Penshi hu hit as well. The Japanese broadcast predicted attacks on Japan proper from new bases in the Marianna Islands.
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China
Showa
Anshan
Manchuria
Singsing
Pekin Hankow
Washington
Comei
FBC
Lomeli
Pensshihu
Tokyo
BBC
CBS
Japan
Mariannaa
Plane crashes claim three sons from Park Ave families
Anamosa residents on Park Ave report three households have lost sons in separate plane crashes within three years. The grim pattern centers on a quiet street once labeled the abortest, as officials confirm the fatalities and neighbors share memories of the armed aviation era’s tragedies.
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Anamosa
Park Ave
Health Unit Activities Week of September 11
Schedule lists kid health conferences in office on Tuesday and Wednesday from 1 to 3:20 PM, a special child cardiac clinic Thursday morning 9 to 12, and an afternoon 1 to 2 PM session in the office. Includes 3:30 PM end time for Tuesday and 3:20 PM for Wednesday.
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Wellman
Services With a Purr and Power Plant Pace
The text notes that electric motors convert about 90 percent of supplied energy, claiming five times the efficiency of steam engines and three times that of automobiles, while mentioning electric motors and a pec motor.
Bricker to Speak On Radio Tonight From French Lick
Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio Republican vice presidential candidate will address the Indiana Editorial Association tonight from French Lick Springs. The acceptance speech is scheduled for 9:30 to 10:00 Town time and will be broadcast over four radio networks.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio
Ten O'Oclock
French Lick Springs
Trad
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Russia Receives Field Telephones and Wire Under Lend Lease
The report states that in three years Russia obtained 260000 field telephones and 830000 miles of wire through lend lease, aiding communications and logistics amid wartime support.
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Russia
Lendlease
Warships Shell Yap Island Again in Western Carolines
United Press reports American battleships and cruisers shelled Yap Island in the western Carolines as a follow up to carrier air strikes on the Japanese communications base. Tokyo said 500 carrier planes raided Palau and attacked Davao Halmahera and Menado at dawn.
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United Press
Yap Island
Carolines
Tokyo Radio
San Francisco
Tokyo
Palau
Davao
Philippines
Central Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
Menado
Celebes
Relief move on Saipan in unity of command clash
Marine Lt General Holland M Smith said he was forced to relieve Army Maj Gen Ralph Smith from his Saipan ground forces post. He cited prerogatives of command under unity of command and referred reporters to the War Department for details.
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Washington
Holland M. Smith
Saipan
Army
Gener Ralph Smith
Ralph Smith
George S. Patton
Moselle
Patton
Tragic Death of Decorah Boy In Grain Chute
Rainaldo Yarwood, 3, son of Mr and Mrs Warl Yarwood of Decorah area, died after his neck became caught between boards in a grain chute at a farm granary while playing. The incident occurred on the family farm and authorities reported the accidental death.
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Decorah Rainaldo Yarwood
Warl Yarwood
Decorah
Hogs Attack Boy on Dublin Farm
Allen Griggs seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Orville Griggs was bruised bitten and had a broken arm after sows with young pigs charged him on a Dublin area farm path. His mother Mrs Griggs used a iron bar to drive off the animals as Allen attempted to flee over a fence.
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Allen Griggs
Orville Griggs
Dublin
Allen
Griggs
Deaths on Farms Near Those on Highways
DES MOINES Iowa farm deaths rose in August with 17 farm accident fatalities and 21 motor vehicle deaths. Four died in tractor incidents, three from falls from horses and animals, two from gasoline explosions, plus a lightning strike, tetanus from a rusty nail, and an electrocution on a hay high line. The safety director warns corn picking season brings higher risk.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Public Safety Education Department
Bert Woodcock
Virginia Wylie Reports at Burlington Protestant Hospital
Virginia Wylie will report at Burlington Protestant hospital in Burlington Monday morning as a student nurse.
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Virginia Wylie
Burlington Protestant Hospital
Burlington
Opening Phase of Battle For Germany Has Heavy Air Support
Allied forces launched the opening phase of the battle for Germany with heavy air support as troops advanced from the Albert canal in Belgium to the Moselle region near Metz and Besancon. American bombers struck Mainz Mannheim and Dusseldorf while fighters disrupted German supply lines.
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Germany
Albert Canal
Belgium
Metz-Nancy
Moselle River
Rhineland
Mainz
Mannheim
Dusseldorf
Siegfried Line
France
Belfort
Besancon
Rimini
Adriatic
Florence
Pistoia
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Poland
Berlin
Krakow
German Sileasia
Warsaw
East Prussia
West Wall
Liege
Ardennes Forest
Moselle
English Channel
Air Force Treasury Exhibit Convoy Passes Through Town
A convoy of 25 vehicles carrying wreckage from German and Japanese aircraft toured from Chicago to Omaha as part of a show by the Army Air Force and Treasury to promote war bonds and enlistment. Buses carried WACs and regular army personnel accompanied the display, which paused for breakfast.
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Washington
Chicago
Omaha
Army Air Force
Treasury Department
Army
Australians Here Visit in Washington
Owen Kelley and Heck Daniel two Australian air service cadets have trained in northwestern Canada and now visit the Harry Simpson home. The trip follows correspondence with Bonnie Jean Simpson and a invitation from her parents to visit Washington.
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Owen Kelley
Heck" Daniel
Australia
Canada
Harry Simpson
Kelley
Bonnie Jean Simpson
Washington
Hotel Owner Refunding Overcharges in Cedar Rapids Case
Frank Wood owner of the Grand hotel in Cedar Rapids paid a voluntary contribution of 487.44 and a refund of 55 for rent overcharge violations between December 1 1942 and June 30 1944. Enforcement attorney Donald Holdsegel of the Des Moines OPA office said 75 persons were overcharged totaling 492.44 with 20 rooms among the violations. Only two overcharged individuals could be located and they were refunded 65.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Wood
Grand Hotel
Donald Holdsegel
Des Moines
District Office of Price Administration
OPA
Holdsegel
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Willis D. Crittenberger
Mark W. Clark
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