Spencer Man Charged After Wife Shot Near Swift & Co
Clay County authorities filed assault with intent to murder charges in justice court against Fred Lane of Spencer after he allegedly shot his wife as she enteredSwift & Co. for work. She was struck in the neck. condition not serious. Lane, detained at a farm near Gillett Grove, told officers he objected to his wife working. The couple is the parents of nine children, three in the armed forces.
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Spencer
Justice Court
Fred Lane
Clay County
James
Lane
Swift & Co
Gillett Grove
Civil War Veterans Parade Ends Ride in Cars in Des Moines
In Des Moines nineteen Civil War veterans joined a parade for the seventy eighth Grand Army encampment. For the first time all rode in open cars to the reviewing stand as about 85 000 spectators watched. William A Osborn of Joplin Missouri missed the parade ride but attended the reviewing stand. The pageant included the U S Marine Band four companies of WACs and the WAC band a guard of 209 Sons of Veterans of the Civil War Boy Scouts and other patriotic groups the Girl Scouts drums and Lugle corps from Boone and high school bands from Devines.
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Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
William A. Osborn
Joplin
United States Marine Band
Wacs
WAC
Sons of Veterans of the
Boy
Girl Shotties Drums
Lugle Corps
Boone
Devines
Five Months in Jail for Drunken Driving
Waterloo officials report Judge Shannon B. Charlton sentenced Lee Shrinkman of New Hartford to five months in county jail for driving an automobile while intoxicated. A suspended sentence of three months in jail was given on the same charge to Kenneth Gordon, a Waterloo worker, with parole to his attorney.
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Waterloo
Shannon B. Charlton
Lee Srinkman
New Hartford
Kenneth Gordon
Hedrick Horses Break World Pulling Record in Allegan
At the Allegan County Fair on Wednesday a heavyweight team owned by Buster Smith from Hedrick Iowa set a new world pulling record by deadweight pulling 4,125 pounds surpassing the previous mark of 4,100 pounds.
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Allegan
Midh
Allegan County Fair
Buster Smith
Hedrick, Towa
Country Pupils Gather Milkweed For War Effort
County pupils collect milkweed pods for a government war project to supply buoyant materials for navy life jackets and other uses. Grant School near town has gathered over a bushel sacks, under Rosalie Combs. Lincoln School in Washington seeks 20 sacks, while reports from consolidated schools are still due. County Supt. Lester B. Krabill urges prompt collection before the deadline.
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Grant
Rosalie Combs
Lincoln School
Washington
Lester B. Krabill
Chinese City of Tenechung Free From Japanese Forces
Chinese troops captured Tenechung in Yunnan province after six weeks of fierce fighting. The fall marks the first large city liberated after years of occupation and clears the Burma Ledo road, enabling a junction with General Stillwell's forces in northern Burma. More than 4,000 enemy troops killed. The city, once a key trade hub, lies in ruins after heavy bombardment by Chinese artillery and Allied air forces.
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Salween Front
Tenechung
Yunnan
China
Burma- Ledo
Joseph H. Stillwell
Burma
20Th Army
14Th
County School Men Elect New Officers
Supt. D W Githens of Crawfordsville was elected president and Supt. John L Calkins of West Chester secretary of the Washington County Educational Council and county superintendents organization at a meeting last night. Githens will be the delegate to the Des Moines state convention in November. The session followed a potluck dinner at Washington High School with no formal program. County Ke-Wash league superintendents discussed athletic matters and planned the county high school basketball tournament for early February in an undecided town.
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D. W. Githens
Crawfordsville
John L. Calkins
West Chester
Washington County Educational Council
Washington High School
Githens
Coun
Des Moines
Revenue office closed four days for staff training
The collector of internal revenue office will be closed all day Monday to Thursday September 18 to 21 as Deputy John J. Mattes attends a school of instruction.
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Collector of Internal Revenue Office
John J. Mattes
Miles Makes Inspection Trip With General Mark Clark
Reporter Prank Miles joins Lt. Gen. Mark Clark on an inspection tour in the Mediterranean theater. The group meets Maj. Gen. John B. Coulter and Iowa soldiers, witnesses Doolin awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and faces artillery danger as they travel by jeep and plane through rugged terrain.
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Miles
Mark Clark
Iowa
Fifth Army
Italy
Mat A. Tinley
Council Bluffs
John B. Coulter
85Th
14Th Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
General Clark
Pte
Marvin Doolin
Danville
Doolin
Gen. Clark
Jerry
Campaign Remarks Hint Rural District Split
A fragment discusses a campaign moment highlighting division among a few rural school districts. The readable text suggests strategic considerations in political outreach within limited districts and implies ongoing efforts to align priorities with local education leaders.
Allied Push Near Belfort Faces Fierce German Resistance
Rome dispatch reports Trench and American forces of the 7th Army closing toward the Belfort escape corridor into Germany while German troops mount stiff resistance near the pass. French units advance toward Chaumont after Langres seizure as American and French lines bend around Belfort from the Swiss frontier toward Vesoul and Cubry les Sazerney.
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Rome
7Th Army
Belfort
Germany
Chaumont
John J. Pershing
Langres
Cubry Les Sazerney
Vesnoul
Fighting Is Reported in City Again
Soviet and Polish forces clash in eastern Warsaw suburbs as Praga comes under full assault. Lomza falls after brutal street fighting. Ukranian and other Soviet units push toward Slovakia border while Transylvania areas are liberated from Hungarian control. Cantulung also captured.
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Moscow
Warsaw
Poland
Lomza
Praga
Slovakia
A Nieckels Worth Of Electricity On Farm Tasks
A nieckel buys a unit of electricity that powers 20 cows milking, runs a sewing machine for 30 hours, shells 20 bushels of corn, and grinds 100 pounds of grain.
Sergeant LeFever Narrow Escape at Plant Duty
John LeFever former Washington man and former Guthrie Johnson employee at the Iowa Ordinance Plant in Burlington served in England. While supervising railroad car loading he narrowly escaped an exploding bomb.
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Iowa
Burlington
Washington
John LeFever
Loplant
Guthrie & Johnson
England
LeFever
Hurricane winds reach 75 mph at Norfolk base
Hurricane winds sweeping the Carolina coast reached 75 miles per hour at Norfolk Naval Base this afternoon before the storm’s core turned toward the sea.
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Norfolk
North Carolina
Naval Base
Driver Hurt in Ainsworth Truck Crash
Forrest Fowers of Haskins suffered bruises and cuts when his eastbound truck left the dirt shoulder on Highway 92 near Ainsworth. He blamed a vehicle from the opposite direction for crowding him toward the shoulder. Truck damage was about 400 dollars.
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Forrest Fowers
Haskins
Ainsworth
Highway 92
Powers
American forces push into Germany near Aachen on broad front
American troops press an 85 mile front into Germany with left wing near Aachen after artillery bombardment on the Siegfried line. Bradley's 12th army group says villages captured and border crossed at many points, signaling a broad advance into the Reich.
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Germany
Hitler
First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Reich
Trier
Rhine
Koblenz
Second Army
Netherlands
George S. Patton
Third Army
Moselle
United States
Seventh Army
France
Sombernon
International
Supreme Headquarters Abf
U.P
Aachen
Siegfried Line
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
UCP
1St Army Front
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
The
Geo
Olinger Memorial Service Set At Ainsworth Church
Memorial service for St. James T. Olinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Olinger, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Ainsworth Methodist church. Speakers include Rev. E. J. Shook, Rev. O. J. Fix, E. R. Butterworth, and Melbourne Spessard. Music by a male quartet. Olinger died August 16 of wounds from action in France, per wartime notification.
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Ainsworth
James T. Olinger
W. J. Olinger
Ainsworth Methodist Church
E. J. Shook
Delta
Lieutenant Olinger
O. J. Fix
E. R. Butterworth
Melbourne
Norma Clegg
Olinger
France
War Department
Soldiers Killed In Indiana Wreck Of Florida Train
The Dixie Flyer wreck near Terre Haute Indiana killed 29 people and injured many. 22 enlisted men are confirmed dead with 16 injured and one unaccounted. The crash involved a Chicago to Miami train colliding with a standing mail train two miles north of Terre Haute as fog shrouded the single track. Most victims were soldiers in the first three cars.
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Columbus
Ohio
5Th Service Command
Terre Haute
Indiana
Terre Hauth
Ind
Chicago
Miami
Italy
Gscoves
Here
Chicago & Wastern Illinois Railroad
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Reims
Rotterdam
Belgium
Verdung
Liege
Western Front
Metz
Nancy
Strasbourg
Ruhr
Siegfried
Saarbrucken
Mainz
T Freiburg
Hedrick
Foxhole Kitchen
U. S. Army
9Th Air Force
Luftwaffe
Marco Polo
Sea Ee
Calkins
Lewis Schmidt
Holstein
Fit
Army
Bucovina
Cantulung
Cernauti
Czechoslovakia
New England
United Nations
Quebec
Canada
Mrs. Churchill
Earl of
Alice
Earl
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Roosevelt
William Mackenzie King
Florida
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