Joint church meeting and dinner honor postwar service
A Friday gathering by two Presbyterian mission circles at the church drew over sixty attendees. Tables displayed fall decorations and an impressive fruit centerpiece crafted by Mrs. Manton Hebner. Several families and visitors are noted, including L. A. Jones and Willis Jones for a lighted cross memorial, and updates on local clergy and postwar church plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Myrtle McCleary Circle
Brigade
L. A. Jones
Willis Jones
Stewart Family Mentioned at County Hospital Event
Stewart family notes appear with Stewart parents Tom and Ruth at the county hospital on September 17. The grandfather is named Bob Stewart.
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Stewart
Tom
Ruth Stewart
Bob" Stewart
Notice of Time and Place Sale of Unliquidated Assets
In the District Court of Iowa Washington County trustees of Commercial Savings Bank Washington Iowa announce a sale of unliquidated assets on September 23 1944 at two o clock P M at the Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association office Washington Iowa. The sale is to the highest bidder by conveyance and assignment. A list of assets is available for inspection at the Savings and Loan office. Sale subject to all settlements up to date. assets remaining will be sold. Dated September 18 1944.
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District Court of
Iowa
Washington County
Commercial Savings Bank
Washington
W.M
Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association
Pacific Islands extend lines as Anguar falls to invaders
Allied forces widened footholds in the southwest Pacific as American troops seized one third of Anguar and pushed inland on Peleliu. Marines expanded on Peleliu with naval air support while MacArthur’s army tightened gains on Morotai and lines around Mindanao in the Palau area. Pitoe air fields near the Philippines saw rapid construction as bombers struck Halmahera airstrips.
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Pearl Harbor
Palau Islands
Anguar
Pelelius
Philippines
fI1st
Douglas MacArthur
Morotai
Halmaheras
Minanao
Palaus
Southwest Pacific
Pitoe
Halmahera
Molokai Harbor
Island
Palau
Third Fleet
Tokyo
Walsey
U. S. Navy
Mob in Rome Drowns Fascist Chief of Rome Police
In Rome on September 18 a mob of over 7,000 attacked and killed Pietro Caruso, pro Nazi head of the Rome police, during the trial of fascist criminals. They seized Reginal Coeli prison deputy director, mauled him, and cast him into the Tiber river where he drowned.
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Rome
Reginal Coeli
Tiber
Donehho Carreta
Pietro Caruso
Des Moines Reporter Gordon Gammack to Speak in Fairfield
Gordon Gammack, new Europe correspondent for a Des Moines newspaper, will address Fairfield audiences Thursday night September 21 at 8 in the high school auditorium. He is brought to Fairfield by the Fairfield Lions Club and admission is free.
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Gordon Gammack
Europe
Des Moines
Wil
Fairfield
High Schor Auditorium
Lions Club
ODT to Transfer Gasoline Rationing Duties to OPA
The Office of Defense Transportation announced plans to transfer part of its commercial motor vehicle gasoline rationing functions to the Office of Price Administration effective about October 15. ODT director J M Johnson said regional highway work will focus more on transportation and less on detailed rationing duties after two years of review. The changes reflect temporary local conditions rather than nationwide needs.
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Chicago
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
ODT
J. M. Johnson
ODT Regional Highway Organization
Return of Speaker Triggers Talk in Iowa Towns
After returning from Europe with American army forces, the speaker has begun addressing a string of Iowa towns to discuss current events and ongoing charges related to his recent activities.
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Europe
Lowa
Poultry Paralysis Linked to Green Grass Diet
Green grasses help prevent curled toe paralysis in poultry by supplying essential nutrients. The text notes a deficiency cure through foraging and diet.
Transportation plan reallocates duties for ODT and OBA
The new plan frees the ODT highway department field force from time consuming changes. ODT transportation specialists gain more time for the traffic registration program joint action plans and maintenance of farm movement. Detailed forms processing certificates of war necessity appeal actions and gasoline requests are now being studied by OBA and ODT officials.
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ODT Highway Department
ODT
OBA
British 2nd Army Drives Across Dutch Frontier Toward Eindhoven
The War dispatches report a smaller German counter attack after heavy American shelling of Fusilier and Grenadier units. Lt Gen Miles C Dempsey's 2nd Army advances from De Groot toward Eindhoven as armor crosses the Escaut canal. air borne operations indicate broader British push northward toward Brereton's forces.
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United State Artillery
Miles C. Dempsey
de Groot
Escaut Canal
Eindhoven
Brereton
Congressmen favor Women's Rights Amendment in Iowa race
A Des Moines report shows 15 of 18 Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress and state offices favor the proposed Equal Rights Amendment. The item highlights sponsor Guy M. Gillette and Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper as favorable, with other Republican hopefuls like Thomas Martin and Henry O. Talle also supportive.
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Guy M. Gillette
Senate
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Republcan
Thomas Martin
Iowa City
Henry O. Talle
Decorah, Cunningham, Maines, and Dolliver Named In Fort Dodge Brief
Four individuals Decorah Paul Cunningham Dee Maines and James Dolliver are mentioned in a Fort Dodge related brief with connections to Decorah and Dolliver.
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Decorah
Paul Cunningham
Dee Maines
James 8. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Assault by Third Amphibious Force Led by Vice Admiral Wilkinson
Navy notes show Vice Admiral T S Wilkinson commander of the Third Amphibious Force directing all two amphibious operations against the enemy in the area. The accompanying U S Navy photo documents the force in action and the operational leadership.
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T.S. Wilkinson
S. N
U. S. Navy
Blind veterans by nation face pensions after WWI
After World War I France reports 2200 blinded pensioners in 1922, Great Britain tops 2900, and the United States VA lists about 300 service connected blind pensioners.
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France
Great Britain
United States Veterans Administration
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Freddie Slack and His Orchestra
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Im News
March OF Time
Ross L. Oglesby
Chicago and North Western Railway
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Merigade
Carl Jr
South Pacific
Linda Jones
Elizabeth
Etha Dawson
Annabelle Atchison
A. Kk
Indianola
Fred Moore
Harry Turner
Turner
Roberts
Lawrence Wilson
Women's Missionary Society
Orville Elder
Myrtle McCleary
Hastwood
Harve Wilson
Carl Jungbluth
Peter
Margaret Ann
Helen Jungbluth Welsh
Clinton
Mildred Anderson Jungbluth
Walter Jungbluth
Miller
Polk
Christian Church
Beverly
Shirley Brown
E. J. Hesselschwerdt
Kalona
American Legion
Methodist Church
Emil Hesselschwerdt
Walter Eastwood
David Ballard
Ann Margaret
Housekeeping
Geo. L. McDaniel
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Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
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Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
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Aceres
Santeseone Ie
C. G. Schmoeller
George EF. Morrison Co
R. McCutchen
the Commercial Savings Bank
Pacific Islands
Gammack
OPA
John Shields & Sons
MacArthur
Morotai Island
Gen. MacArthur
U. S
U. S. Signal Corps
Navy
Congressmen For Women
Pittsburgh
Ame
Durolite
Sorrell
Auto Parts
West Madison
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