Iowa column notes farmers pay for corn ceiling violations
A Des Moines column reports two Iowa farmers paid assessments to the Office of Price Administration for selling corn above ceiling prices. Joseph W. Specht near Marshalltown paid 50.99 dollars, while L. A. Grassley near New Hartford sold 68 percent of bushels at 3 cents above ceiling and paid 25.61 dollars. Kline notes some farmers sold to truckers willing to pay high prices instead of local elevators at the ceiling.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Office Price Administration
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Joseph W. Specht
Marshalltown
Federal
Treasury
Aux Heat
L. A. Grassley
New Hartford
Kline
Des Moines OPA Seeks To Double Price Panel Helpers
Des Moines district of the Office of Price Administration plans to nearly double its volunteer price panel assistants by October 1 aiming for about 1,200 total. Some volunteers will also serve as clerical help during peak periods as renewals of B and C gasoline rations and truck baselines proceed.
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Des Moines
OPA
United Nations
Germany
Prohibition Crusader Ida B oise Smith Returns to Iowa
Mrs Ida B oise Smith retired as president of the national Women's Christian Temperance Union and plans to move home to Des Moines to press her temperance and prohibition crusade. She criticizes Iowa for denying local option and says she will work to change that power for communities to vote on liquor.
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Des Moines
Ida Boise Smith
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Iowa
Weather Boosts Washington County Corn Growth
Yesterday reached 80 degrees with a 62 degree low and a .10 inch shower. Sunny days accelerate corn maturation and reduce frost risk, though some fields still need a couple of weeks of similar weather.
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Yesserday
Washington County
Collapse of Nazi Baltic Front Seen
Moscow reports three Red armies smash toward Riga as German lines crumble from the Gulf of Finland to East Prussia. Soviet forces threaten to split German troops in Latvia while Warsaw battles on Vistula as Berlin claims a brief bridgehead was wiped out.
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Nazi
Baltic Front
Moscow
Riga
Baltic
Gulf O of Finland
Finland
Warsaw
Vistula
Izvestia
Latvia
London
Berlin
Red Army
Rige
Breach Near Florence Advances on Two Main Highways
Allied forces pushed the Gothic line six miles north of Florence and reached within three miles of Sirenzuola, a key junction of highways toward Bologna and Imola. The 5th Army seized three dominant heights northwest of Florence as British and Indian troops neared San Marino, while Serrazalle village fell in the Republic of San Marino.
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Rome
Florence
Sirenzuola
Pennine
Bologna
Sirengzuola
Imola
Emila
Rimini
United States
5Th Army
Sth
Adriatic
San Marino
Republic
Serrazalle
Wells and Jones Obtain Marriage License
Bert Wayne Wells of Ainsworth and Adela Lee Jones of Brighton obtained a marriage license in the latest official county record. The filing lists both parties as applicants with no prior marriages noted, awaiting ceremony arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Wayne Wells
Ainsworth
Adela Lee Jones
Brighton
Parole Revoked to Serve Four Months in Washington County Jail
Judge Beehly revoked the parole of James Trent of Wellman after an accident case in Keokuk county led to the action. Trent began a four month term in the Washington county jail for buttressing a prior conviction, with the earlier five month sentence partially served and one month already served.
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Frank Beehly
James Trent
Wellman
Wasington County
Trent
Washington County
Keokuk County
Washington
Beechly
Jennings
Beehly
Kenneth Jenneon
Rings
State Reformatory
Anamosa
H. M. Putnam
Fort Dodge
Mason J. Clements
Buffalo Center
Henry N. Graven
Clements
War Dead and Missing in Washington County List of 82
A compiled county list shows 82 names under dead missing and prisoners of war from World War II. It details 32 killed, 7 missing, 10 prisoners, with origins across Army Navy Air Corps and Marines and fatalities by combat accidents illness and crashes. The paper invites corrections and additions from readers.
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Washington County
Army Ground Forces
Army Air Corps
Navy
Marines
European
England
Pacific
United States
Africa
Mediterranean
Alaska
Latin America
Army Air
Auxiliary Services
Legion Plans Waste Paper Drive September 25
At the Leon Beatty post meeting commander Jay Brewer announced another waste paper collection for Monday evening September 25. S. W. Easter and Stanley Richards lead the effort with crews who recently gathered over ten tons from Washington homes.
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Leon Beatty
The
Legion
S. W. Easter
Stanley Richards
Jay Brewer
Washington Homes
Easter
Chicago
National Legion Convention
Mr. Richards
Brewer
Post
William McConnell
Robert Frink
Theodore Morgan
Pacific
Peter Perdock
Cy Birka
Allied Drive Slowed on West Front in Nijmegen Action
Allied forces led by Lt Gen Miles Dempsey fought street battles in Nijmegen as part of a wider push east of the Dutch stronghold. News from Britain said Hitler had assumed defense command of the Reich. Airborne supply continued despite rain as skytroopers crossed the North Sea.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Miles C. Dempsey
Nijmegen
Adolph Hitler
Reich
Dempsey
1St Airborne Army
Siegfried Line
Brittain
Holland
Germany
Berlin
North Sea
Hitler
Saar
Publicity for Cooper ative Service Company in Washington
The Lock er Operator magazine praises the Washington plant of the expanded Cooper ative Service company. An interior photo shows the truck elevator and manager Glen Holden. The article highlights the second floor slaughtering and processing setup and notes Holden as a state association leader and president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperative Service Company
Washington
Glen Holden
Holden
Marines Push Final Phase on Peleliu and Angaur
Marines hold almost all of Peleliu east side as they assault ridges and clear stubborn Japanese positions. Army units near Angaur complete occupation of the island while Angaur forces advance through Saipan village area. Nimitz reports 117 enemy aircraft damaged at Peleliu airfield amid plans to strike Koror and Babelthuap. Japanese strength on Palau estimated around 30,000 troops.
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Pearl Harbor
Peleliu Island
Angaur
Guadalcanal
Peleliu
Negardololok
Saipan
Chester W. Nimitz
Palau Islands
Koror
Babelthaup
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Tle
Edward N. Scheiberling
John Stelle
American Legion
Albany
N. Vs
MacLeansboro, Ill
Porm
Cense
Charles E. Bidwell
Ton Creighton H. Workman
William Bowersox
Charles K. Dusenbery
Brinning, Wash
Harold D. Shuck
Hayden T. Hughes
Ralph Sistern
Wayne Sutton
John J. Chuck
Robert L. Bauer
West Chest
Bernard Swift
Herschel L. Finke
Crawfordsville
Carl Adams
Lester Long
Lewis McFadden
Charles E. Simmering
Wash
Ington Arden
Romine
Keota
Harry IF. Strathman
Ington
Harry Barker
James C. Olinger
Claude J. Semler
Kalona
Bryan Minear
Robert Marner
Robert Edward Lee
Washing
Ton
David J. Hotle
West Chester
Hal Nelson
Lyle R. Edmondson
Ton Gerald Carris
Paul A. Putnam
Cecil Foriash
Roy H. Rotzinger
Warren Lins
Earl L. Richardson
Harry Fwllerton
Dean Cox
Kenneth Kos
Riverside
Robert L. Keyser
Berlen P. Houseal
Holhich
United States Army Signal Corps
White House
Aachen
Sienal Ul. S. Corns Radiophoto
International Soundphoto
Netherlands
Belgium
the Hague
Ghent
Brussels
France
Mons
Amsterdam
By Unech
Rotterdam
Tilburge
Antwerp
Leeuwarden
Zuyder
Eindhoven
Hasselt
Liege
A . la Croningen
O Zwelle
Arnhem
Kleve Wesel
Duisburg
Dusseldorf
Aachen’ Af Vom
bAssen
Fatherland
Second Army
U. S
Cologne
Allied
West Front
Reck
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