NLRB urges Reliance Manufacturing to halt anti union actions
Washington column reports the national labor relations board found Reliance Manufacturing Co at Anamosa Iowa engaged in unfair labor practices by anti union activity before a union election. The board ordered cessation and desistance from interference and coercion as employees decided whether to join the Amalgamated Workers of America C I O. The union was defeated by three votes.
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Washington, D. C
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Reliance Manufacturing Co
Anamosa
Iowa
Grant Rehearing in Case from Oskaloosa
The Iowa Supreme Court withdrew a prior eight year manslaughter ruling against Clarence Wilson from an Oskaloosa fight that killed Harry Bolden. It granted a rehearing at the December session. The 1942 incident occurred at the Andrew Jackson Rogers home in Oskaloosa involving Wilson and his brothers Glenn and Albert.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Clarence Wilson
Oskaloosa
Wilson
Harry Bolden
Clarence
Glenn
Albesdt Wilson
Andrew Jackson Rogers
Albert
Public Health Nursing Sought Over Typhoid Spread
Dr L Belding says Shelby Cass and Audubon officials asked the state to provide public health nurses after typhoid spread in Brayton area. Water tests show pollution likely caused the outbreak which killed one person and sickened at least twenty others.
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Council Bluffs
Shelby
Cass
Audubon County
State Department of Health
Brayton
Belding
Marie Neusehaefer
Des Moines
Winterset Restaurant Owner Enjoined Over Ration Violations
Harry Gaspari, owner of the North Side cafe in Winterset Iowa, is barred by a permanent injunction from violating ration orders concerning ration banking and food rationing for institutions. U S District Judge Charles A Dewey granted the injunction on OPA petition after Gaspari admitted overdrafts on ration panic accounts in 1943 and 1944, though he said violations were not willful.
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Des Moines
Harry Gaspari
Winterset
Iowa
Office of Price Administration
OPA
United States
Charles A. Dewey
Gaspari
Pedestrian Struck in Cedar Rapids Dies After Collision
Cedar Rapids resident Ben Thompson, 64, who was struck while crossing an intersection when two cars sideswiped, died from injuries in a hospital Monday. He was knocked about 76 feet. Survived by wife, two daughters, a son, and two brothers.
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Cedar Rapids
Ben Thompson
Thompson
Plan for $20 Million County Jobs Program in Iowa
Des Moines announces a county works plan totaling 20 million dollars to create 660000 man-days of work. The county projects committee reports readiness to proceed and the postwar rehabilitation commission will convene a three day session to map a comprehensive program for the next winter’s Legislature.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State
Don Berry
Indianola
Legion Collects Five Tons Of Waste Paper This Month
Washington residents contributed to the September total as the American Legion completed a second five ton pickup this month. Earlier in September they gathered ten tons, plus roughly half a ton daily from bin totals on the square, projecting about ten more tons. Eight dollars per ton will be paid, with a September haul expected to net between 175 and 200 dollars. Citizens with uncollected paper should place it in city bins by October first, especially country residents urged to bring it to town.
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Washington
American Legion
Legion
Legion Post
Chester Soldier in Hospital in England
Chester, September 26. Private Wayne Testroet, son of Mr and Mrs Ed Testroet of West Chester, is reported in a hospital in England with unspecified injuries. Further details are not available from the dispatch.
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Chester
Wayne Testroet
Ed Testroet
West
Manchuria Again Blasted by B-29s
The War Department said B 29 Super Fortresses hit a strategic target in Japanese controlled Manchuria. Tokyo broadcasts claimed Anshan and nearby locations in the Anshan steel area were struck in the ninth mission by the bombers.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Manchuria
Tokyo
Anshan
Chester Soldier Wounded in France hospital in England
A Chester resident serving in the infantry was wounded in France and is now hospitalized in England. The family received a letter from their son dated August 14 from the hospital, noting his Jeep duties and limited time overseas. He had not been abroad many months.
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Chester
England
France
Testroots
Riga Evacuation and Baltic Breakthrough Report
Berlin radio says Red Army seized Estonia and aims at Riga with over 1000 tanks near the city as Luftwaffe bombs persist. Red Star notes German evacuation of Riga while Soviets seal railways and highways. Govorov’s forces advance toward key airfield and link with Baltic units to drive toward East Prussia.
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London
Berlin
Red Army
Estonia
Riga
Moscow
Baltic
Latvia
Red Star
Red Air Force
Cef
East Prussia
Red
Leonida Govorov
Leningrad
Haatsalu
Virtsu
Marjamaa
Vigala
Govorov
3Rd Baltic Army
Volga
Virkhenu
Soldiers Sent to Peleliu Island
Allied forces expand to Peleliu in the Palau islands as army troops join Marines in climactic fighting. Catalina planes sink three Japanese warships. a navy bomber sinks a 10,000 ton tanker and damages a 43,000 ton freighter south of Mindanao.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Peleliu Island
Douglas MacArthur
Davaogulf
Mindanao
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Peleliu
Palau Islands
Crete
Aegean Sea
Greece
Turkey
Maya Civicization Record in Central America Shows No War
The hieroglyphs mark 200 years of Maya civic life in Central America, noting an absence of war. The inscription emphasizes governance, rituals, and community building rather than conflict.
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Central America
Bricker to Speak at Iowa Hubs on Oct 5
Governor John Bricker of Ohio Republican vice presidential candidate will tour Iowa October 5 with seven platform appearances. His train is due Keokuk at 9:65, then Ft. Madison Burlington Mt. Pleasant Fairfield Washington Muscatine and Ottumwa, with a Davenport meeting at 7 p.m. and a fourth talk in Ottumwa.
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Des Moines
John Bricker
Ohio
Iowa
Willis York
Keokuk
Ft. Madison
Burlington
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Washington
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Davenport
Wellman and Nearby Guests At Social Events
Wellman residents welcomed Earl Mickey and Platte Singleton from Kansas City and Keith Singleton from Richland as Sunday guests. Vera and Connie Jo joined Mrs. Sin gleton and Mrs. Leo Brown. W. A. Curl visited A. J. Helmer in Iowa City. Frances Singleton returned from near Richland. Forty Baptist attendees at New Haven church near Washington. Dewey and Alvin Smith visited by daughter and son-in-law. W. S. C. 8 study group met with president E. N. Foster. first chapter of West of the Dateline discussed by Robt. Pinnell noting service members at land and sea.
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C. F. Mayer
Wellman
Earl Mickey
Kansas City
Islands of
The
Pacific
County Legion Meet Set for Brighton Friday
Announcement states the county American Legion meeting will be held in Brighton Friday evening September 29. J D Lewis county adjutant reports important business and a large delegation from Washington Leon Beatty post is expected to attend.
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The
American Legion
Brighton
J. D. Lewis
Wellman
Washington
Leon Beatty
Keota FFA Community Fair Set for September
The Journal lists the third annual Future Farmers of America fair in Keota sponsored by FFA and the Keota Community Club. It will be held Friday September 29 in the Gilbert addition at the west edge of the city park. Exhibits include cattle sheep swine poultry grains vegetables cookery sewing and flowers with an afternoon program and evening dance. Roger Pepper chairs and oversees the livestock section. Cash prizes fund winners, supported by local Keota firms and residents in the Pacific.
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the Journal
Keota
Future Farmers of America
British Troops Cross Rubicon Near Rimini
British forces crossed the Rubicon and captured Bordonchio Camerano and several towns near the Adriatic coast as Germans mass reinforcements for counter-attacks. The advance cleared the Marecchia Rubicon area and secured bridgeheads. Bordonchio lies about one mile inland six miles north of Rimini.
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Rome
Rubicon
Bordonchio
Camerano
Adriatic
Bolowna
Marecchia
The
Coasal
Rimini
Mary Chambers Returns From Oskaloosa Visit
Mrs. Mary Chambers came home Friday from Oskaloosa where she visited her daughter Mrs. Grover Neiswanger who left for Tucson Arizona earlier this week Kensington club members met at Mrs. Cora Baird's Washington home for the regular session with guests Mrs. Elle Duncan and Mrs. Nettie Griggs A one course luncheon was served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. Ethel Davis The Happy Hour club gathered at Mrs. Harry Kilgore's Friday with twelve members playing three tables of roch and a luncheon The next meeting will be with Mrs. Rose Marr Daisy Simpson traveled from Muscatine Thursday evening to visit relatives.
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Ruth Norris
Ainsworth
Mary Chambers
Oskaloosa
Grover Neiswanger
Tucson
Arizona
Kensington Club
Cora Baird
Washington
Elle Duncan
Nettie Griggs
Ethel Davis
Harry Kilgore
Rose Marr
Daisy Simpson
Muscatine
Norwegian saboteurs blow up Konigsberg arms factory
Norwegian circles in London report the Konigsbergs arms factory in southern Norway was blown up on September 16, destroying a large portion of its operations. authorities have not confirmed the raid.
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London
Konigsbers
Norway
Grim Arnhem Battle and Allied News Blackout
Front dispatches report British paratroopers clinging to Rhine gates at Arnhem as the lower Rhine crossing battle enters its 39th day. Eisenhower orders a complete security blackout on operations in Holland to the enemy.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Rhine
Arnhem
Lower Rhine
Germany
Sky
Oosterbeek
Holland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nijmegen
2Nd Army
One-of-a-kind factory produces cannons and arms
A unique facility in the country operated to manufacture cannon machine guns and small arms though now out of commission. The factory stood alone in its type and contributed to military armaments.
Judge Bechly to Hold Brief Court Session in Washington
Judge Frank Bechly of Morte zuma announced a brief court session in Washington scheduled for tomorrow. He had planned to return Sunday but was detained at home by illness.
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Frank Bechly
Mortezuma
Washington
Iijnees
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