French destroy 400 tanks in gale briefer
News briefs report a Nebraska wind and rain storm causing fatalities as farmer William Kunzman Jr died near Surprise from a chicken house collapse. Other items cover a Des Moines girl stabbed in a car fight, a bridge leap rescue, NYA job findings in Iowa, and police probe into Creighton football players’ alleged beating. The Red Oak tragedy notes Jane Marie Bruce’s poliomyelitis death near Des Moines.
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Gale Surprise
Neb
William Kunzman Jr
Nebraska
Kanaman
Surprise
Red Oak
Jane Marie Bruce
Afton
Des Moines
Charles Bruce
Jane
Earl Bruce
Red Cross Fund Acknowledgments Then and Now
A brief listing shows donations or acknowledgments labeled Red Cross Fund. Amounts include 119.00, 10.00, 2.00, 1.00, credited to individuals such as Mr and Mrs Dele Hutchins and a friend. The fragment suggests a charitable record of small contributions.
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Dele Hutchins
Weather Town Generally Fair Tonight and Friday
Forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms in eastern and southern areas this afternoon or tonight. It will be cooler tonight and Friday in the south and extreme east. Nebraska will be generally fair tonight and Friday, cooler tonight except in the extreme west, with some warming Friday afternoon in the west.
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Nebraska
Anitan Aged Man Receives 4900 From Annuity Settlement
District Judge Whitney Gilliland approved a settlement in the 7000 equity suit against Leon G. Voorhees and H. C. Faulkner. Fred Dittman, guardian of 87 year old Frederick Kauer, will receive 4900 as the remaining balance from the annuity arrangement. Attorney fees were set at 1000. Kauer, once poverty bound, plans to use the funds to build a small home in Anita.
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Whitney Gillilland
Leon G. Voorhees
H. C. Faulkner
Anita
Fred Dittman
Frederick Kauer
Anitaman
Voorhees
Faulkner
Kauer
E. S. Holton
Dittman
Guardian
Gilliland
Hobart E. Newton
Stuart
Harry B. Swan
Atlantic
the Guardian
United States
Germany
Long Gao
June Court Term Opens Here Today
Judge H. J. Mantz of Audubon opened the June term of Cass county district court here this morning. No jury is called for the June term, only equity cases will be considered. Tomorrow will be default day. Charlies R. Linn is serving as court reporter and Irwin Pellett as bailiff.
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H. J. Mantz
Audubon
Cass County District Court
Charlies R. Linn
Irwin Pellett
Government Acts To Avert Strikes In Key Industries
Washington reports outline President Roosevelt's push to prevent labor strikes during the national defense buildup. Labor Secretary Perkins appoints conciliators to oversee aviation, construction, machine tools, oil, rubber, chemicals, shipbuilding, and steel. Knudsen forms a defense staff including H. S. Vance and George J. Mead to coordinate production across industries.
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Washington
I. N
National Defense
William
Knudsen
Roosevelt
Perkins
Labor Bee
General Motors
National Defense Council
John D. Biggers
Toledo
H. S. Vance
South Bend
Ind
George J. Mead
Treasury Department
E. F. Johnson
Detroit
Unity to Boost U.S. Business by Combating Fifth Column
Prof George R Davies of the University of Iowa predicts national unity and reduced labor strife could lift U S business by up to 60 percent. He says a return to normal conditions could yield a 30 to 35 percent gain over recent levels as fear of global conflict drives decisive action.
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Iowa City
United States
George R. Davies
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
Davies
Mrs Stella Whalen Visiting Atlantic Area
From Los Angeles Mrs Stella Whalen of Los Angeles California is a guest at the home of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Carter five miles east of Atlantic She is the mother in law of Mrs Frank Whalen formerly Miss Erma Bigelow of this city.
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Los Angeles
Stella Whalen
Calif
Lloyd Carter
Atlantic
Milree Cole Named Cass County 4 H President
Miss Milree Victors of Victoria is elected president of Cass County 4-H clubs at the annual rally in Atlantic High School. 216 members and friends attended with ten clubs represented in uniform. Officers include Bernice Crum vice president Dorothy Snodgrass secretary treasurerPollock reporter historian. Ruth Kuesel retires as county president and installation of new officers followed. Awards to be presented by Mary Louise Simon at session end.
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Milree Victors
Cole
Atlantic High School
Miss Cole
Miss Rubber
Vic- Huspelpapleep Memo
Vic
Bernice Crum
The
Pleasant Girls
Dorothy Snodgrass
Washington Workers
Margaret
Pollock
Glad Girls
Grove
A. Lorenzen
Oscar Dahlberg
Walter Darling
Elmer Smith
Home Project
Clifton Pollock
Farm Bureau
Emmett Daugard
L. C. Crum
Ruth Kuesel
Victoria Township
Eleanor Paulson
Cass County
Victoria Victors
Mary Louise Simon
Fatal bicycle accidents claim two Iowa boys
Webster City funeral plans for Raymond Allen 12 after a truck collision on highway 20 as his bicycle hooked the truck. In Marion 11 year old Bobby Fullerton dies from skull fracture after a car driven by R. J. Wood strikes his bicycle. Summer Movies note open air shows in Viota tonight.
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Webster City
Raymond Allen
John Hammon
Selby Poultry Company
Cedar Rapids
Bobby Fullerton
Marion
R. J. Wood
Bobby
George A. Fullerton
Nazi Agents Foster Unrest In Uruguay
American officials have accumulated evidence of a well connected Nazi network in Uruguay aiming to overturn the pro American regime of Gen Alfredo Baldomir and install a government favorable to Berlin. They see limited chance of seizing control directly but expect to influence Uruguay and other Pan American states to weaken Western Hemisphere defense and unity led by Washington.
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Washington
Uruguay
Alfredo Baldomir
Berlin
Solidarity
Casey Man Killed by Rocket Near Anita Station
Ed Meuen a 54 year old Casey farmer was killed last night when struck by a westbound Rock Island Rocket near the Anita station. The engineer could not stop. Meuen was reportedly intoxicated after dental work. A whiskey bottle was found at the scene. Funeral services are set for Friday at St Josephs Catholic Church Casey.
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Casey
Rocket
Anita
Ed Meuen
Casey Farmer
Rock Island
Anita Station
Meuen
Mellen
W. W. Kitson
Atlantic
Melen
Mike
Dennis
Evans
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
C. J. Mackin
Stuart Cemetery
To Lost Island fishing trip planned by Coker, Newlin, Hubbard
Ray and Roger Coker, Gene Newlin and M E Hubbard have gone to Lost Taland to spend today and tomorrow on a fishing expedition.
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Lost Island
Ray
Roger Coker
Gene Newlin
M. E. Hubbard
Lost Taland
Heavier German Air Attacks Expected On England
London reports indicate German reconnaissance flights extend 450 miles along eastern and southern coasts. Six people injured by incendiaries in rural raids as anti parachute units and anti aircraft batteries respond along the south coast. A British communique notes incendiary bombs aimed at locating RAF airfields. In Skagerrak, British warships broke a mine barrier and attacked a German convoy. Swedish witnesses heard heavy cannonading and saw ships and aircraft in action.
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London
England
Britain
Airr
Home Security Ministries
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Thames
Royal Air Force
Stockholm
Skagerrak
Skaerhamn
Romanian oil rush to the front drives Vienna shipments
Reports from Bucharest indicate Germany's armored divisions on the western front face an oil shortage. All Romanian oil arriving in Vienna is immediately dispatched to the battle front as shortages mount.
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Budapest
Bucharest
Germany
Vienna
Daladier Ousted in Reynaud Cabinet Shake-Up
In Paris on June 6, Premier Paul Reynaud reorganized the French government by taking the foreign affairs and defense posts and remaining premier. Former premier Edouard Daladier left the cabinet as Reynaud moves to bolster leadership amid escalating war crisis after talks with President Albert Lebrun.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Paul Reynaud
Daladier
Reynaud
Albert Lebrun
Atlantic Sends Hobo Band Float to Kimballton
The Royal Neighbors formed a 20 woman hobo band with home made instruments for the Kimballton festival. The group, sponsored by the Junior and Senior Chambers of Commerce, featured local residents and promoted Atlantic's upcoming pumpkin festival.
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Atlantic
Kimballton
Royal Neighbors
Chambers of Commerce
Mesdames
Carl Litterst
Gladys Campbell
Roy Fraizer
Willard Darling
Everett Rowley
Hubert Pressnall
Ralph Goodwin
George Cranston
Paul Miller
Clarence Vetter
Oscar Dahlberg
Howard Andrews
Guy Fulks
Carrie Taylor
Marinus Mikkelsen
Dale Taylor
Johnny B. Thomas
Otto Hartkopf
Charles Malone
E. G. Pagel
Roosevelt eyes Byrnes as potential running mate in 1944 race
Official Washington circles say the president has made definite overtures to Senator James F Byrnes of South Carolina to join him on the ticket. Roosevelt remains silent on a possible third term.
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Washington
Jas. F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Italy Warns U S to Stay Out of War Alliances
Rome reports Virginio Gayda, Mussolini spokesman, warns America against joining European war bloc risking Monroe Doctrine nullification. He says U S intervention could provoke retaliation in American territory and notes Italy Russia rapprochement amid Balkan diplomacy and 12 mile danger zone measures.
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Rome
United States
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
America
Europe
Garda
Giornale d'Italia
Germany
Italy
Gayda
Russia
Moscow
Augusto Rosso
Balkan
Munich aviation plant targeted in air raid
Paris reports four hundred German tanks have been smashed or captured as the Somme battle continues with a German ground offensive and new French defense tactics. French air ministry says bomber squadrons attacked Mannheim Ulm Ludwigshafen and Munich’s DMW motor factory despite anti-aircraft fire and searchlights.
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Paris
Weygand
Somme
Langa
Neea A
Amiens
Somme-Aisne
Mannheim
Ulm
Ludwigshaver
Mypnich
Badische An
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Nevada
Broadlawns General Hospital
Court Avenue
Betty Nittler
Matt B. Clifford
James Clifford
Wee Rene
National Youth Administration
Towa
NYA
Theodore P. Eslick
Omaha
Pasanowski
John Powers
Johnny Knolla
Creighton University
Frank Rose
Chicago
Rose
RED Cross Fund
Film Head
Joseph Schenck
Twentieth Centry-Fox Film Corporation
New York
Anitan
Board of Conciliators
House
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Panama City
Legion of Honor
Pierre Henri de la Blanchetain
Charg D'Affaires
Milree Cole
Iowa
Viota
Munich
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