Penn to Name Stranahan as College Dean at Penn
Dr E H Stranahan head of Biblical department at Friends University Wichita Kansas set to return to Penn as college dean His daughter Esther Stranahan will become head of Penn religious education Also notes Iowa sales tax rise and farm women music festival details minutes from Grinnell faculty appointments and athletics staff changes
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Penn Jr
E. H. Stranahan
Friends University
Wichita
Kan
Penn College
Penn
Esther Stranahan
Grinnell
Sax
Grinnell Colle
Appoent
Mre
Annie Techopp Bom- Bosi
Basel
Switzerland
Symphony Orchestra
David C. Peck
Helen Clanahan
Carrollton
Ill
Katherine Smith
Start G. Brown
Madison
Wis
Weather Summary for Nebraska and Mississippi Valley
Generally fair with cooler nights in eastern areas. Showers possible in northwest and north central portions, with warmer conditions in the east and south. Nebraska may see local showers or thunderstorms tonight or Sunday, except extreme west which remains fair and cooler. For June 10 16 in the upper Mississippi valley, little precipitation is expected and temperatures will run below normal.
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Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
Plan to train 1,250,000 workers for national defense
Federal Security Administrator McNutt outlined a program to train 1,250,000 skilled workers for defense trades. Educators, Studebaker, and McNutt cited current training of 500,000 youths and adults, with expansion to over a million in a year.
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Washington
Federal Security
McNutt
U. S
John W. Studebaker
Studebaker
National Defense
Coleges
Admiral Hugh Rodman Dies at 81 in Naval Hospital
Admiral Hugh Rodman 81 retired U S Navy died today at Naval Hospital. He commanded the battleship division of the U S fleet with the British Grand Fleet during World War I and retired January 6, 1923. In 1939 he became first commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet. His last service included the 1937 coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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Washington
Hugh Rodman
U. S. Navy
Naval Hospital
Admiral Rodman
United States Fleet
United States
Rodman
Pacific
Navy
George
Queen Elizabeth
Bluffs Elevator Damaged by Fire
Council Bluffs firemen fought a blaze at the M. Peet Manufacturing elevator for over four hours. The fire started in a motor head atop the shaft and gutted the shaft interior and damaged feed in about a third of twelve storage rooms. Peet estimates damage at 15000 dollars. Prof. W H Stacy extension sociologist at Town State college to speak at Methodist church Sunday night and to address Atlantic area ministers at First Presbyterian on Monday morning.
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Council Bluffs
the &. M. Peet Manufacturing Company
Peet
W. H. Stacy
Town State College
Methodist Church
Farm Bureau
Atlantic and Vicinity
First Presbyterian Church
Red Cross War Relief Drive Seeks Faster Donations
Atlantic reports slow contributions to the Red Cross war relief fund with only 139 dollars received toward a 1520 quota. County chairman Mrs. Clarence Vetter notes a 119 dollar Griswold branch gift and 10 dollars from Lewis, urging urgent support at The News Telegraph office.
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Red Cross War Relief Fund
Atlantic
Clarence Vetter
Red Cross
Griswold
Lewis
Europe
News-Telegraph Office
W. J. Spies
Margaret Boyle
J. A. Stevenson
Safety Education Conference Set For June at Iowa State
Plans for the third annual safety education conference at Iowa State College on June 14 and 15 focus on reducing Iowa’s highway accident toll. Guest speakers include Marion Telford of the National Safety Council and W A Sears of Chicago public schools. Gov. George Wilson will address the banquet. Additional speakers are Paul Hill Karl Fischer Jessie Parker R W Getchell and A W Swenson.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Marion Telford
National Safety Council
W. A. Sears
Chicago Public
George Wilson
Paul F. Hill
Safety Ducation
Karl W. Fischer
Iowa Commission of Public Safety
Jessie M. Parker
Superintendent of Public Instruction
R. W. Getchell
Iowa State Teachers College
A. W. Swenson
Wartburg College
Limerick's brother-in-law jailed for Red Oak robbery
Clyde Leftridge, brother-in-law of Tom Limerick, a noted Iowa Nebraska gang leader now dead, was sentenced to ten years at Ft. Madison for breaking and entering. He pleaded guilty to looting the Brown Oil Co in Red Oak on May 23, with District Judge John A. Murray delivering the sentence yesterday.
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Council Bluffs
Clyde —_ Leftridge
Tom Limerick
Ft. Madison State Penitentiary
Leftridge
John A. Murray
Brown Oil Company
Red Oak
French Execute Film Director
Paris June 8 Fritz Eber former German film director was executed at dawn. An alleged accomplice Carmen Mory Swiss journalist had been sentenced to death but was commuted to life imprisonment.
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Paris
Fritz Eber
Carmen Mory
Alibert Lebrun
Pershing Backs U S Aid To Allies And Military Training
Gen John J Pershing endorsed universal military training for American youth and urged sending planes and munitions to Allied forces. He called for rapid support of the Red Cross campaign, praising past over subscriptions and urging prompt, generous aid without delay.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
America
Red Cross
International News Service
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
Wyoming Woman Gains 120 Pounds In Two Months
Mrs. Charles Moyer of Fort Laramie Wyoming is in serious condition at Scottsbluff hospital after gaining 120 pounds in two months. Doctors describe her illness as a combination of kidney heart and glandular disturbances and she now weighs 300 pounds.
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Scottsbluff, Neb
J. N
Charles Moyer
Fort Laramie
Wyo
Scottsbluff Hospital
Moyer
Cloudburst in Berea Area Sparks Flooded Fields
Heavy rains drenched eastern Cass county and Berea area with three to four inches, flooding creeks and fields near Anita and Berea while Atlantic logged 0.74 inches. Des Moines forecast showers northwest and north central with warmer conditions east and south. Burlington was 88 and Inwood 52 as statewide readings ran about 4 degrees above normal.
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Atlantic
Cass County
Roy Fancolly
Anita
Berea
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Burlington
Inwood
Fort Dodge
Estherville
Forest City
G. A. R. Encampment Opens Tomorrow in Hawkeye Capital
Des Moines on June 8 reports 900 to 1,000 persons to attend the annual state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic and affiliated societies. Only 83 G A R veterans remain in Iowa of 20 600 in 1890. The four day program runs through Wednesday with officers to be elected tomorrow and a parade by the "boys in blue" using automobiles due to age and heat.
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Des Moines
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa
Federated Patriotic Societies
Boys In Blue
Oregon Governor Visits Old Home at Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction Ia June 8 Gov Charles A Sprague of Oregon visited friends at his former home in Columbus Junction and with relatives in Washington Ta on his way back from the Duluth Minn governors conference He stopped in Cedar Rapids yesterday to see his 101 year old grandmother Mrs Lucy Sprague Brooks Atlantic was a business visitor in Anita today
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Columbus Junction
N. S
Charles A. Sprague
Oregon
Washington, Ta
Sprague
Duluth
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Lucy Sprague Brooks
Military Objectives In Suburbs Are Attacked
Kenneth Downs reports from the Somme as French armies fight to halt a furious German offensive. He describes tanks and bombers in battle, heavy casualties on both sides, and a tense outlook as reserves are spent and frontline forces strain to hold.
French Stand to Defend Paris Until Last Man and House
Paris authorities assert Paris will be defended to the last man and last house if German forces approach the capital. The pledge stresses no intent to let Nazi troops set foot on Parisian soil, even at the cost of architectural loss, citing Madrid’s siege as a cautionary example. A Des Moines transport firm opens a new truck terminal in Atlantic, highlighted by a parade of its employees.
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Paris
Hitler
Warsaw
Madrid
Parisian
Des Moines Transportation Company
Atlantic
Des Moines
Endurance Wears Troops In No-Front War Front
The text describes a new type of warfare where there is no continuous front line. Troops must endure constant strain as a series of fortified positions are held by the French after German river crossings, replacing the old trench system.
Paris Berlin air battles and tank advances push toward Paris
Paris reports from June 8 describe heavy RAF raids on France and Germany, with 800 incendiary bombs dropped in three minutes near Somme. German tanks pierced lines near Abbeville and Carlepont, while French naval planes bombed Berlin suburbs.
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London
I. N
France
Germany
Stsolf
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Aianes
Somme
Bresse
Armost
International
Paris
Berlin
Paria
Admiralty
Picardy
Abbeville
Carlepont
Noyon
Compeigne Arca
Oise
Ham
Maginot
Bresle
Weygand
Forges Les Eaux
Channel
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I. N. S. Wire Briefs
Iowa State Tax Commission
Scottsbluff
Amesia
Sarah Porter Ellis
Tolbert Macrae
Collegiate Methodist
Ers
Limerick
Pershing
U.S
Wyoming
Hawkeye Capital
Old Home
Fred Possehl
Kenneth Downs
Eugene Mittlehauser
Near East
Mavime Weygand
Mittlehauser
Nor
Mealee
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