Britain Would Order 5000 Planes If Delivery Speed Improves
Washington reports Arthur Purvis head of the Anglo French buying mission said Britain could order 5000 American airplanes if fast delivery was possible. He noted additional ordnance and ammunition were released for allied use but the amount was small. The talks covered a new aircraft program delaying deliveries until next year as Roosevelt pushes to speed war supplies.
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Washington
Arthur B. Purvis
Treasury
Purvis
Roosevelt
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Workmen Attack Shocks From Nine Months of Warfare
London reels as German forces push toward their timetable amid heavy losses. Turkey teeters on the edge of war as Turkish assembly fails to convene, Moscow pressuring Ankara to stay sidelined. British admiralty reports Scotstoun sunk by a U boat with crew missing. Poitiers reports a French cabinet crisis looming under Weygand or Petain.
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France
Turkey
Istanbul
Germany
Italy
National Assembly
Refik Saydam
Moscow
Russia
British Admiralty
Scotstoun
Berlin
DNB
Paul Reynaud
Maxime Weygand
Henri Philippe Petain
Iowa Board mulls new physician residences for state hospitals
Des Moines June 14 Iowa state board of control cites limited living quarters as a key barrier to filling six state mental hospital medical staffs. The board weighing a special legislative appropriation to build physician residences as 17 positions stay vacant despite salary boosts.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Board of Control
Wheeler rejects proposal to head third party ticket
Fostoria Ohio June 14 Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana liberal Democrat rejected the idea he would head a third party ticket on an anti war platform. He said he does not contemplate heading a third party and wants the Democratic party to oppose U S entry into the war. Road hogs warnings accompany the notice.
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Fostoria
Senate
U. S
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Wheeler
Audubon News Briefs Highlight Local Movements and Visits
Visitors from Audubon and nearby towns populate this brief with notes on engagements and travel. Walter Ellehy and family visit Atlantic connections. Eva Johnson travels to Des Moines for Drake studies. Oren Kelley leaves for Wichita to join Swift & Co. Details cover railroad, university, convention, and civic activities across Iowa towns.
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Drake
Eva Johnson
Jackson School
Des Moineau
Drake University
Italy's ambassador Colonna enters embassy after war entry
In Washington the Italian ambassador Don Ascania Colonna entered the Italian embassy following Mussolini's declaration of Italy's entry into the war. Colonna gave no comment to reporters.
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Italy
United States
Don Ascania Colonna
Washington
Mussolini
Colonna
Local Briefs: Staffing Moves and Council Actions
Aiga. A series of small-town notes includes Mildred Treat’s death from suffocation after a fire, Melvin Edgerton leaving Shenandoah for Grand Island Coca-Cola Bottling, and Rita Lynch accepting a Webster Groves Missouri teaching post. The city council opened bids for a sewage plant project with awards planned tonight, and funeral attendance for Fred W. Auerbach drew relatives from multiple towns.
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Nebraska
Melvin Edgerton
Tyler Brothers
Grand Island
Neb
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Edgerton
Shenandoah
Atlantic
Fred W. Auerbach
Ida Bensen
Chester
Art Bosted
Harry Scull
Fred Lykke
Otto Steeve
Ted Weimer
Council Bluffs
Ernest Speare
Donald G. ‘Lamp
Omaha
Will Timm
Valley Junction
Fred Guttenfelder
Casey
Katherine Hain
Guthrie Center
George Vought
Henry Hocamp
Ernest Schuler
Adair
Red Oak
Clarinda
Abandon Hope of Adjournment of Congress
Washington on June 14 reports legislative readers no longer expect a pre summer adjournment. Three options are discussed including a one week recess starting June 22 then reconvening after the Republican convention to attempt adjournment before July 15, or a month long break to July 22, or brief workless recesses during the Republican convention week.
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Washington
Congress
Philadelphia
Trials Continue Tonight for City Swimming Team
The Atlantic swimming team's second weekly trial starts at o'clock this evening at Sunnyside pool. Seven champions named last Saturday must defend their titles in the events with no competition in fourteen events. Tonight's champions will earn free pool access for the coming week.
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Atlantic Swimming
Sunnyside Pool
Neighbors Plow Corn for Wiotan Neighbor
Sixteen farmers from Wiota plowed corn on Leo Glynn farm to aid him after eye surgery at University Hospital Iowa City. Tractor operators included Arling LaMaster and W. J. Bopp with others using teams. A second line urges pedestrians to yield right of way and slow down for safety.
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Wiota
Leo Glynn
Mr. Glynn
University Hospital
Iowa City
Arling LaMaster
W. J. Bopp
Ernest Harris
George Lowe
Louis Robison
William Lambertson
Arnold Baier
Jon Waters
A. J. Karstens
Fred Baier
Frank Roe
Richard Malone
Glen Roe
Marion Roberts
Frank Boggs
Marvin Roberts
Patrolmen Round Up Truck Drivers After State Check
A dozen or more truck drivers were arrested Thursday afternoon at the state weighing station for overloading. They were brought to the justice of the peace court to face charges. Fines paid include Bert Garbisch 8.50, Clarence Blumer 5, Jerome McFahan 10, Raymond Chatfield 8.50, and Merrill Skinner 13, with costs. Patrolmen King Cole Huxley and Flannagan led the roundup.
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Vnc
Justice of Peace Court
Bert Garbisch
Kansas City
Clarence Blumer
Tabor
Jerome McFahan
Omaha
Raymond Chatfield
Muscatine
Merrill Skinner
King
Cole, Huxley
Flannagan
New Daughter Births Reported in Iowa City and Wiota
Anita Iowa City hospital welcomes a five pound girl born Thursday to Elmo Exline and wife. In Wiota a Kansas City couple welcomes a daughter marking five generations. great great grandmother is Margaret Johnston of Griswold. J W Reeves of Kansas City is father of a son born Sunday, reported to Mrs Roe.
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Elmo Exline
University Hospital
Iowa City
Wiota
Glen Roe
Here
Duane E. Baker
Kansas City
Baker
Margaret Johnston
Griswold
J. W. Reeves
Roe
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