Amnesia victim identified. man returns home
Ottumwa Iowa reports Charles Megrew 22 of Long Island identified via cleaner label after wandering into police station June 12 with no name or origins. In Des Moines 82 year old Wayne Silvey found dead by train near Great Western tracks.
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Ottumwa
Charles Megrew
Long Island
N. Y
Des Moines
Wayne Cheater Silvey
Great Western Railway
Silver
Rhilvey
Red Cross Fund Donations Report
A financial record lists donations including Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Dettman 2.00 and Mr. and Mrs. Hans H. Jessen 2.00 plus Mrs. Roy H. Metcalf 2.00 from a "Friend" and Dr. W. 8. Greenleaf, totaling 273.20. The entry references a Woman's Country club and notes previous acknowledgment.
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Woman's Country Club
G. C. Dettman
Roy H. Metcalf
Hans H. Jessen
Greenleaf
Weather outlook unsettled areas with a fair west portion
The forecast calls for unsettled weather tonight and Saturday with showers or thunderstorms in the central and eastern areas. Extreme west remains fair Saturday though central and eastern portions warm tonight and cooler Saturday. Nebraska shows generally fair conditions tonight and Saturday with isolated showers or storms in the extreme east this afternoon or early tonight and cooler conditions in the central and west portions.
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Nebraska
Senate Military Committee to Question Stimson
The Senate Military Committee voted to hold hearings on Henry L. Stimson’s nomination as secretary of war, delaying action until after the Republican National Convention. Stimson will appear at his convenience after Philadelphia events.
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Washington
I. N
House
Carlson
Kansas
Senate-House
War Woodring
Stimson
Woodring
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Secretary of Commerce
Hopkins
Europe
Senate
Austin
Vermont
Sheppard
Dem
Texas
Sub set of gun inventor dies in New York home
Brigadier General John Taliaferro Thompson age 78 retired U S Army dies at his New York home. He invented the Thompson submachine gun. Thompson was born in Newport Kentucky and graduated from West Point in 1906.
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New York
John Taliaferro Thompson
United States Army
Newport
United States Military Academy
West Point
William E White 70 dies after long farm life near Atlantic
William Elmer White 70 retired Cass County farmer died at Atlantic hospital after a stroke suffered at his daughter's home in Extra. He lived on a farm southeast of Atlantic for over 40 years with wife Luella Judi White who died in 1933. Surviving: daughter Leola Marie, grandson Ronald Lee Schiereck, sister Mrs William MelIntire of Rochester, Ind., twin brother John W White of Elkhart, Ind. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at Roland Peacock Baxter in Atlantic with burial in Wiota Cemetery.
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William Elmer White
Atlantic
Atlantic Hospital
Janes Huyck
Extra
Mr. White
Peter and
Mary White
Tippecanoe
Ind
Indiana
Ronald Lee Schiereck
William MelIntire
Rochester
John W. White
Elkhart
Atlantic Church of Christ
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Lawrence
Veterans of Foreign Wars Delegation Heads to Burlington
A local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars sent a delegation to the state convention in Burlington. The group includes Henry Hoffman, William Irving Sr., Carl Cardio, Alvie Wright, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Garrett.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Burlington
Henry Hoffman
William Irving, Sr
Carl Cardio
Alvie Wright
Earl Gerrett
History Reverses Itself As France Falls Before Nazis
The article notes Germany’s capture of Badonviller in the Lorraine sector, the symbolic fall echoing 1918 as American troops recall the Maginot line and Paxone cemetery losses. It recalls five soldiers Cecil Conley Fred Turner Lloyd Morrill Max Hubbel Irvin McConnelee killed or wounded at Badonviller.
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France
Hitler
Compiegne
Maginot Line
Badonviller
America
Inbow
Atlantic
Cecil Conley
Fred Turner
Lloyd Morrill
Max Hubbel
Irvin McConnelee
Conley
Turner
Morrill
Hubbel
McConnelee
Paxone
Lorraine
Ray Coker
Sedan
Bismarck
GOP To Make Major Issue Of Coalition War
Philadelphia reports Republicans claim President Roosevelt created a coalition cabinet shaping the 1940 campaign as a major war issue. Stimson and Knox are repudiated by the GOP while Taft and Dewey gain standing. Willkie alarms noted as a possible candidate remains delegate shy. The party vows to condemn war mongers and pledge U.S. noninvolvement with rearmament for defense.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Col
Frank Knox
GOP
Stimson
Knox
Republican National Committee
John Hamilton
Republican Party
Illinois
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Europe
Taft
Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Cordell Hull
United States
Langs to Camp at Spirit Lake for Week of Fishing
John Lang Jr Jack Lang William Hoffman and Gail Hansen plan to depart Sunday morning for Spirit Lake for a weeklong camping and fishing vacation.
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John Lang, Jr
Jack Lang
William Hoffman
Gail Hansen
Spirit Lake
Civilian Army to Watch for Enemy Airplane Attacks
Washington reports plans to mobilize large civilian anti aircraft defense units across the country in zones along the Atlantic coast Gulf coast and Texas border. Postmasters state officials and veterans would lead local groups with alarms flashed via telephone to army stations. The navy orders a 25 000 ton aircraft carrier costing 48 million dollars under the 1941 appropriations bill.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Army Corps
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Congress
Army
Navy
Navy Department
Norfolk Navy Yard
Sac City man given life term for slaying widow
Storm Lake Iowa June 21 Joe Anderson 54 Sac City carpenter today was sentenced to life in Fort Madison for the murder of Sac City widow Mrs Lura Jones. He pleaded guilty before Judge F C Davidson after she was fatally shot as she left Cobblestone Inn near Storm Lake last Friday. The gun belonged to Patrolman Harry Nestle who had roomed with Anderson for weeks.
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Storm Lake
L N. S
Joe Anderson
Sac City
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Lura Jones
Anderson
F. C. Davidson
Jones
Harry Nestle
Oakland Woman Visits East For Week With Family
Mrs J C Hensley of Oakland California visits Mr and Mrs Ralph Fancolly east of the city. She arrived Tuesday to spend a few days locally then goes to eastern Iowa to visit relatives before returning home. Mrs Hensley is Mrs Fancollys sister.
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California
J. C. Hensley
Oakland
Cal
Ralph Fancolly
Atlantic
Iowa
Hensley
Faneolly
German advances and air raids dominate the wartime brief
German high command reported continued advances between the Loire and Rhone and the capture of Lyon after a battle. It said 700 new tanks were captured at Nevoy while French forces were disrupted in Alsace Lorraine. Rome announced Italian raids on Malta and Bizerta with two enemy planes shot down. A British air battle over the south coast ended with a German bomber driven off.
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England
Ruhr
Rhine
Cambridgeshire
London
New York
Hitler
I. N
Loire
Rhone
Lyon
Normandy
Bretagne
Burgundy
Nevoy
Gien
Alsace
Lorraine
Maginot Line
Aacéhers Lorraine
Vosges
Hartmanns
Weiserkopf
la Rochelle
Gironde
Rome
Malta
Bizerta
Marzamathra
Javoli
Italy
Britain
Probe Bombing of Nazi Consulate in New York
Federal and local agencies joined a nationwide manhunt after the bombings at the Nazi consulate and the Communist Daily Worker in New York. Nine people were injured as six men were on the scene within minutes. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey led the joint investigation.
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New York
Daily Worker
Thomas E. Dewey
Thousands flee across Spanish border amid armistice talks
Madrid reports thousands of French residents flee to Spain toward Portugal during armistice talks with France and Italy. Jews seek escape from German domination, Rothschilds reach San Sebastian, Henri Torres denied Spain entry visa.
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Madrid
France
Italy
Portugal
Rothschild
San Sebastian
Figueras
Henri Torres
Spain
Bordeaux
Franco
Algeria
San Carlos de la Rapita
Catalonia
Tarragona
Africa
Balearic Islands
Manacor
Balearics
Germany
Early Ball Scores Show Mixed Results Across Leagues
National League games include Cincinnati tied 3 3 with New York in the 7th, Brooklyn leading Pittsburgh 10 3 in the 6th, Philadelphia 6 Chicago 3 in the 6th, with Derringer Lom bardi Gumbert Danning and others contributing. American League action has New York 2 Detroit 0 in the 2nd, Boston 3 Cleveland 3 in the 3rd, and Philadelphia 6 Chicago 0 in the 4th inning with Ross Hayes Knott Weiland and Tresh involved.
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St. Cold
Cincinnati
New York
Derringer
Lombardi
Gumbert
Danning
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Fitzsimmons
Phelps
Klinger
Bauers
Lanahan
Lopez
Fernandes
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brown
St Johnson
Atwood
Lee
Todd
Detroit
Riffing
Dickey
Gorsica
Seata
Tebbetts
Boston
Cleveland
Wilson
Desautels
Milnar
Hemsley
Ross
Hayes
Knott
Weiland
Tresh
Peace terms in Compiegne coach echoed in 1939 meeting
Adolf Hitler presented armistice demands to French delegates in the Compiegne forest coach, outlining Germany's peace terms while German leaders and Nazi aides stood with him. Keitel read a Weygand-like preamble as France's representatives listened to the terms of surrender.
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Pierre J. Huss
Compiegne Woods
France
England
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Wilken Keitel
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rudolph Hees
Eric Raeder
Charles L. C. Huntsinger
Air Force
Jean Marie Joseph Bergert
Maurice Athanase le Luc
Leon Noel
Poland
Nasi
Keitel
Maxime Weygand
Ferdinand Foch
Weygand
Wilson
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Communist Party
Roscoe C. Mann
Council Bluffs
American Fraternal Union
Earl Miller
Mann
Miller
Missouri
Lloyd C. Stark
U. S. Senate
Gillette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
State Board of Education
Rockefeller Foundation
J. H. Bodine
Department of Zoology
RED Cross Fund
Senate Military Committee
Virginia Bartley
Anita
Iowa School of Beauty Culture
Carmelitta
English
William E. White
CASS
Baron Edgar von Spiegel
U. S
New Orleans
National League
Louis Boston
Foch
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