Pearl Harbor Change Foiled Bataan Aid Plan
Melbourne AP reports that Pearl Harbor attacked on December 8 halted a planned main bomber strike from Clark Field Luzon toward Formosa and halted relief airlift to Bataan. The withdrawal to Bataan and hopes for reinforcements faded as Japanese air power overwhelmed Allied defenses.
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Lee
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Br Clark Leff
Melbourne
Australia
Luzon
Clark Field
Manila
Luzon Island
Formosa
Iba Field
U.S. Canada Plan Aids War Production And Labor
The United States and Canada propose a large wartime program to raise farm output and move seasonal labor. The plan targets soybeans in the U S and oats barley and flax in Canada and aims to channel substantial product surpluses to allies through a central information agency. The White House notes the plan depends on War Production Board allocations to avoid closures and shortages.
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Washington
Canada
United States
United States-Canadian Economic Committee
White House
Winter home of the chim ee ee ee mon summer birds
The fragment notes an enigmatic wintering site for a species described as chim ee ee ee mon summer birds. No clear location or species details are provided beyond the puzzling placeholder phrase.
Iowa City News Briefs Highlights Local University Events
The Gazette reports on campus happenings in Iowa City including a six night theater run at the university and a joint performance by two town bands. Professors announce the all state high school band and chorus will be organized here June 15 and July 15. Public health nurse Mrs Mildred Johnson is named for Johnson county. A not guilty plea is entered by Allen Baker in a burglary tools case. About 50 classes with numerals ending in two and seven will celebrate the university fiftieth anniversary with commemorative medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Aheee University
Eugene O
University of North Dakota
Drake University
University of Minnesota
Simpson College
University of Illinois
Purdue University
University of Iowa
Charles B. Righter
University of Iowa Orchestra
J. E. Pechman
Johnson County
Mildred Johnson
Albia
University of Town
Allen Frank Baker
Jamestown
James P. Gaffney
Baker
George D. Callahan
Callahan
Final Sale Set by Court Decree for May 15
Minneapolis AP report shows the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad property will be sold at 10 a.m. on May 15 under a consolidated final decree. Receivers expect a possible 30 day delay to perfect Judge Nordbye's decree, tied to the reorganization plan approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission for Lucian C. Sprague, receiver.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Bett
Nordbye
Lucian C. Sprague
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Obituaries and Funeral Notices Across Multiple Communities
Deaths and funeral services for Henry Leethie 82 and Vince Pegarick 80 are reported with details on births marriages and survivors. Obituaries mention Cal Mayhew Minnie Ohmann John Schultz and family ties in Traer Dysart Oxford Junction Hawkeye and Alpha with burials in Buckingham Hawkeye and local cemeteries.
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Hawkeye
John Schultz
Lutheran Church
Minnie Schiessner
Germany
United States
Agatha Schrader
Sumner
Fred
Alpha
Fred Schiessner
John
August
Hawkeye Ceme
First Streamliner Now Junked Yields Aluminum for War
Omaha AP reports a short lived streamliner plane, built to aid the war effort, now scrapped after service. The craft drew nationwide attention during its eight year span, attracting observers from coast to coast and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada.
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Omaha
Gulf of Mexico
Aluminum from war train to be sold to government
Readable passage states aluminum used in the $200,000 train will be sold to the government to aid the war effort. The sale aims to convert war production into federal support and strengthen national mobilization.
East Iowa editors win honors in state contest
Marion and other East Iowa editors receive top honors in a state competition. The Rock Rapids Reporter placed second, Storm Lake Register third, with Marlan Tribune also recognized for overall excellence. Best feature page went to Eldora Hardin County Index, Anamosa Journal and Sac City Sun also noted. Marion Sentinel tops noncounty feature photos, with Lake Mills Graphic boosting. County seat towns awards honored Harlan News-Advertiser, Indianola Record, and Montezuma Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Rapids Reporter
Storm Lake Register
Marlan Tribune
Eldora Hardin County Index
Anamosa Journal
Sac City Sun
Ida Grove Pioneer Record
Marion Sentinel
Lake Mills Graphic
Harlan News- Advertiser
Indianola Record
Montezuma Republican
Norden Bomb Sight Still World’s Best Revealed
A U S Navy official at Norden confirms the bomb sight remains superior and also serves as an automatic pilot. He says German shot downs show their sights lack Norden’s function and dismisses claims of Nazi secret mastery. The disclosure comes ahead of Norden receiving the Navy’s E for industrial excellence.
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New York
Navy
Teenace Ae Sandler Ge Navy
S “E
SS A Ee
Marshalltown Man Dies After Kansas City Shooting
Alfred Stephens, a Marshalltown man wounded by Kansas City police after a minor traffic stop, dies. The incident occurred in the downtown eastside business district following a chase that left Stephens shot seven times in the chest, side, and arms.
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Marshalltown
Kansas City
Alfred
Eastside
Businescs
Stephens
Dean Phillips Predicts Far East Economic Shifts
Dean C A Phillips of the University of Iowa commerce college says Russia China and India form a key to global economic and political development for the next fifty years. He argues the United States and England should adopt a sympathetic and constructive stance toward these rising nations as industrialization spreads in India and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Far East
C. A. Phillips
University of Iowa Commerce College
Journal of Business
Russia
China
India
Dean Phillips
United States
England
Welshman’s First Sound Film Shown in Welsh Settlement
Lewis Peters, a Welsh resident of Columbus Junction, attended the screening in the Welsh settlement near there, a few years after.
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Gagette
Columbus Junction
Lewis Peters
Here
SUI Professor Helps Set Up Army Air Corps Tests
Iowa City residents received news that Prof. C. H. Mc Cloy of the University of Iowa Physical Education Department will join a committee in Washington D C to organize training for the Army Air Corps. The group includes men from Illinois Michigan and Williams College and will work through April 19.
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Sui
Army Air Corps
Iowa City
C. H. McCloy
University of Iowa Physical Education Department
Washington, D. C
Historian proposes war facts over rhetoric in modern times
A historian argues that today’s public seeks plain wartime facts rather than eloquence or admonitions. Civilians and soldiers alike prefer unadorned information, which speaks for itself, reflecting a shift from 1917 era appeals to a spirit of high adventure.
IOWA NEWS IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM MANCHESTER TO COLUMBUS JUNCTION
In Manchester Josephine Cush and Ed DuBois announce a marriage, Luther college hosts high school day with a Northwestern game on April 30, Dubuque pastors gather for Iowa district conference, and Winneshiek Republicans name candidates while Democrats seek renomination. War savings totals rise in Allamakee, local dinners feature new judges, students earn honors, and several towns report civic and legal notices including terminations, appointments, and school rehires.
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Luther College
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Luther
Northwestern University
Decorah
Winneshiek
Norman K. Lee
Orrie Iverson
Carl Nystrom
Frank Miller
Walter Strend
Herbert C. Gross
County
Treas
Sam Barth
George Harms
Julian Moe
Julius Kapinos
Harry Haugen
William Mosby
Surisors
Ed Lund
Onry Lubke
Joe Swehla
Lund
Lubke
Swehla
Peter Wenmes
Golden Wedding for Fayette Couple Littell
Mr and Mrs W P Littell of Fayette celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at their Fayette home. Born in 1869 in Prestonville Kentucky and Madison Indiana respectively, they moved from Indiana to a Randalia farm in 1906 and to Fayette in 1914. They have three children Harold Elkport Mrs Waldo Walker Fayette and Glenn Littie plus four grandchildren.
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Fayette
W. P. Littell
Mr. Littell
Prestonville
Mrs. Littell
Charles
Madison
Ind
Littells
Indiane
Randalia
Littell
Harold
Elkport
Waldo Walker
Glenn
Littie
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Manila Bay
Cavite
Hainan
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Aparri
Corregidor
Tokio
U.S. Canada Plan Agricultural Pool
War Production Board
Henry Leethie
Boettcher Chapel
C. G. McKnight
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Henry Kanis
Clinton
Ill
Louise Krambeck
Tama County
Traer
Chris Knoop
Will Luze
Dysart
Agg Junction
Vince Pegerick
Martin Fritz
Oxford Junction
Fannie Kalous
Wyoming
Lost Nation
Elmer
Louis
Henry Pegarick
Hale
Cal Mayhew
Day
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Minnie Ohmann
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Ohmann
Mason City
Will P. Begaiske
Herman
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BY Claude Callan
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East Indies
Jesse R. Hague
Adel
Netherlands Indies
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Norden
U. S
Iowa News
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the Gazette
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Kirksville
Josephine Cush
Anthony Cush
Ed DuBois
Re DuBois
DuBois
Manchester High School
A. J. Offerman
Dubuque
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Monona
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Maquoketa
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Commercial Club
Martin M. Cooney
West Union
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G. W. Hayes
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Wilbur Wheelock
California
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Norman Stevenson
Bernard Murphy
Brandon
D. C
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LA Porte
L. J. Robertson
M. L. Haven
R. T. Paige
Robertson
Roy Wagner
Alaska
Newhall
Naomi Erickson
Christine Mull
Shirley Bergum
Cedar Falls
Newhall High School
McCullough
Edward
Lawrence
Robert F. Mar
Shall
Monmouth
State Highway Commission
W. D. Norton
Willis Thieman
Norton
Ieman
R. D. McIintyre
Riverside
St. Mary's Parochial School
Greeley
Greeley High School
John Tyrrell
John Billmeyer
Robert Thomas
Elton Ellis
Betty Jean Funke
June Reed
Gerene Matthews
Janet Baker
Marjorie Odell
Maxine Bockenstedt
Herman K.knautsen
Strawberry Point
Knutsen
Fayette County
A. J. Kutschat
D. H. Connelly
Troy Mills
Joy Mills
Louisa County Fair Association
American Legion Post
Earl R. Pulver
Sadie
Carl Ketelsen
Charlies Byers
Mrs. W. P. Littell
Acousticon Institute
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