Lee Says Pearl Harbor Upset Plan for Getting Aid
Melbourne AP reports the Luzon and Bataan defense plan collapsed after Pearl Harbor. Japanese air strikes hit Clark, Iba, and Nichols fields, destroying much of the U.S. air strength, delaying reinforcements to Bataan. Troops awaited aid they believed would come.
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Lee
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Clark Lee
Melbourne
Australia
Luzon
Clark Field
Manila
Luzon Island
Formosa
Iba Field
Lingayen Gulf
Douglas Macs
Sachse Wes Terend
Theia
Tokio
Canada US plan to boost farm output and labor flow
President Roosevelt and Canada’s W L Mackenzie King approve a joint program to raise agricultural production in both nations. It aims to move farm labor and machinery seasonally between Canada and the United States and targets crops like soybeans oats barley and flax amid fat shortages and supply concerns. The piece notes the bottled beverage industry may face shutdown next month without War Production Board allocations.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Roosevelt
W. L. Mackenzie
War Production Board
Iowa City News Briefs Highlight University Events
Special to The Gazette reports several Iowa City items: University of Iowa productions and concerts. an all-state orchestral event planned for July. Mildred Johnson named Johnson County public health nurse. two university bands to perform publicly. a not guilty plea in a burglary tools case. a Johnson County district court appearance by Allen Frank Baker. and alumni from class of 1882 to gather May 9 for reunion and medals.
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Iowa City
Ahborg University
Eugene O'Neill
University of North Drake University
University of Minnecampus
Charles B. Righter
University of Iowa Orchestra
E. Pechman
County Eerie
Mildred Johnson
Albia
Johnson County
University of Iowa
Allen Frank Baker
Government Plans Purchase of War Support Assets
A wartime note indicates certain assets will be sold to the government to aid the war effort. Details specify governmental acquisition to strengthen national defense and victory prospects.
East Iowa editors honored in annual feature awards
AP report lists top editors and newspapers across Marion Rock Rapids Storm Lake Anamosa Sac City Ida Grove Eldora Harlan Indianola Lake Mills and Montezuma for journalism prizes including feature pages pictures and county seat coverage with Marion Sentinel leading in photo use and Harlan News Advertiser best county seat paper.
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Des Moines
Leon S
Rock Rapids Reporter
Storm Lake Register
Harlan 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
Obituary notes from Tama county and Hawkeye regions
Obituaries report deaths in Tama county including Vince Pegarick of Oxford Junction and Cal Mayhew of Hawkeye with details of birthplaces marriage dates farming life and surviving children. Minnie Ohmann and Mrs John Schultz are noted with lists of survivors and burial plans at Hawkeye and nearby cemeteries.
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Oxford Junction
Cal Mayhew
Hawkeye
John Schultz
Lutheran Church
Minnie Schiessner
Germany
United States
Agatha Schrader
Fred
Fred Schiessner
John
August
Far East economics loom over American business says Dean Phillips
Dean C A Phillips of the University of Iowa commerce college predicts sweeping Far East development will reshape profits and operations of small American enterprises. He cites Russia China and India as key to future economic and political trends for the coming decades in The Journal of Business.
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Dean Phillips
Iowa City
Far East
Dean C. A. Phillips
University of Iowa Commerce Col
Journal of Business
Russia
China
India
Ouizidhe
Final sale set by court decree for May 15
Minneapolis and St. Louis properties will be sold at 10 a.m. May 15 under a court decree signed by Judge Gunnar H. Nordbye. Special Master Howard S. Abbott will conduct the sale. Attorneys for the receiver say a 30 day delay may be ordered to perfect reorganizaton plans for Lucian C. Sprague, the receiver, which have been approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. After the sale, a further hearing will be held within 28 days to review plan approval and any related actions.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Gunnar H. Nordbye
Howard S. Abbott
Lucian C. Sprague
Ofjn Anlien Teak
Ization
First Streamliner Now Junked Yields Aluminum for War
The article recalls the world’s first streamliner train built by Union Pacific, celebrated nationwide and showcased at the Century of Progress in Chicago. After eight years of fame, the train was junked to salvage aluminum for war needs, with a nationwide tour and exhibit history noted along the way.
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Omaha
Gulf of Mexico
Roosevelt
Union Pacific Railroad
Century of Progress
Chicago
Kansas
Norden Bomb Sight Still Secret Says Norden Official
NEW YORK (UP) The navy allowed an official to confirm the Norden bomb sight remains a U S secret. Theodore H Barth president of Carl L Norden Inc disputed German claims and said the Nazi bomb aiming sight had no relation to Norden's device. He cited German downed planes to support the assertion.
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New York
Navy
Theodore H. Barth
Carl L. Norden, Inc
S “E
Marshalltown Man Dies After Kansas City Police Shooting
Alfred E. Stephens, 26, of Marshalltown Iowa, wounded in a March 25 running gunfight with Kansas City police, dies Friday. A minor traffic stop observed by a motorcycle officer precipitated the chase and shooting in the downtown eastside district. Stephens was shot seven times in the chest, side, and arms.
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Kansas City
Alfred E. Stephens
Marshalltown
Eastside
Stephens
Welshman's First Sound Film Is Appropriate One
Lewis Peter Welshman of Co operated a part of Columbus Junction and made his first sound film. The article notes his parents the late Mr and Mrs Richard Peters were married.
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Columbus Junction
Lewis Peter Welshman
Richard Peters
Mar
SAI Professor Aids Army Air Corps Test Setup
In IOWA CITY a professor named McCloy collaborates with men from Illinois Michigan and Williams County to prepare tests for the Army Air Corps. The effort extends through April 19.
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Sai
Army Air Corps
Iowa City
McCloy
Illinois
Michigan
Williams Coi
Historian Advocates Plain War Facts Over Eloquence
A historian argued that modern audiences want straightforward war facts rather than moral essays or spirited rhetoric. He noted civilians and soldiers now favor unadorned truth and concise reporting to persuade public opinion.
Iowa brief items cover weddings, elections and school events
Manchester announces marriage in Kirksville Missouri. Decorah schedules Luther college high school day with convocation, picnic, play and Luther vs Northwestern baseball. Dubuque district Lutheran pastors meet in Manchester with public service and home hospitality. Winneshiek candidates seek renomination while county offices see current incumbents and challengers. War savings totals rise in Allamakee county schools. Valedictorian named at Walker high school. Anamosa men bound over to grand jury for lascivious acts and lewdness. Independence reports discharge of a prisoner and ongoing charges.
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Decorah
Luther College
Iowa
Iota
Wisconsin
Luther
Northwestern University
Manchester
Dubuque
American Lutheran Churches
First Lutheran
Davenport
Mofor
First Lutheran Church
H. Miller
Maquoketa
Waukon
Allamakee
Martin M. Cooney
West Union
Thirteenth Judicial District
Walker
I. L. Gritman
Walker High School
Luella Bare
Elmer Bare
West of Walker
Anamosa
Walter A. Downey
Dewayne Hines
Monticello
Grand
George C. Lawrence
Downey
Hines
James Gildroy
Jones County
Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Littell
Mr and Mrs W P Littell celebrated a Golden Wedding at the home of Mrs Littell’s brother Charles in Madison Indiana. Their 1906 move from Indiana to a Randalia farm lasted until 1914 before settling in Fayette. Mr Littell worked 20 years for Oelwein Chemical and served three years as acting postmaster at Fayette. They have three children Hare Littell of Elkport Mrs Waldo Walker of Fayette and Glenn Littell of Littleport and four grandchildren.
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Oxford Junction
Vince Pegerick
Martin Fritz
Fannie Kalous
Wyoming
Hale
L. J. Triltsch
Anamosa
John Soukup
Cedar Rapids
George
Lost Nation
Elmer
Louis
Henry Pegarick
Fayette
W. P
Littells
Indiana
Randalia
Littell
Oelwein Chemical Company
Hareold
Elkport
Waldo Walker
Glenn
Littleport
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Cusetes
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Gecash
Battle Seven
Bates Free
Nichols Field
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Hainan
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Canada Plan Agricultural Pool
Marion
East Iowa
Henry Kanis
Clinton
Louise Krambeck
Tama County
Traer
Chris Knoop
Will Luze
Dysart
Minnie Ohmann
Minnie Engelke
Carl Ohmann
Ohmann
Mason City
Will P. Begaiske
Herman
Louis Begaiske
Charlies
Bertha
BY Claude Callan
Nora
East Indies
Netherlands Indies
Green
Norden
U. S
Iowa News
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Josephine Cush
Anthony Cush
Manchester Manchester
Winneshiek
Norman K. Lee
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Carl Nystrom
Frank Miller
Walterer Strand
Herbert C. Gross
Om Poe
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George Harms
Julian Moe
Julius Kapinos
Harry Haugen
William Mosby
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Joe Swehila
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Fold of
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G. W. Hayes
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Wilbur Wheelock
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Aldene Moore
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Francis Zimpher
Fred Fish
Donald Murphy
Glen Wyckoff
Norman Stevenson
Bernard Murphy
D. C
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LA Porte
L. J. Robertson
M. L. Haven
R. ™. Paige
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Roy Wagner
Alaska
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Iowa State Teachers College
F. A. Wignall
L. Porter
Gerald Porter
Justice Lawrence
Robert F. Mar
Shall
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W. D. Norton
Willis Thieman
Norton
Thieman
Justice R. Inro
Riverside
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Clifton Furney
Ladora
Fort Des Moines
Henry Eichhorn
Leonard Norton
Greeley
Cheeley High School
John Tyrrell
John Billmeyer
Robert Thomas
Elton Ellis
Betty Jean Funke
Betty June Reed
Gerene Matthews
Janet Baker
Marjorie Odell
Maxine Bockenstedt
Herman Knoutsen
Strawberry Point
Knutsen
Fayette County
A. J. Kutschat
D. H. Connelly
Manuel Cox
Troy Mills
Louisa County Fair Association
American Legion Post
Earl R. Pulver
Sadie Gardner
Carl Ketelsen
Charlies Byers
Vom
Wun Tamianeal Ie
Mrs. W. P. Littell
Acousticon Institute
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