Cedar Rapids man accused in whisky warehouse swindle
Frank Husak, 52, of Cedar Rapids, was jailed Saturday on a $5,000 bond after being charged in a federal indictment with mail fraud and conspiracy related to a million dollar whisky warehouse receipts swindle. The 12 defendants, from New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Paul, and elsewhere, face 24 counts and possible penalties up to five years and $10,000 per count. The case centers on whisky warehouse receipts and involves investors across several states.
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Frank Husak
Cedar Rapids
Husak
Fourth Avenue SE
Joe Petrus
Federal
Petrus
McNeely
New York
Los Angeles
St. Paul
Chicago
John “Jake
Wow Crissman
Msgr
Malloy
Edward Mallon
Old Oak Bot- Wing and Distributing Company
Maxwell Oxman
Edward L. Sloan
Joseph Knonwiser
Sidney Davis
Henry and
Leo Bernstein
Albert A. Slater
Sidney Epstein
Sam Seinfeld
Dubuque
Factor and Oxman
U. S
T. E. Diamond
Sheldon
Jake The Barber Indicted In Cedar Rapids Fraud Scheme
Factor, a Chicago barber turned stock speculator and famed world traveler, was among twelve men federally indicted in Cedar Rapids on Saturday in a sweeping whisky warehouse receipt fraud case. He allegedly swindled millions and was once said to have beaten the Duke of Windsor at a high stakes card game.
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Factor
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Germans Still Hold Initiative In Caucasus
Soviet forces claim gains around Stalingrad and in the Caucasus while German attacks continue in southern theaters. Moscow reports heavy German losses, including tanks and trucks, as Red Army units counter in repeated engagements near Pyatigorsk, Kletskaya, and Krasnodar.
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Red Army
Kletskaya
Don
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Pyatigorsk
Kotelnikovski
Krasnodar
Moscow Radio
Klitskaya
Nelson Tells Lag in July War Output
Washington AP Production Chief Donald Nelson said munitions output rose 16 percent in July but lagged seven percent behind targets. He urged sharper effort to balance the program and use resources wisely, noting aircraft rose 11 percent from June while combat plane output lagged. He asserted WPB authority over schedules and outlined steps to reconcile service and maritime scheduling with capacity.
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Washington (Ap
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
Army Navy Munitions Board
War Production Board
Armed Services
Maritime Commission
Pearl Harbor
Pastor Molzahn Guilty of Conspiracy in Bundist Case
Hartford ap A federal jury convicted Rev Kurt E B Molzahn 47 of conspiracy to violate the espionage act for attempting to deliver US military secrets to Nazi powers. Co conspirators Kunze Ebell Willumeit Vonsiatsky received 15, seven, five and five year terms. Molzahn faces up to 20 years. Continuous deliberation ended with the verdict as Judge Smith postponed sentencing to Tuesday.
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Hartford. Conn
Kurt E. B
Molzahn
United States
Anis Powers
Philadelphia
Franklin Square
J Joseph Smith
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Otto Willumeit
Chicago
Anastase A Vonsiatsky
Thompson
Smith
Submarines Sink Four Jap Ships in Pacific Spend
United States submarines in the Pacific reportedly sank four Japanese non combatant ships and possibly one destroyer, with additional ships damaged. The Aleutians tally includes a large merchant ship sunk, boosting overall Japanese losses to 60 ships sunk or sunk possibly, with 11 sunk in the Aleutians and 12 damaged.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Aleutians
Far East
United States
Far Eastern
Solomon Islands
North Pacific
Aleutian
Navy Department
Cedar Rapids Sees Cooler Weekend With Brief Rain
Cedar Rapids area residents face a cooler weekend with a brief shower at 8 am on Saturday. Temperatures slipped from a recent 70 degree low as a 0.15 inch rainfall was recorded. Afternoon readings reached the upper 70s to 78 with humidity around 43 percent and evening temps near 88.
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Cedar Rapids
Hollywood backs war bond push for film workers
Hollywood officials launch a drive to enlist at least 5,000 film industry workers to increase their September war bond investments from 10 percent to 20 percent of salaries. The government aims to mobilize substantial earnings across the industry for wartime financing.
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Hollywood
Yanks Slay 670 in Solomons War Action Report
Pearl Harbor Hawaii AP United States marines held fast in the Solomon Islands after wiping out about 670 Japanese soldiers in a night stand against a stealthy landing. Major James Roosevelt led operations alongside navy support and destroyed a seaplane base in the Gilbert Islands as part of the broader campaign.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
Solomon Islands
James Roosevelt
Makingland
Gilbert
Solomons
Chester Wo Nima Te
Nimitz
Dieppe raid heroes say they beat death by action
Four American Rangers attached to Lord Lovat’s command recount storming a Dieppe cliff. They describe scaling 75 feet to knock out pillboxes, aided by RAF and British commandos, with heavy fire and close calls but no losses among them. They praised Canadian troops and the raid’s brutal courage.
Zip Koons Fled Home For Quick Trip To Germany
SWEA CITY AP Ray Sperbeck recalls Zip Koons a eager youth racing to reach Germany just before joining troops for Northern Ireland. Koons was revealed as one of four US Rangers who fought on Dieppe beach and believed to be among the first US soldiers in France in this war. He is the son of O B Koons who farm near Swea City Iowa and joined the army in early 1941.
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Zip
Koons
Germany
Ray Sperbeck
Swea City Herald
Friday Corp
Franklin M. Ioons
United States
Northern Ireland
Dieppe
France
O. B. Koons
Iowa
Roosevelt learns of son’s raid role from morning papers
President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt learned of James Roosevelt’s part in the Wake island raid only from today’s headlines. Press Secretary Stephen Farris noted neither parent had additional details beyond the newspapers. They spoke with the secretary during breakfast in the White House, and the president said he could not provide more information than what Hawaii reports.
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Roosevelt
James
Wiakim Island
Jimmies
Stephen Fars
Barry
Aps
Hawaii
Bomber Collision Toll Mounts to 9
Army officials reported two more bodies found in the wreckage of two medium bombers that collided in mid air near Harding Field. The death toll rose to nine as rescue workers continued clearing the heavily wooded area and authorities withheld names until relatives were notified.
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Baton Rouge
la Tap
Army
Harding Field
Magoo CT
Rogers Puble
Midans
Two Yank Cruisers Rescued Canberra Under Fire
Two United States cruisers braved heavy Japanese air and surface attack to aid the stricken Australian cruiser Canberra during the Battle of the Solomons. Survivors praised the Yanks as they repeatedly returned under fire to transfer wounded amid a black night and storms, while boats plucked swimmers from the sea.
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Melbourne
Australia
United States
Canberra
Solomon Islands
Stoker
Charles McEwan
Yanks Bomb Japanese on Timor for Second Day
Allied bombers attacked central Timor near Naobisse and an important crossroads Friday. The mission started fires in building areas and two ships battled interceptors over the sea. one Zero fighter was shot down and one Allied plane was lost.
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MacArthur
Naobisse
Timor
Australia
War Production Board warns theater operators of shortages
The War Production Board told theater operators on Friday that material shortages would make it increasingly difficult to keep all theaters open for the duration of the war.
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Washington
The
War Production Board
Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy
RIO DE JANEIRO UP Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy on Saturday after Nazi submarine attacks on Brazilian ships raised tensions. The action, first by a South American nation south of Panama, followed days of conferences led by President Getulio Vargas and Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha and may prompt other nations in the region to sever or adjust relations with the Axis.
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Italy
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Oswaldo Aranha
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Bage
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Anis
I Rio de Janeio
Geomeny
France
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Awa
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Dakar
French West Africa
Jane
Roosevelt
State Department
White House
Stephen T. Early
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