WMT replaces wind-damaged towers with Iowa made structures
Charles Quentin announces rapid restoration as the hoisting and bolting finish the first of two 412-foot transmitting towers. The new Wincharger towers replace the July 17 pair toppled by high wind. WMT aims to complete the six week rebuild while operating on a single tower. The Iowa manufactured antenna uses minimal steel and a unique guy system for strength.
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WMT
Charles Quentin
Iowa
Wincharger Company
Sioux City
WMT Plans Pennant Race Party Interviews and Airs Forecast Show
WMT will broadcast at 6 p.m with a party for baseball fans featuring Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals audiences plus ex Dodger fans. The 7 p.m hour includes Maxwell Anderson and Robeson performances and a Kaufman sketch. News Here and Abroad airs 730 p.m on WENER with Hillman from New York.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodger
WMT
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Maxwell Anderson
Elizabeth
Paul Robeson
Russel Crouse
Moss Hart
Franklin P. Adams
Frank Sullivan
George S. Kaufman
Tony Martin
Bert Lahr
Linda Ware
Dave Rose
Wener
Liam Hillman
New York
Clapper
Radio Schedules From Aug 25 1941 Across Networks
Daily broadcasting guide listing programs on WMT WLS WGN WHO and WENR for Monday August 25 1941. Includes Sunrise Hour Vox Pop News Weather and various music drama and news slots with anchors Bris Cal Tinney Mary Totten and others across stations.
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WMT
Radio Schedule Highlights From WGN and WMT Listings
A detailed midday to evening program grid shows WGN WLS WMT WENR and other stations airing a mix of dramas, news, talk, and features. Programs include Vic and Sa, Dr Malone, Stella Dallas, Johnson Family, Mystery Man, Grimm's, and various local notices and roundups.
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WMT
Dr. Malone
WGN Sox
Catholic
Birstage
Wile
Stella Dallas
Johnson Fam
Lorenzo Jone
Program Highlights from Iowa Educational Stations
A brief note on radio programs from Iowa state educational institutions. Mentions University of Iowa and Iowa State University with schedules in Tuesday morning listings.
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Radio Stations
State of
Iowa
Public Employes Get Sixth Of Wages
Washington census bureau reports public employees earned one sixth of the nation’s non agricultural wages in fiscal 1941. About 5.3 million workers earned 621 million dollars in January 1941, with 3.5 million in state and local government salaries totaling 381 million dollars. remaining workers were federal employees.
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Washington
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Census Bureau
Buchanan City Rural Electric franchise hearing notice
Notice from the Iowa State Commerce Commission states Buchanan City Rural Electric seeks a franchise to erect and operate electric infrastructure in Independence. Iowa. The petition requests rights to construct and maintain a one mile east route and a half mile range with poles wires and towers. Hearing set for August 9 in Des Moines with authority to act.
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Buchanan City Rural Electricative
Independence
Iowa
O Commerce Commission
Rehenean
Des Moines
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Notice of Stave Liens Filed in Linn County Iowa
The notice states that on the 9th day preliminary filings were made concerning a lien against a state or licensed entity. The document lists Clarence W. Beatty and law firm Liddle and Fahey as attorneys involved, with unspecified parties obligated to make payment.
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Stave
Iowa
Linn County
Whipple
Nazis Claim Sinking 25 British Ships in Gibraltar Convoy
Berlin radio announced Germany sank 25 merchantmen totaling 148,200 tons in a convoy bound for Gibraltar. Nineteen freighters and a destroyer were reported sunk after days of U boat and air attacks as Winston Churchill spoke on British radio. Twenty five survivors from a British freighter landed at Lisbon described ships sunk and a destroyer among the losses.
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High Command
Gibral
Winston Churchill
Braltar
Lisbon
Portugal
Finland Recaptures Most Territory While Viborg Remains
Finnish forces and German units retook most territories lost earlier with the Viborg area still contested. The retreating Red Army destroyed the Salla to Kandaiax railway, but Finnish engineers rebuilt it. Advancing through rugged terrain, Finnish high command anticipated faster gains as strong Soviet fortifications held.
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Salla
Kandaiax
White Sea
Viborg
Cafeteria Picketed in Des Moines by Union Workers
Des Moines workers affiliated with Bakers Local No. 34 picketed the Bishop cafeteria on Sunday in sympathy with three bakers who had grievances. About 27 cafeteria workers did not report for work. Frank Frost, business agent of the union, stated the action.
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Des Moines
Bishop
Bakers Local No. 34
AFL
Frank Frost
Survivor recounts Zamzam sinking before Cedar Rapids crowd
Miss Sylvia Oiness told a Cedar Rapids audience how the Egyptian Zamzam was sunk by a Nazi raid last spring after shells disabled its radio. She said the captain warned an SOS would have drawn a torpedo, saving no one, as 138 Americans aboard were saved. The 28 year old missionary spoke at the Church of the Brethren.
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Cedar Rapids
Miss Oiness
Capetown
South Africa
Church of the Brethren
Fourth Avenue SE
Garrette
Sylvia Marie Oiness
H. L. Ruthrauff
The
of the Brethren
Zamzam
Wheaton College
Johns Hopkins Hospital Nurses Training School
Africa Mission
Georgia Governor Talmadge Compared To Georgia’s Wonders
Reviewing Stand columnist Henry McLemore describes Eugene Talmadge as more remarkable than Stone Mountain and other Georgia sights. He portrays the governor as ungubernatorial in appearance yet sharp with tobacco, ready to perform with quick hands and stagecraft.
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Fagen Tlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Stone Mountain
Tallulah Falls
Okefinokee Swamp
Jeeter Lester
Governor Defends Foreigners Amid Editorial Grumbles
The governor grouses that big newspapers rush editorials but warns most trouble comes from foreigners saying ninety percent. He claims to weed them out where possible while defending a recent sweatbox death investigation of a convict, offering a measured explanation.
Zamzam Sinks After Raider Attack Aboard Pacific Ship
survivors recount the Zamzam shelling five days from Capetown as German raiders bombard the vessel. passengers push for lifeboats amid chaos while boats overturn leaving many in the shark-infested sea. all aboard are eventually transferred to the raider before the ship is scuttled and later docked at a French port.
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Lisbon
Army to Begin Releasing Men First of Month
The Army will start releasing certain selectees and national guardsmen around Sept 1 as morale climbs after the 18 month service extension law. Priority groups include hardship cases, men 28 or older as of July 1 1941, and married men seeking discharge after 12 months. The policy aims to release about 200000 men by Christmas.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Monmouth Mayor Joins 34th Division in Louisiana
Pvt. First Class Carl Heath of Monmouth Iowa, 168th Infantry anti tank company, serves in Louisiana with the 34th Division. The 32 year old former mayor recalls juggling duties as mayor and police chief, notes low pay and limited meetings, and jokes about the town’s small size.
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Heathville
Heath
Monmouth
Carl Heath
168Th Infantry
Iowa
Cedar Raway
Linn County Board of Supervisors Proceedings 1941
Linn County Iowa board minutes record adjournment to August 15 1941 and approval of minutes for August 14 1841. Resolution to prevent settlement changes authorized warrants for widows relief and road district petition details with multiple names and addresses listed.
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Cedar Northwest
Park Fuel
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National Company
Pos Lowe
Board of Supervisors
Linn County
Iowa
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M Vesely
Go Linn Ty
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Linn
Tvisor Petty
Apell
Geberviess
Guaerviser Seeveil
Semmes
Harry S. Johnson
Ruth M. Bain
N.C
Semoun Town
Ona
Caveen
Wiss
Rott Fe
Bi Brosh Mina
Ursing
Paba's
Gree
Sa Lcu Barron Motor Supply
Reed Main
Sterial Co
Briege
Marion
Lilien Rent
Cedar Rapids bid awards and road work contracts
In Linn County Iowa the Board of Supervisors approved contracts for 1941 and 1942 road projects. Central Chadima Coal and Pinney Coal companies secured bids. G H Lowe Cedar Rapids and Burch Construction Cedar Rapids were named for excavation and road work totaling about 35 8547 dollars. The county auditor was instructed to finalize contracts and the chairman to sign.
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Petty
W. G Company
Central + Chadima Coal company
Pinney Coa
Linn County
Iowa
Conse
Moines
Burch Construction Company
Cedar Rept
A. Hannahs
West Point
Iantet
Mr. Johnson
Cedar Rap
G. H. Lowe
Cedar Towa
Construction Company
Indianola
Seevell
G. H Cedar Pa
Ia. Ae
Robt. M. Vesely
Legion Head Says We Shouldn't Alter View On Communism
Milo J. Warner national commander of the American Legion told the Illinois Legion convention in Springfield that the United States should not change its stance toward communism. He warned there is nothing American about communism and urged a clear Roosevelt statement on the emergency.
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Ill
Milo J. Warner
American Legion
United States
Stalin
Warner
Illinois Legion
Roosevelt
Japs May Electrify Shanghai Barricade
Unconfirmed but reportedly reliable reports claim Japanese authorities may electrify a Shanghai barricade to deter foreigners in the city. The notices appeared Monday and suggested preparations but details were unclear.
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Shanghai
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