Prefer Prison Over Army. 4 Men Sentenced
Four men from Iowa cities Du buque Charles City and Waterloo chose prison over the army in U S district court. William Fisch and Donald Hauck both 21 of Dubuque drew five year terms with Fisch to a federal penitentiary and Hauck to a reforma tory. John L Spaulding 22 of Charles City received four years in the penitentiary and John Keith 23 of Waterloo was sent to a federal reformatory for five years. All cited religious scruples and declined immediate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
George H. Moore
U. S. District Court
William D. Fisch
Donald H. Hauck
John L. Spaulding
Charles City
John Keith
Waterloo
Phi Kappa Phi Chooses Four Coe Seniors
Four Coe College seniors have been elected to Phi Kappa Phi. Named are Margaret Blaine English and zoology majors. Dorothy Mueller sociology. Robert Ray speech. and Pfc. Perry Woodward ROTC ASTP unit economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe College
Phi Kappa Phi
Alma Turechek
Coe
Margaret Blaine
Park Avenue
Dorothy Mueller
C Avenue NE
Robert Ray
Davenport
Perry Woodward
Nineteenth Street
Sokol Women's Group Plans Christmas Canteen
Members of the Sokol Gymnastic association technical board plan a Christmas canteen on December 18 at Sokol hall for about 50 Army trainees at the University of Iowa studying Czech and Russian languages. Dancing will be the main entertainment and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sokol Gymnastic Association
Sokol Hall
University of Iowa
Death notices from Iowa towns list multiple obituaries
A lengthy Iowa death notice roundup lists individuals from Tipton, Montour, West Union, Victor, Central City, Wapello, Monticello, Wilton Junction, Springdale, Center Point and surrounding areas. Entries include ages, birthplaces, survivors, and funeral arrangements at local churches and funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapkinton
Marie Stephenson
Will Stephenson
Monticello
Hoover
Tipton
W. A. Smail
Springdale
Springdale Methodist Church
Wilton Junction
Frank R. Bacon
Ames
Griffith Funeral Home
Frank, Jr
Toledo
Ohio
George
Tucson
Ariz
Margot Wahi
Boston
Mass
James
Wilton
Clifford Bacon
Des Moines
Center Point
Albert Sebrecht
Walter
Here
Anna Hammond
Shellsburg
Sarchett Funeral Home
Month's Meanest Thief Purloined Christmas Toys
December's meanest thief in town was reported to police after a package of children's Christmas toys disappeared from the front porch at 915 N street SW. Leonard Luedeman said the items were for his former residence and he had gone there for mail deliveries. A neighbor said a package had been left on the porch but was gone when he checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Luedeman
Thirtieth Street
N Street
Man in Good Condition After City Collision
Albert Kelley of 2022 Park avenue SE was reported in good condition at Mercy hospital with back injuries from a Tuesday collision at Fourth street SW and Eighth avenue SW. Kelley drove south on Fourth street when his car hit a eastbound Chesmore vehicle from Cedar Rapids Block company. Chesmore faced charges for failing to have his car under control. Kelley was charged with failing to yield the right of way. Both cars were badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kelley
Park Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Kelley
Fourth Street
Paul Chesmore
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
Chesmore
War Bends Demand in Personal Battle Tone
The note questions personal investment in a distant war and urges deeper resolve. It frames buying into wartime efforts as a personal measure, appealing to readers to act with greater commitment and emotion.
New Nazi Vichy Crisis Reported
A Berlin strategy to back Vichy France emerges as Otto Abetz returns to Paris after talks with Adolf Hitler. A Zurich source cites Petain’s alleged contact with a foreign non axis government and reports Abetz was ordered to back a move to resolve the crisis with concessions including deported workers, halted requisitions, and restored trade. Dagbladet says Abetz can negotiate broad concessions. Petain refuses while a French admiral delivers two foreign messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Germany
Vichy
France
Otto Abetz
Paris
Adolf Hitler
Zurich
Henri Philippe Petain
Berlin
Abetz
Hitler
Fuehrer
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Petain
Reich
Pierre Laval
Dagbladet
Stockholm
Hodgson on Facts and Theories at Coe College
Assistant professor James B. Hodgson spoke at Coe College on the limits of factual accumulation and the scarcity of theories. He traced thought from ancient philosophy through the early church to the scientific revolution, noting changes in orderly reasoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Hodgson
Kelvin Society
Coe College
Socrates
Plato
Hodgson
Stolen Items Reported From Multiple Vehicles
Donald Gilmore reports his brown leather jacket fur lined gloves and a woman’s ring stolen from his car between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday while at Wilson and Company. Floyd J. Weaver says his dark gray overcoat disappeared from a hotel mezzanine rack. Merle Eiben’s car lost a spare tire tube and rim valued at $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Gilmore
D Avenue NE
Wilson and Company
Floyd J. Weaver
Second Avenue
Montrose Hotel
Merle Eiben
Second Avenue SW
Stock Truck Damage Reported by Cedar Rapids Driver
Joel Long of the Cedar Rapids Transfer company reported to police that a stock truck struck his parked car causing about 100 dollars in damage. A passerby who saw the incident provided the truck’s license number. Long said the impact jolted his car into the curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Long
Cedar Rapids Transfer Company
Long
Mongrel Pup Born In Tarawa Shellhole Adopted As Mascot
Nip, a tiny mongrel pup born in a Tarawa shell hole during the invasion, was adopted as mascot by naval hospital corpsmen. Found on the third day of battle after being blown from a shell hole, its mother and littermates were never found. Nip lives in a Japanese medicine case and sips from an eyedropper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betio Island
Tarawa
Naval Hospital
Nip
Berlin Bomb Dead Reported 250 000
The Gazette de Lausanne cites a Basel dispatch saying Allied bombings of Berlin killed 250000 people with injuries not estimated. Earlier Sweden relays claimed 25000 deaths. Germany has not released official figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Bern
Gazette de Lausanne
Basel
Sweden
Germany
Wallace Seen As Most Qualified To Succeed Roosevelt
R J Thomas president of the United Automobile Workers CIO said Wallace is the most qualified to become president if Roosevelt does not run again. He stressed he spoke for himself, not for the UAW. The comment came in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
R. J. Thomas
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Teheran
Iran
Churchill
Gen
Henry H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
Also Mentioned on This Page
Army
Sokol
Iowa News
West Union
John E. Wagner
South Pacific Area
Zion Lutheran Church
J. W. Edge
Greater Tipton
C. H. Cobb
Bob Stafford
Millie Haas
Elberon
Roy Haas
Tama County
Leslie R. Witwer
Buckingham Township
Edna E. Witwer
Madge Shaffer
Schriener Chapter
Co.e.s
William Shaffer
Bertyce Goettsch
Cecil Goettsch
Caroline Schoenhut
Jane Long
Olga Scott
Florence Clark
Forrest Shaull
Oxford Junction
O.E.S
Worthy
Otto Koranda
C. H. Jones
Fred Wasoba
G. E. Leffingwell
John Stuhr
Christine Ahrendsen
Howard Rogers
Vic Tatak
Perry O. Moore
C. G. Moore
Audrey Brock
Lakeland
Fla
Moore
Drewfield
Tampa
Harry Odeen
Marion
Stanwood
L. W. Meyer
Manchester
Truman Smith
Iowa
Frederick Wagner
Cedar County
Bennett
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Montour
Augusta de France
Will
Charles Paxton
Greenfield
R. W. Dwiggins
Leonard de France
Garwin
Earl de France
Marshalltown
Ralph Butler
Montour Church
Mary Tope
Guder Peterson
Allen Lee
California
Hardy Wells
Grable
Wyo
Schutte
Addie Turner
Harry Turner
Army Air Corps
Amarillo
Texas
Victor Schmitt
Art Crawford
Fayette
Nan Doty
Dallas
Jennie Doty
Seattle
Wash
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Victor
St. Bridget’s Church
Sephrona Goebel
Richard Wilson
Lawrence Goebel
Silvis
Herman Burns
Evan Goebel
Little Rock
Hatch Funeral
Sophia Swartout
Central City
C. R
Saha
UAW
Wallace Presidential Timber
Finland
Brechoslovanp
Balkan
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Enliy
Black Sea
Syria
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Cairo
Gilbert Group
Dan J. Walsh
Rebel Sorrento Russo
Justice of the Peace
T. W. Strubinger
St. Louis
Walsh
Lockbourne
Columbus
Gazette
Turner Company
Allied Industrial League
Duke
Don Finholm
Lettington
Mich
Paey
Morteney, Mexico
Cockey Cape
Portuguese Guinea
Tang
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