Prefer Prison Over Army Four Men Sentenced
Four Iowa draft objectors faced U S district court in Dubuque and Charles City and Waterloo. William Fisch and Donald Hauck of Dubuque received five year terms in prison and reform school respectively for evading the draft. John L Spaulding of Charles City drew four years in prison for failing to report for induction. John Keith of Waterloo was ordered to a five year federal reform school for failure to report for induction. All cited religious scruples and declined an immediate service option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
George Moore
U. S. District Court
William D. Fisch
Donald H. Hauck
John L. Spaulding
Charles City
John Keith
Waterloo
Montour
Augusta de France
Will
Charles Paxton
Greenfield
R. W. Dwiggins
Leonard de France of
Garwin
Earl de France
Marshalltown
Ralph Butler
West Union
Mary Tope
Guder Peterson
Allen Lee
California
Hardy Wells
Grable
Wyo
Schutte Funeral Home
Addie Turner
Harry Turner
Army Air Corps
Amarillo
Texas
Victor Schmitt
Art Crawford
Fayette
Nan Doty
Dallas
Jennie Day
Seattle
Wash
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Victor
St. Bridget’s Church
Sephrona Goebel
Richard Wilson
Lawrence Goebel
Silvis
Herman Burns
Marion
Evan Goebel
Little Rock
Ark
Golda Gwin
Lee Maulik
Grinnell
Annie Bistman
Dessie Russell
Louise Leatherberry
Cedar Rapids
Mart
Julius Dusterhoft
Ladora
Ed Dusterhoft
Central City
William Mwartout
Hatch Funeral Home
Sophia Swartout
Phi Kappa Phi Picks Four Seniors at Coe
Four Coe college seniors have been elected to Phi Kappa Phi, the national honorary fraternity. The Coe chapter secretary Miss Alma Turechek announced the selections: Margaret Blaine, Dorothy Mueller, Robert Ray, and Perry Woodward.
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 Plan Christmas Canteen for Trainees
Members of the technical board of the Gymnastic Association plan a Christmas canteen on Dec. 18 in Sokol hall for about 50 army trainees at the University of Iowa studying Czech and Russian. Dancing will be the main entertainment and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
of Gymnastic Association
Sokol Hall
University of Iowa
Death notices from multiple Iowa towns list passings
A column of obituaries from Cedar County to Center Point details several deaths. Names include Tipton and Wilton Junction residents with survivors such as spouses, children, and siblings. Services are noted at local churches and funeral homes, with dates in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Frederick Wagner
Cedar County
Bennett
Germany
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hopkinton
Marie Stephenson
Will Stephenson
Monticello
Hoover Funeral Home
W. A. Small
Springdale
Springdale Methodist Church
Wilton Junction
Frank R. Bacon
Ames
Griffith Funeral Home
Frank, Jr
Toledo
Ohio
George
Ariz
Margot Wahl
Boston
Mass
James
Wilton
Clifford Bacon
Des Moines
Center Point
Albert Sebrecht
Walter
Here
Anna Hammond
Shellsburg
Months Meanest Thief Purloined Christmas Toys
December’s nomination for the meanest thief in town was filed at the police station after a package of children’s Christmas toys was stolen. Leonard Luedeman reported the loss from the front porch at 915 N Street SW where mail had been left during a recent move. A neighbor had seen a package left for him but it disappeared before pickup.
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 after a Tuesday collision at Fourth Street SW and Eighth Avenue SW. Kelley, driving south, failed to yield right of way and was charged. Paul Chesmore of Cedar Rapids Block Co. faced a charge for failing to control and was fined $5 and costs. 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 Bond Pitch Delivers Urgent Call To Citizens
A wartime appeal urges readers to support the war effort by purchasing more War Bonds, emphasizing personal duty and the impact of citizen investment on national resolve.
New Nazi Vichy Crisis Reported
A Zurich source says Vichy France fears a new crisis after Otto Abetz's return to Paris. Berlin backs Petain and Laval, with Abetz ordered to expose far reaching concessions including deported workers' return and end to Wehrmacht requisitioning. Dagbladet notes Abetz may press for these terms. Petain may be wary as he is kept largely imprisoned.
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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 Sees Facts Outnumber Theories In Coe Address
The Rev James B Hodgson assistant professor of philosophy spoke at Coe College on Tuesday night noting that modern thought relies on an endless store of facts with few guiding theories He traced ancient views that purpose underpins existence and contrasted early church aims with Greek wisdom as a prelude to the scientific revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B Hodgson
Kelvin Society
Coe College
Socrates
Plato
Hodgson
Jacket and accessories stolen from cars in two incidents
Donald Gilmore reported his brown leather jacket fur lined gloves and a woman's ring stolen from his parked car between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday at Wilson and Company. Floyd J. Weaver said his dark gray overcoat went missing from a rack on the Montrose hotel mezzanine, valued at 50. Merle Eiben reported a spare tire tube and rim valued at 5 stolen from his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Gilmore
Wilson and Company
Floyd J. Weaver
Second Avenue
Montrose Hotel
Merle Eiben
Second Avenue SW
Stock Truck Damages Parked Car In Cedar Rapids
Joel Long of the Cedar Rapids Transfer company reported to police that a stock truck loaded with cattle struck his parked car, causing about $100 in damage. A passerby who saw the incident provided the license number of the truck, which jammed the Long car into the curbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Long
Cedar Rapids Transfer Company
Long
Mongrel Pup Born In Tarawa Shellhole Adopted as Mascot
Nip, a small mongrel pup born in a Tarawa shell hole during the invasion, was found on the third day of battle with unopened eyes. Adopted by naval hospital corpsmen, Nip now lives in a medicine case and eats from an eyedropper after the rest of the litter and its mother were never found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betig Island
Tarawa
Naval Hospital
Berlin Bomb Toll Reported At 250000 In Dispatch
A Basel Basel dispatch reported 250000 deaths in Berlin with unclear injury figures. Earlier Sweden relayed unconfirmed counts of 25000, and Germany had not released an official toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Gazette de
Lausanne
Basel
Sweden
Berlin
Germany
UAW Leader Sees Wallace as Best Presidential Prospect
In Omaha Henry A Wallace, vice president of the CIO United Automobile Workers, is described as the most qualified potential successor should Roosevelt step down. Thomas Wallace stated he spoke personally, not for the union, on Tuesday in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Omas
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Thomas
UAW
Stalin
Josef Stalin
Teheran
Iran
Churchill
Gen
Henry H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
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Army
Sokol
Iowa News
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
O.es
William Shaffer
Bertyce Goettsch
Cecil Goettsch
Caroline Schoenhut
Jane Long
Olga Scott
Florence Clark
Forrest Shaull
Oxford Junction
O.E.S
Worthy
Otto Koranda
Cc. 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
Stanwood
L. W. Meyer
Manchester
Truman Smith
Iowa
C. R
Wallace Presidential Timber
Aso
Syria
Ismet Inanu
Turkey
Cairo
Gilbert Group
Dan J. Walsh
Rebel Sorrento Russo
Justice of the Peace
T. W. Strubinger
St. Louis
Walsh
London
Betty Blackler
United States
Panama
Lockbourne
Columbus
Gazette
Turner Company
Allied Industrial League
Duke
International
Don Finholm
Lettington
Mich
Portuguese Guinea
Pasy
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