Record of postwar talk and Iowa legislature notes
A veteran at a luncheon wishes past war talk could be recorded for future reference. The Iowa legislature is urged to act swiftly on bank depositors' protection and rigorous trustees' reporting. Board of supervisors praise Mildred Hunt as overseer of the poor and raise relief staff pay to improve service. reflections on William Gibbs McAdoo and the 1932 election ponder alternate histories. Youth movement in liberal circles loses White House access as leaders decline speaking engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Mildred Hunt
National
American Youth Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Hillman
FSA
McNutt
CIO
Murray
Greeks Capture Mountain Range in Albanian Front
Greek troops surged through the south central Albanian mountains and encircled more than 15 000 Italian troops at Tepeleni. Greek forces neared Berat and Valona, with British and Royal Air Force support pounding Dukaj and assisting the advance. Italian counterattacks were repulsed as Greeks gained control of the peak line overlooking the valley toward Berat and the Adriatic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
INS
Tepeleni
Valona
Albania
Italy
Balkan
Klisura
Berat
Durazzo
Dukaj
Royal Air Force
Adriatic Sea
Greek submarine sinks Italian transport off Brindisi
Athens reports the sinking of a 10,000 ton Italian transport carrying troops and war materials to Albania. The vessel, said to be fully loaded and guarded by Italian warships, was sunk by the Greek submarine Papanicolis off Brindisi on January 28, following earlier sinkings credited to the same submarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Greece
Ministry of Marine
Papanicolis
Brindisi
Italy
Albania
Trio Pleads Guilty in Desert Manslaughter of Rancher
In Shoshone Idaho three Sanders children aged 16 to 20 plus Mrs Flossie Phillips 18 pled guilty to manslaughter in the death of rancher Charles Sanders. They admitted binding him and leaving him in an Idaho desert as Chester Phillips was arrested and later sent to a mental hospital. The body was found last June and sentencing is set for Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoshone, Idaho
Charles Sanders
Idaho
Flossie Phillips
Joseph Sanders
George Sanders
Chester Phillips
Sanders
Phillips
Donovan Talks with Turkish Leader With Roosevelt Letter
Col. William J. Donovan American military observer, bearing a personal Roosevelt letter, meets President Ismet Inonu in Ankara on Saturday to discuss allied aims and regional issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
INS
Roosevelt
William J. Donovan
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
CCC-College Graduate Camp Causes Flurry
Washington reports a CCC side-camp near Sharon Vermont drew national attention as 15 Harvard and Dartmouth graduates joined 35 underprivileged youths in an experiment to foster leadership and social awareness. Critics labeled it a Hitler work camp and questioned its purpose while supporters, including Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Secretary Wickard, defended its aim to build community spirit and civic responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CCC
Sharon
Northwoods
Agriculture Department
Harvard
Dartmouth
Eugene Rosenstock- Huessy
Albert Engel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Wickard
Roy F. Hendrickson
William James
Wisconsin farmer jailed for blocking his sons from draft
William Brieske, a 52 year old Wisconsin farmer, was sentenced to three years in a federal penitentiary for preventing his two sons James, 23, and Reubin, 25, from registering for military training under the selective service law. Judge Patrick T. Stone dismissed the sons' indictment and praised the brothers as loyal Americans. The father claimed he needed them at home and threatened to shoot if they registered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
William Brieske
Wisconsin
United States
Patrick T. Stone
James
Reubin
Plane-Maker Martin Achieves Aviation Milestones Since Pioneering
Native of Iowa Glenn L. Martin rose from a 1908 night shift in a Santa Ana church workshop to head a vast Middle River factory with 17 000 employees. He advanced aviation with air mail and bombs dropped from planes, plus rapid airship production and a Guggenheim medal, while his mother supported his dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Iowa
Alton Ll. Blakeslee
Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Southern Methodist
Santa Ana
Calif
Minta Delong Martin
Air Mail
Air Express
Middle River
Daniel Guggenheim
Macksburg
Reich Reports Sea Attacks Hit 36,000 Tons in Mediterranean
Berlin sources say six ships totaling 36,000 tons were attacked by German bombers in the Mediterranean on Friday. An additional announcement claimed a ship was blown up in a Mediterranean harbor. British reports cited two invading planes shot down near Malta. No locations or operation scope disclosed. 26,000 tons deemed lost from the total attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mediterranean
Malta
Envies Friend His Job So Kills Him
Ventura California man Albert St. Clair, 21, killed his friend and target Jack Kuhn, 44, a movie scenario writer, after growing angry at Kuhn's independence, new car, and $200 monthly trust fund income while St. Clair remained unemployed. A coroner's jury investigated the motive as a dramatic crime with a Hollywood flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ventura
Calif
Ins
Jack Kuhn
Albert St. Clair
St. Claire
Push Mobilization Plans For Five Local National Guard Units
Cedar Rapids faces a February mobilization as 353 local guardsmen from five outfits head to Camp Claiborne Louisiana for a year of training. On February 10, 19 officers and 311 enlisted men join federal service, with 13 officers and 10 men arriving from elsewhere. The Shrine Temple armory serves as a two week HQ and processing center with housing, meals, and travel support arranged by the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Iowa National Guard
Shrine Temple
Camp Claiborne
Army
Groundhog Has His Day Today at Punxsutawney
The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club planned a Sunday morning expedition to visit Wiley William Woodchuck for a tip on the next six weeks weather. Officials decided not to withhold news despite the shadow hour approaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
INS
Wiley William Woodchuck
Bret Chucks
Bugs Baer Recalls War Correspondents in London
Arthur Baer reflects on three young American reporters Red Mueller Bob Nixon and Quent Reynolds back from a year in London. He praises their nerve recounts bombings in Paris Bordeaux and Dunkirk and notes how radio changed the old practice of war reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Mueller
Bob Nixon
Quent Reynolds
London
Reynolds
Paris
Red
Bordeaux
There
Bob
Dunkirk
Gypsy Rose Lee
Graziani Ouster Denied By Rome
Rome radio denies rumors of Marshal Rodolfo Graziani being replaced as commander in chief of Italian Libyan forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graziani
Rome
INS
Rodolfo Graziani
U S Board Urged to Coordinate Civic Defenses
The United States Conference of Mayors urged President Roosevelt to create a federal civilian defense board to coordinate city defenses against aerial attack. Mayor La Guardia presented the preliminary report calling for federal regional offices, local boards, training, and rapid implementation of plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Conference of Mayors
Roosevelt
Federal
Civilan Defense Board
F. H . LaGuardia
New York
Congress
LaGuardia
Paul V Beiters
Temperatures Halt Hopes Of Skiers In Cedar Rapids
Slushy streets loomed Sunday as temperatures stayed around 34 from 6 to 11 p.m. and the Cedar Rapids forecast showed a rise from 24 Friday midnight to 42 degrees Saturday afternoon. The warming trend dampened optimistic plans for snow and skiing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers Inskeep Company
Mercury
Perjury Sentence For Vice Crusader
In Minneapolis the Rev. Henry Soltau a crusading minister was sentenced in district court to one year in state prison for perjury. Convicted January 22 the charge stemmed from his municipal court liquor trial testimony claiming he bought a bottle of liquor for evidence. Dell Winchester a former Soltau investigator testified that he met Soltau and bought the liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Henry Soltau
Dell Winchester
Soltau
French unit forms to oppose Petain government
Cable dispatches report a new French group forming to oppose Chief of State Philippe Petain and his national union committee. The creation of a peoples committee backing full collaboration with Germany is announced from German-occupied Paris. Weygand pledges allegiance to the Petain government as unrest and a suspected arms cache near Perpignan raise fears of a communist revolt.
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Philippe Petain
National Union” Committee of 51
Paris
France
Germany
England
Petain
Wth
Ferpignan
Spanish
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Hitler
Weygand
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Libya
Auto Train Crash Injures Four In City Limits
Four people injured with one in critical condition after a car struck a moving Chicago and North Western freight train at a Sixth street road SW crossing inside the city limits. Victims include Allen Adair 35 Palo, Exelyn Hepker 12 1028 1 avenue NW, Harold Edmonds 25 28205 Waveland drive NW, and Ward Burks 632 D avenue NW. All were taken to Meres hospital by ambulance. trainmen reportedly unaware of the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inne
Chicago and North Western
Sixth Street Road
I.m
Allen Adair
Palo the Dreer
Exelyn Hepker
Avenue NW
Harold Edmonds
Waveland Dive
Ward Burks
D Avenue NW
Meres Hospital
Clinton
Sixth Street
J. Dvorak
Willkie Overnight Guest of Churchill in London
Wendell L. Willkie stayed as an overnight guest of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in London. The visit coincides with Churchill's plans for a swift tour of Britain's provinces marking the final leg of his personal inspection trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wendell L
Winston Churchill
Britain
U S To File Suit Against ASCAP
A Justice Department official said the government will file a criminal suit in Milwaukee Wisconsin Monday charging that the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers violated antitrust laws. Negotiations for a consent decree to avoid objectionable practices could still follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Milwaukee
Wis
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP
Sunday Index of Public Notices and Sections
The page lists sections and page ranges for a Sunday edition covering editorials sports social news forecasts and notices. It shows scattered typos and misprints across section labels and page numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
Boske Carter
Pacer
Report 30 000 Men Trapped as British Break Italian Line
Cairo dispatch reports about 30,900 Italian troops trapped in Eritrea by a British armored push toward the Red Sea. British raids hit Tripoli and Barce, with heavy bombing crippling key air bases and docks. Forces drive from Derna toward Appolonia and Benghazi, isolating Agordat and Barentu garrisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Ins
Eritrea
Red Sea
Tripoli
Barce
Benghaz
Erletrean
Royal Air Force
Agordat
Barenta
Mesale
Tripeo
Bacere
Benghazi
Tripal
RAF
Catro
Bruchf
Odulletin
Tomas
Derna
Frida
Appolonia
East Loan Coast
Italian Armor Shunted to Africa as Axis Planes Attack
Rome reports Halban armored units shifted to Africa while Axis planes strike British ships. It says British troops are repulsed in eastern Libya and Italian land, sea, and air forces inflicted serious losses on the enemy. The high command notes armored Italian units are now mentioned explicitly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Libya
High Command
Nineteen Couples Marriages Unproved After Clergy Death
In St. Charles Missouri nineteen couples married by the late Reverend C C Barnhardt before his death January 18 face proof requirements. Recorder Harry C Sullentrop said Barnhardt delayed sending in license returns and failed to sign nineteen January wedding records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Charles
C. C. Barnhardt
Recorder of Deeds
Harry C. Sullentrop
Barnehardt
Ohio Lawyer Named Executive Officer of Draft System
Carlton S. Dargusch of Columbus Ohio attorney and national guard lieutenant colonel was appointed executive officer of the selective service system by Director Clarence A Dykstra. He will head the operations section at national headquarters and lead the largest component of the system.
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Washington
Carlton S. Dargusch
Columbus
Ohio
National Guard
Selective Service System
Clarence A. Dykstra
Pute Daregusch
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Des Moines
State Banking Department
William Gibbs McAdoo
Chicago Stadium
Mr. McAdoo
California
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
A. F. Angelopoulos
Trio
Father
Institute of the Aeronautical Science
Reich
Cedar Rapids News
FBI
Groundhog
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Richard Harding Davis
Davis
Cuba
U. S. Board
National Conference of Mayors
Federal Unit
Net Local Responsibility
War Department
United States Chemical Warfare Service
Federal Civil Defense Board
War, Navy and Justice Departments
Petain Gott
U. S
Sunday Index
Stata Nevo
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Marien—pere
Builders—sacd
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