Youth Admits 3 Slayings But Fourth Nipped
CHICAGO UP Bernard Sawicki 19 year old reformatory parolee confessed a four day crime spree. He recounted robbing a Clinton deputy sheriff and shooting Henry Allen 72 before moving to Chicago to rob couples and shoot suspects including Charles Kwaskinski 17 and John Miller 19. Patrolman Charles Speaker was fatally shot after Sawicki seized a car and sped away. He said authorities stopped him before completing further plans in St Louis. He had been released from St Charles reformatory for boys last October.
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Chicago
Bernard Sawicki
Reformatory
Sawicki
Clinton
Momence
Ill
Henry Allen
Allen
Charles Schwarck
Charles Kwaskinski
Kwaskinski
Grant Park
Sherman Park
John Miller
Mary Wodarczyk
Miller
St. Louis
St. Charles Reformatory
Changes In Iowa AAA Offices Are Effective Today
John B Kimberley of Collins Iowa becomes administrative and fiscal head of the state AAA offices. Four field force appointments take effect Tuesday including Paul M Benner State Center Otto G Brandau Rudd William L Hawks Creston and Alvin C Cook Farnhamville. George Meader former Michigan AAA statistician transfers to head the statistical unit succeeding Del de Haan Pella. Albert Loveland becomes chairman of the state committee succeeding Guy W Smith who returns to the federal crop insurance corporation.
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Des Moines
John B Kimberley
Collins
AAA
Paul M. Benner
State Center
Otto G. Brandau
Rudd
William L. Hawks
Creston
Alvin C. Cook
Farnhamville
George Meader
Michigan Aaa
Iowa
del de Haan
Pella
Albert Loveland
Guy W Smith
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Number of U S landing fields exceeds two thousand three hundred
The United States operates about 2300 landing fields of all kinds, reflecting a broad, dispersed aviation infrastructure across civilian and military uses. Authorities note the wide distribution supports training, logistics, and emergency air operations nationwide.
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United States
Rankin Seeks County Attorneys at Peace Officers School
Iowa City AP State Attorney General John M. Rankin urged all county attorneys to attend the University of Iowa peace officers short course July 7 to 12. The fifth annual program focuses on national defense, sabotage prevention, and espionage countermeasures with FBI and state officers directing fourteen laboratories including arson investigation.
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Iowa City
John M. Rankin
University of Iowa
Rankin
R. M. Perkins
FBI
President Roosevelt Signs Devaluation and War Costs Bill
President Roosevelt signed in Hyde Park a bill continuing power to devalue the dollar and a separate act appropriating 10 384 821 624 dollars to fund war department costs as the fiscal year ends.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
War Department
Brenda Frazier and Shipwreck Kelly Wed in New York
Brenda Diana Duff Frazier, 20 year old heiress and glamour girl No 1, wed Shipwreck Kelly in a New York ceremony. The union links two famed media personalities amid a swirl of high society attention.
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Kelly
Brenda Frazier
NEW_YORK
Brenda Diana Duff Frazier
Kentucky Athlete John Simms Kelly Obey Ceremony
John Simms Kelly, a Kentucky athlete, vowed to honor and obey in a life ceremony witnessed by 36 family friends. He previously played professional football and requested Rev Joseph F. Flannelly of St. Patrick's Cathedral to include the word obey in the service.
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John Simms Kelly
Kentucky
Kelly
Joseph F. Flannelly
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Marriage of Hutton and Moffett at White Sulphur Springs
Mrs. Franklin L. Hutton and James A. Moffett wed at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Hutton is step-mother of Countess Barbara Hutton Haugewitz-Reventlow and Moffett is an oil financier and former federal housing administrator.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Franklin L. Hutton
Barbara Hutton Haugewitz
House Rejects Wire Tapping Bill in Tight Vote
The House defeated a bill 154 to 146 that would allow the Justice Department to tap telephone and telegraph wires for espionage and kidnapping cases. Supporters said certification by the attorney general was required. opponents warned it threatens privacy and risks autocracy.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Sam Hobbs
Ala
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Francis E. Walter
Precautionary Dismissals Hit Mare Island Civilians
San Francisco dispatch reports 25 civilian workers at Mare Island naval yard were fired as a precaution for alleged subversive activity and associations. Navy officials stressed no sabotage occurred and described the move as routine at the yard, which employs about 19,500 civilians. Rear Admiral Greenslade confirmed the action as precautionary.
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San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Naval
John Wills Greenslade
Twelfth Naval District
New Naval Base in Aleutians to be ready by Sept 1
Secretary Knox announced a new naval base at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians will be ready by September 1. Bases will also be established August 1 at Midway Island and Trinidad. Commander William N Uodegraff of Portland, Ore., will oversee Dutch Harbor operations.
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Aleutians
Knox
Washington
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Midway Island
Trinidad
Dutch Harbor
Russia
Siberia
Pacific
Navy
William N Uodegraff
Portland, Ore
Prank Pays Off: Mooing Contest Yields Big Prize
Lawrence Clasen, a Chicago machinist, won first prize of 25 dollars in a mooing contest at a loop hotel ballroom. The event drew 18 competitors including 17 others, rooted in a 20 year old prank that disturbed Nebraska cattle auctions.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Lawrence Clasen
Loop
Clasen
Agri
Clasen’s Moo Technique Stirs Cultural Club and Dairy Leaders
The Cultural Club of Chicago links with the Pure Milk Association to showcase Clasen’s tested method for milk tasting. The demonstration features a unique approach described as hitching trousers and cuping hands to the mouth while elevating from B flat to high E natural.
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Cultural Club of
Chicago
The
Pure Milk Association
Clasen
Parking Meters Embroil Officials in Omaha Feud
Omaha city and Douglas county officials clash over 5 cent per hour parking meters in front of the county courthouse. Police Commissioner Richard Jepsen resists removal despite County Commissioner Edward Jelen demanding free space for official cars. Jepsen warns of potential court injunction or towing county vehicles to the police storage lot with a $2 redemption fee.
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Omaha
Ins
Richard Jepsen
Douglas County
Jepsen
Edward Jelen
Jelen
Notice of Probate of Will in Lin County Iowa
Notice is given that on July 3 1941 at ? o'clock A M the Last Will and Testament of Michael J Davin late of Lin County Iowa will come before the District Court for proof and admission. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa June 8 Edwin Tundamiss A G Keyes Attorney for the District Court.
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Iowa
Lin County
District Court
Michael J Davin
Said County
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Farm Women Study at Iowa Farm Bureau Meeting
More than 200 Iowa farm women gathered at the fairgrounds to study the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and its role. County home project chairmen home demonstration agents and other Farm Bureau project workers attended. Mrs Raymond Sayre Ackworth Ia chaired the state bureau womens committee meeting which adjourns Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Burea Federation
Fairy Grounds
Farm Bureau
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
State Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Divorces Michael Cudahy in Los Angeles
Michael Cudahy heir to a meat packing fortune and a $2-a-month conscript soldier was granted a divorce on Monday in Los Angeles. The proceeding marks his third divorce.
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Los Angeles
INS
Michael Cudahy
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