133rd Infantry Wins Battle In Louisiana Fog And Mud
In Camp Claiborne Louisiana the Iowa 133rd infantry under Lieut Col Henry R Heath moved into position through mud and fog. They pressed a noon contact with the enemy along a 2600 yard front with Company F on the right and Company G in reserve. Heavy rain and flooded waterways slowed transport while the 109th Engineer from South Dakota and the 151st Minnesota field artillery supported the advance.
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133Rd Infantry
Louisiana
Camp Claiborne
Iowa
Henry R. Heath
Fort Dodge
Louisana
Heath
Corp
William Campbell
Lawrence Crown
133Rd
Eugene Meller
Webster City
Fred
John Ramsden
Jack Douglas
Serge Donal Tepfer
Rai
109Th Engineer Regiment
South Dakota
151St Minnesota Field Artillery Regiment
Aluminum drives drive to reclaim parts for defense
In New Orleans an ailing war effort prompt man digs for an airplane fuselage after recovering the motor from a sunken Army plane. In Snow Hill Maryland Sheriff Hall asks bootleggers to dismantle illegal stills to salvage aluminum for national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Defense
W. Dettwiller
Dettwiller
Snow Hill
J. William Hall
Waterbury Woman Sells Leg For National License
A Waterbury woman with no pots or pans sold her artificial aluminum leg to raise funds for a national license. The limb cost $60 new and had outgrown its use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
Scrap aluminum drive aids jail appeals in Chattanooga
City police placed a container before the Chattanooga jail to collect aluminum donations. A passerby dropped in a pair of slightly used aluminum objects, prompting the drive to support inmates and jail maintenance.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Rookie sentries halt army commander at Camp Haan
Riverside Calif AP Brigadier General Donald B Robinson commander of the 101st coast artillery at Camp Haan is stopped by three sentries a corporal and the sergeant of the guard upon returning from Fort Leavenworth Kansas before being admitted The camp publication features his picture on the front page with a note to all sentries alerting them to the incident.
Sailor Falls From Steamer In Lake Erie Night Tragedy
David H. Doherty a 23 year old Flint Michigan sailor fell overboard from the steamer Great Buffalo off Ashtabula. He drifted for two hours before sinking 25 miles from shore as the ship continued. He was found clinging to life only when rescued by the Britamolone and died soon after in Toledo.
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Toledo
David H. Doherty
Flint
Mich
Great Buffalo
Lake Erie
Ashtabula
Doherty
Living Costs Rise 3.4 Percent Over Last Quarter
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports living costs up 3.4 percent over the last three months ending June 15. Half of the rise occurred in the final month with food costs up 3.7 percent in 51 large cities. Increases span pork lamb lard and other shortening onions potatoes and apples amid government and consumer buying and seasonal factors.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Russia Offers to End War With Poland
Moscow reports Solomon Lozovsky, Soviet vice-foreign affairs commissar, said the USSR would resume diplomatic ties with nations it had normal relations with earlier. He stated the war state with the Polish government in exile would end, as relations with Greece and Czechoslovakia have already been normalized.
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Moscow
INS
Solomon A. Lozovsky
Soviet Union
Ussr
London
Russia
New German Press Attacks Roosevelt Escalate Pressure
Berlin reports a surge of criticism toward President Roosevelt from German outlets led by the Foreign Office pamphlet Diplomatic Correspondence and Morning News. Voelkischer Beobachter declares Roosevelt’s imperialism unmasked while Daz Comment cites Halifax warnings as hollow without American leverage.
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Berlin
INS
Roosevelt
Foreign Office
Hitler
Voelkischer Beobacher
Post
Vale
Daz
Italians Continue Exodus From Rome Front
Rome radio reports another Italian armed forces unit has departed for the Russian war front, extending the withdrawal trend as wartime mobilization continues.
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New York
Rome
Maquoketa couples announce summer weddings
Maquoketa announces the engagement and July wedding of Helen Jeanne Krause to Donald William Helble of Princeton. The ceremony will be at First Methodist Church in Maquoketa on July 26. The couple plans to reside in DeWitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
F. E. Krause
Helen Jeanne
Donald William Helble
Walter Helble
Princeton
First Methodist
Maquoxeta
DeWitt
Lima attorney reports $1,000,000 Mexico coffee land seizure claim
J L Lupton of 417 J avenue NW returned from Fremont Nebraska where he met with German American Coffee company lawyers. The firm seeks $1,000,000 through the U S government for 43090 acres expropriated in southern Mexico. Lupton notes Ameri cans owned lands were seized. he is a longtime director and trustee alongside Joel Roberts of California. Attorneys are Abbott Dunlap and Abbott of Fremont.
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J. L. Lupton
J Avenue NW
Fremont
Neb
German American Coffee Company
Coffee Company
United States
Mexico
J. Lupton
Mr. Lupton
Joel Roberts
California
Abbott, Dunlap
Abbott
Boys Scouts Help Rescue Lost Soldier Unit
In Rockland Massachusetts a squad of 50 map making soldiers from Camp Edwards was aided by local Boy Scouts. The Scouts used their maps and pocket compasses to guide the lost battalion through scrub pines and ponds to reach its destination.
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Rockland
Mass
Camp Edwards
Franco's Bitter Words Trigger Spain Policy Reevaluation
Washington officials reassessed U S aid to Spain after General Franco denounced the United States in a Falange address. He accused Washington of trying to force obedience and praised Argentina while asserting Spain leans to the axis and has plans to join the invasion of Russia. The U S has already sent six shiploads of food and medicines to Spain via the Red Cross.
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Washington
INS
Spain
Francisco Franco
United States
U. S
American Red Cross
Franco
National Council of the Falange
Argentina
Axis
Germany
Russia
Police chief Receives Matrimonial Request Letter
Chief Lear B. Reed of Kansas City received a letter from a Council Bluffs woman seeking help to find a perfect husband. She asked for a 60 year old man without children, preferably a banker or executive. Reed forwarded the note to the missing persons bureau.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lear B. Reed
Council Bluffs
Green vetoes Illinois handbook licensing bill
Gov. Dwight H. Green vetoed the Illinois handbook licensing bill saying it is unconstitutional and would favor the hoodlum element. The measure would let communities license handbooks for taking horse race bets and would allocate revenue to municipalities and state agricultural funds.
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Springfield
Ill
Ulp
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
George F. Barrett
Emmet McGrath
Brookfield
Chicago
Kelly-Nash Democratic
Henry Horner
Camp Haan Guardsman Brigadier General Hit By Three
Camp Haan Riverside Calif soldiers including sergeants sought to meet Brigadier General Donald B Robinson after three different sergeants threw him in the guard house in one night for failing to carry his pass during an inspection. The post paper captions urged men to take a good look at the en face and remember.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Haan
Riverside
Calif
INS
Donald B. Robinson
Australian Troops Suffer 1682 Casualties in Syria
Army Minister Percy Claude Spender announced that Australian forces bore the brunt of the allied assault in the Syrian campaign and sustained 1,682 casualties.
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Syria
Sydney
Australia
Percy Claude Spender
Multiple Iowa City Engagements and Weddings Reported
The notice lists several engagements and marriages around Iowa City. Dorothy Jane West plans to wed John Haefner in August in a Davenport officiated ceremony, with both families noted. Faye Atherton and Nathan Miller married in a double ceremony at the First Presbyterian church, with a California residence planned. Margaret Rodman and Vernon Langille announced their Rockford Missouri ceremony and Iowa City journalism connections. Melba Vorbrich and Ivan are also announced for engagement.
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Iowa City
A. A. West
Dorothy Jane
John
John Haefner
Muscatine
J. Griffith
Davenport
Miss West
University High
University of Iowa
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Heefner
Musca
University of Iowa School of Nursing
Miller
University’s College of Commerce
Inglewood
Calif
Margaret Rodman
L. T. Rodman
Tabor
Vernon Langille
Anne Langille
New Brighton
Rockford
Tabor High School
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Eta Sigma Phi
Kappa Tau Alpha
Phi Theta Kappa
Langille
New Brighton High School
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
Daily Iowan
Iowa
Melba Vorbrich
W. A. Vorbrich
Ivan
Landon presses F R to unite nation with clear policy
Former Kansas governor delivers a first district Republican address at Labetha urging President Roosevelt to show honesty and purpose. He criticizes reversals of policy statements, says unity requires a direct plan, and warns against cynicism during the national emergency. He insists government workers will meet duties once given clear guidance.
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Kansas
Labetha
United States
Landon
Muscatine Bride-Elect Graduates From Iowa City High
H Goddard of Muscatine announces engagement with the bride elect a Iowa City high school alumna. He himself is a Muscatine high school and junior college graduate and University of Iowa man. Mr Goddard works in Iowa City with Witwer Wholesale. Summer session instructors at the University of Iowa were entertained at a dinner hosted by St Ambrose college faculty.
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H. Goddard
E. M. Goddard
Muscatine
Iowa City
Goddard
University of Iowa
Seth Bem
Qualiies
W. L. Slife
Eee
Witwer Wholesale Company
Mem
St. Ambrose College
Ambrose J. Burke
St. Ambrose
Hancher
Hou
Henry
Emerson
F. H. Potter
Everett Lindquist
Hubert H. Hoeltje
Earl English
M. M. Price
Juan Lopez-Morillas
Roy Flickinger
G. W. Smith
Draft board lists long named New Paris man
Noah Harvey Herman Daniel Boone Buster Brown David Longworth of New Paris appears on the newly cut draft board. Longworth jokes about his parents naming him with no clear reason, admitting he does not know why they chose those names.
Harris announces engagement of Lois Elaine Harris to Lieut Glen Daugherty
Mrs Merle Harris of 1338 C Ave NE announces the betrothal and approaching marriage of her daughter Lois Elaine to Lieut Glen E Daugherty of Fort Meade South Dakota son of Mr and Mrs William B Daugherty of Gladden Missouri The engagement notice says the announcement will be at the Harris home with Mrs Wanda Makar and Miss Barbera Sgarlata pouring Lois Harris a McKinley graduate attended Coe College where she joined Coronet club Lieut Daugherty a 1940 Coe College graduate was in Scabbard and Blade honorary military group
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Paul Dvorak
Sixth Street
Cneson
Newhall
Miss Dvorak
I. C. A. Food
Thompson
Tama
Willena Ford
William C. Ford
Methodist Church of
Cedar Rapids
W. O. Eckier
Miss Ford
Tama High School
Harrison
Iowa State College
Iowa State
Phi Kappa Psi
Lyon Metal Products
Aurora
Merle Harris
C Avenue
Lois Elaine
Glen E. Daugherty
Fort Meade
S. D
William B. Daugherty
Gladden
Harris Home
Wanda Makar
Barbera Sgarlata
Harris
McKinley School
Coe College
Coronet Club
Lieutenant Daugherty
Coe
Scabbard and Blade
Goering Decorates Nazi Pilot Group
Berlin reports Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to a group of Luftwaffe fighter pilots who aided in Crete. The ceremony location was not disclosed. Soviet and British sources claimed Goering faced disfavor and possible arrest orders amid the Russo-German war.
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Berlin
INS
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Luftwaffe
Germany
Crete
Goering
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmile
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Dick Gadd
Walter
Halifax
Viscount Halifax
Japan
England
Pacific
America
Killian Company
Helen Jeanne Krause
Elsie Pauline Dvorak
Boys Scouts
Hepner's
Klinger
2Nd Ave. SE
Dorothy West
F. R
Troth
Lassweil Photo
Lois Elaine Harris
Great Lakes
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Erie
Georgian Bay
Green Bay
St. Mary's
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Alves
Mackinac Island
Montrose
WOLF
Hollander
Beaver Mouton
Second Street
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