Anaconda Co to Fight War Fraud Count Ahead of Trial
The $5 000 000 war fraud case against Anaconda Wire and Cable Marion plant and five defendants goes to trial in Fort Wayne Indiana Tuesday before Federal Judge Thomas W Slick. The case covers eight counts of conspiracy to defraud the government over defective wire for lend lease and armed forces with trial expected to last four weeks. Defendants include Thor S Johnson Frank E Hart Don R Carpenter Chalmer Bishop and Frank Kunkle with defense likely to argue lack of company knowledge and wartime production pressures.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
Marion
Anaconda
United States
Anaconda Company
Thor S. Johnson
Hastings-on- Hudson
N. Y
Anaconda Mills
Frank E. Hart
Don R. Carpenter
Chalmer Bishop
Frank Kunkle
Coe Alumni Select Russell F. Knapp President
Russell F. Knapp, class of 1930 from Cedar Rapids, was elected president of the Coe college alumni association at a Voorhees hall banquet. Other officers were announced, with regional vice presidents named and officers reelected. The event honored 1917 and 1893 classes, noted a seven of nine 1902 baseball team reunion, and featured remarks by Dr. Charles A. Anderson and Miss Ruth Moon.
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Russell F. Knapp
Cedar Rapids
Coe College Alumni Association
Voorhees Hall
John W. Miller
Charles Filipi
Howard Graham
William G. Murray
Ames
George E. Leonard
Orval W. Carpenter
Marion
May Frick
Los Angeles
Calif
O.K.” Burrows
Chicago
Miss Frick
Coe
Iowa University
Iowa State College
L. W. Dunlap
L. D. Dennis
James,Knox
J. A. Wessler
George Dunlap
Seattle
Wash
Joe Netolicky
Solon
Charles Ball
San Antonio
Texas
Kaydee
Janice Owens
Betty Tietz
Marcia Kensinger
Charles A. Anderson
Ruth Moon
Treason Sentence Set for Max Stephan’s July 2 Execution
Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle imposes the death sentence for the third time on Traitor Max Stephan. The July 2 execution is scheduled at the federal penal institution in Milan, Michigan.
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Detroit
Arthur J. Tuttle
Max Stephan
Federal Correctional Institution
Milan
Mich
Methodists Plan Crusade for a New World Order
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam of Boston announced Methodists nationwide will stage a crusade for a new world order next fall. The effort aims to inspire millions of letters to congressmen urging individual opinions on enduring peace.
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Chicago
G. Bromley Oxnam
Boston
Training in the Armored Force and Tank Tactics
An interview series outlines armored division training focusing on calisthenics, obstacle courses, marches, map and compass work, gunnery, and military subjects. Recruits learn tank driving, radio coordination, and fighting in armor, with emphasis on discipline, courtesy, and life insurance uptake.
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Wien
Jones Selectees Face Army Tests
Anamosa prepares for a Tuesday night departure of the forty second Jones county draft group to Camp Dodge for army physicals. The contingent joins more than 1,000 county men in the armed forces, with many graduates and several married men and fathers among the travelers.
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Anamosa
Camp Dodge
Legion Hall
Jones County
John Wayne and Wife Separate in Hollywood
Hollywood AP reports film star John Wayne and his wife have separated with wife saying she will file suit for separate maintenance. The public note frames a pending divorce action and asks privacy as the couple parts paths.
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John Waynes
Hollywood
John Wayne
Berkeley Sued for Marriage Annulment
Ventura California report states Claire James Berkeley sued Busby Berkeley for an annulment of their Las Vegas marriage from March 29 1942. She says she has lived with her parents since a July 15 separation and accuses him of refusing a home and being a husband in form only.
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Ventura
Calif
Busby Berkeley
Claire James Berkeley
Las Vegas
Berkeley
California
Atlantic City
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Moray Eby
Coe College
Betty H. Pritchett
Stewart Memorial Library
Williston Hall
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Reindeer
Alaska
Carnegie Foundation
Col
Robert Stewart
Norma Haller
Col. Stewart
Ernest Graham
Miss Haller
Graham
Ruby Taylor
Russell Knapp
12Th Armored
FIRST
James W. Leenman
Joseph HN. Leehmany
First St
C. V. Shepherd Agency
The
National Life Insurance Co
Montpelier
Dows Building
Iowa
Robert O. Bickel
C.L.A
Fred C. Woolrich
John B. Heidel
Welcom
W. Reams
Studebaker
Studebakers
Kadlec Brothers
Studebaker Distributors
U. S
Secto TS A
Boeing Flying Fortress
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Smulekoff
Syroco
Sid Ave
First ST. SE
Smalekoft
Third Avenue Bridge
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