Foreign Correspondent Middleton's War Years Profile
Middleton, AP war reporter, recounts overseas assignments before and during World War II. From London during the early conflict to France and Flanders, he covered mobilization and the British expeditionary force, later reporting Iceland and American troops. Born 1913 in New York, he trained at Syracuse and held journalism posts before joining AP. The piece notes the cuckoo ray eyelid trivia.
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Jusky Drew Middleton
Associated Press
Britain
London
France
Flanders
Dunkirk
Iceland
Middleton
New York City
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Vital need cited to avoid disruption in commodity flow
The statement emphasizes a vital need to prevent any possible interruption in the flow of commodities, underscoring a priority to safeguard uninterrupted supplies.
Red Cross Seeks Volunteers For Knitting And Nursing Classes
Mrs C M Garrett donates a sleeveless sweater to the Red Cross knitting department as 145 pairs of mittens are needed. An appeal goes to unemployed women and college girls to join the nurses aide course at the Y M C A. The senior high home nursing class starts Thursday at 7 pm, with college girls invited to enroll.
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the Red Cross
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Y W.ca
Transportation Price Controls Postponed
Price Administrator Leon Henderson postponed the effective date for general maximum price regulations on transportation storage and related services to July 1. The extension preserves current controls while delaying new enforcement.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Fort Madison to Make Shoes for State Guard
Des Moines AP reports P F Hopkins of the state board of control says the Fort Madison prison industry has signed its first war contract. The shoe factory is to produce 400 pairs of shoes for the Iowa state board with possible expansion if leather priority improves.
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P F. Hopkins
State Board of Control
Iowa
Fort Madisons State Penitentiary
Iowa State Board
Hopkins
IOWA CITY NEWS BRIEFS Hires Public Relations Head for Preflight School
Lieut William Hausberg reported to assume duties as head of the public relations department at the Iowan naval pre flight school. He is a Charles City High School graduate and Yale alumnus with a 1936 BA in economics. Ensign William Reed, former Western conference publicity chief, will report in about a month likely for sports work. The Rev John Schmitz became St Marys church assistant pastor replacing Chaplain Herman Strub at Camp Crowder. Wilbur Nead, ex Town wrestler, left for Manhattan Beach to serve as coast guard boatswain mate. Johnson County USO drive reached 50 percent with $6471 Dwight Edwards leads the effort.
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Yale University
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John Schmitz
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Herman Strub
Camp Crowder
Wilbur Nead
University of Town
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Manhattan Beach
Coast Guard
Johnson
USO
Dwight Edwards
Johnson County
Gordon Hughes
Police Course On Basic Problems At University Of Iowa
Cedar Rapids police will offer a short course on mastering basic police problems at the University of Iowa July 6 to 11 for new officers. Capt. Hughes and Dubuque officer Wilfred J. Andresen assist. Dr. Matthew Luckiesh, UI graduate and GE lighting lab director, heads to South America for a goodwill tour visiting Argentina Brazil Uruguay and Chile to address technical societies and government bureaus.
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Wilfred J. Andresen
Dubuque
Matthew Luckiesh
General Electric
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Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Chile
Two Soviets Sentenced Twenty Years Each in Papen Plot
ANKARA AP reports Corge Pavlov and Leo Nid Kornilos, Soviet employees, were convicted of complicity in February bomb plots against German Ambassador Franz Von Papen and each received 20 year prison terms.
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Corge Pavlov
Leonid Kornilos
Franz von Papen
Japs Claim U S Lost 21 Planes at Dutch Harbor
Tokio broadcasts report Imperial headquarters says 21 American planes shot down and U S facilities destroyed in Japanese naval attacks on Dutch Harbor Alaska two weeks earlier. No U S confirmation of losses or warehouse fires.
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Imperial Headquarters
United States
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
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Bushmaster Snake Described As Extremely Venomous
A bushmaster is identified as an extremely venomous South American snake. The note emphasizes its danger and regional origin in the scientific description.
Canadians Aid in Defending Alaska
Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart, commander of Canada’s Pacific coast forces, said Royal Canadian Air Force planes and anti-aircraft units have aided United States squadrons in defending Alaska for several days. He declined to reveal unit numbers or locations, noting Ottawa authorized the disclosure. He argued the Aleutian landings may be defensive moves or attempts to secure a base for Pacific coast actions. Stuart arrived days ago and ordered officers to keep an intensive alert.
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Victoria
B. C
Kenneth Stuart
Pacific
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Alaska
Stuart
Pacific Command
MacArthur subscribes to Australia second liberty loan
General MacArthur appeared at an Allied bank with Prime Minister Curtin to subscribe to Australia’s second liberty loan. He bought a bond priced at 3248 dollars and asked the interest be applied to the loan.
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Australia
MacArthur
Curtin
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