Floods Roar Through Western and Southern Iowa Cities
Torrential rains hit western and southern Iowa causing damaging floods on small streams. Indian Creek overflowed into downtown Council Bluffs flooding basements and halting business traffic. Police rescued about 25 families as boats operated in high water. The Nishnabotna swelled in Fremont County and Randolph after 3.5 inches of rain, with Hamburg area feared. Highway 3 bridge near Sidney faced driftwood dangers as Grand River floods bottomlands near Davis City after 4.97 inches of rain.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Bluffs
Omaha
Nishnabotna
Fremont
Randolph
Hamburg
Highway 3
Sidney
Grand River
Davis City
Decatur County
Lamont
Four-Year-Old Ruth Ann Sellers Killed By Truck
Ruth Ann Eloise Sellers four ran to greet her father as he arrived home in Mt. Auburn and died after her head was crushed by the wheels of his slow moving truck. The tragedy occurred around 6 15 PM near the family home half a mile southeast of Mt. Auburn. Her parents Mr and Mrs John Franklin Sellers and siblings Jackie six and Lucy eight witnessed the accident. Benton County Coroner John R Burroughs suggested the child may have tried to climb onto the truck before the fatal incident.
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Mt.” Auburn
Ruth Ann Eloise Sellers
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
John Franklin Sellers
Sellers
Benton County
John R. Burroughs
Ruth Ann
Jackie
Lucy
Mt. Auburn
Evans Urges Immediate Move to Lasting Postwar Peace
Grinnell AP R M Evans Federal Reserve board member told the Grinnell Institute of International Relations that the time to start creating a lasting peace is now. He urged orderly world farm trade, feeding the starving, and a systematic farm conservation plan to prevent rural poverty after the war.
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Grinnell (Ap
R. M. Evans
Federal Reserve System
AAA
Grinnell Institute of International Relations
Veteran Decorah Printer Dies After 36 Years with Amundsen
Oscar S. Monson 49 foreman in the job printing department of Amundsen Publishing and Decorah Posten died Friday morning. He served the company 36 years and is survived by his wife and daughter. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Decorah
Oscar S. Monson
Amundsen Publishing Company
Decorah Posten
Delta Man Loses Arm in Quarry Crusher
Delta Frea Glandon, 48, lost his right arm Thursday at a rock quarry three miles southwest of Delta. While feeding the rock crusher his arm was caught in the machinery and mangled, necessitating amputation. He is married with five children and is in University hospital Iowa City.
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DELTA
Frea Glandon
Glandon
CIO Cannery Secretary Speaks on Labor Role in War
Harold T. Lane international secretary and treasurer of the United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers CIO will address a Vinton meeting at the old Firemen's hall on Saturday night. Jack Fox CIO international representative will chair. Public invited.
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Tc. Vinton
Harold T. Lane
United Cannery Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers
The
CIO
Vinton
Tipton Man George Geiler Advanced to Lieutenant Colonel
George R Geiler of Tipton on duty with the war department in Washington has been advanced to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He has served in Washington for more than a year and received word of the promotion this week.
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Stipton
George R. Geiler
Tipton
War Department
Washington,d.c
Leutenan
Washington
Cargo Aircraft Carrier Advocated by Sterling
Admiral Yates Sterling Jr. urged converting cargo ships into carriers capable of operating fighter planes and equipping nonconvertible ships with airplane catapults. He warned against reliance on surface warships alone, while noting their continued necessity for sea lines and key positions amid Pacific air actions and potential invasions of Alaska and the Hawaiian islands.
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Iowa City
Yates Sterling, Jr
United States Fleet
University of Iowa
Pacific
North Sea
Murmansk
British Isles
Numerous local groups elect officers and notable hires
Eastern Iowa brief roundup lists new officers for American Legion auxiliary in Williamsburg and McGregor, Mothers club in Anamosa, and various community posts. Promotions include Leo R. Clancy to captain at Camp Croft, and multiple weddings, divorces, and public notices across Decorah, Independence, Tama and surrounding towns.
What You Beg With WAR BONDS
The article promotes war bonds and stamps noting first aid kits essential for soldiers. It cites costs about $1.30 per kit and calls for millions of kits for emergency use and by Red Cross workers. It urges buying War Bonds and Stamps every pay day, investing at least ten percent.
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Red Cross
Raid on Ploesti Oilfields Reported by American Bombers
United States Army Air Corps planes devastated the Ploesti oil fields in a June 12 raid. Fires burned for two days, smoke obscured the region, and telephonic communications lagged for days after the attack. Travelers said two large bombers circled Bucharest during the operation.
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Ankara
United States Army Air Corps
Ploesti
Rumania
Romania
Bucharest
United States
Germany
Carl Cilodius
Ton Pone
Gustave Siegfried
Albert Hermann Goering
Marshal Hermann Goering
Wedding Dinner Near Traer Sets Couple On Farm Life
The wedding dinner followed at the home of the bride’s parents near Traer. The bride attended Perry rural school and Mr. Kubik Traer high school. They will live on the bridegroom’s farm five miles south of Traer until he is called into army service. The Cedar county primary election saw 3 055 votes with 2 235 Republican and 820 Democratic tallies. 65 cents per vote paid by taxpayers. First aid classes began in Tipton Red Cross rooms with about 40 enrolled, taught by M. D. Wood. A home nursing class and a nutrition class will open soon. Willis Cline, 16, pled guilty to reckless driving in Wapello, fined 33 dollars and costs, license suspended. incident followed a wreck injuring s. Guy Jamison.
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Traer
Perry Rural School
Kubik Traer
Tipton
Cedar County
Max M. Banks
Red Cross
Tipton Municipal
M. D. Wood
R. M. Laughlin
R. R. Werling
Farm Hand Gets 10 Years for Car Theft
Wallace Powell, 17, of Arkansas, employed on a farm near Traer, pled guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle in Tama county court. Judge B A Tankersley sentenced him to 10 years in the Anamosa reformatory with a $2000 appeal bond. Powell stole a Garwin car from behind Traer library and removed four tires a battery and a horn.
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Gazet
Toledo
Wallace Powell
Arkansas
Traer
B. A. Tankersley
Tama County
Anamosa
Powell
Warren Aldrich
Garwin
Iowa Deaths Niche Obituaries Across Central City Blairstown Williamsburg Vinton
Funeral notices report death in Central City Blairstown Williamsburg and Vinton. Leo Larson 11 of Central City dies after brief illness with services at Larson home Hatch funeral home. Blairstown sees Blairstown resident Blaire Bower 57 die after major operation with services held and burial at Mound cemetery. Mrs Will H Jones formerly Mattie Walters funeral at St Pauls Methodist church with burial at Oak Hill. R L Rogers livestock dealer dies in Vinton hospital after illness. born June 20 1870 near Vinton. married Irene Bracken.
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Central City
Leo Larson
Walter Larson
St. Luke's Hospital
Larson
Hatch Funeral
Blairstown
Belle Bower
University Hospital
Iowa City
Charley Sick
E. A. King
Malcom
Ed McDonald
Anamosa
William Bower
West Point
Mound
Watkins
Williamsburg
Will H. Jones
Mattie Walters
St. Paul's Methodist Church
J. C. Behrens
Moulton
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jones
Ivor and
Byron
Des Moines
Phil Reader
Oak Park
Ill
John H. Jones
Jacob Buchleiter
Superior
Neb
Vinton
R. L. Rogers
Vinton Hospital
Irene Bracken
Obituary mentions surviving wife and daughters
In the notice dated November 9 1892 the deceased is survived by his wife two daughters Zella Q Johnson of Vinton and Zarah G Wiest of Mt Auburn a sister H H Brownell of Cedar Rapids and a brother Dr E A Rogers of Iowa City.
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Zella Q. Johnson
Vinton
Zarah G. Wiest
Mt. Auburn
H. H. Brownell
Cedar Rapids
E. A. Rogers
Iowa City
Iowa City Sees Flying Fortress Halted by Weather
Iowa City residents received a rare glimpse of a Flying Fortress from the army as bad weather further east delayed the aircraft by about four hours. A local photographer had his camera confiscated amid wartime censorship during the event.
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Iowa City
British Bay Three Jap Supply Ships
The admiralty announced Saturday that British submarines in the Malacca Straits torpedoed and sank three large Japanese supply ships. A single submarine attacked a three-ship convoy. the largest vessel was sunk, and another submarine sank two more large Japanese ships. The straits connect Malaya and Sumatra, a route likely used to feed Burma ahead of potential operations toward India.
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London
Admiralty
Malacca Straits
Malaya
Sumatra
Singapore
Indian Ocean
Burma
India
Rural Mail Carriers Gather Scrap Rubber On Saturdays
Rural letter carriers authorized by the post office to pick up scrap rubber from homes on their routes on Saturdays. Smith W. Purdum, assistant postmaster general, urged verbal notice to patrons and local officials about collection sites and to transport scrap when feasible without hindering postal duties.
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Washington
Crossroads of America
Post Office Department
Smith W. Purdum
Allied air raid hits Rabaul transport and base
Allied planes from Australia carried out a heavy raid on Rabaul New Britain. They hit a 10 000 ton Japanese transport and damaged ships, grounded planes and airfield facilities while shooting down several Zero fighters. MacArthur reported the attack as successful and damaging multiple targets.
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Melbourne
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Two Burglaries in Wyoming Net $15 Loot
Wyoming detectives report two burglaries probed as the same hand. At a filling station run by Elmer Buckingham $15 and a flashlight disappeared with two safety deposit keys later found in the thief’s other target, the E. R. Marshall print shop, Crescent Calendar Co. The Marshall safe was rifled and scattered. Buckingham found the burglary about 8 a.m. Saturday.
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Gazette
Wyoming
Elmer Buckingham
E. R. Marshall Print Shop
Crescent Calendar Company
Marshall
Buckingham
Willkie Holds Harmonious Lunch With G O P Senators
In Washington Willkie, the 1940 GOP presidential nominee, meets with about 20 minority senators and House Leader Joseph Martin for a Capitol luncheon. He described the gathering as harmonious and sat between Senator Norris of Nebraska and Senator Nye of North Dakota, both critics of his foreign policy in prior years.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
House
Joseph Martin
Capitol
Willkie
Norris
I-Neb
Nye
R-N.d
Pearl Harbor
Parking Limit Near Universal Crusher Enforced
Residents near Universal Crusher get two hour parking signs on C avenue NW from the tracks to Ninth street. The 8 a.m. to midnight limit starts Monday. Universal Crusher plans a new employee parking lot west of its plant. Captain Gordon Hughes announced officials say the plan.
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Universal Crusher Company
C Avenue NW
North Western
Eighth Street
Ninth Street
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Gordon Hughes
Universal Crusher
Dangers for Churchill Revived by War Setbacks
London reports serious political unrest over Mediterranean setbacks as optimism fades after Pacific victories. Churchill faces renewed criticism upon returning from America, with the Libyan affair and Singapore unease cited, though he is expected to maneuver past the crisis.
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Churchill
London
Britain
Mediterranean
Pacific
RAF
America
Singapore
Germany
Washington
Urthe
War contracts face $25,000 pay cap on officer compensation
Government rules define total compensation for officers and employers as inadmissible if over 25 000 dollars when computing contract costs and profits. Bonuses royalties to officers are excluded. other disallowed costs include entertainment dues extraordinary strike costs taxes losses. The guideline aids price adjustment boards set up by WPB War and Navy departments to save costs without hurting war production.
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War Production Board
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
WPB
United Nations
Experts Outline Bright U S Air Arm Prospects
Washington reports from Aviation Writers Association sessions with Army Air Forces leaders including Gen Henry Arnold and Gen Barton Yount, describing a force with combat planes effective under fire, a growing global reach, a large self sufficient supply and training program, and advanced bombers like the B 17 and B 24 Liberator.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
Aviation Writers Association
AAF
Barton K. Yount
Flying Training Command
United States
O. F. Echols
Admiral Helfrich At Colombo Ceylon
Vice Admiral C E L Helfrich former commander of the Netherlands East Indies fleet is shown to be working in close cooperation with United Nations commands in Colombo Ceylon as reported by Melbourne India News Service.
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Melbourne
INS
C. E. L. Helfrich
Netherlands East Indies
United Nations Com
Ingersoll Editor of PM Drafted for Induction
New York AP reports Ralph M. Ingersoll editor of the PM newspaper has been drafted and ordered to report for induction on Wednesday.
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Ingersoll
NEW York
Ralph M. Ingersoll
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CIO Cannery
George Geiler
Sterling
Coral Sea
Midway
Alaska
Stirling
Dutch Harbor
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Admiral Stirling
Russia
Iowa News
American Legion Auxiliary
I. F. Drake
J. Henry Meyer
Oren Peterson
Frank McAllister
L. H. Yoder
George Stake
R. W. Reader
J. B. Orris
W. E. Reid
J. K. Delahooke
James Kearns
E. E. Johnson
M. M. Platner
Winthrop
Leo R. Clancy
T. R. Clancy
Clancy
Camp Croft
Spartansburg
S. C
Walker
Mr. Anderson
Chicago
Walker United Church
Young People's Society of the Church
South Jones County
James Nowachek
Vernon Schurka
Marvin Brunscheen
City of
Sesolete Tire
William French
St. Patrick's Church
Barbara Butterfield
Virginie Morrissey
Lois Leonard
Donne Doyle
Jimmy Connell
Harry Powers
William Lish
Gerry Ann Mershon
Pa Loyet
Virginia Hein
Monona
R. A. Nehis
Quebec
Canada
National Editorial Association
Mercedes Kostian
Buckingham Consolidated School
David Foster
TAMA
Marvin Barlow
George Barlow
Barlow
Lexington
B. O. Tankersley
Walter Davis
Dorothy Davis
Franklin Atwood
Dorothy Atwood
Atwood
Winneshiek
Calmar
W. L. Eichendorf
Martin M. Cooney
West Union
Widor
J. Davis
Frank Barker
Tuteur
Mr. Bunge
Independence
Rose Axline
Ueach Innaaie
Lavonne Wheelock
Tech
Gilbert Brimmer
Bethany
Brimmer
Fort Leonard Wood
Camp Hood
Postville
Dick Peterson
A. L. Peterson
Camp Roberts
Calif
Henry Paulsen
Ernest Paulsen
Camp Forest
Tenn
R. M. Sawyer
Olin
Milton D. Mussehl
Dubuque
Norman Lee
Gretchen Altfillisch
Charles Altfillisch
Montreal
Jean Vanier
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Miss Altfillisch
Miss Vanier
Drake University
Altfillisch
F. C. Ream
Coggon
Ated
Strawberry Point
Mcgregor
McGregor American Legion Auxiliary
Kate O’rieley
H. M. Hagensick
W. Stone
C. Siegele
E. Sparks
A. & Horning
S. Yates
L. O'Neill
W. Washburn
R. T. O’brien
F. Newhall
Jessie Meland
Nellie Maeder
Christine Gafeller
Ruth Schrader
Florence Claussen
Elizabeth Husted
Alma Bierschenk
Grace Stoecker
Norway
Norway High School
Howard Ellison
MT. Vernon
Carrie Oates
Catherine Lott
Lester Caraway
Vernon
Rifle Club
Johnson Furniture Store
R. J. Smith
Traer Lions Club
M. H. Bordewick
H. S. Berman
Charles H. Adams
Paul Dickinson
Fred Wieck
Traer Commercial Club
Ben Vaughn
Retailers For Victory
H. Q. Everts
Tom Larsen
Charles Vanicek
Curtis McNally
H. R. Allaben
Margaret Bohnstengel
Harry Walker
Dan Lawrence
W. B. Dixon
Fred Stephenson
Boyd Beeman
Walter Beiwen
Leigh Stein
Robert Maxwell
Ivan Baker
Mechanicsville
Stanwood
Clarence
Durant
Bennett
Rochester
West Branch
Cedar Bluff
Greater
By Claude Callan
Betty
Hungary
Asia
United States Army
Sevastopol
Crimea
Reva Sgue
Wapello
Willis Cline
J. H. Dickson
S. Guy Jamison
British Bay
Rabaul Base
G.O.P
American Air Arm
Helfrich
Colombo
Ceylon
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