Vast U S Gold Hoard Moves to Fort Knox Vault
Secret transfer of 8.5 billion dollars in gold from New York to Fort Knox completes. Kentucky vault now holds about 14.0 billion dollars of the world’s largest treasure. The gold, weighed at 14,090 tons, is shielded by bomb proof vaults and heavy security as part of wartime wealth.
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Washington
New York
Fort Knox
Kentucky
United States
Egypt
Spain
Bagdad
Army Tests Show Midget Cars For Field Use
Detroit tests reveal Army midget cars built by Ford and others. Brig General overseeing trials observed the vehicles on an improvised course as they crossed a field, climbed ridges, and bounced through rough terrain. The tiny command cars with six horsepower motors impressed with steering and maneuverability for future use by light units in war service.
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Detroit
Abo
United States
Ae Motor Company
Ford Ce
Ford
Cigar Steel
Passengater Sever
Shipment on in accordance with Uniform Bill
A fragment notes a shipment action tied to sections B and C of an Uniform Bill. The readable text confirms the regulatory framework guiding the transfer but lacks full details of parties, dates, or goods involved.
Radio-Controlled U. S. Army Tanks Show Robotic War Potential
Radio controlled tanks without crews impressed lawmakers and journalists at Aberdeen proving grounds. The uncrewed 18 ton tanks, armed with machine guns and anti tank weapons, could lead to a shielded infantry advance and radio guided fire in future mechanized warfare.
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W. W. Chaplin
Aberdeen
INS
Senate
House Military Affairs Committee
War Department
News Agency
Army Proving Ground
America
France
England
Low Countries
Channel
Unkirk
Ery
Randolph Field
Texas
Hawaii
Singapore
Navy
Utah
Morley and Surrounding City Obituaries and Notices
Obituary notices and community briefs from Morley Calamus Troy Mills Winthrop Anamosa Strawberry Point Traer Wapello Tipton Vinton Volga City Solon Masonville Columbus Junction Dysart Walker Toledo Center Junction Tipton Tiffin Solon Springville detail deaths engagements school elections and community events across eastern Iowa towns.
WART REMOVAL SPECIALISTS NAME THREE MEN
A remark attributed to Willie Willis cites three men who can remove warts but are good for nothing else. The quote suggests skepticism about the value of specialized work.
Bus Drivers To Stick In Iowa City Strike
Iowa City union leader Ralph Hess says the local AFL-CIO bus drivers will stay on strike as operations run with non union workers. He claims pickets have cut the company's business in half and that the dispute will go before a labor relations board. Over 300 people attended a public meeting Friday night.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Coach Company
A F. of L
Ralph Hess
Hess
Nazism In U S In 2 Years If Britain Falls
Grinnell audience hears Leland Stowe warn that if Britain falls Nazism could reach the United States within two years. He cites Nazi bribery and human factors, noting Britain’s nerves have held against invasion and stressing the human element in war’s outcome.
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U. S
Britain
Stowe
Gazette
Grinnell
United States
Leland Stowe
Grinnell High School
Finland
Norway
Rumania
Greece
England
Bullet Taken From Back Of Farm Youth
VINTON Harvey Rapps 19, a farm youth near Vinton, was in fair condition after surgery to remove a 22 caliber rifle bullet embedded in his back. He had taken his rifle after cows Thursday evening, leaned it against trees, and the trigger discharged as he picked it up. The bullet entered the abdomen, passed the liver and right lung, and lodged in his back before he walked home to tell the tale. He was taken to Vinton hospital for emergency care.
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TRAER
Traer Independent
Esma McCornack
Harry E. Taylor
Harry Taylor
Dean Thomas
Wapello
Louisa County Sheriff's Office
William O'Day
Jefferson City
Memphis
Kenneth Carter
Louisa County
Davenport
Charles Nichols
Morning Sun
Carter
Tipton
C. S. Miller
Solon
The
Gazette
Vinton
Harvey Rapps
Vinton Hospital
Rapps
Nina Rapps
Enforcement Of Law To Be Key To Vice Problem In Iowa
Des Moines Mayor Mark Conkling takes over the public safety department and vows enforcement of the law as the key to the city’s vice problem. He plans constant vigilance of taverns by police during his tenure, following Harold K. Holden’s military duty.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Mark Conkling
Public Safety Department
Harold K. Holden
Iowa National Guard
Who's Who For Iowa Mailed Out This Week
The Iowa Press association's Who's Who in Town is mailed to purchasers this week. Don Reid, managing director, says the volume covers a year of research and lists about 15,000 Iowans. It includes a state history by Prof. William H. Peterson and 99 county histories by local historians.
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Des Moines
Towa Press Association
Don Reid
Reid
William H. Peterson
State University of Iowa
Richards Sentenced for Bullock Death in Iowa
Ned Richards, 33, was sentenced to eight years in Fort Madison penitentiary and fined $100 after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of Roy Bullock, 56, a former Onslow contractor. The judge suspended the fine and paroled Richards to the state parole board.
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Davenport
Ned Richards
Fort Madison
W. R. Maines
Richards
State Parole Board
Roy Bullock
Onslow
Bullock
Mechanicsville Couple Wed at Rectory Ceremony
Margaret Mulherin daughter of Mr and Mrs John Mulherin and Merle Jackson son of Mr and Mrs Allen B Jackson both of Mechanicsville were married at the rectory of Rev Father Frencken on Monday. Attendants were John and Eileen Mulherin. After a short wedding trip they will reside northeast of Mechanicsville.
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Lawrence McMahon
Davenport
Mercy Hospital
Kelly
Grand Mound
Saints Phillip and James Church
Calvary Cemetery
McMahon
Clara Owen
Clinton
Mayme Tobin
Long Grove
Winthrop
B. R. Bauman
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Congregational Church
Bloomington
Wis
Anamosa Auxiliary
John Daly
Catherine Flaharty
Beth Wilson
Janice Musgrove
Maude Lowry
Goldie Tyler
Helen Sanner
Strawberry Point
Industrial Club
Clarence HB. Moser
Willis H. Magdefrau
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C. L. Brider
Elkader
Franklin Evans
Traer
Milo Mochal, Jr
Edith Voetberg
Little Brown
Nashua
Traer High School
Robert A. Henry
Genevieve
Decorah
Russell M
Volga City
Edna Hummel
James Hummel
Wayne White
Sidney J. White
Carl Ohm
A F. Robinson
Mr. White
Mechanicsville
Margaret Mulherin
John Mulherin
Merle Jackson
Allen B. Jackson
Father Frencken
John
Eileen Mulherin
Mechanics_ville
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Willard W. Fiala
Charleston
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Joseph
Stephen Fiala
Fiala
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Ernest Stahle
Masonville
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Clyde
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Quasqueton
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Taft
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Henderson Funeral Home
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Harry Pike
Zelic Sime
Forrest Flynn
Center Junction
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Paul Vail
Dubuque University
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Franz Charbonneaux
W. H. Hansen
Robert Norris
Delilah Murray
Emma Potter
Tiffin
L. M. Holtz
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Ardis Sentman
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Helen Heman
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Hilda Slach
Richard Kessler
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Donald Cceltree
Kenneth Stahle
Alfred Randall
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Springville
GC. D. Boggie
L. A. Johnston
Keith Jacobs
Bob Whitman
Robert A. Hamill
Center Point
Bethany Circle
Methodist Church
Poor PA
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Hazel
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Willie Willis
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Smilin’ Jac
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Hollywood
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Rik
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