Brazil says axis spy ring smashed
Brazilian authorities report nearly 29 Axis agents jailed and four radio transmitters seized as they claim to have disrupted the spy network across the Western Hemisphere. Detained were a German admiral linked to an attack plan, a Dane named Niels Christensen called the ring leader, and a German navigator named Friedrich Kroener with maps and propaganda found in his residence.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Western Hemisphere
Onee
Adolf Hitler
South America
Dakar
Friedrich Kroener
Niels Christiensen
Ring
Radio
Figen
Espion Communications
Brazil
United States
Trial of Otto Anderson for intoxicated driving nears end
The Ot to Anderson trial in Cedar Rapids nears completion as Assistant County Attorney Carl Hendrickson presents the state's case after summarizing testimony from highway patrolmen who arrested him on September 22. Anderson testified he had only a beer before the arrest and driving into a safety lane near Third street.
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Otto Anderson
Thirty-fourth Street
Carl Hendrickson
Highway Note
Cedar Rapids
Anderson
Hendrickson
Third Street
Twelfth Avenue SE
Charles Fels
Harry Cloud
F. A. Ahring
Man Held for Sanity Probe Carried Cash in Clothing
A man slated to appear before the Linn county insanity commission Friday was found to have 1935 in cash and over 200 in checks when searched at the Linn county jail late Thursday. Deputies took him into custody after a warrant from the rooming house owner who said the man had acted strangely for some time.
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Linn County
Insanity Commission
Pete Whittemore
Forrest Taschner
Divorce Petitions Filed Over Cruel Treatment in District Court
Two divorce petitions allege cruel and inhuman treatment. Mabel McGuire seeks divorce from Frank McGuire and obtained a $500 writ of attachment on the defendant’s property and an injunction restraining molesting her. She also seeks title to household goods and support for herself and two minor children from a prior marriage.
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Mabel McGuire
Frank McGuire
G K. Thompson
Promotion for Lieut Robert Wray in the Philippines
Lieut Robert Wray of General Wainwrights staff in the Philippines is promoted to captain. He is reported by his mother Oda E Merion of 1064 Maplewood Drive NE. Wray graduated from Kelly Field Flying School in 1939 and served at Nichols Field, Manila. His wife Marie Lund and a baby son, not yet seen, live in Mt Pleasant with her parents.
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Robert Wray
Wainight
Ines
Oda E. Merion
Maplewood Drive
Wray
Kelly Field Flying School
Nicholsfield
Manila
Marie Lund
Mt. Pleasant
Couple wed in 1933 amid family ceremony
Ella Louise Sanford and her spouse recall their 1933 marriage on October 28. The brief notice notes the date and the couple’s enduring bond as the local paper records their nuptial milestone.
William S. Sanford Owensville Divorce Case Report
Judge C. J. Haas discharged Guy Pee and related Linville final filings amid a Thursday court action. The hearing referenced a marriage dissolution involving William S. Sanford and a petition seeking separation and property arrangements.
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C. J. Haas
Guy Pee Eee Eal
Linville
Forget Defense Think of Offense Say War Need Unity
Mrs. Russell D. Cole of Mt. Vernon urged at a High Twelve luncheon that Americans should drop the word defense and focus on offense. She called on capital labor legislature and every citizen to back MacArthur efforts to win the war and then the peace.
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Russell D. Cole
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College
High Twelve Club
Approve Boost in Pilot Flying Time
The House passed a measure raising the monthly flying time limit for airline pilots from 85 to 100 hours. The War Department approved the increase to allow greater use of airline pilots in military flying operations.
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Washington
Ins
Ioc
Deltase
The
War Department
Youth Nabbed for Stealing Currency From Printing Site
The Secret Service arrested a 19 year old on a burglary parole charge after he and another youth stole currency from a printing site. Becker reportedly circulated some bills lacking tax seals and serial numbers and led agents to a tree in Rock Creek Park where most of the money was hidden.
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Washington
Secret Service
Nogend
Becker
Beck
Rock Creek Park
Convict Receives Poll Tax Threat Notice in Union
A Union South Carolina convict received a tax collector notice warning that nonpayment of poll tax could lead to further action. The brief item notes the warning was delivered Friday.
British Sales of American Securities Decline Under War Strain
Washington reported the United Kingdom sold 542 and 22 thousand dollars of its American securities in the last three years to pay for war materials. An estimated 500 million in similar securities were pledged under the New York Federal Reserve as collateral for a 425 million loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. British sources said the remaining UK investments in the United States were minor or unmarketable.
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Washington
The
Treasury
United Kingdom
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Gazette
Willie Hoppe
Gen. Wainwright
Philippines
Vorce
William S. Sanford
Kosek
City Planning Board
Chuck” Kesek
Rainbow Division
MacArthur
Charles J. Kosek
Falstaff
Ponitely
Falstaff Brewing Corp
St. Louis
the and
New Orleans
Clarks
Clark's New Hat Dept
Second Street
J. B. Niles
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