Flying Kohawks organized as naval flight squadron at Coe College
Prospects for forming the Flying Kohawks a naval flight training unit mostly from Coe students and alumni look bright after the first Greene hall meeting. Schafstal and Finnegan plan a June start at Iowa college base followed by Minneapolis and then a southern training site with Corpus Christi likely final. Twenty one attended and more prospects from the Coe military band are anticipated.
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Kohawks
Coe
Greene Hall
Derle Schafstal
Dean Finnegan
Schafstal
Finnegan
Philip Aikens
John Bowne
John Duboise
Naval Flight
Minneapolis
University of Iowa
Christi
Texas
Pensacola
Jacksonville
Fla
Corpus Christi
Vernon Enoch
LaVern Aegerter
Aldrich Drakos
James Berkley
Ross Bennett
Donald Mitchell
Jack Walters
Kenneth Wigness
James Gallagher
Robert Carnes
Gordon Currie
David Blain
William Bloomhall
Coe College Military Band
Fear Quarry Blast Unsolvable Puzzle
EASTON PA AP The cause of a dynamite blast that killed 31 workers and shattered windows over a 20 mile radius probably will never be known because witnesses died. Thomas Quigley chief of the state bureau of mines and quarries called it the most perplexing explosive accident in Pennsylvania.
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Easton
Pennsylvania
Thomas Quigley
State Bureau of Mines and Quarries
Prisoner Palumbo Returns Well Fed After Era of Flight
Arthur Palumbo, freed from a 1933 escape, has returned to Westchester County Penitentiary weighing 45 pounds more. He now serves the remainder of his term plus 7.5 to 15 years for felonious escape. He previously spent seven years in Iowa State Prison for a mine payroll robbery before his latest capture.
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Wes
Arthur Palumbo
Westchester County Penitentiary
Palumbo
Paul Brown
Sing Sing
Iowa State
All Your Old Iron Scrap That Some Way T Slap Aup
Local item notes a rush on discarded metal and scrap iron as residents salvage metal for reuse. Authorities warn of theft risks during disposal and call for safe handling of salvage materials.
Coe Music Faculty to Entertain 150 Children
The Coe College music faculty will host a frolic for about 150 children in the Coe Men's Gymnasium at 1250 D Avenue NE on Saturday from 1 to 11:30 am. Ethel Ryan and assistants will provide games and entertainment. hosts include Max Daehler Joseph Kitchin Grace Huddle Lockhoff Paul S. Ray and others.
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Coe College
Coe Men’s Gymnasium
D Avenue
Ethel Ryan
Jeanetta Hatfield
Ruth MacDermott
Mary Reynolds
Mary Babbitt
June Ortiz
Sally Benson
Margaret Mineck
Dorothea Jayne Moser
Max Daehler
Eleanor Houts
Joseph Kitchin
Grace Huddle Lockhoff
Paul S. Ray
Grace Swab
Alma Turechek
Pinned by Tractor Bucklin Slashes Throat to Escape Death
Undersheriff Frank Lemoine reports Norman Bucklin a 60 year old bachelor was pinned under an overturned tractor while moving his cabin on a Wyoming ranch north of Rawlins. Bucklin cut his throat with a pocketknife to end a lingering death and was found dead, likely since Monday.
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Rawlins
Wyo
INS
Wyoming
Frank Lemoine
Norman Bucklin
Bucklin
Yankees Use Camera to Drive Off Japs at Hickam
An American bomber returning from the mainland engaged enemy planes over Oahu on December 7 using a movie camera as a deterrent. Gunfire and a photographer’s actions convinced attackers to retreat, with shells and fires marking the harbor. Army officials noted most bombers landed intact.
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Honolulu
Oahu Island
Hickam Field
Jesse Schneider
Schneider
Hawaiian Islands
Johnny Meeks
Johnny
Don McCord
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
Soldier Killed Nine Hurt as Drunk Driver Hits Group
In Bergenfield New Jersey an automobile driven by a drunk man rammed into a crowd of about 100 drill participants. One soldier was killed and nine others were injured in the Thursday night incident. Prosecutor John J Breslin Jr headed the investigation into the crash.
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Bergenfield
N. J
John J. Breslin, Jr
Notice of Court Appearance in Linn County Iowa Case 11473
In the District Court of Iowa Linn County case 11473 State of Iowa plaintiff versus Dorothy Myers defendant Sgeros Myers and Willem T appear to show cause why judgment should not be entered against them bail amount referenced in the notice Indicates appearance time and place to respond or risk default judgment.
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District Court of
Iowa
Linn County
State of Towa
Dorothy Myers
Sgeros Myers
Willem T. Ote
Iamids
Army Navy Back F R Policy In War Effort
Senate leader Barkley says President Roosevelt has unanimous military and naval adviser support on major actions and wartime policy. He spoke during a debate urging clearer leadership and said Congress is ready to back him.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Congress
Red Cross notes school drive funds and staff aid plans
The Viola consolidated school sent 21.24 to Red Cross headquarters via the ways and means committee. Pupils in third through fifth grade made pins sold for 3 cents and hemmed towels earning 3.89. Freshman class play cleared 15.09. Wendell Paxton reported 1.01 in coins. A library sale raised 1.25 from a woman with no funds. Linn county Red Cross volunteer committee to offer staff assistance course at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the YWCA.
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Red Cross
Viola Consolidated School
Ways and Means Committee
Wells C. Peck
Nellie Secrist
Rita May Strange
Antoinette Vampola
Wendell Paxton
Sabotage Suspects Only Farmers on Foxhunt
Six squads of Homewood county police rushed to a field where about 30 rough men armed with shotguns had mobilized. When confronted, a sergeant demanded what was happening and a farmer replied that they were hunting foxes because they have been after their chickens.
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Homewood, Ill
Homewood County Police
Sergt
Joseph Briatti
Bomb hurled at French leader Deat but fails to explode
A bomb was thrown at Marcel Deat during a Paris meeting Thursday night but did not detonate. Deat escaped injury as the device bounced off his waistcoat and fell to the floor. The incident follows an earlier wound from a 1943 Versailles shooting.
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London
INS
Marcel Deat
Paris
Deat
DNB
Legi
Russia
Versailles
Pierre Laval
North Dakota Population Decline 1930 to 1940
North Dakota's population fell from 680,845 in 1930 to 639,690 in 1940 reflecting a decade of decline and shifting demographics.
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North Dakota
Hennessey Wounded in Philippines Recovering at Home
The war department reports Warrant Officer Hennessey wounded in the Philippines and recovering with General MacArthur's forces. Parents Mr and Mrs A F Hennessey of 1544 B Avenue provide the update.
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Hennessey
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Sage
War Department
A. F. Hennessey
B Avenue
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Yankees
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NAVY
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Linn County Red Cross
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