Britain Builds 200000 Air Training Corps Cadets In War Effort
Britain expands its Air Training Corps to 209000 youths aged 16 to 18, with 1013 local squadrons and 371 school units. The force trains navigation, radio, code, maintenance, and flight theory as weather and combat losses strain regular pilots. Many early recruits become RAF air cadets, bolstering frontline needs amid heavy wartime demands.
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Toz
Tan
America
Norway
Italy
Britain
Air Training Corps
England
Making a Garden Compost and Home Gardening Tips
The article describes turning garden residues into a home compost pile for mulch and soil amendment. It covers pile design, turning in late fall, moisture and packing, and accelerating decay with ammonium sulfate, super phosphate, and limestone. It also notes air force cadets training, insect-eating birds, bulb planting, woodpeckers, and treating penury pen dies with a Bordeaux spray regimen.
Former Sowan Dies Prominent Minneapolis Newspaper Figure
Funeral services were held Saturday for William A. Frisbie, a former Des Moines resident who rose to prominence in Minneapolis and St. Paul newspaper work.
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Minneapolis
William A. Frisbie
Des Moines
St. Paul
Iowa Red Cross Plans Civilian Defense Drive
F A Winfrey of St. Louis, acting Midwest Red Cross manager, said disaster relief committees in all 99 Iowa counties are crafting civilian defense plans. He urged boosting membership to 424,000 to meet civil defense obligations and expand services. drive closes November 30.
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Des Moines
F. A. Winfrey
St. Louis
Midwest Red Cross
Iowa
Office of Civilian Defense
Red Cross
Lemars Youth Dies Fighting In R. A. F.
Le Mars resident Clem Weidenfeller 26 son of Mr and Mrs Tony Weidenfeller was killed in action with the Royal Canadian Air Force over England Tuesday The Hawarden and University of Iowa athlete enlisted in 1940 and later earned a George Washington University athletic scholarship Surviving are his parents four brothers and two sisters.
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LE Mars
INS
Clem Weidenfeller
Tony Weidenfeller
Royal Canadian Air Force
England
Hawarden
University of Iowa
George Washington University
Weidenfeller
Marengo Students to Stage The Mikado at High School
Marengo students present The Mikado with Richard Denzler and Flora Maas in tenor and soprano parts. Miss Lydia Thiedeman and Chester Webb direct music and speech, Marion Cook accompanies. Notables include Wal lace Agee Bette Schafbach Lewis Turner and many others in the cast. The performance is set for November 21 in the high school auditorium.
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The
Gazette
Marengo
Richard Denzler
Flora Maas
Lydia Thiedeman
Chester Webb
Marion Cook
Wallace Agee
Bette Schafbach
Lewis Turner
Wesley Bales
Nadine Myers
Charles Riley
Nadine Neibuhr
Dayne Hardenbrook
Beverly Hahn
Jean Casey
Atelia Solbrig
Virginia Taylor
Doris Colbornson
Alicia McGivern
Beth Myers
Helene Allar
Betty Anne Shaull
Virginia Grant
Lois Cron
Davenport Dentist Named District Society President
Davenport physician Dr. J. E. Berney was chosen to succeed Dr. M. A. Dalchow as president of the Davenport District Dental Society at its annual meeting. New officers include Dr. Frank F. Benson as vice president Dr. James P. Leonard as treasurer and Dr. W. L. Scott as a three year trustee. The Davenport district comprises Scott Clinton Muscatine and Jackson counties.
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Davenport
J. E. Berney
M. A. Dalchow
Maquoketa
Davenport District Dental Society
Frank F. Benson
DeWitt
James P. Leonard
W. L. Scott
Clinton
Scott
Muscatine
Jackson
Iowa Wine Campaign Shows Rising Sales In October
The Drink More Wine effort by Iowa's liquor control commission yields a 39.5 percent rise in October wine sales to 6,000 cases from 4,300 a year earlier. Total beverage cases fell to about 60,000, but cash sales rose to 1,334,000 dollars due to higher prices from a federal tax increase. The commission issued a brochure on milder beverages and absorbed the October 1 wine tax increase.
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DES Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Newton Company Signs With CIO
Parsons company of Newton, manufacturers of excavating machinery, and the CIO affiliated local 1116 employees unit reached a contract on Saturday. The agreement provides a 24 percent wage increase to 5 cents an hour for 70 workers retroactive to Oct 12, grievance arbitration with limits, seniority rights, and one week paid vacation. The union is a unit of the Maytag company employees' local.
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Newton
INS
Parsons Company of
Local 1116
CIO
Maytag Company
Luther Players to Stage Til Saeters at Luther College
Luther College campus troupe to perform the one act Norwegian romance Til Saeters on Friday November 28 directed by E V Rolvaag. Cast includes Olaf Borge Styrk Orwell Gail Haaland Phyllis Knudsen Paul Borge Stuart Gulsvig Lloyd Ruid Walter Nordby and Henry Hagen with Sylvia Hanson on organ.
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Decorah
Luther College
E. V. Rolvaag
Olaf Borge
Styrk Orwell
Gail Haaland
Phyllis Knudsen
Paul Borge
Stuart Gulsvig
Lloyd Ruid
Walter Nordby
Henry Hagen
Sylvia Hanson
Sween guilty to uttering a false check in district court
In Decorah Bennie E Sween pleaded guilty before Judge T H Goheen to uttering a false check used to bid nine head of cattle at a sale a $550 check drawn on the First National Bank of Harmony Minnesota was used. Judge Goheen also ruled on the divorce suit of Mary A Leibold vs Arthur Leibold denying the petition for cruelty and inhuman treatment. Independence Buchanan county Farm Bureau plans its annual Christmas Seal sale with Mrs Lewis Main as chair and Miss Catherine Breidenbach as county secretary. Independence Buchanan county school board members attended a meeting of the Buchanan County Schoolmasters club at the Gedney hotel featuring Prof Hart from ISU extension service speaking on ways and means of equalizing school costs and educational opportunities.
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Independence
Buchanan County Farm Bureau
Lewis Main
Buchanan
Catherine Breidenbach
Independence—Town
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Schoolmasters Club
Gedney
Hart
Iowa State Teachers College Extension Service
House Plans Price Control Bill Changes
Washington AP report notes House price control legislation delayed to seek revisions from the banking committee. Key proposals include licensing controls, restoring a ceiling on farm prices, and government authority to buy or dispose of commodities to balance prices. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls for direct wage and price controls with a broad referendum in favor.
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Washington
House
Banking Committee
Rayburn
McCormack
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Sinus Trouble Keeps F D R Away From Press Club Dinner
President Roosevelt, struck by persistent frontal sinus trouble from a recent cold, canceled his planned appearance at the National Press Club annual dinner in his honor on the advice of his physician. He stayed in the White House while continuing work in his office.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
National Press Club
Ross T. McIntyre
White House
Now They're Bothering Dickinson, 81, With Marriage Proposals
Loren D. Dickinson, 82-year-old former governor, said on Saturday he hoped women would stop asking him to marry them. He had previously voiced a similar complaint when governor at 81 about wooing letters.
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Dickinson
Charlotte
Mich
Loren D. Dickinson
Navy to man each gun on U S cargo ships
NEW HAVEN Conn UP The navy recruiting station disclosed Saturday that 15 gunners will be assigned to each gun placed aboard an American merchant vessel. Each crew will be commanded by a chief petty officer.
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New Haven
U S Marines Regret Fatal Iceland Shooting
American Minister MacVeagh and Major General Bonesteel met Premier Hermann Jonasson to express regrets over the fatal shooting of an Icelandic civilian. They assured punishment of the guilty marines.
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Reykjavik
INS
MacVeagh
Bonesteel
Hermann Jonasson
Iceland
United States
Plans for Santa Arrival Opens Cedar Rapids Christmas
Santa Claus is slated to arrive in Cedar Rapids on November 28 to open the holiday season amid a large crowd. The Christmas decorations committee plans extensive street adornments on First through Third Avenues and First through Third Streets, with five minutes of chimes each hour from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. downtown. A parade featuring Santa, reindeer, costumed participants, ponies, and carts is expected, financed by a budget over 3000 dollars raised by local civic groups.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Retail Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
John Beck
Loop District
Beck
M. E. Feiden
N. P. Craemer
Wallace Boyson
Carl Holstrom
Community Briefs highlight local events and hospital update
William E. Sweet of 954 Twentieth Avenue SW is in St Luke's hospital with a sprained neck from last week. Cedar Rapids division No 30 B A R E hosts a turkey dinner and dance for members and wives on Tuesday evening November 18 at K P Hall. Cedar Rapids Stamp Club meets at Montrose Hotel Monday at 8 pm with Millard Barnett and O W Jenista running the program. Royal H Holbrook of 1420 Second Avenue SE returns from a Franklin county tour to speak in schools and heads to Des Moines for state meetings of the Iowa Association of Commercial Clubs and the Iowa Farm Bureau.
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William E. Sweet
Twentieth Avenue
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids Division
B.A.R E
Oe K. P. Hall
First Avenue E
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Montrose Hotel
Millard Barnett
O. W. Jenista
Royal H. Holbrook
Second Avenue SE
Franklin County
Des Moines
Iowa Association of Commercial Clubs
Iowa Farm Bureau
Horak Drug Store Reported Theft at Postal Substation
Horak store manager T Horak reported to police that on Saturday between noon and 145 pm 12 dollars were taken from a drawer in the postal sub station inside the Horak drug store located at 853 Third Avenue SW.
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R T. Horak
Horak
Third Avenue
Dolezal Family Visits Amid Recovery at Mercy Hospital
Charles Dolezal of 728 Second Avenue SW is improving after an operation at Mercy hospital two weeks ago Friday. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. John Dolezal of California and their son John, who came to Cedar Rapids. They visit relatives in Marion and Cedar Rapids as well as Stockbridge Michigan.
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Woodpecker
Charles Dolezal
Second Avenue
Mercy Hospital
John Dolezal
California
John
Cedar Rapids
Dolezal
Charles Howard
Marion
Harry Carney
Edgar Nott
Stockbridge
Mich
Indian fighter Wheeler dies at 89 in Larchmont
Captain William Henry Wheeler US Army retired aged 89 died Saturday in Larchmont New York. He fought Indians in Texas and the southwest including Comanches Sioux and Cheyennes in Montana North Dakota and other campaigns.
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Larchmont
N. Y
William Henry Wheeler
Texas
Southwest Indian Territory
Montana
North Dakota
Insurance chief loses sleep after missing office coverage
Cedar Falls, up John Lemmer, head of an insurance company, says he neglected to insure his own office. Burglars Friday night stole $11 from two metal boxes in the office.
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Cedar Falls
John Lemmer
Glenwood Farmer Killed in Highway Crash
Frank Rodman an 80 year old retired farmer was killed when he stepped into the path of a car on the highway near his Glenwood home. The driver Mrs Bes sie Warne of Villisca was at the wheel.
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Glenwood
Frank Rodman
Bessie Warne
Villisca
Football Revelers Bemoan Numerous Big Gopher Subs
Cedar Rapids fans celebrate a Hawkeye win while lamenting Iowa reserves and the size of Minnesota’s squad. Hotels overflowed as post game scenes featured hushed Minnesota pride, Iowa banners and street chatter about next week’s Nebraska test.
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Big
Gopher
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Army Heads Study Plan To Increase Triangular Division
War department officials study a reorganization to enlarge the triangular division beyond its current 16 000 manpower. Observers cite Russo-German insights and field tests promising greater staying power to absorb losses while maintaining mobility. The triangular format, with three infantry regiments, contrasts with World War II square divisions.
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Army
Washington
War Department General Staff
Food shipments to Russia under study
Washington officials say large food supplies may be needed for Russia to hold the front against Germany this winter and next spring. Preliminary surveys by lease-lend administrators and ag experts are exploring Russia's future food position with possible allocations from the $1 billion Soviet credit, focusing on wheat and sugar.
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Washington
INS
Russia
Germany
Agriculture Department
British Empire
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
I C C Will Probe Fatal Rail Accident
William Murphy of Union Pacific said the Iowa office of the Interstate Commerce Commission will send a representative to investigate a collision in Council Bluffs that killed Conductor W L Goodwin of Lincoln. Union Pacific findings are withheld pending the I C C probe and an inquest date is not set. Goodwin, a Burlington employee of 31 years, was fatally hurt when a Union Pacific switch engine collided with a Burlington caboose in the railroad yards.
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Council Bluffs AP
William Murphy
Union Pacific Railroad
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. L. Goodwin
Lincoln
Murphy
I.C.C
L. H. Tyler
Goodwin
Burlington Railroad
Union Pacific
Burlington
Mussolini reshuffles Italian air force leadership
Rome AP reports Premier Mussolini removed Gen Francesco Pricolo as head of the air force. Gen Rino Corso Fougier, former North African aviation commander, becomes undersecretary and chief of staff for aviation. Pricolo reassigned to other duties.
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Rome
Mussolini
Francesco Piccolo
Rino Corso Fougier
English Channel
London
Pricolo
Thayer Estate Sues Bergstrom For 15000 In Death Claim
DECORAH William Thayer's administrator Clarence Thayer files in Winneshiek district court a $15000 damages suit against Elmer Bergstrom over the death of William Thayer. The petition states Thayer was struck by Bergstroms car on the night of December 3 1939 and died from injuries.
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Decorah
Clarence Thayer
William Thayer
Elmer Bergstrom
Winneshiek District Court
Bergstrom
Deaths of injury victim in Albia car crash
John Foresen, 69, of Albia died Saturday from injuries after being struck by an automobile Wednesday in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
John Forsen
Albia
Sigourney Farmer dies after auto collision near Sigourney
Sigourney farmer Rollin Brown, about 55, died in a Sigourney hospital at 9:45 p.m. Saturday after being struck by a car driven by 21 year old Charles Lown Jr. of Webster as he walked toward the scene of a prior accident. Brown had been carrying a lantern when struck and suffered compound fractures of both legs and a skull fracture. Sheriff Tremmel and Coroner Reynolds questioned Lown Saturday night. Brown is survived by his wife, a Farm Bureau district committeewoman, a son Bill, a daughter Betty Ellen, his mother Mrs Rezin Brown, a sister Miss Alta Brown, and two brothers Frank and Sherman, all of Sigourney.
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the Gazette
Sigourney
Rollin Brown
Farmer
Sigoourney Hospital
Charles Lown, Jr
Webster
Ed Cook
Sigsourney Farmer
Brown
Elmer Dodd
Keokuk County
E. E., Tremmel
Irvin H. Reynolds
Lown
Farm Bureau District
Journalists honored by Sigma Delta Chi at New Orleans banquet
Sigma Delta Chi awarded honors for foreign correspondence general reporting editorial writing radio news writing and journalism research at its 26th annual convention in New Orleans. Winners include Lee land Stowe Basil Brewer Allen Drury Cecil Brown and Paul W Lazarsfield with judges from major papers and networks.
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New Orleans
INS
Sigma Delta Chi
Leeland Stowe
Chicago Daily News
Basil Brewer
The
Standard Times
the Mercury
New Bedford
Mass
Allen Drury
Baker
Every Man In 35th Division Receives Full Field Equipment
CAMP ROBINSON, Ark. An authoritative source reports that every man in the 35th division is issued full field equipment. Maj. Gen. William H. Simpson, commander, scheduled a press conference to discuss the rumored transfer and say all he knows about the move.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
35Th Division
William H. Simpson
Kurusu's Brother Dying Forces Daughters Wedding Postponed
In New York Saburo Kurusu, Japan's special envoy to Washington, left his dying brother in Tokyo to rush to Washington for talks and miss his daughter’s wedding in Tokio. He married Alice Little of Chicago thirty years ago.
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New York
INS
Japan
Washington
Saburo Kurusu
Tokio
Kurusu
Alice Little
Chicago
Turkey Prices Hit Ten Year High in Chicago Markets
Chicago merchants report Thanksgiving turkey prices are up for the season with fancy young hens at 32 to 35 cents a pound and fancy young toms about a cent cheaper. Ducks range 23 to 28 cents and geese 22 to 24 cents as Thanksgiving approaches next Thursday in Illinois.
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Chicago
INS
Illinois
Printers End Ten Day Strike In Champaign Urbana
A strike by 86 printers halted three Champaign and Urbana newspapers for ten days. The stoppage ended Saturday night after paper representatives and the International Typographers' union signed a wage increase agreement.
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Champaign, Ill
Urbana
International Typographers’ Union
Center Point Teacher Resigns. Preston, Iowa Post Offered
CENTER POINT Velma Wright of Palo resigns from Green's Grove district south of Center Point to accept a teaching position at Preston Iowa. Mrs Leola Palmer of Center Point will teach at Green's Grove.
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Center Point
Velma Wright
Palo
Green's Grove
Preston
Leola Palmer
Green’s Grove
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Newton Company
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Nebraska
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James E. Crown
New Orleans States
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
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Roy A. Roberts
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J. R. Wiggins
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