Plans Completed For OPM Train Dec 2 and 3 At Rock Island
Manufacturers along the eastern Iowa corridor will ride the OPM defense special to Rock Island on December 2 and 3. Tickets are issued by half hour intervals and only firm representatives may board car No. 6 for interviews with OPM engineers and officials. Public admission is not allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Iwa
Dubuque
Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
OPM
A. L. Taylor
Chimber of Commerce
Rik Island
Defense
W. C. Gressler
Chicago
Taylor
Giessler
Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Opm
Robbery Motive Sought in Shadle Slaying at Pleasantville
Owen Shadle 70, a merchant and banker, was found beaten and robbed near his Pleasantville home. Investigators favor robbery as motive, noting missing billfold, small cash, and checks. Evidence suggests the killer knew Shadle carried money home, footprints indicate ambush, and the collie dog did not attack. An inquest is planned for 9 am.
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Pleasantville
Owen Shadle
Marion County
Paul Applegate
Shadle
Sam Kelly
Toot
Assilant
R V. Mater
Marion County Ecolorer
Webb
Los Angeles
Calif
Germans claim Rostov seizure opens oil lifeline to Caucasus
German forces report Rostov captured after fierce fighting, claiming control of a key supply chain including warehouses, factories, and the main agricultural plant. They say the seizure blocks Caucasus oil routes and positions troops to threaten the Caucasus and Astrakhan, while Soviet defenses around Moscow and Leningrad sustain heavy losses amid counter-fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rostov
Ewald von Klett
Soviet Union
Caucasus
Astrakhan
Black Sea
Caspian
DNB
Moscow
Leningrad
Increased Farmer Income In Offing Forecast
Washington AP reports the agriculture department foresees higher farmer income and rising consumer food costs next year. Livestock producers may see the largest meat income in over 20 years due to strong demand and continued government pork and lard purchases. Meat production in 1942 is expected to be the largest on record as cattle and hogs reach market in unusually large numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Robert McCormick Dies Life Resident Of Palo
Robert McCormick 57 longtime Palo resident died suddenly at his farm home between Center Point and Urbana at 930 am Saturday after a lingering illness. He was son of the late Robert and Margaret McCormick of Shellsburg and married Nurse Holly in 1935. Surviving are his wife a niece Margaret McCormick two sisters and four brothers plus several other nieces. Funeral services set for 2 pm Monday at the Urbana Methodist church with Rev Gibbs. Body to be moved from Sargent funeral home Center Point to the family home for calls.
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Center Point
Robert McCormick
Maggie Sodan
Urbana
George
David
Shellsburg
Jim
Fairfax
Henry
Methodist
Gibbs
Sargent Funeral
Desert Battle Near Tobruk Shifts North Africa Front
Troops aided by Czech and Polish units moved toward Tobruk advancing three miles south of the outer defense, seizing two positions including a key fortified sector. German forces consider escaping bottleneck toward El Rezech as Britain tightens naval blockade amid German reinforcements from Italy and Crete. Petain to meet Goering near Paris as Paris seeks a new French settlement with Berlin. The British fear French bases and transit through French Africa to Libya, with possible French naval cooperation.
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Tobruk
el- Rezech
Libya
Italy
Crete
Hitler
Vichy France
North Africa
Marshal Petain
France
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Titler
Paris
Berlin
Petain
Jurist Warren Davis resigns amid impeachment push
President Roosevelt received a resignation letter from retired Judge Warren Davis of the third circuit Philadelphia. Attorney General Bidlo urged impeachment. Davis faced charges of taking money from William Fox in a tax evasion case. Fox pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year. Davis’s resignation would end his pay.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warren Davis
Third Circuit
Philadelphia
Justice — Department
White House
Francis Biddle
House Judiciary Committee
Davis
William Fox
Fox
Senate
Justice Department
Auto Truck Crash Fatal To Brooklyn Woman
Mrs. John F. Roudabush, 30, of Brooklyn Iowa was killed and two daughters 2 and 7 were seriously injured in a collision with a heavy semi trailer on highway 6 east of Grinnell Saturday afternoon. Icy roads were blamed. Dolores 9 suffered minor injuries. The mother’s husband John Roudabush a Brooklyn cream operator survived.
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The
Gazette
Grinnell
John F. Roudabush
Brooklyn
Here
Roudabush
Diane
Dorothy
St. Francis Hospital
Dolores
Roudnabush
John
One Thousand To Eat Thanksgiving Dinner At Butterfly Cafe
Preparations are under way for a Thanksgiving dinner at the Butterfly cafe hosted by Steve and Alex Varvaris. The third annual event will close the cafe to regular patrons for the day and invite 1,000 underprivileged people to enjoy turkey and all the trimmings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterfly
Butterfly Cafe
Steve
Alex Varvaris
Three hurt as car leaves road near Duluth highway
Three occupants escape serious injury when a car driven by Clarence Cebulla 18 lost control on an icy downgrade near the airport on highway 218. The vehicle hit a post, tore a cable, and overturned into a ditch. John McKenzie 19 and Clyde Sandy 18 suffered minor injuries as they were picked up by Sandy in Minneapolis.
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Clarence Cebulla
Duluth
Minn
John McKenzie
Clyde Sandy
Brighton
Sandy
Minneapolis
California
Lana
Cebulla
Burlington
Two 1630 Ton Destroyers Launched at Kearny Yard
KEARNEY New Jersey Two 1630 ton twin destroyers the Aaron Ward and the Buchanan slid down the ways at the Federal Shipbuilding yard within 20 minutes of each other. Rear Admiral Harold G Bowen said the yard has launched sixteen and seventeen vessels this year and reported destroyers now take 24 weeks to complete instead of 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
N. J
INS
Aaron Ward
Buchanan
Kearny
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Navy
Harold G. Bowen
Representative seeks March 1942 election for Congress
Representative Jones proposes a bill to move the 1942 congressional election from November to March. He argues a March ballot would provide an early expression on President Roosevelt's foreign policies.
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Washington
Jones
Roosevelt
Litvinov Cancels London Stop En Route to Washington
Soviet ambassador Maxim Litvinov abandons planned London visit after a transport plane snag in Teheran causes a muddle. He proceeds to Washington without a London stop amid transport delays and diplomatic maneuvering.
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London
Maxim M. Litvinov
United States
Washington
Teheran
U S Base Opposite Formosa Report
Nichi Nichi in a Can ton dispatch says the United States used Chinese labor to complete an air base at Lung yen Fukien opposite Formosa as a preparatory step in case of war with Japan.
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Nichi Nichi
Canton
United States
Lungyen
Fukien
Formosa
Plan Auxiliary To Burma Road Extension
Reports from Chungking said work began on a new India road from Sadiya Assam to act as an auxiliary if the Burma road is severed. Officials estimate six months to a year and a half for completion.
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Shanghai
INS
Chungking
India
Sadiya
Assam
Burma
Linn County Bar Association adopts abstracts reform and dues plan
Linn County Bar Association approves two resolutions to simplify abstracts of title and secure 100 percent state bar membership. A committee backs allowing legible abstracts certified to Linn County records by any abstractor with a certified set of books. The second resolution directs copy fees to fund dues and bar activities, plus a five member state committee to verify active practice.
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Iowa Bar Association
Linn County Bar Association
Linn County Abstract Company
Town Title and Abstract Company
N. K. Beechley, Verdin and Bolton
Hollis Abstract Company
Linn County
Iowa
United States
State Bar Association
County Bar Association
Couny
UMW Pickets Replaced. Mining Could Resume Soon
United Mine Workers leaders met at headquarters and with the press after a White House release. Pickets were removed from some mine heads within an hour, miners returned to night shifts in Pittsburgh, and full mining was expected to resume Monday. Lewis criticized the defense mediation board and its chairman while saying the acceptance spoke for itself.
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Roosevelt
UMW
Norton
White House
House Labor Committee
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh
Lewis
CIO LAUDS AGREEMENT ON ARBITRATION
The CIO executive board telegrammed John L. Lewis its appreciation for agreeing to arbitration in the United Mine Workers strike in company mines of large steel firms. The message called Lewis and his policy committee’s action a splendid contribution to the nation and expressed confidence in a victory for the UMW case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Lewis
United Mine Workers
W. H. Davis
Detroit
INS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Mother Who Killed Two Children Dies Of Wound
CHICAGO AP Mrs Wallace Bergeron 30 died Saturday from a shotgun wound to the abdomen after fatally shooting her two daughters Brenda 2 and Amnelia 16 months. Riverside Police Chief Clarence Neuschafer said she inflicted the wound after killing the children. Bergeron an X ray therapy expert had returned home late Friday and had received treatment for a nervous condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wallace Bergeron
Cedar Rapids man dies four days after golden wedding
John W. Good 73, a Cedar Rapids resident since 1912, died at 6 30 p.m. Saturday at home four days after observing his golden wedding anniversary with Leora C. Good. Survived by wife, son William E. Good, two brothers, a sister and three grandchildren. Funeral at 1 30 p.m. Tuesday at Turner chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Good
Cedar Rapids
E Avenue NW
Mrs. Good
Mr. Good
William J
Elizabeth Ford Good
Monticello
Delaware County
Hopkinton
Good
William E. Good
Eleventh Street
Leora C. Good
George Good
James Good
Denver
Colo
Fred Matheson
Donald
Ruth
Arlene Good
Turner Chapel
Deaths A. Perry West of Cedar Rapids Dies in Mississipp i Crash
A. Perry West 1929 Blake boulevard SE supervisor in the Equitable Life loan office Cedar Rapids died Saturday in a Grenada Mississippi hospital from auto accident injuries while on a gulf coast vacation trip with his wife. The wreck occurred Thursday twenty one miles north of Grenada. Services will be held at Turner chapel with time to be announced.
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A. Perry West
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Loan Department
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
Grenada
Turner Chapel
Funeral Services for Frank V. Marshall
Funeral services for Frank V. Marshall father of Detective Lyle B. Marshall will be held at five Turner chapel at 2 p m today conducted by Rev Dr Charles J Bready Burial in Springville cemetery Friends may call at the chapel
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Frank V. Marshall
Lyle B. Marshall
Turner Chapel
Charles J. Bready
Springville
Funeral services for Palo postmaster Webb C Wright
Funeral services for Webb C Wright longtime Palo postmaster who died at his home early Friday will be held Sunday at 2 p m in Palo Methodist church conducted by Reverends Irvin Arnold and O F Hillman of Cedar Rapids. Burial will be in the Palo cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb C. Wright
Palo
Irving Arnold
O. F. Hillman
Cedar Rapids
RAF Fleets Bomb Axis Targets in Libya with Zero Casualties
Imperial air fleet using American made planes raids Libya targets including airfields and supply lines. British armored units strike Tobruk area destroying Italian planes while Marylands and Blenheims operate with minimal losses. Scottish troops clash near Halfaya pass as front lines push Axis forces with tanks infantry and mines.
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R.A.F
Libya
Eighth Army
Western Desert
Imperial Air Fleet
Anis
Tobruk
Halfaya
Hell Fire
Funeral Arrangements for Palo Resident Announced
Friends may call at the Turner chapel until 9 a.m. today and after 9:30 a.m. at the family home in Palo as the community prepares for services at Palo cemetery.
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Palo
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Sergt James P Penrod
Funeral services for Sergt James P Penrod fatally injured in a Seattle auto crash last Monday will be held at Turner chapel at 2 pm with Rev Dr William M Evans officiating. Burial in Linwood Cemetery includes grave military rites. Honorary pallbearers listed. Body arrives Cedar Rapids at 2 45 am Monday and taken to chapel.
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Sergt
James P. Penrod
Seattle
Wash
Turner Chapel
William M. Evans
Linwood Cemetery
Howard Hammill
William Forrest
Daniel Clemens
John Clemens
Woodrow Morrison
Harold Hall
Kenneth Wiley
Cedar Rapids
Funeral Services for Vaclav Vorlicky in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Vaclav Vorlicky a prominent Czech leader in Cedar Rapids will be held at the Janeba Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Theodore Hlubacek officiating. Burial follows at Bohemian National Cemetery with Jan Hus Lodge 51 IOOF in charge. All Odd Fellows and Sokol members are asked to meet and attend in a body.
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Vaclav Vorlicky
Cedar Rapids
Sixteenth Street
Janeba
Theodore B. Hlubacek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Vorlicky
Bohemian National Cemetery Association
Odd Fellows
Sokol Hall
Sokol
Custom Limits Mother In Law Speech In Some Indian Tribes
Some Indian tribes regard it improper for a mother in law to speak to her daughter's husband. The rule reflects strict kin etiquette and social boundaries within family networks observed historically.
OPM Empowered To Requisition Any Necessary Property
President Roosevelt issued an executive order delegating to the Office of Production Management the power to requisition property required for national defense. Defense officials said the order, signed Wednesday, consolidates the new seizure law enacted last month and a similar bill approved last year and places expanded powers under OPM after previous export control limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Defense
Office of Export Control
AFL Concession To Rebel Welders Reform In Union Card Rules
Washington UP Associated Press reports that Sidney Hillman announced the AFL will require welders who rebelled to carry a single union card for nine AFL international unions. The action follows a west coast and southern defense project strike against the multiple card system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPM
Sidney Hillman
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Misfired pistol scare ends with crumbling weapon
Julius Korpok a 10 year old parolee from Huntsville Texas jailed on a charge of reckless driving waved a pistol at Sheriff Burl Lilly demanding cell door unlock. The improvised pipe soap pistol crumpled in his hand during the incident in Tipton Indiana.
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Tipton
Ind
Julius Korpok
Huntsville
Tex
Burl Lilly
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Jurist
Litvinov
U. S
Plan
Linnbar
William HW. Davis
Horse-Trading Mediation Board
Steelman
Fairless
Steel Industry
Defense Mediation Board
Sunkist
Lemons
Ileads
Body of Perry West
Wright Funeral
Virgil Pinkley
James Penrod
Merle E. Garmoe
Third Street SE
Dial
John B. Turner & Son
Turners
Turner
Second Ave
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Hans Sah
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