British Warship Sunk and Tankers Torpedoed by German Forces
Berlin reports German destroyers and speed boats torpedoed and sank British ships along the coast. A naval communiqué says a British warship was torpedoed, two merchantmen and two tankers totaling 33 000 tons sunk, and a submarine destroyed. German planes bombed London and southeast England with heavy fire on docks and industrial sites.
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Berlin
High Command
Bristol Channel
England
Flanders
Dover
London
the Thames
Deptford
Liverpool
Birmingham
British Cruiser Drives German Destroyers to Brest
London figures report a British cruiser engaged German destroyers at extreme range west of the English Channel on Thursday and forced the German vessels to flee to Brest. In Oxford, Miss Nelle Williams wed John G. Butler of San Rafael California on October 2 at St Patrick's church Clinton with Rev H F Finefield officiating.
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London
Admiralty
Air Ministry
English Channel
Brest
Oxford
Nelle Williams
John G. Butler
San Rafael
Calif
St. Patrick's Church
Clinton
H. F. Finefield
Buckners Celebrate 55th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Buckner 55 years wed Tuesday. They married Oct. 15, 1885, in Boulder and lived in Linn and Jones counties. Born near Central City and Anamosa, they raised four children, two deceased, with roots in Iowa farming and Milwaukee railroad work.
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A. L. Buckner
G Avenue
Boulder
Linn
Jones Counties
Buckner
Mary A. Minehart
Central City
John Minehart
Central City, Which Is Still In Use, Mr. Buckner
Abe
Abraham Lincoln Buckner
Anamosa
The
State Park
Lincoln
Mr. Buckner
Charges of intimidation to sway WPA relief voters
Richard N. McKibben of the Workers Alliance accuses the Democratic Party and WPA officials of using threats and coercion to secure votes for Franklin D. Roosevelt. He urges the Senate campaign expenditures committee to investigate election practices amid claims of job loss threats and pressure for union support.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Workers Alliance of America
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Democratic Party
Richard N. McKibben
Workers Alliance
Howard O. Hunter
McKibben
WPA
Japs Attack Kunming Amid Burma Road Reopening
Japanese naval aircraft Thursday attacked Kunming, the southwestern Chinese terminus of the Burma road, the Japanese South China fleet headquarters announced. Bombs hit Chinese munitions factories on the city outskirts and military establishments within Kunming.
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Hongkong
Kunming
China
Burma Road
Burma road sees air raid drills as trucks roll toward China
In Lashio Burma air raid precautions workers set stations at regular intervals along the Burma road. American made trucks carrying supplies for China moved steadily despite threat from Japanese air attacks.
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Lashio
Burma
Burma Road
China
Deaths Mrs Julia Moucka
Mrs Julia Moucka widow of John Moucka died at 1811 I street SW Cedar Rapids at 4 15 p m after a lingering illness Born Bohemia February 7 1884 she came to Cedar Rapids 30 years ago Survived by husband daughter Mrs Charles Lebeda son Lester Moucka and sister Mrs Godfrey Wych Bohemia One son Godfrey preceded her in death December 14 1925 Funeral services in Polansky chapel Monday at an hour to be announced later
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Julia Moucka
John Moucka
I Street
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids
Charles Lebeda
Lester Moucka
Godfrey Wych
Godfrey
Zizkov Dub Lodge
Polansky Chapel
Tovey Named Commander in Chief of British Home Fleet
Vice Admiral John C. Tovey was appointed commander-in-chief of the British Home Fleet with the rank of admiral. He succeeds Sir Charles Forbes and the change was announced on Friday.
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London
Admiralty
John C. Tovey
Home Fleet
Charles Forbes
Pleads for saving good Iowa top soil
Harold Nilsson of the Marion soil conservation office told the High Twelve club at the Roosevelt hotel that Iowa has about three million abandoned acres and another three million nearly gone. He warned one third of topsoil has been lost, stressing that soil loss Endangers corn crops and future productivity. He illustrated erosion with slides of Linn county farms and northeastern town sites, and urged terracing and strip cropping to prevent runoff and rebuild worn land.
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Iowa
Harold Nilsson
Marion
The
Soil Conservation Service
High Twelve Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Linn
Nilsson
Mr. Nilsson
Tom Martin to Speak at Lowden Rally Oct 26
Thomas E. Martin of Iowa City, a representative in Congress from the First Iowa district, will address Cedar county voters at a Republican rally in the London school building on Saturday evening October 26. The event is announced by the Republican County committee.
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Tom Martin
Tipton
Thomas E. Martin
Towa City
Congress
Iowa
Cedar County
London
Chairman E. C Schluter and Martin on military affairs info
Funeral services were held Friday for Jesse Louis Allison 69 of La Porte City born Shady Grove he moved to town as a child and lived there most of his life He worked as a grocer clerk until illness after a 1913 stroke He married Anna Halpin April 26 1905 in Vinton survived by wife and two children in Chicago burial in West View Cemetery
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LA Porte City
Jesse Louis Allison
Shady Grove
David
Susan Allison
Hls
Anna, Halpin
Vinton
Frances
Lynn
Chicago
Allison
K of P.lodge
West View Cemetery
Appropriation Bill Higher but Taxes Lower
Floyd Philbrick at Mount Ayr argues New Deal supporters mislead on spending. He says general expenditures under Wilson were lower than prior, while the 47th assembly bill includes new departments that raise totals but save taxpayers over three million dollars. He stresses that appropriation totals do not equal actual expenditures. The Turkish constitution was adopted in 1925.
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Mount Ayr
INS
Floyd Philbrick
Mount Asy
New Deal
Towa
Wilson
General Assembly
47Th General Assembly
Philbrick
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Melville
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Rockford, Il
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California
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Tovey New Head
British Home Fleet
Farmer Conservative
NIA Sevice Inc
U.S
E. C Schluter
Clarence
Martin
House
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Mons
GENTS
Okinow
Bulova
Hamilton
Jewel Bulova
Leold
Jewel Hamilton
Tao
Second Avenue
Jewel Elgin
Cutiura
Stokers
Novak Heating Ce
First Street
Matic Syque
Bendix
Paul R. Kelly
Third Ave. SE
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