Germans Hit Mines In Naval Action Fears Rise
Reports say a German ship struck mines with 71 dead while a raid failed to stop Allied convoy efforts. British war ministry noted the setback as neutrals fear impact on trade. Danish coast observers described a two hour battle between British warships and a German torpedo boat near Jutland. Swedish guards seized a German sailor accused of spying near an army camp in Braendaen.
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British
War Ministry
Admiralty
Britain
France
Germany
Denmark
Jutland
Hirtshals
Max Olson
Braendaen
Sweden
Iowa U Student Dies After Motorcycle Crash
Arnold Hagedorn a junior in engineering at the University of Iowa died at University hospital after his motorcycle collided with a truck driven by William Founts of Omaha as it turned a corner. Hagedorn resided in Rossie Indiana near Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Arnold Hagedorn
University of Iowa
University Hospital
Hagedorn
William Founts
Omaha
Neb
Rossie
Spencer
Accident Victims Reported Improved
Two Cedar Rapids residents with injuries from a Friday highway crash showed improvement on Saturday night after a third injured person had been discharged. Arthur C. Winne remained in fair to serious condition at Mercy hospital with brain, chest and internal injuries and severe lacerations. Mrs E P Boynton was reported in fair to good condition at St Luke's hospital. Mrs Thomas Warriner, injured in the same collision, had been discharged from hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Arthur C. Winne
Grande Avenue
Mercy Hospital
St. Luke’s Hospital
E. P. Boynton
Blake Boulevard
Thomas R. Warriner
Forest Drive
Mechanicsville Man Hurt In Cornpicker Accident
T. E. Rhea 43 of Mechanicsville was injured when his right hand was caught in a cornpicker. He received severe lacerations and was treated at St. Luke's Hospital around 4 p.m. Saturday and remained hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Rhea
Mechanicsville
St. Luke's Hospital
LaPorte City Man Slashes Throat After Arrest
Arthur Kline, 54, of LaPorte City Indiana, was arrested for intoxication after a highway accident. He slashed his throat and was taken to a hospital where his condition was reported as good late Saturday. Sheriff H T Wagner provided the information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Arthur Kline
LaPorte City
H. T. Wagner
Summerwill Case Involves Iowa City Property Dispute
In Iowa City last week Ben Summerwill, former examiner in charge of liquidation, faced charges from D W Bates that he profited from a three fifths stake in The Iowa Apartments Inc. The suit seeks reopening of receivership and alleges fraud against creditors. The $75 000 property and $1 030 in dividends are noted along with July rent payments and prior investigations into settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Ben S. Summerwill
Examiner
Iowa Apartments, Inc
D. W. Bates
Iowa
Summerwill
Farmers Loan and Trust
Bates
Ife
Iowa City Savings Bank
Wife Refuses Car Return After Missouri Husband Seeks Arrest
A Missouri man tried to have his wife arrested after she left in his newly registered car following an argument. She had paid for the 1939 Ford Tudor herself and planned to return to her mother in Cedar Rapids with a brother present. Police detained the car and its owner, while authorities noted no other man was present and the couple awaited possible changes in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Iowa Highway Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Day
Highway Patrol
Des Moines
Day
Cunningham
Wilson
City Briefs And Personals
Local items include meetings of the Triton club, Townsend club No 4 and the Young Democratic club of Linn County with dates and locations in Cedar Rapids. Residents Mrs Edward Bauman Miss Cora Jacobs Jack Robinson Glenn Chapel and George Brems Jr are noted with weekend visits and relocations. A chimney fire at Souvenir Lead Pencil Co was contained by one engine. A theft report concerns a missing flashlight from a car. The Rainbow Division clarification separates it from Cedar Rapids post No 1 of the Iowa Volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Jacobs
Sterling, Ill
Linn County Relief
Cedar Rapids
Souvenir Lead Pencil Company
F Avenue NW
Rainbow
Iowa Volunteers
Iowa National Guard
Canton Rainbow Holds Special Drill for Inspection
Canton Rainbow No 22 meets Monday at 7 30 PM in Maine lodge hall 838 First Avenue E for a special drill to prepare for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Rainbow
Maine Lodge Hall
First Avenue E
Believe Pact Assures Italy To Be Neutral
London reports British sources on a new Anglo Turkish French alliance that would keep Italy neutral in the war and push for a Balkan peace bloc led by Rome. Plans reportedly include a Belgrade conference before mid November with Jugoslavia Romania Hungary and an Italian observer to discuss a mutual assistance pact against Balkan aggressors.
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London
Great Britain
France
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Romania
Hungary
Italy
Balkans
Turkey
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Russia
Rome
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Europe
Debate Over Arms Embargo Divides Senate Over Aid to Allies
Senators in a heated session argued whether to repeal the arms embargo to aid Britain and France and deter potential German and Soviet aggression. Supporters warn continued embargo could defeat the Allies, while opponents fear sending troops to France. An amendment by Burke and Gillette would exempt American firms with Canada branches from title transfer rules.
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Tion
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Andrews
United States
Hiram Johnson
Calif
Senate
Johnson
Burke
Neb
Gillette
Iowa
Canada
Court Upholds California Criminal Syndicalism Law
The court rules the law punishes advocacy of crime while protecting lawful speech, stating the freedom of speech is not absolute. It holds the syndicalism act applies evenly to all groups and supports conviction of Whitney for assisting and joining the Communist Labor Party. Enemies argue for unrestricted speech amid wartime pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandeis
Miss Whitney
California
Communist Labor Party
Justice Brandeis
Roosevelt
CIO
Iowa
St. Louis
Montezuma
Poland's New State Faces Polish and Jewish Dilemmas
The report outlines plans to limit residence to Poles in the new Poland while addressing Jewish questions and the fate of Poles in Gdynia seized by Germany. It notes Czestochowa Krakow as historic centers and warns that Polish Jews may face a reserved status amid territorial claims and financial burdens for Gdynia residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czestochowa
Krakow
Austrian Empire
Germany
Jozef Pilsudski
Poland
Hitler
Reichstag
Gdynia
Gotenhafen
Hitler Orders Drive On Ships Heightened
The statement says German warships and submarines have been active worldwide and achieved increasing successes. It accuses the British press of silence and claims British convoy protection is ineffective and causes unease in neutral shipping circles. Churchill is blamed for portraying the convoy as a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Great Britain
Cherchill
Winston Cherchill
Churchill
Man Involved in Plot Tries to Enter Trotzky Home
COYOACAN Mexico UP police increased guards at Leon Trotzky home after arresting a man who posed as an agent for Gen Jose Miaja to arrange a visit about an automobile sale. The detainee Manuel Barrachina claimed Andalusian origin and was held as officials suspect an anti Trotzky plot.
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Coyoacan
Mexico
Leon Trotzky
Jose Miaja
Spain
Trotzky
Miaja
Manuel Barrachina
Honor Chester Hampton Given Plant Party at Royal Cleaners
Chester Hampton, a poetry-writing laundry truck driver, was honored at Royal Cleaners and Laundry at 615 621 Fourth Avenue SE. Fellow employees hosted an informal party Friday at the plant celebrating his seventieth birthday and twenty years of service. About 45 people attended with birthday cake and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Hampton
Royal Cleaners and Laundry
Fourth Avenue SE
Mrs Walter Ramsay Dies In Des Moines
Mrs Walter C Ramsay 63 widow of Iowa secretary of state died Saturday night at her Des Moines home. Born in Austin Minnesota she had lived in Belmond Iowa before moving to Des Moines in 1919 when her husband was elected secretary of state. He died in 1928. Surviving are son Rex Ramsay Des Moines city clerk and four sisters including Mrs C B Sayles and Miss Minnie E Ames of Austin.
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Des Moines
Walter C. Ramsay
Iowa
Austin
Minn
Belmond
Rex Ramsay
C. B. Sayles
Minnie E. Ames
Former National Husking Champ Takes Third in Audubon Contest
Carl Carlson once national corn husking champion finishes third in Audubon County husking contest on Walter Miller farm. Louis Henningsen tops with 2 027 pounds, George Johannsen second at 2 021, Carlson’s 2 008 after deductions. Carlson competed in his traditional garb as 75 bushels per acre were recorded.
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Audubon
Carl Carlson
Louis Henningsen
Carlson
George Johannsen
Walter Miller
Aid To Raiding Students Costs Him Jail Term
An Ames Iowa oil station attendant received a 30 day jail term after aiding Drake University students in a Des Moines homecoming raid. F C Kegley drove 78 mph, ran a stop sign and light at 70 mph, and faced fines for speeding and traffic violations before accepting jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
F. C. Kegley
Drake
Ralph Powers
Kegley
President Roosevelt Tours Hyde Park Drought Damage
President Roosevelt used a clear fall day to ride in an open car around his Hyde Park estate and inspect drought damage to his Norwegian spruce trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Deaths Glenn Williams and Earl Miller
Funeral services for Glenn Williams of 214 First Avenue West who died from injuries after a football game in Waterloo will be in Beatty chapel Monday at 2 30 PM led by Rev E J Wykle with burial at Linwood cemetery. Earl Miller of 1147 Nineteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids died after a long illness in a local hospital Saturday at 3 PM born Sept 9 1903 in Cedar Rapids survived by his mother three brothers and four sisters funeral set for Beatty chapel Tuesday at 2 PM friends may call.
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Glenn Williams
First Avenue W
Waterloo
Beatty Chapel
E. J. Wykle
Linwood Cemetery
Earl Miller
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Ellen Miller
Roy
Albert
George
California
Mabel Smail
Peoria
William Partridge
Kewanee
Lll
Sigfred Techau
Ma~rengo
Bert
Kohout Funeral Held For Louis Westley Kohout
Funeral services for Louis Westley Kohout will be at 9 am Monday in St. Marys church Solon. The Rev J E Michalek will officiate and burial will follow in St. Marys cemetery. Friends may call at the family home Sunday evening.
Broeckert Hurt When His Car Is Struck
K J Broeckert 47 of 1954 Washington avenue SE sustained bumps to his right elbow and left leg and a skinned left leg around 8 am Saturday after being knocked from the running board of his car in front of 615 G avenue NW. C C Putnam 60 of 1325 A avenue NE drove the other car west and collided as brakes failed to hold. Broeckert said he was on the running board reaching for papers when Putnam’s vehicle pulled in behind.
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K. J. Broeckert
Washington Avenue SE
G Avenue NW
C. C. Putnam
A Avenue NE
Broeckert
Putnam
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Amd
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Y. M
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Pasadena
Evelyn Prusek
Boy Scout
Trinity Methodist Church
Jack Robinson
Loras College
Dubuque
Mrs. C. L. Cashman
Sixteenth Street
Glenn Chapel
Colonial Baking Company
Chicago
Coyne Electrical School
George F. Brems, Jr
George F. Brems
First Street
Young Democratic Club of
Linn County
Raymond Coward
Merchants National Bank
Sixteenth Street SE
Margaret Lawler
Second Avenue E
Canton
Allanta
New York
Washinsten
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Es Angeles
Detroit
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Seattle
Lober
Second & Jet SE
Honor Chester Hampton
Walter Ramsay
Handyman
W.¢. Block Co
St.- SW
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