Kearny Survives Major Torpedo Hit in North Atlantic
Philadelphia AP report notes James Forrestal says the destroyer Kearny suffered unprecedented damage from a torpedo hit near the boiler room yet remained afloat and sailed to port under its own power. He praised the ship’s design and builders for withstanding the blast despite substantial damage.
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Philadelphia
James Forrestal
Navy
Navy Day
Kearny
North Atlantic
Navy Department
Forrestal
Bureau of Ships
Frances Perkins Heads ILO Conference Postwar Effort
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins is unanimously chosen president of the International Labour Office conference in Montreal. Delegates from 36 nations attend through November 7 to discuss restoring health and housing in the postwar world. The ILO outlines three vice presidents from Britain, Argentina, and Poland for employers, workers, and governments.
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New York
LLP
Frances Perkins
League of Nations
International Labor Office
ILO
Geneva
Montreal
John Forbes Watson
British Employers Confederation
Jose Domenech
Argentine Confederation of Labor
Jan Starczyk
Widow leaves husband five thousand yet to first husband
The will of Marie Peroti 50 filed for probate in Martinez California discloses she left $5,000 to her divorced husband Harry E. Hamilton and only $5 to her widower Emil Peroti The will directs Hamilton to give the money to Emil at burial night and gamble it as she did with her world The corpse had been cremated before filing the will.
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Martinez
Calif
INS
Marie Peroti
Emil Peroti
Harry E. Hamilton
Emil
Middle Amana
George Bopp
South Amana
Alice
Louis Schmieder
George Schmieder
Amana
Schmieder
Camp Claiborne
Victor
L. D. Reedy
Dorothy
Perry Long
Brady Long
LeGrand
Lancaster
Marshalltown
Otto Depping
Harry Sharp
Gladbrook
Highway 63
Toledo
Dan P. Kearney
Clutter
B. O. Tankersley
Tama County
Kearney
Harry L. Smith
Tama
Dora M. Smith
Chalmer H. Smith
Strawberry Point
Herbert Dunsmoor
Frank Dunsmoor
Dunsmoor
Carrie Nichols Dunsmoor
Colesburg
Britt and Fayette
Ernest Dunsmoor
Cedar Rapids
Elsie Chittenden
Burdene Mohr
Fern Tuttle
Bonita Fruendt
Loren Shaw
Robert Schlesselman
Craig Davis
Clayton Bohsted
17 year old elected mayor hopes to prevent Halloween damage
In Glen Echo Maryland a 17 year old high school student was elected mayor in a special election to run town affairs through Halloween. Mayor John Jones pledged there will be no Halloween damage this year and other Halloween officers aged 11 to 18 promised cooperation.
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Glen Echo, Md
John Jones
Children Pack Red Cross Gift Boxes in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids grade school children and Wilson high pupils pack 9x4x3 inch gift cartons under Mrs. R. A. Donahue for the American Red Cross. About 300 boxes filled. 100,000 boxes planned this year. Boxes target Great Britain and various countries, with gifts including crafts, crayons, puzzles, and fabric items.
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Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Wilson High
R. A. Donahue
Junior Red Cross
Linn County
American Red Cross
Jersey City
N. J
Great Britain
Cornwall
England
London
Penzance
Lonon
Hayes School
Joan Seda
Jack Rebec
Martha Chetry
Martha Ann Pesek
Leo Turner
Jean Callahan
Lorrane Mann
Mary Ann Rebec
Barbara Klassen
Vernon Horsky
Raymond Suma
Iowa News in Brief Highlights Across Counties
A roundup of local items includes a Toledo collision injuring three women with hospital treatment in Toledo. In Vinton Glenn Fee Jr. fined seven dollars fifty cents for speeding. Benton county board sent several young men for army induction to Des Moines. John Schlichting of Traer jailed for intoxication after choosing jail over a fine. Various wedding announcements and church events across La Porte City and Volga City. Detailing probate, residence changes, and naval enlistment from Decorah to Cascade.
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Toledo
Sheriff's Office
Helen Hayek
William Podhajsky
Clutter
Mary Naiberg
Omaha
Podhajsky
Vinton
Glenn Fee, Jr
Court of Justice
John A. Ruhl
Des Moines
Benton County Selective Service Board
Claire Oliver , Pauley
Herbert Nathan Fisher
Belle Plaine
Max Louis Rusk
Donald Earl Nelson
Albert Mike Waddy
Watkins
Harold Claus Jackson
Luzerne
Denzel R. Kingery
Glasgow
TRAER
John Schlichting
Laporte City
John Miller
Glen Teeter
American Legion Auxiliary
Charles Loveless
Maude Kline
Ray Thomas
Will Cordray
William Turner
Herbert Halbfass
Ralph Foss
Kathryn Burke
Harry Burke
Independence
LeRoy Young
John Young
Sacred Heart Church
Waterloo
Msgr
E. J. Dougherty
Mary
Local Nuptials and Community Notes from Iowa Towns
In Oelwein Theresa Aiello wed Peter Napoli at Sacred Heart with maid of honor Mary, bridesmaids Mary Grasso and Theresa Greco, best man Charles Napoli, ushers Albert Aiello and Peter Stasi, and ringbearer Johnny Napoli. Reception for 80 followed. couple to live in Waterloo where groom works at John Deere. Florence Fox and Leon Neil wed in Fairbank. Ruth Neil and Dale Fox attendants. Moose chapter 848 welcomed 46 new members in Oelwein with 200 attending dinner and dance. Rose Hill school hosted its first homecoming near Whittier with multi generation local attendees.
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William J. Glennon
Volga City
John Wiley
J. J. Wiley
Littleport
D. T. Noonan
Katherine Wiley
Cecil Glennon
Volga City High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Garnaville
Calmar
Wiley Farm
Oelwein
Theresa Aiello
Frank Aiello
Peter Napoli
Waterloo
John Napoli
Sacred Heart Church
E. J. O'Hagan
Mary
Mary Grasso
Theresa Greco
Charles Napoli
Albert Aiello
Peter Stasi
Omaha
Johnny Napoli
Florence Fox
Floyd Fox
Leon Neil
Jesse Neil
Fairbank
H. J. Heilman
Ruth Neil
Dale Fox
James Davis
L.O.O.M. Marie Christensen
College of Regents
Whittier
Rose Hill
Gertrude McGrew
Daniel Hampton
Anton Falcon
Gladys Sivers
Frances
Norman
Gene
Wallace
RAF Losses Hit 13 Planes In Channel Attacks
Berlin dispatch reports the high command stating German bombers sank two merchant ships of 8 000 and 5 000 tons from a well defended convoy off Great Yarmouth Monday night. A further 5 000 ton vessel was damaged off Bridlington. The RAF lost 13 planes Monday in attacks on the Netherlands coast and the English channel with no British planes entering Reich territory that day.
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Berlin
High Command
Great Yarmouth
Bridlington
Royal Air Force
Netherlands
English Channel
Reich
British air raids hit Italian coast and Libyan towns
The Italian high command said British daylight raids targeted Marina in Calabria near Catanzaro and rural areas near Cosenza, wounding three with unimportant damage. Bombs in Manghazi Libya killed three and wounded twelve in Arab quarters.
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Rome
Marina
Catanzaro
Cosenza
High Command
Manghazi
Libya
Motorist Said To Have Run Down 5 Girls On Purpose
Five girls report being struck by a shiny black sedan in recent weeks in Omaha. Marjorie Sorensen, 15, said a lights-out car followed her after a bus stop at 11 15 p m and the driver chased and attacked her before speeding away. Police intensified the search for the driver matching earlier attacks in South Omaha and Bellevue areas.
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Omaha
INS
Marjorie Sorensen
Miss Sorensen
South
Bellevue
Mae West Seeks Divorce From Frank Wallace After 30 Years
Hollywood Mae West plans a divorce from Frank Wallace the man she married in 1911 and later forgot. Wallace lost a bid for temporary alimony as he pursues separate maintenance, with trial set for early hearing.
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Hollywood
Mae West
Frank Wallace
WPA
Wallace
Miss West
Kruschen Salts Health Ad Promises 30 Day Cure
An advertisement urges readers to take Kruschen Salts daily for 30 days to boost bile flow, relieve Sick Headaches and poor digestion, and lift mood. It promises a money back guarantee if not 100 percent improved. May's Drug Store promotes the remedy.
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May
Cobina Wright to Wed Corporal in Riverside Church Ceremony
Hollywood report announces society actress Cobina Wright Jr. will marry Palmer T. Beaudette Monday at Riverside Church New York in a formal afternoon service. Beaudette is a corporal from a Detroit family and was set to join an officers training school, prompting a hastily planned early wedding.
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Hollywood
Cobina Wright, Jr
Palmer T. Beaudette
Riverside Church
New York
Detroit
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Wilbert Rinderknecht
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Henry Rinderknecht
Clarence Knock
H. W. Albrecht
Paula Albrecht
Claus Behrens
Gilbert Johnson
John Fox
Charles Roths
Methodist Sunday School
William Fallmer
Alfred Menzel
Newell Davis
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Louise Clark
Arina Hill
Junior Wilmer
Clare Mahoney
Wilma Willan
Perry Wells
Harold Hare
Center Junction
Jean McNeilly
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Ahrend Balster
Scotch Grove
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