Army to Train Officers at Grinnell College
The war department announces Grinnell College will host officer training with 100 instructors for about 750 students. Classes start Oct 1 for select enlisted men, under Major W. D. DeHaven as commandant. Grinnell joins North Dakota Agricultural College and University of Florida in the program.
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Washington
Grinnell College
Itie
N. Stevens
Grinnell
W. D. DeHaven
Army
War Department
North Dakota Agricultural College
University of Florida
F Ktrndee
Adjutant General's School
Fort Washington, Md
Cowles
White House
Pioneer Hall
Adjutant General's Office
Stevens
Former Pastor of St. Paul's Dies in California
Dr. A. M. Jayne aged 69 former pastor of St. Pauls Methodist church Cedar Rapids died Friday morning in Altadena California after a long illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs Ruth Plumiey of Indianapolis Mrs Louise Goslyn of Manchester N H and Mrs Frances Smith of Detroit three sons Albert Jayne Cedar Rapids Carroll Jayne Tulsa Okla and Harold Jayne Okemos Mich five grandchildren and five sisters. Born May 6 1873 in Central City he was married in 1900 to Mary Collin of Mt. Vernon. He served as pastor in Rockford Iowa for five years before Cedar Rapids. He preached his first sermon in 1915 at St Pauls. He left Cedar Rapids Feb 18 1926 for Oklahoma City. He served Lansing Mich from 1934 to 1938 before retiring to Altadena. Funeral arrangements tentative in Altadena then body to Mt Vernon for burial. Times to be announced.
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A. M. Jayne
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Altadena
Calif
Mt. Vernon
Central City
Mary Collin
Jayne
Cornell College
University of Chicago
Rockford
St. Paul's Methodist
Near Bee
St. Paul's
First Methodist
Oklahoma City
Central Methodist Church
Lansing
Mich
Ruth Plumiey
Indianapolis
Louise Goslyn
Manchester
N. H
Frances Smith
Detroit
Albert Jayne
Carroll Jayne
Tulsa
Okla
Harold Jayne
Okemos, Mich
Reds Halt Drive for Stalingrad
Moscow AP reports the Red Army halted the German push toward the Volga city of Stalingrad. Russian lines stiffened, counter-attacks gained momentum on the central front, and Soviet naval and air forces claimed defeats of German transports and torpedo boats.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Volga River
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Terek
Mozdok
Caucasian Mountains
Grozny
Baltic
Leningrad
Red Star
F R Slated to Issue Rigid Curb on Wages
President Roosevelt prepares to issue a drastic wartime order to curb wages salaries and farm prices across the United States. An economic administrator would enforce the policy and oversee related measures to hold down living costs. The plan would freeze wages above Jan 1 1941 levels, with adjustments for cost of living and farm prices set at current levels with possible later revisions.
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F. R
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Wendell Willkie
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Bernard M
British Nip e Assaults by Rommel on Egyptian Front
Axis retreat continues on the southern El Hemeimat sector as British G H Q reports three heavy counter attacks repelled and a withering artillery barrage against center positions. American tanks and Grant crews aid operations while Allied air forces attack Axis shipping and vehicles near Tobruk. Rommel takes a setback in the opening phase of his six day offensive at El Alamein west of Alexandria.
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United Nations
el- Hemeimat
Qattara Salt Basin
New Zealand
Cairo
United States
Grants
United States Army
Grant
Tobruk
Erwin Rommell
el Alamein Front
Alexandria
Kaiser Price Ceiling Injunction Kept On Steel Deal
A consent decree bars Kaiser Steel from overpaying for steel to the OPA. Kaiser allegedly bought 504000 pounds from a Cleveland firm and evaded ceiling rules by shipping steel in less than carload lots, which carry higher prices. The order applies on the West Coast shipbuilding concern.
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Kaiser
Cleveland
OPA
Henry J. Kaiser
West Coast
Kaiser Company
Kaiser Plant Hit With Price Regulation Injunction
Judge Robert N. Wilkin noted Kaiser assented to the injunction but did not admit willful violation of price controls. The complaint filed Aug. 27 by OPA attorneys sought action for alleged over pricing and related issues. A separate charge against Builders Structural Steel of Cleveland for selling steel to Kaiser above ceilings was postponed to Wednesday. The regional attorney labeled Kaiser a scofflaw participant in illegal market purchases.
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Robert N. Wilkin
Kaiser Company
Wilkin
Kaiser
OPA
Federal District Court
Cedar Rapids Named Among Nation's Top Business Centers
Cedar Rapids is listed in Forbes September issue as a leading U S center for concentrating sales, collections, and business promotion. The article ranks Cedar Rapids as a top high-spot territory, noting a 29 percent median gain over last year within a 1,000,000-plus population region.
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Cedar Rapids
Forbes Magazine
United States
Cedar
Coder
Rankin Ie
Predict Revival of Ruml Plan in Senate Finance Panel
Washington(AP) Supporters on the Senate finance committee predicted revival of the Ruml pay as you go plan for current collection of individual income taxes. Senator Byrd said Beardsley Ruml would be available for consultation next week as the committee considers rate schedules in the new bill. Senator Clark added the panel might summon Ruml for further examination amid objections and possible modifications.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Beardsley Rum
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Clark
D-Mo
Rumi
Iowa Marine Helps Rub Out Japs in Guadalcanal
Victor H Jones from Toledo reports for a U S Marine headquarters dispatch dated August 21 from Guadalcanal Selemon Islands. The Tenaru river battle ends after 14 hours with heavy Japanese losses and clean up despite sniper fire.
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Iowa Marine
Guadalcanal
Ry Rickard Tregase
S. U. S. Marine
Guadelzanal
Selemon Islands
Briton Praises Swell Job by U S Tankmen at Alamein
UP staff correspondent Henry T. Gorrell reports on American crews in General Grant tanks aiding British forces at the Alamein front. A British major praised their performance saying they behaved nobly, insisted on taking part, and helped repulse Rommel’s assault alongside Allied artillery support.
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Aide
Rommel
Erwin Rommel
Imperial Armored Corps
England
G-Men Nab Trio as Jap Propagandists
The FBI announced the arrest of three men for directing a Japanese propaganda plan to influence the United States and feed news to Mexico and the Negro press. Joseph Smyth Irving Henry Williams and eo Matheson were charged with acting as agents of a foreign government without notification. They faced up to ten years in prison or a $5,000 fine.
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New York
FBI
United States
Mexico
Joseph Smyth
Old Lyme
Conn
Irving Henry Williams
Noroton
Eo Matheson
Washington
Smyth
Matheson
Office of Inter-American Affairs
Rockefeller Committee
Schools in Camden to run six day week in wartime plan
Camden officials announce that all 40 public grammar and high schools will operate on a six day week and close during two winter months to conserve fuel. The wartime emergency scheduling remains in effect. thirty schools burn coal while the rest use fuel oil.
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Camden
N. J
Board of Education
Nazis Executed Czech Clergymen
London AP reports Germany has executed 1,568 Czechs in reprisal for Reinhard Heydrich's assassination including four churchmen: Orthodox Bishop Gerazd Elder Jan Sonneveld Dr Vladimir Petrek and Vaclav Cikl. The actions follow killings, arrests and destruction of villages as Nazi retaliation intensifies.
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London
Gestapo
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard
Mheydrich
Flos
Bohemia-Moravia
Gerazd
Jan Sonneveld
Vladimir Petrek
Vaclav Cikl
Vakia Speaks at Czech Reformed Church in Rapids 1922
In 1922 Vakia visited the United States and spoke at the Czech Reformed Church in Rapids. He was a classmate of the Rev. Msgr. August Vojacek of St. Wenceslaus Church and Olomouc’s Moravian theological college, Moravia.
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Vakia
United States
Czech Reformed Church
Rapids
Msgr
August Vojacek
St. Wenceslaus Church
Olomouc Theological College
Moravia
Plan Inventory Control To End Supply Hoarding
AP reports the War Production Board moved to curb civilian supply hoarding and ensure equitable distribution. The plan regulates inventories held by retailers and wholesalers, with exemptions for small businesses and certain merchants, aiming to prevent stockpiling while shortages persist.
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Washington
War Production Board
Gun battle erupts as youths clash with police in Belfast
In Belfast police clashed with several youths in the winding streets. A 16 year old gunman fired during the incident, part of ongoing IRA related clashes. Police reported multiple detentions and IRA elements involved in the flare up amid historic tensions.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Red Attacks On Budapest And Vienna War Report
London AP reports renewed raids as four motor fortresses attack Rouen railway yards for the second time. Boston Douglas bombers hit Le Havre docks. Three squadrons of Fortresses fly the largest European raid yet. All U S planes return. six Allied fighters missing.
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London
Rouen
Boston
le Havre
Europe
United States
Allied air raids hit Vienna Budapest and Bremen fronts widen
Allied bombers struck Vienna and Budapest Friday night while British planes hit Bremen in a major raid. Russians bombed Breslau and Koenigsberg as daylight raids expanded over northern France. London endured a brief alarm as hundreds of RAF and US bombers pursued targets across Germany and Poland. One plane reportedly shot down. Berlin claimed Hungary was struck from the northeast.
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Europe
Vienna
Budapest
Germany
Bremen
London
Austria
Hungary
Breslau
Baltic
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
France
Royal Air Force
Poland
Middle Danube
Berlin
Russia
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Amewan
Victor H Jones
Toledo
Guadalcania
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Tenaru
Sconomene
U.S
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Imperial Army
Alamein
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