Axis pact shifts balance as war drums beat in Europe
J W T Mason argues the Berlin alliance among Germany Italy and Japan benefits the Axis by delaying Allied action and complicating Balkan plans. He notes Russia retreated on Balkans while Japan may aid only if Europe widens, warning the United States to stay out or face escalation. He also questions Spain's stance and Franco's position amid shifting power dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. T Mason
United Press
Berlin
Japan
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Murtars
Utary
Oaimp
Great Britain
Eayot
Grazian Wa
Red Star
Russia
Balkans
Greece
Turkey
Balkar
Middle East
Eurnopean
African
United States
America
Spain
Franco
Charter Member Cards Mailed for Linn Willkie Club
Linn county Willkie club begins first mailing of charter membership cards with lapel buttons and windshield stickers. Temporary chairman David G. Bleakley urges complete enrollment lists and notes headquarters at 312 Third Avenue SE will process mailings. correct telephone number is 26933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Willkie Club
David G. Bleakley
Association
Mr. Bleakley
Third Avenue SE
Mr Bleakley
Bleakley
Couple Wed 63 Years At Columbus Junction
Mr and Mrs J S Blair of Columbus Junction celebrate their 63rd wedding anniversary. Ada Stapp wed J S Blair in 1877 at the Stapp home. Ada s twin Ida Stapp married Joseph Duncan in a double ceremony. Blair served on the town council and as postmaster for eight years under Wilson. daughter Nettie Lewis is now postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Duncan
Blair
Columbus Junction
Woodrow Wilson
Nettie Lewis
Survivors From Sunk City of Benares Safe After Lifeboat Ordeal
Forty six survivors, including a 21 year old teacher and 12 year old Kenneth Sparks, were found eight days after the refugee ship City of Benares was torpedoed in mid Atlantic. A British patrol plane rescued them 600 miles at sea. 247 of 406 aboard perished.
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City of Benares
mid-Atlantic
Kenneth Sparks
City of
Benares
Kenneth
Mary Cornish
Bulldog Drummond
Alfred Capel
Ronald Cooper
Dundee
Scotland
Bohdan Nagorski
Oxford Jet Man Seriously Hurt In Crash With Truck
J B McGuire a 35 year old Milwaukee railroad telegraph operator at Oxford Junction was critically injured when his sedan rear ended a semi truck on highway 151 four miles southwest of Anamosa. The truck driver Charles West said he flashed to pass and recalled the collision as the car struck the trailer causing multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
R. D. Cooley
McGuire
West
McGuire Hurt In Trailer Accident Hospitalized
Ambulance took McGuire to the hospital after a Thursday morning trailer accident. Officials had not yet obtained his version of what happened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuire
Jury Returns 3000 Dollar Verdict In Damage Suit
Independence district court awarded Floyd N. Dean 3000 dollars after 14 hours of deliberation in a damage suit against Orville Shatzer and Frank Prochaska. The plaintiff sought 8656.87 for medical bills hospital expenses pain and suffering loss of time and personal suffering from a July 4 1938 highway 11 collision between Fayette and Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
District Court
Floyd N. Dean
Orville Shatzer
Frank Prochaska
Highway 11
Fayette and
Oelwein
Shatzer
Prochaska
Dean
Clayton County Slot Machine Fines Total 950
The Clayton county school fund received 950 from fines paid by 14 slot machine operators after a raid weeks earlier. Fines ranged from 50 to 150 each, with operators from Strawberry Point Guttenberg Elkport Clayton Center Farmersburg and Marquette. This accounts for 25 of 33 machines seized. eight remain to be disposed of.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Strawberry Point
Guttenberg
Elkport
Clayton Center
Farmersburg
Marquette
Farmers face debt from New Deal checks claim
Des Moines Iowa secretary of agriculture M G Thornburg says seven million farmers will have received about three billion dollars in checks by 1940, averaging roughly 430 dollars per farm, while national debt rose 25 percent. He argues the dole misapplies basic arithmetic and harms farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gazette
Des Moines
M. G. Thornburg
Iowa
Thornburg
Farm Debt Burden Shifting to Farmers
The passage argues farmers, about a quarter of the population, must shoulder one-fourth of the national debt equal to six and a quarter billion dollars. It contends the policy would cost about $890 per farm and criticizes planners for mixed subsidies and land mortgage actions.
Two Personal Injury Suits Filed At Anamosa
LaVon Scott of Cedar Rapids sues for $5,000 claiming damages for personal injuries from an automobile collision in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Anamosa —LaVon Scott
Cedar Rapids
Lawsuit Seeks Damages Over Auto Crash Involving Buckner
J E Tyler of Anamosa sues M E Buckner near Amber for 1585 dollars claiming injuries from an automobile accident last July. Case listed for the fall term of court in Anamosa. Damages sought against J K Delahooke of Anamosa appear in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Delahooke
Anamosa
J. E. Tyler
Tyler and Downing
M. E. Buckner
Near Amber
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Europe
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Linn Willkie Club
TRY Gel-Rite
Selatin
Taste Rite Foods
Oxford
Dalunaway
Fieldcrest
Craemer
Interesting Nation
1St Ave
Kleinert
Craemer’s
Rosemary JO Wentworth
McCall
York
ASW
Off Face
Berets
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