34 Linn Selectees Off To Serve in U.S. Army
About 34 Linn county men from Selective Service Board embark Tuesday for military service. A sendoff at the old federal building featured remarks by YMCA official Elbert Beaver and gifts from several local and veterans groups. Next sendoff is scheduled for Friday at Union station with board No 2 members leaving.
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Linn
U.S. Army
Linn County
Selective Service Board
Federal Building
Moose Cavalier
Union Station
Dodge
Elbert Beaver
Y.M.C.A
Hanford Post
American
Legion Auxiliary
Red Cross
Iowa Volunteers Auxiliary
D.A.V
Navy Mothers’ Club
Salvation Army
Veterans of Foreign Wars
No. 2
Washington
Soldiers Preference Law Does Not Shield Examiners
Iowa Supreme Court ruled that state examiners in the auditor's office are not protected from discharge by the soldiers preference law. In 5 to 4 decisions, the court found the examiner positions are confidential to the state auditor, exempting them from the veterans protection.
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DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
W. L. Bliss
Mason City
Rudolph F. Klatt
Clarence W. Neargard
Karl Warner
Chet B. Akers
Lou Ladd
Churchill Warns Against Front Speculation and Reports Madagascar Capture
In the House of Commons Churchill urged against any time or place speculation on a second Allied front. He announced the capture of Tulear Madagascar’s last southern port and said there was no limit preventing bombing Rome or other targets. A British officer urged foreseeing a landing on French soil as Allied offensives develop.
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Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Tulear
Madagascar
Britain
Rome
Mr. Willkie
Moscow
Wendell L. Willkie
Churchill
C People
Sas
R. J. C. Boothy
Royal Navy
Nicer
Majunga
Diego Suarez
Tananarive
James Cagney Elected to Academy of Motion Picture Arts
Hollywood reports James Cagney has been elected a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The announcement came on Tuesday, signaling recognition for the famed actor's contributions to cinema.
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Hollywood
James Cagney
Iae Micien Uieass Acada
Eliot Sees Postwar America Driven by Private Enterprise
Charles W. Eliot, director of the National Resources Planning board, told the Cooperative League of America congress that a stronger postwar economy will rest on government participation and private enterprise. He argued for broader consumer purchasing power and the rapid use of venture capital with government assistance, warning against shrinking investment and stressing that economic democracy requires expanding demand.
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Minneapolis
Charles W. Eliot
National Resources Planning Board
America
Eliot
Roosevelt
Cooperative League of America
U.S. Plans Equipment Move for Russian Refinery
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced a letter of intent signed after a telegram from Harold L. Ickes approving a giant new refinery project to produce aviation gasoline for Russia. Equipment will be shipped to an unnamed site in Russia and assembled there with two small refineries dismantled and a larger plant replaced by new machinery.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Harold L. Ickes
Treasury
Lend-Lease Administration
Russia
Has Spree on High Tension Wire Leads to Jail
Ajax Antolin, 24, was jailed for 30 days on trespassing after climbing a 145 foot high voltage pole in Santa Ana. Observers called him an ape man as sheriffs and residents watched him hang head downward for two hours before he climbed down.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Ajax Antolin
Antolin
Elliott
Ajax
Chicago to surrender one quarter of city typewriters
Mayor Edward J. Kelly ordered city departments to release up to 25 percent of their typewriters in response to the War Production Board appeal for half a million machines. The WPB will buy the machines at costs current on February 1, 1941.
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Chicago
INS
War Production Board
Edward J. Kelly
WPB
Washington Musings on Capitol Life in Early Winter
Notes from the Capital by George Stimpson describe crowded sidewalks and March era traffic, with women in slacks increasing in Washington streets and late shopping nights. A soldier on leave finds a $7 hotel room, phones are scarce, and lineups form outside call booths.
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Obins
Washington
Capitol Grounds
Driver wrecks his cab to aid police chase for killer suspect
CHICAGO UP A cabdriver named Joseph Pokorn thwarted a suspect by wrecking his taxi to ensure police could corner Paul Williams 23 a murder suspect Williams had boarded the cab and threatened the driver with a pistol during a plan to reach a location Police pursued and captured Williams after the crash with the patrol car nearby.
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Chicago
Joseph Pokorn
Paul Williams
Thomas Papayanis
Williams
Pokorn
Arrest Follows Pole Collision After Grpple Attempt
A pursuit ended when Pokorn struggled with Williams and was confronted by Patrolmen Frank Weiner and Walter Peterson who raced from a patrol car and placed him under arrest after the control and smash into a light pole.
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Pokorn
Williams
Frank Weiner
Walter Peterson
Allies Bomb Tobruk And Bengasi Again
Cairo AP reports American and RAF heavy bombers hit Bengasi harbor targets Sunday night while British medium bombers caused a violent explosion and multiple fires at Tobruk.
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Cairo
Bengasi
Tobruk
Sioux City Warned of Epidemic of Diphtheria
Sioux City health director Dr. John A. Cowan warned Tuesday that the city may face a diphtheria epidemic. He said one death has occurred and numerous other cases have been reported.
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Sioux City
John A. Cowan
Cowan
Brokaw Commissioned as Army Air Forces Lieutenant
Omer L. Brokaw announces his son Brokaw has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces at the Mather Field California advanced flying school after 15 weeks in the aerial navigator's school and further study in Dallas Texas Montgomery Alabama Al se N M and Santa Ana California. He is ordered to Long Beach California as navigator in the ferry command. He is a McKinley high school graduate and attended Iowa State College for two years before joining the air corps as an aviation cadet.
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Omer Kingston Brokaw
Omer L. Brokaw
Bever Avenue
Army Air Force
Mather Field
Calif
Dallas
Texas
Montgomery
Ala
Alse N. M
Santa Ana
Brokaw
Long Beach
Ferry Command
McKinley High School
Iowa State College
Air Corps
War Bonds Promote Thrift and Saving for America
The message urges thrift by highlighting War Bonds as a means to save. It encourages purchasing ten percent of each paycheck to support the nation and financial well being.
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America
Somervell Decries Complacency Amid World War II Realities
Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell told a Missouri audience that the United Nations face a "terrific shellacking" and Americans must shed complacency. He blasted leaders, warned of self-distracting politics, and urged unity to defeat Hitler and Japan, noting losses in ships, men, and resources.
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Soda Fountain
Dared by Woman Kills Man Then Herself in Princeton
In Princeton Indiana Mrs Goldie Milan 32 was fatally wounded by Sam Hunt 50 after she dared him to shoot her for 35 cents He fired hitting her then turned the gun on himself and died Coroner Roy Smith reported Hunt and Milan had attended a gambling and drinking party at Hunt's home and argued before the incident
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Princeton
Ind
Goldie Milan
Sam Hunt
Roy Smith
Hunt
Marmola Diet Guide Cautions Fit Fat Women Weight Loss
A cautionary ad urges fat women to slim without starvation and to use Marmola tablets only per package directions. It warns Marmola is not a cure-all and advises consulting a physician before use. Druggists have sold over a million packages in the past thirty years.
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