Angry Bull Kills Farmer at Sweetland
Theodore Salemink a 59 year old Sweetland township farmer was killed by an angry bull in his pasture about 800 am today. The attack left him mortally injured and his body found amid torn clothing near a slight hill as neighbors restrained the bull and prepared to decide its fate. Salemink is survived by his wife and two children and his body was moved to Hoffmann Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
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Theodore Salemink
Sweetland Township
Salemink
W. S. Norton
Sweetland
Leo Salemink
Bernadine
Davenport
Fred Nesper
L. A. Brei
Elmer Fischer
Reggie Carter
Leo
Service
Journal
Mr. Salemink
Lee
Britain and Poland Sign Mutual Aid Pact in London
Great Britain and Poland formalize mutual assistance with an eight article agreement signed at the Foreign Office by Lord Halifax and Ambassador Count Edward Raczyński. The pact follows a provisional arrangement from Beck’s London visit and aims to reassure allies amid German skepticism of Britain’s pledge to aid Poland.
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London
Great Britain
Poland
Foreign Office
Lord Halifax
Count Edward Raczynski
United Kingdom
Josef Beck
House of Commons
Italy Calls Two Classes of Reservists
Italy called two more reservist classes to active duty raising total mobilized forces. The 1903 and 1913 birth cohorts join about 1.3 million already under arms. Naval and air ranks are said to be nearly full since Aug 21, with 35 militia battalions also called up. Mussolini appeared briefly but said nothing.
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Rome
Italy
Five Die and Many Hurt in Coventry Blast
An explosion at Coventry, a manufacturing center north west of London, kills five and injures many. Hundreds of shop windows are shattered, buses damaged, and the main shopping street left covered in glass. Three stores demolished and three arrests reported.
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London
Coventry
Roosevelt Not Ready to Call Congress on War Imminence
President Roosevelt said the European tension is not certain to lead to war and he will not summon Congress unless war seems imminent. He discussed neutrality legislation, awaiting responses to peace appeals, and outlined preparations including evacuation plans and financial measures.
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Washington
I AP
Roosevelt
Congress
Adolf Hitler
Ignace Moscicki
Mer Present
Germany
Poland
Italy
Weather Outlook And Roosevelt Truce Proposals
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with slight warmth in northwest regions. Illinois forecast shows fair to partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the south tonight and Saturday. Roosevelt sent messages to Hitler urging a triad to end the Nazi Polish dispute via direct negotiation, impartial arbitration, or neutral conciliation.
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Illinois
Roosevelt
Europe
Stephen T. Early
United States
Hitler
Vittorio Emanuele
der Fuehrer
Munich
Mrs Thompson Called in Death at Tipton Home
Nellie M. Thompson 82 died at 4 35 am at daughter Mrs A R Tipton home 806 West Third street after years long illness. Born near Montpelier Iowa May 25 1857 daughter of LeGrand and Julia Loomis Morehouse she married Theron Thompson March 9 1882. Surviving children Maynard L. Thompson Mrs A R Tipton Mrs J R Gibson two grandchildren sister and brother and nieces. Funeral 10 30 am Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church Greenwood Cemetery Fairbanks Home for Funerals in charge
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Nellie M. Thompson
A. R. Tipton
West Third Street
Thompson
Montpelier
LeGrand
Julia Loomis Morehouse
New York State
Muscatine County
Mississippi River
Nellie Morehouse
Buffalo
Theron Thompson
Patricia G. Tipton
Elise E. Thompson
Muscatine
J. A. Stephens
Davenport
Edwin L. Morehouse
Burlingame
Calif
L. E. Morehouse
William Smith
San Francisco
Tipton
Stanley M. Fullwood
Trinity Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Fairbanks Home For
Hawkeye Button Factory to Open on Monday
The Hawkeye Pearl Button Company will reopen its factory at Second and Oak on a curtailed basis Monday morning, announced president Fred C. Vetter. He said limited operations will resume to begin recovery efforts after a shutdown.
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Hawkeye
Hawkeye Pearl Button Company
Second and
Oak Streets
Fred C. Vetter
Vetter
Britain Hails Roosevelt Peace Appeals Amid Grim War Readiness
London hailed Roosevelt's peace appeals as a ray of hope in a darkening European crisis. Officials welcomed the moves as potentially steering toward a conference rather than armed conflict while Britain prepared to uphold Poland's defense if needed. The Times praised the Italian mediation push as a courageous effort to make reason prevail at a grave hour.
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London
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Ignace Moscicki
Poland
Lord Halifax
Chamberlain
Halifax
Britain
Vittorio Emanuel
Italy
Times
Plant to reach normal capacity within a week
The plant will be kept in force as possible with additions added as fast as machinery and shells can be readied. It is expected to operate at normal capacity by a week from next Monday. Work this week focuses on inventory and readiness as the plant prepares to reopen after a strike settlement on Saturday.
War Crisis Flashes Across Major Nations
Associated Press summary reports Berlin delaying actions after Hitler summons the British ambassador while Russia seeks last minute peace. Britain and Poland sign mutual aid. Danzig protests over Free City leadership. Tokyo turns isolationist. Rome mobilizes reservists to 1.8 million. Paris urges Poland without provoking Germany. Canada cancels leaves as defense readies for possible involvement. Moscow bids farewell to Voroshilov as three power talks end.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Russia
Roosevelt
London
Britain
Poland
Danzig
Free City Senate
Free City
Tokyo
Japan
Rome
Italy
Paris
France
Germany
Daladier
Ottawa
Ont
Ian Mackenzie
Canada
Weber Button Firm and Union Sign One-Year Contract
Officials of No. 289 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the Weber and Sons Button Company inked a yearlong contract effective immediately. Ed Schultheis signed for the union with company officials, covering the main Weber factory at 1008-14 East Sixth Street and the Schwalm and Resnick plants. The agreement mirrors terms ratified at McKee Button, Iowa Pearl Button, and Hawkeye firms.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Weber and Sons Button Company, Inc
Weber
W. D. Randall
Amalgamated Union
Ed Schultheis
The
Amalgamated
East Sixth Street
Schwalm
East Fourth Street
Resnick
Park Lane
Atty. Randall
McKee Button Company
Iowa Pearl Button Company
Hawkeye
Elevation of Nazi Leader Provokes Polish Protest at Danzig
Poland lodged a formal note to the Danzig senate protesting the elevation of Albert Forster as head of state of the Free City. Reports say the note may not be answered. Danzig mobilizes troops and tightens border measures as tensions rise.
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Danzig
Poland
Albert Forster
The
Free City
Dr E H Carlson Named City Health Physician
Dr E H Carlson was unanimously elected city health physician to succeed Dr Walter Norem in a special session of the board of health. Carlson, a long time member of medical associations, will earn 75 dollars monthly and investigates three reported unsanitary conditions including pig keeping on Busch and Nebraska streets.
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E. H. Carlson
Walter Norem
Board of Health
Carlson
American Medical Associations
Norem
Persia
George J. Wenzlick
E. O. Muhs
Temple M. Miller
Wenzlick
William Aldbaugh
Busch Street
Frank Martin
Nebraska Street
Carl Walz Place
West Front Street
Nazi Fuehrer in Conference With Britain
Berlin reports say Hitler met British ambassador Sir Nevile Henderson this afternoon amid renewed talk of a peace offer in the German Polish dispute. Talks with France Italy and Japan followed. Official details remained unrevealed and a negative reply to Roosevelt’s plea was anticipated by many Berlin sources.
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Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
France
Italy
Japan
Louis P. Lochner
Poland
Great Britain
Gemany
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Keitel
Germany
Foreign Office
Deutsche Diplomatische Politische Korrespondenz
Roosevelt
England
Russia
Warsaw
Britain
City Maintains Mill Levy for Third Year in Muscatine
Muscatine officials kept the total mill levy at 13,485 mills for 1939 1940, maintaining city services with slightly over 1200000 in taxes and adding funds for airport repairs and police retirement. The plan allocates 2.50 mills general fund 75 grading 125 sewer 75 improvement 25 levee 30 fire 625 park 25 garbage 50 road 06 police pension 06 police retirement 125 library and other bonds and emergency funds.
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Muscatine
Municipal Airport Commission
H. H. Hanson
C. Fred Porter
Board of Health
Eleven Americans Freed at Franco Border Crossing
Eleven American prisoners captured by the Nationalists during the civil war were freed today and crossed the border into France. The aviator Harold Whitey Dahl, held since July 1937, was not among those liberated. Another group of Americans was expected to be released within a few weeks.
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Hendaye
France
Harold
Whitey) Dahl
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Mussolini
Palazzo Venezia
Moscow
K. E. Voroshiloff
Danzig Vorposten
Senate
Gdynia
Danziger Vorposten
College of Medical Evangelists
Los Angeles
Los Angeles General Hospital
Spartanburg General Hospital
Spartanburg
S. C
Joliet, HI
Mulberry Avenue
Nazi Fuehrer
Turkey
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