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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
3
Sale notices include tomatoes for canning with phone contact 17R12 and a junior Britannica pen discount at Anderson's. Also listed are Boy Scout accessories and a nearly new trombone with phone 8431.
Jack Farley of ie Ky already is in Philadelphia for the national Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment with Aug 24 set for the event. Farley, nicknamed the Irish traveler, hitchhiked to Philadelphia from his hometown and receives his badge from Florence Pressman.
Iowa's license plate factory at Anamosa reform school uses 500 tons of steel yearly for new tags and replacements. Officials say 1942 plates mostly complete with three counties awaiting small parts. Multi year plates could alter manufacture, but state will wait for federal guidance before adopting.
The piece notes the death of Mussolini's son in a plane crash and contrasts it with remarks from Vittorio, another son known for his aviation service. It mentions Bruno, the younger son, starting as a student pilot, receiving a commission, and rising to captain during campaigns in Ethiopia and Spain.
A reporter reports Finnish forces surrounding a Lake Ladoga port and shelling Russian lines while noting Finnish officers described sailors as reckless. He observes scorched earth, ruined towns, and strong Russian resistance yet no immediate counterattack anticipated.
A dense crossword clue list covering across items 17 to 52 with entries for commen cing words and several down hints. It includes references to paltry phrases and misspelled terms suggesting puzzle wordplay and partial solutions.
Dispatch describes Russian defense blending regular front line troops with poorer reserves, Finland noting frontline retreats pinning the weaker troops back. Finnish officers credit skilled fighting and terrain, with a captured Soviet ammunition train sighted and reports of heavy Soviet losses, while a German veteran recalls high survival rates in bunker assaults.
The Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore died after a heart ailment during a 1930 visit to the United States. He had canceled his lecture tour, but left a legacy through his rural reconstruction institute funded by his Nobel prize money. Tagore, admired by Gandhi, emphasized self respect and India’s independence, saying in New Haven that dawn would come after suffering.
Hull said no definite decision yet on Thai talks as Britain pledges support. a Japanese move toward Thailand could force harsher penalties on Japan. The administration reviews evacuating 600 Americans stranded in Tokyo and a refugee exchange proposal with Japan. Sailings of Japanese vessels were canceled, stranding many Americans who had liquidated assets in the Orient.
A well-informed Dutch insider notes Queen Wilhelmina stays active guiding ministers from her country home and London visits. She rising early, reviewing government dispatches at breakfast, consulting ministers, and occasionally driving to London in a new American car with a Netherlands flag. Her Chester Square town house houses army and navy offices with aides. Anthony Drevel Biddle, U.S. ambassador to the exiled government, is her favored visitor and adviser on non political matters.
A brief note states that London has more newsreel theaters than the entire United States, highlighting a stronger exhibition presence in the capital.
Berlin officials denied German losses but Moscow estimates suggest high Erman casualties in Russia while German reports claim only within limits. The Smolensk fight continues as pace slows and German internal tensions rise over wartime losses. In Rome, Capt Bruno Mussolini, son of Il Duce, died in a flying accident near Pisa.
RAF night fighters attacked airfields in occupied France while Royal Air Force pilots raided Karlsruhe Frankfurt and Mannheim. Bombs hit runways hangars burned and anti aircraft defenses faced heavy fire. Large fires and exploding stores swept industrial districts as crews reported massive destruction.
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