English Channel wire trap nets hit German subs
The piece reports on British wartime measures with a vast wire-mesh net spanning roughly twenty two miles between Folkestone and Cape Gris Nez. It describes 9 712 000 square meshes, each 18 inches, 150 feet deep, heavy anchors, and buoys keeping weights in place to trap submarines.
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English Channel
Strait of Dover
Folkestone Harbor
Cape Gris Nex
France
Wilds
Folkestone
Cape Nez
Forty Years Ago Diller Band Reorganized
Forties timeline notes a reorganization of the Diller band with about twenty members. Movements include Miss Sadie Dowling traveling to Longmont Colorado, Otto Fox planning a multi state drive, and a court suit over deputy salary with ex-deputy J B Zook. A raid on a Odell Commercial Club joint leads to arrests and bond.
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Diller
J B Zook
District Court
Bonawitz
Odell
Commercial Club
Waddington
Waddington On A Warrant Awarp Out By Mr. Shadle
Karl Bork
J. L. Dimmitt
Beatrice
Dan Freeman
Fifty Years Ago Local Notices From Steele City Diller and Odell
Fifty years ago the Methodist advertised a Grove meeting at Steele City on July 27 with attendees from Diller. J C Weere traded his store building to Frank Truxan of Odell for a farm near Filley. Heere sold hardware and undertaker’s business to Faedore and Bixby and moved with his family back to Peoria Illinois.
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Methodist
Steele City
Diller
J C Weere
Frank Truxan
Odell
Filley
Weere
Uodertaker
Faedore& Bixby
Peoria
Illinois
Woodring Resigns Over Defense Stance Against Allies
Topeka dispatch relayed by the Defender Magazine quotes Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring saying a small clique of international financiers sought to force his resignation to push the U.S. into Europe. He defended adequate defense and opposed stripping American defenses for war with Hitler, predicting he would resign rather than yield.
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Harry H. Woodring
Henry L. Stimaon
Topeka
Kansas
Defender
Wichita
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Wasdburn College
Woodring
Europe
United States
Hitler
Kansasa
The Mortal Storm and Primrose Path Lead Film Notes
Noted stars James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan with Robi Young and Morgan in The Mortal Storm and Ginger Rogers with Joel McCrea in Primrose Path. Also featured are Mere Obron in Over The Moon and accompanying news items and cartoons.
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James Stewart
Margaret Sullivan
Robi. Young
Morgan
Ginger Rogers
Joel McCrea
Weekend Film Pair Shows Shirley Garfield in Saturday’s Children
Friday and Saturday present Ann Shirley and John Garfield with Claude Rains in Saturday s Children plus Margaret Lindsay and Geo Sanders in House of Seven Geobles. News notes appear with this bill.
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Ann Shirley
John Garfield
Claude Rains
Margaret Lindsay
Geo. Sanders
Plus News
Diller Bank Robbery Linked to Iowa and Kansas Fugitives
A Diller bank robbery nets bandits Ivan Sullivan and Lowell Haenze, with pursuit across Iowa and Kansas. Police recover about $3,800. Haenze wounded, Sullivan captured, both linked to Wilber and Marysville robberies. Reporters and officials from multiple agencies converge as details and fate of the trio unfold.
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John
Jefferson County
Dwight Young
Chas Waggoner
Young
Don Shearon
Fairbury News
I BI
State Sheriffs Office
Fairbury
Beatrice
Ivan Sullivan
Trenton
Lowell Haenze
Sleepy Eye
Mion
Forrest Betes
Arkansas
Iowa State
Fort Madison
Wilber State Bank
Winthrop
Mino
Grand Island
Iowa Penitentiary
Diller State Bank
Wilber
Diller
Haenze
Lincoln
Sullivania
Kansas City
Kansas
Marysville
Sullivan Etole
Merysville
Sullivan
Atchison and
St Joseph
Missouri River
St Joe
W.E. Anderson
Law
the Record
Chas. Waggouver
Sheriff Young
Kansac
Forest Estes
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Colorado
Loren Hale
Akron
Earl Weigel
Sylvia Fish
Merele Fish
Mr. Fish
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Sadie Dowling
Longmont
Otto Fox
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Homer Clark
Blue Springs
Nebr
Fairbury Nebr
Wat Sect
Bonham Tmratre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Lak
Diller Bank Robbery
Haenz
Insurance Acjustera
Fuoda
Insurance Company
A. Mayborn
Dr. Mayborn
Asme
Mr. Mayborn
Haenzs
Beckman
O. J
Ioar
Iowa
Lowell Haetze
Cochran
Foresi Sistese
W. E. Anderson
Willard Beckman
Penitentiary Hospital
Dilier
Hiaenze
Anderson
James Pickard
W. N. Brinkley
Pansy LaGoorge
ACME
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