Iowa Movie Industry War Bond Drive Director Named
Slater O Hare of Wellman was named Iowa director of the movie industry war bond campaign for September after selling $16000 in war bonds and stamps in July at his 200 seat theater. Local theaters will stage bond premieres and attractions to boost sales as part of a nationwide drive. Merle Yargelson, 18 months, was revived by Ames firemen after falling into a stock watering tank southwest of Ames near Kelley. he was rescued by bystanders and given artificial respiration at a local fire station.
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Slater O’hare
Wellman
Iowa
O'Hare
Babe's Restaurant
Sixth Ave
Ames- Merle Yargelson
Ames
Here
Kelley
Yargelsons
Merle
Seek Suspect for Stabbing at Albia
A warrant was issued Monday night for the arrest of Dave Reece, 35, Ot tumwa Kansas, a factory worker, in connection with the stabbing of Edgar Dutch Jones, 37, Lawrence Kansas, a war plant employee. Jones remained in serious condition after a 9 inch gash in the abdomen required 22 stitches. The incident occurred Saturday night as Jones wheeled his infant along Albia’s main square, Monroe County.
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Albia
Dave Reece
Ottumwa
Edgar
Dutch) Jones
Lawrence
Kan
Monroe County
John W. Goodwin
Jones
Miners Hospital
Cedar Rapids Captain Cockburn Missing in War Receives Silver Star
Parents of Cedar Rapids native Captain George H. Cockburn Jr. learn by letter that he has been missing since the fall of Corregidor. The note reveals he received a Silver Star for gallantry and led a battalion in the Philippine army. He wrote that the paper he held came from a dead Japanese officer after a recent skirmish.
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Cedar Rapids
George H. Cockburn
Corregidor
Cockburn
Speeders Given Jail Terms in Davenport Court
Magistrate John J. McSwiggin sentenced five traffic violators in Davenport police court. Sentences ranged from one day in jail for speeding to four days for reckless driving as charges included running stop lights and failing to obtain a driver’s license. The magistrate warned that if drivers continue ignoring traffic laws he will fill the jail.
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Davenport
John J. McSwiggin
MeSwigein
Cedar Rapids Man Killed in Henry County Crash
J. C. De Groat of Cedar Rapids died at Memorial hospital after his car swerved off an approach to a bridge and plunged 25 feet into an embankment seven miles south of Mount Pleasant Sunday night. His wife, who accompanied him, suffered a severe back injury. De Groat was en route from Cedar Rapids to Quincy, Illinois.
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Mount Pleasant
J. C. de Groat
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Hospital
de Groat
Quincey
Defense School Teaches Gas Odors For War Readiness
Intense interest marked a defense school session led by Commander Ivan Norton. Students, including visiting women from Minnesota, tested non toxic sniff sets exposing Lewite gas as a deadly war odor. Tonight offers Phosgene exposure and more on gas masks care and air raid procedures.
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Defense School
Ivan Norton
Minnesota
New Treason Charges Will Be Announced
Attorney General Francis Biddle is expected to announce treason charges tomorrow against 14 alleged aids to Nazi saboteurs. If convicted, the statute carries a virtually mandatory death sentence. the judge may impose it.
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Washington, D.C
Francis Biddle
Extra Sugar for Industrial and Retail Users
Bulletin from the county rationing office announces an extra sugar allotment for industrial and institutional users for July through October. Industrial users receive 10 percent and institutional users 25 percent extra of their sugar base, with no change to regular allotment calculations. Applications for September October may be filed after August 7, to allow July and August sugar access earlier. a price adjustment bulletin explains retail price applications by sellers facing hardship.
Iowa State Holds Fourth Defense School
Ames Iowa Aug. 11 forty three men study the duties of civilian defense at the fourth defense school conducted by Iowa State College Graduation Saturday will see the participants aiding in the development of local civilian defense units. Lindon J Murphy heads the school as the fire fighting expert in engineering extension.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Lindon J. Murphy
Discretion in Imposing Fines and Prison for Death Sentence
The court retains discretion to impose a fine and prison term if it does not recommend a death sentence. This reflects judicial choice in sentencing when capital punishment is not urged by the court.
Iowa Increases August War Bond Quota To 18 Million
The U S Treasury and Iowa officials set August War Bond quota at 18 015 344 reflecting a 4 765 344 upward revision to cover deficits in seasonal counties The state uses annual pledges rather than monthly ones and will carry shortages into the next month until crops and livestock sales catch up The national August quota stands at 815 000 000 and future months will adjust by cumulative sales versus targets
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Iowa
Treasury
War Savings Staff
Treasury Department
Japs Give Red Cross No Surety
Red Cross officials said Japan has not guaranteed safe conduct for an American ship carrying aid to POWs in the Far East. The Kanangoora, a 7000 ton Swedish motorship, was chartered for the mission and is in San Francisco awaiting departure. Parcel mailing directions were issued urging delivery to the San Francisco district postal censor by August 12.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Red Cross
Far East
San Francisco
Prisoners of War Board of the
Navy Department
United States Postal Service
Bombing Raid Reported on Canton by U S Forces
U S bombers and fighters conducted raids in China, targeting Japanese bases along a 600 mile front from Hangkow to Canton at the Pearl River estuary. The August 11 report from Hangyang notes heavy bombing of Canton and broader offensive air operations in support of the Southwest Pacific campaign.
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Ss. Army Air Force
Hangyang
United States
Canton
U. Ss. Army Air Force
Hengyang
China
Southwest Pacific
Hangkow
Pearl River Estuary
Russia
Stalingrad
Volga
Caucasus
Maikop
Movorossisk
Tuatse
Black Sea
Moscow
Kleskia
Five Bodies Recovered After Milwaukee Brewery Warehouse Collapse
Milwaukee police report five bodies dug from debris as district attorney Steffes opened proceedings into the warehouse collapse that trapped 12 workers. Rescue teams had worked through the night as investigators sift through 30 feet of rubble from the Joseph Smith Brewing Co facility storing 400,000 cases of bottles. The disaster, the deadliest in 25 years since the Christopher Columbus incident, prompted further search for remaining missing workers.
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Milwaukee
Herbert Steffes
Joseph Smith Brewing Co
Man Donates 134 Old Records To Campaign
A Washington man contributed 134 old phonograph records to a drive collecting material to make new records for use at army camps and other U S armed forces centers. The campaign runs until August 15 and participants may leave items in a receptacle at the band stand in Central Park.
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United States
Washington
Central Park
Fall in His Home Takes Life of Iowan
A. A. Hilden brand, 68, of Northwood died in an Albert Lea hospital from a broken neck after a fall downstairs at his Northwood home last Tuesday night. The funeral will be here Wednesday afternoon.
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Northwood
A. A. Hildenbrand
Albert Lea
Minn
Delhi Rioting Creeps On As Police Fire On Demonstrators
Rioting and strikes flare in Delhi and Bombay with fires at a municipal office lobby and injuries to three officials. Police, aided by troops, warn of stern measures as unrest spreads to northern Bombay where trains are attacked and traffic halts.
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Bombay
India
Delhi
Matunga
Bloodshed erupts in Chandi Chauk riot in Delhi
In New Delhi police fired on a demonstrator during clashes at Chandi Chauk the famed jewelry district. Several injuries reported as crowds protested with student pickets and a British deputy commissioner and police wounded. The street, known as Street of Silver, has a history of sacking and bloodshed.
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New Delhi
India
Chandi Chauk
The
All-India Radio
North
Divorce Suits Filed in Kahoka District Court Today
Two divorce petitions were filed in district court alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Maria Raymond seeks a decree from Lester H. Raymond. married September 14, 1935, separated May 1, 1942. Lyall W. Moore sues Leona Moore. married May 30, 1942.
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Clerk of
District Court
Kahoka
Maria Raymond
Lester H. Raymond
L. J. Kehoe
Lyall W. Moore
Leona Moore
Solomons Battle Seen Uncertain as Forces Press Tulagi
Allied reports describe a key stage in the Tulagi fight with no decisive outcome. American footholds at Tulagi Bay and heavy air and naval strikes against supply lines in New Guinea and Timor are noted as radio silence preserves the battle status.
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United Press
Solomon Islands
Tulagi
Tulagi Bay
New Guinea
Timor
Krabill to Lecture on New Iowa Elementary Course at Parsons
Fairfield Iowa August 11 L B Krabill Washington county superintendent of schools will lecture at Parsons college Wednesday August 12 at 2 15 PM during the weekly conference on the New Iowa elementary school course of study He will discuss the science section of the course and the conference is open to teachers not in school as well as summer semester students Krabill has wide experience with rural and town schools and his talk is expected to be helpful.
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Fairfield
Iowa
L. B. Krabill
Washington County
Mt Union Residents Visit J B McConahey and Besse Jones Homes
Mr and Mrs Everett Gabeline of Mt Union were calling Sunday in the J B McConahey and Besse Jones homes.
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Everett Gabeline
Mt. Union
J. B. McConahey
Besse Jones
Divorce Decree Reported In Montezuma Court
In a Montezuma court today Judge Frank Bechly heard one divorce case and granted a decree though not yet on file. The petition notes the couple as husband and wife until June 28 1942 with Ingalls Swisher of Iowa City as attorney for the plaintiff. The judge plans to be in Washington until tomorrow noon and to return for another day of court on August 26.
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Ingalls Swisher
Iowa City
Frank Bechly
Montezuma
Washington
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