Prewar Isolationism Claims Shape Five State Primaries
United Press reports from Ohio Nebraska New York Idaho and Arkansas show incumbents winning in four of five primaries amid attacks tying them to prewar isolationism. Notable results include Fish winning New York 26th district and Sweeney losing Ohio 20th to M. Lt. Foster May tops Nebraska Democratic nomination over Harry Coffee.
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Ohio
Nebraska
New York
Idaho
Arkansas
Fish
Roosevelt
Martin Sweeney
Cleveland
Foster May
Ouaha
Harry Coffee
May
John Thones
Compton White
Henry Worrshak
John L. McLellan
Jack L. Holt
Iowa and Nebraska Tie for Third Lowest TB Death Rate
New York report from the National Tuberculosis Association notes a drop in the 1941 TB death rate to 44 per 100 000 from 46 in 1940 but warns wartime conditions could raise figures in 1942. Nevada records the highest rate at 171, Utah the lowest at 12, while Iowa and Nebraska share third lowest with 11? per 100 000.
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New York
N.Y
National Tuberculosis Association
Nevada
Utah
Iowa
Nebraska
Milk producers protest Iowa City bottling rule
Three Iowa City dairymen Ray Membler C D Jennings and Fred Barnes told the city council that the new milk law’s rule requiring bottling at the place of production is unreasonably restrictive for dairymen with short distances between production and bottling.
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Iowa City
Ray Membler
C. D. Jennings
Fred Barnes
Iowa Cheese Factory Closures Hit Frankville Largest Plant
Owing to government specification changes and shipping space shortages, the Frankville cheese factory, Iowa’s largest, has halted operations. Nordness and Freeport plants had already closed weeks ago after producing for lease lending shipments.
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Decorah
Frankville
Iowa
Nordness
Freeport
Car Cow Collision Fatal to Beverly Brown
Funeral services will be held Thursday for Beverly Brown 19 of Roseau Minnesota who died Monday from injuries after her car struck a cow and plunged into a ditch near Minnesota She was born in istherville to Mr and Mrs Clyde Brown
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S Sthprville
Hazel Bemis
Beverly Brown
Clyde 8 Brown
Roseau
Minn
Minnesota
Miss Brown
Istherville
Farmer Killed as Tractor Turns Over on Manilla Man
Audubon resident Franklin Miller, 37, was killed when a tractor he operated overturned on a new road work site about four miles east of Audubon, late Tuesday afternoon.
Petroleum Company Wins Chain Store Suit
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the Iowa chain store tax law does not apply to Phillips Petroleum Co bulk plant operations in Polk County. The decision contradicts a 1940 federal consent decree that had 13 oil firms paying about $600,000 in taxes for 1936–1940. The ruling was unanimous, authored by Justice Carl B. Stiger.
Young Movie Star Visits Iowa Farm Home
Janna Reed, 20 year old MGM contracted actress, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Mullenger at their Denison area farm four miles south of Denyi. It was her first Iowa farm visit since obtaining her MGM contract over a year ago. She arrived Monday night and did not reveal how long she will stay.
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Janna Reed
Metro Goldwyn-Mayer
William R. Mullenger
Denyi
Iowa
Miss Reed
Carrier Eagle Sunk by Nazis
The admiralty said the aircraft carrier Eagle was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Germany had announced the destroyal the day before.
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London
Eng
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Germany
Rioting in India Escalates as Police Fire on Crowds
London reports the India office denying disorder while New Delhi and Wardha race into violence with police firing on independence demonstrators. The Wardha clash followed baton charges after an illegal meeting, leaving multiple injuries and earlier death and injury tallies in the region.
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London
Eng
India
Indian Office
New Delhi
U.P
Wardha
all-India Congress Party
Governors Orders Guard Units to Iron Ore Regions
Governor Julius P. Heil ordered two companies of the Wisconsin state guard to deploy to the iron ore districts near Superior and Ashland. An emergency was declared after talks with state officials, with 132 men and officers to report by Friday morning.
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Madison, Wis
Julius P. Heil
Ralph Immell
State Guard
Superior
Ashland
Secretary of State
Nazi Casualties In Paris Attack
French patriots reportedly killed or wounded 20 German pilots with hand grenades at a Paris race track during a Nazi attack in Vichy France.
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Paris
Vichy
France
Crowd confronts guards near Wardha Gandhi camp
A mob attacked police and security personnel, pelting stones as crowds refused to disperse near Wardha, six miles from Gandhi’s internment camp at Sevagram.
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Wardha
Gandhi
Congress
Severgram
Pelley Receives 15 Year Term In Sedition Case
UPI reports William Dudley Pelley was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sedition and conspiracy. Judge Robert Metzell also sentenced Pelleys secretary Marian Henderson to two years suspended, and Fellowship Press official Laurence Brown to five years. The Fellowship Press was fined $5,000. no fines for Pelleys group.
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Chicago
Marian Agnes Henderson
Pelley
Laurence E. Brown
Fellowship Press
Noblesville
Funeral services for George M York held yesterday
Funeral services for George M. York were held yesterday at the L A Jones funeral home with Rev Alfred Trenery in charge. Pall bearers were six grandsons Lawrence Smith Junior Haber James Elmer Don and Dean Batterson. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery.
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George M. York
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Alfred Trenerry
Lawrence Smith
Junior Haber
James
Elmer
Don
Dean Batterson
Elm Grove Cemetery
One Country School To Open Monday In August
County Superintendent Lester B. Krabill announces that one rural school in Washington County will start Monday August 17 with several others opening the following Monday and most rural and town schools on Monday August 31. Marjorie Yoder will teach Wassonville in Lime Creek township north of Welligan. Most rural schools have teachers lined up. three remain without announced instructors.
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Washington County
Lester B. Krabill
Marjorie Yoder
Wassonville
Lime Creek Township
Welligan
Krabill
City Defense School Draws 208 Attendees
Commander Ivan Norton reports a successful defense school session with 208 students in attendance. The program covered phosgene gas handling, tank motion pictures, and a briefing by Dr. F. W. Eastwood.
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City School For Defense
Defense School
Ivan Norton
Defense Corps Organization
F. W. Eastwood
Bomb Rhine Areas Again
London reports RAF bombed western Europe in June and July totaling 13 000 tons. Major attack focused on Mainz and the Rhine Marne junction as weather favors operations, with expected continued raids into fall and winter.
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Luftwaffe
Britain
Mainz
Rhineland
Rhine
Marne
Defense corps urged to prevent panics in wartime
Mr. Norton highlighted phosgene gas dangers from World War I and urged formation of a defense organization. Dr. Eastwood said panics in emergencies are best prevented by such a corps. Al Ledger and Helen Little joined a quiz, answering all questions and resisting a spelling challenge. Norton noted five copies of county and town defense organization must be sent to Seventh Army area HQ and lamented low membership.
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Eastwood
Defense Corps
al Ledger
Helen Little
Seventh Army Area Headquarters
Return from State Legion Convention
Commander M L Whittaker of Leon Beatty post Fred Downing A Ralston and J W Peterson are home from Waterloo where they attended the Iowa American Legion convention. Downing served as sergeant at arms of the Iowa department and handled duties at the convention. Dan J O'Brien of Des Moines was elected state commander for the next year.
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M. L. Whittaker
Leon Beatty
Fred Downing
A. Ralston
J. W Peterson
Waterloo
of the American
Wheat Tea Trials Amid Wartime Food Advice
Australian housewives test a wheat tea recipe after a government official recommendation. The method uses wheat, sugar, and salt in an oven browning step, then infusion for each person. The text also notes air raid precautions and upcoming school sessions, with Mr Norton and Mrs Norton heading to Ames for state defense talks.
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Defense Corps
Norton
Ames
Rich Oil Sector Is Menaced by Front Actions
A UPI report notes ongoing battles in the Solomon Islands with gains for American forces near Tulagi harbor. In the Caucasus Axis advances push within 150 miles of Turkey, threatening Novorossisk Tuapse and Caspian oil regions as German forces claim to encircle a Russian force on the Don river bend.
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Russian
Caucasus
Kursk
Grozny Oi Sem
Caspian
Red Army
Novorossisk
Tuatse
Germany
Don River
Standard Rural County Schools Receives $1006 in State Aid
Checks totaling 1006.72 were distributed to 22 Washington county rural schools as recognition for achieving standard school status. County Superintendent Lester B. Krabill announced payments by district including Indian Creek 62.92, Walnut 38.72, Clay Independent 31.46, Pleasant Valley 33.88, Rubio 50.82 in the standard fund.
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Washington County
State Department
Lester B. Krabill
Indian Creek
Brighton Towne Ship
Walnut
Brighton Township
Clay Independent
Clay
Pleasant Valley
Rubio
Bomb Report From Formosa Circulates In Chungking
Unconfirmed reports from Chungking say allied planes, likely American, may have bombed Formosa. The island lies about 200 miles off Amoy and 653 miles northeast of Japan. If true, it would be the first bombing of Formosa since the April 18 Tokyo raid led by General Doolittle.
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Chungking
China
Formosa
Amoy
China Sea
Tokyo
H. Doolittle
Roosevelt argues war taxes to fund postwar debt
President Roosevelt outlined a plan to continue heavy wartime taxes and cut government expenditures to the bone until war debts and aid to the United Nations are paid off. He spoke in talks with national leaders and authoritative reports quote him on extending taxes beyond the conflict.
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Roosevelt
American War Department
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