Reds Launch New Attacks on Nazis A Column
Mrs. Th as Kin Kennon of Creston died from a fractured skull after a car pinned under it in a collision with a truck four miles northeast of Greenfield on an Adair county rural road intersection. Kin Kennon and two young sons were injured but not seriously. they were hospitalized in Creston. Earl Coward and John Deremo, drivers involved, were not injured and fled the scene.
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Creston
Greenfield
Thas Kin Kennon
Adair County
Kin Kennon
Earl Coward
John Deremo
Regulations Proposed To Curtail Inflation In Installment Purchases
The Federal Reserve Board proposed tentative rules requiring down payments of 15 to 33 1 3 percent on autos radios and household appliances sold on installment plans. The balance would be due in 18 months or less. Banks and finance firms have until 1 p.m. Monday to review and suggest changes.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Duranty sees Japan unlikely to push US into war
Walter Duranty, foreign correspondent, spoke at Iowa State College saying the Japanese would not force conflict if they are sane and that his view is the Japanese people are sane. He warned the East front as a key area and urged watching the Atlantic, Africa and Dakar, and South America. Duranty noted Japanese fatigue with war but cautioned tradition pride and German pressure could drive more war troubles.
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Germany
Meat Packing Leaders Praise Rath Company
Iowa and national meat packing leaders lauded Rath Packing Co. at its 50th anniversary final day. Speakers included T. Henry Foster of Morrell and Co. Ottumwa and George A. Schmidt of Statdmeyer Inc. New York, with Schmidt chairing. Foster noted only seven firms from 1891 remain in business. He praised Rath management and its industry standing.
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Waterloo
Iowa
United States
Rath Packing Co
T. Henry Foster
Morrell and Co
Ottumwa
George A. Schmidt
Statd- Meyer, Inc
New York
N. Y
American Meat Institute
Rath’s
Foster
Bath
Driver Falls Asleep Causes Iowa Crash Near Hartford
Paul Hanspeter, 38, of Kirksville Missouri, was injured when his car left Highway 69 three and a half miles east of Hartford after he fell asleep at about 40 mph. The vehicle tore out six posts and a guard rail, ended upside in a 12 foot ditch. He was taken to Iowa Methodist hospital with a left shoulder injury, arm cuts, and scalp wounds from flying glass.
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Des Moines
Paul Hanspeter
Kirksville
Highway 69
Hartford
Hanspeter
Iowa Methodist Hospital
New OPM Office In Des Moines Reports Favorable Response
George Reese of Marshalltown deputy manager of defense contract service says the new OPM office in Des Moines has an encouraging reception from Iowa manufacturers. About 25 calls daily. half about raw materials priorities, half about defense contracts. inquiries on priorities to be directed to Warren G. Bailey at the Federal Reserve Bank building in Chicago.
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OPM
Des Moines
George Reese
Marshalltown
Defense Contract Service
Office of Production Management
Iowa
Reese
Warren G. Bailey
Federal Reserve Bank Building
Chicago
The
Beese
Bomber lands in Iowa City to visit pilot Meyers
An army bomber landed in Iowa City to enable pilot Lieut. E. Meyers to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. C Meyers of North Liberty near here. The pilot and crew flew here from Valley City North Dakota. The plane is stationed at MacDill Field Tampa Florida.
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Iowa City
E. T. Meyers
Meyers
North Liberty
Valley City
N.D
MacDilfield
Tampa
Fla
Opposition to wage hour law dying down says Fleming
In a progress report issued to the Towa Nebraska industrial unions council General Philip Fleming says the fight to establish a living wage and decent hours is being won. He calls the wage and hour act opposition dying down as of August 18 in Ottumwa.
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Ottumwa
Philip Fleming
Towa-Nebraska Industrial Unions Council
Fleming
America
Twenty Licenses To Drive Granted In County Tests
Twenty licenses to operate motor vehicles were granted after weekly examinations by State Highway Patrolman Cummings at the courthouse. Thirteen failed. Ten instruction permits issued. Seven passed chauffeurs licenses. two failed. Recipients include Kenneth Freeman, Tressie Bower, Doris Custer, Wisie Long, Velma Hertig, Herbert Pauly, Robert Peters, William Murphy, Donald Doran of Washington, Dean Marshall of Columbus Junction, Mary Pacha of East Pleasant Plain, Marjorie Welte, Eugene Welte, Paul Chapek of Richmond, Rose Emde of Wellman, Robert Luers of West Chester, Mary Bower of Keota, Hazel Hawkins, Sigourney, Walter Beranek of Riverside, Raymond Yoder, Kalona. Chauffeurs licenses went to Don Kiesey and Mark Atkinson of Washington, Richard Beenblossom of Crawfordsville, Norman Meyer of Wayland, Corbin Crawford of Ainsworth, Robert Wead of Brighton, and Warren Graber of Mt. Pleasant.
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Cummings
Court House
Kenneth Freeman
Tressie Bower
Doris Custer
Wisie Long
Velma Hertig
Herbert Pauly
Robert Peters
William Murphy
Donald Doran
Washington
Dean Marshall
Columbus Junction
Mary Pacha
East Pleasant Plain
Marjorie Welte
Eugene Welte
Paul Chapek
Richmond
Rose Emde
Wellman
Robert Luers
West Chester
Mary Bower
Keota
Hazel Hawkins
Sigourney
Walter Beranek
Riverside
Raymond Yoder
Kalona
Don Kiesey
Mark Atkinson
Richard Beenblossom
Crawfordsville
Norman Meyer
Wayland
Corbin Crawford
Ainsworth
Robert Wead
Brighton
Warren Graber
Mt. Pleasant
New Students Register at Washington High Tuesday
Principal W A Erbe announced that new students and those needing course changes may register at the Washington High School office next Tuesday August 19. Returning students are automatically enrolled for the new year and junior high graduates entering the freshman classes will join next month.
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W. A. Erbe
Washington High School
St. James School
Washington
Gene Tucker Completes Ten Weeks Flying Course at Randolph Field
Claude Eugene Tucker of Washington is among 315 graduates completing ten weeks at Randolph Field Texas earning wings in the Army Air Forces. The class includes Gerald R. Carris of Keota and features Iowa and other midwestern states contributing to a large winged corps cohort.
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Gene Tucker
Randolph Field
Claude Eugene Tucker
Washington
Claude W. Tucker
Texas
Gerald R. Carris
Keota
Iowa
West Point of the Air
Army
United States Army Air Forces
Knox Reveals US Observer Experience in Bismarck Pursuit
Navy Secretary Frank Knox released the first account by an American witness aboard an American built seaplane that shadowed the German battleship Bismarck before it was torpedoed off the French coast. The Bismarck had sunk the Hood after leaving Greenland.
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Washington, D.C
Navy
Frank Knox
United States
Atlantic
Brest
Hood
Greenland
To Double Refining Capacity in Aviation Gasoline
The oil industry plans to double refining capacity for aviation gasoline to ensure stocks for nations resisting aggression and domestic needs. Defense petroleum coordinator Harold Ickes said a shortage of high octane fuel is likely unless capacity expands immediately. Preliminary surveys are underway to determine initial machinery needs.
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Washington, D.C
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Harold Ickes
Former Resident Killed in Auto Crash
Howard A. Trevillyan, 38, a former Washington resident and civil engineer, died in a Texas automobile collision between army and coast guard service cars. He was the son of an engineer on the Rock Island line and lived here as a boy.
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Ralph Moore
Journal
Howard A. Trevillyan
Washington
Texas
Mr. Trevillyan
Washington-Oskaloosa
Rock Island Railroad
Army
Coast Guard
Wallace Board Plans Pressure Against Japan
The economic defense board led by Vice President Wallace will target Japan with trade pressure and aid Free French Africa, with measures possibly shutting off trade and freezing Japanese funds. The group, formed by Roosevelt for economic warfare, met this week and will reconvene next week. aid to Free French may involve buying oils in central Africa. The note mentions a Lake Mc Bride swimming party attended by nineteen youths.
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Washington D. C
Economic Defense Board
Wallace
Japan
Africa
Roosevelt
United States
Treasury
Central
Tall Corn Contest Winners Stand With Prize Stalks
A group portrait at the Journal office captures the top four corn stalk entries from Cow County. Ella Anderson, fourth. Jess Radda, Cedar township, third. Dewey Propst, West Chester, second. Don Rad da, Cedar township, first with a 21 feet 9 inch stalk.
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Journal
Ella Anderson
Washington
Jess Radda
Cedar Township
Dewey Propst
West Chester
Don Radda
A. E. Warner
O. E. Sehmitt
Chamber of Commerce
Manton Hebner
Mr. Warner
Paul Thomassen
Washington Soldiers Reach Palestine on Route to Louisiana Maneuvers
A Washington military unit continues its long trip through Texas following a network of good roads. The correspondent notes hospitality at Palestine where camp is set amid numerous large trees. The journey includes interviews and sketches of daily camp life.
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Louisiana
Palestine
Hospitality in Palestine for a Texas unit on liberty
Corporal Edgington writes of leaving Camp Bowie for Louisiana and reaching Palestine where soldiers receive overwhelming hospitality. The town, nearly 16 000 population, welcomes the unit with free showers and extensive liberty, including many residents driving soldiers on joy rides. A vivid vignette ends with continued coverage on Page 8.
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Brown County
Palestine
Palesteen
Brownwood
Liberty
Stalin to Meet His New Allies
Soviet Union joins American and British plans to aid the Red army in battles from Finland to the Black Sea. Stalin arranged a meeting with London and Washington representatives after talks between Roosevelt and Churchill, signaling summed unity against the axis. Berlin reports fierce Red Army resistance in the Ukraine and a night of horror as German advances falter.
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United Press
Soviet Union
Swift Today
Red Army
Finland
Black Sea
Leningrad
Joscow
Ukraine
Josef Stalin
London
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Moscow
Berlin
Lake Onega
Innish
Active Duty Call for Si Merritt McDaniel to Fort Des Moines
Si Merritt McDaniel, a six year Army Reserve officer, has been notified to report to Fort Des Moines on August 22 for a physical. If qualified, he will proceed to Randolph Field in San Antonio, Texas for air corps duty in a non flying status.
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Air Corps Reserve
Eivery
Merritt McDaniel
United States Army Reserve
Fort Des Moines
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Texas
Air Corps
President Roosevelt Returns Home From Churchill Meeting
President Roosevelt lands in Rockland Maine after historic meeting with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He arrives home thirteen days after departing Washington as the U.S. leader resumes duties.
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Rockland
Maine
U.P
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
United States
Washington, D. G
Making School Into a Church Tent Services Start
Rev. W. J. Stevens announces two weeks of tent and remodeled Lincoln school services for the new Christian Tabernacle in Washington. Bob Stevens and Martha from Nevada Iowa will conduct meetings, with John Goodwin leading remodeling by about thirty volunteer church members.
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W. J. Stevens
New Christian Tabernacle Church
Washington
Lincoln School
Bob Stevens
Martha
Nevada
Iowa
John Goodwin
Lincoln
Stevens
Tax Revenue Share From Sales Taxes in 1940
The census bureau reports that sales taxes, nearly unheard of two decades earlier, made up about 40 percent of all state tax revenues in 1940, signaling a major shift in public finance.
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Census Bureau
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Reds
Adolf
Walter Witt
Meat Packing
Rath Company
Driver
Iowa City Field
Knox
U. S
Wallace Board
Lake McBride
U.S
Brazil
Panama Canal
Jequadory
MT Bay
Atorico
W Africa Dakar
Dakar
French West Africa
Jean Darlan
Martinique
West Indies
Natal
Cow County
Edgington Bagley
Camp Bowie
Stalin
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