Reds Use Flood to Halt Nazi Army
Knox County Sheriff Paul Applegate reported Paul DeWit a 43 year old Pella building contractor who vanished April 15 was brought to Knoxville to face a December forgery charge. DeWit was found in Rock Island Illinois living as Glen Hackett while working for Preister Construction on an arsenal project. Bond set at 1500 dollars, he remains jailed awaiting an August 28 hearing.
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Knoxville
Paul, Applegate
Marion County
Paul DeWit
Pella
DeWit
Rock Island
Preister Construction Co
Rock Island Y.M.C.A
Glen Hackett
Des Moines
Howell Station
Applegate
Bricklayer Dies in 210 Foot Fall at Sioux City Stack
Sioux City bricklayer Archie Reynolds was killed when he fell 210 feet from the top of a new smokestack for the Sioux City Gas and Electric Co. plant. The cause remains unknown but a slipping safety belt hook is suspected. The stack bases 26 feet in diameter and will rise to 300 feet.
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Sioux City
Archie Reynolds
Large Sidney rodeo crowd sees bull throw rider and charge
Sidney’s second day bronco bustin event drew about 20 000 spectators with 1 000 turned away. Glen Marshall of Aston Oklahoma was tossed from a bull and bruised but unharmed. An enraged bull charged the crowd before being restrained by a fence and cowboys. Al Fletcher of Hugo Colorado was thrown from a steer but escaped injury as the animal shifted focus.
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Sidney
Glen Marshall
Aston
Okla
al Fletcher
Hugo
Colo
University Forward To Fly for Canada
Sidney Story, a red headed reserve forward from Lost Nation High, now enrolled in the Canadian Air Force training camp at Penhold Alberta. The 18 year old Iowa guard was too young for the U S forces and for C A A student training. About a quarter of Penhold trainees are Americans.
Second Death From Sleeping Sickness Reported
Sioux City reported the death of George Lenn, 55, a farmer near Jefferson, 12 miles northwest of the city, from sleeping sickness after a two week illness. It marks a second encephalitis fatality in a week, following Robert Newton, a farmer near Kingsley.
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Sioux City
George Lenn
Jefferson
Robert Newton
Kingsley
Senator pressed to save Ankeny crops
C. C. Glenn, AAA agricultural defense chairman for Polk County, has appealed to Senator Clyde Herring to modify army regulations to prevent crop waste near the Ankeny ordnance plant. He hopes to confer with Herring before his Washington visit, noting corn fodder is being cut and piled to spoil while agencies push expanded food production for defense.
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Des Moines
C. C. Glenn
AAA
Agricultural Defense
Polk County
Clyde Herring
Ankeny
Herring
Washington
D. C
Glenn
Sioux City Man Hurt in Newsprint Roll Accident
James Jenkins of Dougherty Van & Storage Co. was seriously injured when a 2,000 pound roll of newsprint rolled over him during unloading at a Sioux City newspaper plant. The incident occurred in Sioux City and left Jenkins in serious condition.
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Sioux City
James Jenkins
Dougherty van & Storage Co
Veterans of 1898 adjourn in Omaha after choosing 1943 convention city
The 43rd annual encampment of United Spanish War Veterans adjourned in Omaha with Boston, Massachusetts, picked as the 1943 convention city while Cleveland will host the 1942 meeting.
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Omaha
Neb
Boston
Mass
Cleveland
Japan Embraces Wait and See Policy in Far East Ties
Reported in Shanghai on August 21 that Japan plans a cautious approach amid Red threats. Withdrawal of ships from Manila and Pacific routes signals building strength in Manchukuo while awaiting Russia’s collapse. Tokyo seeks flexibility to react, with naval focus shifting north toward Port Arthur and Dairen. U. S. aid to the region and lend-lease to Southeast Asia raise Japanese concerns about encirclement and possible actions at Vladivostok if war looms.
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Shanghat
Manila
Manchukuo
Port Arthur
Japan
United States
Philippines
Singapore
Netherlands Fast Indies
U. S
Russia
Vladivostok
Germany
Tokyo
Secretary Knox Told New York Governor on Navy Reserve
Telegram from Governor Herbert H. Lehman to Secretary Knox seeks clarification on Naval Reserve enlistment terms. Questions cover inactive list transfer timing after the emergency, eligibility for six year career terms, training and wages, promotion, shore leave and medical care, and transfer to regular Navy for careerists.
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New York
Knox
Naval Reserve
Navy
Navy Reserve Reassignment Postwar Return to Private Life
Secretary Knox telegram to New York governor explains June 18 decision to place enlisted Naval Reserve members on the inactive list. This means their return to private life as soon as the emergency ends.
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Naval Reserve
Sands Funeral at Ainsworth Church
Funeral services for Samuel B. Sands former mayor of Ainsworth are announced for Friday at two in the Methodist church followed by burial in Ainsworth cemetery. Arrangements are by L. A. Jones Funeral Home of Washington. Sands died yesterday in the county hospital after a long illness.
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Ainsworth
Samuel B. Sands
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Sands
Boys Enter 60 Hogs, 13 Cattle At the Iowa Fair
Washington county youths showed livestock at the county 4-H event and sent many animals to the Des Moines State Fair. Sixty hogs led the shipment along with seven baby beef, six dairy heifers, and four sheep.
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Iowa
Washington County
Armory
Des Moines
Bob Foster
Donald Flading
Stanley Chabal Deane Rinner
Bill Foster
Marion Timmins
Dean Emde
Guernsey
Deane Rinner
Lloyd Duensing
Harold Horak
Chester
Detroit Strike Still Unsettled in Detroit Transit Talks
Detroit's municipal transportation strike left thousands of workers on foot as negotiators considered a CIO peace plan after 18 hours of talks. no agreement yet to resume street car and bus service.
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Detroit
Mich
CIO
Roosevelt outlines eight point plan for world order
President Roosevelt informed Congress after a conference with Prime Minister Churchill that the eight point program would strengthen aid to democracies and resist Nazi expansion. He warned opposition would invite Nazism to extend control over the Americas and Europe and Asia. He called Germany the principal aggressor of the modern world.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Winston Churchill
Europe
Asia
Germany
Marriage Licenses Issued At District Clerk Office
Two marriage licenses were issued late yesterday in August at the district court clerk’s office. Shrum Lewis and Lillian Bell of Washington were licensed, as were Raymond Slaughter of Lone Tree and Helen Calvert of Riverside.
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Clerk of District Court
Shrum Lewis
Lillian Bell
Washington
Raymond Slaughter
Lone Tree
Helen Calvert
Riverside
Compressor Explodes Injuring Two Men in Iowa Warehouse
Lyle Leath and Marion Whitcher were injured when a compressor at the Central States Power & Light Corp warehouse exploded. Both men suffered severe eye burns from sulphur and were rushed to an Iowa City hospital for treatment.
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West Union
Lyle Leath
Marion Whitcher
Central States Power & Light Corp
Iowa City
Navy Recruiting Officer Will Be Here Tomorrow
The Journal notes a Burlington Navy recruiting officer will visit Washington on Friday at the post office from 7:30 to an unspecified end. Interested young men should meet him before noon and bring birth proof such as birth certificates or documents establishing date and place of birth.
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the Journal
United States Navy
Burlington
Navy
Washington
Car production to fall 50 percent in new model year
Government agencies forecast a 50 percent drop in passenger car output for the coming model year. The plan specifies 26.5 percent reductions for August through November. The priorities division also said it is preparing a blanket order to speed materials to truck manufacturers to boost output for transportation and military needs.
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Washington, D. C
Office of Production Management
Office of Price Administration
OPM
Duke of Kent Visits Jasper Park with Hughes U S Chief Justice
The Duke of Kent chats with Charles Evans Hughes during a Jasper National Park visit in Alberta Canada. The royal party plans a forthcoming trip to the United States.
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Duke of Kent
Charles Evans Hughes
U. S. Supreme Court
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Canada
U. S
Duke of Kerft
Washington Street Dividing Line Sets School District Seats
The Washington Street line defines which pupils attend Lincoln or Stewart elementary schools. Parents may elect for their children to attend the other school within certain radius rules. Two resignations from next year’s staff were reported as the district speeds to hire replacements before September.
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Washington Street
Lincoln
Stewart Schools
Board of Education
Washington Board of Education
Stewart
Hast
West Washinton
Stewart School
Lincoln School
Appointments Named In Iowa Labor and Aviation Posts
Charles W Harness Iowa labor commissioner named J H Robertson Ottumwa as state boiler inspector for a two year term at 1800 dollars per year Robertson a Republican has worked in Ottumwa for 18 years He was chosen Aug 21. Governor George A Wilson named A R Eno Fort Dodge aviator and airport operator to the three man state board of aeronautics succeeding Ralph Cram Davenport whose term expired in 1940 The office had been vacant since then August 21 1940.
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Des Moines
Charles W. Harness
Iowa
J. H. Robertson
Ottumwa
Robertson
Milwaukee Railroad
George A. Wilson
A. R. Eno
Fort Dodge
State Board of Aeronautics
Ralph Cram
Davenport
Corn Output Estimate Puts 1941 Crop at 1.89 Billion Bushels
The agriculture department today estimated 1941 corn production as of August 15 at 1,889,172,000 bushels, down from 1,997,776,000 bushels on August 1.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Dams Blasted in Ukraine as War Drives East
A European war report describes German forces flooding parts of the Dnieper after aiming to seize Kherson and Gomel while fighting rages at Leningrad. Stalin's orders are cited as river waters were said to divert the Nazi advance. Berlin disputes the extent of the floods. A Balkans update notes fear of a new German push in the southeast amid setbacks in Russia. Berlin claims 5,000,000 Soviet troops out of action in two months.
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United Press
Adolph Hitler
Russia
Leningrad
Red Army
Ukraine
Dnieper
Berlin
Kherson
Gomel
Dniepropetrovsk
Josef V. Stalin
Black Sea
Moscow
Kingisepp
Novgorod
Narva
Balkans
Istanbul
Car Stolen From Washington Street In Early Evening
A 1937 Pontiac sedan owned by Francis Crone was stolen from Washington Street near East Main yesterday afternoon. The license 92 2538 was later broadcast on Iowa police radio. Sheriff H M Putnam noted the theft as the first in Washington this year and linked it to a similar Iowa Falls incident, with no recovery reported yet.
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Sheriff's Office
Francis Crone
Washington Street
Iowa
East Main Street
Washington
Putnam
Jesse Marr
Ainsworth
Parisians Die For Activities Against Nazis
Two Paris residents were executed for anti German communist activities in Vichy era Paris. German authorities announced the sentences after raids in Paris and surrounding areas, signaling harsher reprisals and aligning with Vichy efforts to suppress opposition to Marshal Petain's regime.
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Vichy
Paris
Henry Phillippe Petaiua
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Brest
France
Byron
Far East
Dairen
Navy Reserve
Herbert H. Lehoan
Ainsworth Church
Hughes
Dale Verkins
Wichita Falls
Texas
Ross Stephens
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Alabama
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