Nazis Reds Claim Victories In Iowa Column
A Centerville youth Thomas Lyons 17 was killed by choke damp in the Ballard coal mine near Numa while guiding companions into the idle shaft. Lyons son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Lyons, fell about 65 feet after warning that air was bad. Coroner B B Parker reports the tragedy during a mine inspection with Bernard 16 and three Centerville men Ball Kenneth and Raymond Conn also present.
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Centerville
Ballard
Numa
Thomas Lyons
Wilbur Lyons
Lyons
Bernard
Ball
Kenneth
Raymond Conn
B. B. Parker
Mother and son injured in rural two car crash
In Lohrville area a mother Mrs Karl Crabtree and her son Robert, ten, were critically injured when two cars collided at a rural intersection. Mrs Crabtree suffered chest and back injuries with cuts from a barbed wire fence. Robert sustained a skull fracture and broken leg. Both were taken to Davidson Hospital in Lake City.
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Lohrville
Karl Crabtree
Rockwell City
Robert Crabtree
Davidson Hospital
Lake City
State to Go Ahead On Defense Highway
DES MOINES senator Clyde L. Herring announced plans to build a new forty mile concrete highway from Des Moines to the ordnance plant and beyond without awaiting defense funds. He said defense funds are available and will be provided, though completion may take longer than the blocked 320 million Roosevelt vetoed bill.
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Des Moines
Ordnance Plant
United States
Clyde L. Herring
Herring
Roosevelt
Inquest to Be Held On Drowning Deaths
Sheriff Riley C. Nelson announced an inquest into the drowning deaths of Mrs. Morris Sales and her son Raymond eight miles northwest of Crescent on July 6. He cites new evidence from a long investigation and says hundreds were interviewed as he probes rumors of foul play. neither body has been recovered.
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Council Bluffs
Riley C. Nelson
Morris Sales
Raymond
Missouri River
Crescent
Nelson
Estimate Better Crop Of Timothy This Year
Iowa's 141 timothy seed crop is projected to beat last year with an estimated 165000 acres harvested at 3.9 bushels per acre totaling about 578000 bushels. Nationwide, the crop is put at 1162000 bushels, about seven percent below 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Broncho Buster Hurt At Rodeo In Sidney
SIDNEY Nub Martin of Morris Oklahoma was injured at the Sidney rodeo when thrown from his horse and kicked in the head by a enraged animal. He suffered head lacerations and a concussion and was treated at the emergency hospital on the rodeo grounds. He was not believed seriously injured. Ed Curtis of Enid Reno Oklahoma assisted by bull dogging a steer with one horn.
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Sidney
Nub Martin
Morris
Okla
Martin
Rodeo Grounds
Ed Curtis
Ek! Reno
Church Sexton Receives 10 Day Suspended Sentence
Michael Seery cemetery sexton and church janitor at Jefferson was given a 10 day suspended sentence by Municipal Judge Edwin Moore. He faced assault and battery charges after a dispute with George Karaidos operator of a chili parlor. Seery's daughter Kathryn previously worked at the restaurant. The altercation followed a telegram from Karaidos asking to meet in Des Moines on a set day. Judge Moore warned Karaidos to stop such practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Michael Seery
Jefferson
Edwin Moore
Seery
George Karaidos
Kathryn
Karaidos
Miss Seery
Moore
Nine Students Pass Ground School Exams at Washington Junior College
Nine of ten members in this summer's pilot training course at the Washington junior college and airport passed ground school tests on air regulations navigation and meteorology given by a Civil Aeronautics Administration inspector from Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior College
Harland Mead
Junior College
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Des Moines
Galen Bull
Wellman
Milton Graham
Fairfield
Carl Klein
Washington
Val Maghee
Omaha
William McGinnis
Ainsworth
Roger Miller
Marshall Smith
Mr. Mead
Joe Duea
New Execution in Occupied France Reported Today
VICHY Aug 22 UP Fresh posters on Paris walls announce a new execution after yesterday’s, saying Jose Roig was shot for recruiting volunteers for General Charles de Gaulle Free French leader. Posters also declare death penalties for hiding British airmen, amid reports of a supposed world revolution plot with American backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Paris
Jose Roig
Charles de Gaulle
France
Boig
Chili king Karaidos linked to Kraschel staff ex-lieutenant
The article notes Karaidos, nicknamed the chili king, who once held a lieutenant colonel role on the military staff of former Governor Nels Kraschel. The passage implies a political influence plot surrounding Miss Seery.
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Miss Seery
Karaidos
the Chili King
Nels Kraschel
Dr Eastwood to Preach at Union Service in Park
The next to last union meeting of Washington churches will be held Sunday evening in Central Park. Dr F W Eastwood of the Presbyterian church will preach the sermon with Leight Soule of the Y M C A presiding and Iola Dittmer at the piano.
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Dr. Eastwood
Union Service
Union
Washington
Central Park
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Leigh Soule
Iola Dittmer
Carl Klein
R. C. Keagy
Jesus
Revival Services to Feature Evangelist Edward Greer Dil lon
Evangelist Edward Greer Dil lon will speak at the big tent on East Wallace Street tonight on the subject Worthless Worms. Next week topics include Sunday Gods Gracious.
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Edward Greer Dillon
Wallace School
East Washington Street
God
Strikers Reject a Proposal in Detroit Transport Row
Detroit Mayor Edward Jeffries and transit officials moved to settle a three day strike that halved service for about 600,000 residents. Detroit Street Railways President Samuel Gilbert pressed AFL union for an answer to a compromise to resume buses by tomorrow while Frank Martel of the Wayne County Federation of Labor blasted the proposal as no longer acceptable.
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Detroit
Mich
U.P
Edward Jeffries
Samuel Gilbert
Detroit Street Railways
AFL
Frank Martel
Wayne County
College Students to Get Aid from NYU
The NYU program funded Washington junior college students who worked as school nurses aides clerical assistants librarians assistants classroom and lab help and music and physical education aides. Funding this year is smaller but the allotment remains similar due to last year’s enrollment.
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Washington, Iumier College
N.Y.A
Notable Sermon Schedule for Mr. Dillon Closing Address
The schedule lists titles such as The Death of Christ Origin of Life A Night to Remember Isaiah's Visions and notes this will be Mr. Dillon's closing address across days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday.
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Christ
Life
Isaiah
Mr. Dillon
Stolen Car Recovered Near Riverside on Highway 218
Charles Lorack of Riverside reported a car owned by Francis Crone of Washington stolen from East Main Street on Wednesday afternoon. The vehicle was found abandoned on the shoulder of Highway 218 south of the junction with No 22 near Riverside, possibly used by a local resident returning from Washington. Sheriff H M Putnam noted a similar theft last week where a car stolen in Iowa City was found near the Riverside junction.
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Charles Lorack
Riverside
Sheriff's Office
No. 22
Francis Crone
Washington
East Main Street
Number Plates For Cars Next Year In Washington County
Washington county receives 5,800 automobile plates and 1,000 truck plates for 1942. Plates are white on black, a change from the current year. Shipment from Anamosa prison arrived at the courthouse, awaiting sale by the county treasurer on December first.
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Washington County
Court House
Anamosa
Roosevelt Rebuts Byrd Defense Charge With Production Figures
President Roosevelt said Senator Byrd's claim that the defense program is lagging rests on inaccurate statistics. He noted that defense production generally meets or exceeds estimates while citing War Department data. He also criticized foreign policy critics and recalled Borah's 1939 war prediction as a warning.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Harry Byrd
War Department
Byrd
Mr. Roosevelt
William Borah
Borah
Cordell Hull
State Department
2 800 Languages in the World
The article notes there are about 2 800 languages spoken worldwide. It emphasizes language diversity and global distribution without listing specific regions or speakers.
Washington County Pigs Rank High at State Fair
Des Moines reports Washington county 4-H entries at the Iowa state fair show strong results. Stanley Chabal placed third in the Curoe boars division and third in the Duroc litter. Marion Timmins was fourth in the Ayrshire yearling heifer division. Deane Rinner was seventh in Guernsey yearling. county group ranked third in 10 Duroc pigs.
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Washington Eounty
J. W. Chandle
Washington
Marion Timmins
Harold Maas
Washington County
Stanley Chabal
Baby Heeves
Des Moines
Chabal
Ayrshire
Deane Rinner
Guernsey
Minick completes sidewalks at Jeff rey building corner
New sidewalks on the east and south sides of the Jeff rey building at the northwest square corner have been extended to the curb line improving the corner. Inside the remodeling for National Tea Co grocery and market work continues with vault removal and foundation material stacked outside awaiting reuse. The old steel ceiling has been removed and a new one plus a heating plant will be installed.
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Ralph Minick
Jeffrey
National Tea Company
Parking Painting Brightens Central Park Entrances
City workmen applied bright orange markings at Central park entrances to curb car parking and give pedestrians space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Crushing Nazi Drive Predictions from Berlin
German military spokesmen forecast new Axis successes in the Leningrad sector. Finnish forces report capture of Kexnorm on Lake Ladoga shore about 80 miles northwest of Leningrad.
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Helsinki
Finland
Kexnorm
Lake
Ladoga
Leningrad
Battlefront Echoes As Leningrad Slugfest Intensifies
The article reports fierce German pressure around Leningrad with Moscow claiming a Red defense stifling German advances. Berlin asserts progress while Soviet troops form a living wall at the city and German crossings of the lower Dnieper are repulsed. Moscow cites heavy losses for the Wehrmacht and strategic blows to German war capacity.
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Leningrad
Bus
Lieg
Moscow
Lower
Dnieper
Red Army
Camp Fire Girls Gather Tin and Lead Foil for Defense
The Camp Fire girls and guardian Mrs. George Dowell launched a campaign urging residents to collect tin foil from candy wrappers and lead foil from toothpaste and cosmetic tubes for national defense. Containers were placed in stores and even the Journal office, with posters by Mat Lou Barth featuring Uncle Sam in red white and blue.
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George Dowell
National Defense Program
Journal Office
Mat Lou Barth
Uncle Sam
Bids Opened for County Hospital Addition
Washington county hospital bids for an addition were opened by the hospital board. After conferences with the architect and the lowest bidders, costs exceeded funds, leading to removal of the new elevator and other items to fit the budget.
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Washington County Hospital
Hospital
Horsefield Couple Relocate to Iowa City
Mr and Mrs FBJ Horsefield moved yesterday from an apartment at 515 North Marion avenue to Iowa City settling into a new residence.
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FB. J. Horsefield
Iowa City
North
Marion Avenue
No Parking Signs in Park Area Mentioned
Observers note large letters spelling No on markings at park entrances indicating a strict no parking rule.
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Lord Mountbatten
Lady Edwina
Louis Mountbatten
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George
Edwina
New York
LaGuardia
Lisbon
Portugal
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NYU
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Motor City
Jesse Jones
Berlin
Germany
United Press
Gerhuiy
Adolph Hitler
Leninsrad
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