A COLUMN ABOUT IOWA SELECTS FAST CLASSIFICATION
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl chairs Iowa’s selective service board and urged local boards to finish classifications immediately. He estimated about 60 000 Iowa registrants have not received questionnaires and many are over 28 years old but will be processed soon. He noted the suggestion was not a Washington order and no institutions have been received since Japan’s war outbreak.
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Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa State Selective Service Board
Iowa
Grahl
Washington, D.C
Japan
Grain, Feed Dealers Pledge War Support at Convention
More than 300 members of the Western Grain and Feed association pledged unconditional support for government measures to win the war at their annual convention held at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Iowa dealers acknowledged their key role in aiding farmers with the food for defense program.
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Des Moines
Western Grain and Feed Association
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Two Planned Weekend On Unbombed Island
Iowa couple Mr. and Mrs. Guy L. Horner received a Hawaii letter from their daughter Mrs. P How ard Liljestrand wife of Dr P Howard Liljestrand head of a private hospital on Oahu. The letter mentions plans to spend the weekend on another island not reported bombed, easing fears after the attack news.
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Sioux Rapids
Hawaii
Iowa
Japan
Guy L. Horner
P. Howard Liljestrand
Oahu
Liljestrand
Draft ages could extend to 64 in future
Brig. General Lewis B Hershey, director of selective service, said it might be desirable to register all men ages 18 to 64 for military service and civilian defense. He stressed no abrupt changes are planned and warned against actions that would “wreck our national life.” He called for a broad flexible registration to support total war.
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Washington, D.C
Lewis B Hershey
Selective Service
Nershey
Boys Molest Mail Boxes In Community
Postmaster M C Delong reports youth vandalism of relay and street mail boxes in Washington. Boxes at East Van Buren and South Fourth, East Main and South Ninth, and East Washington and South Fourth are affected with boxes marked or scratched. Delong warns the act is a federal offense with severe penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Delong
Washington
DeLong
East van Buren Street
South Fourth Avenue
East Main
South Ninth
East Washington
South Fourth
Pipeline Office to Move Headquarters to Oskaloosa
With the Washington to Muscatine natural gas line nearing completion Bechtel plans to shift its field operations base to Oskaloosa starting Friday. W A Schneiter told county school masters that the move will reduce travel for the remaining 88 mile section from the Mississippi to the Des Moines river. The Washington office remains active through the month while many workers relocate to Oskaloosa and Sigourney.
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Washington County
W. A. Bechtel Company
Oskaloose
W. A. Schneiter
Bechtel Company
North Side
Oskaloosa
Washington
Sigourney
Pipeline Company of
Amerea
Harper
Muscatine
Mississippi
Des Moines
Plans Made For Civilian Defense Here
The Washington county defense council met December 10 and organized civilian defense efforts for protect civilians and property. S W Easter named chief of staff of the volunteer office to recruit in communities, and Sheriff H M Putnam became chief of auxiliary police to ensure protection and guard against sabotage. Additional civilian defense groups were formed but details were not announced. Volunteers will register at offices to be announced and then be allocated duties.
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Washington County Defense Council
E. D. Miller
Leslie Gates
Earl Ferguson
Ivan Norton
Charlotte Baldrige
Vere Davis
Edmund D. Morrison
Washington County
S. W. Easter
Washington
H. M. Putnam
Auxiliary Police
Medical Corps
Nurses Aid Corps
Sales of corn schedule altered by county office notice
A published notice on corn sales was incomplete, omitting a plan for sales at Brighton and other towns. The corrected schedule lists sales on Friday at Washington and Brighton with Crawfordsville and West Chester by appointment from the county office, effective until further notice.
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County Agricultural Committee
Brighton
Washington, Conn
West Chester
Crawfordsville
Local defense volunteers organize under county plan
Chairman Kaster of the volunteer department announced a civilian defense plan with Red Cross relief funds. An office will open at the northeast square with forenoon volunteers to accept workers for defense tasks. He will assign a coordinator in each county town and make appointments at the Kalona Legion meeting tonight.
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Kaster
Volunteer Department
Red Cross Relief Fund
Kzster
County Legion
Kalona
Wulf and Wolfe Win Marriage License in Ainsworth
Charles John Wulf and Gladys Marie Wolfe of Ainsworth secured a marriage license at the court house yesterday, formalizing their announced plans to wed.
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Charles John Wulf
Gladys Marie Wolfe
Ainsworth
Court House
Japanese Battleship Haruna Blasted by U S Bombers
The Haruna, a 29 000 ton Japanese battleship launched in 1913, was sunk off Luzon by U S Army bombers after three direct hits and near misses. The incident follows Wake Island garrison air actions against Japanese naval forces.
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Washington, D. C
Marige
Wake Island
Pacific
Washington, D.C
Henry JL. Stimson
Luzon
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Red Army
Berlin
Rome
Tokio
Pobra
East Indies
Philippines
Mrs. Ida M. Bateman Dies After Stroke at 66
Mrs. Ida M. Bateman widow of Dr. S. H. Bateman, 66, died at 3:45 yesterday from a stroke following a fall. Funeral at 2 pm Friday at L. A. Jones funeral home with Dr. R. C. Keagy officiating. Burial in Elm Grove. Born November 8, 1875 in Pilotburg, she lived in Washington county all her life. Daughter of James and Margaret Bailey, sister of Marsh W. Bailey.
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Ida M. (Bailey) Bateman
S. H. Bateman
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
R. C. Keagy
Methodist Church
Elm Grove
Bateman
Washington County
Navy 8
Pilotburg
Washington
James
Margaret (Marsh) Bailey
Richmond
Washington Academy
Marsh W. Bailey
New Reduction In Automobile Quotas Is Made
Washington reports Civilian Supply Director Leon Henderson set new drastic reductions in passenger car production quotas for December and January. The December quota will be about 60 percent below last year and January about 75 percent below January of last year.
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Washington, D. C
Leon Henderson
Foreign-born share declines due to immigration limits and aging
The census explains the shrinking proportion of foreign-born residents as immigration has been greatly restricted since 1914 and deaths rise among older foreign-born individuals, raising the average age of this group.
Questionnaires Mailed Registrants With Order Numbers 1301 to 1400
Washington county selective service board mails questionnaires to 100 registrants numbered 1301 through 1400 to determine class placement. Austin Lekoy Whetstine of Richmond, 19, non-registrant volunteer, may be called for induction pending medicals. Office hours set statewide to 8 to 12 and 1 to 5, Saturdays noon.
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Washington County Selective Service Board
Selective Service Board
Austin Lekoy Whetstine
Richmond
Army
Henry John _ Strasser
Towa City
Iowa
Daniel A. Graber
Wellman
Sherman Renwick Gault
S. Ave. B
Washington
Lloyd Everett Chabal
Kulona
Richard Wayne Erwin
Red Cross Opens Local Office to Raise War Relief Funds
The county Red Cross opens an office in the northeast corner room of the square, with Mrs. Phil Weldin in charge from 9 am to 5 pm to receive contributions for the 50 million dollar American war relief fund. Donations by mail are welcome and envelopes may be addressed to the Red Cross in Washington. The campaign aims to meet a 3 900 quota and may offer income tax deductions.
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Rockwood
Red Cross
American War Relief Fund
Phil Weldin
Red Cross Fund
Washinton
The
Red Cross Lacks Casualty Details on War Operations
The Red Cross announces it has no information to release on war operation details or casualty lists. Officials say such data are not available from the organization at this time.
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Red Cross
The
War Declaration Unites Allies as Roosevelt Proclaims State of War
The United States enters active war against Germany and Italy joining Britain the Soviet Union and China. President Roosevelt asks Congress for formal recognition of war while Parliament in London quotes Churchill calling it life or death with vows to victory.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
Roosevelt
Congress
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Senate
House
Miss Rankin
Atlantic
Americas
Canaries
Spain
Azores
Cape Verde
Vichy
France
Martinique
West Indies
Bearn
Joe Alex Morris
America
Great Britain
Soviet Union
China
Europe
Adolph Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Javan
South America
Washington
London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Russia
Libya
Hitler
Berlin
Red Cross Holds Casualty Information Policy
A message to Chairman Roger Sherman from the director of home service notes the army and navy will inform families about casualties at the earliest date and that individual requests for information cannot be answered.
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Roger Sherman
Director of
Home Service
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Senate and House Back Roosevelt Global War Troop Power
Washington action gives Roosevelt authority to deploy U S forces anywhere in the world for the war against the Axis. Service terms run through the end of the war and six months more. Senator Walsh says 50 000 selective service personnel will soon join the Navy.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Roosevelt
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Wilson Orders A Home Guard Iowa Guard Created
Governor George A. Wilson ordered the formation of an Iowa home guard led by Lt General Matt Tinley of Council Bluffs. About 1800 men will serve across 14 districts with Des Moines as state headquarters and Fairfield among the locations. The force aims to preserve order, protect life and property, and deter riot or insurrection.
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Des Moines
eDe
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Tinley
Red Cross Sets New Knitted Work Quota
The Washington County Red Cross chapter requests urgent knitted items for the U S Navy North Atlantic patrol. A quota of 50 sweaters 25 pair of socks 25 helmets and 10 watch caps must be completed by January 31 with yarn expected next week.
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Washington County
Red Cross
United States Navy
North Atlantic
United States
John Owen
R. J. Patterson
Harry C. Ward
John Cherry
Red Cross Executive Board
Red Cross Sewing Room
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Hong Kong
Chungking
Pan-American Airways
Canton
South China Sea
Mineichi Koga
Bechtel
Phil
Ippine Coast
Los Angeles
U. S
San Jose
Cal
San Francisco Bay Area
California
So. 7Th Ave
William James Shannon
4Th Ave
Edmund Dunham Morrison, Jr
E. Washington
Dale Hubert York
N. 4Th Ave
Lester John Mack
W. Main St
Richard Benson Hotle
W. Washington
Loyd Burdell Donaldson
N. Ta
Clarence Joseph Drish
Merle Anthony KaAallaus
N. Ave. C
Curtis Wayne Wells
Cloyce Stoutner
Homer Leland Brinning
Keota
Rudolph Joseph Simon
Riverside
Harold Morris Reber
Tremont St
Davenport
Ardell Carl Gerot
Adrian Charles Kuipers
Vernon Howard Lawrence
Utica
Waterloo
Joe J. Hershberger
Kalona S
Bernard Franklin Edwards
Box
Newtown
Civilian Defense Council
American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
Davis
Olution, Miss Rankin
Arily
Mussolini
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