Foreclosure Petition Against Masonic Temple Corp Waterloo Filed
A Waterloo petition seeks foreclosure of a mortgage held by Waterloo Savings Bank for 168459 dollars dating to 1925 and asks for the appointment of a receiver for the Masonic temple. Ottumwa district coverage notes four local men listed for failing to return draft questionnaires and facing an extended 48 hour deadline before being added to wanted lists.
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Waterloo
Masonic Temple Corp. of
Waterloo Savings Bank
Masonic Temple
Ottumwa
Selective Board
F. H. Voigt
Des Moines Post Office Destroys 21090 Misaddressed Mail Nixies
In Des Moines authorities shredded over 21 thousand misaddressed Christmas greetings termed Nixies. Postmen explain Nixies are underpostage or unsealed third class mail that cannot be delivered or returned to senders.
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Des Moines
Refugees from France and Czechoslovakia Marry in Waterloo
Leonard Jones, a 46 year old former Paris newspaper writer and shoe clerk, and Lydia Bauer, 34, a Czech refugee who fled Germany's invasion of France, wed in Waterloo. Jones left France in 1937 to seek a new start in America after decades in journalism and politics. Bauer had recently arrived from New York where she stayed with relatives amid wartime upheaval.
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Waterloo
Paris
France
Vienna
Austria
Learine
Leonard Jonles
America
Lydia Bauer
Germany
New York
N. Y
Foreign Correspondent Visits Iowa Relatives
Des Moines reports Roy Porter of the Associated Press based in Paris spent Christmas in Fairfield with his wife and her parents Mr and Mrs James Ireland. Porter, who has covered German occupied western Crvecho Slovakia and Memel, is in the United States on a visit after travel through France and Spain. He is writing a series on life in German occupied France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Roy Porter
Associated Press
Paris
France
United States
Spain
Fairfield
James Ireland
Rooms 20 Years Advises Boys to Stay Home
Des Moines reports James Edward Murphy, 45, returns to family after twenty years away. He left to see the world, visiting 48 states, Europe, West Indies, Hawaii, and South America before urging young men to settle down. He warns against rambling, advises sticking to work and saving money.
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Des Moines
James Edward Murphy
Murphy
Chicago
Ill
Europe
West Indies
Hawaii
South America
Tornado kills at least ten in Bejucal Cuba
A violent wind storm described as a tornado struck Bejucal south of Havana injuring about 100 and killing at least ten. Rescue workers search ruins as five city blocks were destroyed.
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Havana
Cuba
Bejucal
Here
New Year's Open House At The Y Promises Crowd
About 1 000 guests are expected at the Washington Y M C A and Y W C A New Year’s open house next Wednesday January 1. The event features concerts by the Washington Municipal Band a boys ping pong and checker tournaments moving pictures from Le Roy Pratt and a water carnival with a queen crowned.
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Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Washington
Cloud Willits
Joan Winga
Y" Board
R. K. Brown
Lyle Wilson
Jesse Busby
Y. M
Y. W
Washington Municipal Band
Milo Seorcen
Washington Federal Savings and Loan Reports Growth and Annual Meeting
The Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association reports a strong year with over 190 loans since 1923 and 407 still in force. Total loans near $496,000, local funds totaling $514,745, and dividends over $16,000 paid. No borrowings or government funds. Annual meeting set for January 15, 1941 at 199 North Marion Avenue. three directors’ terms expire.
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Washington Federal Savings and Loan Association
C. R R. McCutchen
North
Marion Avenue
C. V. Crull
A. Jones
DP. Sherman
W. L. Alcorn
George J. Breitenbach
C. J. Jungbluth
L. H. Orr
Ralph W. Thompson
Carlton
Wilson
Orr
Mr. Crull
Borce
Washington County
City of
Washington
McCutchen
Home Loan Bank
Welcom
Prepare Again for Drilling Oil in Iowa
Sidney reports drilling for oil at Thurman to begin on New Year’s Day per geologist W G Osborne. Machinery on site is on indication and will operate in three shifts with six men per shift.
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Sidney
Thurman
W. G. Osborne
Three Die, Third Man in Critical Condition in Lynched Tragedy
In Newton Iowa a 57 year old salesman, Henry Lynch, hanged himself in a basement gas tragedy. Ray Dickerson, 47, tried to rescue him and died. Thomas Hummel, 46, remained unconscious hours later. Coroner says no inquest. Lynch survived a prior suicide attempt. Dickerson once saved Lynch. Lynch survived by widow and three sons. Dickerson leaves a widow, two sons, three daughters. Hummel is a Maytag employee.
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Newton
Iowe
Henry Lynch
Ray Dickerson
Lynch
Thomas Hutumel
Dickerson
Ralph Toland
Jasper County
Mickerson
Hummel
Lyneh
Dieerson
Toland
Marine Washing Machine Company
WPA
Nazarene Pastor Phipps to Lead Washington Church
Rev. Jay Phipps Nazarene Pastor arrives from Sioux City to assume the role of 44 pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Washington. He will oversee services at East Jefferson Street next Sunday and succeeds Rev. James K. Morris who leaves for Waterloo to lead a Nazarene church there. Phipps, a young minister with youth work experience, will begin his first regular pastorate.
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Jay Phipps
Washington
Siouyr City
Church of the Nazarene
East Jefferson Street
James K. Morris
Washington Church
Waterloo
Iowa City
Phipps
Kiesey Names Deputy Auditors for County Office
Stan Kiesey to take office as county auditor in the new year names Walter Schroeder and Fred Bourgeois as deputies. Schroeder has 11 years in the office and Bourgeois, a Kalona bookkeeper, will start in February. Mrs Ethel Grecian Wilson remains briefly until Bourgeois arrives, with Mildred Patterson Norman moving to a law and abstract office in the new year.
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Stan Kiesey
Walter Schroeder
Fred Bourfeois
Kalona
Schroeder
Bourgeois
Kiesey
Ethel Grecian Wilson
Wil
Kieseyv
Wilson
Mildred Patterson Norman
S. Livingston Law and Abstract Office
Roosevelt weighs CIO auto labor plan to build planes
President Roosevelt said a CIO plan to use the automobile industry to produce 500 pursuit planes daily is under serious study by the new supreme defense board. The plan covers technical management and feasibility and was handed to the president by CIO president Philip Murray.
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Washington, D. C
Appy
Roosevelt
CIO
Supreme Defense Board
Philip Murray
CLO
United States peace moves hint at aid debate
U S lawmakers push nonwar peace questions as Roosevelt plans a fireside chat and a state of the union address. Senator Vandenberg leads talks toward negotiated peace while noting Britain’s likely victory and urging inquiry into a rational basis for ending the war.
Washington business sees 37 percent gain in five years
Census figures show Washington city with 12 stores and 422 employees generating 2360000 dollars payroll and 3738000 dollars in sales, a 37 percent rise since 1956. County and nearby towns provide comparative totals for stores, payrolls, and sales.
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Washington
Bureau of the Census
United States Department of Commerce
Washington County
Fairfield
Jeferson County
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Albia
Chariton
Knoxville
Red Oak
Grinnell
Decorah
Iowa Falls
Maquoketa
Perry
Woman Dies From Injuries in Highway Crash
Mrs. Norman Gager 25 died from injuries after a Christmas morning automobile accident north of New Hampton Iowa. Her husband is recovering. Darrell W. Welch of Rochester Minnesota and Mrs. Welch were killed in the crash.
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New Hampton
Iowa
Noe
Norman Gager
Darrell W. Welch
Rochester
Minn
Here
Northwood Man Shoots Four-Foot-Winged Hawk
Joe Myram of Northwood shot a hawk described as having a four foot four inch wingspan. The incident involved a single bird and occurred in Northwood area.
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Joe Myram
Northwood
Child Falls 19 Feet From Hay Mow Near Gordonville
Galen Quam age 3 of near Gordonsville suffered minor bruises and a shaken condition after tumbling 19 feet from a hay mow. He was treated locally and released.
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Galen Quam
Gordonsville
Raids On Again in Full Blast Across Europe
British and Allied forces renewed heavy raids on French invasion ports while German air attacks battered London and Dover. The assault aimed to disrupt any invasion preparations as war in the Balkans and North Africa intensified.
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United Press
London
Britain
Balkans
Gilbert
South Pacific
Nauru
Wolf
Bordeaux
British Isles
Dover
British Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
le Havre
Berlin
Hamm
Munich
Hamburg
Hessetkirchen
Lorient
Airedromes
Brittany
le Tretort
Danube
Jugoslavia
Jugo- Slavia
Salonika
Russia
Benito Mussolini
Bardia
Libya
Tobruk
Swimming Meet Between Clinton and Washington Y M C A Teams
A dual swimming meet between Clinton and Washington Y M C A junior A and B squads is set for Saturday afternoon at 3 30 here. Admission is free for a 14 event program including swimming and diving. Washington entrants include Unsaker Lewis Stockman Bower Buwer Jordan Gilchrist Goodwin Doran Goodwin Griffin Rohrer Gamble.
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Clinton
Washington Y. M. . A
Bob Unsaker
Leo Lewis
Bob Stockman
Archie Buwer
Paul Jordan
Smmie Gilchrist
Tommy Goodwin
Herman Doran
Warren Goodwin
Charles Griffin
Robert Rohrer
John Gamble
Washington
Levi James 78 Dead at Columbus Junction
Levi James 78 a lifelong resident of Columbus Junction died last evening at home after an illness of several months. He entered a stroke two years ago and funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 20 pm at Stephens Funeral Home conducted by Rev B E Mitchell. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. He was born March 10 1862 to Jarod and Jamima James. His first wife Kelle Heaton died years ago. he married Mary Worley on April 21 189? who is deceased. Survived by two daughters Fannie Hornseal Columbus Junction and Jessie Reynolds Nichols and eleven grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
Levi James
Oeloek
Monty
Stephenes
B. Ek. Mitchell
Presbyterian Church
Columbus City
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Great Britain
Albania
Masonic Corporation
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Kentwood
Chiyo Kent
Peter
Kent
LeRoy Pratt
Washington Y.M.C.A
Gray Department
Lincoln
Stewart
Washington Merchants
Muscatine
Association
Mack
Medien
AW Local Fonds
Jay Phipps Nazarine
Sioux City
James F. Morris
U. S
Vantenburg
Congress
State of the Union
Arthur H Vendenberg
Michigan
Millard Tytings
Maryland
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Vandenberg
England
Iver
O. E. Lehmitt
Chamber of Commerce
F. A Gosnell
Washington, D.C
Hawk
Vasion
French
Junction
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