Allied Defense Lines Hold Fast Far East
Washington county Red Cross war relief fund surpasses 4600 with seven towns contributing 1477 total. County cash listed 3334.62 plus earlier reports bringing county total to about 4600. Campaign continues with more donations expected and a benefit event planned at Lincoln school.
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Far East
Washington County
Red Cross War Relief
National Red Cross
Riverside
Kalona
Wellman
West Chester
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Red Cross Fund
Washington Town
Roger Sherman
G. E. Mace
Special Campaign Committee
Red Cross
Atchison and Busby
Lincoln School
FBI Traffic School To Train Iowa Officers In Des Moines
The Federal Bureau of Investigation will conduct a war traffic school for Iowa law enforcement in Des Moines from March 9 to 14, announced by Special Agent in Charge J. L. Dalton. Similar programs will occur in 120 other cities, covering bomb damage to streets, traffic control systems, blackout accidents, crowd handling during air raids, and rapid movement of military units and defense vehicles.
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Des Moines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Iowa
Mar
J. L. Dalton
FBI
Doane Urges Farm Buildings Become Tools Not Tombstones
D Howard Doane of St Louis told the Iowa Retail Lumbermen’s Association merchandising clinic that farm buildings must cease being tombstones and become tools to secure proper returns on farmers’ investments. He noted that soil is older than many farm improvements in top agricultural areas.
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Doane
Des Moines
D. Howard Doane
St Louis
Iowa Retail Lumbermen's Association
Private Found Dead in Closed Garage at Des Moines
Glen Luse a 21 year old private at Fort Des Moines was found dead in the attached garage of the BEA Hazen home. A nephew of the Hazens from Missoula Montana investigators ruled the death accidental caused by carbon monoxide while Luse worked on his car carburetor. The family was away in the afternoon.
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Des Moines
Glen Luse
Fort Des Moines Army Post
Bea Hazen
Hazens
Missoula
Mont
J. W. Bailey
Luse
Soldier receives silver star medal for Argonne action
William Ristau of Davenport was awarded a silver star by Washington for bravery in the Argonne forest during World War I. He served with Company K, 18th Infantry, First Division, and recalled the action with the remark we just didn't run.
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Davenport
William Ristau
Washington
Argonne Forest
France
Ristau
18Th
Traer Man 30 Killed In Car Train Collision
Edwin Henry Paustian a 30 year old Traer welder who had enlisted in the navy was killed when his car collided with a Milwaukee road Hiawatha train near Elberon on Highway 21 along the Tama Benton county line. He rode alone and was killed outright. His mother Mrs Louis Paustian survives.
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Traer
Edwin Henry Paustian
Navy
Wiin Paustian
Tama-Benton County
Milwaukee Railroad
Hiawatha
Elberon
Paustian
Louis Paustian
Appoint Commissioners For Ordnance Plants
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey names Vv.A. Sigler of Des Moines and Harold J. Wilson of Burlington as special commissioners with jurisdiction over offenses inside ordnance plant grounds near Des Moines and Burlington. They may hear cases with penalties up to 500 dollars fine or six months in jail unless the defendant chooses federal court.
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Ordnance Plants
Des Moines
Charles A. Dewey
Vv.a. Sigler
Harold J. Wilson
Burlington
Webster City Trucker Kills Man. Nephew Injured in Crash
L E Mosher 60 of Eagle Grove died when a pickup overturned after losing control on a curve on Highway 20 near Duncombe. Nephew Newt Poolman 30 was injured, driver Thomas Nodland 25 of Dows was uninjured.
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Webster City
L. E. Mosher
Eagle Grove
Newt Poolman
Highway 20
Duncombe
Thomas Nodland
Dows
Mosher
Baker and Sartor Obtain Washington Marriage License
Robert Wendell Baker and Frances Sartor of Washington secured a marriage license at the courthouse yesterday afternoon.
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Robert Wendell Baker
Frances Sartor
Washington
Court House
Scouts Gather Paper Saturday in Third Ward
Scouts plan a Saturday paper drive in the Third Ward weather permitting. They will collect old newspapers and magazines, tie them in bundles, and leave collection on front porches. Proceeds from Washington area papers go to the Red Cross via Mose Levy.
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Third Ward
Washington
Mose Levy
Red Cross
House panel warns of weak gas-attack protections
The House Appropriations Committee told Congress that current provisions for protecting American cities against gas attacks are inadequate while reporting a defense appropriation bill of 160 million dollars, including 100 million for civilian defense, the maximum under current law.
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Washington, D.C
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
House
Rescue 6 Survivors Of Tanker Torpedoed Off Canadian Coast
Six survivors arrived in port after a British tanker was torpedoed and sunk by a German sub in mid Atlantic near Canada. The men were picked up by a fishing vessel and said 42 crew members remained missing. Four were in critical condition after exposure and dehydration. One previously died. seven started in the lifeboat. The attacks marked continued Axis submarine activity along the coast since mid January.
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Atlantic
Axis
Navy survey team eyes Iowa University site for air corps training
Naval officials departed Iowa City to report to Washington on a survey of the University of Iowa as a potential site for one of four proposed Navy air corps training centers. Commander O Kessing noted he was impressed with the university during the visit.
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Iowa City
Naval
Washington
University of Iowa
Navy Air Corps
Comanders O. Kessing
Reformatory Sentence for Theft of Purse
Javene Woods twenty from Mason City was sentenced to five years in Rockwell City reformatory after pleading guilty to larceny for stealing a woman's purse containing twenty four dollars from a hotel in Cedar Rapids.
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Reformatory
Cedar Rapids
Javene Woods
Mason City
Rockwell City
War Council functions in Southwest Pacific reported
President Roosevelt disclosed at a press conference that the Pacific councils coordinating the war effort of the United Nations have operated for almost a month. They refer military and naval problems to the joint British American staff in Washington with A B D A nations. Political questions go to the governments in Washington and London.
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WAR Council
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Pacific Councils
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Washington
L London
Navy Extends Building Trades Enlistment for War Effort
The Navy opened enlistments in class V-6 of the naval reserve for men with construction experience to join headquarters and construction companies for shore duty at overseas bases. Recruits may reach ranks up to chief petty officer, with pay from 36 to 989 dollars monthly plus housing, meals, clothing, transport and medical care. Eligible applicants contact a naval recruiting station for a medical exam and Commander E J Spaulding in Washington DC for an enlistment form.
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United States Navy
Naval Reserve
Naval
Continental
United States
Getty
E. J. Spaulding
Navy Building
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt reviews war production labor issues in first AFL CIO talks
President Roosevelt met the new AFL-CIO war labor council in Washington and spoke for over ninety minutes about labor problems in war production. He outlined expectations, urged cooperation, and stressed national mobilization during the wartime effort.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Afl-Cio War Labor Council
Light snow and rain soften into colder spell
A light fall of very wet snow was followed by rain and a shift toward cooler conditions. This came after several days of thick fog dominating the weather, signaling a turning point in the forecast.
Army drivers set record for safe driving at Camp Stewart
The 209th Coast Artillery at Camp Stewart Georgia reports no deaths in more than 1,175,000 miles of driving over nine months with only one minor injury in a recent maneuver. The unit achieved this across all road types and during blackout drills.
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Camp Stewart
U.P
209Th Coast Artillery
Austrian Lecturer Addresses Parsons Men’s Club in Dinner Talk
Dr. Eric Kollman of Parsons College spoke to about 85 Methodist church men on “Austria, Hitler and America.” The Austrian-born historian, who arrived in 1939, shared reflections after a program led by Theodore Bailey and Wendell Baker. Music by a high school quartet accompanied the event. laymen will lead the February 22 service.
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Eric Kollman
Parsons College
Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Theodore Bailey
Wendell Baker
Virginia McLaughlin
Laura
Jean Stout
Robert Bontrager
LeRoy Luers
Mary Justine George
Dr. Kollman
America
Austria
Witler
Fairfield
Tanker Indian Arrow Sunk Off New Jersey Coast
The 8327 ton tanker Indian Arrow was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine Wednesday night off the New Jersey coast. Twenty six crew members are missing while eleven and the captain were rescued by a motor boat and brought to the coast guard station in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey
Fourth Naval District
Coast Guard
Senate confirms Laurence Sherman Kuter as temporary brigadier general
The senate approved the appointment of Laurence Sherman Kuter, 36, to a temporary brigadier general post. He becomes the youngest officer in the army to hold that rank at this time.
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Laurence Kuter
Kuter
Washington
Washington, D. C
Senate
Laurence Sherman Kuter
U.S. Birth Triplets and Quadruplets Reach Records in 1940
Census figures show 247 triplet births and 3 quadruplet births in the United States in 1940. The data highlights multiple births across the nation, reflecting family trends of that era and regional variations.
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Census Bureau
United States
Western Union Clocks to Jump Ahead on New Time
Miss Stella Wilcox, Western Union local manager, urges public help to set clocks forward one hour from 2 A M Monday February 9. Telegraph offices across zones will shift at different times, causing temporary time discrepancies between New York and San Francisco.
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Western Union
Telegraph
Miss Wilcox
Wilcox
Central Mountain
Pacific
San Francisco
New York
Mount Pleasant Production and Credit elects officers
At the Mount Pleasant Production and Credit association regular meeting on February 6 the board elected J Ralph Wilson of Morning Sun as president O W Schmitter of Richland as vice president R A Steffensmeier of Mt Pleasant as secretary treasurer Basil Huston Jr of Mt Pleasant as assistant secretary treasurer and H V Baker of Mt Pleasant to fill the vacancy caused by Walter Moehn’s resignation New board members include Arthur Peterson and Kent Crabtree with Moehn replaced from Danville
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MT. Pleasant
The
Mount Pleasant Production& Credit Association
J. Ralph Wilson
Morning Sun
O. W. Schmitter
Richland
R. A. Steffensmeier
Basil Huston, Jr
H. V. Baker
Walter Moehn
Danville
Arthur Peterson
Kent Crabtree
Ft. Madison
Hill Sentenced to Prison in Perjury Case Tied to Axis Propaganda
George Hill, second secretary to Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York, was sentenced to two to six years in federal prison for perjury before a grand jury probing George Sylvester Viereck and other axis propagandists.
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Hill
Washington, D.C
George Hill
Hamilton Fish
New York
George Sylvester Viereck
World War II Fronts Fight Across Three Theaters
United Nations defenses hold on multiple fronts as Japan presses in the far east. British and American firepower strike back from Corregidor to Johore, while Soviet forces gain ground near Moscow and Kharkov. Singapore faces massed Japanese troops as Allied defenses rally with air superiority contested. Japanese propaganda claims sinkings in the Malacca Straits and Java Sea remain unconfirmed by allied sources.
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United Press
United Nations
Japan
Far East
Tobruk
Libya
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Johore
Burma
Rangoon
Salween River
Burma Road
North Africa
Libyan
Derna
Cairo
Russia
Red Army
Moscow
Smolensk
Ukraine
Kharkov
Singapore
Johore Bahru
Malaya
Malacca Straits
Sumatra
Java Sea
United States
Kangean Island
Mrs Eckhardt Visits Relative in City
Mrs Louis Eckhardt of Wellman is spending a few days here with her mother Mrs C H Witthort.
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Louis Eckhardt of
Wellman
C. H. Witthort
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County Red Cross
Donald
Wasington
F.B.I
Argonne
Gen. Kuter
Canadian
Malay Peninsula
Australia
London
U. S. Navy
Pacific Ocean
Jersey
W. U
Credit Assn
Big Guns
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