Iowa Column Reports York City Man Released From Jail
Lavern DeWayne Byam 23 of York City was released from Polk county jail after arrest over alleged draft classification statements. No charge was filed. Byam denied making such remarks before the county draft board No. 1, though three witnesses testified they heard him. Assistant county attorney Ralph D. Moore withheld details of the release due to confidential actions of draft bonds.
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Des Moines
Lavern Dewayne Byam
York City
Polk County
County Draft Board No. 1
Byam
Sueha al
Ralph D. Moore
Wholesalers Unable To Get Sugar Stocks In Iowa
Des Moines reports say many wholesale houses in Iowa face sugar shortages and cannot obtain new supplies until February and March. Ralph E. Kittinger of the Wholesale Food Institute of Iowa cites war jitters and federal stock freezes as causing the shortage. He urges households and businesses to avoid buying sugar beyond normal needs to prevent making the situation worse.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ralph E. Kittinger
Food Institute of Iowa
Kittinger
Ration Boards Unite Over Sioux City Truck Tire
Three-state rationing officials collaborated when a Sioux City firm needed a tire after a blowout in Trenton New Jersey. Authorities could not issue a certificate due to the truck’s Georgia registration, but the Georgia board alerted New Jersey officials to allow the tire purchase.
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Sioux City
Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
Georgia
Georgia Board
Coe College to Consider New President Charles A. Anderson
Arthur Poe, president of the Coe College board, said 20 board members voted unanimously to call Dr Charles A. Anderson, 52, president of Tusculum College in Greenville Tennessee, to the Coe presidency. Anderson, who visited in November, is expected to formally accept within days. He has headed Tusculum since June 15 and was slated to lead Findenwood College in St Charles Missouri.
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Tennessee
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Poe
Coe College Board of Trustees
Charles A. Anderson
Tusculum College
Greenville
Iowa fair towns offer grounds if Des Moines center needed
Cedar Rapids and Davenport propose using their fairgrounds for the Iowa state fair if Des Moines is needed as an induction site for the army air corps Lloyd B Cunningham state fair secretary says officials in Cedar Rapids and Davenport wired offers to share grounds amid army planning.
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Cedar Rapids
Davenport
CBS
Lloyd B. Cunningham
Cunningham
United States Army
Army
Des Moines
Army Air Corps
Strike Injury Trial Opens in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge the trial of Robert Schultze’s 15000 suit against United Gypsum Co and R D Hess begins. Schultze a picket says injuries from a strike outbreak at the mill last July when work cars broke through a picket line and Hess’s car overturned pinning him a broken back.
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Fort Dodge
Robert Schultze
United States Gypsum Co
R. D. Hess
Hess
Pinnias Schultze
Schultze
Daylight Savings Is Law Soon
Congress completed action on daylight savings time to advance clocks one hour in the second week of February. The House adopted the conference report by voice vote and the Senate approved under suspension of rules. The measure takes effect 20 days after Roosevelt signs, possibly this weekend.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Roosevelt
College Begins Second Semester Registration
Washington junior college opened the second semester registration this afternoon and will run through tomorrow. Dean Harland Mead expects many new students and invites adults to enroll in special courses such as English secretarial service and teacher training.
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Washington Junior College
Harland Mead
Mead
SMA to purchase fifteen carloads of Iowa honey
AMES Iowa January 15 the Surplus Marketing Administration will buy about 600000 pounds of amber and light amber honey for the hot school lunch program as part of a four million pound Northern Central plan. F B Paddock state apiarist notes the move aims to relieve the distressed honey market with purchase prices set at 9 and 646 cents per pound.
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AMBS
Iowa
Surplus Marketing Administration
F. B. Paddock
North Central
Sittes
Paddock
SMA
Ames
Chester F. Gibbons
Minneapolis
Llowa
Towa State College
Nazi Generals Resign Over Brauchitsch Dismissal
Reports from Zurich Switzerland claim 25 German generals quit the army in protest of General Walther von Brauchitsch being relieved as supreme commander. Included among the resigners was General Ewald von Kleist commander of tank forces on the eastern front.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Walther von Brauchitsch
Ewald von Kleist
Lindy Assigned To War Effort By War Department
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announced Lindbergh has been assigned to a technical commercial project in which the War Department is interested and will serve in a civilian capacity. He stated Lindbergh will take other duties after the project ends and is not recommissioned as a reserve officer. Lindbergh sought Army input before finalizing plans.
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Washington, D.C
Charles A. Lindbergh
War Department
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Lindbergh
Army
Henry H. Arnold
Robret A. Lovett
Hold Farm Security Meeting at Church
The annual Farm Security Administration meeting for ten loan borrowers in the county was held yesterday at the Methodist church with 82 attendees and a luncheon served by the Ladies Aid society. The meeting discussed county records and related FARM programs.
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Farm Security Administration
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid Society
To Double Strength This Year
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announced that President Roosevelt authorized raising the army to 3,600,000 this year. The force would nearly double armored and air units, add 32 triangular divisions, expand motorized units, boost anti aircraft, engineer, and special units, and add 50 plus military police battalions to guard critical sites.
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Washington
D.C
Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
Stimson
Legion to Sponsor Dance for Red Cross
George Baker announced that Leon Beatty post American Legion will sponsor a dance at the Rendezvous on Tuesday night Jan 27 with the net receipts going to the Red Cross wart relief fund. Music for older and younger dancers provided by a cowboy novelty orchestra via an Omaha agency. Prices remain as usual.
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George Baker
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Red Cross
FSA Iowa Meeting Discusses Variable Payment Plan
L. H. Young who heads the FSA in Iowa and Carl Stanley from Indianapolis spoke at the annual meeting. Cecil Rooks supervised the session for the county. They explained the variable payment plan that pays net income from the farm on the purchase rather than a fixed amount.
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L. H. Young
FSA
Iowa
Carl Stanley
Indianapolis
Cecil Rooks
Roosevelt names three of twelve to new War Labor Board
President Roosevelt selects three of the twelve members for the National War Labor Board to settle labor disputes and prevent strikes during the war. The board, led by William H. Davis, includes four representatives from public, industry, and labor each, with Thomas Kennedy as a United Mine Workers official and Albert W. Hawkes as a Chamber of Commerce leader among the employer appointees.
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Roosevelt
National War Labor Board
William H. Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers of America
Albert W. Hawkes
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Howard Miller Named Captain of Guard Unit
DES MOINES Jan. 15. Governor Wilson appointed officers to the Iowa state guard. Howard P. Miller of Washington Iowa was named captain of the first regiment headquarters company first battalion. Harry J. Donaldson of Washington was named first lieutenant in the same unit.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa State Guard
Howard P. Miller
Washington
Iowa
Harry J. Donaldson
Washington forms home guard unit in Iowa
Captain Miller and Lieutenant Donaldson lead plans to recruit 60 men for a Washington home guard. A second lieutenant will be selected, ages 18 to 50, with four additional companies planned in three battalions. The Washington unit becomes headquarters company of a southern Iowa regiment. Armory near town to be used. Coffey and Hawkins of Council Bluffs aid organization.
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Miller
Donaldson
Home Guard
Washington
Southern
Iowa
Coffey
Hawkins
Council Bluffs
Perkins Gives Newton Dispute To Labor Board
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins certified to the new war labor board a dispute between United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers and Maytag company at Newton Iowa over wage hikes and a union shop. About 800 workers are involved. Newton local secretary George Albe said negotiations began nearly a year ago with a deadlock after conciliation service was called in and Maytag refused compromise.
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Washington, D. C
Frances Perkins
New War Labor Board
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
Maytag Company
Newton
Iowa
George Albe
United States Labor Department
Maytag
Albe
Mrs Mae Bentley Plans Boone Visit This Week
Mrs Mae Bentley will leave the latter part of this week for Boone to visit her sister. The trip is described as a brief family visit with travel arrangements yet to be finalized.
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Mae Bentley
Boone
Plan Play Festival For County Schools
At Kalona last night eight Washington county school superintendents agreed to hold a noncompetitive one act play festival likely on February 18. Four schools would perform in Washington and four at West Chester as prep for later district or state events. They also voted to recommend higher uniform high school tuition to boards reflecting rising education costs.
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Washington
Lester B. Krabill
Kalona
West Chester
Boards of Educaion
Air Raid Alarms and Blackouts Describe Honolulu Life
A letter from Mrs. Ethel Leach in Hawaii near Pearl Harbor recounts life under air raid alarms and blackouts. She describes darkness doors and padded windows, nightly sleeping in clothes, rationed entertainment, and ongoing fears from the Pacific raid while noting guards, prowlers, and the challenge of staying calm.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Alden H. Price
Howard Miller
Ethel Leach
Pearl Harbor
Leach
Will Kendrick
Washington
Two Jan 28 Home Talent Show performances planned
The Y's Men's club promotes Let Yourself Go with two shows at 7 30 and 9 15 on January 28. About 100 participants, including Washington dignitaries, will present six regular acts and ten special stunts.
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Y's Men’s Club
Washington
Clarence Logan
Ted Brown
Richard McCleery
Dunham Morrison
W. D. Dwyer
Aldrich
John Lemmon
Douglas Smith
Will Shannon
Mabel Elder
Boyd White
Hour of Charm
Milo Sorden
Kathleen Morrison
Sarah McCleery
Tom Duncan
Dave Elder
Jack Benney
Rochester
CIO union signs with Henry Ford for Ford Canada
Windsor Ontario January 15 The United Automobile Workers CIO signed a no strike no lockout agreement with Ford Motor Company of Canada recognizing the union as the bargaining agent for its 11900 employees in Canada.
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Windsor
Ont
Watted Automobile Workers of America
CIO
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Iowa 1941 Industrial Employment Rises Shown
Des Moines reports 1941 industrial employment averaged 11.5 percent above 1940 and 18.4 percent ahead of 1939 per state labor bureau monthly reports.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Bureau of Labor
Confidence Grows as Communications Remain Steady
A speaker notes growing confidence and comfort with ongoing control. They assure no need for frequent updates and express appreciation for support from backers. The message emphasizes steady progress and reassurance despite limited contact.
Battle for Singapore Intensifies Across Fronts
Allied forces fight on land sea and air from the Atlantic to Singapore as U S and British units clash with Japanese troops. In the Atlantic 9 577 ton freighter Harness sinks near Long Island while MacArthur’s forces resist in the Philippines and Japanese bombers attack Corregidor. British defenses near Singapore report heavy pressure with reports of Malacca and Johore advances and encirclement of Allied troops.
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United Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Singapore
Atlantic Coast
Long Island
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor Fortress
Navy Department
Atlantic
Japan
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Burma
Thailand
London
Australia
Malacca Straits
Malacca
Johore State
Berlin
Johore
Kuala Lumpur
Convict Hill on Perjury Charge
Washington January 18 A district court jury found George Hill secretary to Representative Hamilton Fish a New York Republican guilty on two counts of perjury before a federal grand jury examining axis propagandists last fall The government described the defendant as a key cog in the German propaganda machine.
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Washington, D. C
George Hill
Hamilton Fish
New York
Axis
W. J. Brown of Pilotburg Dies
William John Brown aged 74 died at 4 30 this morning at his home north of Pilotburg Lime Creek township after about a year of illness. He was born in Chicago February 25 1867. He leaves his wife and one son Mark Brown of Shattuck Oklahoma. The body was taken to L A Jones funeral home with burial planned at Cedar Rapids.
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William John Brown
Pilotburg
Lime Creek Township
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Brown
Chicago
Mark Brown
Shattuck
Okla
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TIN
General von Kleist
Lindy
Legion
Phonephoto
George M. Welch
Kenneth M. Taylor
Washington Company
Gov. Wilson
Perkins
Labor Board
CIO Union
Henry Ford
OWA
Convict Hill
W. J. Brown
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