Fierce Fighting in Malaya and Philippines Relief Effort
Reported heavy combat in Malaya as Japan presses toward Singapore with British troops defending along a lower Sembilan Malacca line and Johore withdrawals. In the Philippines a committee is to solicit for a Red Cross relief fund as tensions rise across Southeast Asia.
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Malaya
Philippines
Red Cross
Singapore
Britain
Gibraltar
Far East
Burma
Lower Sembilan
Straits Settlement
Malacca
Wsstern
Fire Destroys Iowa Farm. Four Die In Blaze
A farm home near here burned killing Gary Olsen four and baby Roger Olsen one, and seriously injuring mother Mrs Olaf Olsen. Roger died at Carroll hospital while the mother was listed in fair condition. Samuel six was at school and the father was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bpxira
Gary Lee Olsen
Olaf Olsen
Jordan Awaits Death for Murdering Boy
Leo Jordan, aged 15 of 2 years in Iowa prisons, was sent to Joliet penitentiary to await execution by electric chair. Circuit Judge A J Schneieman ordered the sentence for the murder of Warren Snyder, 5, near Warren's Fulton Illinois home after a guilty plea.
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Jordan
Des Moines
Leo Jordan
Iowa
Joliet
Cirreuit
A. J. Schneieman
Warren Snyder
Warren
Fulton
Iowa Safety Council Pushes Abolition of Country Taverns
Des Moines a safety council urges ending country taverns and roadhouses to cut drunken driving. It backs a state law barring county supervisors from issuing beer sale permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Safety Council
Blacked Out Flags at Woodbury Courthouse Mural
Woodbury county courthouse mural shows two black blotches over flags honoring allied nations in World War I. John Black the courthouse engineer said he was following instructions from the county auditor to obscure flags of Japan and later Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Germany
John Black
Japan
Fire ravages Centerville National Bank and Osborn hardware
Firefighters from Centerville and Albia labored from 9 p m Thursday to 5 a m Friday to combat a blaze that caused an estimated 50090 damage to the National Bank building. The fire destroyed Harry Osborns hardware store with an estimated loss of 12000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Albia
National Bank
Harry Osborn
R O T C Ball Leaves Recruits For Weekend
At the Great Lakes naval training station near Chicago Ill 128 newly enlisted men were granted leaves and sent home from the Des Moines navy recruiting office. They are to return Tuesday. Census estimates show annual American refinery output of petroleum products would equal a week’s flow of the Potomac River past Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.C
Barbara Kent
Des Moines
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Ill
Navy
Potomac River
City of
Washington
Auchinleck Takes Command of British Indian Forces in Middle East
The British war office in London announces Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck now commands all British Indian land forces in Iraq and Iran. He controls India's outward western defenses while Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell becomes supreme commander of Anglo American forces in the southwest Pacific on the eastern side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British War Office
London
Claude Auchinleck
Middle East
Iraq
Iran
General Auchinleck
India
Archibald Wavell
Southwest Pacific
Red Cross Receives $74 From Rug Donation
The hooked silk rug presented to the Red Cross by Mrs. R. L. Badger sold at the Whitaker community sale for $74. Joe Te Boekhorst bought the rug, and Mrs. Badger received a standing ovation for her weeks of work. Rev. Carl Klein spoke briefly on the Red Cross work and the need for funds during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
R. L. Badger
Whitaker
Joe Te Boekhorst
Charles Brown
Seven Members of Family Slain
Ellsworth Wisconsin area shaken as seven members of a Plumb City farm family are found dead with six victims in their home and a fire believed accidental. Authorities say Thomas Seipel, 38, killed his wife Lucille 30 and five children before taking his own life. another case sees James C Cimisek, 21, confessing to stabbing Mrs. Petan and her three children nearby. Charles Tierney, St Paul assistant police chief, leads the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Wis
Can
Charles Tierney
St. Paul
McGregor Man Rescued After Snowbound Ordeal
McGregor Thodore Young blood, 74, was snowbound at a home six miles south of town since January 1. Snowplows cleared a path to his house and he was found exhausted after lying in a snowdrift for six hours. He is in McGregor hospital with frozen hands, feet, and face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Thodore Youngblood
Here
McGregor Hospital
Census Data on Negro Church Edifices Value
The value of Negro church edifices reported to the census totaled 146 531 531 dollars, representing 4.8 percent of the nation's total church building value.
Red Cross county drive expands as leaders form committees
G E Mace named county chairman to raise the remaining two thousand five hundred dollars of an eight thousand nine hundred dollar quota. A 11 member committee with R E Dougherty and S W Livingston among others will direct the drive and oath to maintain a permanent organization until the war ends.
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Dougherty and
Livingston
G. E. Mace
R. E. Dougherty
S. W. Livingston
Washington
A. E. Sands
Ainsworth
K. A. Coates
Crawfordsville
E. L. Edmondson
Brighton
F. M. Lindenmeyer
West Chester
J. L. Fry
Kalona
Stanley Vodicka
Richmond
Ellery Foster
Wellman
William O'Loughlin
Riverside
Roger Sherman
County Red Cross
War Relief Fund
Busby and Atchison
Phil Weldin
Red Cross
Gable Joins Search for Lombard Plane Wreckage
Clark Gable joins ground crews in the Table Rock mountain search for the wreckage of a huge air transport carrying Carole Lombard, her mother, Otto Winkler, and 21 others presumed dead. The crew reports a difficult climb as a Western Air Express pilot says he may have seen wreckage on the eastern slopes.
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Las Viegas
Ney
Clark Gable
Table Rock Mountain
Carole Lombard
Miss Lombard
Otto Winkler
Indianapolis
Ind
Army Ferry Command
Long Bereh
Calif
Lois Hamilton
Detroit
Western Air Express
TWA
Death Valley
Nevada
Gable
Lockheed Air Terminal
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Communities invited to fund yarn costs through local treasuries
The article states that communities with their own branches were invited to contribute to yarn costs, using funds in their treasuries from last fall’s annual roll call. It lists voluntary contributions to date totaling nearly $1,400, including Guy Crosby with 2.09 and Miss Ella Warren with 5.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Crosby
Ella Warren
Licenses surge as 1942 plates rise over prior year
By today 3200 Washington county autos hold 1942 license plates, up from 2632 a year ago, a gain of 566. Trucks licensed total 5158, an increase of 1388, and trailers are about 150 higher. Owners have two weeks to obtain current year licenses without penalty. After Feb 1 a five percent interest per year begins with a $1 minimum. Old plates left at the courthouse box have filled again and will be sold to a junk dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Court House
Brown critically ill in Des Moines hospital
George J. Brown, former secretary of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, was critically ill at Des Moines General Hospital with internal hemorrhages and significant blood loss. Brown had served many years as secretary before his discharge last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Van
George J. Brown
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Des Moines General Hospital
Ray Lamb
Lamb
Brown
Clara Huber Is Taken by Death
Funeral services for Clara Belle Huber 68 will be held tomorrow at 2 30 pm at L A Jones chapel Dr R C Keagy to officiate burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery She died last evening at her home 401 East Jefferson after ten weeks illness Surviving are three brothers and a sister J A E A Huber and H L Huber Mrs Harry Crone all of Washington and vicinity Clara was born July 5 1875 in Cedar township and lived in Washington County most of her life She was a Methodist and active in church and Woman's Society of Christian Service The Fortnightly club counted her as officer and member The census shows motor vehicles replacing horses as livery stables drop to about 250 with 1 372 000 yearly receipts vs 290 000 establishments serving autos with 2 500 000 000 in receipts
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Clara Belle Huber
L. A. Jones
R. C. Keagy
Elm Grove
Miss Huber
East
Jefferson Street
Aaron and
Mary Elizabeth Logue Huber
Cedar Township
Washington High School
Washington County
Huber
Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
J. A
E. A
H. L. Huber
Harry Crone
Washington
Community
New License Plates Issued With Old Tags Collected
Drivers receiving new plates are asked to leave their old license tags in a designated box as receipts are distributed to aid the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Churchill returns to London after Washington talks
Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives at Paddington after meetings with President Roosevelt and talks with Mackenzie King. He plans to address Parliament on allied unity and the war, and a shake-up of the war cabinet is anticipated. Churchill travels from Bermuda and Plymouth with key ministers and senior officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
England
Roosevelt
Washington
Churchill
Paddington Station
Commons
House of Commons
United Nations
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Bermuda
Plymouth
Great British Airways
Atlantic
Lord Beaverbrook
War Cabinet
Dudley Pound
Charles Portal
Air
Charles Wilson
Foreign Office
Archibald Cripps
Russia
Archibald Clark Kerr
China
Cripps
Sir Horace Seymour
Japanese Attack on Big Scale
Allied forces repelled major Japanese offensives in Malaya the Philippines and on the Pacific coast. Japanese advances around Manila Bay and Corregidor faced stiff resistance under General Douglas MacArthur as Allied fleets reported sinking Japanese submarines and Africa saw 5500 Axis troops surrender at the Malia fortress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Malaya
Muar
Singapore
Endau River
Johore
United Press
Pacific
Africa
Axia
Malfia Pass
North
Rain Helps Melt Snow After Warm Week
A light rain began this morning aiding the melting of snow that lingered since the start of 1942. Most snow has disappeared except in shaded spots where sun cannot reach, leaving slick streets and sidewalks as rain fell.
Submarine attacks near Atlantic coast shown on map
Map shows two submarine attacks off the Atlantic coast. The latest torpedoing of the Norwegian tanker Nornesa occurred 60 miles south of Montauk Point, S I, with 38 crewmen reported missing. Days earlier a large armed steamship, likely British, was torpedoed 1606 miles off Nova Scotia with an estimated 90 lives lost.
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Atlantic
Nornesa
Montauk Point
S. I
Nova Scotia
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Maleyp Jungle
Malay Peninsula
Iowa Society
Dorothy J. Phillips
Ilinois
Iowa Society For Crippled Children
Sir Auchinleck
Rug
G.e.mace
Sherman
U. S. Army
United States Army
Michael Wilkomirski
Michael
Europe
Wilkomirski
College of Music
Danzig
Lodz
Poland
Clara Huber
Hele
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