Rumors of New Trouble in Romania Spark Defense Column
A column notes Europe speculates on fresh troubles in Romania amid defense concerns. The piece mentions individuals linked to Iowa and Kalona, including Ervin Hochsteadt of Goshen, Ind., killed in a Topeka area crash, with survivors listed. It also reports Rex Ruch of Denison High School taking a leave to lead rural youth activities in a national defense trades program.
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Congressional Defense Committee
Europe
Rumania
Kalona
Ervin Hochste 45
Goshen, Ind
Topeka
Ind
Denison
Rex Ik. Ruch
National Defense Trades Training Program
Iowa
High School Cadet Fatally Shot During Target Practice
An 18 year old ROTC cadet Donald Davenport was fatally wounded at Davenport High during target practice. He was kneeling between the firing pit and targets while helping Sergeant David Barlow repair a target carrier when he was shot in the left shoulder. The shooter’s identity was not released by school authorities.
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Davenport Donald Stucke
R.O.T.C
Davenort High School
Donald
Sergt
David Barlow
Immigrant Veterans Urged Unity by Des Moines Legion Post
George Paradise of Sioux City urged unity for all Americans at a Belizzi MacRae American Legion post meeting at the Mainliner club. Paradise, born in Greece, spoke as the post formed by south Des Moines Italian American veterans expands to include many national origins.
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Des Moines
Union of Thought and Action For
George Paradise
Sioux City
Amerikan Legion
Paradise
Belizzi-MacRae Legion
Mainliner Club
Greece
Elderly Man Found Dead With Skull Injury Near Iowa City
William B. Williams aged 65 from the Johnson county home near Iowa City was found on a roadside with a skull injury. Sheriff Don McComas is investigating whether a car strike or unknown assailants caused the injury and notes no motive is yet determined.
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Iowa City
William B. Williams
Johnson County
Here
Don McComas
McComas
Williams
Indianola Real Estate Man Dies After Car Pushed From Ditch
F R Van Gilder aged 58 of Indianola died of a heart attack believed caused by over exertion while pushing his car from a ditch. He told neighbor Wa Thorn he felt ill and died while en route to Thorn’s nearby home after the effort.
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Indianola
F. R. van Gillider
van Gilder
Wa Thorn
Here
Thorn
Will Install Scout Troop at Chester
Members of Boy Scout troop 82 will go to West Chester tonight to install another troop there. Dick Peterson Ralph Schilling Dick Cameron Ted Springman Howard Patton Bob Johnson Bob Fisher Carol Coffin will attend. Dick Peterson was named senior patrol leader and Ralph Schilling Howard Patton patrol leaders with Carol Coffin as scribe. Plans for a parents night on February 10. Mobilization day February 8 aims to speed locate and gather Scouts for possible emergency response. Don Orr Troop 22 Scoutmaster says room exists for another patrol. interested boys should see leaders.
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Boy Scout Troop
West Chester
Dick Peterson
Ralph Schilling
Dick Cameron
Ted Springman
Howard Patton
Bob Johnson
Bob Fisher
Carol Coffin
Lincoln School
Boy Scouts
Don Orr
Five Fishermen Drown As Trawler Hits Barge In Boston Harbor
In Boston on January 21 a trawler named Mary FE O'Hara struck a submerged barge in outer harbor at 3 am. The bow fractured and 18 crew members perished in the rough seas while five survivors clung to ice coated rigging until rescue. The boat sank near Finn's Ledge with only rigging showing above water.
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Boston
Mary FE
O’hara
George’s Banks
Finn’s Ledge
Influenza Cases Rise in Iowa State Health Report
Iowa state health department reports 71 new influenza cases today, bringing weekly total to 487 and monthly total to 1,251. Health Commissioner Dr. Walter L. Bierring says most cases are mild in form.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Towa
Walter L. Bierring
Mrs Dewey Joins New York Preparedness Committee
Mrs. A Claire Dewey wife of the Washington state senator, announced in Des Moines that she accepted membership on the honorary committee of the service committee for national preparedness and home defense in New York. Mrs Doris Chapman is national director.
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Dewey
Des Moines
A. Claire Dewey
Washington
Service Committee For National Preparedness and Home Defense
New York
Doris Chapman
Rpetites
U S Lecturer Sees War as Chance for Empire
Lloyd Riggs opened the 1941 Institute of International Understanding in Washington with a lecture alleging the war offers the United States a chance to become a world empire and to replace Britain in that role after the war. He warned against U.S. entering the present conflict while asserting a future big share in world trade, especially with Asia, and discussed Britain, Turkey, Syria, and India in the wartime balance.
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Riggs
Great Britain
Institute of International Understanding
Orient
Lloyd &. Riggs
Chicago
Washington
United States
Europe
Italy
Ethiopia
Germany
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Stanley Baldwin
Japan
China
Turkey
Syria
Africa
Suez Canal
Arabia
Mr. Riggs
India
New Balkan Push Sparks War Talk After Axis Meeting
United Press reports mounting Balkan chatter centering on Romania as Hitler and Mussolini meet to shape war plans against Britain. Britain questions Mediterranean Africa focus while Axis hints at US aid neutralization. Romanian turmoil prompts varying, unclear scenarios from capitals. In Africa, Britain advances near Derna as Italian base at Bomba is abandoned. London notes two daylight raids.
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United Press
Balkan
Romania
Hitler
Mussolini
Britain
East Africa
Germany
Sofia
Budapest
Rumania
Africa
Libyan
Derna
Bomba
Tobruk
London
UAW CIO Delays Ryan Aircraft Strike in San Diego
United Automobile Workers CIO postponed a scheduled strike at the Ryan airplane factory in San Diego for 12 hours. The action centers on labor contract disputes between the union and the plant management, with workers awaiting further talks.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
United Automobile Workers Cio
Ryan Airplane
Public lecture series Fill High School Auditorium
The audience heard Mr. Riggs outline world wartime threats as three future speakers, including Dr. Ethan Colton, were set to discuss topics on an impoverished world. About 43 percent of tickets were sold for the lecture series with prices at 50 cents and 25 cents for reserved seats.
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Mr. Riggs
Riggs
W. A. Erbe
Ethan Colton
Europe
County Birth Rate Up in 1940 with Rising Elder Deaths
County vital statistics show births increased in 1940 while deaths among older residents rose. Infant mortality reached a record low, and heart disease accounted for the most deaths. Pneumonia caused eleven deaths.
Health study shows 1940 county births led since 1923
Dr. D C Barrett reports 1940 births totaled 195 in Washington county, the highest since 1923, with 194 deaths the year and 152 marriages. Birth rate 19.7 per thousand, death rate 9.6, and infant mortality at 10.8 per 1000. Heart disease top killer. cholera-like epidemics absent.
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D. C. Barrett
Washington County Health Unit
Barrett
Health Department
New Day in Pneumonia Treatment Shown to Rotary Club
Dr. D. C. Barrett presented a medical film at the Rotary Club showing a pneumonia victim progressing to danger and the new typing method with serum treatment as a future cure. The program also included the March of Time short Uncle Sam the Good Neighbor and Dr. Lloyd Riggs spoke on international understanding.
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Rotary Club
D. C. Barrett
Thovie
Uncle Sam
State Department
Lloyd Riggs
Troop D Special Train to Camp Bowie Delays and Gift
Captain O J Brown of Troop D 113th Cavalry said a kitchen baggage and two horse cars are in Milwaukee yards with four Pullmans expected to arrive Thursday morning. The train will run to Camp Bowie Texas leaving Washington Thursday at four. Cooks will use the kitchen car as a field kitchen on the trip. Troopers are in good shape though a few have colds. The troop received 116 pocket New Testaments from the United Presbyterian church presented by Hugh H McCleery, a Spanish American War veteran, at a service last Sunday.
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O. J. Brown
113Th Cavalry
Milwaukee
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Texas
Washington
Brown
United Presbyterian Church
Hugh H. McCleery
Widmer Dies. Pneumonia Victim At 79 In Wayland
John W. Widmer 79, died at his Wayland home about 4 a.m. after a brief pneumonia illness. Funeral services are Thursday at 12:45 p.m. at the home and 1:30 p.m. at Sugar Creek church with Rev. Willard Leichty and Rev. Gingerich. burial in Sugar Creek cemetery. Born September 11, 1861 in Switzerland, he lived in the U S about 65 years. Survived by wife Anna Graber and two sons Noah and Daniel. one brother Peter W. Widmer. Preceded by parents and four sisters.
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Wayland
John W. Widmer
Noble
Sugar Creek
Willard Leichty
Gingerich
Switzerland
Widmer
Anna Graber
Noah
Daniel
Peter W. Widmer
Edward
Hunsaker Couple Visited Fairfield Guests of Gilmore Family
Mr and Mrs Allen Hunsaker are spending a few days this week in Fairfield as the guests of Mr and Mrs Ed Gilmore.
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Mrs. Allen Hunsaker
Fairfield
Ed Gilmore
Rotary Hosts Guest Presenter At Meeting
A guest speaker addressed Rotary Club members during the luncheon session discussing community service efforts and upcoming service projects. The program highlighted local partnerships and volunteer opportunities for members.
Kennedy proposes small committee to manage British aid plan
Former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy urged a compact congressional panel to cooperate with President Roosevelt on administering Britain aid. He testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and called for a time limit and spending cap. Governor Stassen proposed a Supreme Council including the president and party leaders to share control.
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Frank Knox
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Washington, D. C
Joseph FP. Kennnedy
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Britain
Congress
Governo
Harold E. Stassen
Malne
Supreme Sense Council
Reinstated Ousted Labor Union Men Win Damages
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld a Blackhawk County district court ruling reinstating ousted American Federation of Labor teamsters and awarding damages. The men were removed after a June 1939 strike against the McCoy truck line, though they continued working during the dispute.
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Des Moine
State Supreme Court
Blackhawk
American Federation of Labor Teamsters
McCoy
Falling Limb Kills Farmer Cutting Trees
Ed Brower, 42, a farmer, was killed when a falling limb struck his head while he and his nephew Henry Brower were cutting trees on the Brower farm.
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Stampton
Ed Brower
Henry Brower
Cars in Washington County exceed last year on first day of December
Registration for 1941 plates tops 2 918, up from 2 903 a year earlier. Truck licenses rise to 418 from 404. Twelve new registrations recorded last week include owners from Washington Crawfordsville Kalona and Wellman with makes such as Chevrolet Pontiac Olds Dodge DeSoto Plymouth and International.
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Washington County
D. Hamilton
Crawfordsville
Lloyd Gray
Washington
Pratt Bros
Olds
W. F. Messer
Rev. H. J. Corcoran
Carl Molander
J. J. Speas
Kalona
Chevrolet
R. C. Blankenhorn
Ainsworth
David C. Blankenhorn
Arthur C. Maenck
Riverside
DeSoto
W. P. Barth
T. W. Zillmer
Wellman
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