Iowa war jobs seek 20 000 more workers
The United States Employment Service reports about 50 000 Iowans are in war industries and 29 009 more will be added in six months. William S. Barnes notes the figure includes workers at government ordnance plants near Des Moines or Burlington. Women already make about one third of the workforce and this share should rise.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William S. Barnes
Svice
Ordance
Burlington
Waterloo Officer Rouse Transferred to Irish Quartermasters
Col. Howard Rouse of Waterloo, who has served as commander of a unit in Ireland, is reassigned to head the quartermasters department in Ireland. He reached the five year age limit last week and is no longer permitted to talk on combat duty.
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Waterloo
Howard Rouse
Ireland
Drowns In River Tributary Near Des Moines
Estherville boy Eldon Sif t, 6, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Ifrit of Estherville, drowned while wading in a Des Moines river bayou near the south ridge on Highway 17. Eldon and his brother Anneth, 7, accompanied by Louis Keller's three children, went under water. His father found him about a half hour later. efforts to revive him failed.
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Estherville
Ebon Sift
Joe Ifrit
Des Moines
Eldon
Anneth
Louis Keller
Illor Gives Hat To Irs She Weds Soldier
A young woman marries an army man after accepting a bluejacket's hat as a token of affection. The couple planned to move to Texas following the ceremony in Iowa City where the groom trained at the navy preflight school.
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Ilor
Irs
Iowa City
Navy
Texas
Rescue of 12 year old in Cedar Rapids river incident
Arnold Gods, 12, was rescued from the Cedar River after falling into a log at the dam’s west end and swept downstream. He was held by a partial river obstruction when a life preserver was thrown from a bridge by Harry Preitzer.
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Cedar Rapids
Arnold Gods
Harry Preitzer
Coops Back Parity Grain Sales to Support War Effort
Des Moines Iowa sourced report notes Iowa cooperative grain elevator groups endorsing government corn and wheat sales below parity to spur war production of meat fats dairy and other essentials. They support parity pricing for CCC loaned wheat and corn but oppose 100 percent parity loans as inflationary.
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Des Moines
Miss Burlington Pilot Missing In Duty
Word was received here that Wayne Sues a lieutenant and pilot in the Naval Air Corps is missing in action his wife Ilvas here Mesens was a Burlington high school and junior college football and basketball player He graduated from Burlington Junior College in 1935 and Iowa State College at Ames in 1937
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Burlington
Wayne Sues
Naval Air Corps
Ilvas
Mesens
Burlington Junior College
Ames
Whittaker Elected Commander Of Leon Beatty Post
Martin L. Whittaker was elected commander of Leon Beatty post American Legion for the coming year at the annual officer election. Other officers named include Owen Grecian as vice commander Harvey Davis second vice commander Ted Crone adjutant Alvin Rommel finance officer William Tweeten chaplain Ralph Woods sergeant at arms S W Easter historian Archie Kuwer publicity officer Oscar Lane W P Barth George Birney on the executive committee. Installation set for July 21 during the post's fried chicken picnic with site to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Whittaker
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Owen Grecian
Harvey Davis
Ted Crone
Alvin Rommel
William Tweeten
Ralph Woods
S. W. Easter
Archie Kuwer
Oscar Lane
W. P. Barth
George Birney
Muscatine
P. L. Etter
Trial of Eight Nazi Saboteurs Opens at Capital
The trial of eight Nazi saboteurs began in secrecy at the Justice Department building with vans carrying defendants and an elevator upgrade to the fifth floor assembly room. Barricaded corridors and shielding of the defendants from public view were reported as part of the security measures. In Minneapolis Carl Frederick Berg faced a separate jail threat and 24 hour guard as prosecutors noted he could not be shot if convicted on selective service violations.
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Washington
PD. C
Department of Justice
Minneapolis
Minn
Uup
Carl Frederick Berg
New York
Snielder
United States
Victor FE. Anderson
Berg
Board Reviews Homestead Tax Exemption Applications
Washington county board of supervisors examined 3358 homestead tax exemption applications this year the largest on record. Each must be signed by all members before approval and the count shows a steady rise since the exemption law began seven years ago with totals climbing from 2918 in 1936 to 8223 in 1940.
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Board of Spervisors
Washington County
French to Show Flag On July 14
Free French officials report underground resistance groups urge unoccupied France to mark Bastille Day with displays of the tricolor, public strolling in colors, and a 6:30 p.m. Marseillaise gathering. Copies go to the French national committee in London.
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Washington
D. C
France
Bastile
French National Committee
London
City Budget Estimate Corrected After Typo
The Journal corrects a city council report stating the next year budget estimate is $3,000 less than the previous year. The official notice of the budget estimate was to be printed in the Journal today.
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Journal Today
Navy Recruiting Men Here Today
Navy recruiting officers from Burlington are in Washington to interview applicants for enlistment. Four men took tests at the post office, following seven applicants the previous Wednesday. George Potosky and John Van Osdol head the Burlington station. Potosky may move to submarines, with Van Osdol succeeding him in Iowa.
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Navy
Burlington Station
Washington
George Potosky
Burlington
John van Osden
Potosky
Submarine Service
Iowa
Mr. van Osdol
New 4-H Club Agent Joins Washington County Office
Leland F. Beneke is the new 4-H club agent at the Washington County Farm Bureau office succeeding J. H. Donald who has entered the air service. Beneke, a graduate of Iowa State College from Laurens Iowa, started this week and was elected president of the Coffee club on his first day in town.
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Leland F. Beneke
Washington County Farm Bureau
J. H. Donald
Air Service
Ames
Mr. Beneke
Iowa State College
Laurens
Iowa
Large attendance marked township defense meetings nationwide
The civilian defense council and county war board report strong farmer turnout in Washington county townships with about 75 percent of families represented. Meetings feature fire truck demonstrations and locally shared protective instructions, spreading word through attendees to neighbors.
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Civilian Defense Council
County War Board
Washington County
Carl Oldfield
Defense Board
Washington
Washington Township
Farmers’ Mutual
Franklin Township
Ainsworth
Oregon Township
Ainsworth School
Eureka
Marion Township
Crawfordsville
Crawford Township
Bethel Church
Highland Township
Jackson Township
Hal Reister
Fire Department
Oldfield
Canadian Minister Cites Roosevelt Blame for Weather
Washington reports that Lake McArthy accused President Roosevelt of blaming bad weather for difficulties, as July weather and political rhetoric intersect in the capital. The remark frames tensions between Canadian ministers and U.S. administration over environmental and policy impacts.
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Washington, D. C
Lake McArthy
Roosevelt
Reinforced Japs Attack Chinese Near Fengcheng
Chinese army communique reports heavy fighting as Japanese forces attack positions near Fengcheng on the Hunan Kingsi railway. It says over 700 enemy troops were killed and Japanese troops in plain clothes were wiped out. Allied air forces attacked the Japanese base at Canton and fought interceptors near Tsingyun.
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Chungking
China
Fengcheng
Hunan-Kingsi
Changsu-Fengyeng
Canston
Tsingyun
Canton
Ways and Means Votes to Save Postal Self Support Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to strike from the $5.924 billion tax bill a provision that would have made second and third class mails self supporting. The action was reported from Washington on July 8.
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Washington
Dpd. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Weathered slogan frames wartime debate in western hemisphere
An excerpt discusses the phrase weather for the failure to broaden operations against Japan in the western hemisphere, reflecting postwar strategic tensions and calls for extended U S actions abroad.
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United States
Dutch Vessel Sunk in Caribbean by German Submarine
United States navy announced that a Dutch cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean by a submarine on May 12. The German commander and apparently Italian crew were noted while seven sailors were saved after a 430 mile voyage over five days to a Caribbean port.
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United Press
Caribbean
Navy
Rain Over Hale Inch Marks Week Precipitation Rise
A storm in Hale produced .60 of an inch of rain, bringing weekly total to 1.10 inches through the first three days. Temperatures climbed after the rain, making today the warmest in two or three weeks.
Germans Suffer Big Casualties On Don Front And El Alamein
German forces push at the Don river sector near Voronezh with mass tanks and air support, as Russians report heavy losses and a battlefield turning into a cemetery for German equipment. In Egypt Rommel holds ground against Allied air assaults with stinging stabs near El Alamein.
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Cairo
Egypt
Claude Auchinleck
Eighth Army
United Press
Don River
el Alamein
Russia
Eegypt
Near East
Erwin Rommel
el Daba
Axis
Moscow
Voronezh
Sugar rationing applications mis-stated in Washington report
A yesterday story claimed that sugar applications exceeding 86 quarts of fruit would go to the Washington rationing board. The correction states that such applications will be referred to the local county rationing board in Washington Iowa.
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Washington, D. C
Washington, Iowa
Y's Men Meet at Jungbluth Cottage
Fourteen members of the Y's Men club gathered for a dinner at the Jungbluth cottage near Edgewater Beach. Dr. W D Dwyer cooked the steak, with Ted Brown Harold Wehr and Don Boyer on the committee. President W J Shannon led a brief business session as summer informal meetings continue away from the Y.M.C.A. The group enjoyed fishing baseball and croquet.
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Y's Men's Club
Jungbluth
Edgewtaer Beach
Coneville
W. D. Dwyer
Ted Brown
Harold Wehr
Don Boyer
W. J. Shannon
Y.M.C.A
Weather snapshot records a warm day and mild night
Yesterday reached 84 degrees with a minimum low of 64 degrees. This dry, warm spell reflects a modest temperature swing and suggests continued mild conditions into the evening.
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Whittaker
Legion Post
Harry Simpson
Easter
Dale Atkinson
Orville Thoma
Veterans’ Hospital
Maynard Brown
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
KK. A. Ralston
Washingon Air
Roy Steele
Treat
Fred M. Ahr
Day
Errol Hinds
South African
Bureau of Information
Sidi Rezegh
Libya
Hinds
Bengazi
Auchinleck
United Nations
Atlantic and
Gulf Coast
Hale
Red
Stary Oskol
Voromezh
Don
Astrakhan
Volga River
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