Saboteur Trial Opens in Secret Submarine Case
In Washington the trial of eight saboteurs believed to have landed after submarine rescue operations began its second day in deepest secrecy. A Justice Department spokesman said little as Attorney General Biddle FBI Director Hoover and aides observed. The White House later said Secretary Stimson and Elmer Davis met with President Roosevelt. no details were released about the meeting or trial progress.
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Washington, D.C
Justice Department
Francis Biddle
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Department of Justice
White House
Henry L. Stimson
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Roosevelt
Iowa Column Credits Wheeler with Sinking Nine Japanese Ships
First Lieut. Marion L. Wheeler of Webster, age 22, credited with sinking nine Japanese vessels during U S air operations over the East Indies this spring. Smelser cites a convoy of 30 ships off Java, Wheeler planted eight bombs in their midst, sinking six as they left. He later destroyed a heavy cruiser near Bali and two transports in Macassar Straits. His captain calls him the best home?ardier in the Pacific.
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Des Moines
Marion L. Wheeler
Webster
United States
East Indies
Smelger
Java
Wheeler
Bali
Macassar Straits
Smeler
Pacific
Tragic Poisoning Claims Life of 7 Year Old Doris Struble
Doris Struble seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Struble near Castana, died in a hospital here after unknowingly ingesting rat poison at home. Doctors arrived too late for antidotes to reverse the poison's effects, hospital reports state.
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Onawa
Doris Struble
Court Seizes Liquor and Gambling Devices in Sioux City
Police raids since Jan. 1 led to court ordered destruction of liquor valued at 1800 dollars and gambling devices worth 300 dollars. Higher grade liquors were redistributed to Sioux City hospitals after seizure.
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Sioux City
Dies of infection from hand splinter in Ogden
Warren Rose, 62, of Ogden, died in a hospital from an infection in a hand caused by a splinter. He leaves two sisters and two brothers. Services scheduled for 2:20 p m Friday at the Ogden Methodist church.
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Boone
Warren Rose
Ogden
Rose
Ogden Methodist Church
Waterloo railway workers win wage raise totaling 36000
Water loo Cedar Falls Northern Railway Co employees receive about 36000 dollars in annual wage increases. Receiver M Cheney announced the measure Wednesday. At end of 1941 the firm staffed roughly 350 workers with an operating payroll of 674312 dollars.
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Waterloo
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Co
M Cheney
Fort Dodge Stages 10 Percent War Bond Drive
A Fort Dodge event tonight aims to push workers to invest at least 10 percent of their pay in war bonds. Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, Iowa selective service director, will speak, with 11 bands and a 150-voice church chorus performing. Navy personnel from Des Moines under Lieut. Truman Jones will join the town navy recruiting effort.
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Fort Dodge
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa Selective Service System
Navy
Des Moines
Truman Jones
Falls Into River Youth Drowned at Dam
Fort Dodge high school student Russell Brofer aged 15 drowned in the Des Moines river while crossing the Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co. dam. Fireman Harold Cottrell saw the body downstream an hour later and recovered it.
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Fort Dodge
Russell Brofer
Des Moines
Brofer
Local Wayland Visitors Shop in Coppock Morning
Mrs. Ezra Wittmer of Wayland and her mother Mrs. D O Davis of Coppock were observed as business visitors and shoppers in town this morning.
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Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
D. O. Davis
Coppock
Two Injured in Highway Crash Near Washington
Keith Lone of Oskaloosa and Merle Sherman of Washington were hospitalized briefly after a crash on highway 92 near the Washington Louisa county line. A tire blowout caused the car to leave the road, roll down an embankment and overturn two or three times. The vehicle was valued around 750 dollars and towed to Stewart Crone garage.
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Keith Lone
Oskaloosa
Merle Sherman
Washington
Long
Washington- Louisa County Line
Stewart & Crone
Ainsworth Man Hurt In Train Accident
James Edward O'Brien, 34, of Ainsworth, narrowly escaped death when he tried to board a freight train at Rock Island yards. He fell, injuring his back chest and shoulder, was taken to the county hospital with pain but no fractures shown on x ray. expected to stay a few days.
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James Edward O’brien
Ainsworth
Rock Island
People See Narrow Escape Mystify Witnesses
Bystanders today were left puzzled by a dramatic escape as four men narrowly avoided injury or death, with witnesses unsure how they survived. Authorities cautioned onlookers to stay clear as emergency crews responded to the scene.
Washington Fire Department Conducts Special Practice on Elevator Fires
Last night the Washington fire department held regular meeting time for special practice in fighting fires that may arise from the war. Chief Hal Reister said chiefs have orders to test elevators and confirm equipment adequacy. Firemen tested water pressure at Farmers' Elevator on North Iowa Avenue, achieving streams to twelve feet above the roof peak. Assistant Chief Carl Kelly and Harvey Meek helped with the Farmers' Mutual truck at the scene.
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Washington Fire Department
Hal Reister
Farmers
Iowa Avenue
Journal boys seek 3 Star bond awards in town drive
Wayne Lowder and Dale White, Journal carriers, appeal for readers to buy War bonds and stamps to reach 3 Star awards. Lowder needs 472 more dollars and White needs 891 more, with one week left before July 18. They sell on routes in north and south town, at the Journal Office for credit.
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Journal
West Jefferson and
West Monroe Streets
Wayne Lowder
Dale White
Roosevelt urges quick action on farm issue
President Roosevelt signed a continuing resolution to fund July operations of the agriculture department and pressed Congress to move quickly on the deadlocked agriculture appropriation bill. The House and Senate seek a full year funding agreement.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Agriculture Department
House
Senate
D A Clendenning Taken Sudenly in Washington County
David Alvin Clendenning 64 died suddenly yesterday evening at the Howard Sigafoose home where he served as a nurse for L F Sigafoose. Death due to a heart attack. He was born July 10 1886 in Prairie Flower and moved to Washington in 1912. Survived by daughter Irene Pace and sister Mrs Mary Beggs. Funeral plans pending relatives distant.
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David Alvin Clendenning
Howard Sigafoose
L. F. Sigafoose
Washington County
Sherman
Mr. Clendenning
Prairie Flower
Washington
James
Jennie (Simpson) Clendenning
Erma Butzler
Irene Pace
Rock Island
Mary Beggs
Defense meeting tour continues to Eureka and Crawfordsville
Ainsworth hosted a defense meeting and demonstrated its operation. Tonight the program moves to Eureka in Marion township and Friday night to Crawfordsville to complete the series of township meetings.
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Ainsworth
Eureka
Marion Township
Crawfordsville
Senator Seals Unusual Request From Baseball Fans
Washington Senator pitcher Bill Zuber from Rep. Thomas Martin's district asks Congress to urge Bucky Harris to start him in more games. Martin says he cannot run a baseball team and declines the request, noting his priority to public duties over sports management.
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Washington, D. C
Bill Zuber
Washington Senators
Thomas E. Martin
Zuber
Bucky Harris
Washington
St Pauls Votes Call to Minister for Two Churches
At a St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed meeting last night the group extended a call to Rev Walter A Koch of Gladbrook Iowa to serve the Washington and Valley St Pauls congregations. Koch will decide in about two weeks and may or may not accept. He is a seminary classmate of Rev Carl W Klein.
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St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed
Mr. Koch
St. Paul's
Carl W. Klein
Washington and Valley
St. Louis
Klein
Washington County
Milo Philippi
Eden Seminary
City Painting Room For Civilian Defense
Supt Perry Jordan and city light plant workers used a spray painting device to redecorate the hall room at City Hall for the civilian defense headquarters. Woodwork was cleaned, furnishings moved out, and the former billiard room tenants relinquished the space. John Winga John Lemmon and Richard Stewart left for Lake Geneva Wisconsin on business.
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Perry Jordan
City Water and Light Plant
Defense Organization
John Winga
John Lemmon
Richard Stewart
Lake Geneva
Wisc
Friday Night Program Honors Local Draftees at Central Park
Supt E A Ralston will preside as 81 young men leaving Friday enter army service are honored at a Central Park program. Munincipal Band provides music at 10 pm with prayers by Rev George Kerr and a duet by Mr and Mrs William Stewart.
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E. A. Ralston
Washington
Central Park
Robert Schell
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
William Stewart
T. R. Phillips
Milo Sorden
T. L. Brookhart
Weather cools after warm spell with light rain
After a brief warm spell yesterday the area cooled last night. The high reached 86 degrees with high humidity making it feel hotter. The low dropped to 64 degrees and there was a trace of rain.
Probe Bomber Crash Claims Nine Lives Near Smithfield
Army air corps officials retrieved wreckage over 15 acres of cotton and corn near Smithfield North Carolina as they sought the crew of a bomber that crashed between 4 39 and 5 yesterday. The plane exploded on impact and hurled fragments of the aircraft and bodies across the field. Names of the dead were not yet available.
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Smithfield
N.C
Army Air Corps
Don River Battle Rages In Eleventh Day Of Front Fighting
United Press reports a prolonged clash along the Don basin with the Red army defending the water barrier against an axis push toward Voronezh and Leveda. Soviet and German claims differ on progress as tanks plane actions intensify on both river banks and in the Ukraine theater.
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United Press
The
Don Basin
Red Army
Voronezh
Leveda
Berlin
Moscow
Don River
Don
Ukraine
Caucasus
Near East
Egypt
Downing Named Convention Delegate from Iowa District
Fred Downing a Washington area member of the American Legion was named one of four delegates from the first Iowa district to the national Legion convention at Kansas City September 21 and 22 He also serves on the district liaison committee for a three year term Seven Leon Beatty post members attended the Muscatine district conference A E Turner of Fairfield elected district commander succeeding Dr Charles R Logan of Keokuk
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Fred Downing
Washington
American Legion
Iowa
National Legion
Kansas City
Leon Beatty
Muscatine
Prices Stay Level in Iowa City
Iowa City report shows no change in cost of living or retail food prices in recent weeks. The University of Iowa business research bureau notes living costs 15 percent above pre war August 1939, retail foods 29 percent, and basic commodities 67 percent. farm prices rose about 3 percent.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Towe Business Research Bureau
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Keokuk
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