Roosevelt Calls Cabinet Meeting Amid Wallace Jones Rift
President Roosevelt convened a cabinet meeting in Washington to enable Vice President Wallace and Secretary Jones to meet for the first time since tensions rose over Byrnes' failure to reconcile their dispute. The press conference avoided the controversy and both Wallace and Jones were set to attend the afternoon session.
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Wallace
Jones
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Jesse Jones
James F. Byrnes
Wallace-Jones
Air Raid Signals and Procedures Guidance Notice
The Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission emphasizes memorizing air raid signals and proper actions for life and property protection. Signals may vary in raids, and compliance is mandatory under law with penalties for violations.
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THE
Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission
War ration books mailed to Iowa residents
Des Moines district OPA reports No. 3 war ration books have been mailed to 1,671,000 Iowans. Of these 945,000 were mailed by the Chicago regional office, and 736,000 from Iowa facilities including Fort Madison Penitentiary Anamosa Reformatory and Eldora Training School for Boys.
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Des Moines
Union Services Open in Central Park on Sunday
The summer union church services begin in Central Park next Sunday at eight o'clock with Rev. Susil McBee of the Associate Presbyterian church delivering the sermon on The Three Questions God Asks Very Individual. Rev. George Kerr will give the invocation and Rev. F. W. Eastwood will read the prayers as part of a program featuring a youth chorus directed by Boyd White.
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Central Park
Union
Susil McBee
Associate Presbyterian Church
Che
McBee
God
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Wll
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Boyd White
Washington Schoola
All the Park
Fred EK. Miller
Methodus Church
Milo Phillips
St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Des Moines Property Tax Bill Drops in 1942
The Iowa State Tax Commission says total property taxes in 1942 payable in 1943 fell by 1 597 910 to 97 368 982 from 98 966 892 in 1941 for 1942. The main drop came from eliminating the second mill of the state general tax levy, the first mill having been dropped in 1940.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Three Shenandoah Boys Admit Setting Schoolhouse Fire
Three Shenandoah boys aged seven to twelve confessed to starting a fire that destroyed a county school building. They said they lit a pile of old newspapers near the structure during a picnic and returned to find the fire burning, though they had initially extinguished it. The school stood near an early Mormon settlement in Iowa with timber partly hewn from the Manti woods.
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Shenandoah
Historicanti Country School
Iowa
Manti Woods
Illegal slaughtering charges filed against Tama store operator
Cedar Rapids report states A. M. Lipka of Tama is charged with slaughtering live stock and delivering meat for sale without the required permit. The case details show alleged illegal slaughtering activities and illegal meat distribution.
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Cedar Rapids
A. M. Lipka
Elmwood woman searches Manawa lake sands for rings
Everette Brittain of Elmwood Nebraska sits on Lake Manawa beach to find a wedding and engagement ring lost in sand during a swimming party. A guest wore the rings and hid them before swimming. they vanished when the party returned from the water.
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Council Bluffs
Everette Brittain
Elmwood
Brittain
Lake Manawa
Bond funds armed Marine with gas mask amid livestock order
A $75 series E war bond would purchase a .330 caliber semi automatic life for a Marine and gas mask, per a federal complaint. U S District Attorney T K Diamond asks to bar Lipka from slaughtering livestock or selling it without a permit. Lipka applied for a permit April 12 but was denied because of a prior slaughtering record.
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U. S
T. K. Diamond
Lipka
Jack Wood Recounts Alaska Experiences and Alcan Highway
Journalist Jack Wood describes a trip to Alaska with a construction firm working on the Alaska highway. He travels from Edmonton to Tanacross then to Gulkana, praising the project and noting air travel growth and future railroad plans. He later flies to Fairbanks to join the branch office.
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Jack Wood
Alaska
Fairbanks
Edmonton
Tanacross
Territory
Gulkana
Iowa
Alcan
Roosevelt Refuses France Recognition Under German Domination
President Roosevelt stated the United States would not recognize any French government while 95 percent of France remains under German control. He noted no face-to-face comments on recognizing the French National Committee led by General Henri Giraud and General Charles De Gaulle and declined to discuss alleged U.S. interference in French politics.
Phyllis McKeown Returns Home From Chicago Visit
Phyllis McKeown returns home Wednesday from a visit in Chicago. She is accompanied by her cousin Jackie Borsch. Phyllis is the daughter of Mrs. Reva McKeown, OT BAAR as.
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Phyllis McKeown
Chicago
Jackie Borsch
Phyllis
Reva McKeown
Three Firemen Found Alive After Warehouse Collapse
In Chicago a basement rescue found three firemen alive while two did not survive and others were unaccounted. The trapped men were buried beneath tons of burning cartons of model airplanes as a stairway floor collapsed. Dr. Harold Sullivan led the team and treated the injured as rescuers cleared debris to reach them.
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Chicago
Fie Culet
Michael J. Corrigan
Harold PB. Sullivan
Civil Air Patrol Recruits Cadets for Army Air Forces
Des Moines reports 21 Civil Air Patrol units commissioned by the war department to act as sub recruiting agencies for aviation cadets for the army air forces Major Don C Johnston commander announced the program to bolster recruitment and training efforts for air service pilots.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Civil Air Patrol
War Department
Army Air Forces
Don C. Johnston
Roosevelt refuses release of records to probing group
A congressional committee probing the FCC reports President Roosevelt declined to release documents requested to back charges of interference with military intelligence. Undersecretaries Patterson and Forrestal say they were instructed to state the release is contrary to the public interest. Army and Navy witnesses were denied permission to appear.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Communications Commission
Roosevelt
Fce
E. E. Cox
Georgia
Robert Patterson
Navy
James RB. Forrestall
Patterson
Forrestall
Army
Air mail pouch drops in Altoona backyard
Walter E. Piper awoke to a pouch of Maui air mail suddenly dropping into his yard in the early morning. He later learned that fasteners on an air mail pickup plate had loosened and released the sack.
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Altoona
Walter E. Piper
Maui
Piper
Three County Boys Volunteer for Army Induction
Three Washington county registrants from the sixth draft went to Des Moines for induction. Orin Black of Washington Cecil Townsend and Donald Geyer of Wellman volunteered for immediate induction rather than wait for the July contingent.
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Washington County
Des Moines
Armed Forces
Washington
Wellman
Orin Black
Cecil Townsend
Donald Geyer
Giraud Outlines Aims for France in War Conference
General Henri Giraud told reporters in Washington that with General Charles De Gaulle he has established as their sole aim the defeat of the axis, liberation of France, and a political structure aligned with the country's natural aspirations. He spoke after President Roosevelt said the U S will not recognize any French government while 95 percent of France remains under German control.
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Washington, D. C
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
France
Giraud
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Man Killed by Tree Limb While Cutting
Claude McBurney, 55, of Toddville, died instantly Thursday when struck by a limb he was cutting from a tree. Coroner P. Munden said the skull was fractured and plans no inquest. Survived by wife and five children. funeral plans await word from son Jelvin in the army.
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Cedar Rapids
Claude McBurney
Toddville
Hk. Munden
Jelvin
Family of 300 in the armed services named
Auxiliary Olivia Eubanks of the 2nd WAACe Training Center at Daytona Beach says her 300 relatives in the armed services include her collie dog Bonnie. She figures there are enough family members, including in laws and third cousins, to form two companies.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Olivia Eubanks
2Nd
Waace Training Center
Armed Services
Bonnie
New Corn Crop Estimate Lowers 1943 Output
The Agriculture Department forecast a 1943 corn crop of 2,706,552 bushels based on July 1 conditions, down from 3,175,154 last year. The June wheat forecast was revised up by 59,000,000 bushels to 790,823,000, nearly 200,000,000 below 1942. Winter wheat was raised from 501,702,000 to 519,190,000 bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Juy
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Death of Sir Harry Oakes Tied to Violent Fight
Nassau authorities announced the death of Sir Harry Oakes, one of the world’s wealthiest men, occurred during a violent struggle Wednesday night. The events unfolded in Nassau, The Bahamas, prompting police to investigate possible foul play in the high-profile case.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Sir Harry Oakes
Russians claim edge in massive tank battle near Belgorode
Soviet forces say they have tamed German tanks in the Belgorode region as 1,843 German tanks are reportedly knocked out in four days of combat. Moscow reports describe hopeful momentum as Allied air offensives continue against western Europe.
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Steppes
Orel-Belgorode
Moscow
Belgorode
Kursk
Red Army
Europe
Adolph Hitler
European
Mediterranea
Royal Air Force
Rhineland
Cologne
Germany
Army Major Recalls Pac Rim Service and Personal Loss
Dr R G Whitmer former Washington High principal describes island location and wartime life with censors blocking details. He thanks Oak Park River Forest readers for kindness after his wife’s tragic death and notes the support helped him endure the loss while far from home.
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R. Glenn Whitmer
Pacific
Washington High School
Oak Park
Oak Park River Forest
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