Boy Donnie Bartels Killed After Highway 169 Crash
Seven year old Donnie Bartels of Worthington Minnesota was struck by a car driven by Loren Brown of Algona after darting from a bridge into traffic on Highway 169. He died from a fractured skull while visiting relatives near Algona.
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Algona
Donnie Bartels
Harry Bartels
Worthington
Minn
Here
Loren Brown
Art Cogley
Bartels Lad
Hainbow Bridge
Des Moines River
Donnie
Peter Waldron
Waldron
Air Mail Service Expects 17 Percent Profit for 1941
Roy M. Martin, superintendent of the division of air mail, announced at the Iowa state convention banquet that the federal air mail service earned 17 percent in 1940 and projects about 23 million dollars in 1941. He noted the service did 19.2 million in 1940 and aims to break even on all costs while maintaining the world’s finest air mail system.
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Waterloo
Federa ‘Air Mail Service
Roy M. Martin
Washington, D. C
Division of Air Mail
Martin
Iowa State Convention of Letter Carriers and
Ladies’ Auxiliary
United States
Fort Dodge Grocer Reports $600 Robbery
William Reuben owner of a suburban Fort Dodge grocery said two masked men robbed him and his wife of 600 dollars as he was about to close. One man poked a gun at Mrs. Reuben while the other kept his hand in his pocket as if holding a pistol. The bandits appeared about 20 years old.
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Fort Dodge
William Reuben
Reuben
Wright resigns from Iowa State fair board
Des Moines reports P. K. Wright of Iowa Falls resigns after two years as a state fair board director to enter business in Glendale California. C. S. Macy of Grundy Center will fill Wrights seat as superintendent of the agricultural department at the 1941 fair. Macy runs a hatchery business and has served five years as Grundy county fair secretary. he is married with three children.
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Des Moines
P. K. Wright
Iowa Falls
Iowa State Fair Board
Glendale
Cal
C. 8S
Macy
Grundy Center
Wright
Grundy County
Assets Over Million in W. F. Brice Estate
Mason City report shows W. E. Brice guardian inventory lists liquid assets above 1 million dollars. Cash totals 256,383 with stocks and bonds over 700,000. real estate in Iowa Texas Minnesota Nebraska and Oklahoma not inventoried due to age-related infirmities.
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Mason City
W. E. Brice
Mason City Capitalist
Iowa
Texas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Brice
Marion Flyer Takes China Test Pilot Job
Lieut. W. M. Reed of Marion has been given a year’s leave from the air corps to serve as test pilot for a Chinese aircraft company. He leaves San Francisco for Hong Kong on July 21 en route to his new position in China.
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Marion
W. M. Reed
Selma
Ala
China
Reed
Air Corps
San Francisco
Cal
Hong Kong
Urges Church Leaders to Change Philosophy
Forty church leaders attend the third annual rural conference at Lake Comar as Dr O F Baker of the U S Department of Agriculture warns of a declining population and urban birth rate. He urges leaders to educate Americans toward a new philosophy about people in relation to land and resources.
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AMES
Lake Comar
O. EF. Baker
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Baker
James Schulty 83 Dies After Illness Near Washington
James Schulty 83 prominent Lexington area farmer dies at home in Cedar township Washington county after nine days illness kidney and bladder trouble Funeral at L A Jones Washington burial Lexington cemetery Survived by sister Amanda brothers Sam near Lexington Charley Washington and many nephews and nieces He was born March 28 1858 and spent life on the family farm until illness.
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Wallman
Iowa
James Schulty
Charles Schulty
Washington
Lexington
L. A. Jones
Henry
Elen Snodgrass Schulty
Cedar Township
Washington County
Amanda
Sam
Charley
Penney Manager Is Rotary Speaker
C R Wilson J C Penney store manager spoke to Rotary members about Penney training, noting the company trains employees from entry to manager and that all executives have risen through the ranks. The talk included reminiscences from L E Travis and Dr R C Keagy about past embarrassing moments and a wedding misstep.
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C. R. Wilson
J.C. Penney
Rotary
Penney
Wilson
L. E
R. C. Keagy
Governor Urges Iowans to Aid Aluminum Drive
Governor George A. Wilson calls all Iowans involved in defense work to support the national aluminum collection drive running July 21 to 29. Iowa coordinates include County aluminum chairmen, mayoral leaders, and local posts to canvass homes, place street receptacles, and ship gathered aluminum to government points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Board of Supervisors
Iowa
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Newton Stores Fined for Failing to Candle Eggs
Two Newton stores were fined for failure to candle eggs as required by the Iowa pure food law. Justice Fred Meredith ordered $100 fines, with $90 of the Farmer's Super Market fine and $85 of the Thompson Food Store fine suspended. Information was filed by state food inspector E. J. Such.
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Newton
Iowa
Fred Meredith
Thompson Food Store
E. J. Such
Unscheduled car ride ends incident as Rotary Club hosts summer programs
A disjointed report notes an unscheduled automobile ride ending an incident and mentions the Rotary Club enjoying lighthearted programs during the hot summer months.
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Rotary Club
Germans claim reach Kiev amid Kiev fighting reports
Berlin sources allege German troops have advanced toward Kiev but not captured the city. Officials say Vitebsk defenses fallen and Leningrad thrust progressing. A Soviet counterattack near Kiev is described as repelled with heavy losses.
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Berlin
Kiev
Ukraine
Stalin Line
Vitebsk
Moscow
Leningrad
Marshall Sees Tragedy If Army Men Used
General George C. Marshall warned the Senate Military Affairs Committee that immobilizing selectees and national guardsmen could cause a national tragedy. He made the remark at an executive session as the administration sought legislation to keep troops in active service for the emergency. Roosevelt backed the move despite concerns from some leaders about retention of selectees. Marshall said laws restricting use outside the western hemisphere prevented sending troops to Iceland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
George C. Marshall
Army
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Marshall
Roosevelt
Iceland
War Department asks for longer National Guard term
The War Department formally asked Congress to retain National Guardsmen, reservists, and selectees for the duration of the emergency. It argued that German advances had resulted from extending national service.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Department
Congress
Man of 65 Lies Under Bridge All Night
Kansas man Owen Kelley, 65, suffered four fractures after falling from a bridge near Verdi seven miles southwest of Washington. He rode a freight train to seek harvest work, waved a white handkerchief, and was found early morning by Rock Island crew. He is at county hospital with injuries to hip leg and pelvis and may be unable to work for weeks. Authorities seek his relatives in Hartford Kansas and Kansas City.
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Kansas
Verdi
Washington
Owen Kelley
Hartford
Brighton
Rock Island
Kelley
Kan
Kansas City
28 Indicted by Federal Jury For Conspiracy
A federal grand jury indicted 29 individuals including CIO union leaders and the socialist workers party on seditious conspiracy charges and advocacy of overthrow of the government by force. The action marked the largest peacetime round-up on such charges in U.S. history.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.P
CIO
Socialist Workers Party
More Iowa Workers Employed Than In Years
Iowa reported record June employment with industrial jobs up 1.7 percent from May and 13.4 percent above June last year. Payrolls rose 1.6 percent for the month and were 26.9 percent higher than June 1940 in the state bureau of labor briefing.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Bureau of Labor
Japs Complain About Mines on Siberian Coast
TOKIO July 15 A Japanese government spokesman complained that Russia had mined areas of the Siberian coast and intimated Japan might abrogate its three months old neutrality treaty with Russia because of the Russo German war.
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TOKIO
Russia
Siberian
Japan
Bell arraigned for intoxicated driving on Route 218
Howard E. Bell of Columbus Junction was arraigned before Justice J. E. Bovee on a three vehicle intoxicated driving charge. He was ordered held to the September grand jury, posted $500 bond, and released. State Patrolman Schneider of West Liberty filed the complaint after spotting his truck on Route 218 last week.
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Howard E. Bell
Columbus Junction
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. E. Bovee
Bell
Schneider
West Liberty
Defense Gains Are Related by War Secretary Defense Gains
Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson told the Senate defense investigating committee that the United States has advanced toward an army superior in organization and equipment. He warned of greater dislocation in economic life and civilian supply, noting defense spending since France fell in June has driven expansion next year, reducing civilian auto and appliance production and spreading work to idle firms.
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Washington, D. C
Robert Patterson
United States
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
France
Mrs Mary Bohr of Keota Dies at 75
Mrs Mary Bohr age 75 of Keota died this morning about eleven at her daughter Mrs Don Cady home in Keota She had been bedfast two years with a broken hip Funeral services will be held at the Harper Catholic church and burial will follow in Harper cemetery Surviving are four sons Sylvester Peter Dukes Nick and two daughters Mrs Don Cady and Mrs Frank Conkity with several grandchildren A daughter Mrs Joe Wehr is deceased
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Mary Bohr
Don Cady
Keota
Mary Adler
Sylvester
Chicago
Peter
New York
Dukes
el Monte
Calif
Nick
Frank Conkity
Harper
Joe Wehr
Roosevelt Seeks Congress Power On Daylight Saving Time
President Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to establish daylight saving time nationwide or in parts as practicable. In a letter to Speaker Rayburn he cited energy conservation for the defense program and noted a flat year-round scheme would burden industry and individuals.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Remodeling Work Starts On Vacant Colenso Hotel Room
Workmen under J J McKeone began remodeling the vacant room at the northeast corner of the square previously used by the Colenso hotel office and later a bakery. They plan a new entrance and interior changes for the Oetjen seed store tenants with a concrete work focus today. McKeone noted the 1902 sidewalk, reinforced with steel rails and a false floor, has stood 39 years.
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Colenso Hotel
J. J. McKeone
Oetjen Seed Store
McKeone
Peace Proposals Reported But Not Official Says Welles
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said the State Department has received several reports of unofficial German peace proposals. He noted questions about New York Mayor LaGuardia’s claim that German offers had been sent to an American peace organization, adding there is nothing official in such reports.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Sumner Welles
State Department
Welles
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Washington
Lower Shipping Losses Show Improvement in Atlantic Battle
London July 15. The admiralty released June ship losses showing a marked drop in Britain's Atlantic fighting. Total losses 329,296 tons across 79 ships, the lowest monthly toll in 12 months aside from January. Authorities credit stronger British sea and air patrols and U.S. cooperation for the continuing decline.
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London
Admiralty
Britain
United States
Dinner Meeting of Co operative Service Company Attendees
Twenty nine men attended a dinner in the private dining room of Wingas cafe as managers and truck salesmen of the Co operative Service Company joined a guest speaker, Durwood of Chicago representing the Illinois state organization.
Population figures for the Virgin Islands in 1940 census
The 1940 census shows 24,889 residents in the Virgin Islands as a U S asset acquired from Denmark in 1917. Of these, 17,176 are Negro, 5,477 mixed blood, and 2,236 white, reflecting the territory's racial composition at the time.
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Virgin Islands
United States
Denmark
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Wade Peace
North 6Th
Minnesota Bay
Air Mail
Fort Dodge Grocer
Fair Board
W. F. Brice Estate
Marion Flyer
Keagy
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
F. H. LaGuardia
Robert J. Shaw
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire
Brooklyn
Blue Jay
Nicholas Mayferretti
ASPCA
Willis Beatty
Gerald “Chick” Robinson
Scranton
George W. Korgman
Wildwood, N. J
Chick
Mrs. Cady
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