Roosevelt Outlines Policy to Protect Sea Lanes and Army Allotment
President Roosevelt restates the United States aim to shield sea lanes to Iceland Bermuda and Newfoundland and to keep outposts supplied and protected. He plans a message to Congress backing the army drive to retain selectees guards and reservists for the emergency duration. He also rejects using citizen soldiers outside the western hemisphere and discusses a proposed $30 a month bonus for duration service.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
United States
Iceland
ABC
Bermuda
Newfoundland
Naval High Command
White House
America
Congress
Western Hemisphere
Sheridan Downey
California
Senate
Police Chief Mahr Suspended 90 Days in Sioux City
Sioux City council suspends Police Chief Ray J. Mahr for 90 days amid ongoing dispute involving Inspector Joe F. Young and Safety Commissioner H. N. Sturgeon. Council says suspension is to keep department functioning until the matter is resolved, after Young was dismissed for conduct unbecoming an officer.
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Sioux City
Ray J. Mahr
Joe F. Young
Mahr
H. N. Sturgeon
Young
Sturgeon
Knight Logan keepsake sale nets cars piano trunks
Frederick Knight Logan's 15 year old Cadillac sedan once driven through Oskaloosa before his death in 1928 sold for 71 dollars by the executor of his mother's estate to a junk dealer. Grinnell College bids 509 dollars for Logan Mason Hamlin grand piano. Executor I R Larson expects acceptance. A blue metal trunk with velvet trays fetched 1 dollar. Virginia Knight Logan the composer's mother died last November at 92 and carried costumes in the trunk during tours long ago.
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Oskaloosa
Frederick Knight Logan
Grinnell College
Logan
Mason Hamlin
I. R. Larson
Virginia Knight Logan
Onawa Boy Dies from Burns
Tommy Davidson five year old son of Mr and Mrs Roy Davidson Onawa died from burns after a cigarette lighter used by him and a neighbor boy caught fire and ignited his clothing gasoline was spilled while they filled the lighter Wayne Turner a neighbor driving by stopped and wrapped the boy in a blanket to extinguish the flames but he died from his injuries.
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Onawa
Tommy Davidson
Roy Davidson
Tommy
Wayne Turner
No Men Drafted at Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs keeps its record of no draftees as the nation ponders the second draft lottery. Chairman Bert Parker cites many volunteers and a large National Guard unit in training as the reason for a likely six to seven month quota absence. Volunteers filled quotas in World War I.
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Council Bluffs
Bert Parker
National Guard
Kraschel to join British air effort in London assignment
Atlantic reports 22 year old Dick Kraschel son of former Governor Nelson Kraschel will depart for London this week to work for the British government delivering planes to RAF bases. He began aviation work at Iowa State College and will sail from Montreal where his mother accompanies him.
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Atlantic
Dick Kraschel
Nelson G. Kraschel
Harlan
London
R.A.F. Fir
Young Kraschel
Iowa State College
Montreal
Canada
England
Iowa Health Officials Call Smallpox A Black Eye
Des Moines reports the state health department calls smallpox a black eye for Iowa and Minnesota after a Metropolitan Life survey shows 1940 cases totaled 2 839 nationwide with Iowa and Minnesota leading. Iowa recorded 412 cases, about a seventh of the national total.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa State Health Department
Minnesota
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Tawa
Parole Granted to Remes in 1934 Sioux City Case
The Iowa State Board of Parole released M. F. Remes, 30, Milwaukee, once involved in a 1934 gun battle with Sioux City police. Co-defendants Bradley and Leisk faced varying fates. Leisk was killed escaping after robbing a Cherokee filling station, while Bradley and Remes received up to 25 years for assault with intent to murder.
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Des Moines
State Board of Parole
M. F. Remes
Milwaukee
Wis
Sioux City
Edward Bradley
Walter Leisk
Cherokee
Temes
Bradley
Fort Madison
Remes
Anamosa
Road Projects To This County
Ames notes July 29 session of the Iowa state highway commission will consider seventy projects the largest total in years. In Iowa county two miles of gravel surfacing on county roads from the Washington line north. On July 28 the commission will receive bids for an addition to a Washington garage.
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Ames
Iowa State Highway Commission
Iowa County
Washington Line
Washington
Second Place in Central Park Amateur Contest
The Journal published yesterday details show Wayne Joe Barnes of Washington earning second place for recitations. Dorothy and Alice Walker will not appear until a later date. Rita Peck won first place for baton twirling as announced.
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Journal
Central Park
Wayne Joe Barnes
Washington
Dorothy
Alice Walker
Rita Peck
Weather Bureau to Tell When Fish Bite in Davenport
In Davenport Iowa July 18 a weather bureau meteorologist announced a new service to tell when fish are biting. The bureau has been flooded with calls requesting barometric data and aims to help anglers determine prime fishing times.
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Davenport
Iowa
U.P
Weather Bureau
T. G. Shepman
Two Cars Collide At Street Corner In Yale
Mrs. Maurice Putman and Mrs. Emily Lewallen of Yale Oklahoma drove together late yesterday at East Second street and North Fourth avenue. Putman was knocked unconscious by shock as her car overturned and was taken to Waat County Hospital. She complained of back injury and x rays were ordered. by afternoon they had not been read but she rested better. Damages to the two cars totaled between 175 and 200 dollars.
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Maurice Putman
Emily Lewallen
Yale
Okla
East Second Street
North Fourth Avenue
Wind Damage Hits Cedar Rapids and Iowa Rail
Weather across Iowa brought heavy showers and storms. In Cedar Rapids, wind and rain squall damaged property as two 412 foot WMT towers fell, knocking the station off air from 10:30 p.m. until morning when a 300 foot tower resumed operations. In Des Moines, 73 year old pensioner George Shelton was killed by lightning while fleeing his cottage. his sister Mary VanDell of Black Duck Minnesota was knocked unconscious.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Forest City
Cedar Rapids
WMT
George Shelton
Mary VanDell
Black Duck
Minn
Man Wishes for Information at His Office
A man expresses a desire to receive certain information at his workplace. The brief note hints at an interest in timely data delivery and office efficiency.
Names of County July 1 Registrants Drawn for Military Service
The Journal lists 118 Washington county registrants who reached 21 between Oct 16, 1940 and July 1, 1941, in the order their lottery serial numbers were drawn in Washington, D C. The final order for selective service will wait until all new names are integrated with earlier registrants at a ratio of one new to fifteen old. The excerpt provides specific numbers and hometowns for many individuals, including Daryl Wayne Oldfield of Wellman as No 98 and Manuel Junior McKune of Washington as No 39, among others and notes the ongoing process to assign local service.
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Washington County
National Lottery
Washington
D. C
Selective Service Boards
Daryl Wayne Oldfield
Wellmar
Manuel Junior McKune
Wellman
William Joseph Marie
Howard Clayton Derby
U S Says Shipbuilding Keeps Britain Supplied in War
Harry L Hopkins told London the United States is building enough ships to carry supplies to Britain and all democracies fighting Germany and will protect those ships. He refused to detail protection methods and emphasized a focus on shipping as the key issue of his Britain trip.
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London
Harry L. Hopkins
United States
Britain
Germany
Hopkins
America
Rainfall Report Marks Light Shower Tonight
Rainfall of .20 of an inch was recorded for last night’s shower. The minimum temperature yesterday evening reached 65 degrees.
Union Service in Central Park Sunday Evening
The third union evening service of Washington churches for the current summer is announced for Sunday evening in Central Park. If weather forbids, it moves to the Methodist church. The service begins at 7 30 with Rev. Alfred Trenerry preaching on Four Facts. Other ministers participate.
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Central Park
Union
Washington
Methodist
Alfred Trenerry
The
Baptist Church
Charles McConnell
Carl Kleindock
George Kerr
F. W. Eastwood
Ivan Reiss Dutt
Charles Mur
Russians Resisting Strongly in Baltic Front near Leningrad
The report notes heavy Russian resistance as German troops drive toward Leningrad, with claims of advances beyond the Stalin defense line near the Lake Peipus area. It mentions a German press claim of 1,500 Soviet prisoners, and cites Russian destruction squads fighting back.
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Berlin
Smolensk
Lake Peipus
Leningrad
Stalin
Car Hits Hayrack Near Rubio Causes $100 Damage
At about six o clock yesterday evening a car driven by John Morgan attempting to pass a hayrack struck the vehicle driven by Fred Grosscup employed by Earl Morgan owner of the wagon and team. About $100 damage to the car hay rack wagon and harness was estimated and Grosscup was bruised.
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Rubio
John Morgan
Fred Grosscup
Earl Morgan
Grosscup
New Japanese Cabinet Formed
Tokyo reports Prince Konoye has formed a nationalist militaristic cabinet. The army and navy issued a joint call for national unity to rapidly strengthen Japan's wartime structure, a move seen as unprecedented and possibly signaling grave national stakes. Reports from London claim Germany sent a SOS urging Japan to attack Siberia to aid the Nazi push against the Soviet Union.
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Tokio
Prince Konoye
Japan
London
Germany
Siberia
Iowa delegates named for Midwest Farm Bureau training
The University of Illinois July 2024 program will draw Iowa participants. W. Earl Hall editor of the Mason City Globe Gazette and W. W. Waymack of the Des Moines Register will speak, joined by Allen Kline of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and Mrs. Raymone Sayre. Francis Johnson, Iowa Federation president, will address the rural youth group on July 20.
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Des Moines
Midwest Farm Bureau Training School
University of Illinois
Iowa
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
W. W. Waymack
The
Des Moines Register
Allen Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Raymone Sayre
Bureau
Francis Johnson
Iowa Federation
War Dept. withholds sanction ends Luther College air field
Decorah Iowa July 18 The War Department refused to sanction the municipal airport as a landing field for Luther College pilot training program. The 50 acre lease was not renewed and the field has been planted to corn.
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Decorah
Iowa
U.P
War Department
Luther College
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