Capture 60 000 Prisoners In Sicily Campaign
Allied forces report 60 000 Axis prisoners captured as seventh army tightens grip on western Sicily from Marsala toward Trapani. Eisenhower says only a small portion of the island remains to the enemy and all airfields are now neutralized. On the Russian front heavy fighting near Orel continues with steady Russian advances despite German counterattacks.
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Seventh Army
Sicily
U.S. Seventh Army
Marsala
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Catania
Trapani
Orel
Red Army
Aberdeen
Iowa Jail Escape Suspect Surrenders After Wild Flight
Logan resident Sarrell Farlewine, 22, who escaped from the county jail Wednesday, surrendered Friday to Sheriff Cass Bullis. He was accompanied by his brother Conelly of Woodbine and said he hid in weeds and fields between Logan and Woodbine. Farlewine faced a bad check charge.
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Logan
Sarrell Farlewine
Cass Bullis
Earlewine
Conelly
Woodbine
Farlewine
Woodbive
Federal suit seeks to enjoin scrap firm over wage violations
A petition filed in federal court Friday asks to restrain Robinson Brothers & Co. from labor law violations. The U S Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division alleges 19 employees were paid under 25 cents an hour from Oct 24 1938 to Oct 23 1939 and under 30 cents thereafter, and that overtime was not paid at one and one half times.
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Robinson Brothers & Co
Wage Fund Hour Division
Federal Department of Labor
Mnany
Will Make New Study Of Dairying in State
Dr. Friley announced a rewritten Pamphlet No 5 Putting Dairying on a War Footing will form a new Iowa dairying study. President Charles E K Finley of Iowa State College spoke after a conference with Iowa dairy industry representatives. The study will connect Iowa dairy issues to the national dairy situation now and for the future.
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Ames
Iowa
Charles EK. Finley
Iowa State College
Asi
Lowa
Friley
Ordnance Workers Urged to Stay on the Job in Des Moines
Des Moines plant workers heard a plee to remain employed as a 10 minute work stoppage occurred. ER. Lee Keyser, area director for the war manpower commission, spoke by microphone broadcasting to grounds. He urged workers not to quit for dislikes of foreman or shift, insisting no excuse to leave current jobs.
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Des Moines
Lee Keyser
War Menpower Commission
Keyser
Farm Clubs to Help With County Fairs Des Moines
Iowa 4 H clubs will join 70 county fairs this fall in a wartime program led by L G Cunningham state fair board executive secretary. The exhibits will tackle war living issues with market livestock breeding stock home canning substitutes in baking soybeans for human consumption and Victory garden displays.
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Des Moines
Iowa
L. G. Cunningham
State Fair Board
University Freshmen Enroll August 30
IOWA CITY The University of Iowa plans an earliest fall opening with a streamlined registration. Registrar Harry G. Barnes announces freshmen will enroll August 30 as part of the new process eliminating waste motions.
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Iowa City
University of Iown
Harry G. Barnes
Metal Tank Stolen From Marius Olson
A galvanized iron tank measuring three by eight feet was reported stolen to the sheriff today. It disappeared last night from the storage lot north of the Smart Parrish implement store used by road contractor Marius Olson. The water-hauling tank is very valuable amid wartime shortages.
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Sheriff's Office
Smart & Parrish Implement Store
Marius Olson
Allied bombers strike Crete in large scale attack
Cairo dispatch reports a major air offensive against Crete with heavy losses for the attackers. Al lied bombers, including Hurricanes, Bullfighters, and Baltimores, flew in formations across the Mediterranean from Middle Eastern bases, delivering Crete its toughest pounding since 1941.
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Cairo
U.P
Crete
Mediterranean
Island
Policemen Remove Body of 500-Pound Man John Morris
An eight-man police emergency squad took over an hour to remove the body of John Morris, 57, who had been bedridden for 20 years at his New York home. He weighed 500 pounds.
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New York
Iup
John Morris
Registration materials available by August 25
The article notes that registration materials may be secured as early as August 25. Classes start Thursday, September 9. The process opens Monday, August 30 for new freshmen in liberal arts engineering and pharmacy who must report and meet with advisers to plan their study programs.
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Liberal Forts
Detasseling Work Making Progress in County Fields
Detasseling of corn for the Pioneer company progresses this week in hybrid fields, with 128 workers in the field on Thursday. Crews of about 20 include a large group of girls in a separate unit, each led by a foreman and checker, and the work continues into next week.
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Pioneer Company
Sergeant Bernard Singleton Snn Arrives Overseas
A cablegram to Mrs. G. W. McChurch confirms Sergeant Bernard Singleton Snn has arrived abroad. He formerly served with Washington’s Troop D, 113th Cavalry, and his wife remains at their home.
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Bernard Singleton Snn
G. W. McChurch
Washington
113Th Cavalry
Wallace vilifies American fascists in Detroit address
Vice President Henry A. Wallace in Detroit denounces “American fascists” who oppose Roosevelt and accuse big corporations of influencing Washington. He vows to fuse old fashioned Americanism with corporate strengths to advance human rights and curb corporate control. He will speak at Italy fair ground stadium tomorrow.
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Detroit
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Washington
Wall Street
Wallace
Italy Fair Ground
Tam
Health MEP Activities Week of July 26
Schedule lists selective-service examinations Monday at 1 30 P M in office and child health conferences Tuesday 1 00 to 3 30 P M and Wednesday 1 00 to 4 00 P M at Rubio School
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Rubio School
Man Kills Judge and Four Others in Ogden Shooting
Austin Cox 38 shot and killed District Judge Lewis Trueman and four others after wife won a divorce. He wounded two more before police subdued him at a station. Cox reportedly sought immediate execution amid the rampage in Ogden Utah.
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Ogden
Utah
Austin Cox
Cox
Lewis Trueman
John Watson
Intensified Attacks On Kiska Reported By Navy
U S planes preceded and followed Thursday's shelling of Kiska with fierce bombing and strafing on Japanese anti aircraft batteries coastal guns and buildings A communique said fighters and bombers started numerous fires and a large explosion as air and sea attacks on the island reached a new height Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flew some of the fighters in the mission.
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Washington
D. C
U.P
U. S
Kiska
Navy
United States
Royal Canadian Air Force
U S Bombers Raid Norway In Daylight Attack
London reports U S heavy bombers conducted a daylight raid on axis targets in Norway marking the first announced American air strike on Norwegian objectives during World War II. The communiqué notes U S forces attacked strategic targets with Allied bomber assets.
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U. S
Norway
London
Ida McCleery dies in California after hip injury
widow of Robert J. McCleery dies in a Los Angeles hospital after a hip fracture and shock Following a long illness she was born August 3 1860 in Washington and lived in Wellman Nebraska and later California Survived by son Ben born in Nebraska daughter Helen married to Henry Green and several sisters including Bertha Hunt of San Gabriel and Emma Anderson of Washington Funeral by Rev J M Wishart at United Presbyterian church in Long Beach
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Ida Shrig (Ball) McCleery
Robert J. McCleery
Los Angeles
McCleery
Bertha
C. D. Hunt
San Gabriel
Calif
Mee- Cleery
Washington
Harrison Arnold Ball
Mary Ava Lhing Ball
Sam McCleery
Woodlawn
United Presbyterian Church
J. M. Wisharthan
Wellman
Nebraska
Ben
Helen
Bert McCleery
Phoenix
Arizona
Henry Green
Long Beach
A. Anderson
Emma
Elizabeth
James H. McLaughlin
Detroit
Grace
L. S. Anderson
Des Moines
Threaten a New Strike on Coast
An all night conference broke up after failing to end threats of a strike on Pacific Electric trolley and bus work serving 400000 daily passengers and freight in Los Angeles and 55 nearby communities. Over 2600 streetcar motormen conductors and bus drivers were set to walk out at 2 am Sunday, protesting wage cuts agreed by the company and a railway labor panel.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Electric
Fred Viasen
Emergency Railway Labor Board
Washington
California
Gasoline Savings Could Power Division Five Hours
If bus and truck drivers in Atlantic seaboard areas saved one gallon of every 1000 gallons used, the total weekly saving in a six day period would keep a mechanized division moving for five hours.
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Atlantic Seaboard
RAF Raid Past Overwater Flight Report
A historical note describes RAF raids in the past involving an overwater route of about 300 miles. The attack was conducted by a large formation of aircraft.
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RAF
Executions Reported in Brunn Moravia Hit 21
The Office of War Information reports 21 persons were executed in Brunn Moravia, including nine women, bringing the year’s total to 309. The report cites Nazi-controlled dispatches as the source.
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Brunn
Moravia
United Press
Office of War Information
WAVE Is Here on Recruiting Mission
Audrey Taylor, yeoman third class with the WAVE, joined John Van Osdel and Paul Shearer in Washington on recruiting duty. She works from Des Moines and is assigned to recruiting service in Iowa and Nebraska, spending the Burlington area week there. She previously was a stenographer in Kansas City.
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WAVE
Audrey Taylor
Women's Auxiliary of the Navy
Washington
John van Osdel
Paul Shearer
Burlington
Taylor
Des Moines
Iown
Nebraska
Burlington Territory
Kansas
Czech Parachutist Sabotage Aiding Accusations
An OWI report accuses the latest victims of aiding a Czech parachutist dropped by an enemy power to commit sabotage. The item frames the case within wartime espionage chatter and wartime police actions.
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OWI
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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