Strikers Return in 3 Defense Plants Near Collision in Syria
J L Coop vice president of National Co fined 300 by District Judge H C Ring after pleading guilty to illegal liquor possession. All but 100 suspended on county attorney’s recommendation. Three cases of import Scotch whisky seized and ordered destroyed. Inventory shows liquor shipped from Minneapolis to Cooper home. bottles bear Minnesota seals, not Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
J. L. Coop
The
National Co
Dis Ict
H. C. Ring
Carl Henkson
Cooper Home
Tick
Minneapolis
Minn
Cooper
Minnesota
Montezuma Power Plant Damage Declared Negligible
Frank M Igge, superintendent of the Montezuma municipal power plant, reported minor damage from diesel motor exhaust fumes catching fire. Montezuma firemen responded, extinguished the fire, and cooled the exhaust muffler. No townwide blackout or emergency refit was needed as a second diesel motor was brought online.
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Montezuma
Frank Miggle
Urning Harbor
Riggle
Cedar Rapids Police reel in odd thefts for 45 cents
Cedar Rapids police report strange thefts that began with a fish pole and line from a backyard and ended with a ticket book belonging to Mr. Jen Jeffries. The officer recovered the item and received 45 cents as a reward.
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Cedar Rapids
Jen Jeffries
Clay County Farmer Dies in County Road Crash
Henry Eggers 70, a prominent Clay County farmer, died after a heart attack while driving near Fosteria. His car careened into a ditch. he died shortly after at the scene. Survived by his wife, four daughters, and three sons.
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Ffers
Spencer Henry Egeers
Clay County
Fosteria
Eggers
McEnaney Urges Oil Export Ban Tied to Japan
Mason City former state representative Morton J. McEnaney a Democratic candidate for Congress last fall telegraphed President Roosevelt urging that any oil consumption restrictions in the United States be accompanied by a ban on exports to Japan. He said conservation measures are essential and warned oil sales to Japan could be used against U S forces.
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Ks Petroleum Bank
Japan
Mason City
Mortun J. McEnaney
Congress
Hag
Roosevelt
United
Harold
Ickes
Germany
MckEnaney
Davis 66 Dies After Illness At Mercy Hospital
Fred M. Davis, 66, a prominent Iowa grain dealer and longtime head of Davis Brothers & Peter, died after three weeks of illness at Mercy Hospital. He led his namesake firm since 1937 and was a former member of the Davis Brothers & Peter elevator chain. He leaves a wife and two brothers. Funeral services will be held here Wednesday.
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Fort Dodge
Fred M. Davs
Witness
Aiercy Hospital
Davis Brothers & Peter
Davis
Royal Air Force Attacks German Troops in France
The air ministry said RAF fighters attacked a Nazi troop column in northern France today and strafed an armed trawler in the English Channel. All aircraft on patrol returned safely.
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Royal Air Force
France
London
Air Ministry Tonight
Ministry
RAI
Chan
Four Apply for Beer Licenses at Washington Council
At the Washington city council meeting four beer license applications were filed for next year: Chocolate Shop, Frank Casey, Edith Beatty, and Hugh Dougall. Most renewals due by July 1. Action on these was deferred to a later meeting.
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Washington
Filling Station Plan Discussed With City Council
Ralph Kleese of Socony Vacuum and district manager from Mt Pleasant attended a Washington city council meeting to review a proposed filling station at the corner of East Washington Street and South Fourth Avenue. The station would occupy the north 66 feet of Mrs M D Work’s property and cost about 10000 dollars while preserving a residential feel. Council members asked for pedestrian safeguards and city light considerations and will revisit the proposal.
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Ralph Kleese
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Sast Washington Street
South Fourth Avenue
M. D. Work
Washingon
Emergency Patients At County Hospital
County hospital offers care for accident victims and sudden illnesses but has only one receptio n room. Voters on Tuesday June 14 will decide on a proposed addition to provide badly needed space. Absent ballots available at the county auditor’s office for those unable to vote at their precinct on June 10.
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Washington County Hospital
Cabinet of France Holds Key Syria Defense Session
The French cabinet met in what reporters called a pivotal session amid triadic tensions in Syria. Weygand outlined plans for defending the colonial empire and striking dissident colonies, while Vichy imposed secrecy and censorship limited comment from correspondents. Germany eyed the Franco British dispute and potential talks with Vichy if Syria shifts spur a new armistice dynamic.
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United Press
Syria
Bordeaux
France
Weygand
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Charles de Gaulee
Vichy
Berlin
Germany
London
Wilson Declares Iowa Troops Healthy After Training Tours
Governor George A. Wilson returned from Camp Claiborne Louisiana and Camp Bowie Texas and reported that Iowa youths in army training are healthy and well cared for and are the best looking troops in the world.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Camp Claiborne
Camp Bowie
Texas
Iowa
Divers Raise Crashed Plane From San Diego Bay
Divers today raised from the bottom of San Diego bay the wreckage of a $250000 Liberator bombing plane to be examined for sabotage evidence. Officials of Consolidated Aircraft Corp say there is good reason to suspect sabotage. Five men were aboard. four were killed and one seriously injured in the test flight crash yesterday.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
San Diego Bay
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Pilot Dies After San Diego Bomber Crash Probe
Lewis M. McCannon an air plane mechanic died in a city hospital hours after FBI questioned him about the four motor bomber crash built for Great Britain by Consolidated Aircraft. FBI investigates sabotage theory as they plan to raise and inspect the wreckage from San Diego bay.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Lewis M. McCannon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Great Britain
FBI
McCannon
San Diego Bay
No June Calls Yet For County Draftees
The county selective service board reported no new June calls for draftees and gave no date when another contingent for a year of Army training will be summoned or trained.
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Washington County Selective Service Board
Francis Reed in Good Condition after Stephenville Hospital Report
Reports from Stephenville Texas hospital say Private Francis Reed among five soldiers injured in a Sunday automobile accident near Stephenville is responding to treatment with a brain concussion and conscious, family informed. Washington funeral plans for Private Charles Edward Bidwell proceed with Captain O J Brown and Corporal John M Bidwell to Washington.
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Stephenville
Texas
Washington
Francis Reed
Orin Wallace
Francis
O. J. Brown
113Th Cavalry
Camp Bowie
John M. Bidwell
Charles Edward Bidwell
Rock Island
Washington Presbyterian Church
Sherman
Captain Brown
British Labor Party backs fighting to the end vote
In London on June 3 the Labour Party voted 2 430 000 to 19 000 to fight the war to a finish. Major Clement Attlee spoke as party leader and lord privy seal, confirming the government’s opposition to negotiated peace and resolve to victory. The resolution urged the party to continue the war to the end.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Labor Party
Clement Attley
Attley
Men Sent From County To Fort Des Moines After Call
Two men departed by bus Sunday afternoon for Des Moines in response to the latest call. They were Harold Edward Bernsek of Riverside and Harry Fred Strathman, working on a farm northwest of town.
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Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Harold Edward Beranek
Riverside
Harry Fred Strathman
Russia withdraws recognition of Greece
Moscow reports the Soviet government withdrew diplomatic recognition of Greece. A foreign ministry communique said Greece lost sovereignty and Russia no longer has diplomatic representatives in Greece, ending formal diplomatic relations.
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Russia
Greece
Moscow
U.P
Foreign Commissariat
Legation
Mace Named County Chairman for DSO Campaign
G. E. Mace was named county chairman to lead a Des Moines county campaign supporting the United Service Organizations for National Defense. The effort includes Y M C A, Jewish Welfare, Salvation Army, Y W C A, and other groups to aid soldiers and armed forces. District and county officers were named at a state meeting, with funds sought from all towns and rural areas.
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Washington County
United Service Organization For National Defense
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Y.M.C.A
Jewish Welfare Association
National Catholic Community Service Oganization
Salvation Army
Y.W.C.A
National Travelers Aid Association
Des Moines
Richard A. Stewart
Washington
Dunham Morrison
Ed Mueck
Joe Falk
John Winga
Harriet Coulter
G. E. Mace
Buckwalter Takes Over Sinclair Station in Town
Marvin Buckwalter has leased the Sinclair station at 702 East Washington Street from Francis Mangold who operated it since last fall. Buckwalter takes possession Thursday to remodel the facility with repainting new restroom and washing area. Sinclair products will be featured.
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Marvin Buckwalter
Sinclair
East
Washington Street
Francis Mangold
Buckwalter
United States to Curtail Shipments to Germany via Far East
Secretary of State Hull said the United States is working to curtail shipments of strategic raw materials from South America to Germany through the Far East. The announcement was made in Washington on June 3.
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Washington, D. C
Cordell Hull
United States
South America
Germany
Far East
Washington churches plan daily vacation Bible schools
At least five Washington churches will run daily vacation Bible schools this summer. Four open next Monday, June 9, with Dr. F. W. Eastwood directing the Presbyterian school for two weeks, and Mary Rickey handling openings in his absence. Other churches include Methodist, United Presbyterian, Baptist, and the Foursquare, with two week sessions led by named pastors and teachers. Trinity Lutheran plans are pending. Christian church and St Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed will not hold schools.
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Washington
F. W. Eastwood
The
Presbyterian Church
Mary Rickey
Methodist
United Presbyterian
Baptist
Methodist Church
Ruth Foster
J. W. Chandler
United Presbyterian Church
Glenn McCall
Baptist Church
Alfred Trenerry
Foursquare Church
W. J. Stevens
Helen Sage
Trinity Lutheran Church
Christian Church
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Much of State Gets Good Rain
Rain ended across Iowa but rivers remained high and floods feared. Local cloudbursts flooded basements in Corning and Madrid, stalled cars, and volunteers guarded the reservoir dam as Nodaway River overran its banks. Madrid logged 4.75 inches in 24 hours, Ames 3.88, Atlantic 3.80, Cairo 2.50.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Corning
Madrid
Burlington
Nodaway
Ames
Atlantic
Cairo
Wet and Cool With Light Showers in Washington
The Washington area saw not heavy precipitation yesterday and today with a persistent drizzle. Occasional showers since Friday yielded only traces as observers noted a cooler trend with temperatures around 59 degrees.
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Washington
Mediation Returns Strikes to Work on Defense Projects
AFL orders 17 craft unions back to Bethlehem ship yard in San Francisco and 500 workers resume at Indianhead Massachusetts housing project. In Pittsburgh 750 Hussey Co workers end a strike, boosting defense production as mediation board urges ceasefire. Senate hearing features Tydings claiming British aid losses could be offset by eliminating strikes through increased U S output.
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United Press
American Federation of Labor
Bethlehem Ship
San Francisco
National Defense Mediation Board
AFL
Indianhead
Pittsburgh
C. G. Hussey and Co
Coopper
Bethlehem Ship Yards
Mediation Board
Washington
D. C
U.P
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Senate
Britain
Collision at Ainsworth injures no one
A collision on an Ainsworth street involved Paul Boyt of Des Moines and Mrs. E M Richards of Columbus Junction. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated at about $15 to each car.
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Paul Boyt
Des Moines
E. M. Richards
Columbus Junction
Ainsworth Street
Knerr Held on Intoxicated Driving Charge
Roy Knerr of Brigston was arraigned before Justice J. E. Bovee and ordered held to the September district court term on a motor vehicle while intoxicated charge. He posted $1,000 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing and was released. State Patrolmen Braden and Powers arrested him Saturday night on Road No. 1 near Brighton after observing erratic driving.
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Roy Knerr
Brigston
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Bovee
Knorr
Braden
Powers
Brighton
Graduation program announced for rural eighth graders
County Superintendent Lester B. Kra bill reveals plans for the rural eighth grade commencement Thursday at the Methodist church. Over 120 country school pupils will receive certificates entitling them to enter high schools. Rev. Carl W. Klein will give the invocation, with music by the rural school choir and a solo by Gertrude Davison. Rev. Ada Hillis will deliver the address, followed by more songs and awards. The ceremony includes the citizenship award by Mrs. O. K. Schmitt and the scholarship flag presented by Dean Emde. Diplomas, honor letters, and benediction will close the program, as C. A. Fullerton directs the ensemble and Miss Edna Klein accompanies.
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Lester B. Krabill
Methodist Church
Carl W. Klein
St. Paul's
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A. Ralston
W. C. Hedges
Ernest Salladay
Washington Police Force
Cabinet of
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Wilson
Washington Rotary Club
Joe Knotek
W. A. Erbe
Lloyd Lytle
Walter Logan
Mace
DSO Campaign
Europe
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Knerr
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