Army Takes Over Strike-bound Plan t Oe
Waterloo residents Walter Fox age 28 and Clifford Kraft age 26, both of Waterloo, died in a plane crash five miles northeast of Waterloo after attending an Eldridge family reunion. Fox piloted the aircraft which crashed during takeoff from a field. the motor failure caused a spin from about 200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Walter Fox
Clifford Kraft
Fox
Eldridge
Claude A. Eldridge
Kraft
Girl Scout Contest Prize Awarded Posthumously
Creston awarded posthumous first prize in the Girl Scout national song contest to 17 year old Eagle Scout John Rivenburg for the march ing tune Scouts Are We titled as the winning entry. The song, written shortly before his death on December 4 1940, invokes Jawea a heroine in Girl Scout history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Group Asks Equal Rights for Negroes in Navy Service
DES MOINES Iowa nine congressmen and Senators Clyde Herring and Guy Gillette along with President Roosevelt received copies of NAACP resolutions from Corinthian Baptist church. The resolutions note that Negroes who are 10 percent of the population are barred from Navy service except as mess attendants and demand equal rights to serve the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Clyde Herring
Guy M. Gillette
Roosevelt
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Corinthian Baptist Church
United States Navy
Whisky Seizure Near New London Without Seals
Highway Patrolmen seized about 1200 bottles of whisky lacking state seals on Highway 34 near New London after stopping a man who gave the name Harold Burmeister, 30. He was jailed and said he was paid $50 to drive the car from Moline, NL to Hastings, Nebraska. The vehicle had Nebraska plates and an extra set found inside. The haul included 900 pints 250 half pints and 45 quarts.
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Mount Pleasant
John Powers
D. O. Braden
New London
Harold Burmeister
Burmeister
Moline
Hastings
Neb
Nebraska
Veterans Give Talk For Patriotic Group
DES MOINES three white haired Civil War veterans attend the 67th Iowa encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Des Moines They are T J Noll 96 Des Moines assistant adjutant for Iowa J J Neuman 94 Des Moines department commander and Elliott P Taylor 95 Fairfield The trio spoke at Hotel Chamberlain to Federated Patriotic Societies members.
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Des Moines
Iown
Grand Army of the Republic
G.A.R
T. J. Noll
Iowa
J. J. Neuman
Elliott P. Taylor
Fairfield
Hotel Chamberlain
Federated Patriotic Societies
Chariton Holds Show for Model Airplanes
Rodney Selby of Des Moines won Class B and C open. total flight time 558.5 seconds. Tama’s Charles Lamb, 17, led rubber powered with 645.7 seconds in three flights. Chillicothe Mo’s Bob Rodgers won Class B and C senior with 33.38 seconds. Ottumwa’s Claude McCullagh, 19, won loss A with 46 seconds.
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Chariton
Rodney Selby
Des Moines
Selby
Charles Lamb
Tama
Bob Rodgers
Chillicothe
Claude McCulagh
Ottumwa
Program recalls founding of church in 1841
At the closing meeting of the synod of the Associate Presbyterian church in the Washington church building a centennial program honored the 1841 organization of the Washington congregation. Dr. W J Masson presided. Anna Dawson read a sketch. Elizabeth Fisher spoke on Ministers of the Congregation. other talks covered the church influence, mission, and personal ties. First pastor Rev. George C Vincent preached the first gospel sermon in Washington on February 7, 1841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associate Presbyterian Church
Washington
W. J. Masson
Anna Dawson
Elizabeth Fisher
R. B. Stephens
Our Church
George Masson, Jr
W. M. Kleese
George C. Vincent
Seven Claiborne Soldiers Hurt in Crash Dies
A U P report states seven soldiers were injured and Private Ray Rucker of Ohio died en route to a hospital after an army truck collided with a bus near CAMP CLAIBORNE ILLA yesterday. Injured include Corporal Leon Nelson and Private Gerald James of Council Bluffs and Private Carl Ramsey of Manchester Iowa.
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Camp Claiborne
Ila
U.P
Here
Leon Nelson
Gerald James
Council Bluffs
Carl Ramsey
Manchester
Ray Rucker
Ohio
Army Bomber Missing Over Rockies Near Salt Lake City
A giant Douglas B-18 bomber with six Army fliers aboard vanished after takeoff from Salt Lake City en route to Chicago. Authorities fear trouble in the Rocky Mountains as violent storms hinder search efforts. fuel was reportedly limited to about ten hours and weather officials expect 24 to 36 hours before storms ease enough for rescue planes to search.
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Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountains
Salt Lake
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Rockies
British Sink 5 German Vessels
British warships in a north Atlantic sweep in the wake of the Bismarck sinking have sunk five German supply ships and an armed trawler and disrupted a major threat to shipping.
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London
U.P
North Atlantic
Bismarck
New Minister Chosen for Washington Church of Christ
Rev. Ivan Riess of North English accepted the Washington Church of Christ pastorate after a vote following his sermon last Sunday. He will begin active duties next Sunday, returning to North English after yesterday’s service. Riess, a Knoxville Johnson Bible College graduate, previously held summer pastorates in Kinross and Deep River Iowa.
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Ivan Riess
North English
Washington Church of Christ
Washington
Riess
Johnson Bible College
Knoxville
Tenn
Kinross
Deep River
Iowa
Washington Writers Cruise Joins Iowa Authors on Mississippi
Dr and Mrs Melvin Gingerich joined thirty Iowa Authors club members aboard the Pipe Dream for an eight hour eighty mile cruise from Davenport levee. They visited historic sites including Credit Island Fort Armstrong and Camanche. The club spring bulletin notes Gingerich’s The Mennonites in Iowa and his other historical works receive praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Gingerich
Iowa Authors Club
Mississippi
Davenport Levee
Credit Island
Zachary Taylor
Fort Armstrong
Camanche
Club
Dr. Gingerich
Iowa
New Bus Depot Relocated to Anderson Hotel
Jackson Lines announces the bus depot will move from Congress hotel to the Anderson hotel on South Marion avenue. The change takes effect Tuesday, June 10. The move affects schedules and passenger pickup points in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Lines
Congress Hotel
Anderson Hotel
South Marion Avenue
Allied Columns Press Forward Into Syria From Palestine
British and Free French units slash into Syria heading toward Damascus Beirut and Aleppo under American made air support. London reports limited heavy combat with Syrian defenses and uncertainty about Axis intervention as four main columns advance from Palestine Transjordan and Iraq.
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United Press
Syria
Damascus
Beirut
Aleppo
London
Germany
Italy
Berlin
Rome
Palestine
Transjordania
Iraq
Gardner to be brought here for forgery charge
Sheriff H. M. Putnam traveled to Waterloo this afternoon to extradite Merle Gardner, 31, formerly of West Chester, on a charge of uttering a forged instrument. The case involves a $140 check endorsement Gardner allegedly passed in Rubio.
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West Chester
H. M. Putnam
Waterloo
Merle Gardner
Washington County
Gardner
Rubio
Driving License Office Opens In Court House
Since eight this morning Betty Michels and Betty Stewart have been taking driver license applications in a room off the lobby of the courthouse. Licenses cost 50 cents for two years and the permits expire July 4. Applications will be accepted until early July and licenses sent from Des Moines. Applicants should bring 1939 1941 licenses. A long line formed as the staff handled traffic throughout the day.
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Betty Michels
Betty Stewart
Court House
Miss Michels
Miss Stewart
State Department of Public Safety
Des Moines
County Legion Meet Planned in Wellman June 16
A joint session of the American Legion and Auxiliary will convene next Monday, June 16, in Wellman. The meeting will feature a program and further details to be announced later.
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Washington County American Legion
Wellman
Legion and Auxiliary
Robbers Bind Attendant and Loot Sandusky Filling Station
In Algona two gunmen robbed Schultz Brothers filling station around midnight. They bound and gagged attendant Armin Schultz and looted the till of 80 dollars cash and 37 dollars in checks, the largest daily receipts since opening, before stealing three cars in the area.
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Algona
Armin Schultz
Schultz Brothers
Schultz
New Car Licenses Reach June Start Totals in Washington County
Washington county reports 22 new cars licensed in the first week of June from June 2 to June 7, with total 1941 license plates at 5,585, up 166 from 1940. Trucks total 920, up 92 from last year. Names of new registrations include W R Richardson Washington Ford truck, C Nicola Washington GMC pickup, J A Cherry West Chester Plymouth sedan, and others across Keota Kalona Wellman Ainsworth and Washington.
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Washington County
Court House
W. R. Richardson
Washington
Charles Nicola
GMC
John A. Cherry
West Chester
Plymouth
Charles J. Mayer
A. Pratt
Buick
Richard Young
Pontiac
R. W. Thompson
Studebaker
Elmer J. Aller
J. L. Fry
Chevrolet
P. M. Swartzendruber
Wellman
Etta Hamilton
Ford
Otto Schiebel
H. Smart
Chrysler
Worth Ferguson
Frank Will
Clarence Funston
Keota
Nora M. Dryden
Jessie Marr Dryden
Ainsworth
Mell Crandall
Nash
Wilbur Richardson
Roy J. Schaeffer
M. N. Adams
Matt Parrott and Sons
Thousands Die In Munitions Blast Near Belgrade
Budapest dispatch reports about 5000 killed or wounded when 90 wagons of munitions exploded at an old fortress near Belgrade last Thursday. Radio Moscow cites at least 1000 dead and that two thirds of Smederevo, 35 miles east of Belgrade, were killed.
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Budapest
Belgrade
Radio Moscow
Smederevo
Two Conscientious Objectors Ordered to Colorado Springs
Two of the four Washington county men who have qualified as conscientious objectors will be sent to a camp at Colorado Springs late this month. They are Ezra W. Schenk order number 32 and Paul Miller order number 53, both from the Wellman community, and report to their Colorado destination on June 23. Local board has not yet issued definite orders on their travel to the west. Both object to serving in the army on religious grounds.
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Washington County
Colorado Springs
County Selective Service Board
Colorado
Ezra W. Schenk
Paul Miller
Wellman
Aluminum
Cincinnati
Ohio
Aluminum Company of America
National Association of Die Casting Works
National Defense Mediation Board
Heavy Rainfall Covers Most of Southern Iowa
Rainfall up to five inches soaked southern Iowa last night bringing floods and a drowning. Shenandoah logged the heaviest fall at five inches as showers continued across the state. Laura Lewis, 62, drowned in a flooded creek near Creston while seeking higher ground. The 102 river near Bedford rose to a new high, highways flooded, and train service on the Burlington line was halted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Marshalltown
Shenandoah
Burlington
Creston
Laura Lewis
Bedford
Burlington Railroad
Funeral services for Mrs Eu nic Ellen Kendrick held Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Eu nice Ellen Kendrick were held Saturday afternoon at the L. A. Jones funeral home, led by Dr. R. C. Keagy. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery. Pallbearers included Charle Libe, Charles Gault, Emmett Hayes, Frank Godfrey, Charles Scheibel, and a Wolf.
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Eunice Ellen Kendrick
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
R. C. Keagy
Elm Grove Cemetery
Charle Libe
Charles Gault
Emmett Hayes
Frank Godfrey
Charles Scheibel
One Wolf
Expect Rather Light Vote in County Tuesday
A light turnout is expected in Tuesday’s election on a proposed addition to the Washington county hospital. The measure, if approved by 60 percent, would provide more room as hospital facilities have been crowded. Polls open 8 am to 8 pm with voting places listed by ward and township. Ballots were delivered to precincts. the 1939 US census recorded 155 legal executions nationwide.
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Washington County
Iowa
Washington
First Ward
Court House
Smart & Parrish Implement
Fred Reid
Washington Township
Busby
American Pearl
Workmen Are to Be Protected
Roosevelt orders army to seize North American Aviation plant in Inglewood California to protect workers returning to jobs and to operate the plant. Army backs by 600 soldiers with bayonets. a picket wounded. Branshaw leads seizure and appeals for cooperation to restore production immediately.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Army
North American Aviation Company
Inglewood
Cal
North American Aviation
Washington
Charles Branshaw
United States Army Air Corps
Branshaw
Defense
Prayer Service Urged Across United Presbyterian Churches
Members of the mission societies are urged to attend a special prayer service at Washington church Tuesday at nine. Similar services will be held in all United Presbyterian churches including mission fields, with a session of the Women’s General Missionary Society convening this week in Washington, D C.
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Missionary Societies
United Presbyterian Church
Washington Church
United Presbyterian Churches
Women's General Missionary Society of
Washington, D. C
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Veterans
New Washington School Teachers
Coe
Delight E. Rinner
Washington Junior High School
Mildred Riepe
Stewart School
Rinner
Wayland
Riepe
Mediapolis
Claiborne
Christian Church
Cruise
U. S
County Legion Meet
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth
Pittsburgh
Draft Board
Mrs. Kendrick
United States
Fol
Lows
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Milo Sorden
Municipal Band
O. E. Schmidt
The
Chamber of Commerce
Washington, Iowa
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