Germans Claim Paris Nears Besieging Cutoff Advance
Berlin reported German forces had Paris nearly surrounded by sweeping from the English Channel to the Meuse and crossing the Seine. North of St Denis they said Paris was twelve miles away as French and British raids hit northern Italy.
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Berlin
Paris
English Channel
Meuse
Seine
le Havre
Nancy
Marne
la Ferte
St. Denis
Tours
United Press
Paria
Scandinavia
East Africa
Hitler
Oise
Rheims
Chateau Thierry
Rouen
Lehavre
St. Valery En Caux
Channel
Rethel
France
Iowa Column Reports Keene Family Fire Damage
Oscar Keene's Woolbine area home, where he died in a bus crash nearby, was damaged by a Tuesday fire blamed on a kerosene stove. Mrs. Keene and her two sons escaped injury as the house and furnishings sustained about $1,000 each in damage.
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Logan
Oscar Keene
Woolbine
Waterloo doctor fined for narcotic record keeping lapse
Waterloo physician Dr. G Bickley Lichty was fined $100 and costs by District Judge George W Wood after pleading guilty to failing to keep proper narcotic administration records for patients. He had been free on bail since his arrest in September.
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Waterloo
G. Bickley Lichty
George W. Wood
Lichty
American war refugee returns to U.S. aboard Manhattan
Robert Bean 22, a fellowship student in Oslo during the German invasion, arrived on American soil Tuesday aboard the liner Manhattan with fellow refugees.
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Council Bluffs
Robert Bean
Oslo
Norway
Manhattan
Bean son of Council Bluffs couple listed
The report identifies the individual as a son of Mr and Mrs W H Bean of Council Bluffs Iowa with ties to New York where the event occurred on Monday.
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New York
W. H. Bean
Council Bluffs
Mrs Henry Hellwrickle Injured In Kitchen Stove Blast
Mrs Henry Hellwrickle is in fair condition at Jennie Edmundson hospital with burns cuts and a broken left arm after a kitchen coal stove exploded. While combing her hair before a mirror near the stove she was struck by flying metal and steam as the blast occurred. Windows shattered in the kitchen. officials believe a clogged water jacket caused steam to build up.
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Councy
Bluffs
Henry Hellwrickle
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Protest Dismissal of Bluffs Music Teacher Nowak
The Council Bluffs board delayed action on continuing grade school music instruction until June 24 as 69 parents protested the dismissal of Willibald Nowak a music instructor. Nowak among three teachers not renewed, German born veteran of World War I naturalized citizen long resident of the city.
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Council Bluffs
Board of Education
Willibald Nowak
Nowak
Germany
Wheeler Refuses To Back Any Presidential Candidate
Senator Burton K Wheeler Democrat of Nevada says he will not support any presidential candidate who would lead the United States toward war. He made the statement in the Senate in Washington on June 12.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
Burton K. Wheeler
Nevada
Senate
Revision urged to overhaul the tax system in Congress session
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate Finance Committee that now is the opportune time to revise the tax structure if Congress stays in session. He cited readiness to accept added tax burdens while discussing the $1 004 000 000 defense tax bill approved by the House. Acting Navy Secretary Compton announced $327 233 000 in contracts for 22 ships as the largest such awards to speed fleet expansion amid 66 ships under construction.
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Washington
D. C
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Morgenthau
House
Washington, D. C
Navy
Lewis Compton
Roosevelt
Tri-county Medical Society Meets At Nurses Home
Doctors from Jefferson Henry and Washington counties attended the Tri county Medical society meeting held yesterday evening at the nurses home. A nominating committee from each county was named to report on officers for the November Fairfield meeting. Dr J C Painter of Dubuque urged early tuberculosis diagnosis using xray images and praised school nurses and public health workers in catching cases early. Dr McKirahan of Ways and was president and presided at the meeting.
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Jefferson
Henry
Washington
Tri-county Medical Society
Fairfield
J. C. Painter
Dubuque
McKirahan
Ways
Red Cross Fund Drive Progress in Washington County
By noon today Washington County reported about 285 in gifts to the American Red Cross for civilian relief in war-torn Europe. W G Eldridge chairs the county committee and Jon Owen the Washington city group. most donations are no solicitation. A Washington man gave 25, the largest county gift so far. The county quota of 1440 is part of a 20 million national drive. Ralph Bain, who spoke at the roll call last fall, has been sent to France as a Red Cross delegate.
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Washington County
American Red Cross
Europe
W. G. Eldridge
Jon Owen
Washington City
Washington
Roger Sherman
Ralph Bain
France
Red Cross
Downing Urges Sanity in Wartime Speech at Legion Meeting
District Commander Fred Downing urged adherence to Legion doctrines such as preparedness and opposition to un-American activities, decrying wartime hysteria and urging a sane stance on the war issue. About 150 Legion and Auxiliary members attended the Wellman event despite bad weather, with no officers elected and plans for a future nomination committee in Brighton.
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County Legion
Oakwood Pavillion
Wellman
Fred Downing
Washington
Legion
United States
Europe
E. D. Miller
Warren Morgan
Brighton
Interstate Cites Rates For Stock And Feeder Cattle
The Interstate Commerce Commission revised freight rates west of Chicago to 85 percent of the fat cattle rate. The new rate takes effect September 9.
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Washington, D.D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Committees named for Washington Y M C A year
The Washington Y M C A appoints standing committees for the year by president John Winga and board confirmation. Physical committee includes Claud Tucker and Rev. Fred Eastwood. Religious with Marion George and C. S. Lemmon. Boys with W. D. Dwyer and Stan ton Kiesey. Finance led by Richard Stewart and S. W. Livingston. House chaired by Charles Davis and Jay Brewer. Endowment members include Don Sherman and Leslie Dunlap. Rural committee lists J. W. Chandler and Rev. Carl Klein. Membership features Harry Ramseyer and Tom Duncan. Educational chaired by D. r. Barnes. Social led by Cloud Willits. Industrial with Ted Brown and Jay Brown. World Service includes Dave Elder and Henry Bailey. Young Men with Richard McCleery and Shram Lewis.
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Washington Y. M. C. A
John Winga
Association
Claud Tucker
Fred Eastwood
Lee Holland
Leo Hoover
Bill Shannan
Marion George
C. S. Lemmon
Carl Hedges
A. W. Yard
Stanly Zager
W. D. Dwyer
Stanton Kiesey
Clarence Logan
John Lemmon
Wayne Knupp
Harry Ramseyer
Tom Duncan
Dick McIntosh
Ralph Dougherty
LeRoy Pratt
R. Barnes
Ralston
Keagy
Glenn Mace
Edmund Morrison
George Mohr
Ted Brown
Jay Brown
A. E. Atchison
World Service
Dave Elder
Henry Bailey
Hugh McCleery
John Owen
Bob McFarlane
Richard McCleery
Shram Lewis
H. L. Walker
John Applegate
Jack Trotman
Iowa Farm Bureau Issues War Emergency Statement
Des Moines June 12 The Iowa Farm Bureau federation board issued a policy statement on agriculture in the present war emergency. It warned that no country or part of the world will escape the war's effects and stressed the need for adequate defense. The bureau argued a program to protect agriculture serves the interests of all.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Pilot 92 Remembers River Island in Iowa State Claim
Captain John Rock a 92 year old Mississippi river steamboat pilot testified in a federal hearing in Davenport Iowa. The state seeks $770 in damages from Albert and William Cook of Sabula claiming river dam flooding altered an island near Clinton formed after Iowa statehood. Rock described piloting through Dark Chute the channel that once separated the island.
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Davenport
Clinton
Iowa
John Rock
Princeton
Charles A. Dewey
Albert
William Cook
Sabula
Rook
Allied leaders meet in France to plan defense against German push
War bulletins from TOURS and BERLIN report allied supreme leaders meeting in France to halt the German onslaught threatening Paris from three directions. Other dispatches deny Italy’s Egypt ultimatum and claim German surrender of 20 000 troops near Paris.
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Tours
France
Paris
Iowa Ready With War Surplus Funds
Iowa officials announced a war surplus of nearly 8 million dollars to cover mobilization costs if a declaration of war occurs. They stressed no immediate alarm, recalling World War I where Iowa spent 2 to 3 million dollars on medical exams, National expenses, hospitalization, and training camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Judge Patterson Returns After Oskae loosa Court Term
Judge J. G. Patterson of Oskae loosa concluded a two day session during the March term and said he plans to resume court in Washington on June 24. The announcement followed his late arrival home yesterday after the local sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Patterson
Oskaeloosa
Washington
Rain totals Rise to About 0.40 Inch
A light drizzle yesterday afternoon and last night increased rainfall to about 0.40 inch. Early afternoon rainfall was 0.40 inch, while the weather remained cloudy and cool with a minimum of 69 degrees.
Veterans of Civil War Hold Session Eight Attend
In Des Moines the Iowa department Grand Army of the Republic held a parade with eight Civil War veterans attending the encampment. The average attendee was 94, and they marked the 101st birthday of Capt. Charles Hamilton of Ames. J J Neumann was reelected department commander with Elliott Taylor senior vice commander and T J Nell quartermaster general. Nell’s daughter Amy reelected secretary. Fred Fisher, age 90, was elected vice commander.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic
G. A. RK
Sons of Union Veterans
Women's Relief Corps
Locust Street
Iowa G. A. R
J. J. Neumann
Moines
Elliott BP. Taylor
Fairfield
Mann
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Dino Alfieri
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Island OF Malta
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Genoa
London
Italy
Air Ministry
British Isles
Tite
Treasury
Rome
Canal Zone
Biancomano
Balboa
Chile
Gibraltar
Downing
Ditrict Legion Commando
Cloud Willits
R. E. Brown
Lyle Wilson
Jessa Busby
Iowa Farm Bureau
Ross van Nostrand
Texas
Guy Cole
Peterson Sheep Company
Spencer
Mr. Cole
Milwaukee
Colorado
River Island
KROME
Egypt
Bucharest
Veterans OF Civil War
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