Des Moines Youth Killed in Auto Crash
Des Moines youth Hulbert H. Mulock, 21, son of a Central Life Assurance official, was killed in a car collision in Youngstown Ohio while visiting a Dartmouth friend. Mulock had just graduated and planned to return home.
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Des Moines
Hulbert H. Mulock
Central Life Assurance Society
Youngstown
Ohio
Young Mulock
Dartmouth
William McKelvey
McKelvey
McKelveys
Auto mechanic Pearson killed on Highway 6 near Colfax
Carl Pearson aged 2 from Omaha Nebraska an auto mechanic was struck by a car that failed to stop while he and his wife were on a weekend trip to Chicago. He was examining a tire on the highway shoulder when the vehicle struck him throwing him 30 feet. He died within minutes from a skull fracture and a broken neck with further injuries to his jaw and ankle.
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Newton
Carl Pearson
Omaha
Neb
Colfax
Pearson
Chicago
Ill
Laser
Ray Barber
Jehovahs Witnesses Attacked by Townsmen in Lawler Riot
Sheriff reports a riot in Lawler nine miles east of here when eight men fought as Jehovahs Witnesses attempted to distribute pamphlets. The Witnesses, in seven carloads with Iowa-licensed autos, left before officers arrived.
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New Hampton
Lawler
Jehovah's Witnesses
George C. Murray
Chickasaw County
Here
Olson and Barnes Obtain Marriage License Here
Eldred K. Olson of Decatur Illinois and Ruth E Barnes of Crawfordsville obtained a marriage license here today.
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Eldred K. Olson
Decatur, Ill
Ruth E. Barnes
Crawfordsville
Navy to Probe Submarine U-9 Loss and Foundry Fire
Navy officials arranged a court of inquiry to determine the cause of the foundry fire that produced the submarine U-9 and resulted in the loss of her entire crew of 33. The incident occurred near Portsmouth New Hampshire on June 23.
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Portsmouth
WN. H
Navy
Special Project at Red Cross Room
The Red Cross sewing room in City hall plans a special cutting project tomorrow from 2 to 5 PM. About 25 women are asked to attend to cut material for garments. those able to come should call Anna Dawson at 32-R to be assigned patterns and material. The demand for garments exceeds the usual cutting committee capacity.
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Red Cross
County Red Cross
City Hall
Anna Dawson
Italian Citizens Ordered to Stay In United States
The United States ordered all border exits closed to Italian nationals until further notice. The justice department directed immigration and border patrol officers to prevent Italians from leaving the country and the treasury department issued similar instructions to customs officials to stop departures with excess funds.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Justice Department
Immigration and Border Patrol
Treasury Department
U S Consuls Intercepted in Germany by Berlin Order
The German order to close U S consulates affects two pictured officials Sidney Redeker consul at Frankfort was accused of delivering anti Germany addresses in 1939 Alfred W Klieforth consul general in Cologne faced charges of using code with the Belgian consul to share alleged German invasion plans in 1939
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U. S
Germany
Europe
Sidney Redecker
Frankfort
Alfred W. Klieforth
Cologne
Boys' State Learns Government as Youths Seize State House
More than 700 Hawkeye Boys Staters captured the Iowa State House in Des Moines ending a week of practical government under the American Legion. They formed two parties, elected a governor and officials, and enacted a vetoed mess hall bill, illustrating real legislative processes and civic duty.
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Frank T. Nye
Des Moines
State House
American Legion
Iowa Fairgrounds
Hawkeye
The
Iowa
Jordan L. Larson
General Assembly
Senate
House
U P Young Folks To Meet Here Next
The Keokuk presbytery young people will hold their convention next summer at Washington church. At last week’s LeClair meeting the Washington Builders won the convention banner with the Washington Friendship Group second. Hather Stewart of Washington won the Tible reading cup. Dorothy Daniel was elected president and William Brewer secretary of the presbytery organization amid a large Washington turnout.
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United Presbyterian Church
Keokuk
Washington Church
LeClair Church
Washington Builders Group
Washington Friendship Group
Hather Stewart
Washington
Dorothy Daniel
William Brewer
Local Musicians in University Band at Iowa City
June 19 twenty six Iowa towns and eight others in four states contribute to the all state high school music groups at the University of Iowa. Prof. Charles B. Righter directs the project to start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Charles B. Righter
RAF Hammers Invasion Ports In Major French Coast Raids
In a heavy long raid over northern France the Royal Air Force struck invasion ports depots and bomber bases along the coast from Calais northward. The activity centered on Calais with constant fighter activity overhead despite heat haze and distant bomb bursts across the Strait of Dover.
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Folkestone
England
Royal Air Force
France
RAF
Calais
Strait of Dover
Cadet Redlinger Training in Georgia
At Fort Benning Georgia cadets from the United States Military Academy 1942 graduating class underwent a five day weapons blitzkrieg study. Cadet Matthew J Redlinger of Washington Iowa was among participants learning artillery tactics pontoon bridge techniques and anti aircraft and anti tank guns.
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Fort Benning
Georgia
Art Benning
United States Military Academy
Matthew J. Redlinger
Washington
Iowa
Music groups train in intensive five-week program
In 1929 the band orchestra and chorus undergo five weeks of intensive training. Of 638 enrollees 46 are girls. Some registrants join two groups and most take special music department lessons. Iowa City leads with 19 representatives, followed by Burlington six, Washington three, and Davenport Muscatine and Cedar Rapids with two each.
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Iowa City
Burlington
Washington
Davenport
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Robin Moor Sinking Report Details From Surviving Engineers
Virgil Sanderlin, third engineer aboard the freighter Robin Moor, tells the state department of the sinking by a German submarine in the Atlantic. He says the warship that torpedoed the Moor was German, and notes all passengers and crew were saved. Philip Williams, U S embassy official in Rio de Janeiro, is shown alongside Sanderlin and his wife.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Atlantic
Virgil Sanderlin
Philip Williams
U. S
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Sanderln
Robin Moor
Washington County USO Campaign Opens to Aid Soldiers
The USO drive in Washington county aims to fund national defense welfare facilities for soldiers near camps. G E Mace reports active groups in Wellman Kalona Riverside and Crawfordsville with Brighton and Ainsworth not yet organized. The three day drive runs today Tuesday and Wednesday with possible delays from late organization.
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Washington County
United Service Organization For National Defense
National Treasury
G. E. Mace
Wellman
Kalona
Riverside
Crawfordsville
Brighton
Ainsworth
Washington
Mace
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Washington County Sees Fifteen New Cars Registered This Week
Washington County residents added fifteen new cars and trucks to county records this week, part of the first three weeks of the month. A total of 5,634 vehicles now bear 1941 license plates, compared with 5,462 a year ago. trucks this year number 27 versus 36 in 1940. Names of new owners listed include T. R. Gillespie Washington Ford, Iowa Southern Utilities Co. Ford pickup, W. C. Hedges Washington Mercury sedan, Mrs. E. M. Foster Wellman Plymouth coupe, L. K. Wilson Washington Wehrle Motor Co. Wellman, E. C. Kern Malona Chevrolet truck, H. L. Brinton Brighton Hudson sedan, Mrs. Lara M. Tufts Kevin Chrysler sedan, Maplecrest Turkey Faring Wellman Chevrolet panel truck, A. Fishburn Wellman.
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Washington County
T. R. Gillespie
Washington
Ford Ford
Iowa
Southern Utilities Co
W. CC. Hedges
Mercury
E. M. Foster
Wellman
L. KE. Wilson
Wehrle Motor Co
E. C. Kern
Malona
H. L. Brinton
Brighton
Hudson
Lara M. Tufts
Kevin
Chrysler
Maplecrest
Chevrolet Panel Truck Co
A. Fishburn
Heatwave Pavement Explosion Shocks Rural Iowa
A pavement section collapsed Sunday afternoon near the Harry Davidson farm four and a half miles west of Washington. State crews repaired it and planned new concrete pour. Cooler today with a high around 88 and air breeze tempering the heat. 96 Saturday, 95 Sunday, 67 last night.
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No. 92
Washington
Harry Davidson
Davidson
Hitler
Air Force
Russell Frink
Washington County
Burlington
Fort Madison Man, 23, Crowned in Gravel Pit
Albert Woods of Fort Madison, 23, disappeared while swimming across a gravel pit five miles south of Burlington. Witnesses said he may have cramped and failed to reappear as family watched from the bank. Woods, an employee at the ordinance plant, left behind an eight month old daughter. his wife had died three months earlier.
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Burlington
Albert Woods
Fort Madison
Here
Woods
New Western Union Head Former Iowan
Albert N. Williams aged 58 has resigned as president of the Lehigh Valley railway to become president of Western Union Telegraph Co. He previously served as trainmaster for the Dakota division of Rock Island Railway with offices in Estherville and Sibley from 1914 to 1916. Williams studied engineering at Yale University.
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Fsthervili
Albert N. Williams
Lehigh Valley Railway
Western Union Telegraph Co
Old Dakota Division
Rock Island Railroad
Estherville
Sibley
Williams
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Automobile Dealers Mentioned in City Directory Snippet
A fragmented listing notes Chevrolet sedan at R. S. White in Crawfordsville Ford Forder Co J. Shalla in Kalona Ford Morder Donald F. Smith in Wellman Hudson sedan James C. Bowen in Keota Plymouth sedan.
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Chevrolet
R. S. White
Crawfordsville
Ford Forder Co
J. Shalla
Kalona
Ford Morder
Donald F. Smith
Wellman
Hudson
James C. Bowen
Keota
Plymouth
Nazi Invasion Gathers Force and US Sympathy For Russia
Moscow reports Russia will crush Hitlerism as Wehrmacht drives on a 1700 mile front. Britain and Russia answer with air strikes while Bucharest dispatches note advances toward Chisinau. Washington cautions on lend lease while signaling sympathy for Soviet resistance.
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U.S
Russia
United Press
Germany
Moscow
Baltic States
Brest-Litovsk
Bessarabian
Ukraine
Caucasus
Bucharest
Chisinau
Bessarabia
Britain
France
Ruhr
East Prussia
Pierce
Berlin
DNB
Wehrmacht
Mrs A Minick Dies Three Weeks After Husband
Ida Reister Minick of Decatur died suddenly last night of a heart attack after years of high blood pressure. She was 66, born February 23, 1880 in Washington. Survived by four daughters and two sons, plus a twin sister and two brothers. Funeral at Decatur on Wednesday at two pm with burial beside Arthur Minick.
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Claude
Hal Reister
Decatur
Ill
Arthur Minick
Washington
Reisters
Minicks
Ida Reister
W. S
Louise (Shaw) Reister
Mary Louise Hill
Leona Miller
Alma Rousek
Mildred Pickens
Sullivan
H.L
Pickens
Donald Minick
Leonard Scott Minick
Akron
Ohio
Carol Ann Rouse
Ada Tracy
Brighton
W. S. Reister
Revolts in Baltic States Grow as 150,000 Fight Russians
Stockholm reports say Lithuania Latvia and Estonia revolts have grown to sizeable proportions with about 150 000 insurgents in full struggle against Russian troops. Madrid says Spain hopes to send an army against Soviet Russia but gives no timeline.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Lithuania
Esthenia
Latvia
Madrid
Spain
Russia
Foreign Office
Soviet Union Rebuffs British Aid Appeal
London report says Soviet Russia rejected Britain’s offer of aid against Nazi Germany and offered military and economic assistance in return.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Communist Party Calls for Full Support of Soviet Union
The Communist Party in the United States urged full support and cooperation with the Soviet Union in its struggle against Hitlerism, breaking with its previous line after the Russo German nonaggression pact signed 21 months earlier.
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New York
Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
Conscientious Objectors From Washington Depart for Camps
Ezra William Shenk of Wellman and relatives saw him off for Camp One in Colorado Springs. Paul Miller of Wellman was due to join but induction was delayed. On Thursday, June 26, four draftees from Washington County, including three registrants and Orlinz Witting, will depart for Fort Des Moines.
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Washington
Colorado Springs
Ezra William Shenk
Wellman
Paul Miller
Shenk
Fort Des Moines
Washington County
Orlinz Witting
Obituary: W. M. Hesseltine 81 of Brighton Dies
W M Hesseltine 81 a prominent Brighton farmer died about 12 30 today after a brief illness He is survived by one son Merle of Brighton Tentative funeral plans set for Wednesday at 2 PM at the L A Jones Funeral Home followed by burial at Sandy Hook cemetery Definitive arrangements await word from sisters in Canada and Washington state
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W. M. Hesseltine
Brighton
Washington
Merle
L. A. Jones
Sandy Hook
Canada
Washington State
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Scott Munnish
Carroll
U. P
Dover
Redlinger
Philip Williams, Mrs
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Semyon K. Timoshenko
Timoshenko
Adolf Hitler
USO
New Western Union
Iowan
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Black Sea
D. C
U.P
Sumner Welles
Roosevelt
Welles
United State
A. Minick
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