Hitler tells Turkey no attack on Dardanelles in message
Sophia March 4 A high axis source said Adolf Hitler sent a message to President Inonu assuring Germany had no plan to attack Turkey or the Dardanelles. The message was handed to Inonu by the German ambassador after being delivered by a special emissary. George Rendel British minister to Bulgaria announced he would seek his passport at 7 pm tomorrow, severing British diplomatic relations. Bulgarians suppressed Soviet disapproval of German troop entry, a move seen as exposing Soviet Axis tensions.
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Sophia
Bulgaria
Genera Inonu
Adolph Hitler
Grermany
Turkey
Dardanelles
Inonu
George Rendel
Column About Iowa: Carlson Hitchhiked to Jail for Forgery
A column notes Arvid Carlson, hitchhiking from Fort Dodge, was picked up by Deputy Sheriff Gordon Cramer near Hamilton County Jail. Carlson, wanted for forgery, awaits arraignment after the deputy took him into custody. In Ottumwa, Dale Robinson of Hedrick was critically injured after stepping from a school bus on Highway 149 and being struck by a car driven by Jerry Maurer. He was taken to St. Joseph hospital with head injuries.
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Webster City
Arvid Carlson
Hamilton County
Carlson
Fort Dodge
Gordon Cramer
Cramer
Ottumwa
Dale Robinson
Hedrick
Ira
Ralph Robinson
Jerry Maurer
St. Joseph Hospital
Cedar Rapids Man Dies After Wyoming Crash
Max D. Smith 27 of Cedar Rapids died in a Cheyenne Wyoming hospital Monday from injuries after a Saturday night auto crash. His wife and newborn are in a hospital in Greeley Colorado, where the Smiths lived. He had been traveling for Honeymead Co. of Cedar Rapids en route to visit his wife and child. Brother Forde Smith left Cedar Rapids by air to reach him but was grounded in Omaha by a storm. The victim's father Ross Smith also resides in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Max D. Smith
Cheyenne
Wyo
Greeley
Colo
Smiths
Smith
Honeymead Co
Neworn
Forde Smith
Omaha
Neb
Ross Smith
Carter Named Dean of Parsons College
Dr. Herbert C. Mayer announced the appointment of Dr. Charles Carter as dean of Parsons College to succeed Dr. Fred J. Hinkhouse. Carter, alumnus of the college, has led biology for 33 years and serves as president of the Iowa Academy of Science and chair of the Iowa basic science board. Hinkhouse will expand the summer school with Dr. Goltry assisting.
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Keith Goltry
Republicans Win Election at Muscatine
Republicans swept the Muscatine city election with broad gains. In the second ward unofficial totals showed Democrat Leonard Fuller leading with 386 votes over Republican Kay Othmer at 381, while independent Frank Olish tallied 87 votes.
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Muscatine
Leonard Fuller
Kay Othmer
Frank Olish
No Big Trucks On Weekends
Des Moines reports a House bill to ban large commercial trucks on Iowa highways from Saturday noon to Sunday night to ease regular traffic, with exemptions for livestock and perishable goods. Another measure would allow the secretary of state executive council to act as a purchasing agent for state departments, letting bids be waived for purchases under 590.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
William Judd
Clinton
Henry Burma
Allison
Secretary of State Executive Council
Licensed Cars Pass 5 000 Mark in County Vehicle Licenses
Automobiles in Washington county reach 5 000 licenses up from 4 53 last year with 815 trucks licensed, new car registrations total 14 in the past week and six since March 1. List of recent licensees includes Joe Escher Kalona Plymouth sedan Ruth Steninger Wellman Plymouth coupe J H Crooks Crawfordsville Ford pickup and others in Washington Wellman Ainsworth Riverside and surrounding areas.
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Washington County
Marcn
Joe Escher
Kalona
Plymouth
Ruth Steninger
Wellman
J. H. Crooks
Crawfordsville
George Uw
McDaniel
Washington
Studebaker
John C. Davisson
J. D. Rabenold
Ainsworth
Richard Krebs
Riverside
Chevrolet
LeRoystes
John Witthoft
Washington Concrete Co
H. H. Nichols
Ernest Strum
Casper
Hudson
Increase Iowa Draft Quota to 2517 in March
Des Moines reports Iowa's March draft quota raised to 2517 with 560 inductees planned March 3–10 861 for March 11–18 and 813 for March 24–31. Inductions set at Fort Des Moines Fort Leavenworth Jefferson Barracks Omaha and Sioux Falls. Total Iowans drafted since last November reaches 56803.
County Supervisors Plan Road Program for Year
Washington county supervisors map a highway plan for the year to be voted by the township approval board Friday at the courthouse. They seek bids March 28 for road oil, culverts, and bridges, targeting about 400000 gallons of oil and 46 culverts countywide.
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Washington County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Board of Trustees
Carl Oldfield
No. 92
West Chester
Harry Kleese
Brighton
A Rock Road
Ben Brinton
No. 1
Walnut Creek Hill
Charles McKay
Glenn Davis
Pleasant Hill Church
Kephart Corner
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Hill Christian Church
Washington
Townships
Lime Creek Township
Bunker Hill
Washington-Keokuk County
City Council Debates Optional Washington Route Plan
Washington city council discusses a petition by over 20 business signers for an optional city route for highways 92 and 1 through the business district along Washington street to South Avenue D, with no trucks. Council favors granting the route after traffic signals at the square are installed next month. Chief Reister seeks higher firemen compensation and on duty pay for off duty fire duty. A new city flag is to be procured. Council will meet twice monthly. next session March 17 precedes the March 31 election.
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Washington
Washington Street
Second Avenue
R. L. Lytle
State Highway Commission
Reister
Clarence Jacobs
Guest Mistaken Entry Sparks Hotel Mixup in Grinnell
George Hiser decorated a Grinnell hotel suite so richly that a inebriated man, entering by mistake, believed he was in the tap room. The incident highlights the hotel’s ornate arrangement and confuses a guest about his location.
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George Hiser
Grinnell Hotel
Strikes Hit Aircraft Plants Across US in Early March
AFL construction workers halted the Wright Field aircraft laboratory project in Dayton Ohio delaying $1 550 000 work. A second stoppage halted Curtiss Wright propeller plant in Pittsburgh. In Detroit CIO UAW demanded immediate reinstatement of over 1000 workers and end to discriminatory layoffs as Ford plants face strike threats.
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United Press
AFL
United States Army Air Corps
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Pittsburgh
Ford
Detroit
Mar
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Ford Motor Co
Charge Fraud In Liquor Taxes
A federal district grand jury indicted 42 defendants from Chicago Toledo Cleveland and Detroit for defrauding the U S government of 1 200 000 in liquor taxes by manufacturing illegal alcohol near Chicago and selling it in Michigan Ohio and Canada. The case spans two years with 26 cars 5 trucks and 3 large stills seized and described as a highly efficient postprohibition organization.
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Wetroip
Federal District Grand Jury Today
Chicago
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
Detroit
United States
Michigan
Canada
Legislator in Rotary Urges Curb on Lawmaking Scope
Iowa State Rep BE L Stewart told a Rotary audience during a Des Moines vacation that socializing lawmaking has gone too far. He cited 109 bills before the legislature and discussed proposals from library vs office building to blood tests for drunken drivers and highway fund use.
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BE. L. Stewart
Rotary Club
Stewart
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa City
Children’s Hospital
Iuwa
Citizens Ticket Forms For City Election In Busy Nomination Drive
Nomination papers were taken at city hall for most of the present administration, to form the Citizens' Party slate for the city election on March 1. R L Lytle will run for mayor with four council members, the assessor, treasurer, and park commissioner, while Lester Orr and Dr. Fred Reid are not on the ticket. A second slate is rumored, signaling a potentially three-ticket race and a lively contest ahead.
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Citizens’ Party
R. L. Lytle
Lester Orr
Fred Reid
Fourth Ward
Will Dupuis
Arthur W. Ward
Harry Montgomery
E. F. Muck
A. L. Griffith
Frank B. Miller
O. F Boller
W. B. Dupuis
R. Frank McFarlane
Arthur W. Yard
Clarence Jacobs
Citizens
Washington concert series drive begins next year with Haskins
Virginia Haskins, coloratura soprano, and Thaddeus Kozuch, pianist, closed the Washington Concert League season with a high school auditorium performance. The program featured encores including The Flight of the Bumblebee. Haskins rose to prominence after a Chicago Opera debut with Tito Schipa and Gladys Swarthout. Kozuch demonstrated dexterity in Paganini Variations by Brahms, with notable octave work and light touch.
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Washington
Virginia Haskins
Haskins
Thaddeus Kozuch
Washington Concert League
Miss Haskins
Chicago City Opera Company
Tito Schipa
Gladys Swarthout
Brahms
Troopers Attend Schools at Camp Bowie's 113th Cavalry
Sergeant Robert Lewis reports heavy sickness at Camp Bowie's 113th Cavalry reducing work. Troops faced illness with 14 men bedridden in Troop 1 and two in the camp hospital amid wet chilly weather. March 17 brought an overnight 24 mile hike ending near a stream. misdirections on return delayed dinner. Radio classes grew under Lewis. cooking staff reorganized. Pat Godwin and Jim Casey left for Fort Sam Houston two months training.
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Robert Lewis
Camp
Bowie
Washington
113Th Cavalry
McGraw
Lewis
K.P
Pat Godwin
Jim Casey
Fort Sam Houston
Sergeant Murphy
Decide It Unwise Reported in Senate Debate
Washington March 4 United Press British lend lease bill fuels debate as Nye signals end of major speeches Wiley urges direct loans with eleven billion collateral and possible Bermuda acquisition Early accuses opponents of trying to sow confusion over national defense with rumors of OPM control resignations of Knudsen and Biggers cited in a story
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Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Set
Senate
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Britain
United States
Bermuda
Washington, D. C
Whitehouse
Stephen Early
America
Early
Roosevelt
Fenn Residence Damaged by Basement Fire
Firefighters responded to a blaze at the P. L. Fenn residence at 119 West Harrison Street. The fire started in kindling in the basement and was brought under control with significant water damage to the basement and smoke damage upstairs. Mrs. Fenn detected the smoke and nearly suffocated upon opening the basement door.
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P. L. Fenn
West
Harrison Street
Stolen Car Recovered In Washington After Route North
A physician from Colchester Illinois reported his car stolen Saturday afternoon. It was found Sunday night parked on North Iowa Avenue near the Sit ter shop, in good condition with medical equipment and a flashlight intact. Police Chief George Baker confirmed the recovery and noted no further thefts reported as the thief’s whereabouts remain unknown.
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Iowa Avenue
George Baker
Neil Dillon
Colchester
Ill
Dottor
Donnellson
Iowa
Washington
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