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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1940
Page
8
Germany may strike England within ten days says sources
Diplomatic sources reported that Germany could strike England within ten days or two weeks, possibly sooner. Royal Air Force pilots claimed to attack a fast moving German column northbound from Abbeville, consisting of lightly armored vehicles with motor cycle outriders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Germany
Royal Air Force
Abbeville
Veterans recall Spanish-American War 42nd anniversary meet
Spanish-American War Veterans recount memories from Des Moines and Washington posting and note that Rough Riders participated. Stanley Miller of Los Angeles sends greetings and urges papers to honor old Company D members while reflecting on aging, retirements, and hospital stays in New York after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rough Riders
Lone Island
New York
States
Stanley Miller
Los Angeles
Reister
Spain
Claude Reister
Washington
Des Moines
U. S
Battallion
Federal Service
Girl Dies in Trailer Fire in Council Bluffs
Patty Ann Riche, 3, a partial invalid due to paralysis, was burned to death when a fire destroyed her parents’ trailer. The mother started an oil stove, left to visit a relative, and a curtain is believed to have blown over the stove. A railroad crew damaged the trailer but fled from the heat as firefighters arrived. Her father is unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Patty Ann Riche
Fred Riche
Des Moines Candidate Leonard Simmer Seeks Republican Treasurer Nomination
Leonard Simmer of Des Moines and former Ottumwa resident visited Washington to court Republican voters and stayed at Harold Kline's home. A former Iowa legislature member and author of the Simmer law, he has run an oil business for ten years and studied at Iowa Wesleyan College and Iowa State University Law School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Simmer
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Washington
Harold Kline
Simmer
Iowa Wesleyan College
State University Law School
Iowa City
Des Moines Jury Denies Earl Randolph Damages in Alienation Suit
A Des Moines district court jury refused Earl Randolph damages in his $10,000 alienation of affection case. The verdict concluded after deliberations in the civil matter, with defense arguing lack of proven causation and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Earl Randolph
Four American Drivers and Two Ambulances Missing
Paris reports the ambulance field service said four American drivers and two ambulances disappeared during the Amiens battle. It remained unclear whether the men were killed or captured. The missing are easterners and graduates of Harvard Princeton Cambridge and Syracuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Amiens
Harvard
Princeton
Cambridge
Syracuse
Affections Suit Filed Over Hotel Cargill Links
Randolph, 54, charged that Augustin stole the affections of his common law wife Lorena Myers Randolph while the three resided at Hotel Cargill operated by Randolph and Augustin in the fall of 193 and spring of 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Augustin
Adair County
Randolph
Augustin
Lorena Myers Randolph
Hotel Cargill
Iowa Budget Appeal Law Sparks Public Forums on Tax Relief
A series of eight public forums discusses tax questions and the state budget. Participants weigh lowering taxes and reorganizing school administration into county units to save money while addressing public debt and education concerns. Public sentiment is being gauged as seeds of reform are sown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Eigh
Schooel
Italians Use Airplanes in War First in Tripolitan War
Report notes that Italian forces employed aircraft as combat units for the first time during the Libya campaign in Tripolitania. The move marks a milestone in military aviation history as Italy seeks air superiority in the campaign.
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