Lucas urges repeal of neutrality act during eight day Senate debate
Senator Scott W Lucas of Illinois urged repeal of shipping restrictions in the neutrality act as a response to Hitler's piracy. He argued that surrendering freedom of the seas harmed national dignity and that Germany ignored the zones of neutrality. He spoke as the eight day of Senate debate on arming merchant ships continued.
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Washington, D. C
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Adolph Hitler
Lucas
Germany
Europe
Two Men Die of CO Poisoning in Iowa Garage
In Ottumwa a carbon monoxide tragedy leaves Raymond Schakel 26 and Woodrow Woods a Hedrick school bus driver dead in a newly finished residence garage. Al Schakel, worried when Raymond missed work, found the victims. Police note the car ignition on, gas tank empty, and closed doors. cause and connection between the two men remain unclear.
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Ottumwa
Raymond Schakel
Woodrow Woods
Hedrick
al Schakel
Schakel
Glover Motor Co
Auto Fatality Breaks Fort Dodge Record
Mrs Clyde Williamson 41 died at Mercy hospital from injuries after a car collision with an auto driven by Fred Bright 20 at a residential intersection. Bright unhurt. The death was Fort Dodge first of the year and part of a midwestern record noting the city had no 1941 traffic fatality in its size class.
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Fort Dodge
Clyde Williamson
Mercy Hospital
Fred Bright
Bright
United States
Butler
Penn
Extra Six Months To Women's Sentence In Fort Dodge Case
Anna Wulf 25 a Rockwell City parolee had her parole revoked and six additional months added for driving a car taken from Fort Dodge employers through Davenport streets at 80 mph without owner consent. She had broken parole two weeks before Bradys parole expiry and already faced a separate 15 year forgery sentence in Boone County in 1938. the new term runs concurrently.
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Fort Dodge
Anna Wulf
Rockwell City
Boone County
Farmer’s Plea Delays Draft But Son Enlists
Des Moines Iowa selective service officials report a southeast Iowa farmer petitioned for his son’s deferment. The youth appeared before the local board and asked why he was deferred. He later joined the army, noting his father fears returning to work after a decade.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Selective Service
Loreal Board
Beebe Divorce Divides Farmyard Assets and Custody
In Sioux City Evangeline Beebe won a divorce from Roy A Beebe in district court. She received custody of the three children and $10 monthly alimony. Assets split gave Roy the chickens and a calf while Evangeline kept the ducks a goose a cow a horse two chairs and all fruit jars amid cruelty allegations.
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Sioux City
Roy A. Beebe
Beebe
Evangeline
State Purchase Seals Bought After Vote Shift
The Iowa state printing board approved buying 12 million state liquor seals for 65 cents per thousand after two members changed votes. American Bank Note Co of Chicago won with a fully steel die en graced decalcomania seal. Earlier bid of 82 cents from Consolidated Decalcomania Co of Brooklyn was cancelled amid protest.
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Des Moines
State Printing Board
American Bank Note Company
Chicago
Welders Strike Closes West Coast Shipyard
More than 8000 striking welders rejected a government back-to-work plea and closed Consolidated Steel's Long Beach shipyard. The shutdown halted $12 million in ship construction. A related threat of a telephone industry strike widened defense labor concerns.
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United Press
Consolidated Steel Company
Long Beach
Calif
Defense
Ready to Make Soybean Loans
The county AAA office issues eligibility rules for 1941 soybean loans including eligible producers and soybeans. It details storage options, moisture limits, and warehouse requirements under the 1941 agricultural conservation program.
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AAA
Navy Draft Rule Changes Enlistment Limits
Burlington naval recruiting station issues a statement on changes to the selective service law. Men called for army training must choose service earlier. those with induction notices cannot enlist in the navy. Navy recruits in the naval reserve will be released after the emergency, and Christmas leave is promised.
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United States Navy
Burlington
Navy
Army
Naval Reserve
No Grand Jury Impaneled As Term Opens In District Court
This morning at ten o'clock the November term of district court opened without a grand jury being impaneled. County Attorney John C. Owen told Judge J. G. Patterson there appears to be no business for the grand jury to transact now, and jurors were excused with possible later impaneling if needed. Several appearances and pleadings were filed in ongoing civil cases including J. Lloyd Lewis versus Christian sen Bros. for 15000 damages and Hazel A. Pease versus Theron J. Pease for separate maintenance. Other defendants entered appearances and deadlines were set for pleadings in Rathmel v Rayburn et al.
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John C. Owen
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Grand Jury
R. A. Stewart
Hazel A. Pease
Theron J. Pease
Ira Rathmel
E. PD. Rayburn
T. A. Michels
Stewart & Crone
British intercept a French convoy off South Africa
British ships off South Africa intercepted a French convoy attempting to run contraband for Germany. The crews tried to scuttle their vessels as the Vichy government had recently been trying to move contraband from the east to France in escorted convoys.
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London
South Africa
Admiralty
France
Nazis Attack On South Front
British and Soviet reports describe German forces driving toward the Cauca sus route to aid Russia supply lines while a Japanese thrust threatens the Burma road to China. German claims of a Crimea sweep bring Sevastopol within 25 to 60 miles of key oil fields as Red Star cites losses and a new Ukraine push aiming for the Caucasus oil region.
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United Press
Adolph Hitler
Caucasus
Russia
Far East
Burma
China
Crimea
Sevastopol
New York
U.P
London
Today
Red Army
Red Star
Ukraine
Weather Delays County Road Projects in Washington County
Persistent rains halt grading on two planned 1941 projects the Ben Brinton road in Clay township and the Pleasant Hill road southeast of town. Work will resume next spring if not finished this fall. Nearly twenty miles of county roads have been graded this year including four miles on the Bethel church road and six miles on the Yatton Richmond road.
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Washington County Board of Supervisors
Ben Brinton
Clay Township
Pleasant Hill
Bethel Church
Jackson Township
Highland
Oregon Townships
Yatton-Richmond
Cedar and
Lime Creek
Men's Club to Meet at Methodist Church
The first meeting of the season will be held by the men’s club of the Methodist church Thursday evening at 6 30. President Theodore Bailey announced. A dinner will be served by a special committee after which a business session will be held. Plans for the coming year will be discussed. A large attendance is expected.
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The
Methodist Church
Theodore Bailey
Farm Youth School Report Impresses Rotary Group
Raymond Bell spoke to the Ames Rotary about the Iowa Farm Youth School 4 H club project. County Agent J. W. Chandler showed two reels of film before a luncheon with gifts from local families. Willis Jones and Fred L. Stewart’s grandfathers were cited at the event.
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Raymond Bell
Washington County
Iowa Farm Youth School
Rotary Club
State Agricultural College
Ames
Raymonds
J. W. Chandler
Farm Youth School
Henry Bailey
Hugh McCleery
Hugh Phelps
Willis Jones
L. A. Jones
Fred L. Stewart
Morrison boy killer confesses to murder in Illinois
Leo Jordan a 23 year old ex convict confessed to the razor blade murder of Waren Snyder a five year old boy missing since yesterday. The body was found by a Boy Scout in dense brush near a vacant lot in Fulton Illinois Jordan had been released from the Iowa reform school in 1930 and had been acquitted of a rape charge the same year described as a sex moron.
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Morrison
Ill
Leo Jordan
Waren Snyder
Fulton
Mississippi
Jordan
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Council Orders New Sidewalks In Washington City
Washington city council approves concrete sidewalks for two blocks in the southeast area to aid Lincoln school pupils and near the county hospital. Officials consider surveying walks for repairs and aim to start work next spring. Surfacing assessments for this year are being prepared for property owners to pay, with 850 to 400 properties affected and more to come.
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Washington City Council
East Madison Street
South
Iowa
South Second Avenues
Lincoln School
Madison Street
South Fourth Avenue
East Harrison
East van Buren Streets
County Hospital
Street Commission
Gette
Nazis Execute Czech Leaders
A Czech government spokesman said Germany has executed 325 Czech leaders in five weeks since Heydrich’s reprisal drive. He also claimed 1,096 people were sentenced to life imprisonment by a special German court and that thousands have been killed, with deaths confirmed mainly for prominent figures.
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London
Gestapo
Heydrich
Germany
Farmers own majority of farms in 1949 census
More than half of U S farmers, 50.6 percent, owned their farms outright in 1949 according to the census. The figure highlights the era of rising self ownership among agricultural producers.
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United States
Navy Abandons Hope for 95 Missing Reuben James Crew
Navy reports the 95 missing crew members of the destroyer Reuben James likely perished in an explosion after a torpedo struck the ships powder magazine. Two bodies recovered and 45 survivors, with the 95 missing including the captain, Lt Commander H L Edwards. If all are lost, American naval deaths at sea reach 127, the highest since the Maine incident.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Reuben James
Navy
Maine
U. S. S. Maine
Havana
Cuba
Iceland
H. L. Edwards
Atlantic Ocean
Bny
Salinas Torpedoed Tanker Reaches Port After Attack
The naval tanker Salinas was torpedoed off Iceland on the night of Oct 29 30 but reached harbor safely with serious damage. All 107 crew survived. Commander Harley Cope of New Orleans commanded since June 30 this year. Likely delivering fuel to U S forces in Iceland. No evidence of U S vessels supplying England.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Salinas
Iceland
Navy
Reuben James
Harley Cope
New Orleans
United States
England
Red Cross Spends War Relief Fund
American Red Cross expenditures for war relief abroad totaled over 47 million dollars through June. RogeR Sherman, chairman of Washington county chapter, said 25 million plus in supplies were bought by federal agencies for Red Cross distribution. He stressed funds differ from membership dues funding home programs.
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American Red Cross
Roger Sherman
Washington County
Red Cross
Poland
Norway
Belgium
Greece
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Sherman
Great Britain
British Middle East
China
France
Finland
Spain
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Africa
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British Empire
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U. S
Atlantic
Asia
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D Department
Britain
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