Iowa Farmers Urged to Save Big For War Bonds
Des Moines officials hear R. W. Coyne of the U S Treasury urge farmers to set aside 2 to 40 percent of their record 1.3 billion farm income this year for war savings. He spoke in Des Moines after addressing Cedar Rapids officials and before continuing treasury efforts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
R. W. Coyne
War Savings Staff
United States Treasury
Cedar Rapids
Treasury
Paintings for Church at East Pleasant Plain near completion
In Des Moines origin notes 14 oil paintings depicting the stations of the cross are nearing hanging in St. Joseph's church at East Pleasant Plain Ja. The works are by Mrs Emily Jacobs of Eldon Ja. who is finalizing the Crucifixion piece after six months of work and plans to complete about December.
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Des Moines
St. Joseph's Church
East Pleasant Plain
Emily Jacobs
Eldon
Sailors Quellled after near riot in Des Moines crowd
Des Moines police rushed to the Union Bus station after about 100 sailors from the Iowa State Naval Electrician School in Ames created a melee when an arrest sparked unrest. Military police aided. order returned as naval petty officers took charge of their men.
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Des Moines
Naval Electrician School
Iowa State Keolege
Ames la
Union
Fifth
Grand Avenues
Army
Senator Gillette Cancels Iowa Farm Bureau Talk
U S Senator Guy M. Gillette canceled his Tuesday afternoon talk at the Iowa Farm Bureau federation event in Des Moines. He remained in Washington to vote on cloture for the poll tax bill, with J O Christanson of Minnesota’s college farm school replacing him at Hotel Fort Des Moines for the meeting.
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Des Moines
United States
Guy M. Gillette
Demon
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Gilletter
Francis Johnson
Federation
Washington, D. C
Senate
Johnson
J. O. Christianson
St Paul
Will Tell Arsenal Workers About Tanks
Maj. Gen. Charles Lewis Scott will visit Davenport on December 9 to speak to Rock Island arsenal employees about the performance of tanks such as the g.49s and other war materiel. Scott, a West Point classmate of Brig. Gen. Norman F. Ramsey, has spent nine months in the African desert observing equipment in action.
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Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Charles Lewis Scott
Aronsal
General Scott
West Point
Norman F. Ramsey
Public Is Entitled To Facts About Gas Rationing
Senator Harry S. Truman urged Westerners to obey the Dec Ligas rationing order as the Senate committee plans a rapid probe into OPA gas rationing. He said Americans demand clear justification for rationing and promised a complete report within 10 days. A hearing deadline and testimony from Jeffers Henderson Eastman and Ickes were noted as parts of the ongoing investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Harry S. Truman
Senate
United States
Turman
House
William F. Jeffers
War and Navy Departments
Defense Transportation and Price Administration
Jeffers
Clarence F. Lea
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Leon Henderson
Joseph B. Eastman
Harold Ickes
Street Camper Gets Cell
Cleveland police rounded up Pat Luciano, 40, after he slept on a downtown sidewalk overnight. The chilly night led him to light a small fire with papers and nap again, prompting officers to take him to a police cell for shelter.
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Cleveland
Pat Luciano
Observer in African war theater watches tanks in action
An observer describes tanks in operation within the African war theater. The account notes the observer was present to monitor actions and movements during combat engagements. The tone reflects battlefield realism and situational awareness without graphic detail.
Long Purchases Wagner Building and Adjacent Lot
Long completes the purchase of the Wagner estate building on the square south side next to his Washington Cleaners property. He also buys a Jefferson street lot facing the Ross garage, with a residence and store rooms formerly used by Harwood shoe store. Possession is set for January first. renovations await after the war.
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Harwood Shoe
Mr. Long
John
Charles Wagner
Jefferson Street
Wagner
Ross Garage
van Waters
Britain raids Nazi Industries in Stuttgart area raid
Britain conducted a night bombing of Stuttgart area targets with hundreds of four motor bombers. Submarine engine plants, Daimler Benz works, magneto plant, locomotive factory, rail junctions and other industrial sites were struck along with ships and freight trains in France. Ten planes were lost out of a larger force.
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London
Eng
U.P
Britain
Italy
Germany
Stuttgart
Vosch Magneto
Daimler-Benz
Channel
France
Another Touch of Winter Weather in Washington
A thin shift of heavy wet snow fell in Washington on Sunday and melted by today. It followed a colder spell on Saturday, leaving slush on streets and a hint of the winter months ahead.
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Washington
John Comstock 65 Dies After Weeklong Illness
John Comstock age 65 died Sunday at 3 PM at the county home after about a week of serious illness. He had lived with his cousins Mr and Mrs Ira Amlong in Washington during summers and worked in Albia coal mines in winter. Funeral 10 AM Tuesday at L A Jones funeral home with Rev W J Stevens. Burial Elm Grove cemetery. Born April 8 1877 to Hiram and Vina Comstock. He had spent part of each year in Washington for 29 years.
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John Comstock
Youths inshooting death near Council Bluffs
George Campbell 16 died in a local hospital five hours after being accidentally wounded by a companion’s shotgun. Roy Norman 18 said his 419 shotgun discharged while they hunted crows south of Council Bluffs. Norman faced no charges after coroner's investigation.
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Council Bluffs
George Campbell
Lloyd Lewis
Roy Norman
Norman
Burglar Ditches Truck After Loot From Five Washington Businesses
A burglar broke into five Washington-area businesses Saturday night, stealing six cases of cigarettes and a cigarette papers, a pair of hip boots, a fountain pen, stamps and pennies. He ditched a stolen pickup twelve miles northeast of town and left the loot under the abandoned truck.
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Washington
Nash Wholesale
North Fourth Avenue
Washington Lumber and Fuel Company
Nash
Salvage Fats at Thanksgiving Drive Urges Public
Des Moines salvage chairman Earle Libe urges conserving fats during Thanksgiving. Home cooks, hunters, and trappers should remove fats from birds and game, salvage up to twenty pounds per hunter yearly, and deliver rendered fats to butcher shops for four cents per pound. The aim is to support wartime food conservation for all families over six years old.
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Des Moines
Earle Libe
County Salvage
Funeral services set for Mrs. Esther Hays
Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at L. A. Jones funeral home for Mrs. Esther Hays wife of Harold Hays who died Saturday at 733 East Washington Street. Dr. R. C. Keagy will conduct. burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. She had been ill since July and was born May 6 1898 in Highland township. She is survived by husband three children three sisters and five brothers.
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L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Esther Hays
Harold Hays
East Washington Street
R. C. Keagy
The
Methodist Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Robert Hays
Bessie Jackson
Moline, Ill
Roy Busby
Iowa City
Ruth Vinall
Vernie
Arthur Noel
Percil Noel
Horace Noel
Malcolm
Iowa
Harley Noel
Washington
Funeral services for Mrs N Ell ie McClean Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Nellie McClean will be held at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon at Sherman's funeral home with Dr R C Keagy in charge and burial in Elm Grove cemetery. She died Friday noon at her son William's home in Cedar Rapids after a short illness at age 82. Surviving are three sons Frank Antioch Calif George Astoria Oregon William Cedar Rapids and a daughter Mrs Bessie Shaw Seattle Wash with ten grandchildren.
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Nellie McClean
Sherman
R. C. Keagy
Elm Grove
Cedar Rapids
Frank
Antioch
Calif
George
Astoria
Oregon
William
Bessie Shaw
Seattle
Wash
Iowa Corn Loan Rate Advances for 1942
Des Moines announces a four cent increase in Iowa’s 1942 corn loan rate set between 74 and 80 cents a bushel, up from 70 to 76. loans cover 1942 produced corn, run Dec 1, 1942 to Sept 30, 1943, bear 3.5 percent interest, and mature on demand by Aug 1, 1945.
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Des Moines
Iowa
A. J. Loveland
A.A.A
A.A. A
Allied and Soviet Offensives Escalate on Multiple Fronts
Red Army drives a double envelopment near Stalingrad threatening to cut Nazi supply lines while encircling actions loom west of the Don. In Africa, the Eighth Army closes on Rommel at Agedabla and Tunisian advances pressure Bizerte. In the Pacific, Allied strikes hit Burma and Indo China as Churchill reshuffles his cabinet with Eden succeeding Cripps.
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United Press
Stalingrad
Caucasus
Don
Eighth Army
Agedabla
Rommel
Eh Agheila
Gulf of
Sirte
Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Royal Air Force
Stuttgart
Pacific
India
China
Burma
Indo-China
New Delhi
Mandalay
Haiphong Harbor
Winston Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Revolver Shot Fatal To Davenport Youth
Davenport, Sheriff Walt er Bease detained a 14 year old Princeton girl after 17 year old Clifford Canfield died from a revolver bullet to the heart. Coroner W. A. Hoepner confirmed the fatal shot. Police say the girl reported the incident after rushing from a sandwich shop where Canfield waited in a car.
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Davenport
Walter Bease Sunday
Princeton
Clifford Canfield
W. A. Hoepner
Canfield
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Senator Gillette
Essary
Long
Wagner Building
Wish Long
Tripoli
New York
Pa and
Shields Coal Company
Wilson Coal Yard
Home Oil Station
Marion Avenue
Lumber Yard
Shields
Wilson
Jim White
Ernest Green
Mr. White
Shields Yard
H. M. Putnam
Walt Kiesey
George Baker
Mrs. Hayes
McClean
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Loveland
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Adolph Hitler
Africa
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