Break Through Russian Lines Six Billions for Lend Lease Approved
The House Appropriations Committee asked Congress to authorize an additional 5.985 billion dollars for the lend lease program after General Marshall urged broad aid to keep Russia in the war. The panel approved the measure 26 to 5 and sent it to the House for immediate debate, with leaders aiming for Friday passage.
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Washington, D. C
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
George C. Marshall
Russia
House
Cedar Falls Electric Plants Seized Over Labor Dispute
Cedar Falls deputies took control of the city two electric plants after a sudden strike by electricians halted power. Sheriff Herman T. Wagner acted as non-striking workers led by M. R. Thompson from Iowa State Teachers College entered the plants to restore service and eject strikers.
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Cedar Falls
Knemer
Black Hawk County
Herman T. Wagner
Iowa State Teachers College
M. R. Thompson
Injunction Issued Over Bakers and Confection Workers Strike
District Judge John J. Halloran signs a temporary injunction forcing Local No. 34 union members and supporters to limit picketing at the Bishop cafeteria to four officers at the front and rear, and to conduct themselves peacefully without blocking entry or exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bakers and Confection Workers Union
Bishop
John J. Halloran
Equipment For REA Hot Lunches
Rural health officials in Dubuque Iowa heard RPASCTHIS experts explain installment purchasing. A one room school kitchen could cost about 75 dollars with a two unit electric hot plate an electric roaster 14 to 18 quart capacity a small flour mill and a small dehydrator.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Rural Electrification
William Grove
Washington
Grove
Employment Service Head Is Promoted
DES MOINES Elmer J Giblin of Iowa City longtime Iowa employment service manager is promoted to the federal Bureau of Employment Security after training in Washington. Francis Fisher serves as temporary manager until a new head is appointed.
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Des Moines
Elmer J. Giblin
Iowa City
Iowa State Employment Service
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Giblin
Washington D. C
Bureau of Employment Security
Francis Fisher
Fall Colors Light Up McGregor Bluffs In Autumn
Fall colors near peak in McGregor and the nearby Swisslike town draw hundreds of visitors. From the river and the Marquette Prairie du Chien bridge, the forested bluffs blaze with autumn hues for miles, promising several weeks of display.
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Mcgregor
Little Switzerland
Gregor
Marquette-Prairie du Chien
Sioux City Tavern Keeper Jury Dismissed After Deadlock
The jury in the R. W. Cook trial could not reach a verdict after 30 hours of deliberation in district court. Cook faced charges of receiving stolen property for allegedly paying Ronald McAlevy $30 for a $500 ring stolen from Mrs. T. R. Brady. McAlevy testified. Cook said the ring was held as security after lending $50.
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Sioux City
R. W. Cook
Cook
Ronald McAlevy
T. R. Brady
McAlevy
Anamosa Reformatory
Lutheran Professor G J Fritsche Funeral Held in Dubuque
Funeral services were conducted in Dubuque for G. J. Fritsche U L 74 longtime Wartburg seminary professor of church history. He authored The History of the Lutheran Church in America The Formula of Concord and Sources and Documents on the History of the Nowa Synod and served nine years as archivist for the American Lutheran Church. He was active in American Historical and Iowa Historical societies.
Iowa Bank Resources Total $812 Million, June 30 1941
A Federal Deposit Insurance survey shows Iowa's 584 insured commercial banks held resources totaling $811,947,000 as of June 30 1941. The report from Washington DC notes Iowa banks reported this figure for the period, reflecting the state’s banking capacity during the wartime era.
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Iowa Bank Resources
Washington, D.C
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Today
Iowa
Marriage License Issued to Eicher and Iinke in Washington
Roger A. Eicher and Velma Iinke both of Washington secured a marriage license today.
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Roger A. Eicher
Velma —. Iinke
Washington
Paroled Bank Robber Emerson Trimbell Sentenced Life to 25 Years
Des Moines dispatch reports Emerson Trimbell, 34, of Mabel Minnesota, paroled from Fort Madison prison. The Burr Oak Iowa savings bank robbery on April 22 1931 yielded $971. Trimbell had 1 year 8 months left after time off for good behavior. co-defendant Harold Jacobine remains serving life.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Fort Madison
Emerson Trimbell
Mabel, Minn
Harold Jacobine
Burr Oak
Iowa
Jacobine
Trimbell
Legion Meet Heads to Crawfordsville This Evening
Washington Legionnaires travel to Crawfordsville for a county Legion meeting at the city hall. Howard Miller, county commander, says cars will be available for those without conveyance. Speakers include Dr. Charles R. Logan of Keokuk district commander Frank Abraham of Mt. Pleasant state 40 8 head Lou Clark of Iowa City Roy Sherwood of Keokuk and Ben Nichols of Nichols all district and state leaders.
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Washington Legionnaires
Crawfordsville
Howard Miller
Charles R. Logan
Keokuk
Frank Abraham
Mt. Pleasant
Lou Clark
Iowa City
Roy Sherwood
Ben Nichols
Nichols
Locomotive and Bridge Collapse Halt Lake Superior Traffic
A locomotive and freight train were removed from the Soo canal while divers and wrecking crews cleared the wreckage and army engineers began raising a steel railroad bridge that collapsed over the canal. More than 100 vessels waited with iron ore cargoes as a giant derrick moved the locomotive and tender where two crewmen died.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Soo Canal
Worker at Rock Quarry Killed in Ames Incident
Ames Oct 8 Fred Brandenberg Jr 18 Des Moines was crushed when a heavy machine toppled onto him at a rock quarry near Ames. The site serves the government ordnance plant at Ankeny and this marks the third fatality there in a month following two dynamite explosion deaths.
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Ames
Fred Brandenberg, Jr
Des Moines
Here
Government Ordnance
Ankeny
Brandenberg
Roosevelt to ask Congress to modify neutrality law
President Roosevelt after a 95 minute conference with congressional leaders decided to send Congress a special message tomorrow urging changes to the entire neutrality act. Senate leader Barkley indicated plans include eliminating section six which bans arming merchant ships. Bills reflecting the program would be introduced in both houses, with the House to act first. Mrs. Dave Elder travels to St. Louis to visit her husband stationed at Jefferson Barracks.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Democratic
Alben W. Barkley
Congressional
Barkley
Questionnaires Sent to 1 000 Washington County Registrants
The Washington County selective service board has mailed questionnaires to over 1,000 of 2,255 registrants including Oct 16 and July 1 groups. Aimed at building a reserve for fall and winter inductions, the list names registrants with addresses and order numbers, detailing recipients up to number 964.
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Washington County
Selective Service
County Selective Service Board
Amon Conrad Christner
Crawfordsville
Thomas Raymond Arthur
W. Main
Washington
Trevannion Attis Jones
W. 2Nd St
Theodore Raymond Anderson
R. No. 4
Daniel H. Miller
Wellmatt
Cleo Clinton Fletcher
Raymond Fredrick Coon
Columbus Junction
Laurel Paul Statler
West Chester
Norton Verle Edwards
Towne Ave
Los Angeles
Calif
Clifford Wayne Fountain
Wellman
Stanley Owen Brock
N. 3Rd Ave
Doran Charles Mabry
S. Ave
William Sammuel Hesseltine
Bow A
East Moline
Frank Wengel Skipton
Merle Irvice Dawson
4Th Ave
Rock Island
Ill
Donald EB. Smith
N. Broadway
Mi. Pleasant
Frank Orn Miller
Brighton
Homer Lee Moriarty
W. Monroe
Austin Lee McDowell
Charles Leroy Brown
Jesse David Spicker
Belleville
Penn
Edwin George Stumpf
Kalona
Clarence Marion Porter
Leonard Morris Lackey
Walsh Apt
West 4Th
Davenport
Iowa
Lyle Pickard Brinton
Biighton
Eugene B. Sayre
William Joseph MecDole
South 8Th Ave
Omer Wilbur Crawford
Keota
Ralph Vernon
Richard Lee Hoskins
E. Davenport
Iowa City
Ambitious soldier sails to Alaska via cross country enlistment
Harry W. string of Audubon New Jersey, 24, dreamed of Alaska and army life. He resigned, learned Alaska enlistment required West Coast service, sold his car for 250 then bought a used auto for 45, transported to Spokane, enlisted for three years in Alaska, and within two days paraded in Anchorage in khaki.
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Audubon
N. J
Harry W. String
Alaska
Camden
N.J
West Coast
Spokane
Wash
Anchorage
Prowlers Steal About $200 From Office in Washington
Thieves targeting vacant offices in Washington yesterday escaped with roughly $200 from the North East corner office of the Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association. Entry came via a spring lock tool and included cash from a vault tray and two bags of silver. Other attempted break ins on the square are noted, with minor prior thefts reported.
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Washington
Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
AAA
H. M. Putnam
Jeffrey Building
Mose Levy
Iowa Avenue
Mr. Levy
Dismissals Filed in Vesley Case Group
Dismissals were filed in the district court clerk’s office yesterday in the cases of Walter Lemley versus William Vesley and John Delaney versus William Vesley. In the Charles Rath versus William Vesley matter a paper was filed stating the plaintiff acknowledges full and complete settlement of judgment and costs and hereby releases the same.
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Clerk of District Court
Walter Lemley
William Vesley
John Delaney
William Veseley
Charles Rath
Convicts Seized After Escape Plot Ends in Georgia
Federal and state officers captured Forrest Turner and S. J. Scarborough in south Georgia near Norman Park after they freed 43 inmates from a prison camp on August 14. A third convict and a woman claiming Turner’s wife were also taken without a shot fired. Scarborough, a life term murderer and nine time escapee, faces suspected involvement in the Lexington Kentucky slayings of Marion Miley and her mother.
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Georgia
Forrest Turner
S. J
Slim) Scarborough
South Georgia
Norman Park
Turner
Scarborough
Moultree
Marion Miley
Lexington
Prague Mayor Executed by German Firing Squad
Reuters report from Vichy says Otakar Klapka mayor of Prague and former Czechoslovakia capital has been executed by a German firing squad. The dispatch notes a wave of executions in Nazi dominated countries as revolts spread across Europe.
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Reuters
Vichy
Otakar Klapka
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Death Claims Mrs. Bain 76. Funeral Friday
Nettie Bain 76 died at her son Claude Bain's home after a three week illness. Born Nettie Essley near Washington in 1865, she lived in the Washington community all her life. Survived by sons Claude and Roy and daughter Mrs. May McClellan plus seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. Funeral at L. A. Jones funeral home Friday at two, burial in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Nettie Bain
Claude Bain
West Second Street
East Third Street
L. A
Washington
John Bain
Claude
Roy
Rock Island
May McClellan
Louisville, Ky
Woman slain near Kingsley. police seek man Griff Igon
Mrs. Bessie Stauffer, 435, was shot in her Kingsley area home yard early today. Sheriff Frank Scholer issued a pickup for Griff Igon, 50, reportedly involved with the victim. a couple heard shots around 2 am and a shotgun blast soon after.
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Kingsley
Iowa
Bessie Stauffer
Frank Scholer
Plymouth County
Griff Igon
Stauffer
Defense of Moscow Is In Peril
United Press reports Hitler launched a major offensive on Moscow front with heavy tank and artillery fighting near Vyazma and Bryansk as German forces push toward the capital. Moscow acknowledges strong resistance and reserves deployed amid reports of heavy Soviet casualties and continued Donets basin advances.
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Moscow
United Press
Adolph Hitler
Great Britain
Europe
Red Fleet
Berlin
Vyazma
Bryansk
Red Army
Leningrad
Donets War
Legion Post Meets Leon Beatty Post in Meeting
The Amer ican Legion held a meeting in the Legion hall last evening with 35 members present. Commander 8. W. Kaster led reports from committees and attendees included Maynard Brown and Charles Kennedy. Howard Snyder discussed interviewing English sailors in Cedar Rapids about a wartime cross country trip.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Legion Hall
W. Kaster
Fred Downing Archiv Buwer
Mr. Kaster
Lee County
Maynard Brown
Howard Miller
George Rudiger
S W. Easter
Jed Downing
Charles Kennedy
Martin Whittaker
Milwaukee
Howard BH
Snyder
Cedar Rapids
West
Bodies of three pilots recovered after sea crash
Army authorities reported that the bodies of Lee, Lt. Charles Edwin Leffingwell of Oxford Junction Iowa, and John Winston Graham of Roslyn Long Island New York were recovered from the sea last night following a Sunday airplane crash.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Lee
Charles Edwin Leffingwell
Oxford Junction
Iowa
John Winston Graham
Roslyn
Long Island
N. Y
Army cuts vital metals in equipment substitution advances
The War Department announces progress in substituting vitally needed metals like aluminum, rubber, silk, zinc, copper and nickel. Across 800 equipment items, critical materials are eliminated or reduced with new specs for nearly as many more. Brass and bronze drop from buckles and fasteners, while malleable iron, steel and other substitutes replace many parts.
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Washington, Oct
War Department
Quartermaster Corps
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