Nazi claims of trap on 1,000,000 Russians near Moscow
Axis forces drive toward Moscow with claims of encircling a million Soviet troops while the Red army fights back. London says the war crisis is grave as German panzers push within about 125 miles of Moscow, yet Soviet infantry resist with improvised weapons and heavy artillery halts.
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Adolph Hitler
Moscow
Red Army
Great Britain
London
Ukraine
Dunkirk
Europe
Cedar Falls lineman faces fuse tampering charges in power plant walkout
A Cedar Falls lineman Louis Hull aged 23 faced charges of pulling fuses during a municipal power plant strike. Hull waived preliminary hearing and was bound to district court on $500 bond after confessing to fuse tampering. Prosecutors said he had limited involvement in rural line circuit breaks.
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Cedar Falls
Louis Hull
Justice Court
S. G. Jacobsen
Hull
Jacobsen
Tragic Child Killed In Highway 14 Crash Near Marshalltown
Lydia Ann Weber three years old died when she ran into a car on a bridge five miles south of Marshalltown on Highway 14. The child and her mother were returning from dropping siblings at school. The driver, Harry Eikenborg of Dike aged 28, struck the girl at about 30 to 35 mph when she ran into the left front fender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Lydia Ann Weber
Charles Weber
Starmers
Here
Harry Eikenborg
Dike
Eiklenborg
Four Gunmen Rob Ottumwa Couple. Purse Missing Found
Ottumwa police report four armed men broke into Mr and Mrs Eckerts one room home behind a west Ottumwa tavern. They bound the couple with rope and wire and stole about $55 in leash. An empty purse that had held 18 dollars was later found west of Ottumwa after Eckert struck a bandit with a telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Cert M. Higdon
Edldie Eckert
Charge Rural School Most Crucial Problem
Des Moines report from the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers panel identifies the rural school as Iowa’s key education issue. Transportation teacher training state aid enrollment growth and diversified curricula are named. Senator Findley notes 407000 of six million state funds reached public schools last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
Lowna
Findley
Board of Education
Two New Sleeping Sickness Cases Reported in Iowa
The Iowa Department of Health reports two new sleeping sickness cases in the state. Norman Kephart, 12, of Signourney, at State University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, and Eva Emery, 57, of Rose Hill, at Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. Total cases since January 1 reach 118 with at least 18 deaths.
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Des Moinfs
Towa
State Department of Health
Norman Kephart
Sigourney
State University of Iowa
Towa City
Eva Emery
Rose Hill
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Cotton Ed warns against trusting bureaucrats at farm meeting
Farm leaders from 35 states gathered in Washington to hear Senator E. D. Smith Cotton Ed warn against trusting government bureaucrats who can't tell cotton from a weed. He urged farmers to rely on their own strength while considering amendments to the price fixing bill called for by Senator Elmer Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
E. D. Smith
South Carolina
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senator Reynolds and Evalyn McLean wed in noon ceremony
Senator Robert Reynolds of North Carolina and Evalyn McLean daughter of Eva Walsh McLean owner of the Hope diamond were married at noon today Reynolds aged 57 and his bride 19 by the ceremony marking a high society union in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Robert Reynolds
North Carolina
Evalyn McLean
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Reynolds
Washington County Schoolmasters Elect Leaders at Meeting
The Washington County Schoolmasters club elected Dean Harland Mead of Washington junior college as president and Lester D. B. Krabill as secretary at a meeting yesterday evening at the North Side cafe. A program committee was named to plan bi monthly sessions and possibly more often. Twenty seven members attended and C. J. Levois of the University high school in Iowa City gave an illustrated talk with slides on French buildings and history since the German occupation.
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Washington County Schoolmasters’ Club
North Side
Harland Mead
Washington Junior College
Lester DB. Krabill
Mead
C. J. Levois
University High School
Iowa City
France
Holden Assigned to Pensacola Naval Air Station
Charles F. Holden son of Glenna B. Holden of 917 North Iowa Avenue Washington Iowa was transferred to the United States naval air station Pensacola Florida He enlisted in July at Burlington and trained at Great Lakes He will join ground crews of a flying squadron at Pensacola and may enter aviation service schools to study aviation metalsmithing mechanics The Navy promotes training in aviation mechanics ordnance metalsmithing photography and radio for enlisted men
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Charles F. Holden
Glenna B. Holden
Iowa Avenue
Washington
Iowa
United States
Naval Air Station
Holden
Navy
Burlington
United States Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Annapolis
Aviation
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Funeral for Four Year Old David A Donavon Held in Moline
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Moline Illinois for David A Donavon four year old son of Arthur and Eva Painter Donavon former Washington residents. He died Sunday morning at home after a six weeks illness. Surviving are his parents and his grandparents Ed Donavon of Moline and James Painter of Princeton Illinois.
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Moline
Ill
David A. Donavon
Arthur
Eva Painter Donavon
Washington
David
Ed Donavon
James Painter
Princeton, Il
Iron and Steel Placed Under Priority Control
Washington Oct 9 Don ald M Nelson signed an order placing all iron and steel scrap under priority control to avert shutdowns or curtailments in steel mill operations. Mills reported less than a week’s supply of scrap, a key ingredient in making new steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Donald M. Nelson
Rainfall Totals Reach 2.65 Inches This Week
A thunderstorm last night dropped 1.05 inches, boosting weekly rainfall to 2.65 inches. The period opened with hard rain and cooler temperatures, followed by brief sunshine before the latest storm.
U S to Supply Food to British by Next Spring
Kansas City dispatch reports that American farmers will supply England with 20 percent of the island’s food by next spring. R M Evans, AAA administrator and recent England visitor, says production need not increase to meet England's needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
England
R. M. Evans
The
AAA
Evans
Fire damages canopy roof at Bell barn site
A small fire damaged shingles on the canopy roof at the east end of Russell Bell’s barn on North Marion Avenue, where Lloyd Little transfer business operates. The fire department responded and used a limited water supply from the fire truck.
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Russell Bell
North
Marion Avenue
Lloyd Little Transfer
Weather Report Notes Mild Nighttime Lows
The report records a high near 71 degrees and a low of 51 degrees overnight, indicating mild springlike conditions with comfortable evening temperatures.
Panama Overthrows Arias In Bloodless Coup
Panama City reports a bloodless coup d etat ousts President Arnulfo Arias. Ernesto Guardia is sworn in as president amid reports two German diplomats were en route. Arias fled to Havana. First Vice President Jose Peret is absent, likely fled the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City
Arnulfo Arias
Cuba
Panama
Ernesto Guardia
Arias
Adolfo de la Guardia
Jose Peret
Guardia
Panama Canal Zone
Otto Reinbeck
Central America
Havana
Building Not for Defense Cannot Be Undertaken
The supply priorities and allocations board bars new public or private construction unless essential for defense or health and safety. The OPM priorities division gains veto power over projects voted by Congress, including rivers harbors highways ships canals and power developments. Private office and home construction using large material quantities are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
OPM
Priorities Division
Congress
Priorities
Art Slaton Visits in Camp With Movie Actress
Art Slaton writes from Fort Oglethorpe Georgia describing army induction and camp life. He mentions dancing with a live movie actress with red hair and a sweet voice seen with him and others in a nearby photo. He recounts processing, uniforms, X rays, and limited town trips to Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Slaton
Journal
Washington
Art
Mere
Arthur Slaton
Susan Hayward
Hollywood
Camp Forrest
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nine Czechs Sentenced to Death in Food Ring Case
Milan Grol, Yugoslav government in exile communications minister, reports Germans have imprisoned tortured or executed 180000 Serbs and Jews in Yugoslavia as nine Czechs including eight butchers and a merchant are sentenced for continued illegal food dealings. He notes a German mechanized division slaughtered civilians in guerilla attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Milan Grol
Jugoslav
Jugoslavia
Grol
Alleged Slayer Arrested Today in Washta Iowa
Griff Igou a 55 year old Kingsley Iowa carpenter was captured on Washta streets after being accused of shooting his sweetheart Mrs Bessie Stauffer 50 a divorcee during a date with another man near the scene of the shooting authorities said he fired a shotgun and fled the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washta
Iowa
Griff Igou
Kingsley
Carpenter
Izgou
Bessie Stauffer
Car Truck Crash Injures No One Reported
A car driven by Mrs. Dixie Lee Kempf and owned by Zene Kempf collided with a truck owned by an unidentified party. No injuries were reported and no further details were available.
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Dixie Lee Kempf
Zene Kempf
Turkey and Nazi sign economic pact in Ankara
Berlin dispatch reports Germany and Turkey signed an economic agreement in Ankara. The pact runs until March 31, 1943 and was signed by German Ambassador Von Papen, Karl Klodius, and Turkey's foreign minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Turkey
Ankara
von Papen
Karl Klodius
Japs Resenting U.S. Attitude in War Warning
Japanese spokesmen and newspapers denounced U S actions and warned the war could spread globally. They said U S entry would ruin civilization and risk deadlock, as Premier Konoye reported to the emperor. A separate traffic collision near Weekuk county line damaged two Udell cars with no injuries and $150 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
United States
America
Pacific
Konoye
Mattie Whisler
Udell
Glenn Cridlebaugh
Highway 92
Weekuk
Washington
Women and Men React Differently to Heat in Dress Study
Harvard researchers P Yaglou and Anne Messer reported comfort levels shift with clothing. Men stayed warmer in standard wear at 72 degrees, women felt cold. dressing women in men's clothes raised comfort to similar levels, suggesting clothing-adjustment neutralizes metabolic differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Boston
P. Yaglou
M. S
Anne Messer
A. B
Harvard
Harvard School of Public Health
Yaglou
Miss Messer
Roosevelt seeks quick Congressional arming of merchant ships
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize immediate arming of American merchant vessels and to consider repealing the neutrality act provisions. He warned that Hitler should not dictate where U S ships may sail and pledged to defend the seas with the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Hitler
Mrs Sherman dies after stroke at 71 in Washington
Mrs D. D. Sherman 71, widow of a former railroad roadmaster, died at Washington county hospital at 10 15 am after a Monday stroke. Funeral from United Presbyterian church Saturday at 3 pm with Rev George Kerr. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include three children Roger Elizabeth and Robert, two grandsons, four brothers, two sisters, and a long line of Shields kin.
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D. D. Sherman
Washington County
United Presbyterian Church
George Kerr
Elm Grove Cemetery
Sherman
Donald D. Sherman
Washington
Impractical science foiled by fashion and comfort
A fragment argues that forcing a drastic clothing change is pointless as people resist bulky tweed. It suggests a featherweight suit or raising the thermostat to 83 degrees would ease discomfort and reduce dissent on the matter.
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Lineman
Charles Holden
Pensacola Station
Donavon
Ana
SAS
Ono Ns Boy
Bremerton, Wash, Navy Yard
U.S
FT. Oglethorpe
Army of Our United States
Barbara Stanwyck
Kathleen Howard
Miss Howard
Maude Emily Shields
Robert W
Anna (Bullock) Shields
Eidon
Bidon
Dixon
Rock Island
the Heights
United Presbyterian Mission
Henderson
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