Britain Defies Hitler on Air Attacks and Airport Backing
A column mixes wartime defiance with local aviation plans as Britain insists on air defense while seeking broad public support for an airport project. An instructor is tentatively engaged for related programs and community backing is highlighted. Mildred Gray 14 recovers after tractor incident as Waterloo twins Sylvester and Sylvanus Isenhower mark a birthday. Paul Lock 28 clings to life after severe jugular injury from an accident at P M Lattner Co where hammer fragments pierced his neck.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Lock
P. M. Lattner Co
Lockwood
Drive for funds started for Washington airport project
A committee launches a fund drive to raise 2000 dollars for a Washington Iowa airport training program tied to the Chamber of Commerce. The plan aims to enroll 100 members at 20 dollars each with instructors from Frank Snodgrass and Virginis Snodgrass of Waterloo.
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Washington
Keith Droz
Walter A. Logan
Frankb. Miller
Frank McFarlane
Harland Mead
Richard McCleery
C. W. Crull
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Washington County
Iowa
Hawkeyes to wear white jerseys in first 1940 game
Iowa City officials announce Iowa football will don white jerseys with black numerals for the first 1940 game against South Dakota on an experimental basis. The move aims to please fans who favor the traditional black or gold sweaters.
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Iowa City
Eddie Anderson
Hawkeyes
Farm Bureau Chief Warns Against Self-Sufficiency
Ed O'Neal president of the American Farm Bureau federation warned here against establishing a self sufficient agricultural program in the United States. He said losing export markets would cost seven to eight million acres now producing for export.
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O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Denison
United States
Ed O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neil
Iowa Judge Issues Writs Against Local Taverns
District Judge James P. Gaffney issued temporary injunctions against three Johnson county taverns and their owners and continued hearings on requests for injunctions against three more. Victor and Marge Oliva of the Riviera south of Iowa City, Ernest and Edna Smith of the Sinclair filling station and tavern on Highway 6 east of Iowa City, and George Alberhasky of the Sunset club north of Iowa City are named in the writs which restrain serving liquor by the drink and selling beer without a permit.
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Iowa Cry
James P. Gaffney
Johnson County
Reqgesta
Victor
Marge Oliva
Riviera
Iowa City
Ernest and
Edna Smith
Sinclair
Highway 6
George Alberhasky
Sunset Club
Ofthers
Ottumwa Grand Jury Examines Local Liquor Enforcement
Ottumwa District Judge G W Dashiell asks the Wapello County grand jury to probe state liquor law enforcement in Ottumwa after reports of flagrant violations. He contrasts Ottumwa with Kansas City Missouri noting Sunday drinking is possible locally, unlike in KC.
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Ottumwa
G. W. Dashiell
Wapello County
Dashiell
Publc
Dge
Hawkeye squad features mostly Iowa players for 1940 season
Iowa City notes that 18 of 58 Iowa football players come from outside the state while 40 are Iowans. Coach Eddie Anderson builds the Hawkeye eleven from local towns Cedar Rapids and Waterloo with several players from Iowa City Davenport Des Moines Fort Dodge and Chicago contributes six candidates.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa farmers expect 700 million income this year
Iowa State College economists predict Iowa cash income of 700 million dollars in 1940 41 the largest since 1929 though below 745 million last peak in 1929 purchasing power higher due to lower prices. August farm price index stays at 94. buying power index at 77. defense program boosts some production but overall effect uncertain.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College Extension Agricultural Economists
Iowa Farm Economist, Extension and Research Publication
Towa
National Defense
United States
Course Seeks Eligible Students for Program
Notice invites persons aged 18 to 26 with two or more years of college work to contact Dean Mead promptly about enrollment in a forthcoming course.
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Dean Mead
Funeral for Donald C. Schulty Friday
Donald Charles Schulty age 24 died yesterday at the Prairie Flower home nine miles northwest of Washington after a sudden illness. Funeral services will be Friday at two o clock at L A Jones funeral home with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. He was born April 27, 1916 in Pilotburg and lived most of his life in Prairie Flower. Surviving are his father Orville Schulty, stepmother, sister Geraldine at home, and his mother Henrietta Patterson Schulty died in 1925.
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L. A. Jones
Donald Charles Schulty
Schulty
Washington
Prairie Flower
Elm Grove
Pilotburg
a_gister
Geraldine
DeVaul Hospitalized After Ladder Slips in Mud
Mrs Flossie DeVaul of Rolfe fell from a ladder while repairing eaves and suffered a broken leg when the ladder sank in mud tipping over.
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Flossie DeVaul
Rolfe
Shanghai Talks Preserve International Settlement Status
In Shanghai Admiral Hart Rear Admiral Glassford and Col Peck with Consul Butterick met four hours about Japan’s approach to the international settlement defense. Hull’s Washington statement urged status quo in Indo China and NEI and eyed US marine control of the defense zone. Japanese forces have occupied the western sector and patrols are increasing amid rumors of marine reinforcements.
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Shanghai
Thomas C. Hart
United States Navy
Far East
William A. Glassford, Jr
Col
de Witt Peck
Richard P. Butterick
Japan
Cordell Hull
Washington
Indo-China
Netherlands East Indies
United States
Admiral Hart
Will Investigate Trade Restraint Charges in Iowa
Special assistant attorney Loo F. Tierney ordered an anti trust probe into alleged restraint of trade by milk companies and wagon drivers union in Dubuque. Sanitary Milk Co. of Dubuque alleges rivals and drivers conspired to block union drivers and hinder expanding its customer list. If substantiated, findings may go to a grand jury in Sioux City in October or Cedar Rapids this month.
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Chicago
Sept
Loo F. Tierney
Dubuque
Tierney
Sanitary Milk Company
Dubuene
R. A. O'Donnell
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Romanian peasant leader Maniu drawn into Axis dismemberment news
Julia Maniu rises in international notice amid Axis plans to carve up Romania. Reports place him in Cluj, a Transylvanian city once part of Hungary, as he mobilizes resistance to occupation.
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Julia Maniu
Rumania
Maniu
Cluj
Transylvania
Hungary
Republican Women Hear Iowa City Man
The Women's Republican club of Washington county held its second meeting in the G A R room at the courthouse with about fifty attendees. Kenneth Dunlap of Town City spoke on Washington proceedings and national affairs, filling in for an absent attorney. The club elected Mrs A B Baldrige as vice president and outlined Willkie campaign plans for September.
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Women's Republican Club
Washington County
Kenneth Dunlap
Town City
R. J. Dawson
M. A. Robeson
Cotter
Ray Lambert
America
Herbart J. Ries
Iowa City
Dunlap
Johnson County
Tom Martin
Washington, D.C
A. Bb Baldrige
Ted Bailey
Willkie
Washington
T. A. Michels
National Husking Contest Set Near Davenport
A sixty acre hybrid corn field on Henry Keppy farm seven miles northwest of Davenport will host the 17th national corn husking contest on October 30. Charles Lewis, general chair, said roads nearby will be oiled and boards placed to protect the corn rows from molestation as state champions and runners-up from ten midwestern states compete.
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Davenport
Iowa
Henry Keppy
Charles Lewis
Scott County Board of Supervisors
Dairies Sued Over Reports Fees in Milk Market Area
The U S department of agriculture sues seven Sioux City dairies in federal court seeking injunctions for alleged violations of the milk marketing area regulations. They are charged with failing to file reports and to pay fees to the producers' settlement fund and their share of administrative expenses.
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Sioux City
United States Department of Agriculture
Dewey Addresses Attorneys at District Bar Meeting
Judge Charles A. Dewey spoke in Washington at the annual district bar association meeting held at the country club. About 50 to 75 attorneys from Mahaska, Poweshiek, Keokuk, Jasper and Washington counties attended, along with three district judges J G Patterson P B Bechly and P J Siegers. Patterson planned a brief court session. the program included Dewey's address a business session and a golf round after a noon dinner.
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Charles A. Dewey
Federal Court
Washington
District Bar Association
Country Club
Mahaska
Poweshiek
Keokuk
Jasper
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Frank Bechly
Montezuma
P. J. Siegers
Newton
Patterson
Lenninger Parole Revoked and Sentenced to State Reformatory
Sheriff H. M. Putnam took R. W. Lenninger to the Anamosa state reformatory after Judge Jude Bechly signed a revocation order. Lenninger, who admitted delivering a $195 check for 21 hogs with insufficient funds on Feb 17, 1939, had been paroled last year from a seven year sentence.
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H. M. Putnam
State Reformatory
Anamosa
R. W. Lenninger
Jude Frank Bechly
Montezuma
Lenninger
Beechly
Putnam
Ola Brumbaeck
August Gasoline Tax Gain for Des Moines Iowa
Iowa state tax collections in August show cigaret and beer taxes tapering off while gasoline levies bring in 1,552,968 dollars, surpassing last year by over 15,000. Cigaret tax brought 178,271 dollars, lower than August 1939, and beer revenue stood at 110,511 dollars versus 128,256 a year earlier.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tax Commission
Heer
Burial for Joanna Barelay in Brooklyn Iowa
Infant Joanna Virginia Barelay daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Barelay will be buried in the Brooklyn Iowa cemetery this afternoon with services led by Dr R C Keagy.
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Joanna Virginia Barelay
Charles Barelay
Brooklyn
Iowa
R. C. Keagy
Britain to Win Says Churchill in Commons Speech
Churchill pledged that Britain would triumph over Nazi Germany as air warfare intensified. He warned of heavy fighting in the Middle East and increased German bombings this month while praising the exchange of 690 American destroyers for naval bases. The speech followed raids on the Berlin area and northern Italy as U.S. destroyers began moving toward Britain and Bermuda to survey new air base sites.
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United Press
Great Britain
Hitler
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
London
Middle East
Britain
Churchill
Western Hemisphere
Balkans
Germany
Berlin
Italy
U.S
Boston
Boston Harbor
Canada
Caribbean
Divorce Sues Filed by Lillian Gregory for Custody
A suit for divorce was filed by Lillian Pearl Gregory against Samuel Edgar Gregory. The petition states they married June 13, 1933 and lived as husband and wife until December 20, 1937. She asks custody of three minor children. Attorney T A Michels represents the plaintiff.
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Lillian Pearl Gregory
Samuel Edgar Gregory
T. A. Michels
Purple Row Lunch Room Staff Heads
Helen Patterson works as waitress and Maud Koehler serves as cook at the Purple Row lunch room, reflecting the kitchen and dining staff lineup.
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Helen Patterson
Maud Koehler
Purple Row
Actress Arleen Whalen Weds Alex D Arcy in Las Vegas
Actress Arleen Whalen aged 26 and screen actor Alexander D Arcy 31 honeymoon after marriage in Las Vegas Nevada. The former Hollywood hotel manicurist is described as a redhead and began film work in the industry.
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Arleen Whalen
Alexander D'Arcy
Las Vegas
Nev
Miss Whelan
Hollywood
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