Bombers Rain Fire On Berlin In Wide RAF Raid
British heavy bombers hit central Berlin and rail hubs in a weekend offensive extending from Oslo to Sicily. The raid killed civilians and sparked German promises of vengeance while Soviet forces claimed to encircle Leningrad and sever its links to the interior.
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Berlin
Leningrad
Kiev
Odessa
Royal Air Force
Oslo
Sicily
Reich
London
Britain
RAF
Kiel
Red Army
Nazi High Command
High Command
Adolph Hitler
Neva
Russia
Ladoga
Iowa Columner Details Impersonation Case in Iowa City
Claude Cleaves reports that Alfred Alfred, 56, of Robinson Alabama, is jailed in Johnson County for impersonating a federal officer with the United States Geological Survey. He allegedly claimed oil findings and induced landowners to buy drilling gear, collecting about $1000.
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Iowa City
Claude Cleaves
Alfred
Robinson
Johnson County
United States Geological Survey
Iowa
Librarians Converge as 227 Attend Iowa Convention
At Iowa State College the annual Iowa Library Association meeting opened with 227 registered librarians. Dr. Herbert C. Mayer of Parsons College Fairfield spoke at the noon publicity dinner, urging libraries to act as life information bureaus.
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Ames
Iowa Library Association
Iowa State College
Herbert C. Mayer
Parsons College of Fairfield
Life Information Bureau
Two Youths Charged After Car Hit by Switch Engine
In Council Bluffs police filed charges after a car driven by 16 year old Phil McTwigan was struck and demolished by a North Western switch engine. McTwigan suffered a hip fracture and 22 year old Harry Watkins, engine owner, sustained a head cut.
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Council Bluffs
North Western
Phil McTwigan
McTwigan
Harry Watkins
Trailer Hits Kills Mr Pleasant Child
Helen Ericson two died at Memorial hospital after being struck by a passing motor vehicle near a highway edge in Mount Pleasant. Betty 16 and two neighbor women said a house trailer pulled by a truck struck the girl as it passed Fairfield. Officers stopped the trailer at Fairfield and questioned the driver who said he did not see the child.
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Mount Pleasant
Helen Ericson
Bernard Ericson
Memorial Hospital
Betty
Fairfield
Spencer
Clay County
Washington Sees .60 Inch Rain In Weekend Storm
Weekend rainfall in Washington totaled .60 of an inch with sultry, oppressive conditions. The high reached 87 degrees yesterday and held near that mark until this afternoon, while overnight low was 63 degrees.
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Washington
German Press Bitterly Attacks Roosevelt Over Greer
Berlin reports newspapers denounce President Roosevelt for insisting the German submarine attacked the Greer while German officials claim the opposite. They question the U S stance and label his Doubt as ignoring German statements.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Greer
Intoxicated Driving Charge at Brighton
Walter Kenneth Manning 21 of near Merrimac was arrested Saturday night in Brighton on a traffic violation for failure to yield at an intersection and pleaded not guilty. Sheriff H M Putnam investigated and recommended a second charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Manning was jailed and to be arraigned on the traffic violation, with a later hearing for drunken driving.
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Walter Kenneth Manning
Merrimac
Brighton
Court of Justice of the Peace
R. W. Fillmore
H. M. Putnam
Manning
Roosevelt matriarch Sara Delano Roosevelt dies at 86
Hyde Park N Y September 8 Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt mother of President Roosevelt died at home Sunday She would have been 87 on September 21 The president and his wife watched by her bedside as funeral plans were announced funeral will be private and limited to relatives and neighbors Burial will follow beside her husband James in the churchyard of St James Episcopal Hyde Park The president's radio address scheduled for tonight was postponed to Thursday night due to the death
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United States
Eleanor Roosevelt
White House
Another Crash On 218 Leaves Woman Injured
Florence Huegley of Tripoli Iowa is hospitalized in Washington county after her car left highway 218 near the English river bridge, rolled and landed in a ditch. Her rib was torn loose and she suffered shock. the vehicle was badly damaged. This cites a trio of Washington area crashes with wheels off the road causing wrecks in a week.
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Florence Huegley
Tripoli
Iowa
Washington County Hospital
English River Bridge
Riverside
Highway 92
Ainsworth
Keota
Leif Kadison
Oscar Qostroff
Douglas Park
Chicago
Churches Resume Full Schedule After Vacation Break
Washington churches return to full Sunday services after summer vacations and open air unions in Central park. Trinity Lutheran welcomes a new minister, Presbyterians complete redecoration, and ministers urge members to be active with sermons on religious life purpose and renewed devotion.
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Washington
Central Park
Presbyterian
Trinity Lutheran
R. C. Keagy
Methodist Church
Alfred Trenerry
The
Baptist Church
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Des Moines Couple Dines. Ross Speaks at Rotary Meeting
Mr and Mrs Don Ross of Des Moines spent the day with his mother Mrs Silas Ross. Mr Ross was luncheon speaker at the Rotary club meeting.
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Don Ross
Des Moines
Silas Ross
Mr. Ross
Rotary Club
Players of Douglas Park theater group injured in collision
Kadison and Osroff members of the Play ers of the Douglas Park theater group suffered bruises chest and back injuries and a possible brain concussion after a car collision near Kepta ambulance. X rays showed no broken bones. They will be released from hospital tonight.
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Ington
Kepta
Kadison
Kadisons
Ostroffs
Players
Douglas Park Theater Group
Six Inches Rainfall Reported in Iowa Flood Threat
A six inch rainfall in northeastern Iowa raised flood risk as streams swelled. Manchester recorded 6.12 inches, Waterloo six, Waverly and Cedar Rapids over five, with tornadoes and storms causing damage statewide. Cedar Rapids suffered a cloudburst blowing down two 412 foot towers at WMT.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Manchester
Waterloo
Waverly
Cedar Rapids
Terril Farmer Killed In Two Car Collision
Terril farmer Terril Johnson, 32, died when two cars collided at a rural intersection two miles west of Terril. Johnson’s car hit a vehicle driven by Ollie Sharp of Worthington Minnesota. Six others were treated for injuries at Spirit Lake hospital.
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Spencer—Olaf Johnson
Terril
Johnson
Ollie Sharp
Worthington
Minn
Spirit Lake
Four Named to Enter the Army Monday in Washington County
The Washington county selective service board lists four young men set to leave by bus Monday September 22 for Fort Des Moines to be inducted under call No 19. Howard Leo Lewis Keota Elvin E Gerber Washington George F Masson Washington and John E Thatcher Wellman comprise the group, with 37 county men inducted overall and three conscientious objectors sent to camps.
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Selective Service Board of
Washington County
Fort Des Moines
Wasington County
Howard Leo Lewis
Keota
Elvin E. Gerber
Washington
George F. Masson
John E. Thatcher
Wellman
Lewis
Gerber
George Masson
Washington Post Office
Army
Funerals for Riverside crash victims set at St Mary's
Funeral services for Theresa and Leroy Schnoebelen of Riverside, killed in a Hills area auto crash Saturday night, will be held at St Marys Church with Rt Rev Bernard Jacobsmeier presiding. Also killed was Virgil Haney of Marengo in the same accident.
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Riverside
Theresa
Leroy Schnoebelen
Hills
St. Mary’s Church
Bernard Jacobsmeier
Theresa Schnoebelen
St. Mary's School
Paris Academy
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
Riverside Bath
Richard
Ida Geret Schnoebelen
Marie
Mildred
St. Mary's
Lester
Schnoebelen
Schneebelen
Blanche Fouchek
Paul
Robert
Eugene
Leroy
St. Mary's Church
Young Ladies Soduality
Young Men's Sodality
Virgil Haney
Marenga
John Schneider
Haney
Koser
Schneider
Miss Schnoebelen
County Farmers May Secure U S Flax Crop Loan
Washington county AAA chairman Carl R. Oldfield announces eligible flax producers can obtain a 1.71 per bushel loan on 1941 flax. Loans mature April 30 1942 at 3 percent interest. flax must grade No 2 or better and be insured.
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Carl R. Oldfield
Washington County Aaa
Iowa
Carl
AAA
Oldfield
Washington County
Griffith of San Diego Visits County on Business
C. J. Griffith of San Diego California is spending a few days in the county to attend to business interests.
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C. ©. Griffith
San Diego
Calif
Man Dies After Crash Near County Line
A man died from shock burns and head injury after a crash one mile north of the Johnson Washington county line. He was extracted from burning wreckage and transported to an Iowa City hospital.
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Iowa City
Johnson- Washington County
Wickard urges 1942 farm program to boost production
Secretary of Agriculture Claud Wickard announces a 1942 farm program calling for record production to improve national nutrition and aid nations resisting aggression. The plan shifts to mobilize American agriculture, raising hogs eggs milk cheese chickens and garden output while expanding sugar and crops like soybeans and potatoes. Soybeans rise on record high Chicago May contract at 1.84 1/8 per bushel, aided by the plan.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Claud Wickard
Hitler
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Claude Wickard
Mrs Frank Hoover of Brighton Dies at 73
Mrs. Frank Hoover, 73, died at her Brighton home Sunday after illness and a months-long bed confinement following an April operation. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm tomorrow at the Christian church with Rev. C. C. Davis officiating. burial in Hillcrest cemetery. She was born Eliza Simmers October 6, 1867 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and came to Iowa in 1880. She married Frank Hoover November 30, 1882, and leaves husband, five sons Glenn, Charles, Preston, John, Otis, 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. two sons Homer and daughters Vera Brown and Elmina preceded her. Two granddaughters Charlotte Keyes and Frances Hamilton resided with the Hoovers after their mother's death.
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Brighton
Frank Hoover
The
Christian Church
C. C. Davis
Des Moines
Hillcrest Cemetery
Glenn O
Charles F
Preston
West Chester
John
Davenport
Otis
Fairfield
Homer
Vera Brown
Elmira
Charlotte Keyes
Madison, Wise
Frances Hamilton
C. F. Hoover
Injured Man in Crash Near Howard Hoyle Home
W. W. DeGoyler of Omaha a cigarette salesman was taken to the county hospital after a collision between his car and a truck near the Howard Hoyle home four and a half miles west of town. He likely suffered several rib fractures and bruises. X rays were taken. The truck belonged to Washington Lumber and Fuel Company driven by John Weston who was only slightly injured.
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W. W. DeGoyler
Omaha
Howard Hoyle
Washington Lumber and Fuel Company
John Weston
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Librarians
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Ruth Ownbey
Fort Smith
Ark
New York
Nado
Jasper
WMT
Maquoketa
Jasper County
B. F. Brown
Monroe
Charles Birkenholtz
Moravia
T Ames
Terril Farmer
Taylor
Vatican
Myron Taylor
Steel
Europe
U. S
Wickard
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