Iowa Sets Higher September War Bond Quota at 18.9 Million
The Iowa State Administrator raises the September War Bond quota from 14.0 million to 18.86 million to cover past county deficits caused by seasonal income and annual pledges. Nationally, the September quota stands at 775 million, with Treasury calculations reflecting varying incomes across counties.
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Iowa
Treasury
State War Savings Staff
Treasury Department
U.S. Treasury Department
Iowa dairy event sets opening day attendance record
Despite threatening weather, the thirty-third Dairy Cattle Congress National Belgian Horse Show and allied expositions drew about 28,000 visitors on opening day. The hippodrome seating 8,000 was filled for two shows, the first time opening day crowds filled it. The 1942 opening day attendance was 17,000, 11,000 fewer than this year.
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Waterluou
Bedford Woman Fatally Shoots Herself in Home
Mrs Maud Hopple aged 56 a Bedford area housewife shot and fatally wounded herself Monday afternoon after months of ill health Her son John Hopple formerly of Des Moines died of wounds he suffered in action in the Philippines Her husband survives.
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Bedford
Maud Hopple
John Hopple
Des Moines
Philippines
Naval cadets leave Iowa base for flight training
About 162 naval aviation cadets from the State University of Iowa base have departed for preliminary flight training. Officials say 80 cadets remained here awaiting space at the flight bases for the next phase.
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Iowa City
Naval Aviation
State University of Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Convention Dates Set for Nov 23 24 25
Des Moines Iowa Government officials announce the 1942 Iowa Farm Bureau convention will be held November 23 24 and 25 in Des Moines. Sessions occur at Hotel Fort Des Moines with Shrine Auditorium unused due to expected smaller attendance. President Francis Johnson notes the convention will be abbreviated and urges organization leaders to attend.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Francis Johnson
Fort Des Moines
Johnson
Mason City Bonds Drive Sells 273800 In War Bonds
William B. Lattimer, Cerro Gordo county drive chairman, announced that the statewide theater campaign to sell war bonds has raised 273 800 dollars. The drive partners include local committees and theater operators seeking broad community participation.
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Ason City
Mason City
William B. Lattimer
Cerro Gordo County
Fall From Tree Fatal To Boy of Seven Years
Everett Brewer seven son of Mr and Mrs John Brewer died after falling from a tree and landing on a stump piercing his abdomen in Sioux City.
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Everett Brewer
John Brewer
Minister-Fireman Fired for Choosing Sermons Over Firefighting
Howard L. Stanbrough, a city fire department member, was discharged by Fire Chief Charles L. Slade after he sought three hours off on alternate Sundays to preach at Douglas Avenue Church of Christ. Stanbrough refused to give up preaching, calling the move un American and noting the clash with equality and freedom.
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Des Moines
Howard L. Stanbrough
City Fire Department
America
Germany
Douglas Avenue Church of Christ
Charles L. Slade
Slade
Stanbrough
State AAA Committee Members Talk at Labor Day Picnic
Unfavorable weather reduced attendance at the AAA picnic at Sunset Park with farmers from 14 counties. Three state AAA committee members and their wives spoke, along with War Bond sales head Slater O’Hare. Carl Oldfield led the program and emphasized increased production, cooperation, and buying war bonds to meet quotas.
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AAA
Sunset Park
State Aaa Committee
Washington
A. J. Loveland
Herry
Iowa
Hazen
Albert J. Loveland
Janesville
John Kimberly
Collins
Herry E. Hazen
Denmark
Churchill Says United Nations Can Defend Egypt Indefinitely
Churchill told the House of Commons that the Dieppe raid was a preliminary step to larger allied operations. He said the British army in Egypt is now stronger and capable of defending Egypt for months, while acknowledging U S British unity and Stalin's confidence in their resolve to go to Russia as quickly as possible.
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London
England
Wuupp
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Dieppe
Hitler
Europe
United States
Egypt
Churchill
Malta
Mediterranean
Russia
America
Stalin
Commons
Washington
United States Army
Britain
Kalona Man Given 380 Day Jail Term For Assault
Justice of the Peace Southwick sentences Glenn Hoch stetler of Kalona to 380 days in the county jail for assault and battery with the term suspended during good behavior.
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Justice of the Peace
Southwick
Kalona
Glenn Hochstetler
Navy Enlistments Highlight George Swift and Rex Payne
Des Moines announced navy enlistments today including George Arthur Swift of Washington and Rex Miles Payne of Wayland from the current section.
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Des Moines
George Arthur Swift
Washington
Rex Miles Payne
Wayland
War Bond Dinner Cancelled Despite Star Guests
Washington will not host Edward Arnold and Frances Dee at a war bond dinner this evening. Slater O’Hare, Iowa film industry bond sales director, reported the change at 2 PM. Chamber of Commerce officials said the event for Dee and Arnold and $500 bond pledgers would not be held due to the late plan change.
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Dee
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Arnold
School Nurse Victim of Tire Theft in County
Eileen Jeffrey, a Washington public school nurse, reported to the sheriff that a wheel and tire were stolen from her car Saturday night while it was in her mother’s unlocked garage east of Ainsworth. The thief tried to remove the spare but left it. Jeffrey used the spare to drive away, now left without a spare. The incident underscores locking garages and parking cars inside for security.
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Eileen Jeffrey
Washington
Miss Jeffrey
John Jeffrey
Ainsworth
Theff
Jesse H. Swift Dies at Gary Indiana
Jesse H. Swift of East Gary Ind died at home this morning from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered yesterday. He was born April 8 1899 near Washington and worked as water superintendent at the tin mills in Gary. Surviving are his wife Esther Belle Parks two sons two brothers and two sisters with funeral planned Thursday at Gary.
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Jesse H. Swift
East Gary
Ind
Mr. Swift
Pat Swift
Pleasant Ridge
John Westen
Washington
Gary
John T
Jessie Reeves Swift
Tin Mills
United States Steele Corporation
Esther Belle Parks
Lebanon
Kan
Robert Lee
Bruce Gerald
Francis
Davenport
Terry
Jennings
iKan
Pat
James Lowe
Brighton
Ten pilots to Texas and five to Missouri for training
Ten graduates of the junior college pilot program are to report to Fort Worth and Lubbock for glider and airplane pilot training, while five others go to Columbia for secondary airplane pilot training. Names of trainees and reporting dates are listed. all will remain in active Army Air Corps service.
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Lubbock, Tex
Columbia, MO
Junior College
Lubbock
Texas
Columbia
Army Air Corps
Texas Field
Fort Madison
Fort Worth
Sendoff for 57 New Soldiers at Milwaukee Station
A 9:15 tomorrow morning sendoff will honor 57 Washington county men entering Army service. Inducted two weeks ago, 45 travel to Des Moines by 9:58 train, with 12 others on later departures. Gather at the Y M C A at 9 for checks, then proceed to the station for the program led by Dave Livingston and Legion Commander Matt Whittaker.
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Washington County
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Selective Service Board
Pick Up Bicycles Having No Lights
Chief of Police George Baker reports many boys on Washington streets ride without lights. A dozen bicycles without lights are at city hall, as the ordinance requires lights after dark and permits officers to impound unlit bicycles until equipped.
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George Baker
Washington
Davenport Visitor Faye Holland Guests with Local Families
Faye Holland of Davenport is spending the week in town with the Harold Putnam and Lee Holland households, staying as a guest and enjoying local hospitality.
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Faye Holland
Davenport
Harold Putnam
Lee Holland
Senate Finance Group Rejects Spending Taxes
The Senate Finance Committee, in Washington, rejected by 12 to 0 the treasury plan for a combined spending tax and compulsory savings to raise about 6.59 billion dollars. Senator Harry F. Byrd said all parts of the proposal were rejected, including income tax exemption cuts for singles, married couples, and dependents. The panel then moved to other revenue-raising proposals.
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Washington, D.C
Senate Finance Committee
The
Treasury
Harry F. Byrd
Dem
Rais
War Fronts Warn of a Two Front Clash Ahead
United Press reports indicate Hitler faces a two front war as Churchill and Roosevelt imply a land campaign in Europe may begin this year. Fronts hold at Stalingrad and in North Africa while Pacific fighting intensifies with American bases expanding in the Solomons and Port Moresby peril.
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Adolph Hitler
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Europe
Lyle B. Wilson
United Press
Washington
United Nations
Stalingrad
Moscow
Rommel
Wendell Willkie
Ankara
Barnard L. Montgomery
Cairo
Erwin Rommel
el Alamein
Churchill
Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
Owen-Stanley
Port Moresby
Tax proposal for broad revenue from individuals
The plan calls for additional revenue from individual taxpayers with a general sales tax and a gross income tax of 5 percent on all earnings over 624 dollars a year collected at the source.
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U. S. Treasury
Peete
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Beate
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Edward Arnold
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Slater O'Hare
Wellman, Bond
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Ing
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Albert Mazzottti
Oelwein
Donald Beranek
Richmond
Dean Votruba
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Wellman
Robert Conner
Allen van Vranken
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Donald Sands
Crawfordsville
Milford Groff
Well
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Glenwood Havener
Hubert Reed
Lester Rath
Charles Sutton
Clell Wilson
Sigourney
Conald Batterson
Fred Hueholt
Army
Franklin Reeves
Pleasanton
Albert Goeldner
Herbert Parrish
Fairfield
Harold Dawson
George van Buskirk
Dave Livingston
Matt Whittaker
Legion Post
F. W. Eastwood
Robert Schell
Patriotic Committee
Schell
Senate Finance Group
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