Iowa Column Reports Wachter Pleads Not Guilty in Threat Case
In Waterloo Louis Wachter, 35, a defense plant worker, pleaded not guilty to charges of knowingly and willfully threatening the president. Bound to a federal grand jury in Dubuque, his bond was set at $1,500 as witnesses testified to threats and intoxication. Des Moines notes certification of the Nov 3 Iowa ballot and staff moves to print ballots at Wallace's Farmer plant.
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Waterloo
Louis Wachter
United States
Arthur W. Hyke
Wachter
Dubuque
Bona
Des Moines
Iowa
Karl G. Miller
Hughes J Bryant
Statehouse
Wallace's
Farmer and
Iowa Homestead
Gunmen Hunted in Holdups Across Omaha and Council Bluffs
Police hunted two young gunmen after a store holdup netted 175 dollars and a hotel robbery yielded 54 cents. Sam Faier 65 operator of Hotel Windsor in Omaha was sideswiped as one bandit grabbed the 54 cents from his hand before the pair fled leaving thousands in cash and a bag of coins behind. James Glynn a porter witnessed the scene.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Neb
Sam Faier
Windsor
Pater
James Glynn
Faier
Man Guilty In Break In Case Deliberated Seven Minutes
George Duncan, a transient unemployed tailor, pleaded self defense and was convicted of breaking and entering after a seven minute jury deliberation. He received an indeterminate 10 year sentence at Fort Madison penitentiary for the $220 theft from the D. A. Stamy insurance office in Marion Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
George Duncan
Duncan
Fort Madison
D. A. Stamy
Marion
Coldest on Record for Iowa Earliest in Autumn
Des Moines reports show Iowa hit record cold for so early in autumn with forecasts of below freezing weather statewide. Frost and potential gale conditions threaten the end of the growing season as northern areas report severe freezing and snow flurries on the first official day of autumn 1942.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Battle of Stalingrad Rages as Germans Gain No Material Ground
London observers say German forces have made no material gains in the 19 days of the 32 day Stalingrad battle, with Soviet counter-attacks slowly shifting initiative to the Red Army. Reports cite heavy German casualties and a pause for reorganization, while Willkie witnesses Red Army prowess near the Rzhev front.
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United Press
British Today
Stalingrad
Red Army
Moscow
London
Tass
Verdun
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Rzhev
Reda
Winlkle
Atlantic
Civil aviation mental screening tests slated at Washington High
The Civil Aeronautics Administration will hold mental screening tests at Washington High School at 6 30 PM on October 6. Kenneth Freeman will lead, announced by Forrest Schwengels. About 40 men aged 18 to 37 are expected to attend.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington High School
Kenneth Freeman
Forrest Schwengels
Japanese raids and ships hit in Pacific theater
The report notes attacks on Buna to Kokoda in New Guinea and Buka in the Solomons, with possible hits on Gili Timor and Rabaul where an 8,000 ton Japanese vessel was struck. British naval forces claim a major Arctic victory destroying at least 40 German planes and sinking multiple submarines near a large convoy.
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Southwest Pacific
Frank Hewlett
United Press
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Hewlett
Greece
Crete
Egypt
Douglas MacArthur
Buna
Kokoda
Buka
Solomons
Gili
Timor
Rabaul
London
Eng
Arctic
Norway
Knitted Garments For Army Urgently Sought
Mrs. Jewel Carris in charge of the Red Cross sewing room urges knitters to complete garments for the army and deliver them to the sewing room promptly. Garments must be shipped by October first and turned in before the new quota arrives with more yarn on the way.
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Red Cross
Jewel Carris
Carris
Fairfield Farmer Killed by Train
Charles Dahl a 70 year old farmer was killed Wednesday morning near his Fairfield home two miles north when struck by a Rock Island freight train. He was driving a team hitched to a mower. Survived by his wife one son and one daughter.
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Fairfield
Charles Dahl
Here
Rock Island
Dahl
Defer Farmers Recommended To Selective Service Boards
Iowa officials report recommendation to defer 1-A farmers whose induction would harm farm efficiency. Gov Wilson and Adj. Gen Grahl led a meeting with local boards to safeguard agriculture while avoiding blanket deferments. Major Coatsworth to relay sentiments to Gen Hershey.
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Des Moines
Adj
Charles H. Grahl
Selective Service
Army
Geo. A. Wilson
Grahl
James T. Coatsworth
National Selective Service Board
Hershey
National Selective Service
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Food Facts and Kitchen Tips From The Era
A digest of everyday nutrition and household advice notes starch in potatoes provides energy similar to sugar and spinach is easier to wash with salted water. Milk is called the Victory Cocktail, honey appears in sweets and cosmetics, dark chicken meat contains more Vitamin B than white meat, and a Navy advisory forecast for 1995 projects 9000000 pounds of food consumption.
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Navy
No more pretty pink and blue sheets
A brief note declares an end to gender styled bedding as women’s linens shift away from pinks and blues toward neutral designs, signaling broader fashion and household color trends.
FSA Group Visits Joe Knotek Farm
A Farm Security Administration group led by director Cecil Rooks visited Joe Knotek farm yesterday afternoon to review contour farming lime application and phosphate spread. Knotek explained soil reconditioning through lime and phosphate and erosion prevention by field contouring. Many invited FSA borrowers could not attend.
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Knotek
$1,000 Bequest Sparks Women's Home Inititiative
A Washington foundation starts a home for older women funded by a $1,000 bequest from Mrs. Will Black who lived east of town. The board includes Mrs. A. Anderson, Anna Dawson, Mrs. W. W. Wilson, Mrs. Carl Keck, Mrs. Henry C. Hull, with Etha Dawson as treasurer, hoping for further donations to grow the fund.
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Washington
Will Black
A. Anderson
Anna Dawson
W. W. Wilson
Carl Keck
Henry C. Hull
Etha Dawson
Juvenile Charged in Milwaukee Rail Fatality
A nine year old Ottumwa schoolboy faced a delinquency charge after admitting on Tuesday to placing a piece of wood on the Milwaukee road tracks. The act derailed a motor car and caused the death of Lindsay Loy, a Milwaukee employee, Wednesday.
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Ottumwa
Lindsay Loy
Milwaukee
We must conserve dye materials for colored edge sheets
Worded as a brief item, the note cites WPB urging dye conservation for colored edge sheets and highlights ongoing watchfulness on material use.
Missing Woman Jailed Today At Muscatine
Ruth Madsen a 26 year old West Branch farm wife accused of killing her husband was held in the Muscatine county jail awaiting transfer to Cedar county for possible murder charges or a sanity examination. She had eluded capture since Sept 15 and confessed after arrest detailing nightly hidings in haylofts and brief periods of subsistence on apples and water.
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Muscatine
Iowa
U.P
Ruth Madsen
West Branch
Cedar County
Tipton
Iia
Frances Brooks
West Liberty
Mt. Pleasant State Hospital
Navy enlistment report lists Worley and Helfrich at Des Moines
Today’s Navy enlistment notice names Verle E. Worley and Albert K E Helfrich of Washington among those who joined in Des Moines, with brief biographical details not shown.
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Des Moines
Verle E. Worley
Albert KE. Helfrich
Washington
Airplane Observers See Two Lights in Town, Four on Farms
Washington county wide blackout activity reports six violations during a half hour from 10 to 10 39 PM. Civil Air Patrol observers tracked two lights in town at Turkington and Shell stations and four in rural areas near Kalona Maplecrest Wellman and other farms. Ground watchers reported one light in a southeast residence unseen from air. Planes from Wellman and Washington covered the county. Commanders praised Civil Air Patrol, Citizens Defense Corps and state patrol cooperation. A full report was sent to Citizens Defense Council and Omaha headquarters.
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Washington
Civil Air Patrol
Turkington
Rock Island
Ivan Norton
Citizens’ Defense Corps
Kalona
Maplecrest
Wellman
Waller Logan
Washington County
Norton
Jennings
State Guard
Howard Miller
CPT
Forrest Schwengels
County
Washington Civ
Citizens’ Defense Council
Seventh Army
Omaha
E. D. Morrison, Jr
CAP
Logan
Morrison
O.C.D
C.A.P
Defence Corps
City Hall
East Washington Street
South Second Avenue
Have Sufficient Votes in Senate Barkley Claims
Senate Democratic leader Alvin W. Barkley said the administration had sufficient votes for adoption of its compromise farm amendment to the anti inflation bill. He noted many senators told him they would back the measure instructing President Roosevelt to consider farm labor costs when fixing farm ceilings.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Alvin W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
Roosevelt
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Cecil Rooks
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