Heinkel hydroplane D-1220 set for trans Atlantic run
Lisbon reports the Heinkel D-1220 hydroplane began 6:15 am descent toward the Azores on a route to New York via the Azores and Harbor Grace. Backers Hamburg-American and Ener claim progress toward a trans Atlantic service as Luft Hansa watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Atlantic
Azores
New York
Warnemunde
Germany
Ene
Lili Dillenz
United States
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Lufthansi
Brunschuetel
Amsterdam
Holland
Vigo
Spain
Ruth Elder
George Haldeman
Lima
Horst Merz
Wilhelm Bock
Fritz Rhode
Mortuary rites for Roy E Bandfield noted in Waterloo
Roy E Bandfield 40 of 727 South street died at 1 05 pm in Allen Memorial hospital from diabetes after five weeks in care. A World War II veteran and Waterloo resident since age 13, he served as a sergeant in the 253rd Field Hospital corps at Camp Custer. Surviving: four children Ray Pattison and Darleene Bandfield at home, Pearl Pattison of Rainbow Drive, father Arthur J Bandfield, Milwaukee, half sister Verna Bandfield, Davenport, stepmothers Howard Newell and Floyd Newell, and two stepbrothers. Funeral 2 pm with Becker Chapman Post 138 American Legion helping with firing squad. Burial in Janesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Bandfield
South Street
Black Hawk County
Allen Memorial Hospital
Mount Vernon Township
Arthur J. Bandfield
Waterloo
Two Hundred Fiftythird Field Hospital Corps
Camp Custer
Mich
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Ray Bandfield
Des Moines
Pearl Pattison
Rainbow Drive
Darleene Bandfield
South Sirset
Carl G. Bandfield
Milwaukee
Verna V. Bandfield
Weterloo
Howard Newell
Davenport
Floyd Newell
Smith Street
Ray
Ina Banfield
Fay
Buntley
Histner Chapel
George B. Shoemaker
Burdé
Janes~ville
the Legion
Teapenature Day Observance Noted At AY Meeting
Transcribed OCR shows unclear line about Teapenature day with a May event at AY. readable fragment indicates an observance or meeting noting a date in May and involvement of AY organization. further specifics unavailable due to text damage.
Home Exposition and Radio Show at Forum Hall
The Evening Courier reports Forum Hall is being prepared as an exposition and broadcasting site for WIBM after next week’s Home Exposition. Booths rise around the hall for home necessities while over 100 floor lamps illuminate the space. Previous broadcasts from Black's Tea Room received strong listener praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forum Hall
Evening Courier
K. W. Pyle
WIBM
Waterloo
Alice Brown-Shores
A. A. Hoffman
John Blum
Abee Bellinger
Byesse Stone
Blue Serenaders! Orchestra
Debt Drives Woman to Take Three Lives in Debt
Denver dispatch reports Mrs Edna Angus a 31 year old divorcee killed her two daughters Helen 9 and Charlotte 7 before taking her own life. She stuffed cotton in the children's nostrils plugged cracks in the kitchen and turned on the gas causing asphyxiation. A note left by Mrs Angus said she was hopelessly in debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Edna Angus
Helen
Charlotte
Angus
Gasoline samples in Iowa fail federal standards study
Des Moines reports only 61 of 145 gasoline samples meet federal specs. Officials note no state standard exists, some brands show high distillation points or kerosene-like adulterants. Distillation benchmarks include 140 degrees first distillate, 221, 284, 374 degrees for key fractions, with 95 percent recovery by 437 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
M. G. Thornburg
Towa
Thornburg
Iowa
Floods Wreck New England Posts and Dams Threaten Powers
Massive floods sweep New England with many drowned and towns cut off. Bridges and dams damaged or destroyed. guards called out as power, telegraph, and rail services fail. Wreckers marooned. car production lines halted as factories and routes face closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
National Guards
Ludlow
Newport
Bennington
Springfeld
Barre
Canadian Pacific
Orleans
Bethel
Hortonia
Massachusetts
Worth J Adams
Adams
Pittsfelds
Westfield i
Swayyth Adams
Ike Berkshire
Dalton
Manevery
Crane & Co
New York
Cate
Redrnad
Wandel
Ford Cartas
Henry
Ford
Raymond
Henry Ford
Tver
Ad Equipman
Died in Sleep at Hudson Home
In Hudson Courier Social Service, Mss Shatner aged about ninety celebrating her nine tieth birthday in April was found dead in her room while living with sister May Sue Champion. Authorities and local residents note no immediate foul play. death under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier Social Service
Hudson
Mss. Shatner
Mav
Connecticut Flooded and Rail Lines Blocked Across Region
Flooding trapped trains of the Boston and Maine to and from Chicago in western Massachusetts. Passengers were abandoned as roads became impassable. In Connecticut, the Farmington, Mad River, Sull, and Naugatuck rivers surged, causing widespread damage in Winsted, Torrington, and New Hartford with severe local impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Boston & Maine
Chicago
Massachusetts
Farmington
Mad
Sull
Naugatuck
Forrengton
New Hartford
Hiker Seeks Sleepless Trek of 18 Days in Iowa
Verne McCullen a 28 year old from Carroll aims to beat the 47 day sleepless hiking record. He has walked from Council Bluffs to Denison and Red Oak and back every two days while working all night in restaurants to stay awake. He notes the first two nights are the hardest and recalls a prior 12 day stretch without sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Verne McCullen
Carroll
McCulon
Denison
Red Oak
Iowa
Western
Tinois
Oplit on Lowden Not Halting Gall for Farm Relief
Washington dispatch notes two Western Republican leaders urge a united approach to farm relief. Dickinson Iowa argues the next farm bill must include the McNary Haugen equalization fee. Nye North Dakota hints Norris as candidate while stressing budget and policy factors. Dickinson says Lowden’s name dominates the farm relief talk and predicts an equalization fee or a heated campaign fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Coolidge
Dickinson
Iowa
Lowden
Illinois
Nye
North Dakota
Norris
Nebraska
Farmers Union
Jamestown
N. C
Chicago
St. Paul
St. Louis
Gov. Smith
New York
Lowder
Morris Will Blaze Trail to Iowa City Homecoming Game
CG A Morris plans an early start to reach the Iowa City homecoming game from Waterloo to Vinton. He reports the route via La Porte City Mt. Auburn and Vinton, with signs guiding autos along the open paved sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Iowa City
A. Morris
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Mortis
la Porte City
Mt. Auburn
Court Fixes Jan 16 Date for Second Fall Sinclair Trial
Washington November 4 Albert B Fall and Harry F Linchar will face a new jury in the District of Columbia supreme court on Monday January 16 on a conspiracy charge connected with leasing the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve. Justice Siddons fixed the date after a mistrial was ordered following alleged juror contact attempts and claims of material gain from the expected verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Linchar
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Justice Siddons
Z Ment
Burns
Sinclair
Bonfire Blamed for 18000 Fire At Calamus Church And Home
A fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Calamus Methodist church and the S B Walker home in Calamus Ta Both buildings suffered heavy losses estimated at 10000 for the church and 18000 for the home Sparks from a bonfire are believed responsible for the blaze Firefighters and authorities are investigating the incident amid property damage records and nearby heating plant listings shown in local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calamus, Ta
Calamus Methodist Church
S. B. Walker
Woman Forced to Drive to Chicago With Holduppmen
Mrs. Ethel McClellan, 42, wife of Chrysler plant supervisor Harry McClellan, was abducted by two armed men on Woodward Avenue in Detroit. They forced her to drive to Chicago after robbing her of an undisclosed sum at a bank. She notified her husband by phone and later Chicago police. Chrysler officials reported no such supervisor by that name. Authorities in Detroit and Chicago pursued leads, with conflicting notices from police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Ethel McClellan
Harry
McClellan
Chrysler Motor Car Company
Woodward Avenue
Chicago
Chrysler Company
Harry McClellan
Horses Confiscated In Iowa Liquor Raid
Sioux City November 4 1941 federal agents confiscated a team of horses and a wagon in a liquor raid the wagon was driven on the street at the time of the seizure Barney Rosenthal owner of Rosenthal Transfer Storage Co and driver Claude Nicholas were jailed pending hearing before the United States commissioner Officers claimed 132 one gallon tins of alcohol were seized and will be sold at auction as is customary for confiscated entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Dobbin
Iowa
Barney Rosenthal
Rosenthal Transfer Storage Co
Claude Nicholas
United States
School Children Save $30,000 in Six Years Time
Waterloo school children have saved over $30,000 since the school savings system began six years ago. Miss Stella Lackey of Thrift a Co Chicago explains the plan has placed deposits in banks and many older students have bought bonds. The total would have bought about 3,000,000 sticks of candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Stella Lackey
Thrift A Co
Chicago
Iowa
Miss Lackey
Mrs Grayson Sails for Denmark to Join Flight Partner
New York reports Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson announced plans to sail tonight on the Majestic to Denmark by steamer and train. In Copenhagen she will join Mrs Aage Ancker S CG and continue ownership of the amphibian plane Dawn, aiming to become the first woman to fly the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Majestic
Denmark
Aage Ancker
Manchester Man Heads Osteopaths Glinton
Manchester man was elected president of the first district of the Iowa Osteopaths association at the annual meeting which closed yesterday. Elected officers included Dr Augusta Tueckes Davenport as vice president and Dr Elimina Stewart Clinton as secretary treasurer.
Mysterious disease threatens Kincolith village
Vancouver reports Br Oliver Thorne disclosed that an unknown illness is threatening the Indian village of Kincolith in northern British Columbia with several deaths hinted in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Kincolith
Br . Oliver Thorne
Giles Aims for Hawaii Hop November Eleventh
San Francisco dispatch reports Captain Frederick A. Giles, British airman, planning a multi hop Pacific flight to Honolulu starting November 11. He disclosed the tentative schedule amid plans for a bold long distance voyage. A dinner party in Dubuque celebrated a fifth wedding anniversary with Mr and Mrs A G Rann hosting at Hotel Russell Lamson.
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San Francisco
Cal
Frederick A. Giles
New Sealing
Pacific
Hono
Lulu
A. G. Rann
Hare Thon Street
Hotel
Russell- Lamson
Messrs
Mmnes
Frank Wood
Lea Barling
WO. Foster
George Scully
J. M. Robertson
Dubuque
Schumann-Heink to Repay Debt by Aiding Poor Girls
Opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink said she will devote retirement year to helping poor American girls. She urged creation of an opera in every American town with 2000 or more residents, saying she owes a debt to the country where she found prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumann-Heink
Baltimore
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
America
Wait on Steffen to find clues in 70 woman's slayer
Zwingle Iowa November 4 sheriff Kennedy and Dubuque county investigators chase fragmentary clues in the Elizabeth McKitrick murder case awaiting Emil Steffen Waterloo fingerprint expert. The 73 year old widow died by suffocation after a burglary at her Zwingle home netting about 25000 dollars. Detective Steffen travels to Zwingle to assist with fingerprint clues and pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zwingle
Elizabeth McKitrick
Frank Kennedy
Dubuque County
Emil Steffen
Waterloo
Edward Streubner
Harry Simpson
Bureau of Investigation
Zwingie
Sherif Kennedy
Steffen
Hudkins Claim to Welterweight Title Denied by Board
Los Angeles November 4 The California athletic commission tabled Ace Hudkins claim to the world welterweight championship after promoter Dick Donald failed to deliver a promised guarantee of 60.60 to the titleholder Joe Dundee the reigning champion declined to enter the ring last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Hudkins
California Athletic Commission
Joe Dundee
Dick Donald
Danderine Ad Promises Relief From Acid Scalp
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a cure for acid scalp and dandruff. It claims hair becomes softer, easier to style, and free of scales after using a few drops, with the bottle priced at thirty five cents.
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John Bell
William Bell
Jefferson County
Wisconsin
John Beil
Dewar
Royal Camp
Dev
Tour Sons
Eitha Rastian
Edmond Vogter
Gloucester Mass
Avalon
Miei
Ths
Ull
Cape Cod
Presidente Wilson
WIBMA
TREAT
Forum
Verne
Robert
Freeman
John
Blum
Tag- Lime
Jannette Edwards
George la Hue
Burlington
Marshalltown
Town Falls
Creston
Clear Lake
Muscatine
Drersville
Council Bluis
Ottumwa
Oskafonsa
West Bend
Sioux Rapids
Ames
Chariton
Shenan Gogh
Fort Dodge
McGregor
Sheldon
Charles City
Oelwein
Des Broines
Sac. City
Pod
NEW Mobel
Adrian
Dickinson and
John Jago
Sycamore
Edelen
Enuna Nemeerk
Lafayette
A. Young
Lancoln
Harry Murray
Toonewton
Albert’ Wildey
Dolk
Church Bazar
Grayson
Manchester
Giles
Hawaii
Peshe
See-Gee Grocery
Soap
Trent &F and Me
Ares
Jenson’s Market & Grocery
East Fourth St. Opposits T. C. Shops
Rse
Iowa Public Service Co
East Side
West Side
Cedar Falls
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