Wan Adds Charge Of No 0000 Ammunition To Rows Over Defence Inefficiency
Chattanooga October 26 AP Reserve ammunition stocks are in desperate circumstances due to dwindling supply and old age Assistant Secretary Hanford MacNider warned at a National Association of Manufacturers convention He said three months after guardsmen are called up no rifle machine gun ground or plane will be able to speak and the army will face a nine month gap without munitions He urged a COMETESS style project financed by Congress until reserves are adequate He noted small arms ammunition has a ten year service life and the current reserve is near its tenth birthday and urged ongoing action to bridge the gap through peacetime savings and production planning
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Chattanooga Tenn
Hanford MacNider
War Department
National Association of Manufacturers
MacNider
War ‘Department
Disaster at sea off Brazil sinks Italian liner Principes Mafalda
Aboard the Italian liner Principes Mafalda about 1200 people on board when a propeller shaft broke off the coast of Brazil. Water flooded holds causing boiler explosions and the ship to begin sinking. Rescue by several nearby vessels saved many as the crew and passengers were withdrawn.
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Brazil
Principessa Mafalda
Scorc
Genoa
Pone
Bahia
Athenas
Empire Star
Baden
Rossetti Segundo
Rio Janeiro
INS
Principessa
Mafalda
Bahian
S. 8
Principe Dudine
Navigazione Generale Italiana
Professor Gigil
Rome Institute of Statistics
Signor de Soledo
France
Simone Cugli
Carlo Lugobardi
Escape at county jail grounds frees man during shift
Robert Brown, held on a charge of driving while intoxicated, escaped while working at the city dump in Dumyi. He was at large early today as authorities searched for him after the incident reported in Towa City Iowa.
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Dumyi
Towa City
INS
Robert Brown
Liberty
Hughes Hoover Still Leading Runners In G.O.P. Race
Washington survey for the Republican nomination weighs regional support. Mellon backs Hughes while Work leans Hoover, with eastern leaders favoring Hughes and western leaders resenting eastern dominance. Lowden remains a regional symbol though weaker amid new anti-establishment currents.
Cedar Falls Girl Wins Midwest Radio Test
Cedar Falls Miss Genevieve Hayes, daughter of Prof and Mrs EB W Hayes, will represent Iowa in the Midwest radio audition at Chicago on November 11 after a listener and judge vote. The Belle Plaine trainer, 23, is a singer and organist, educated at Teachers College, who may advance to New York City for a December 11 final if victorious.
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Cedar Falls
Genevieve . Heys
EB. W. Hays
Atwater-Kent
Chicago
WHO
Des Moines
Hays
Belle Plaine
Teachers College
Iowa
New York City
Genévieve
Hayes
Cedar
Censorship Veils Roumanian Political Struggle
Official censorship cut Bucharest Belgrade communications last night as massed troops guarded government buildings. A manifesto by Gen. Averescu’s People's Party protested arrest of former Minister Manoilescu and denounced Premier Bratianu’s government demanding loyalty to King Michael as a boy.
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Berlin
INS
Roumania
Bucharest
Belgrade
Gen. Averscu
People's Party
Manoilescu
Bratianu
King Michael
Dogs Help Trail Missing Woman in Rock Creek Park
Washington Oct 26 Led by two bloodhounds a posse and police hunted Rock Creek park for Anna Ramsey Forbush wife of the Canandaigua N Y church pastor who vanished a week ago while at a theater. The search continued through morning hours as authorities followed fresh leads in wooded hills.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Rock Creek Park
Anna Ramsey Forbush
First Congregational Church
Canandaigua
Cole Warns Against Vaudeville Tactics on Flood Issue
Representative Cole of Iowa urged Mayor Thompson of Chicago to rely on engineers and scientists to tackle the Mississippi flood problem. He criticized mass meetings and excursion trains as inappropriate, stressing citizens should trust their elected officials to carry out duties.
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Washington
D. C
Thompson
Chicago
Cole
Republican
Iowa
Rescue Fleet Saves 1,100 From Lost Liners
Reports from Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro cite a vast rescue effort after the Italian liner Principessa Mafalda exploded its boilers and sank. Officials say 1,150 survivors and 1,028 aboard with varying tallies across Formosa, Altona, Empress Star and Voltaire, while a large number were saved by Formosa and other ships.
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Principessa Mafalda
Line
Formosa
Altona
International News Service
Voltaire
Lampport and Holt Line
Alaska Earthquake Eases. Wrangell Reconnected
San Francisco report states Alaska escaped largely unscathed after Monday’s quake. The undersea cable was broken isolating Wrangell temporarily, while Sitka and Juneau suffered no damage. Communications were restored with Wrangell and minimal regional impact noted.
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Cal
Alaska
Wrangell
Sitka
Juneau
Buggy Rides OK'd for Students But Motorcars Banned
Norman Okla Oct 26 University of Oklahoma authorities approve the horse and buggy as a substitute for student owned automobiles. President W B Bizzell issued an ultimatum against dates in motor cars and said buggies could not be classified as automobiles. Several farm students immediately swapped transport facilities with the folks.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
AOKG AID FOR 220 MINERS FAMILIES
Des Moines reports Budget Director La Hogue appealed to Judge Utterback of the Iowa Red Cross for clothing for 225 destitute Monroe county miners families after a county board meeting found many without clothes and widespread sickness. With the poor fund exhausted, $14,000 was shifted from other sources, leaving Monroe county without general funds for salaries and expenses for the rest of the year.
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Des Moines
la Hogue
Hubert Utterback
Iowa Red Cross
Monroe County
Board of Supervisors of
Monroe
Hogue
Two Girls Die in Flames of Home Near Emmetsburg
In Emmetsburg Iowa on October 26 1944 Thelma Hagen 13 and Myrna Ann Hagen 11 daughters of Mr and Mrs T E Hagan were burned to death when a fire destroyed their northeast of town home. Mrs Hagan saved a three month old infant by throwing it from a second story window as flames trapped the girls. The baby survived though Mr and Mrs Hagan perished while trying to rescue the children. The blaze started with an explosion of the kitchen stove.
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Emmetsburg
Thelma Hagen
Myrna Ann
T. E. Hagan
Des Moines Rabbi Opposes Compulsory Military Training
Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer of Des Moines urged at a PTA meeting that the state board of education make military training at the University of Iowa optional. He said the War Department aims to train for military service rather than citizenship and urged endorsement of the university faculty resolution opposing compulsory training.
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Des Moines
Parent-Teacher Association
Eugene Mannheimer
State Board of Education
University of Iowa
War Department
Mannheimer
State University
Board of Education
Chamberlin and Levine Reach Peace Over Flight Deal
New York reports a settlement between Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine on all financial matters connected to their Germany flight. Attended by their wives and attorneys, the dinner release says an agreement satisfactory to both sides has been reached, with Chamberlin potentially earning $25,000 for the trans Atlantic hop in the Bellanca Columbia.
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New York
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Germany
Charles G. Lockwood
Clarence Chamberlin
Sunshine bathes Midwest states with record warmth
Chicago reports 75 degree late October high while Des Moines hits 79 after 87 yesterday. Unusually warm sun drenches Illinois Missouri Iowa Kansas Minnesota Indiana. Trees bloom in Missouri and farmers harvest a fourth alfalfa crop. The sun shines in Iowa for 11 straight days.
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Midwest
Ilinois
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Indiana
Des Moines
Believe American Ship Lost at Sea
London reports the American ship Maurice R Thurlow of Boston is believed lost with all on board after previously being reported helpless off the Nova Scotia coast. The vessel was waterlogged with sails and lifeboats missing at 38.5 north 66.57 west and later disappeared entirely.
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London
INS
Maurice R. Thurlow
Boston
Nova Scotia
Cape Sable
Lloyds
Trial Delayed Waiting for Records Read
Trial of former Shenandoah bank officers Thomas A. Henry and Elbert Read on charges of making false reports to the comptroller was recessed as prosecutors sought original signature documents from Washington. The court said the trial likely will not resume until tomorrow.
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Creston
Thomas A. Henry
Elbert Read
First National Bank
Shenandoah
Washington
Woman Badly Hurt in Auto Collision
In Iowa City yesterday afternoon Matilda Adams was fatally injured and her sister seriously shaken after their light touring car overturned in a collision with a sedan driven by Sophia Hertz. Adams suffered a broken collar bone seven broken ribs and back injuries with poor recovery chances reported by physicians.
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Towa City
INS
Matilda Adams
Iowa City
Sophia Hertz
Short Interviews With Home Folks
John W Fox a janitor for Smith Lichty Hillman Co says he has lived in Iowa all his life and has never known crop failure. He moved to La Porte City with his parents in 1855 and notes Iowa reports describe the state as good as others and better than most. William Fox previously ran a hotel in La Porte City for four decades.
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Iowa
John W. Fox
Leland Avenue
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Co
William Fox
la Porte City
William. Fox
la Porte
Autos In Des Moines Hit Three Children
Three children were struck by motor vehicles in Des Moines yesterday. Patricia Ann Flynn, four years old, sustained a fractured skull after a car driven by Ralph Cole struck her and left the scene. Ralph Cole, also four, was run down by a motorist who did not stop. Sergio Camini, twelve, suffered a severe scalp wound and minor injuries when hit by a truck. Police search for the unidentified driver and a car description is limited.
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Des’ Moines
Patricia Ann
Sergio’ Camini
Walsh Endorses St Lawrence River Project For Great Lakes Access
Senator Thomas J Walsh of Montana backed the St Lawrence river improvement plan in Indianapolis. He said it would let ocean vessels reach the Great Lakes, lowering freight on agricultural exports, and urged federal court rule changes to let the Supreme Court define procedures for federal tribunals.
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Indianapolis
Ind
St. Lawrence
Thomas J.walsh
Montana
Walsh
Kiwanis Club
West
Great Lakes
Eleventh District Bar Association
Marion
U. S. Supreme Court
Police Say Death By Own Action In Forest Park
Mrs Lena Rosenblatt the wife of Charles Rosenblatt customs agent says boot leggers threatened him repeatedly and he told her he faced danger before his body was found with a temple wound in Forest park police deem the death self inflicted the report mentions names San Felice Henry George Idelita Martin Havana Ribbon and 5c cigars in an unrelated ad.
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New York
INS
Lena Rosenblatt
Charles Rosenblatt
Forest Park
San Felice
Henry George
Idelita
Delivery by 5 30 for Courier. call 5100 for reprint
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Swimmer Spends Day on Aquaplane
Long Beach California reports Elmer Peck a local swimmer set a world record by spending 24 hours on an aquaplane towed by a motorboat in the harbor. He finished by standing on his head.
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Cal
Elmer Peck
Peck
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