Alden Times weekly publication note
The Alden Times is published every Thursday and entered at the post office at Alden Iowa as second class mail matter under the Acts of Congress.
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1946
Page
1
Alden Fire Department survey proposal for fire hazard checks
City wide door to door survey of nearly all Alden homes by the Fire Department is urged to identify and eradicate fire hazards. The idea aligns with housing demand and would be welcomed as a proactive safety program.
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Alden
Pressure groups press for price rollbacks during decontrol move
CIO leader Philip Murray told Truman’s three man price-decontrol board that basic foods must return to OPA control or face a wave of strikes and inflation. Walter Reuther signaled reopen negotiations on wage contracts while industry cites CIO strikes as inflation accelerants. editors note this brass age and urge caution.
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Philip Murray
CIO
OPA
Murray
Walter Ruther
CIO Auto Union
General Motors
Steel
AFL
Truman
Labor
Itg
Decontrol Board
Fox Repellent Offered Help To Farmers
Dayton Parsons of the Division of Conservation vermin control technic ian advises farmers to keep foxes out of chicken yards with a two foot oil turpentine barrier. Mix one quart turpentine to one gallon used motor oil and surround the yard with the solution. Parsons argues weeds should be kept cut and the oil and turpentine swath would force the fox to abandon chicken as a menu.
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Dayton Parsons
Division of Conservation
Reynard
Parsons
Editorial on unions in sports and industry
The piece argues truckers and factory workers seek better pay and conditions through unions while Major League Baseball players faced a strike in Pittsburg that faltered. It notes owners feared the players might adopt smarter union tactics and began organizing a company union to replace the real one.
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Pittsburg
Baseball players set for wage rise and better conditions
Report from a New York meeting notes began with talk of unity and a familial mood. The Mexican League bidding on salaries went unreported, but observers conclude players will receive higher wages and improved working conditions, as owners claim they planned all along.
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New York
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
State hospitals overcrowded in Iowa heightening care burden
The columnist laments overcrowding at State hospitals Woodward and Glenwood with 1,700 and 1,840 patients respectively, calling for a system to survey patients and ensure humane care while noting duties of the state to cure or support only those in need. It also questions wartime finance, election dynamics, and OPA food controls.
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Woodward
Glenwood
Political Action Committee
Iowa
OPA
Chao
Tor
Trying Days as War Ends and Deflation Begins
The federal shift from wartime borrowing to budget balancing lowers state supervised bank deposits by about one and a half billion this year. This reduces resources tied to federal obligations and signals tough, ticklish days ahead. Public burden grows as future generations bear social costs and inflation risks rise.
Community notices and travel mentions in Marshalltown and nearby
A crowded Main Street scene reports over 130 parked cars at night. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Cousin and Mr. and Mrs. Lawton at the Knutson home, Des Moines guests H O Tiedje with Mrs. B Peterson, and a dinner with the Bessmans and Fultz. Others travel to Ft. Dodge for the fair and to Clear Lake for a Sunday drive.
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W. L. Cousin
Harry Lawton
T. H. Knutson
Marshalltown
H. O. Tiedje
Des Moines
B. Peterson
Ames
Fred Bessman
Phyllis
Merve
Les Oweng
Glen Idson
Ft. Dodge
H. W. Granzow
Hdmond
Okla
Anna Granzow
G. A. Fuller
Sheridan
Iowa
This Week In Iowa History Highlights
This week recalls August events from early Iowa history including a three day sale of lots in the new territorial capital of Iowa City in 1825 Aug 19 Neutral Ground between Sioux and Sauk and Fox at Prairie du Chien in 1825 Aug 19 U S Dragoons under Colonel Kearney return to Fort Des Moines after a 1100 mile prairie tour in 1835 Aug 19 Sergeant Charles Floyd dies near Sioux City in 1804 the first white man to die on Iowa soil Zebulon Pike recommends Burlington as a military fort site on Aug 23 1805 and the US Army reaches the Fort Dodge area in 1850 Aug 23.
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Lowaity
Great Council
Franie du Chien
U. S. Dragoons
Kearney
Ft. Des Moines
Iowa Pairie
Charles Floyd
Sioux City
Iowa
Zebulon M. Pike
Burlington
U. 5
Fort Dodge
Daytime Owl in Red Oak Family Pets an Awake Beaulah
The Basil Johnson family in Red Oak keep a pet owl named Beaulah that sleeps by day and stays awake all night, unusual for owls. Beaulah is 15 inches tall with a 40 inch wingspan and eats raw beefsteak corn lettuce and hard boiled eggs. She gets along well with dogs Babe and Penny.
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Basil Johnson
Red Oak
Beaulah
Babe
Penny
Johnson
Real estate transfers listed for Alden area
J M Young and husband sell 622-46 Lots 12 and 3 Bik 26 Cent Add Alden to G C Arends and wife who transfer to R G Elk in 815-46 Lots 1 2 3 Bik 26 Cent Add Alden Henry Rommel to Frank Rommel 814-46 44 Int In Lots 4 5 6 7 3 9 Cent Add Alden Mortgages Co W Koppes and wife sell to W B Miller Son Inc 10-18-46 Part of Lts 7 18 and all Lt 3 Elk 25 Cent Add Alden
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J. M. Young
G. C. Arends
Alden
Arends
R. G. Elkin
Henry Rommel
Frank Rommel
W. Koppes
W. B. Miller & Son, Inc
Anticollision Device Tested by Indiana Inventor
Washington-Brooks H. Short of Anderson Indiana begins experiments with radio beacons to prevent car collisions. FCC authorizes two-car transmitter installation to develop radio safety signals as an adjunct to the automobile horn, funded by Delco Remy division of General Motors.
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Washington
Brooks H. Short
Anderson, Ind
Federal Communications Commission
Delco-Remy
General Motors Corp
Couple from Walnut Die in Illinois Funeral Tragedy
Mrs Augusta Lafrentz and her daughter Mrs Bernice Larson of Walnut Iowa traveled to Illinois for Mrs Charles Lafrentz funeral. Upon arrival they learned Mr Lafrentz had died too and the couple were buried together in a single service.
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Augusta Lafrentz
Bernice Larson
Walnut
Iowa
Illinois
Charles Lafrentz
Lafrentz
Hole in One Stuns Sac City Golfer G H Greenlee
G H Greenlee of Sac City scored a hole in one in a remarkable shot that did not touch the fairway or the green, leaving spectators amazed by the unusual feat from the local golfer.
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G. H. Greenlee
Sac City
Fairway
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