Warners of itinerant salesmen from Des Moines bureau
The Des Moines Better Business Bureau warns the public about door to door salesmen and outlines steps to avoid losses. Buy only from known firms, verify the seller, read contracts, keep copies, require completion certificates, pay by check, compare prices, and beware implied guarantees. It also cautions against paying for COD packages not ordered and notes storage charges if items are returned.
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Des Moines Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau
Editor and the town’s bright rise and last roast
A playful, old style tale shows a mer chant’s wife bearing a child and an editor who writes grand notes of birth wedding and death. The piece lampoons sensational reporting and ends with a misheadline gone viral and readers canceling ads and subs.
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Sharon
MacDougall
Roosevelt Show Sparks Yalta Debate On NBC
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt hosted an NBC program that sparked a heated exchange over the Yalta conference. Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley attacked the agreement, while Sen. Warren Magnuson Dr. John Fairbank and Richard Lauterbach pushed back as the discussion swirled around diplomacy and communism.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Patrick J. Hurley
Yalta
China
Hoover
NBC
Warren G. Magnuson
Senate Inter-State and Foreign Commerce Committee
John King Fairbank
Harvard School of Chinese Studies
Richard Lauterbach
Roosevelt
Russia
FDR
America
Mrs. Roosevelt
Raids Reported in Dike by Three Counties and Two State Agents
Three county sheriffs and two state agents conducted three raids in Dike Saturday night. Officers named were John Meyer Grundy county Paul Hodgson Jardin county and Harry Jennings Marshall county. Raids targeted the Ross Johnson tavern Marshall's tavern and Fairbanks tavern.
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Grundy Center
John Meyer
Grundy County
Paul Hodgson
Jardin County
Harry Jennings
Marshall County
Ross Johnson
Marshall's Tavern
Fairbanks Tavern
Atlantic News Telegraph: Evening Publication Rates and Details
The Atlantic News Telegraph lists publication information including editors D Simpson and Neve Telegraph Pub Corp, announces postal entry on January 1, 1912, and provides extensive subscription rates by region for carriers and mail, including rates for Cass County, Iowa, other Iowa regions, and the United States plus Canada.
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Neve Telemph Pub. Corp
D. Simpson
Pionenr
Atlantic
Iowa
Association and National
Carrier
Legislative logjam blocks Truman Fair Deal as Congress adjourns
In a year of election pressure the Senate stalls major agendas including civil rights and social security modernization while the House eases into a spring recess. The piece notes delays on Brannan Farm Plan and Hoover proposals amid talk of campaign use against Truman.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Truman
1St Congress
Brannan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herbert Hoover
Hawaii
Alaska
House
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
A playful verse about a grandparent celebrating a child’s fifth birthday. The speaker expresses delight at the child’s growth from four to five and humorously admits frequent memory slips while hoping to remember the new age correctly.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Jane
Cancer Drive Led in Audubon County by Mrs Cul lings
Audubon County launches its 1950 cancer campaign with Mrs C K Cullings of Extra as county chair. The goal is 2118. The Audubon community chest has already donated 600, reducing the need for extensive town drive. Local chairs include Howard McCall, Mrs Tom McGovern, Mrs Morton Nelson, and Mrs Clyde May with township organizers listed as Mrs Ed Tibben, Mrs Andrew Jensen, Mrs Warren Thompson, Mrs David Moody, and Mrs Harvey Sorensen.
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Audubon
Audubon County
C. K. Cullings
Extra
Audubon Community Chest
Howard McCall
Tom McGovern
Brayton
Morton Nelson
Kimballton
Clyde May
Gray
Ed Tibben
Audubon Township
Andrew Jensen
Douglas
Warren Thompson
Greeley
David Moody
Lincoln
Harvey Sorensen
Sharon and Viola Attend Carter Family Event
Sharon Mrs Henry Carter Ham lin and Mrs Vernon Carpenter Viola appear at a social gathering. The notice lists the two women with their married names, indicating a family or community occasion titled in local society columns.
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Sharon
Henry Carter
Hamlin
Vernon Carpenter
Viola
Tallow From Sheep Used in Insecticides and More
Tallow derived from sheep is employed in insecticides, metallurgy, textiles, and cutting oils.
Red Baiters Meet and Quiz Miss Kenyon Over Hiss Links
In a 1950 King Features Syndicate piece, a gathering at Dr. J B Matthews’s home quotes the Ancient Order of Red Baiters as they listen to Meet The Press. Frank Waldrop of the Washington Times Herald questions Senator Kenyon about Alger Hiss, with Mae Craig and Larry Spivak pressing for specifics.
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A.O.R.B
J. B. Matthews
Java
Malaya
de Toledano and Lasky
Dorothy Kenyon
Eleanor Roosevelt
Order of Red Baltera
Frank Waldrop
Washington Times- Herald
Kenyon
Alger Hiss
New York Times
Waldrop
Hiss
Mae Craig
Portland Press-Herald
Miss Kenyon
Senator McCarthy
Dr. Matthew
Craig
Larry Spivak
Larry
Senate
Spivak
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Iowa Grass Fires and Traffic Crashes Claim Six Lives
Two people died in grass fires in Iowa over the weekend and four others perished in traffic crashes. Charles Eckert, 82, near Waukon, was found burned along a fence row while burning weeds. James Fulton, 83, of Princeton, died in a field fire during spring plowing prep. Walter Dwight Mederlin, 36, of Washington, was killed in a two truck collision on Highway 6 near Wilton. Dr. Watson Bewin, 41, of Rolfe, died when his car hit the rear of a stopped truck on the highway. Ruth Gagnon, 19, of Vinton, died from injuries after a traffic accident near Le Mars Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Highway
Wilton
Watson William Bewin
Rolfe
Ruth Gagnon
Vinton
le Mars Just
Tuesdaay
Milwaukee man named YMCA North Central Area representative
Joseph Bransbury of Davenport Iowa selected as representative for the YMCA North Central Area by the Milwaukee council. The appointment expands regional leadership for YMCA programs across Iowa and Wisconsin with Bransbury assuming duties immediately.
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Ymca Council
Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph Bransbury
Davenport
YMCA
North Central
Stocking color tips for outfits by region
The North Central Area covering Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and the Dakotas is advised to choose stocking colors as carefully as hats gloves and handbags. Gray works with gray black or navy while warm browns pair with browns and greens. Reddish tones suit tweeds rust or wine for varied ensembles.
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Eleanor
News -Telegraph
Cass
U. S
Canada
Drew Pearson
Oklahoma
Thomas
Legion
Europe
Sen
Herbert Lehman
Langer
North Dakota
Hendrickson
New Jersey
Cordon
Oregon
Schoeppel and
Darby
Kansas
Lehman
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Elmer Thomas
Franklin Roosevelt
American Legion
U.S.A
Finland
Yugoslavia
Pennsylvania
Walter Alessandroni
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Cancer Drive
Audubon CO
Dell Taylor
Oak Streets
Atlantic, Iowa
raOw Se
CADIS
Council
National Council
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Gaither
Tio
Packard
Packard Ultramatic
Ong
Hayes Sales & Service Company
East Seventh Street
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