Did Truman Favor Abolishing the Taft Hartley Law
The steel workers agreed to continue work and negotiate, avoiding a detrimental strike that could harm defense production and inflation. Their decision may reflect patriotism and possibly reaction to Taft Hartley revisions. It questions whether Truman privately welcomed Congress not to abolish the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
The Most Popular Book project broadens Bible distribution
A California project distributing Scripture portions has grown rapidly. In seven months over 150,000 copies have been placed in Greyhound bus depots in California, in plastic containers for public access, with expansions into a valley town restaurant and a hospital. A bus agent notes high interest in reading the Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Greyhound
Chamber of Commerce
Union events recall hard times and festive notes
Yesterday's Union column recalls a Friday dance amid hard times, a shotgun accident injuring Miss Bolte near Ackley, a wedding of Clark Maine and Sadie Doty, and Christmas Band profits in Union. It notes 1896 tax first receipt, warm New Year, and various local visits and opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
John Dallman
Bolte
Ackley
Clark E. Maine
Sadie Doty
Benson
George Bucher
H. M. Duren
Hubbard
Tueday
Samuel Doud
Clay Township
Hardin County
Board of Supervisors
Miller
Iowa Falls
Charles Fleming
Humboldt
Joe McMillen
F. B. Stout
East Side
Hodgepodge and The Old Goat Lift a Laugh at New Year
Mrs Katharine Piper notes Duane E Dewes, retiring Press Columnists of Iowa president, releases a cooklet from Hodgepodge and The Old Goat in the Kossuth County Advance. The column aims to balm a troubled year with humorous bites about life, dogs, cats, and daffy definitions, urging readers to laugh at human folly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane E. Dewes
Iowa
Kossuth County
Altona
Duane
Union News Items Focus on Christmas Visits and Guests
A long list of Christmas travelers and gatherings from Union and surrounding towns is reported. Families including Spurlins, Parsons, Normans, Weatherlys, Rash, Herron, and many others visited kin in Ames, Marshalltown, Albion, Des Moines, and Liscomb. Jim Hutchens hospitalized in Marshalltown with a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Weatherly
Cheraw
S. C
Robert Weatherly
Danny
Paul Walter
Walter
John Briné
E. D. Herron
Pearl Hauser
Red Oak
Elsie Hauser
Des Moines
Gail Hauser
Union
Myron Jorstad
Jim Wilson
Bob
Vincent Putz
Gerald Wilson
Arthur Reece
Albion
Crles' Ution
Legion Hall
Booster Club
Wilbur Boeke
Ed Schoborg
Ben Schaoborg
Near St. Anthony
Ollie Bittner
Ralph Fouts
Liscomb
Clem Rash,Jr
Pam
Clem Rash, Jr
Marshalltown
V. C. Parsons
Lulu Parsons
Boyd Eurom
Hurley Maas
Marcia
Deane Bourne
Howard Martin
Iowa Falls
Don McCoy
Janice
Jerry
Roy Brown
Leo Ryan
J. W. Denniston
Jay
Sara
Boyd Reese
Nelle Halden
E.H. Biersborn
Keith
Kathy
Jessie Biersborn
W. B. Drury
Myrtie Drury
Susie Collins
Earl Lawin
Lyle Byers
Robert Howard
Clem Rush, Jr
O. R. Cobb
Don
Edward Packer
Agnes Packer
D. Herron
Lloyd Reece
Elda Cummins
Dale Johnson
Chrissie
Lynn
Lewis Daubenmeier
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Lepley
Carol
Alan
Eldora
Wayne Lepley
Michael
Ames
E. P. Lepley
Mattie Lepley
Amanda Lepley
Gwendolyn Lepley
Ft. Dodge
Perry Miller
Ruby Haggin
Merlene
George Janssen
LaMonte Moore
Marie Smith
Belle Cunningham
Emma Bracy
Willard Bracy
Lavern Amendt
Melbourne
Deaconess Hospital
New Providence Christmas Dinners Highlight Families
A long list of local households shared Christmas gatherings, naming families from Younts, Hadleys, Egglestones, Clemons, Whites, Clampitts, Sewards, and Browns. The report notes travel, college ties, hospital stays, and multiple visits across Eldora, Des Moines, Storm Lake, and other nearby towns, with holiday meals and friendly reunions central to the season. Quarterly meeting details and junior high activity also appear, including caroling, plays, games against Eldora, and student reports from seventh through kindergarten grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Yount
Barbara
Central College
Pella
J. Paul Hadley
Claralee
Mariglen
Hadley
Martha Hadley
Stuart
Edwin Hadley
Leslie Eggleston
Cecil Eggleston
Eldora
James Clemons
Clemons
Will
Hubbard
E. C. White
Abner White
John Bekemeier
Kermit Whitehead
Gladden McDonald
Esther Youngquist
E. J. Heathershaw
Marshalltown
Harold Lassen
Lassen
Roy J. Clampitt
Beth and Sons
Phillip
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Richard
Iowa State
Ames
Bernard Reece
Harry Clampitt
Des Moines
Maynard Reece
Vernon Reece
Harrisonburg
Ralph and
New Providence
Roberta Faust
David Broer
California
Mary McCarthy
Leslie Clampitt
Jean
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James H. Trimble
Missouri
Roosevelt
Horton
Goodwin
Kan
G. Paul Kier
Mamie Stanley
W. E. Stanley
Lawler
Dennis Lawler
Merton Huffman
Everett Huffman
Cora van Tiger
Grundy Center
Henry Ziesman
Lyman Lundy
Rupert
Idaho
Gladys V. Peterson
Boone
Carnegie Library
Miss Peterson
M. D. Kennedy
Martin Wallem
Ray Challson
Grace Weaver
Eli Espe
Orlo Galbreath
Frank Bevan
Virgil
Howard Swanson
Viola Edgar
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
Dana Persen
Whiting
F. J. Edgar
Fort Madison
Sheaffer Pen Association
Louis Davzes
Hawthorne Club
R. W. Yarwood
Grace Nell Crowell
J. H. Schneider
Russell Freese
Nancy Jo
Robert Longenecker
University of Minnesota
W. H. Longenecker
Charles Reed
Bobby Reed
Grant Reed
Woodbine
Barney Starr
Charles L. Marks
C. T. Reed
John Reed
John Carter
Olive Wilson
Gifford
Paul Hodgson
Howard Dempsey
Don Barker
Arlyn Soli
University of Lower California
Life Magazine
George J. Edick
Eldoran
Indiana
Republican State Committee
Brown Insurance Agency
Hardin County Savings Bank
Mrs Katharine Piper
Grellet Dillo
Lyle Spurlin
Ft. Worth
Tex
Ross Hackett
Hot Springs
Ark
C. C. Norman
Ann
Neil Martin
Reg
James Dillon
J. A. Norman
Lawrence Norman
Betty
David
Ralph Jay
Wallace Norman
Linda
Alvin Pinneo and
Paul
Otis Cook
Jerry Lu
Norman
Gerry
Darrel Norman
Johnnie
Herald-Index Pub, Co
NEW Providence News
Bernnard Reece
Russell Reece
Bruce Clampitt
Storm Lale
Murle Mills
Panora
Luther Williams
Williams
Jack
Iowa State College
Joe
State University
Iowa City
Carl Brehm
Bloomington
Ind
Charlotte Brehm
Ed Seward
James Faris
Rosemary
Gary
Edward Faris
Leo Faris
Wallace Seward
Irvin Seward
State Center
Lyle Seward
Everette Seward
Becky Jo
Eldora Hospital
June Shaver
Harvey
J. Warren Ellis
Mark
Ridgefarm
Ilinois
B. R. Wood
Ross Reece
James McKenzie
Guilford Street
Claire Street
Chicago
Ill
Oskaloosa
Nellie Mabee
Effie Reece
Honey Creek
the &Th
Mr. Jones
Stewart
Miss Pittam
Sandra
Kattel Feeders
Kattel Kandy
Geerlings
Sound Banking Service
Willis K. Bramwell
Pres
Eastman Nuckolls
Robert Brown
Clark D. Bramwell
Howard Caffee
Frank Jackson
Keith Strother
Mrs. Clark
Bramwell
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