The New Labor Bill and Truman Veto Debate
A Washington dispatch discusses the new labor bill, its veto by President Truman, and the partisan clash over its provisions. It notes support and opposition, the political timing ahead of the 1948 campaign, and critiques by labor leader figures such as Whitney West, framing the issue as contentious and unresolved.
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Truman
Congress
Pru
Old Man Whitney
The
Railroad Union
Whitney West
Fourth of July Weekend Traffic Warning
The article warns that the Friday Saturday and Sunday of the Independence Day weekend are high risk on highways. It urges careful driving to prevent accidents injuries and loss of life, emphasizing personal family and community safety amid holiday travel.
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Dave
Thnes
Dubs
K—O
Speerers
Record price for corn hits $2 on Chicago board
The Chicago Board of Trade registered a corn price per bushel of $2.00 for the first time in its 94 year history. The previous high was just over $1.99 on July 10, 199.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
ONE ACT PLAYS CONTINUED WITH NAMESAKE GIRL AND REPORT CARD
The second play Namessake Girl directed by Agnes Dalen and Shirley Barbhers follows three sisters as their grandmother arrives and is mistaken for a ventriloquist. The final piece Where's that Report Card directed by Mary Low Thompson with Deanne Christiansen shows an irate father seeking three missing report cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Dalen
Shirley Barbhers
Mary Low Thompson
Deanne Christiansen
Junior
Doris Cain
Cain
Mary Schicherer
Bert Gilman
Velores Schochsrur
Chuck Wilson
Marian Schpehterer
Jane
Helen Dalen
Sally
Marjorie Schocherer
Ann
Iona Starkey
Nolen
Shirley Borchers
Darene Thompson
Aude
Marilyn Christiansen
Barbara Wildeth
Marcone Jones
Marilyn Farner
Husband of Superior Girl Killed in West
Funeral services were held this morning at the Catholic church in Ratherville for Gilbert Tanstermilk of Richmond California formerly of Spencer. He was a shipyard employee in Richmond and was riding on a truck load of lumber when the lumber slid off and pushed him beneath the wheels of the truck. His wife is Fern Smith formerly of Superior. The couple had lived in California for three years.
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Ratherville
Gilbert Tanstermilk
Richmond
California
Spencer
Fern Smith
Superior
Iowa Flood Devastation Hits Crop Areas Across State
Iowa endures record floods with extensive crop damage and property loss. Towns like Fort Dodge and Graettinger report flooded fields, power outages, and high rainfall. residents recount perilous travels, mud driving, and toll on farms. Statewide losses run into millions, with best corn regions noted in Palo Alto and Emmet counties.
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Iowa
Graettinner
Fort Dodge
Vila
Towa
Thease
Earler
Arn
Graettinger
Ate Inch
Meo
Wayne Totter
Boxtealen
Ponleroy
Iimain
Prain Stern
Pocahontas
Mra
Ted Leduc
Raymond Kisher
John Tindall
E. Norris
Jogan
Norrig
Palo Alto
Emmet
Returned to duty at El Toro Marine base in California
Lieut. and Mrs. Carl Bonstead recently returned to Santa Ana California. Lieut. Bonstead with the U S Marines is on duty at the El Toro Marine base. They had been visiting the Marine officer's parent Mr and Mrs C G Bonnsteat of Gravtlinger.
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Carl Bonstead
Santa Ana
California
Bonstead
U. S. Marines
el Toro Marine Base
Cg, Sr. Bonnsteat
Gravtlinger
WOME ON LEAVE Set Henry Appel Wins Song Honor
Henry Appel and Ma and Mrs. Otto Appel are discharged from the U S Army after terminal leave. Appel awarded for song, returns from the Philippine Islands to receive discharge papers at the end of service.
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Wome
Wane
Henry Appel
Otto Appel
Phillipine Islands
U. S. Army
Father Dobberstein Fifty Years A Catholic Priest
Father Dobberstein, pastor at West Bend, marked his fiftieth anniversary of ordination with a Mass at the West Bend church. Attending were Raymond D Pick of Winttemore as master of ceremonies and clergy from nearby towns. The priest, famed for the West Bend Grotto creation valued at over a million dollars, expects five more years to complete. Many visitors journey to West Bend yearly. an official note extends best wishes for continued health and service. The Hermanson family also held its annual gathering at Story City Community Hall with Rexford Hansen elected president and Hazel Hermanson secretary.
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P.M. Dobberstein
Weat Ret
Pines
W. A. m. Nes
Raymond Dpick
Winttemore
Mason
Kinnetsbury
George Theebald
St. Joseph
Bernard Hauer
Alona
Father Dobberstein
Dubuque
West Bend
Northwest
Tina
Pater Dobberstein
West Head
Thedsand
Unity States
Frei Otheer
Grotte
Dobberstein
Iyo
Lid
Gre 1Ving
Grauttinger
West Bend Grotte
Aistance
Bend
Mather Dubberstein
Rs Mather
the Hermanson
Hermanson
Story City
Istance
Tehnson
Richard Hermanson
Rexford Hansen
Peter Hermanson
P. G. Hanson
Ruthven
Wm. Hermanson
Grachtinger
Hazel Hermanson
Story City Merald
Graettinger Graduate Becomes Manilla School Secretary
Will Be School Secretary Miss Marjorie Rasmussen, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Rasmussen, has accepted a secretary role for Superintendent K M Chase in Manilla Iowa. She starts September first and was valedictorian of Graettinger High School class of 1947.
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Marjorie Rasmussen
Wm. Rasmussen
Supt. K. M. Chase
Manilla
Laws
Marjorie
Graettinger High School
Californians Visit Graettinger and Ruthven Relatives
Mr and Mrs Joe Jackson and their sons from San Diego California are visiting Graettinger and Ruthven relatives and friends. Mrs Jackson is sister of Joe Gabrielson of this city and was the former Geneva Gabrielson. The Jacksons have lived in California for several years.
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California
Joe Jackson
San Diego
Graettinger
Ruthven
Jackson
Joe Gabrielson
Geneva Gabrielson
Jacksons
Townsend Band To Play Dance At St Marys Gym
Dave Townsend and his dance band will furnish music for a Monday night dance at St Marys gym in Emmetaburg on June 30. The popular event is well attended and the Townsend band is described as the talk of the Midwest.
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ST. Mary's
Dave Townsend
St. Mary’s
Emmetaburg
Townsend
Midwest
Wm Hossack Improves After Hospital Stay
Wm Hossack who returned home from a St. Louis hospital a couple of weeks ago is improving nicely and regaining his strength. Friends in Gruettinger and Emmetsburg will be pleased by this good news. A garage on the Wayne Miller farm near West Bend was destroyed by fire while a gas truck from Emmetsburg was filling an underground tank. The West Bend fire department protected nearby buildings and the pit was removed to safety.
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Hossack
St. Louis
Gruettinger
Emmeteburg
Wayne Miller
West Bend
Emmetsburg
West Bend Journal
Peuch
Husband Dead in Lakes Shooting at Okoboji
Fred Woodyard 438 of Spencer died from a bullet wound in his Okoboji apartment Friday night. His wife was hospitalized in Spirit Lake with serious injuries after being shot in the back. Sheriff McQuirk said details will be released after an investigation and interrogation of Mrs Woodyard. Woodyard formerly operated a boat livery on Spirit Lake.
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Rstherville Daily News
Spirit Lake
Fred Woodyard
Spencer
Okoboji
Woodyard
McQuirk
Spirit Lake Hospital
Welock
Wen
Angler
Barringer urges savings bonds purchase in county
H B Barringer Palo Alto county chairman of the savings bonds division reports May sales of Series BK FP and G bonds totaling 109 270 in the county bringing five month total to 678117 16 of the 1947 quota He says thrift is sound and urges continued investment via payroll and bond a month plans to help both individuals and the government He notes funds go to paying short term loans not operating expenses Attendings State Branch Meeting at Mason City as GroFarmers attend the lime meeting and good weather keeps operators on the job
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H. B. Barringer
Palo Alto County
Charman
Savings Bonds Division
Treasury Department
United States
Barringer
Spain
Oral Boustead
Farmers Creamery
Graettinger
Mason City
State Brand Lime
Mrs Harvey Eldredge Recovering From Surgery
Mrs Harvey Eldredge of Graat tinger recently underwent an operation for appendicitis at Haly Family hospital Istherville. Local friends hope for her early and complete recovery. Mrs Eldredge is a daughter of Mr and Mrs John McDonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Eldredge
Graattinger
Haly Family Hospital
Istherville
Eldredge
John McDonald
Work Is Delayed on Thoreson Co House Project
Work on the Thoreson Company implement house has been delayed for 69 days while securing needed steel girders. The setback affects the construction schedule and may shift completion timelines for the facility.
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Thoreson Co
New S50P Hay Baler Promises Great Baling Service
Harold Christiansen advertises a new S50P self tie hay baler. The machine is described as a dandy and promises excellent service for baling work.
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Harold Christiansen
Cistern Cleaning Scam Leads to Fine for Transient Scott
Estherville Daily News reports Herman Herke sued over a $210 cistern cleaning bill charged by Scott, a transient cleaner, who pleaded guilty to larceny by trick. Scott was fined $25 plus costs, returned $75, and admitted overcharging. Other locals also report high charges for cistern and cess pool cleaning in Emmet county.
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Estherville Daily News
Cess
Hh Scott
Justices of the Peace
M. H. Schloeman
Scott
Herman Herke
Wallingford
The
Daily News
William Q. Anderson
M. E. Huckaba
Herke
Scotts
Fairmont
Hstherville
Justice Court
Dunnell
Emmet County
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Graettinwar
Frank Miller
Janet Burg
Linda Miller
Jane Bonstead
Mrs. Millar
Mary Law Thompson
Annabello
Ahelma Jean Selecter
West
Raymond Tindall
City Meat Market
Robert Simonsen
Lakes
Dorothy Mammen
J. M. Resh
Kermit Reeves
New
Call Times Office
Kiner A. Petersen
Notich
Owset
Board of Supervisors
Martin ‘Thompson
Windom
Lemmis
Dickinson Co
Prendergast Land Co
Minnesota
J. J. Skow
Albert Suss
Cabinet Shop
Glass & Paint
Pairbanks Morse Water’ Heaters
Grein & Sampson Electric, Graettinger
H. A. Elsenbast
Radlos
Jensen Drug Store
Ira Beaver
Art Herman
West Clarke Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Hamilton Hatchery
Bancroft
Ford
Irvin Dalen
Graettinger Nursery
Pire
Hamilton Hills
W. A. Marley Real Estate
Electrolux
Grein & Sampson
Electrical Service
Shep
Weil
E. S. George
Justice of the Peace
J. Emmett Martin Funeral Service
C. A. Shiley
Graettinger Graettinger
Olene Jacobson
B. E. Dappen
J. P. McManus
Ephon
C. J. Tomareson Oil Co
F.R. Heidecker
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