Personality of the Week nomination for county supervisor
Nomination highlights Emmels longtime service as county supervisor and community leader. Notes his 12th year in office and roles as township trustee, district officer, school director, and Rotary member. Mentions his work overseeing operations and finances and inviting readers to nominate the Personal ity of the Week.
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Emmels
Perm
Operhe County
Els
Iowa Officers Association
Afferson Township
Hich
Mutual, Insurance Associ- Fayette County
Oelwein Cream
Oelwein School
Automobiles Crash Near Sandwich Shop Damages Vehicle
A three car collision occurred around 2 45 Sunday morning near a sandwich shop scene. Hertz of Brandon driving from the d attempted to pass a car when Charles Kolm of Cedar turned into the driveway and Hertz an attempt to avoid hit, both turning into the space and striking a parked car. The owner Puls of Randalia reported his car pushed into the building causing damage. Don Woods and Puls were present.
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Jerry
Hertaberg
Brandon
Donald Ebert
Charles Kolm
Cedar
Hertzan
Randalia
Don Woods
Andalia
Weather Report From Newa Desk But Unclear Text
Report notes weather from Newa Desk with partial readings. Mentions Jelwein and season indicators, clear day last week, temperatures ranging from low to high but values are obscured by OCR errors.
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Jelwein
Soviet call for goodwill and compromise in world politics
The New Times editorial urges international goodwill and patience, arguing lasting peace comes only through mutual compromises. It notes Molotov’s conciliatory line at New York meetings and says big powers must accept collective decisions and sacrifices to strengthen cooperation.
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Moscow
New Times
V. M. Molotov
New York
United Nations
Big Four
Decisi
Josef Stalin
The
First Telephone Rate Increase in Nineteen Years
Northwestern Bell announces Iowa rate hike effective bills on February 1 1947 due to higher operating costs. Payroll expenses surged 135 percent since 1935 while wages account for about 70 percent of costs. pole copper wire switch boards and materials rose sharply. Company plans further rate increases in other Iowa towns to raise overall Iowa revenues by about 14 percent as demand for service remains high.
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Oelwein
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Towa
Iowa
Reany
Ithe Sudh
IGA
Minnesota
Illinois
Northwestern
Santa Saves the Day operetta staged by grade children
In WAUCOMA a tight operetta Santa Saves the Day was presented by grade children under the supervision of Misses Isabel Leitch and Vernita Nodurst. In Clermont the community pays tribute to Edmund Dagstadt, longtime school board president, beloved citizen and friend. Stanley A A A chairmen Ralph Miller, Carl Potwin and N. G. Mally named.
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Isabel Leitch
Vernita Nodurst
Clermont
Edmund’ Dagstadt
Board of Education
Clermont High School
Stanley
Buchanan County
Ralph Miller
Carl Potwin
N. G. Mally
Oelwein Telephone Rates Change Across Service Classes
The document lists common service types with pricing for Oelwein including RESIDENCE SERVICE 1-Party Line and 2-Party Line options, BUSINESS SERVICE 1-Party Line rates and extensions, and RURAL SERVICE for residences. Rates shown exclude federal and state taxes, with discounts discontinued under new pricing.
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Oelwein
Blum forms new cabinet in crisis after war
Paris report states Leon Blum, age 74 and ailing, forms an all socialist emergency cabinet to steer France through its gravest government crisis since the war. He retains the foreign minister post and premieres the minority cabinet while pressing rival leaders to join on his terms. The lineup includes ministers of state, defense, finance, justice, education, labor, and overseas territories among others. The new cabinet plans to meet tonight as Blum seeks unity amid Communist rivalries and shifts toward a coalition option.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Blum
Prance
Georges Bidault
Lket
Augustin Baure
Anrdi
Cohomy
Andre Philip
Felix Sotin
Intior
Edouard Depreux
Ustice
Robert Tanguy Prigent
Jules Moch
Marcel Maegelen
Daniel Mayer
Marius Moutet
Rene Lacoste
Eugene Thomas
Pierre Segelle
Max Lejeune
Albert Grazier
National Assembly
Left Republican Union
Popular Republicans
MRP
Miss Ibach's Father Dies at Eldora
Albert Ibach father of Alberta Ibach news editor of the OEL WEIN DAILY REGISTER died at his Eldora home yesterday afternoon after a lingering illness He had recently undergone treatment at Iowa City Miss Ibach left Saturday afternoon for home and was there when he died
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Albert Ibach
Alberta Ibach
OEL | Wein Daily Register
Eldora
Miss Ibach
Iowa -City
Phones expand as Oelwein adds lines and operators
In Oelwein J A Davis notes rising phone use with more than 12 000 focal calls daily and about 700 long distance calls. The city now has 2465 phones after 820 installed last year, with 26 operators up from 14 four years ago and one more repairman. An October switchboard position added, 24 hour operation, and 100 subscriber lines. by 1947 another switchboard position and 100 lines, totaling 10 boards, a 35 percent increase. Long distance links to Fairbank Maynard Hasleton Manchester Lamont and Cedar Rapids will be added in 1947 to speed calls.
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Oelwein
J A. Davis
Oel[wein
Fairbank
Maynard
Hasleton
Manchester
Lamont
Cedar .Rapids
Contractor Reveals Gifts To Sen Bilbo
Mississippi war contractors testified before a Senate War investigating subcommittee that they gave Senator Theodore Bilbo a 1919 Cadillac and funded an artificial lake with surplus army project equipment. Miller Morrissey said Bilbo owes him over 9700 dollars for the lake and mortgage, while another contractor claimed Bilbo solicited donations and aided his army contract. Edward P. Terry to testify after hospital release.
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Washington
Mississippi
Theodore G. Bilbo
Senator
Michael T. Morrissey
Vicksburg
Miss
Senate
Bilbo
Morrissey
John A. Bellan
Keesler
Biloxi
Pat Harrison
Juniper Grove
Miss.) Baptist Church
Knost
Wall Doxey
Popularville
Court Allows Mine Supervisors to Join Labor Union
The U S court of appeals ruled that mine supervisors at Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp may form a unit with United Mine Workers District 50 and join the AFL union, upholding safety role and not undermining rank and file protections. The decision, a victory for supervisors in four Pennsylvania coal mines, affirms existing NLRB rulings and may be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
United Mine Workers
AFL
Bennett C. Clark
Supreme Court
Packard Motor Car Co
Jones & Laughlin
District 50
UMW
John L. Lewis
Clark
Federal District Court
National Labor Relations Board
Pennsylvania
Valentine Dies Today Leading Cop and Criminologist
Lewis J. Valentine, aged 64, rose from a New York beat cop to become a premier criminologist and former New York police commissioner. He died of a liver ailment. He advocated a nationwide crime prevention week and led a police training program in Japan after retirement, stressing kindness as a policeman’s first duty.
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New York
Lewis J. Valentine
Valentine
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Ski Party Leader Dies in Colorado Mountain Plunge
Helen Fouse, 18, junior leader of a skiing party, died at Colorado General Hospital after a truck crash. The accident, near Idaho Springs, Colo., raised the death toll to two as her fiancé Clifford Cowan, 18, died yesterday. Sixteen others were injured in the fall from a mountain road thirty miles west of Denver.
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Denver
Helen Fouse
Clifford Guy Cowan
Idaho Springs
Colo
Miss Fouse
Colorado General Hospital
Sioux Falls Driver Escapes Injury in Icy Truck Crash
Dank E. W. DePew of Sioux Falls narrowly escaped drowning when his 1½ ton and ¾ ton trucks jackknifed on an icy grade near Monnahan Auto Sales north of Oelwein. He escaped by breaking the cab glass and climbing to safety as the rig plunged into a small creek.
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E. W. DePew
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Monnahan Auto Sales
Oelwein
DePew
Hutton-Tufty Co
Dodge
Plymouth
Monnahans
Caraivan
Kwittle
Independence
CIO Big Three Plan Wage War Against Industry
Pittsburgh report notes CIO leaders Murray Reuther and Fitzgerald plan a wage war for 2 250 000 workers over the cost of living. Informal talks among the trio and aides likely start a week of meetings to press wage demands, mirroring UAW’s 23.5 percent hourly raise aim.
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Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Jliving
CIO
Philip Murray
Walter Reuther
Albert Fitzgerald
United Electrical, Radio and Machine
Murray
Reuther
Fitzgerald
New York
United Automobile Workers
Burglar Takes Two Dollars
Mrs and Mrs Edward Rhines of 312 4th Ave SE found a burglar inside their locked home about 8 p m. The thief escaped through the back door taking two dollars from the dresser. Police suspect entry with a skeleton key.
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Edward Rhines
4Th Ave. SE
United Nations End of 1946 Session Brings Hope for Disarmament
The 1946 United Nations General Assembly wrapped after eight weeks at Flushing Meadow with weary delegates hopeful for east west accord. Major acts included steps toward world disarmament, a trusteeship for 15 million, and strongest action against Franco's Spain. Siam joined as 55th member, and a refugee organization constitution was approved amid opposition.
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United. Nations
Lushing
United Nations
Flushing Meadow
Russia
Siam
Unitions
N City
Security Council Atomic, Energy
Generalissimo
Fri Franco
Warren R. Austin
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Thesembly
Flushing
United Nations General Assembly
First International
Security Council
Spain
Poland
Ene
Irene
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