Community weighs natural gas plan amid uncertain prospects
Residents of Oelwein weigh the potential arrival of natural gas amid mixed opinions. Officials see no organized opposition, though some business sectors fear complications like limited gas contracts and seasonal supply. If a benefit to the community emerges and details prove favorable, locals expect broad support.
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Albert Lea Miannesota
Interstate Power Company
Emui
Oelwein
France At A Crossroads In Turbulent Political Shift
The piece surveys France’s postwar political confusion marked by a deadlocked national assembly, a slim communist plurality, and failed premier bids by Maurice Thorez and George Bidault. It argues for a temporary coalition and mentions Edouard Herriot as a potential stopgap premier amid economic danger.
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France
Charles DeGaulle
National Assembly
Maurice Thorez
New Assembly
George Bidault
Edouard Herriott
Agme
Herriott
Ins Party
Open Forum Letters Policy From Oelwein Register
The Open Forum accepts signed letters limited to 300 words and will not publish unsigned notices. Names may be withheld if requested but the paper must know the author. Anonymous letters may be abused, so signatures are required for publication. Editorial policy outlines columnist opinions may not reflect RR newspaper stance.
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Coal Strike Seen as Lesson on Private Enterprise and Law
George E. Sokolsky argues the coal strike shows private enterprise tolerates strikes as a grievance mechanism, while government owned enterprises make strikes an insurrection. He claims the strike exposed dangers of state control, praised constitutional courts, and warned that the Wagner Act fostered unequal rights and potential fascist tendencies.
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George E. Sokolsky
John L. Lewis
Soviet Russia
Constitutional” Supreme Court
Saturday Store Hours Debate Voices Local Opinions
Local residents from Oelwein Randalia Dundee Waucoma Edgewood Strawberry Point Tripoli Readlyn and Quasqueton discuss Saturday closing times with many favoring 9 pm while some support extending hours in summer and modest changes on other days.
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C. L Hanson
Randalia
Farmer
E. H. Dunkle
Dundee
Oelwein
Facob @roatt
Waucoma
Ralph Chopard
Edgewood
Derwen
Carl Fults
Strawberry Point
Rose Kidner
Mildred Petersen
North Frederick
Marcella Meier
Tripoli
J Harry Buenzow
Readlyn
Far
Mer
Virgil Davids
Quas
Assembly Not Ready to Abolish Justice Courts
Iowa lawmakers debate abolishing constables and justices of the peace. The Iowa Daily Press Association survey asks if these offices should be abolished as discussed in the 1945 session. The report notes strong opposition within the 47th legislature and coastal view that wings remain un clipped.
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Nickles
Justice Courts
John Zug
Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Association
Constable
Justice of the Peace
The
Legisla
Governor weighs museum changes amid department reorg
The governor contemplates a department reorganization with minor changes and a potential curator hire after January. Williams, a former statehouse reporter, brings firsthand notes and plans for preparation. The $200,000 from centennial coin sales will fund a memorial, with the legislature likely to decide museum and building needs and overall spending.
Open Forum on VA and Schick hospital reopening
Mr W G Benninger writes from Fayette county soldier relief commission noting Schick hospital reopening pursued by United Veterans Hospital Organization and urging action with Iowa legislators. He observes the Oelwein VA office closure was decided in Des Moines, not Washington, and cites Iowa Republicans as in the minority on VA policy. editors encourage following up with Senators Wilson and Hickenlooper and Rep Talk. The letter continues with a reply to yesterday's Oelwein Daily Register critiquing dissatisfaction attributed to W B Nugent.
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W. G. Benninger
Open Forum
Fayette County
Soldier’s Relief Commission
L. H Bunneke
Maynard
Schneider
Fayette
Schick Hospital
United Veterans Hospital Organization
Oelwein VA
Des Moines
Washington
Towa
Iowa
Benninger
Schick
Wilson and Hickenlooper
Oelwein Daily Register
Nugent
W. B. Nugent
W B. Nugent
United States
Veterans Administration
Clinton
Reich Report Delivers Personal Faults Not Policy In War Era
Eleanor Rodgevelt argues in a 1946 column that the Reich report focuses on individual misdeeds in the American occupation zone rather than policy failures. She urges Congress and Army authorities to address the conditions, noting the moral impact on troops and public trust abroad. She also advocates accountability for veterans care in Iowa, pressing lawmakers to reopen Schick Hospital at Clinton.
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United Feature Syndicate, Inc
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