Mailman Harn marks half century in rural carrier service
The article honors Thomas Harn who, since July 1, 1993, has completed 50 years delivering mail on rural routes near Fairbank and beyond. It recounts his routes, changes from horse to Model T, and duties beyond mail delivery, noting fellow carriers with long tenures across Iowa towns such as Sumner, Independence, Strawberry Point, and Arlington, plus state Rural Carriers secretary Sheldon Boyle.
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Pré
Butes
G. W. Bothwell
M. J. W. M. Higbee
G. F. Mon. B. Murphy
Buchanan
Third District
Eteran
Harn
En Harn
Kerns
Adolph Polege
West, Cox
West Union
Bert Lease
Sumner
R Ural
Ray Grant
Randalia
Fay
Lloyd Dickman
E 4
Carl Hackmann
Ray Rt
Elgin
DeSart
Lee Wing
Cherry Point
Fred Bates
Harrison Roberts
Arlington
Arthur Manson
Independence
Kenneth Matteson
Aurora
Leo Hoffman
Hazleton
Rural Carriers of
Iowa
Sheldon Boyle
Everett Garland
Robert Whittenbaugh
Wadena
Strawberry Point
Lloyd Kramer
Westgate
Theodore Frueber
Howard Steward
Daniel H. Schremser
Ralph Reed
Sam Holmes
Maynard
Lavern R.alcorn
Burdette Ross
Lamont
Waucoma
Harold Marron
Fred B. Reed
Weather report for Oelwein shows snowfall and chilly weekend
Local notes describe residents digging out boots to brace for steady snow on Saturday. Temperatures ranged from a high near 50 to a low around 7 with readings of 45 in midweek and minimums dipping to 12 or 19 in places.
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Elwein
Knutson presses 20 percent personal tax cut plan
Representative Harold Knutson of Minnesota, soon to chair the House Ways and Means Committee, reiterated a 20 per cent cut in personal income taxes and aims to bring a bill to the floor by January 27. He argued revenues would hold while debt is reduced, and said corporate tax reductions were not planned beyond last year’s actions.
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Washington
Harold Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means
Knutson
Senate
Fire destroys three story Army barracks at Fort Crook
At Fort Crook Nebraska a center section of a three story brick barracks housing 200 soldiers was burned early today. Only Pvt Claude E French was hospitalized with minor burns while twelve others suffered superficial burns and frostbite and were released. The center section also served as a supplementary Fifth Army office and records were believed lost.
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Fort Crook
Neb
Claude E. French
Fifth Army
PRO
Living Cost Up 18 Percent In 1946 Rise
A government price survey showing an 18 percent rise in living costs for 1946 is at the center of wage and price debates for 1947. The report notes food prices jumped 34 percent, wholesale prices up 31 percent, with wages lagging as workers’ real income is argued to determine demand for higher pay.
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Washington
CSO
BLS
CIO
Predict Two Term Presidency Limit
Prominent house Republicans predicted the new congress will move to bar any president from serving more than two terms. They expect the measure to pass in the Republican controlled 80th Congress and see support from President Truman, with potential passage over a veto if he disagrees.
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Washington
House
Congress
Truman
Major Chinese Reds Drive Reported Near Kiangsu Base
Central Daily News says government troops launched a major operation against Shuyang, the last large communist base in north Kiangsu. The national assembly calls for an all-out campaign to exterminate the communist army. Chou En-Lai accuses Truman of fomenting a civil war and attempting to make China a U.S. colony.
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Nanking
Shuyang
Kiangsu
Central Daily News
National Assembly
Chou En-Lai
Truman
China
Shanghai paper seizes on rape allegation to push anti China drive
Shanghai newspapers today seized on an alleged rape of a Chinese girl student at Peiping by a U S marine to renew a violent get out of China campaign. The incident followed a dance in Peiping Christmas Eve. All marines in the Peiping area were ordered off the streets by 11 am today. Students from all universities were expected to join in street demonstrations.
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Shanghai
China
Peiping
U. S
Last Rites For Charles Moore Here Wednesday
Charles Moore 73 died at 4 30 a m today at his home 401 1st St SW. A lifelong Oelwein resident born Nov 28 1873 to David and Emily Moore he leaves wife Addie Paine Moore two sons Harley and Edward both of Oelwein five daughters Hazel Alice Emily Marie Mrs George Hartman and Marian Mrs James Arbuckle two sisters Mrs Roy Doty and Mrs Ava Meek. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church January 1 at 2 p m with Rev C F Perron officiating burial will be at Woodlawn. The body will lie at Brant funeral home until time of services.
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Charles Moore
1St St
David and
Emily O'Neel Moore
Baptist Church
C. F. Perron
Woodlawn
Brant Funeral Home
Moore
Addie Paine Moore
Harley
Edward
Oelwein
Hazel
Alice
Emily
Marie
George Hartman
Chicago
Marian
James Arbuckle
Waverly
Roy Doty
Ava Meek
West Wego
122 Fire Risk Firms Fined for Bribery
Missouri supreme court fines 122 major fire insurance firms a total of 2,090,000 for seeking a fraudulent settlement in a rate case tied to bribery of political figures connected with the Pendergast era. Fines vary by contribution size, with the largest 132,000 assessed to Home Insurance Company.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
America
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Pendergast
H. E. O'Malley
Charles Street
Chicago
Bribary
O’malley
Home Insurance Company
Missouri
Street
Insurance Department
Boyle G. Clark
Columbia
Clark
Insurine Department
Poultry Judges Name Slick Chick Contest Winner
The Poultry and Egg National Board announced a nationwide event to choose Miss Slick Chick 1947 based on charm and personality. Five regional winners from over 5 million poultry raisers will be selected, then feted and judged at a chicken feed banquet to declare the final winner who receives a fur-lined nest, a golden egg, and a $500 prize for the owner.
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Uhicaago
United States
Poultry and Egg National Board
Glenn H. Campbell
Slick Chick
Campbell
Notre Dame Army Series to End After 1947 Game
Notre Dame and Army will suspend their historic football series after the 1947 contest. Officials cited conditions beyond the schools’ control and West Point’s wish to pursue more varied intersectional opponents. A Notre Dame spokesman said the series could resume later, noting schedules are filled through 1950.
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South Bend
Ind
Westpoint
Notre Dame
Motre Dame
Fayette Masons Elect Officers
Fayette Masons lodge held a meeting electing Oakley Davis as W M Frank Edmunds as S W M J Schneider as J W C R Carpenter as treasurer and John Mort as secretary in Fayette.
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Fayette
Fayette Masons Lodge
Oakley Davis
W. M
Frank Edmunds
S. W
M. J. Schneider
J. W
C. R. Carpenter
John Mort
Iowa Labor Force Faces 22,000 Decline by 1950
A December Labor Review article from the U S Department of Labor projects Iowa’s labor force will drop to about 970,000 by 1950 from 992,000 in 1940, despite a wartime peak of 1,103,000 in April last year. Analysts attribute wartime gains to housewives students and others, with 167,000 extra workers, while 98,000 civilians left the state.
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Iowa
The
Labor Review
U. S. Department of Labor
Washington
Labor Department
Iowa school costs rise by about two million dollars
Des Moines reports operating costs in Iowa schools increased by 2 008 415 this year over 1945. For the fiscal year ending June 30 1946 costs totaled 24 812 978 compared with 22 804 564 for the same period in 1945. Figures exclude bonds interest and capital improvements such as equipment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Association
Radar urged to speed civil aviation safety reform
An investigation into delays in adopting radar aids for civil aviation follows the Shannon Constellation crash that killed 12. Surviving crew said no mechanical trouble. weather and possible pilot error are cited. Robert B. Sibley calls CAB inquiry into why military radar use isn’t routine in civil flight. The Constellation remains the safest airliner by passenger miles despite the crash.
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Washington
Shannon
Ste. Land
Robert B. Sibley
New England
Aviation Writers Association
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Sibley
Boston Traveler
CAB Charman
James M Landis
CAA
TWA
Constellation
Missouri Project 60 Percent Completed
Brig. Gen Lewis A Pick Missouri division engineer reported nearly 60 percent completion of a 20 million flood control and river channel improvement program in the Missouri basin. He said authorization was received to set contracts on six more units under construction, including two in Nebraska, enabled by President Truman’s restrictions modification last September.
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Omaha
Corps of Engineers
Missouri Basin
Lewis A Pick
Missouri
Pick
Nebraska
Truman
Mrs. Clyde Thomas Dies in Oelwein Burial in Sioux City
Services for Mrs Clyde Nettie Thomas who died Sunday night at her home 141st St SW will be held at 10 a m in Sioux City Her body remains at the Yintz Funeral home until Tuesday night rosary there at 8 p m She was born January 30 1876 in Prairie du Lac Wisconsin to John and Helen Brown moved to Iowa 20 years ago Surviving husband two sons Donald and Frank two daughters Mrs C J O’Brien of Oelwein and Mrs Byrne of Sioux City two sisters Mrs Cora Groat of Oelwein and Mrs Mary Stockwell of Beloit Wisconsin
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Clyde
Nettie) Thomas
Iowa
C. J. O’brien
Oelwein
Donald
Frank Byrne
Sioux City
Cora Groat
Mary Stockwell
Beloit
Wis
Soviet insists on atomic veto at UN meeting
At Lake Success New York the Soviet delegate Gromyko and U S envoy Baruch clashed over the veto power in an atomic treaty. Baruch warned the veto must be outlawed for treaty enforcement to curb illegal weapon making while Gromyko urged paragraph by paragraph review. A separate UN committee urged aerial surveys and on site inspections of areas with atomic material but Russia objected citing economic concerns.
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Lake Succsss
Andre: Gromyko
U. S
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
United States
Commission
N. Y
United Nations
Russia
S. P. Alexandrov
Joint Effort to Keep Reich From Re-arming
Allied control council announces a four power statute banning weapons and atomic arms and setting categories for destruction or regulation of war materials. Inspections planned across zones begin January 6 to check for illegal rearmament, with strict prohibitions on offensive devices and military equipment.
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REICH
Berlin
Allied Control Council
Peas
Germany
Capya
New Ice Age Coming Says Geologist At Chicago Talk
Andrew C. Lawson emeritus of geology at the University of California warned in a weekend address that the world is due for another ice age though likely 200000 years away. He noted past cycles where ice covered vast regions, wiping life, then retreated as land emerged, and suggested current warming tempers the immediate threat.
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Chicago
Andrew C. Lawson
Versity of
California
Lawren
Europeans Dead in Hanoi Fighting Report
Saigon dispatch says 150 Europeans killed in Hanoi with as many missing since hostilities began between Viet Nam and French forces. French claim Vietnamese artillery spotters controlled central Hanoi as they hammer the city. French troops retake Hanoi administration offices and progress is reported in restoring electric and water services.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Vietnam
Viet Nam
Hano
Rec Council Blocks Street for Coasting
Local council plans blocked street activity for a coast for youngsters. Reported by Kennet en, committee chairman, the project runs First avenue from 6th to 168 yesterday noon. Children have gathered and taken to the area, officials say.
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Rec Council
Tional Council
Keintwein
Kennet’ En
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National Association of Manufacturers
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