Trader's $400,000 Profit In Commodities Revealed
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson testified that Chicago trader E. T. Maynard made 300000 to 400000 dollars in last week's plunging commodity markets. Maynard said he had no inside information and acted on his own judgment selling wheat and trading cotton oats and other commodities. The disclosure was aimed at quelling criticism of grain policies as congressional probes continue.
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Minn
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New York
Radio Quiz at Delwein High to Air Next Week
Interest grows in the WHO radio broadcast from Delwein High School auditorium next week at 8 p m. The Town and Country Quiz, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, features farmers versus town contestants with cash prizes. Contestants include Mrs J W Marlin, Miss Ethel Oberfell, Leon Dempsey, and James Elliott or Wayne Kemmerer for town. rural challengers include Mrs Wilder Mattocks, Mrs Alfred Leyh, Myron Talcott, and Aaron Howard. Clay Rusk hosts, Len Howe announces, Horace Hoover leads added features The Varieties of 1948. Seating is limited. advance tickets are available at the Chamber office. Admission 50 cents adults, 25 cents children plus tax.
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Northeast Town
Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Marlin
Ethel Oberfell
Leon Dempsey
James Elliott
Wayne Kemmerer
Wilder Mattocks
Wadena
Alfred Leyh
Sumner
Myron Talcott
Randalla
Aaron Howard
Near
Orlwein
Clay Rusk
Len Howe
Horace Hoover
World Day of Prayer Meeting Planned at Methodist Church
The interdenominational World Day of Prayer will be hosted by the Methodist church. The event is set for Friday February 13 and will open at 2 30 PM. The public is invited to attend this meeting.
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Methodist Church
Hawkeye Funeral Director 35 Years
H F Fritz marked his 35th anniversary as funeral director in Hawkeye on February 10. He and his wife once ran a furniture store until a 1942 fire damaged the business and residence above it. After rebuilding they combined home and funeral services. Fritz is a World War I veteran who also farms west of town.
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Fritz
Indict CIO and Murray Under Taft Hartley Charge
A federal grand jury indicted the CIO and CIO President Philip Murray for violating the Taft-Hartley act by politically supporting Rep. Edward A. Garmatz in Maryland's 1947 special election. The case cites the CIO News endorsement dated July 14 1947 as a direct breach of prohibitions on union expenditures for federal campaigns. Attorney General Tom Clark said more prosecutions are forthcoming.
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Edward A. Garmatz
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Congress
Lutheran Lenten Service Tonight at Zion Church
The first of a series of special Lenten services will be held at Zion Lutheran Church this evening at 7 45 p m. Mrs Walter Kutschat will play organ works and the senior choir will perform Incline Thine Ear. Rev H E Dieter will deliver a meditation titled The Cost of Our Salvation focusing on the humility of Jesus as part of redemption. Pax self denial offerings will be received for Lutheran World Relief at all services.
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Walter Kutschat
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Himmel
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Lutheran World Relief
Communist Rebuke To Three Composers
The central committee of the communist party accused Prokofiev Shostakovich and Khachaturian of anti-Democratic music alien to the Soviet people. It said they ignored warnings to remove bourgeois influences and urged a return to realistic Soviet art and an improvement in Soviet classical music.
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The
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Khachaturian
Goldwyn Slashes Pay Of Top Studio Executives
Hollywood reports Samuel Goldwyn cuts 30 percent from the pay of all executives including Goldwyn himself. The move follows an industry slump from a collapsing British market and falling domestic ticket sales. Previously only assistants and messengers faced budget trims as costs rise in hard times.
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Liwent
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New CAA Plan Raises Oelwein Airport Class
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced a national airport plan listing Oelwein Municipal among several Iowa fields. It details reclassifications and new construction across class one two three and four fields with costs shared by federal and local authorities.
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Manchester
Sumner
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West
Triangular Declam Contests Tonight
West Union hosts triangular declam contests with winners from Decorah Cresco and West Union. Contenders include John Stirk Melvyn Peterson Mary Agnes Schmelzer at Cresco and Mary Joyce Frank Janet Frank Patricia Eastman at Decorah plus Sherrie Christian Diane Schatz Jeannette Nichalls for West Union. Maynard one act victory by The Sisters McIntosh was led by Diane Schatz Jeannette Nicholls John Stirk under Grace King.
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Decorah
Cresco
John Stirk
Melvyn Peterson
Mary Agnes Schmelzer
Mary Joyce Frank
Janet Frank
Patricia Eastman
Sherrie Christian
Diane Schatz
Jeannette Nichalls
Maynard
Sisters McIntosh
Jeannette Nicholls
Grace King
Services Thursday For W E Powers
Funeral services for W E Powers will be held Thursday afternoon at Brant Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Brant Fulyr
Woodlawn
Lery
Insurance Men See Fire Fighting Film in Oelwein
The Oelwein Insurance Association met at the Candy Box for their monthly luncheon. Fire Chief Glenn Johnson was guest and led a program featuring a film on new high pressure fog methods for firefighting. John Winter operated the movie projector and also attended.
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Oelwein: Underwriters Insurance Association
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John Winter
Association
Demos Plan County Office Slate in Fayette Meeting
Democratic pre primary activity emerges as Fremont Clark outlines a county wide meeting on Monday February 16 at the Oelwein VFW hall to line up candidates for county offices. Rumors name James L. Elliott and R. W. Zuber for state senate and representative, John Flanagan for supervisors, Ray Stoddard for sheriff, and Howard Boyle for auditor.
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Fremont Clark
Central Committee
Po. M
Oelwein
R. W. Zuber
John Flanagan
Wadena
Ray Stoddard
Howard Boyle
Clermont
Patriotic Program In Clermont Thursday
The American Legion Auxiliary collaborates with the public school for a patriotic program in the grade auditorium on February 12 at 2 30. It features songs the Gettysburg address readings and A L A flag ceremony with students from seventh and eighth grades performing readings poems and solos under the supervision of Kathryn Crowe Joan Swenson and Ruth Anderson among others.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Kathryn Crowe
Joan Swenson, Jr
JoAnn Moore
David Appelman
Barbara Appelman
Elsie Marie Jerdec
Marilyn Follett
LaVonne Swenson
Ruth Anderson
Supi
M. H. Moore
Baillie
Peppy Pointers Discuss Parliamentary Procedure
The Peppy Pointers 4H club met Monday evening with Lee Conner guiding 16 members through parliamentary procedure for club members. Russell Kramer showcased how to make electric pistouoders and plans were outlined for a 4H party at Strawberry Point School with HLAQ district members invited.
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Strawberry Point
Lee Conner
T Club
Russell Kramery
Synmasswa
Waukon Rejects Interstate Franchise in Tight Vote
In Waukon voters rejected Interstate Power Co. for a 10 year franchise 974 to 917, the largest turnout yet. The dispute pitted the company against a citizen group backing a municipally owned light plant. The company promised street lighting and $4,500 yearly taxes. opponents cited a 1946 bond vote approving a city plant and higher costs. The company has appealed a district court ruling to the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Waukon
Interstate Power Co
Iowa Supreme Court
W. H. Antes
Trucker Fined for Working Overtime
In Chicago a truck driver was fined in federal court for reporting overtime hours late to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The court imposed the minimum two dollars of ten with no court costs. The driver’s employer, Watson Brothers Transfer Co., faced a $100 fine option but declined, citing company policy. The case was before Judge Michael J. Igoe.
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Chicago
Liz Matzke
Towa City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Watson Brothers Transfer Co
Michael J. Igoe
Russia to Reduce Army in Germany
Soviet military governor Marshal Sokolovsky said Russia plans to cut expenses in the German zone, easing the burden of occupation. The move could include reexamining seizure of German property and promising no further industrial plant seizures or shipments to Russia.
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Taegliche Rundschau
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Yoss
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Sokolovsky
Marshall Plan Debate Shrugs at Nonsense Claim
A Chicago Daily News writer testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Marshall plan risks boosting Soviet power and urged far greater American military deployment in Europe and Asia. Congress eyes Europe recovery, with Senate committee drafting a plan and rent control extension debated by Wolcott's Banking Committee amid tenant protections talks.
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George Weller
Chicago Daily News
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Asia
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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St. Lawrence Seaway
House
Jesse P. Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Frederic B.northrup
Agriculture Department
U.S
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Shaw to Head County Cancer Fund Campaign
Mrs. E. B. Finch announces the appointment of E. B. Shaw as county chair man for the American Cancer Society annual drive to be launched in April. Shaw was city chairman last year under Judge W. H. Antes. The drive aims for house to house organization across Fayette county with early starts indicated.
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E. B. Shaw
Oclwein
American Cancer Society
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W. H. Antes
Finch
Fayette County
Business Brings 3 New Families to City
O K eh Glessner Phillips station, recently bought from Mayor R W Zuber, has drawn three new families to Del Wein. Ivan P Schlesselman, former Waterloo city manager for Phillips Petroleum, joins Glessner and will move here soon. He resigned this week after a long Phillips career, age 38, married with three children, Phillip 13 Roma 11 and Janie 4. They purchased 224 7th Ave S W and are longtime friends of the Glessners. Glessner owns the site on South Frederick south of the Marketeria. Ray, a brother, owns 315 2nd St.
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Glessner
Phillips Station
R. W. Zuber
Del
Wein
Ivan P. Schlesselmar
Waterloo
Phillips ‘Petroleum Company
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Schiesselman
India Pays Homage To Gandhi Funeral Train
A third class railway carriage, transformed into a temple on wheels, bears the bones and ashes of Mohandas K. Gandhi. The funeral train travels south toward Allahabad to merge Gandhi's cremains with the Ganges and Jumna rivers, following Hindu rites.
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Allahabad
Monandas
K. Gandhi
India
Ganges
Jumna
Demand Murderer Tojo and 24 others faced stern penalty
Allied prosecutors branded Hideki Tojo and 24 co defendants as murderers in a war crimes case dating to 1928. Chief Prosecutor Joseph B Keenan opened the case in Washington DC, implying the death penalty though not stating it outright. The indictment covers Japanese aggression from the Manchurian invasion through the Pacific war.
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Jubyu
Hideki Tojo
Joseph B Keenan
Washington, D.C
Keenan
Northeast Iowans On Pacific Funeral Ship Return
Among 59 Iowa warded servicemen brought home from the Pacific on the army transport Cardinal O Connell are 5 Set. Melvin B Holden Elkader Lt Donald O Landsness Jesup and TM3 Russel L Murphy Dundee The ship carrying 2792 bodies was expected to dock at San Francisco today
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Pacific
Iowa
Cardinal O'Connell
Elkader
Donald O. Landsness
Jesup
Russel L. Murphy
Dundee
San Francisco
Walton League Post For Harry Rector Walton League Post For Harry Rector
Harry E. Rector of Vinson has been named executive secretary of the Iowa division of the Walton League of America announced by Arthur W. Smith. Rector, a conservation officer for Denton and Tama counties, will succeed C. R. Hakeweil of Dubuque and has served with the state conservation commission since 1927 apart from 18 months in the armed forces. He established the first wildlife school for boys of Independence in his conservation work.
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Desmuikks
Harry E. Rector
Vinson
Iowa
Izaak
Stanley Man Moved to Cedar Rapids Hospital
Stanley Morgan was transferred Monday from Pearis's hospital in Independence to St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. He will have hip surgery after breaking it in an accident near Independence on Friday. His daughter Mrs George King remains hospitalized in Independence. The father’s condition is improving but his daughter has partial paralysis on one side of her face.
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Stanley Man
Cedar Rapids
George Morgan
Stanley
Pearis's Hospital
Independence
St Luke's Hospital
George King
Shoulger
Iowa Faces Snowstorm and Cold Wave Forecast
Des Moines reports two day relief from heavy snow gave way to a new forecast of more snow and a cold wave. The National Weather Bureau warned of sustained snow across the state, with drifting and blowing due to 23 to 30 mph winds, and temperatures dropping to 10 below in the west and single digits in the east tonight. Roads were slick but travel deemed reasonably safe as Iowa braces for a wintry stretch.
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Iowa
Midwest
Kureau
Tomors
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