Diplomats Seek Formula to Lift Berlin Blockade
U N sources report informal talks between Soviet and American diplomats in Lake Success on lifting the Berlin blockade. Jacob Malik and Philip Jessup discuss possible big four talks while Evatt’s role remains uncertain. Washington conditions include ending Russian traffic to western Berlin and a unified municipal government for the city.
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Lake Success
Berlin
United Nations
Jacob A. Malik
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
State Department
Russia
Ex Convict Held In Singer Death In Atlanta
Atlanta crime doctor Dr. Herman Jones arrived with a bullet from an ex con vict held in Clinton South Carolina to test if it matches the gun that killed metropolitan opera tenor Join Garris. Grover Pulley, 44, is the suspect under consideration as investigators compare bullets before linking him to the slaying. Pulley was arrested after allegedly forcing Le Roy Jackson into a planned safe cracking and dynamite job in Asheville North Carolina.
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Herman Jones
Clinton
S C
Metropolitan Opera
Join Garris
Grover Pulley
Jones
Pulley
Garris
LeRoy Jackson
Spartanburg
S. C
Jackson
Asheville
N. C
Pre School Health Round-ups Planned
Washington county health unit and Washington County Medical Society plan a May pre school health round-up. All children entering school next September will receive a complete physical check-up at nine clinic centers with free dental vision and hearing exams. Parents receive a summary for their private physician’s final review.
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Washington County Health Unit
Washington County Medical Society
A B Macreadie Dies in Lake City Florida
Alexander B Macreadie longtime Daytona Beach winter resident died Monday April 1 at the veterans hospital in Lake City Florida after three weeks of illness. He was born May 24 1874 near Whitham Scotland and came to America at 16 to Chicago where he joined the Seventh Illinois in the Spanish American War. He later served 22 months in France in World War I and was active in IOOF Mason VEW American Legion and Spanish American Veterans. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Gong
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Scotland
America
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Chicago
Illinois
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Maine
France
Ioof Lodge
VEW
American Legion
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Funeral today for Lorenzo S. Horton
Funeral services were conducted at the Jones funeral home for Lorenzo S. Horton 48 of Muscatine who died Thursday. Horton a railroad ticket agent here formerly lived in Washington born August 21 1909 in Huron Kansas survived by his wife one daughter Aletha Horton Muscatine three brothers seven sisters and his mother Nina Horton of Atchison Kansas with burial at Pleasant Hill cemetery. Rev. T C Polk led the service at Pleasant Hill.
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Muscatine
Mr. Horton
Washington
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Kansas
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Nina Starnes Horton
Rock Island Railroad
Christian Church
Pleasant Hill
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Muscatine Bpoe Lodge
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Nina %. Horton
Atchison, Kansas
Loren Eugene
T. C. Polk
Plan Final Rites For Pvt E H Snider Tuesday Afternoon
Graveside services for Pvt Everett H Snider, a World War II casualty, will be held Tuesday at two o clock in Shrock cemetery south of Washington. He died during the Rhine crossing on March 17, 1945. Born May 25, 1914, he married Maxine Brueather in 1943. He served in Troop D 113th Cavalry, trained at Camp Bowie, Texas, and served overseas from 1944 in England France Belgium and Germany. Survivors include his parents and five sisters. Dr Fred K B Miller to head the service with Jones funeral home handling arrangements.
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Washington
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Marion Township
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Nebr
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West Union
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Packwood
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Decatur
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Jones Funeral Home
Washington County Hobby Show Opens at Y Washington
First annual Washington County Hobby show opens at the Y Washington Community room after judging. Exhibits include model airplanes, rocks, dolls, salt and pepper shakers, and miniature aircraft. Awards announced in Homemaking Arts and other divisions with blue ribbons for superior, red for excellent, white for good.
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YMCA
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Washington County
Washington
Ruth Foster
Washington County Home Economist
Dorothy Turnipseed
Washington High School Future Homemakers of America
Janet Graf
Shirley Mattes
Vivian Louise
Audrey Steele
Schulty
Howard McCall
Wanda Owen
Alberta Smith
Sheetz
Ruth Donanson
Darlene Godwin
Don Thornton
Gordon Morris
K. A. Gates
Fred Edwards
Louis Jones
Richard Brinning
Dean Batterson
Don Batterson
Carl Crossett
Jim Batterson
Goodwin Delivery Marks Anniversary Milestone
Three years ago on April 14 Ben Goodwin started a delivery service in Washington. The business has grown each year and now keeps Mr Goodwin hustling to make all deliveries required, reflecting broad local acceptance of a needed community service.
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Ben Goodwin
Washington
Mr. Goodwin
Graveside rites for Mrs. Margaret Harmon held in Columbus City
Graveside rites were held in the Columbus City cemetery Friday for Mrs. Margaret Alice Harmon 89 Davenport formerly of Columbus Junction. Her husband James H. Harmon also a former resident died in 1891. A daughter Mrs. C. A. Fuller Davenport and two grandchildren survive.
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Columbus City Cemetery
Margaret Alice Harmon
Davenport
Columbus Junction
James H. Harmon
C. A. Fuller
Funeral services for Larry Scheffel held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at two o'clock for Larry Scheffel in Jones Funeral Home with Dr. G G Hunter presiding. Evelyn Chamberlain provided special music with Mrs. Arthur Mills on piano. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Jones Funeral Home
G. G. Hunter
Evelyn Chamsoberlain
Arthur Mills
Elm Grove Cemetery
Iowa lawmakers leave for home as session nears adjournment
Iowa legislators wrapped up last minute business and approved near ten million dollars annually for two years, the largest appropriation in state history. They passed capital improvements for education, boosted government operations funding, and increased legislative pay to two thousand dollars.
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Iowa
Board of Education
Iowa City Hospital
Iowa City
University of Iowa Medical School
House
Senate
Farm Bureau Opposes New Farm Support Plan
Allan B. Kline president of the American Farm Bureau Federation denounced the Brannan farm price support bill as a political move and said the federation would oppose it. He said the plan would sustain inflationary price relationships through government administered prices and reiterated support for the Aiken flexible price support bill as a better fit for American farmers within a dynamic economy. Consumers were urged to reconsider the Brannan proposal.
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New York
Kline
Brannan
Stage Set for Entry Of Communist Armies Into Chinese Capital
Communist fifth column seized Nanking and prepared for a march into Nanking at 7 a.m. tomorrow as Nationalist forces fled toward Shanghai. Shanghai fell largely to Communist control with 1,000,000 troops reported across the Yangtze front. Nanking’s business district lay in ruins amid looting and anarchy as foreign missions kept flags flying.
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Shanghai
Nanking
China
Churches Plan National Teaching Mission in Washington
Protestant churches in Washington unite for a national Christian Teaching Mission April 28 to May 4. Dr Carroll Roberts of Cedar Rapids First Christian leads sessions with ministers and guest leaders, plus daily evening classes and a May 1 religious census to map church membership and influence. Rev T C Polk chairs the local project.
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Carrol Roberts
First Christian Church
Cedar Rapids
Christian Church
T. C. Polk
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Direct payments versus parity price aid would have changed farmer relief
The article argues that switching to direct payments rather than parity price subsidies over the past 28 years would have limited farmers' assistance, implying the current approach provided more support than a direct payment model would have.
Truman's Compulsory Health Plan Faces Long Uphill Fight in Congress
Washington reports that President Truman’s national health insurance plan faces a tough battle in Congress with Republican leaders already expressing doubt. Senate GOP leaders call the plan regimentation, while Taft favors non compulsory options. no action is expected this session. The proposal would tax payrolls, fund medical schools and hospitals, and let patients choose doctors under a voluntary framework within a national compulsory scheme.
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Senate
GOP
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
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General Treasury
Gideon Testaments Presented to Mt Pleasant Pupils
J. M. and H. C. Finney visited Mt Pleasant schools Friday to present 685 Gideon testaments to students in grades four through high school. Two assemblies reached 390 high school pupils. a second, in the elementary building, accompanied the event.
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H. C. Finney
Mt. Pleasant City
Mt. Pleasant
Gideon
Washington
Fed Will Ease Consumer Credit Rules Next Week
The Federal Reserve Board will relax consumer credit controls next Wednesday in a third antirecession move this spring. Down payments on major items except autos drop from 15 to 10 percent, and balance payments remain at one third of price. purchases under 100 dollars will be exempt. The board said the changes should not revive inflationary pressures.
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Washington
Consumer Credit
Federal Reserve Board
Des Moines Weather: Sunny, mild with cooler night
Iowa forecasts sunny mild afternoon with low humidity and westerly winds 15 to 20 mph. Partly cloudy tonight with lows 38 to 45. Tomorrow partly cloudy with considerable sunshine and southwest winds 20 to 25 mph. Afternoon highs near 88 to 74 with low humidity. Friday temperatures reach 71 over 45.
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Des Moines
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