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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1947

Page

4

County Page Highlights Traffic Crackdown and Local News

Four more drivers arrested in a county traffic campaign with fines for sidewalk driving speeding stopping tampering and a hit and run incident. Local health staff additions, university honors, family visits, river flooding, and community notices fill a wide page of society and civic events.

George Doran William S. Crandall Richard Moothart Marcus Miller Stanley Wallace

Deaths of the Week Funeral Services for Knupp Child

Funeral services were held for David Wayne Knupp four and a half year old son of Wayne and Mrs Knupp of route four He died Saturday when a car door opened and he fell into the path of a pickup on highway 92 near Muscatine Surviving are his parents a sister Sara grandparents and great grandparents Also noted are the deaths of Deltha Bond Fleig 64 widow of J J Fleig and Josephine B Elder widow of Orville Elder Journal writer T J Neiswanger a former local resident was also mentioned with funeral plans or recent illness details.

David Wayne Knupp Wayne Knupp Route Four Knupp Highway No. 92 Muscatine Sara Claya Knapp Don Darbyshire W. M Darbyshire Josephine B. Elder Orville Elder Journal Washington County Hospital Methodist Church Rocking Chair Brigade

Hospital Dismissals and Birth Notices From Local County

Dismissals list multiple residents from towns such as Kalona Wellman and Brighton with addresses on Third Avenue Fifth Street and Route numbers. Births include a daughter to William and a Keota birth plus a Riverside son at 7 24 this morning and a Wellman born infant medical updates follow.

J. J. Miller Riverside Alice Keifer Keota

School and community events mark Cedar Township changes

Dinner honored junior college and school basketball squads with Rollie Williams as speaker. Mr and Mrs Schuyler Livingston celebrated 50th wedding anniversary with 400 guests at the Y Community room. Cedar Township districts Bethel Center Union and Prairie Flower consolidated, forming a Prairie Flower board with Earl Booth Henry Witthoft and William Gamon, secretary Mrs Maurice Crawford. Prairie Flower hosts the new school location. A L Duensing named chairman of Washington county artificial breeding association.

Rollie Williams Board of Education Schuyler Livingston David P. Livingston David P. Livingston, Jr Elliott Moses Cedar Township Bethel Center Union Prairie Flower Earl Booth Henry Witthoft Centetr William Gamon Maurice Crawford

Rotary program features new members in Life Histories

Life Histories provided the program of the Rotary club with Rev. Tom C. Polk Earle Libe and Ralph Martin all new members each giving autobiographical talks. The problem of garbage disposal was one of the main items of business before the Washington city council meeting Monday evening. Acting on the suggestion of Councilman Harry B. Sowden and his committee the coun

Rotary Club Tom C. Polk Earle Libe Ralph Martin Washington City Harry B. Sowden The Coun

Martin Busy Man At Washington

Tom Martin of Iowa City, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, has been active in hearings on Reciprocal Trade treaties in Washington. He is described as one of the busiest members of the Iowa congressional delegation.

Washington, D. C IDPA Iowa Tom Martin Iowa City House Ways and Means Committee Marvin

Washington items show town life and local changes

Lee Ward in Washington pays nine years of American Legion dues in advance. The W A C buys two flags for Boy Scouts to fly on Memorial Day. Dr. W S Kyle remains county health officer. Wills Beatty wins city garbage hauling contract. Mrs. Henry Berdo discharged after Malta fever. Local notes mention new business names, sports coach appointment, frost damage, junior college plans, a dance at Phoenix hall, and porch and property developments. A horse incident ends with a runaway and pole collision.

The National Tribune Lee R. G. Ward Washington American Legion W. S. Kyle Succeds Wills Beatty

Senator Hickenlooper Plans Iowa Tour and Talks

The article notes Senator B. B. Hickenlooper meeting with supporters and planning appearances in Cedar Rapids for a new airport dedication and a plowing contest. He will attend the May 1 American University Association banquet in Washington with W. W. Waymeck and President Virgil Hancher. He is billed to speak at Iowa University commencement on June 7, marking the 25th anniversary of his graduation.

Clayton Russia International Trade Organization Iowa Sam B. B. Hickenlooper Bar Association Minneapolis Cedar Rapids Hickenlooper W. W. Waymeck Atomic Energy Commission Virgil Hancher Town University American

Dewey Ahead For Iowa Votes in 1940 Convention

Iowa legislators and Republican officials privately back Tom Dewey as the likely pick for Iowa’s delegation at the national convention next year. Harold Stassen is the next most mentioned, with Ohio Senator Robert Taft and others also discussed. A vice presidential candidate’s selection gains more attention in light of President Roosevelt’s death, with thoughts centered on Brunk Hickenlooper, Fort Warren of California, and other possibilities.

PES Moines IDPA Tom Dewey Iowa Dewey Harold Stassen 742 Ohio Roosevelt Brun. Hickenlooper Fort Warren California

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