Fighting Intensifies in Indonesia Amid Ceasefire Strain
In Batavia and The Hague, reports say large scale fighting resumes in the Bandoeng area with Dutch airborne troops opposing Indonesian republic forces. Indonesia asks the UN Security Council to note ceasefire violations as troops clash near Garoet and Priangan in western Java.
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Batavia
Bandoeng
Duteh
United Nations Security Council
United Nations
Jogjakarta
Priangan
Java
Garoet
Services for Mrs. Wilson on Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. George Wilson are set for two o'clock Thursday afternoon at the L. A. Jones funeral home with Rev. Robert Pennell and Dr Fred Miller presiding. Burial follows at Ainsworth Cemetery. She died August 8 in Long Beach California after seven months' illness. Born in Ainsworth, she was first married to Walter Ray Jennings who died in 1920, then wed George W. Wilson in 1945. She leaves husband George, daughter Mrs. Keith Adams of Wellman, and grandson James Elwin Adams of Wellman.
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George Wilson
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Robert Pennell
Welman
Fred Miller
Washington
Ainsworth Cemetery
Wilson
Long Beach
Calif
Ainsworth
Walter Ray Jennings
George W. Wilson
Ainsworth-Washington Club
Tone Beach
Keith Adams
Wellman
James Elwin Adams
Neiswanger Building B Sold to Freshwaters
Mrs. Fred Neiswanger sells the brick building on South Iowa avenue near the square. H. F. Freshwaters plans to move his family into the upstairs apartment and take over the ground floor monument business run by Pr. H. Little of the Iowa Memorial company. Possession set for August 30. Little extends lease to keep the business there. The Neiswanger monument shop operated in Washington for 46 years before sale.
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Fred Neiswanger
Iowa Avenue
Iowa Memorial Company
H. F. Freshwaters
South Fourth Avenue
Neiswanger
Freshwaters
Pr. H. Little
Monument
Washington
Little
S. W. Easter
County 4 H Livestock Show Bets Big Entries at Armory
Washington county 4H show opens next week with a record two hundred two market pigs and twenty four Angus plus twenty four Hereford baby beeves plus two Shorthorns. Exhibits include dairy heifers sheep and colts with judging on Tuesday and showmanship sale on Wednesday.
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Washington County
Armory
Gus Alsip
Leo Sturgeon
Paul Barger
Waterloo
Don Rinner
Earl Duvall
Bob Chabal
Bennie Barnes
Richard Ross
Leo Grecian
Richard Marie
Billy Durian
Cliff Horak
Junior Graber
Dick Maxwell
James Barnes
Normal Havel
Kenneth Havel
Donald Meyer
Roger Holmes
Richard Stephens
Wilford McCreedy
Mary Virginia Twinam
Herb Swan
Richard Eagle
Robert Eagle
Richardson
LeRay Hammen
Duroc
Rob Chabal
Royce Roth
Willard Roath Burtwin Day
Gene Bauer
Ralph Knotek
Roger Meyer
Donald Williams
Boy’s shooting hits girl across river in Wisconsin incident
Alfred Koster, 18, fired at a can in the Rock River and struck Doreth De Jong on the opposite bank with a .22 calibre bullet hitting her in the hip. She is expected to recover.
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Rock River
Alfred Koster
Doreth de Jong
Municipal Band Concert Highlights King Jillette Alford Ritter Sousa
City band presents a concert featuring King Jillette Alford and conductor Ritter Sousa. Performances explore marches and Sousa repertoire with guest soloists and a feature on community music.
Get tough action on price conspiracies ordered by Clark
Attorney General Tom C. Clark ordered a new prosecution campaign against conspiracies to raise prices on food clothing and housing. The CIO called for a special Congress to reimpose price ceilings and rationing but no session was scheduled. Clark vowed jail terms and heavy fines for illegal monopolistic price boosting.
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Washington
Tom CC. Clark
CIO
Congress
Emil Rieve
Clark
Justice Department
Anti-Trust Division
Budget Adopted by Washington City Council
At a recent council meeting the proposed budget for next year was adopted after a public hearing drew no objectors. The Washington cafe owners received a beer and cigarette permit, while the Candy Kitchen permit application by Cleo D Mitchell and Forrest V Mitchell was deferred for later action. Other city business discussed did not require official action.
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Washington City Council
Washington Cafe
Buck's Cafe
George Birney
Candy Kitchen
Cleo D
Forrest V. Mitchell
September Jury List Announced for Local District Court Term
Fifty jurors were drawn for the September term of district court to open Monday September 15 under Judge Frank Bechly of Montezuma. The list includes jurors from multiple wards and towns such as Wellman, Brighton, Kalona, and Cedar, with names like Ethel Aller Irene Anderson Laura Casper Mary Dawson Henry Deal Walter Jackson Florence Lloyd Lloyd Loeffler and many others. Also noted, drivers with 11 or more years of experience were involved in 14 620 accidents in Iowa during 1946.
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Frank Bechly
Montezuma
As Tollows
Ethel Aller
C. H Anderson
Brighton
Irene Anderson
Cedar
Darlene Bell
Wellman
Irene Bell
Marcella Blackmer
Marcarete
Burger
Laura Casper
Frank R. Conklin
Kalona
Johnie Daering
Clay
Mary Dawson
Jackson
Henry P. Deal
Dutch Creek
Ralph Frazey
Meda Gilmore
Mildred Graf
D. Hanley
Nira
Helen Hawkins
Oregon
Ben Holt
Alma Huber
Harriet Huber
Marie Hyde
Walter L. Jackson
Glenn Pratt
Marion
H. J. Schoonover
Will Sheetz
Dorothy Smith
Crawford
Harold Sojka
Wino Strabala
Richmond
Bernice Sturgis
Floyd Tucker
Harry Wentworth
M. N. White
Vernon White
Effie Will
John FF. Wimmer
Marjorie Wise
Sam Witting
Washington
Iowa
City crews repaint parking stalls on East Washington street
Commissioner Ralph Minick and city workmen paint new center parking for one car on the business blocks near the square. The aim is angled stalls facing the park and future stalls along the streets facing the park as an experiment.
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Sioner
Ralph Minick
Washington Street
Pageant rehearsals begin for Echoes of Peace spectacle
Rehearsals started at Lincoln school gym for the United Nations pageant Echoes of Peace tied to the Washington County Exposition September 8 to 12. The program features a prologue and Creation Ballet with 48 states, 24 nations, and many attendants. Wooden nickels will serve as official currency during the exposition, with circulation organized by local merchants and banks, and sales starting mid August.
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Lincoln School
United Nations
Washington County
States
Nations
Clarice Meek
Walter Bassett
Mr. Bassett
United States
Washington
Bob Downing
Rock Island completes 15 million relocation on Golden State Route
The Rock Island Lines says its 15 million relocation project between Chicago and Kansas City will end August 15 at 10 01 A M with 17 miles of new track from Ainsworth to Brighton Iowa. The upgrade cuts curves grades and miles, adds 30 highway bridges 17 railroad bridges and 232 miles of centralized traffic control and signals for faster safe streamliner and Rocket Freight operations.
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Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Golden State
Kansas
Kansas City
Rock Island
Ainsworth
Brighton
Iowa
Washington
South Washington
Man Charged With Operating Vehicle Without Consent
Trenouth Hayes of Kansas City was arraigned after being arrested in Wellman for driving a 1947 DeSoto taken without the owner's consent. County Attorney John C. Owen filed the charge. Hayes, held in Washington county jail, faces up to one year in prison. Hayes admitted a prior 30 day larceny sentence and had been drinking. A jack and seat cover were recovered for the owner Paul Griffith near West Chester. He said he planned to drive to Kansas City with a lookout.
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Trenouth Hayes
Kansas City
Wellman
DeSoto
Washington Street
Justice of the Peace RE. D. Rayburn
John C. Owen
Hayes
Washington County
Rock Island
Kalona
Paul Griffith
West Chester
Principal Minnis Sets Washington High Office Hours and Freshman Registration
Roy B. Minnis arrives from Winterset to lead Washington high school living at 1402 East Second Street. Office hours 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 daily except Aug 18. Freshman registration for country district students on Aug 20 at 9:30. Juniors already registered. seniors to visit Aug 21–27 for course talks. Open office for any class concerns. Additionally a line notes Revolutionary War newspaper counts with Wellman context.
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Roy B. Minnis
Winterset
Washington High School
East Second Street
Minnis
Wilson enters 1948 race as Iowa Republican nominee hopeful
Des Moines announces that George A. Wilson, 63, senior Iowa senator, will seek the Republican nomination for a second term in 1948. He plans fall campaign headquarters and a return to Iowa in October after a Washington visit. Wilson denies any deal with Gov. Blue on a federal judgeship and notes a long political career since age 14, including roles as county attorney and district judge.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ubp
George A. Wilson
Wilson
Washington
Robert D. Blue
Blue
James Milliman
General Assembly
Senate
Menlo
Prairie Jim" Wilson
Ecommerce Commission
George
Page
U. S
Grinnell College
University of Iowa
Polk County
Injured Driver Airlifted After Highway 92 Crash
Frank Bohlen of Rantoul Alabama, about 55 or 60, was treated at the county hospital after his car struck concrete debris from a bridge on Highway 92 six miles west of town. Police report he may have fallen asleep causing a swerve. He suffered head and body lacerations bruises and a possible rib fracture. The car was badly damaged.
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Frank Bohlen
Rantoul
Rehearsals For Echoes of Peace Schedule at Lincoln Gym
Rehearsals for Echoes of Peace run at Lincoln gym with events listed by date and time. Prologue ballet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday August 12 and various acts including French Revolution and Valley Forge episodes through Friday August 15.
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Redmen’s Council
French Revolution
Revolution
Faith of Our Fathers
Valley Forge
Generals Lee
Grant
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Shropshire
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Devous
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Central Park
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Miner
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Ritter
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Ronnie Odom
International Soundphoto
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Echoes of
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