Rotary Committees Announced for Year by Club President
President George Kerr of the Rotary club announced committee appointments at the noon luncheon. Directors include Kerr, Maurice Cruise, Reipi Baw G. R. Wilson, Harry Ramseyer, and M. M. Suhel. Committees cover Club service Ralph Shannon, Classification Ralph Thompson, Membership EE BE, Stats man Untold Cuming, A W Clow, Program Frank B Miller CA Boice, Fellowship Claude Tucker, Attendance Frank Kos, Information Fred E Miller, Public Information Winsas Jones, Rotary Magazine Bob Lytle, Vocational service Henry Bailey Ed Huff Charles Kennedy Sam Turkington.
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George Kerr
Rotary Club
Kerr
Maurice Cruise
Reipi Baw G. R. Wilson
Harry Ramseyer
M. M. Suhel
Ralph Shannon
Ralph Thomp
Frank B. Miller
C. A. Boice
Cuming
A. W. Clow
Claude Tucker
Frank Kos
Fred E. Miller
Win “Sas Jones
Rotary Magazine
Bob Lytle
Henry Bailey
Ed Huff
Charles Kennedy
Sam Turkington
AFL to push labor in politics with intensified program
The AFL expands its political activity nationwide and locally to elect labor allies and defeat opponents. A 15 man council orders full disclosure of voting records of Congress members seeking reelection to inform 7 million members. President William Greene says the AFL will run its own program separate from CIO actions.
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AFL
Friends of Labor
AIL
William Greene
CIO
Letters of Thanks From Holland War Families Sent By Snowhill Club
The Snowhill Social club read translated letters from Dutch families thanking Mrs Roberts and two Knupps for clothing boxes sent to Holland. The letters describe wartime hardships, loss of business, relocation, home destruction, and gratitude for American aid and friends who helped their country regain freedom.
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Robert Roberts
Jorde Knupp
Wayne Knup
Holland
Snowhill
Loo
F. D. Sijman
J. A. Hunsaker
Don Olson
Austin
Texas
Local social notes from Davenport to Decatur and Cedar Rapids
Colleen and Barbara Godwin travel to Davenport to visit relatives including Daniel Moriarty family and Harry Payne. Several residents host guests from Galesburg and Denver with extended family updates. Local exchanges cover hospital visits, appendectomies, and trips to Washington and Brighton with numerous out-of-town guests and family milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen
Barbara Godwin
Davenport
Daniel Moriarty
Harry Payne
Lois Hines
Colleen Godwin
Survivor recounts war harms and loss in hometown ruins
A refugee notes removal to camps and imprisonment for resisting occupation, returning to a ruined town. He describes rebuilding a small frame shop with his family of two daughters and lists needed clothing sizes and urgently requests two tires and inner tubes for his bicycle used in work.
Illinois Fruit Crop Yields in 1945
Commercial fruit growers in Illinois produced 2,684,000 bushels of apples, 1,638,000 bushels of peaches, 354,000 bushels of pears, 3,300 tons of grapes, 1,050,0060 pounds of pecans, and 112,000 crates of strawberries.
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Illinois
Restrictions on Wheat Continue Despite Prospects for Rain
A high agriculture department official said no rise in bread and cereal supplies will occur before fall and that restrictions on wheat for food, feed, and industry remain. The department will decide after the corn crop is in the bins, likely late September or October, with beverage alcohol and livestock feed limits under review.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Egyptian beauty rites in Cleopatra era
Egyptians painted lower lids green and upper lids lashes and brows black. Henna dyed the palms and the soles of the feet.
Iowa OPA Raises Crackers Prices Increases Retail Levels
Des Moines August 13 The Iowa OPA office authorizes ceiling price increases on crackers including soda fraham and similar items by as much as 15 percent effective 12:01 AM. Rise reflects higher costs for flour and shortening with wholesale hikes issued a week earlier.
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Des Moines
Iowa
OPA
Used Fats for Soap Making Highlighted
A short note explains that used fats are repurposed for soap production. It emphasizes recycling waste oils and fats to create cleaning products, reflecting waste-to-resource practices.
Gasoline Price War Hits Cedar Rapids Dealers
In Cedar Rapids Iowa independents and two refiners battle over fuel prices. Bulk Oil Co set regular at 14.3 cents per gallon and premium at 15.3 cents while Shell and Standard slashed wholesale rates causing retailers to cut prices to about 16 cents for regular and 17.5 cents for ethyl in a weekend price war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bulk Oil Co
Shell and
Stanard
Shell
Standard
Mental tests begin for Heirens at Chicago inquest
Two psychiatrists start a formal mental examination of William Heirens, 17, to probe motives behind the three murders he confessed to. Appointed by the court, Dr. Harry R. Hoffman and Dr. William Haines conduct the test as part of the inquest into the Suzanne Desnan case and related events.
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Chicags
William Hiciens
Harry R. Hoffman
William Haines
Heirens
Hustman
Thervession
Oyster Scallop Try Scalloping Oysters with Corn
A recipe note highlights scalloping oysters with corn as a favorite dish in the solid south. It describes a simple preparation blending seafood with sweet corn for a hearty Southern favorite.
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