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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1946
Page
2
Washington announces a city caddy golf tournament for August 25. Caddies may enter by submitting a nine hole qualifying score and a 25 cent entree fee to Ralph Young by Friday noon. Club members may attend to support their favorite caddies.
Judge Bechly granted an annulment of the marriage of Grace LaVerne Kennelly and John A. Kennelly after it was revealed that the husband was already married at the time of their Troy Kansas wedding on March 7. The wife will restore her maiden name as Grace LaVerne Orlicki. attorney was T L Brookhart.
Quenton Pruden, 12, suffered first degree burns to head and face in a frame garage blaze in Fairfield Iowa. Mechanic workers were repairing a tractor when a match ignited gasoline fumes. the boy was pulled from the burning building by his uncle and remains in serious condition.
Lester Raymond of 821 E Madison St was admitted last night for a fractured left leg. Robert Nardy of 730 EB Main St underwent an appendectomy this morning.
A long list of Washington area residents host relatives and guests from Park Ridge Illinois Burlington Des Moines and Granite City Illinois as planes and trains bring family members to stay. Military personnel Lt Col William Eldridge leaves for Japan and Nadine Norris begins a week off work at Bee Line.
The price decontrol board began drafting future policy on meat grains dairy and other items and ordered no visitors for four days. The panel will decide by Tuesday night whether to continue price controls on grain meat milk butter soybeans and cotton seed. OPA cannot set ceilings on agricultural items. subsidies and non agricultural pricing fall to the Agriculture Department. Chairman Roy L. Thompson planned around the clock talks to meet the deadline.
A large group of young people led by an 18 piece band from Moline Gospel Temple will take part in the 13th anniversary service of the Christian Tabernacle Sunday night. A basket dinner follows morning worship and a 2:30 p.m. Sunday school program. The church has helped establish two other Tabernacles in Monmouth and Nevada Iowa and supports daily vacation Bible schools and missions reaching hundreds of children.
The National Labor Relations board ordered a collective bar gaining election at John Morrell & Co in Ottumwa Iowa to decide if workers want representation by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters AFL CIO or by the United Packinghouse Workers Union IO or by neither.
More than 600 Lake Shore Tires and Rubber Co. workers in Des Moines idle after a wage dispute. CIO United Rubber Workers Local 164 set picket lines at the plant gates as union officials cite reduced hourly pay from 1.65 to 0.78-0.85 dollars. A general meeting was scheduled at the local hall. An intention to strike notice had been filed with the NLRB in May.
Four H clubs display programs in store windows through August 21. Ruth Foster invites the public to view exhibits over the weekend and midweek. Windows feature antique charm crochet a rug, furniture arranging, world peace, music education, dyeing cloth, and blotter pad making with themed captions and samples.
The Washington county AAA office will issue drafts through August 1 1946 for subsidy on milk and cream sold in April May and June. By August 15 drafts reached 1531 producers with about 200 still needing to apply before August 31 when drafts stop unless extenuating circumstances exist.
Des Moines August 17 The statewide baby health contest scheduled for the Iowa State fair was canceled by Dr Walter Bierring state health commissioner due to polio spread uncertainty Des Moines leads in polio cases in Iowa and organizers decided it was unwise to gather babies in one spot under the circumstances.
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