Iowa Defense Works Urged By Trades Council
Executive boards of the Federation of Labor and Building Trades council in Cedar Rapids send a resolution to Governor George Wilson urging greater effort to secure defense program contracts for Iowa. The move targets expanded state participation in national defense procurement.
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Trades Council
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
The
Federation of Labor and Building Trades Council
George Wilson
Des Moines Woman Wins Lady Nimble Fingers Title
Mrs. G. V. Reynolds of Dallas Center won the Iowa state fair crochet contest with 92 scallops in 60 minutes. She edged Mrs. A Masterpole of Orlwein who made 90 scallops and was last year’s winner. Only 27 competitors entered, with two thirds from towns outside Des Moines.
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Des Moines
G. V. Reynolds
Dallas Center
Iowa State Fair
Reynolds
A Masterpole
Masterpole
Equitable Life seeks tax refund for Jasper county
A lawsuit filed by Equitable Life Insurance Co of Iowa against the Jasper county board of supervisors seeks a refund of taxes alleged to be erroneously assessed. The petition claims 1934 property taxes in Jasper county totaled about 1600 dollars and asks the court to rule the taxes were computed incorrectly and collected illegally.
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Newton —A
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Iowa
Jasper County Board of Supervisors
Jasper County
Man Commits to Fine After DUI Guilty Plea
Ray Bryant of Clemons pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to 30 days in jail by Municipal Judge Ralph Powers. On Wednesday he asked for a fine instead and was granted a $300 fine which he paid.
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Des Moines
Ray Bryant
Drivien
Bryant
Clemons
Ralph Powers
Powers
Marriage Licenses Issued At Court House
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the court house to Arthur Schweitzer of Iowa City and Katie Mae Reber of Wellman, Carl Greiner of Washington and Alice Lukavsky of Washington.
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Court House
Arthur Schweitzer
Iowa City
Katie Mae Reber
Wellman
Carl Greiner
Washington
Alice Lukavsky
Milwaukee Railway Employes in Meeting
The Milwaukee Road East Kansas City Division Service club held its regular monthly meeting at the Milwaukee station club room in Washington. Out of town members attended from Arden Cone Haskins Richland with guests including Superintendent Beerman and Mrs Beerman Mrs A O Thor wife of Trainmaster Thor Miss Weatheryn Gohman and Roadmaster F M Barnoske all from Ottumwa. After business and a talk by Beerman the gathering became social with ice cream served and songs by the Morrison sisters.
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Milwaukee Road
Kansas City
Milwaukee Station
Washington
Boughtin
Arden, Cone, Haskins and
Richland
Beerman
A. O. Thor
Thor
Weatheryn Gohman
F M. Barnoske
Ottumwa
Morrison Sisters
Sews by Instinct to Win Style Contest
Ethel Bryant a 20 year old 4 H girl from Des Moines county won Iowa's best dressed title at the state fair. She will represent Iowa at the national 4 H Club congress style show in Chicago on December 2. Her outfit included a red rayon pin check dress a navy wool coat a matching belt purse and a red felt hat with a blue feather.
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Des Moines
Ethel Bryant
Iowa
Chicago
Ill
Ethel
Services for Mrs. Maude Raymond Held in California
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Raymond were held in San Diego with burial at Glen Abbey Cemetery. Her son Max Raymond received word from his sister Mrs. Lucile Williams in Moline Illinois. Police continue to search for the man believed to have killed her mother.
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Maude Raymond
San Diego
Calif
Glen Abbey
Max Raymond
Lucile Williams
Moline
California
Mrs. Raymond
George Baker Appointed at Mangold Tire and Radio Service
George Baker announces the leasing of the repair department at Mangold's Specialized Tire and Radio Service. He has twenty years in the field, including twelve with International Harvester and eight years running a repair shop in West Chester. He will focus on tractor and automobile repairs.
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George Baker
Mangold
Baker
International Harvester Company
West Chester
Wallace Accepts Democratic VP Nomination Speech
In Des Moines Henry A Wallace will formally accept the Democratic nomination for vice president tonight. He told reporters there should be no conflict of interests between farmers and small business men.
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Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Foxy
Readings of a Navy Blue Outfit in 19th Century Expense
A fragment notes items including navy blue kid shoes and a navy blue outfit. The coat and dress together cost $9.32 and the complete outfit totalled $22.45.
Chamber Forms Committee to Secure Washington Airport
A seven member Chamber of Commerce committee was named by President L. C. Willits to act with the board to secure an airport for Washington. Funds are to be raised and a field leased and prepared with a fall outlay of about $1,000. Clarence Wilson and Des Moines visitor interest were noted, with a potential October festival fundraising link.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
L. C. Willits
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Mield
Keith Droz
Dean Harland Mead
Junior College
Clarence Wilson
Des Moines
Frank Miller
Central Park
Carl W. Klein
E Festiorn Pomimission
Mead
Willis
D. F. Barnes
Board of Education
Harland Mead
Punior College
Th Journal
Droz
Walter Logan
Ralph Shannon
Albert Sidwell
Iowa City
Sidwell Company
Dick Sidwell
Awaiting Word on Troop Equipment for Washington Cavalry
Captain O J Brown of Troop F 113th Cavalry says he awaits word from Adjutant General Charles H Grahl on equipment for the mechanized reorganization. Unofficial word suggests Troop F may receive scout cars for reconnaissance, with about twenty per troop. The Iowa cavalry plan envisages two troops with scout cars, one on motorcycles, and three remaining horse mounted but transported by trucks as "porte cavalry."
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O. J. Brown
113Th Cavalry
Charles H. Grahl
Washington
Iowa Cavalry
Porte Cavalry
Washington as back drop for March of Time motion picture
Washington may be used as a locale for a March of Time motion picture to contrast local freedoms with totalitarian rule. Dr George Gallup proposes the idea and a Chamber of Commerce group discussed filming in the capital using schools churches businesses and local life as the backdrop. General approval was given awaiting more information from the east where the project is under serious consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
George Gallup
New York
Typhoid and Paralysis Cases Reported in Washington County
The Washington county health unit reports one typhoid fever case in Cleo Moothart eight miles north of Washington and one infantile paralysis case in Joan Wells six miles northwest of town. These are the first such cases in the county in a long time.
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Washington County Health Unit
Cleo Moothart
Washington
Towa City
Joan Wells
Washington County
Family from Normal Ill Visits Relatives This Week
Mrs. Ted Sandy and daughter Patty Lee of Normal Ill visit the mother of Mrs. Sandy, Effie Anderson. Mr. Sandy plans to join this weekend and they will return home on Labor Day.
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Ted Sandy
Patty Lee
Normal
Ill
Effie Anderson
Sandy
British Planes Bomb Berlin in Raid Report
British Royal Air Force bombers hit the Berlin area in a confirmed strike on military objectives. German raiders attacked British midland cities and the southeast coast, with fighters engaging near dawn. Romania strengthens Transylvania defenses as Vienna talks unfold amid Hungarian Romanian tensions.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Rumania
Bucharest
Transylvania
Vienna
Atlantic girl killed in auto collision with coal car
Barbara Ann Jones of Atlantic was killed and six others injured, four seriously, when a car driven by Paul Clemmensen struck a coal car pushed across road 83 west of Atlantic. Yardmaster Henry Wood suffered possible fractured vertebrae as the coal car was forced off the track during the collision after a dance in Harlan.
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Atlantic
Iowa
Barbara Ann Jones
Miss Jones
R. Jones
Paul Clemmensen
Here
Henry Wood
Harlan
Mrs T O George Attends State Fair in Des Moines
Mrs T O George spent Monday and Tuesday in Des Moines attending the state fair.
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T. O. George
Des Moines
Radda Wins Tall Corn Trophy at State Fair
Don Radda of Jowa returns from Des Moines with a large trophy a $100 cash prize and the first place in the annual tall corn contest by WHO Des Moines at the state fair. He also played with the Washington Municipal band and will display the trophy at C S Lemon jewelry store. Donated by Col B J Palmer the trophy is a big ear of corn on an ivory base. Radda had won the Iowa Daily Press association tall corn contest earning $75 and wide publicity in 30 papers.
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Don Radda
Jowa
Des Moines
WHO of
Don
Washington Municipal
Col
B. J. Palmer
Davennport
Iowa Daily Press Association
Iowa Tall Corn World Record Set At State Fair
Don Radda of Washington Iowa won the fourth annual WHO Iowa state fair national tall corn sweepstakes with a 19 feet 8% inch stalk breaking the previous record. He earned 100 dollars the Col B J Palmer gold trophy and an Oliver Plowmaster tractor plow valued at 115.65 dollars. Radda had placed third in 1998 and in 1939 his stalk was disqualified for no ear. a 1949 special award noted his barren stalk reached 23 feet 10% inches. Cecil Han-
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Des Moines
Iowa
Don Radda
Washington
Radda
George Osborne
Siloam Springs
Ark
Col. B. J., Palmer
Oliver
Washington, Iowa
Cecil Han
House Bill Debates Draft Age in Congress
The House military affairs committee backed a conscription bill for 21 to 45 year olds with a 17 to 4 vote and asked rules to allow two days of general debate. Senate approval earlier set a 58 to 31 margin and sent the measure to the House amid conflict over age limits and use of executive power to seize industry. Des Moines officials estimated Iowa would begin registration within about 30 days if enacted, targeting 250 000 to 300 000 men aged 21 to 31.
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Washington, D. C
House Military Affairs Committee
House Committee
A. J. May
Rules Committee
House
Washington, D
U.P
Senate
United States
Executive Department
Iowa
Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Congress
Businesses to Close for Labor Day in Washington
Washington stores and many businesses will close next Monday for Labor Day. Food stores stay open until 10 AM. poultry houses barber shops and drug stores hours vary. Post office court house banks lumber yards and libraries plan holiday closures. Nicola Harmon store offers school supplies assistance.
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Washington
O. EB. Schmitt
Chamber of Commerce
Sehmitt
Court House
Nicola & Harmon
Washington Junior College Opens Registration
Registration opened at Washington junior college today and runs through tomorrow. Dean Mead reported many students arranged their courses before the official dates. An increased enrollment is expected this year.
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Washington Junior College
Dean Mead
Tall Corn Sweepstakes Draws Iowa Lead With 47 Entries
In Batavia a stalk stood 18 feet 10 percent inches tall. The 1946 tall corn sweepstakes featured 51 entries: 47 from Iowa, 2 from Missouri, 1 from Illinois, and 1 from Mississippi. Prize money totaled $50 awarded to the top stalk.
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Batavia
Missouril
Ilinois
Mississippi
Iowa
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