Martin Warns Controls Would Cripple Production
Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr warned that Truman’s proposed inflation controls would throttle production. He urged against centralized power in Washington and mocked rationing and restrictions as dangerous, saying bureaucrats seek power and will fight to retain it.
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New York
Joseph W Martin, Jr
Truman
Martin
Washington
National
Ace of Manufacturers
Executive Department
Call for Fiscal Restraint and Shared Burden in Foreign Aid
Quote from a speaker urging curtailment of government spending to keep a balanced budget. He argues foreign aid cannot be financed by American dollars alone and stresses prudent spending and full cooperation from recipient nations ready to work to help themselves.
Birthday notices from the Journal Three Quarter Century club
A. G. Hopkins marks his third birthday this day. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Griffith celebrate 52 years of marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Chance mark a wedding anniversary in DeKalb. Raymond Leroy and Rita Francine Johnston, twins of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnston, have birthday cakes with HL Six candies. Carol, 13, daughter of Hiubert Walker, shares a birthday with other 13 year olds Frank Miller Jr. and Betty Jean Martin. Shirley Ann Kimmel uses eleven candles. Robert Edward Davis uses six. Other birthday honorees include Barbara Musil, Forrest Brinning, Virgil Turnipseed, and Ger.
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A. G. Hopkins
The
Journal
A. L. Griffith
Meredith Chance
DeKalb
Raymond Leroy
Rita Francine Johnston
Richard Johnston
Salem
Hiubert Walker
Carol
Frank Miller, Jr
Frank B. Miller
Betty Jean Martin
Floyd Martin
Kecta
Shirley Ann Kimmel
Fred Kn Kimel
Robert Edward Davis
Alfred Davis
Crawfordsville
J. C. McKay
Barbara Musil
Forrest Brinning
Wellston
Virgil Turnipseed
Ger
Specialists to appear at Washington labor saving show
Iowa State extension specialists Naomi Shenk and Dorothy Sim mons will join the Farm Labor show at Washington high school gym on Saturday December 6. They will explain four model kitchens and a portable sink unit with work space, and demonstrate devices to cut extra steps and lightening housework.
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Naomi Shenk
Dorothy Simmons
Iowa State College
Washington High School
Odel
Local Gracehill Community Notables Named
Ald Chance and Tial Williams are listed alongside Mrs. Anna Williams of Gracehill in a community roster highlighting residents and local figures.
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Ald Chance
Tial Williams
Anna Williams
Gracehill
Ethan Brooks Visits Chicago for Thanksgiving
Mr and Mrs Ethan Brooks traveled to Chicago to visit Mr and Mrs Don Brooks and the Ezra Wenger family. Thanksgiving guests included the Raymond Rich and Gee Unkrich families at J J Riehs and Rex Swans hosts C C Yohe and family from Burlington. Other dinners featured Suter and Dorsch households with local families.
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J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Ethan Brooks
Don Brooks
Ezra Wenger
Chicago
Raymond Rich
Gee. Unkrich
J. J. Riehs
Rex Swans
C. C. Yohe
Burlington
Bill Deaton
Washington
Harry Suter
Stringtown Community Oyster Supper And Homecoming
The Stringtown community enjoyed an oyster supper at the school house on Monday night followed by social time. Families and guests from Glen Richard Mahlon Wyse Clar ence Wenger Jamey Holdins haus of St. Louis and others shared Thanksgiving and holiday visits at several homes. Pupils and teacher Kathryn celebrated a three day holiday vacation during homecoming events.
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Stringtown
Elmer Roths
Edd Wenger
Glen Richard
Mahlon Wyse
Clarence Wenger
Jamey Holdinshaus
St. Louis
Harry Ly. Suter
Orie Boese
Marvin Widmer
Earl Bachman
Joe Hirshey
Elmer Graber
Harn Westen Nome
Arnold Rinner
Marvin Rinners
Earl Bachman Nome
Homer Davis
Edd Springer
J. J. Rich
Ethan Brooks
Stringtown Schoo
Kathryn
Thanksgiving Guests and Fire Destroy Farm Barn
Reshly attended Gostien homecoming with Horace Hesseltine family. Mrs. D. C. Senantz joined Zickafoose and Davis families visiting Cedar Rapids to see C. Bo Martin. Join Gugel and sons had Thanksgiving at Noah Widmers. A barn on the Brown place near Stringtown burned after a tractor explosion spreading flames to hay and corn.
Rats Turn to Flowers In Los Angeles Population
Rats in the Los Angeles area avoided cheese and bacon rind and were lured by decaying bouquets. Crews found the rodents had developed a taste for gardenias roses carnations and other flowers discarded in business districts.
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Los Angeles
Patent brush catches paint on handle to keep hands clean
A new patented paint brush reduces paint running onto the handle and onto the user. It features an improved mechanism for catching and returning paint to the bristles.
Washington Evening Journal Dec 4, 1947
The Washington Evening Journal reports local news from Washington and Toowa on Thursday December 4 1947 including city notices business notes and community updates presented in a concise newspaper card format.
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Washington
Towa
Evening Journal
Truman's Independence Home and Nearby Suburb Profile
Independence Missouri outlines the presidential residence suburb linked to President Truman. The area is described as a growing business district near Kansas City and notes the settlement date of 1827.
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Independence, Mo
President
City
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