At Least 122 Die In Atlanta Winecoff Hotel Fire
The Winecoff hotel on Peachtree Street burned early today killing 122 people, making it the worst U S hotel fire. Fire officials had no cause ten hours after outbreak as flames swept 15 stories within minutes. Bodies filled Grady hospital and private mortuaries while survivors used bedsheets to escape.
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Atlanta
Winecotf
Peachtree Street
Gracy Hospital
LaSalle Hotel
Chicago
Winecoff
Winecoy
Theater
Grady Hospital
Peachstreet
Red Cross
Worst Hotel Fire at the Winecoff in Atlanta
Fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta killed 172 people making it the nation s worst hotel disaster and the fourth hotel fire of the year. The blaze began on the fifth floor and rapidly climbed the building forcing crews to use war surplus nets to remove victims.
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Winecoff
Atlanta
A Salle
Chicago
Canfield
Dubuque
Iowa
Baker Hotel
Dallas
Tex
Gulf Hotel
Houston
Texas
Kerns
Lansing
Mich
Victoria Mansion
Lakewood
N. J
Terminal
Amsterdam
San Francico
General Clark
Fund Drive Seeks 1000 for Sister Kenny Fund
The Sister Kenny infant paralysis fund drive will run another week or ten days to reach a $1000 goal. Chairman Tom Duncan announced the fund stands around $900 with $160 received from Kalona. Donations can be mailed to Frank L. Kos, treasurer, as clubs and individuals contributed at a West Chester basketball game for $27.65.
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Sister Kenny Infanice
Tom Duncan
Kalona
Frank L. Kos
West Chester
School Meeting at West Chester Tuesday
West Chester timetable notes B S Moyle of the Iowa Educational Association will give an address at the West Chester school next Tuesday evening at 7 30. His topic will be proposed for discussion.
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W. Chester
West Chester
B. S. Moyle
Iowa Educational Association
Gifts for Men in Army Hospitals Drive Underway
The Gifts for the Yanks who Gave drive by the American Legion post and Auxiliary runs through next Saturday, Dec. 14. Gifts may be left at business houses with containers. gifts must be new and unwrapped for inspection. Cash donations welcomed. items sought include gloves, writing paper, handkerchiefs, games, neckties, tobacco, cigarettes, toilet articles not in glass or metal, and playing cards.
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American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Iowa
Divorce Case Heard By Judge Bechly In Strain Suit
Judge Frank Bechly heard evidence yesterday in the divorce case of Fred G. Strain against Sadie Elizabeth Strain and took the matter under advisement. The court awarded $260 to Milton Birka in a landlord tenant dispute tried this week. Bechly will continue court and spend the weekend in Washington with juries set to trial next week.
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Frank Bechly
Fred G. Strain
Sadie Elizabeth Strain
Milton Birka
Carl Schrag
Bechly
Washington
Washington County
Ora Greenfield Taken by Death
Ora Judson Greenfield 65 died at 4 45 pm yesterday at Washington county hospital where he had been a patient since Tuesday He had been ill for some time Funeral services will be at Fairfield in the Weston Belner funeral home at two o'clock Monday afternoon Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery Mr and Mrs Greenfield moved from Fairfield to Washington about three years ago He was a carpenter and roof contractor Surviving are his wife the former Mrs Fred Long of Washington sons Richard and Willard of Seattle Wash and Wesley of Fairfield his 88 year old father James Greenfield of Fairfield brothers E E Greenfield of Cape Girardeau Mo Leonard of Fairfield and Truman of Tort Dodge
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Ora Judson Greenfield
Washington County Hospital
Fairfield
Weston Belner
Evergreen Cemetery
Greenfield
Washington
Fred Long
Richard and
Willard
Seattle
Wash
Wesley
James Greenfield
E. E. Greenfield
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Leonard
Truman
Tort Dodge
Iowa to Consider School Legislation Next January
The Iowa state legislature will debate school legislation next January. The public is urged to attend the meeting to hear proposals and provide input.
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Iowa
Peace Still Elusive Five Years After Pearl Harbor
Washington marks the fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack amid fears of ongoing war and emerging threats. The piece notes continued conflict in Europe and the Pacific, new weapons fears including biological warfare, and persistent fighting in Palestine, China, Greece, and the Philippines after the war.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Europe
Pacific
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Germany
Japan
Palestine
China
Greece
Bataan
Corregidor
Luzon
Farm Bureau Drives to Add 1200 Members in Washington County
Leaders of the Washington county Farm Bureau plan a two day membership campaign for 1947 aiming to reach 1,200 members. Current membership is 1,125 the county’s high mark. The kickoff includes an oyster supper at the Methodist church basement next Tuesday evening with W. B. Hamilton of Hampton Iowa as principal speaker.
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Washing County
Washington County
Methodist
Bureau
W. B. Hamilton
Hampton
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Darlene Humston
William Gamon
Lee Sturgeon
Keith Meyers
Vinon
Jay Sellers
Joe H. Jones
Crawfordsville
Meeting on Swine Feeding and Management Held Monday
Monday afternoon at 1 37 PM a meeting on swine feeding and management was held at the Y RB L Quaife location. Officials and participants discussed best practices and upcoming demonstrations for local farmers seeking improved hog husbandry and feed efficiency.
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RB. L. Quaife
Simerman Opens New Stock Yards in Town
Wayne Simerman announces the opening of a new livestock buying station on West Monroe Street near the State Guard armory at the town edge. A new building and stockyards will handle stock brought for shipment by truck or rail, with Simerman transferring his Rock Island stockyards office to the new site.
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Wayne Simerman
Monroe Street
State Guard Armory
Stoel
Rai
Limerman
Rock Island Stockboards
Marriage License Granted to Snyder and Kessler
Paul Brodiece Snyder and Leona Kessler, both of Washington, obtained a marriage license at the courthouse this morning.
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Paul Brodiece Snyder
Leona Kessler
Washington
Court House
Iowans spending heavily on early Christmas shopping
A United Press survey shows Iowans buying early and in record volumes for peacetime Christmas. Despite coal strikes and dim stores, some shops report 20 to 25 percent gains and crowds as large as ever, with purchases ranging from luxury furs to 75 cent handkerchiefs. Unemployment is low and incomes high, fueling optimism for the season.
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United Press
Iowa
Des Moines
Penneys Special Bonus to Employees
The J C Penney company board approved a special payment of two weeks extra salary for full-time associates employed through 1946 and prorated for others. Most staff participate except management leaders tied to the long standing profit sharing plan. Washington store will have 32 participants in this non recurring bonus, authorized due to unusual business results.
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J. Co. Penney Company
Penney Associates
C. R. Wilson
J. C. Penney Company
Washington
Health unit activities schedule during week of December
Child health conference at Brighton High School in the Home Economics room Thursday from 2 40 to 4 00 p m. Friday features an X ray clinic in Dr Boice's office from 1 10 to 4 00 p m.
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Brighton High School
Coal Miners Ordered Back to Work Under Old Contract
John L. Lewis announced the United Mine Workers will return to work Monday under the pre existing contract through March 31 1947. The move ends a 17 day soft coal strike while the Supreme Court weighs contempt convictions against Lewis and the union.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
National Coal
Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States Supreme Cout
Union
U. S. District Court
Supreme Court
Dewis
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Yellowdog
Supreme Court of the
Constitutional Court
Our
Republic
Truman Cancels National Address As Coal Strike Ends
President Truman canceled his nationally broadcast speech set for 9 36 p m tomorrow as the coal strike neared an end. Earlier aides signaled the address would proceed. The Office of Defense Transportation also canceled the railroad freight embargo and passenger travel restrictions effective immediately, and the Post Office Department lifted limitations on parcel post.
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Washington
Truman
Office of Defense Transportation Today
Post Office Department
Unity in Action at Press Conference
The speaker calls for immediate and complete unity to implement the defined policy and to await the delivery of legal and economic justice. Lewis arrives promptly at 2 p.m. for a news conference he had scheduled half an hour earlier.
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Lewis
County School Meeting Set for Washington County
A public meeting for Washington County patrons and teachers will be held next Wednesday evening at eight in the Washington high school auditorium. State Senator J Kendall Lynes and others will discuss state educational funding and proposed legislation, with open discussion encouraged.
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Senator Lynes
Washington County
Washington High School
J. Kendall Lynes
Brewer County
Harlan Foster
Mt. Pleasant
T. H. Huston
Crawfordsville
Ralph Shannon
Speaker Felton Dies Suddenly
DES MOINES Iowa December 7 Harold Felton 56 Republican Indianola speaker of the house in 1943 suffered a fatal heart attack in the Fort Des Moines hotel lobby while awaiting an elevator He was dead on arrival a grain and feed dealer from Indianola Felton served in the past three general assemblies and was elected speaker for a term with near certainty of reelection this session.
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Des Moines
Harold Felton
Indianola
House of Representatives
Felton
Fort Des Moines
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Farm Bureau
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Joe Jones
Crawford Township
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Cedar
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Dutch Creek
Gene Stephens
Oregon
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W. H. McConnell
C. T. Johnson, Jr
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English River
John Vegey
Towa
Albert Ollinger
Ted Anderson
George Horn
Jackson
Paul Rotenburger
Highland
Howard Altenburnd
Sam Statler
Franklin
Robert Miksch
Omer Long
Clay
Sylvester Mineart
Brighton
C. E. Boshart
Marion
John Martin
Crawford
K. W. Stouder
Dairy Meeting
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Simerman
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Supreme Cour of the United States
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