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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
8
Des Moines December 13 editorial cites rising inflation fears and need for continued price controls. Walter D. Kline, state OPA director, says OPA enforces price ceilings to curb illegal profits while relying on public vigilance and voluntary compliance.
Clinton County Vigilantes association once noted as a colorful local law enforcement unit was proposed for revival. A Grand Mound meeting of county bankers formed a six officer and three banker committee to study the plan and its cost of living implications.
A marriage license was issued at the court house to John N. Miller of Shipshewana Indiana and Lydia Ann Miller of Kalona.
Owen B. Thiel, longtime scout executive of the Iowa River Valley Boy Scout council, resigns effective before Feb. 1, 1946. Since 1936 he led growth to 600 active scouts and helped develop the Rotary club Boy Scout reservation camp valued at about 16000 dollars.
Waterloo district judge W T Evans sentenced Leon Schoenfield of Waterloo to nine months in county jail for assaulting Deputy Sheriff Floyd S Mastain. Mastain intervened in a fight at a local dance. Schoenfield, then an army corporal on furlough, was injured and will be unable to work for some time.
British troops set fire to Bekanssai native village 14 miles southeast of Batavia killing 22 captured Indonesians. Warplanes and tanks destroyed huts and vehicles leaving only a jail and a few stone buildings. Four Black Buffalo members among captives with arms seized. Indonesian nationalists had earlier attacked a British convoy injuring several troops.
Mrs Mary O Connor hosted the D A P club gathering at her home in Ainsworth with eight members present. Plans for a December 19 Christmas party were made and announced at the meeting. The hostess was assisted by her daughter Alma Batterson.
London reports Bevens says Britain and France will pull back armed forces from the Lebanon region in a coordinated move. The note follows a traveling prize event and a note on social gatherings at the Lincoln Street Club where members shared a Christmas dinner and gifts.
A meeting of county school superintendents yielded plans for a county educational council meeting on Jan 16 and a teachers gathering on Feb 13. A one act play festival was proposed for late February or early March with West Chester Kalona Wellman and Riverside high schools as participants.
Scientists at Cornell University report that tomato vitamin content depends on light during growth. Tomatoes grown in full sunlight show higher vitamin levels than those cultivated in partial shade.
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