New Calendar Plant Project Set for 1948
McCleery-Cumming plans a new calendar plant next to the current facility on East Fourth Street. The one-story brick building with 52 620 square feet will host an assembly line, air conditioning, no windows, and space to add future units. Construction could start early next year with production hoped in 1948. project cost estimated between 200000 and 590000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleery-Cumming
East Fourth Street
Turkey Farms Packing
McCleery-Cummin
YMCA
Richard H. McCleery
Kruse & Parish
Davenport
Calendar
East Third Street
Stutsman Turkey Packing Plant
East Fourth
McCleery- Cumming Company
Rock Island
McCleery
Pew
Dr. McCleery
Hugh H. McCleery
Richard McCleery
East Main Street
H. H. McCleery
Harold W. Cumming
Leslie E. Dunlap
Quotas Hit as Three Townships Reach Farm Bureau Goal
Three townships Seventy six Jackson and Dutch Creek reached their Farm Bureau membership quotas by Monday boosting total collected to over 1000 with more townships close behind. Mrs researchers report incomplete reports and holds on memberships until campaigns finish. Doyle Palmer led in Seventy six with 118 members three days after kickoff. Jackson quota stood at 100 and Dutch Creek at 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Horn
Jackson
Francis Feltz
Dutch Creek
S B Thompson Taken by Death in Davenport
Samuel Bentley Thompson 67 died at his Davenport home after six weeks illness. Funeral at L A Jones on Saturday with burial in Ainsworth cemetery. He was born March 15, 1880 at Ainsworth. survived by wife Mary and children Willard Kenneth Merle Mary Gail, brother Ralph, sister Mrs Pemble, and 12 grandchildren. Deceased siblings Rena and Mrs Shearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Bentley Thompson
Davenport
L. A. Jones
Ainsworth
Mr. Thompson
Ada (Cleaver) Thompson
Mary B. Rowan
Crawfordsville
R. I. Pemble
Molalla
Oregon
Rena
Rarph Shearer
Flood Control Measures Move Through Iowa Legislature
Des Moines December 18 The Iowa house prepared to consider a flood control proposal establishing a four member Senate panel four representative seats and four gubernatorial appointees to oversee relief. An additional bill seeks $500000 for the interim committee with a pre existing $1000000 contingency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Elna C. Lawrence
Ottumwa
House
Funeral services for Mrs. Miller held yesterday
Funeral services for Mrs. Del la Miller were conducted yesterday afternoon at L. A. Jones funeral chapel with burial arrangements pending. Family requests prayers and quiet reflection for the mourner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Miller
L. A. Jones Funer
Grinnell Receives North Texas Oil Field Gift
Grinnell college will receive an undivided royalty interest in a north Texas oil field from Mr and Mrs John I Darby of Tulsa Oklahoma. The gift includes a promise of more than 125000 in trustee contributions for a new science building with construction planned next spring and a total project cost around 500000.
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Grinnell
Iowa
North Texas
Grinnell College
Samuel N. Stevens
John I. Darby
Tulsa
Okla
Darby
Stevens
Bureau Favors Modernized Farm Program at Meeting
The American Farm Bureau federation votes for a modernized agricultural program to replace 1948 expirations. Resolutions push mandatory variable price support for commodities, with support levels from 60 to 90 percent of parity based on supply and price conditions.
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Chicago
Congress
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Senate
House
Resolutions Committee
Pallbearers named for Rev. T. H. White service
At home in charge of Rev. T. H. White the service list included pallbearers R. E. Shannon E. E. Ward Ivan Norton Boyd Foster A W Ward and S W Easter. Burial took place at the Insworth cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. White
R. E. Shannon
E. E. Ward
Ivan Norton
Boyd Foster
A. W. Ward
S. W. Easter
Washington county jury draw names 1948 term
County officials drew 50 petit jurors and 12 grand jurors for the January 1948 term of the Washington county district court. Judge Kh. G. Yoder will preside, petit jurors report January 19, grand jurors on the second day. Jury names include Ralph Beauchamp, Opal Bickford, James Bixby, Harold Brock, and many others from Crawford Two to Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bourgeois
Harriet Coulter
R. R. Noonan
Washington County District Court
Kh. G. Yoder
Sigourney
Melvin Bell
Opal Bickford
James Bixby
Richmond
Harold Brock
Jane Bruty
Cloyce Burham
Myron Burroughs
Brighton
Anti-Inflation Amendment Fails in Senate Vote
The Senate rejected the administration request for compulsory allocation of scarce industrial materials in a party line vote 47 to 32. Democratic leader Alben Barkley sponsored the amendment, defeated after Taft warned it would derail any inflation bill before adjournment.
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Senate
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Robert A. Taft
House
Housing shortage forces guard planes to Boone airport
Des Moines reports a housing shortage affecting the Iowa National Guard. Adjutant General Charles A. Grahl said air-ground plane liaison HQ moved from Des Moines municipal airport to Boone due to hangar space limits. Planes belong to ground forces, not the air guard.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Charles A. Grahl
Boone
Grahl
National Guard
Air Guard
Endorsement by Wallace Protested in PCA Shakeup
Bartley Crum resigns as vice chair of the Progressive Citizens of America after the executive committee endorsed Henry Wallace for president. Crum, a former Wendell Willkie campaigner, says he is not for Wallace. The PCA loses another national officer as Frank R Kingdon resigns in protest. Robert W. Kenny remains as lone chairman backing Wallace and predicts wins in California and Oregon.
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San Francisco
Bartley C. Crum
Progressive Citizens of America
Henry Wallace
Crum
Wendell Willkie
Wallace
PCA
Frank Kingdon
New Jersey
California
Robert W. Kenny
Oregon
Four Collection Places Assigned for European Relief Drive
Washington county Farm Bureau teams announce four collection points for cash clothing and corn donations to support the European relief campaign. Stations include Washington Lumber Co Crawfordsville Miller Lumber Co Wellman and Riverside with additional township drives at YWCA rooms in Washington and schoolhouse in West Chester on specified December dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Farm Bureau
William Gamon
Gamon
Richard Stephens
Paul Wells
Washington Ministerial Association
Washington Lumber Company & Fuel Company
Washington
Home Lumber Co
Crawfordsville
Miller Lumber Co
Wellman
Riverside
Crawford Township
YWCA
Cedar
Jackson
Marion
Franklin Township
West Chester
Farin Bureau
Apartment House Swept by Flames
Four families were driven into the cold when flames swept through their apartments in Berre NavORE Iowa. Damage was estimated at 50 000 dollars. Firemen said the blaze broke out shortly before four o clock and damaged two more structures in the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berre Navore
Iowa
Iowa Senate Passes Compromise 75 Percent Tax Cut Plan
Iowa Senate approves a compromise income tax bill by 36 to 13, moving toward 75 percent net tax payment. The measure doubles personal exemptions, limits to two years, and aims to remove about 368,000 people from tax rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate
House
George Faul
Maul
H. W. Walter
Council Bluffs
Harold Nelson
Sioux City
Wilson Reed
R. Fairfield
David Ainsworth
Spirit Lake
George L. Brown
Onawa
R. E. Duffield
Guthrie Center
Ernest Kosek
Linn
Leo McEleney
Clinton
Andrew Neilson
Fire damages Davenport shops and union hall
Fire crews from three Davenport companies fought a blaze that damaged a grocery store floor furnishings shop and a labor union hall beneath apartments. Firefighters remained on the scene for hours as they contained hotspots and investigated the cause.
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Davenport
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S. B. Thompson
Ralph Thompson
Miller
Texas
Bureau
Fudge Veder
Petit Jurors
Ralph Beauchamp, Crawford
Chas Cannon
Geraldine Crone
Mae Cumming
Romuald Deutsch
F. E. Dunbar
Hazel Tower
Robert Fillmore
Ralph Flynn
Floyd Foster
Crawford
Jake Fritchen
Charlotte Hesseltine
C. &. Hoover
Dorothy Hoppe
Zitta Keifer
Wayne Knupp
Marjorie Krebs
Ella Link
Wayne Mangold
James M. Morgan
Alice H. Morrett
Nicnots
Winnie Nicholson
Olive Niffenegger
West Ches
Ter Robert Palmer
Vince Voeltfer
Clay
Ann Pratt
Edna Quinn
Jess W. Radda
Lester Reber
Kalona
Arden D. Saforek
Rado Snala
Katherine Shneetz
Franklin Center
Leja Steiner
Gene Stephens
Rhutn Stewart
Dorothy Topping
Francis Waldschmidt
Carrie Wheeler
Iorence White
Crawford Twp. Co
R. Wilson
Mary Zager
George Zeck
Andy Augustine
Franklin Cen
Winona Smith
Truman
Europe
Rence
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