Truman pushes universal training as non military plan
President Truman urged universal training for American youths as insurance for democracy. He told his new advisory commission on universal training that the program should have the military left out and should build a disciplined, cooperative grounding for youth. He asked witnesses from State War Navy and Labor and urged outreach to congressional leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisory Commission On Universal
State
War
Jury Draw Opens January Term in District Court
Jury selection completed with 59 petit jurors drawn for the January term and 12 grand jurors for 1947. The term begins Monday January 13 with Judge J G Patterson presiding. petit jurors start work January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
J. G. Patterson
Oskaloosa
Christmas Play at Tabernacle Sunday
The Christmas story will be presented at the Christian Tabernacle Sunday evening at 7 30 in the form of a play entitled No room in the Inn. Junior choir and about fifty participants will take part. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Tabernacle
Ifty
Steel Wage Negotiation Opens Soon
PITTSBURGH December 20 UP The CIO United Steelworkers expect a 1944 wage victory without strikes as Philip Murray reports plans to start negotiations with basic steel producers in January Pottery Workers Ask Raise FAST LIVERPOOL Ohio December 2 UP The Potters union opposes a general wage increase for 18 000 members saying another raise is out of order File Suit Against Oliver SOUTH BEND Indiana December 2 UP A 6 000 000 portal to portal pay suit was filed on behalf of over 2 000 employees across three cities seeking 38 000 000 in wage recoveries 5 000 000 in damages and legal costs Ask Millions from Ford CHICAGO December 20 UP The CIO United Automobile Workers seek 8 000 000 from Ford Motor Co in federal court for portal to portal pay filed by Hen Meyers on behalf of Local 52 UAW CIO for about 2 000 workers at Ford City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Liverpool
Inistry
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Joseph M. Wells
Newell
W. Va
United States Potters Association
Oliver
South Bend
Ind
Oliver Corporation
Ford
Chicago
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Co
Portal To Portal
Hen Meyers
Uaw-Cio
Chauffeurs Renew Licenses at County Court House
Highway Patrolman Karl Cummings handled 21 license renewals yesterday at the county courthouse. He and assistants will return next Thursday December 26 for the year end renewals, as nearly 500 licenses have been issued in the last two weeks during his regular Thursday visits to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Cummings
Court House
Cummings
Washington
Christmas Program At Stewart School
In a well filled auditorium last evening Stewart School pupils presented their Christmas program to parents and friends. Carolyn Neal directed the program featuring songs such as Up On The Housetop Silent Night and O Come All Ye Faithful with performances by first through sixth grades and the school choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart School
Carolyn Neal
Santa Claus
Secon
Princees
Margaret Ahrens
David Wilams
King
Ronald Nichols
Kathryn Orcutt
Padma
Jon Pratt
Bobby Wallace
Patty Coakley
Dennis Crossett
Tommy McKeene
the Bells of
Christmas Programs At Valley Churches This Sunday
The Valley church and St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church schedule Christmas programs this Sunday at 10 o clock and 7 30 p m respectively. Each program features a stereopticon lecture The Strange Story of the Nativity with colored slides and a children’s Christmas program at both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Church
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Iowa Farmers Urged to Grow More Soybeans in 1947
Iowa officials set 1947 crop goals urging 28 percent more soybeans and less corn and oats, with barley targeted at 50 000 acres. Corn goal 19 500 000 acres down five percent, oats 5 570 000 acres, soybeans 2 000 000 acres up from 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
Usda Council
State Production and Marketing Administration
Washington
Agriculture Department
A. J. Loveland
PMA
Loveland
Counc
Stores to Close Christmas Day in Washington
Washington observes Christmas Day as a legal holiday with a broad business shutdown. Most stores, poultry houses, barber shops, lumber yards, and food markets close. post office, courts, library, and Y M C A shut. theaters open with holiday shows. Crug stores close at 10. State and Fox theaters schedule matinee and evening performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred Downing
Chamber of Commerce
Crug
Court House
The
Fox
Choir to presents cantata King All Glorious at church
The local choir of the Eicher church will present the cantata King All Glorious in the church northeast of Waylan next Sunday Dec 22 at 7 30 PM. The choir is directed by Wilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eicher
Waylan
Wilbert
Increase in Crop of Pigs Is Predicted
The Agriculture Department projects a 1947 spring pig crop of 55,000,000 head from 1,626,000 sows, about six percent above 1946 and the 10-year average. Spring pigs will enter markets as bacon and pork in 1947-48. favorable weather and high prices contribute to the forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department
Agriculture Department
Funeral services for Ernest Sharpe Sunday at Sherman's
Ernest Le Roy Sharpe 49 died yesterday in Des Moines veterans hospital after surgery. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday at Sherman's funeral home with Rev W J Stevens in charge. Survived by wife Effie Widmer son Richard three stepchildren and mother Nellie Shafter Minneapolis. Sharpe was a Washington resident born near Olds November 18 1897 and a Veterans of Foreign Wars member. He worked as a construction laborer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest LeRoy Sharpe
Sherman
W. J. Stevens
Sharpe
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Washington
East Fifteenth Street
Olds
John
Nellie (Swanson) Sharpe
Effie Widmer
Richland
Richard
Nellie Shafter
Minneapolis
Boyd Service to Be Here Monday
Funeral services for Patrick H. Boyd will be held Monday at St. James Catholic church in Washington at nine o'clock. He died last night at Mercy hospital in Iowa City after a lengthy illness. Survived by three sons Paul Frank and George and daughter Mrs Robert Millson. three sisters. Born January 4 1876 in Highland township he lived on a farm before moving to Iowa City in 1981.
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St. James Catholic Church
Washington
Patrick H. Boyd
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Hg. Corcoran
Boyd
St. James Church
St. Mary's Parish
Paul
Frank Boyd
George
Cedar Rapids
Robert Millson
Bloomington
Ind
Jennie Dean
Muscatine
Grace Fisher
Dunbar
Wis
Aggie Swails
Conesville
Mr. Boyd
Highland Township
Henry
Mary (Quinn) Boyd
Debbie Tobin
Vesper Service At Presbyterian
The Presbyterian choir led by Mrs. A R Terrell will conduct a Christmas vesper at 4 09 Sunday afternoon. The service features four themes The Light of Prophecy The Light of Gods Glory The Light of The World and The Service of Lights with carols prayers and scripture readings. John McGattey soloists The Birthday of a King and Sing O Heavens are performed plus Silent Night by the junior choir. Rev T E White delivers a brief Christmas message to close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
A. R. Terrell
John McGatteys
T. E. White
Truman to spend Christmas at Independence with family
President Truman will fly home for a 24 hour holiday visit. He will depart from Washington National Airport on Christmas morning and return to Washington on December 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Truman
White House
Independence
National
Post Office Sees Record Christmas Mail at Washington
Washington Post Office reports a 25 percent rise in stamp sales and 20 to 25 percent more holiday mail than last year. Peak day saw 2000 letters and cards processed. parcels also mailed in large numbers. Workers extend hours, six carriers on routes, anticipating peak mail today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Soil Conservation Meet Held Across Iowa Counties
Homestead in the Amana area hosted a regional soil conservation meeting with representatives from Washington Keokuk Town and Johnson counties. Speakers included Paul Boetteher on soil group organization and cooperative systems. More meetings are planned for winter with Wellman hosting Feb 1.
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Washington
Keokuk
Town
Johnson Counties
Homestead
Amana
Paul Boetteher
Wellman
Washington County
Washington Schools Begin Christmas Vacation
The annual Christmas vacation in Washington schools starts today after the last class. The break lasts two weeks and schoolwork resumes Monday January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Auto Crash Injures Rotzinger and Einfield on Highway 22
Roy H Rotzinger 29 of Washington and passenger Joe Einfield 29 of Wellman were injured when Rotzingers car hit loose gravel on highway 22 east of Wellman and ditched. Rotzinger sustained a neck injury and both occupants had cuts and bruises as the car was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy H. Rotzinger
Washington
Joe Einfield
Wellman
Rotzinger
Highway 22
Weil- Man
Safecrackers suffer string of misfortunes in St. Louis
In St Louis on December 20 a gang led by Joseph Chouteau encountered a run of bad luck. After failing to crack a laundry firm safe they found their car missing and reported the theft to police before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Louis
Joseph Chouteau
Chouteau
The Tenant of the Edge of Civilization
Readers glimpse a remote cabin diary of a lone tenant near civilization’s rim. The fragment hints at world history passing through a solitary life and the quiet record of a distant frontier locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Cass
Funeral Services for Mrs. Mary Packer
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Packer of Crawfordsville who died yesterday at the county hospital will be held at two o'clock Saturday afternoon at the L. A. Jones funeral home. Rev. ME Posten of Keota, a former Crawfordsville pastor, will conduct. Burial will be in Hayrove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Packer
Crawfordsville
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
ME. Posten
Keota
Hla Yrove Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Salterberg held at L A Jones
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Salterberg were conducted by Dr Fred E Miller at L A Jones funeral home with pall bearers H C Finney Frank Chilcote W F Bickel Will Harwood R E Brown and Homer Birney. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Salterberg
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
H. C. Finney
Frank Chilcote
W. F. Bickel
Will Harwood
R. E. Brown
Homer Birney
Elm Grove Cemetery
Funeral rites held for Mrs. Eatma Long
Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at the L. A. Jones funeral home under Dr. Fred Miller. Pallbearers named were Glenn Treen Ernest Saltaday Joan Wimmer Elmer Aller Harry Dye and Charles Grisham. Burial followed in Ainsworth cemetery.
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Eatma Long
Affternoon
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred Miler
Glenn Treen
Ernest Saltaday
Joan Wimmer
Elmer Aller
Harry Dye
Charles Grisham
Ainsworth Cemetery
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Faye W. Boone
Karona
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Oregon
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Newton Robinson
Milton Ross
Charles Rotenberger
Paul Ruth
Cora Levert
Lee Shaffer
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Harry Taylor
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J. R. Carris
Don Cave
C. D. Cooner
Claude Dautremont
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Ernie Herr
Joseph Hines
I. 2D. Rabenold
Wilbur Schauf
Welman Safe Stout
West Chester
E. R. van Nostrand
Tabernacle
CIO Union
Valley Sunday
Collier
Luis W. Alvarez
University of California
Robert J. Collier Aviation
Department of Agriculture
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Des Moines Hospital
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