Iowa 1947 Headlines Tie Weather and Politics
United Press editors pick top Iowa stories of 1947 led by the June floods causing over 210 million dollars in damage and many deaths. Other items include a special legislative session, anti labor laws, rising traffic deaths, friendship train aid, the Moyer baby case, corn drought, and a governor Blue conservation clash.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United Press Editors
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Moyer
Ming
Organized Labor
Piusage
Europe
Missippi River
Pacific Coast
Anniversary Dinner Honors H. Bishop and Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Date Cole Doug las and Richard hosted a dinner honoring Mrs. Harry Bishop and celebrating their 42nd wedding anniversary. Twelve guests enjoyed a three course meal, red candle decorations, a crystal fruit bowl, and a festively decorated cake with colored frosting roses.
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Date Cole
Douglas
Richard
Harry Bishop
Grain price ranges and futures quotes from Chicago market
Chicago grain table records open high low and close for wheat oats in multiple contracts. It lists Mar May July and Sept expiries with figures around 2xx for wheat and 1xx for oats, showing daily movement and percent changes.
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Chicago
New December High for the Big Stores
Christmas shopping is predicted to push department store sales to a December record in dollars. The Federal Reserve Board reports an adjusted index at 3200 percent of the 1935-39 average in November, with an eight percent higher take in the first two weeks of December.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Farmerettes 4H Duck Supper at Knotek Home
The Farmerettes 4H club held its annual duck supper at the Knotek home with 38 attendees. New officers for 1948 were installed by outgoing president Rosamond Sojka, and guest Ruth Foster, county home economist, attended.
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Knotek
Farmerettes
Joe Knotek
Rosamond Sojka
Lo Ella Sojka
Lovisa Sojka
Mary Knotek
Poinsettias
Ray Sojka
Ruth Foster
County Home Econmist
Narrow escape as train drags truck on Iowa tracks
Mrs. Carl Toborg and her 15 year old daughter narrowly escaped injury after their pickup stalled on tracks near Muscatine. A Rock Island passenger train dragged the stalled truck about 25 feet before the family jumped to safety as the train struck the track. In Rock Island Illinois Rep Anton J Johnson predicted Gen Douglas MacArthur would be the Republican candidate next year and criticized Eisenhower. He said the Marshall plan may not pass and the house is not in mood to approve 7 billion dollars for 1948.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Carl Toborg
Rock Island
Toborgs
Rock Island, Ill
Anton J. Johnson
Ill
Douglas MacArthur
House
State near goal on savings bonds in 1947 drive
Des Moines reports Tawi s $26 percent of quota from first 11 months, 1947. State director Roger Warin says December may close the gap as 24 counties hit 92 percent of target, with Leaders Henry Tama Taylor Calhour near or above full marks. Banks and farm groups encourage conversion of cash to savings bonds amid concern over hot money.
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Tawi
U.S
Roger Warin
Henry
Tama
Tayior
Calhour
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