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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1947
Page
1
About 10 000 anti-communist demonstrators swarm Ankara University forcing the resignation of five professors. Police and firemen block their march toward the Soviet embassy as the crowd grows from a week long campaign led by the national students league.
Chairman Albert J. Engle warned that if the armed services do not pursue savings, Congress will impose cost-cutting measures. He said unification should deliver taxpayer savings without harming defense and that hearings on Army, Navy, and Air Force budgets will begin after January 6 with a Department of Defense review and a plan to question Secretary Forrestal on economies.
An automobile burned after a highway accident two and a half miles southeast of Richmond. Driver Jerom Schnoebelen was injured with burned fingers. fire destroyed the car and $20 in the pocket. Vehicle owner listed as Charles Schnoebelen of Richmond. Loss estimated at about Soue.
Isaac McDowell 61 of Colesburg died in a highway accident two and a half miles east of Petersburg Iowa. Police said he apparently lost control and ran over an embankment.
The population of Washington District of Columbia, the Nation's capital, stood at 61000 at the outbreak of the Civil War.
The Stutsmans and Corn Belt Turkey Farms file answers to a Minneapolis bank suit seeking damages and offsets. Mrs. Stutsman claims $64,417 plus $6,000 from attached funds. Don Stutsman asserts losses tied to feed quality and bank attachments, totaling $151,787 in the counterclaim. Corn Belt Turkey Farms petitions for intervention seeking $51,370 in damages.
At Tulkarem a pitched battle left two Arabs dead and several wounded as Arab gunfire met Jewish settlers. Jewish squads attacked six Arab areas with grenades and fire bombs in retaliation for Arab attacks on convoys. One Jew was killed at Jaffa Gate. Official tally in Palestine since December 1 records 316 killed, 744 injured, four missing.
President Truman named Wayne Coy to head the Federal Communications Commission and George Sterling as chief engineer to balance the panel. The Republican Senate must confirm Coy, whose past roles drew GOP objection tied to Indiana political machine associations. Denny resigns as chairman to join Baltimore Sun. salary noted at $10,000.
The text states that by the defendants and the intervener a demand is made for a jury trial of all the issues in the above entitled cause.
M. F. Nickerson announces the opening of the Union cafe under his management. He has renovated the premises and installed new equipment including a range and automatic dishwashing machine. Hours are 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays, 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, and 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays.
Washington officials said labor department experts forecast the mean days idleness from strikes this year would be under 35 million, the lowest since 1944. They noted December showed fewer strikes than any December since 1945 and that man-days idle were at a February 1945 low.
Cedar Rapids reports Mr and Mrs Jack B Stewart sought by police for nearly a year face charges of embezzlement and passing worthless checks totaling 235 dollars. They were returned from Loveland Colorado after a year long chase that began with a U Drive It car theft and led to an abandoned vehicle in Hot Springs Arkansas.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ada M Murphy are announced for Monday at two o clock at the L A Jones funeral home.
The 45-year-old Coy reportedly earns $35,000 with NBC. Accepting the nomination, he notes a substantial pay cut. Coy has served in government since 1935, leaving as special assistant to FDR to join the budget bureau and later the Washington Post in 1944.
Republicans welcome a new bond support policy from the government as a potential factor in lowering prices later. The Federal Reserve lowered the level at which it supports government bonds traded by large investors, not affecting small saver bonds E F and G. Chairman Jesse P Wolcott criticizes the easy money policy as inflating prices.
Wayland dispatch reports Mrs Isaac Neff, who has been seriously ill, was taken today to the Hears county Memorial hospital at Mit Pleasant for treatment.
Mrs Daniel Nebel 60 died at 6 50 last night at her east Washington home. Funeral services set for Monday at 1 30 at Stacy funeral home Wayland and 2 at Eicher Mennonite Church near Nob's with Rev Walter Regier and Rev Simon Jingerich presiding. Burial in Eicher cemetery. Born near Wayland December 24 1887 to Joseph and Barbara Roth, she married Daniel Nebel March 25 1908. The family lived in Wayland Olds and Iowa City before settling in Washington in 1939. Surviving are her husband six children Milton Nebel and Mrs Amos Greber of Wingland Dale Nebel serving in China Mrs Amos Stoopes Billy and Raymond Nebel of Washington plus a deceased son. Also surviving are C E K Roth Mrs Sam Nebel Mrs Filfie Leighty Sam Roth of Wayland Mrs Glenn Kiopfenstein John Roth of Mt Pleasant and Paul Roth of New York City.
Carroll Walters twenty two from Berdsford South Dakota died when his car struck four bridge abutments on Highway 12 south of Akron Iowa last night.
The record notes that Black Galloway cattle were raised in Scotland from early times, with a historical mention of their existence around 120f.
New York digs out after a record snowstorm dumping 25.8 inches and six foot drifts. Subways largely resume while surface transit and air travel remain limited amid fuel shortages and an emergency response led by Mayor William O Dwyer. At least 30 deaths blamed on heart failure from exertion stretch across the region.
The council of Masons held its annual election last night electing Edward G. Squire illustrious master Howard Mc Bride deputy master Lee Holland principal conductor of work George McDaniel treasurer and W. C. Bell secretary.
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