Iowa House Folds Proposals on Four Year Governor Term
Construction industry group backs no strike rule while Iowa lawmakers consider a four year governor term and a governor mansion. Other measures include a state personnel director, liquor by the drink, and ending class C beer permits with higher class B fees and bans on hiring women or minors in such outlets.
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Des Moines
Robert Blue
House
Toston
Senate
Arch McFarlane
Waterloo
State Executive Council
Judiciary Committee
Cangre
Hugh Lundy
Albia
Sky Buddies Club Meets Monday at City Hall
The Sky Buddies club will gather next Monday evening February 3 at 7 30 in the Legion rooms at the city hall. The program features a film titled Cannon on Wings as the principal item.
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Sky Buddies Club
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Taking the Rap for White House Rent Control Mixup
Senate bankers discuss Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming taking blame for a planned ten percent rent increase order. Fleming says he supported the increase, then learned it opposed the president, who later killed the measure amid internal controversy. McCarthy and associates question who pushed the policy and blame Truman.
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Fleming
White House
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Philip B. Fleming
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
J., Wis
Firs
McCarthy
Truman
OTC
Janes W. Follin
John R. Steelman
Congress
Walking Time Delays Ruling in Portal Pay Case
Detroit February report on Mt Clemens pottery workers portal pay case as Judge Frank A. Picard delays decision. Two day hearing sought walking time and make ready time to justify back pay in a test suit affecting billions. Picard may take a month to gather evidence from workers and assess de minimis doctrine.
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Mt. Clemens Pottery Company
Mt. Clemens
Detroit
International Soundphoto
Mt Clemenes Tottery Co
Portal
Frank A. Picard
Picard
Company
CIO Pottery Workers Union
Ious
UC. S. Supreme Court
MacArthur Halts a 2nd Jap Strike
In Tokyo a second Japanese labor strike was called off at Gen. Douglas MacArthur's orders after 100,000 express workers cancelled their walkout to protect the labor movement in Japan. Union leaders pledged readiness to respond to any future strike call.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Express
Japan
Allied
MacArthur
Japan Express Company
Nearly Five Thousand Cars Licensed in County
With February first approaching and license delinquency starting, Washington County records show 4 819 automobile licenses issued, 1 085 trucks, 628 farm trailers and 190 other trailers licensed. The licensing office had a rush of 122 cars registered yesterday to avoid late penalties, and an estimated 200 to 306 cars remain unlicensed for the current year. Total 1946 registrations reached 4 202.
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Washington
Neda F Aston Wins Oratorical Contest at Washington High
Neda Faye Aston, a Washington high school student, captured first place in the school's oratorical contest held yesterday. Dick Maxwell, another Washington student, finished second. Aston advances to a district contest around March 3, with the American Legion sponsoring the event focusing on The Constitution and Its Effects. Judges were Paul Shearer Roy Fields and John Owen, all Legion members.
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Neda Faye Aston
Washington High School
Dick Maxwell
Miss Aston
American Legion
Paul Shearer
Roy Fields
John Owen
Legion
Railroad Retirement Act Reaches Ten Year Mark
The Railroad Retirement Act has been in effect a little more than ten years, during which time 287 000 retired or disabled workers and widows of railroad workers have been recipients of its benefits.
Times De minimis doctrine cited in company statement
The company argues that the times should be treated separately and each considered de minimis as too trifling to be actionable. The wording implies a legal strategy to separate negligible time elements from the overall claim.
Severe cold grips Midwest as temperatures plunge across states
Des Moines dispatch reports a renewed cold wave across Iowa with overcast skies and subzero readings. Temperatures fell to eight below zero at Sioux City and two below at Atlantic and Fort Dodge with highs around 28 to 29 degrees yesterday as forecasts predict continued frigid conditions and snow later in the west.
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Des Moines
Towa
Groundhog
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Atlantic
Fort Dodge
Burlington
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Canada
Nort Dakota
Nebraska
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Mid-West
Wisconsin
Illinois
Twelve Youths Register for Selective Service in January
Twelve youths aged 18 in Washington County registered with the county selective service board as they approach 19. Names include Kenneth Lee Hines Silas Junior Finke Clen Bernard Miller Walter Lewis Beacny James Havel Robert Erwin Anderson Kenneth Wieland Franklin Stagner John Duvall Raymond Yoder and others. The report lists addresses in Washington Crawfordsville Riverside Richmond Ainsworth Kalena and West Chester. Weather notes predict a shift to colder conditions with snow flurries and subzero readings extending into Minnesota and the Chicago area by Sunday.
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Washington County
Office of
The
County Selective Service Board
Armed Services
Selective Service Board
Draft Board
Kenneth Lee Hines
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Minneola
Chicago
Lower Milk Prices Reported in Iowa Towns
United Press reports price cuts in Iowa with Oskaloosa dairies lowering milk to 16 cents a quart and cream to 16 cents per half pint. Fort Dodge also trims quarts from 16 to 14 cents as farm butterfat payments drop from four dollars to three dollars per hundredweight.
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Iowa
Oskaloosa
Fort Dodge
Soil Building Practices Chosen For 1947 Washington County
Township and county committee members met at the YMCA in Washington to select soil building practices for 1947. The group approved contouring intertilled and close sown crops, ditching for tile drainage, reseeding pasture, lime fertilizer, and green manure crops with sign-up to be organized by township committees. Owners and operators are urged to confer before sign-up day to ensure proper farm signing.
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Township Aaa Commmitteemen
YMCA
Washington
Washington County
Howard L. Witting
Basil Bk. Huston
Leo Sturgeon
Paul Boettcher
Laurence Malley
Farm Home Administration
Cecice
No Strike No Lockout Pact Aims to Stabilize Construction
President Truman announced a “no strike, no lock out” agreement for settling disputes in the construction industry. The plan covers about 2,000,000 workers in home, highway, heavy and specialized sectors, with industry wide scope as unions represent over six percent of workers. The accord, to run indefinitely, seeks to settle disputes without work stoppages and applies to new terms and grievances under existing contracts.
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Washington
Fed
Truman
Associated General Contractors of America
Building and Construction Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Lewis Bo Schwellenbach
Schwellenbach
Labor Department
Iowa Traffic Toll Rising in January Deaths
Iowa's 1947 traffic toll rose in January with 44 fatalities, 12 more than January 1946. Polk led with six deaths, followed by Scott, Black Hawk, and others. Taylor recorded two fatalities, first since 1944. Several counties reported one death early in the year.
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Polk County
Scott
Black Hawk
Kossuth
Lee
Taylor
Jasper
Taylor County
Woodbury
Guthrie
Calhoun
Hancock
Linn
Winnieshiek
Hamilton
Cedar Marshall
Worth
Wright
Washington
Greene Dallas
Carroll
Decatur Story
Mahaska
Iowa
Palo Alto
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House Compensation of Public Officers Committee
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Neda F. Aston
Washington United Presbyterian Church
Smith W. Brookhart
East Washington Street
Fred L. Stewart
Richard A. Stewart
Robert Wiley
KE. R. van Nostrand
George Kerr
David Livingston
Neill Trotman
Harry Donaldson
Wiley
Livingston
Trotman
Donaldson
Br. C. L. Baker
Pontiac, Mich
Cloyce Stewart
Ington
Silas Junior Finke
Crawfordsville
Clen Bernard Miller
Washngton
Walter Lewis Beacny
Riverside
Robert Dale Kallaus
Rich
Arnold Roosevelt Smith
N. Ave. C
Delbert James Havel
Robert Erwin Anderson
Jefferson
Kenneth Joseph Wieland
Rol Riverside
Franklin Dean Stagner
Ainsworth
John Edward Duvall
West Chester
Raymond John Yoder
Kalena
United Press
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Chartes City
Department of Public Safety
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