Truman Accepts Resignation of Sec Ickes and Draft Law Debate
President Truman announced the resignation of Secretary Ickes and focused on the army’s need to extend selective service beyond May 15. Patterson said despite a record 565,000 recent enlistments, the army’s requirements will shrink as occupation work ends, with a final extension decision within a month. He projected June 30 1947 strength under 1,200,000 and noted 6,000,000th discharge to civilian life since May 1945, surpassing earlier estimates.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
National Press Club
War Department
Dwigit D. Eisenhower
Truman
Ickes
United States
Mr. Truman
Vesuvius Seen Smoking Prompts Eruption Warning
A British broadcast cited by NBC reports huge clouds of smoke rising from Mount Vesuvius in Italy signs of a possible eruption.
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NBC
Mt. Vesuvius
Italy
Hoover Warns GOP on Free Men Versus Statism
Former president Herbert Hoover urged the Republican Party to let Americans decide the issue of free men versus statism at the National Republican Club Lincoln Day dinner in New York. He called statism a mix of fascism and socialism and said cooperation, not government coercion, preserves freedom. He compared the current debate to Lincoln’s 1860 slavery vote.
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New York
Herbert C. Hoover
Republican Party
Hoover
National Republican Club
America
Lincoln
Officers Re-elected By Ainsworth Bank
At the annual meeting of Ainsworth State Bank, 24 officers and directors reappointed themselves. Directors T A Flenner C M Spessard Gene Stephens Glenn Miller J D Rabenold Er win Wulf and Ray Whitehead were kept in place. Spessard named president Flenner vice president Whitehead cashier and Mary Gardner book keeper. Since opening less than three months ago deposits reached about 350000.
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Ainsworth State Bank
Whi
T. A. Flenner
C. M. Spessard
Gene Stephens
Glenn Miller
J. D. Rabenold
Erwin Wulf
Ray Whitehead
Spessard
Flenner
Mary Gardner
Baptist Church Redevelopment Underway
Work on the Baptist church interior is underway to refresh 23 year old walls ceiling pews and woodwork. Jim Hotle leads the project with ivory ceiling coral side walls and a decorative border. Ceiling work is finished scaffolding removed another paint coat will follow. completion expected in about two weeks.
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the Baptist Church
Jim Hotle
Graettinger Declares State Checker Champion
New state checker champion Al Graettinger of Graettinger wins the title at Spirit Lake Iowa on February 13 in a dramatic final round.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
al Graettinger
Graettinger
Bequest of 1000 to Washington Library Reported
Word from Washington states the late Dr. Luawig Simon of Los Angeles left the library 1000 for general use not tied to a purpose. The bequest, not yet received, is anticipated soon and follows Simon’s elder ties to the city and its collection of Indian relics. Mrs. Frank L. Wilson resigns after 40 years on the library board and a replacement will await the new municipal year starting April.
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Washington Public Library
Luawig Simon
Los Angeles
Calif
Dr. Simon
Washington
Sol Rich
Iowa University
Chicago
Frank L. Wilson
Washington Library Board
Wilson
Fire at Humble’s House Damages Curtains and Rug
Fire department responded to 303 West Washington street where a blaze in a waste basket scorched the floor and damaged curtains shades and a rug. Estimated damage under $100. Mrs. Humble suffered minor burns to her hands while attempting to fight the fire.
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Boyd Humble
West
Washington Street
One vote for Truman Muernberg mayor in Kreuth
Election officials disclosed that President Truman received one vote for mayor in Kreuth during recent elections. The item notes the singular tally in the Bavarian town as part of local voting results.
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Muernberg
Trumain
Kreuth
Kennedy Runner-Up at Cedar Rapids State Tourney
Robert Kennedy of Cedar Rapids finished as runner-up and Howard Owens from Davenport placed third as the state tournament opened Sunday with 16 experts competing.
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Robert Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Howard Owens
Davenport
Roosevelt Heirs Seek Tax Exemptions From Presidency Role
Heirs of Franklin D. Roosevelt petition New York tax authorities to classify the late president as a soldier for tax exemptions. Basil O Connor states exemptions could reach thousands of dollars on Roosevelt income and salary, with federal relief larger and possibly retroactive through his wartime tenure.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State Tax Commission
Basil O'Connor
State Tax Commission
O'Connor
Egg production tops previous record by one million
Des Moines reporting official Leslie M. Carl says total egg output for February or January reaches 348 million, surpassing the prior record set two years ago by one million. The month’s production exceeds the 1945 January total by 20,000,990 eggs.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
GM to Testify on Bargaining at NLRB Hearing
GM executive C. E. Wilson testifies in Detroit at a National Labor Relations Board hearing over a complaint that General Motors failed to bargain in good faith with the United Auto Workers. He argues prices and wages would be adjusted differently without a union and opposes the union wage price linkage and open books demand as unfair.
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Detroit
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors
United Auto Workers
C. E. Wilson
Wilson
International
Death of Riverside resident Frank Hirt
Riverside obituary for Frank Mirt born May 1 1868 in Johnson County. He died in Mt Pleasant hospital after a heart attack and recent illness. Funeral at St Marys church with rosary at Marner Adams home and burial in Stanislaus cemetery. Survived by two sisters Miss Hirt and Mrs Rose Breght and many nieces and nephews.
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Stanislaus Cemetery
Riverside
Marner& Adams
Frank Hirt
Johnson County
Joseph
Mary Stroebel Hirt
Mary
Miss Hirt
Simmons
Ottumwa
Ile
Rose Breght
Rock Ishind
Veterans Administration hires Dwight Harley in Des Moines
Dwight Harley began work yesterday with the Veterans Administration in Des Moines after an honorable discharge from the Pacific theater. During his absence his wife and son James reside with G. F. Trotter in Ainsworth and Charles Harley near West Chester until suitable Des Moines living quarters are found.
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Dwight Harley
Veterans Administration
Des Moines
Census estimates show U S population near 189.5 million
The census bureau reports the United States population at about 189,500,000 on last July 1 including armed forces. Civilian population near 140,909,?. armed forces 12,228,109. Large increases occur in the far west with California Washington Oregon and Arizona driving growth.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Far West
California
Oregon
Arizona
Hearings Planned on 36 Transmission Line Projects
Des Moines reports the state commerce commission will hold hearings March 5 on 36 applications for roughly 162 miles of transmission lines across 82 counties. The largest bid seeks 17.45 miles in Allamakee County by Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative of Postville, with lines planned in Johnson Washington Mahaska Harrison Poweshiek Warren Polk Story Audubon Ida Plymouth Fayette Clayton Clinton Kossuth Winneshiek Jones Dallas Potawatomi Dubuque Hardin Marion Clay Dickinson Linn Jasper Boone Franklin Buchanan Butler and Osceola.
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Des Moines
State Commerce Commission
Allamakee County
Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative
Postville
Johnson
Washington
Mahaska
Harrison
Poweshiek
Warren
Polk
Story
Audubon
Ida
Plymouth
Fayette
Clayton
Clinton
Kossuth Allamakee
Winneshiek
Jones
Dallas
Pottawattamie
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Hardin
Marion
Clay
Dickinson
Linn
Jasper
Boone
Franklin
Buchanan
Butler
Osceola
Barrett Family Heads to California for New Public Loan Office
Mrs. Anna Lucas visits in Winterset and accompanies the Barrett family to California where Mr. Barrett will manage a new Public Loan office. Lucas, mother of Mrs. Livingston and Mrs. Barrett, has spent months in Iowa and Illinois and returns to her Burlingame home.
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Heinz Eger
Dora Hildegard
Nuernberg
Germany
Berlin
Italy
Eger
Horst
Sigrid
Lothar
Ingrid
Kurt
Er (International
Charles
Ingston
Berkeley
Calif
Mr. Barrett
Public Loan Company
Anna Lucas
Winterset
D. P. Livingston
Barrett
California
Lucas
Livingston
Iown
Illinois
Burlingame
Ickes resigns as Interior head warns of political pressures
President Truman accepts Harold L. Ickes resignation after 13 years as interior secretary. Ickes issues a public letter warning of political pressures akin to the Teapot Dome affair and cites pressure by oil interests in Pauley nomination scrutiny. He urges vigilance against money politics and defends refusing to share personnel lists for political solicitations.
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Washington
Truman
Harold L. Ickes
White House
Ickes
Oscar L. Chapman
Harding
Edwin W. Pauley
California
Albert Fall
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Pauley
Senate
Department of the Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary
Department of Interior
United States
Interior Department
Ickes Ties Record With 13 Years as Interior Secretary
Harold L. Ickes remained a central figure in Roosevelt era governance. His career spans local to national politics, marked by shifting affiliations from Bull Moose to Republican to Progressive before joining the New Deal coalition.
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Ickes
Interior
Roosevelt
Chiego
Theodore Roosevelt
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