Des Moines Loan Bandit Sought After Heist
Des Moines authorities and Iowa state patrol joined a statewide search for a lone bandit who robbed the Thrift Loan Co. in Des Moines yesterday, taking more than $1,800 after brandishing a gun at two female cashiers. A 30-year-old described suspect fled in overcoat with the cash.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Thrift Loan Co
Pleasantville
Here
Clarence Esick
Norwalk
Warren County
Esick
Carlisle
Health Unit Activities Week of February Seventeenth
The schedule lists a Thursday child health conference from 1 30 to 3 45 p m at Aips Worth. Appointments should be made with Mrs Albert Jeffrey.
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Aipsworth
Albert Jeffrey
Ninth burglary reported in Stuart area. $106.73 stolen
Burton Paullin, manager of a Stuart super-value store, said the ninth robbery in 10 days yielded $106.73 from two cash registers. Police investigated the incidents as part of a surge in local robberies.
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Stuart
Iowa
Burton Paullin
Japan Orders Seventh Grade Schooling for All Students
Allied headquarters directs the Japanese education ministry to make seventh grade compulsory for all students and requires about 80 percent of boys to attend three years of high school while encouraging girls to pursue further schooling.
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Tokyo
Feg
Allied Headquarters
Major Spinach Corridors Highlight Norfolk VA and Texas Winters
The Norfolk district in Virginia and the winter garden region in Texas emerge as the leading spinach producing areas in the United States, underscoring regional specialization and seasonal farming patterns.
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The
United States
Norfolk District
Virginia
Winter Garden
Texas
Palestine Names New Commander Amid Martial Law Move
Lt. Gen. G. H. A. MacMillan arrives in Jerusalem to replace Lt. Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker as martial law tightens in the Holy City. MacMillan takes command as authorities enforce stricter control during the troubled period.
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Palestine
G. H. A. MacMillan
Evelyn Barker MacMillan
Jersualem
Holy City
Keota Expects to Have Train Soon
Keota residents anticipate a new Rock Island passenger train within two weeks. The diesel powered unit would run Washington to Des Moines in about four hours with four hours in Des Moines before returning. Local agent reports official schedule by mail. Washington cut off project may connect east of Washington. awaiting waiting room upgrades and new supplies at the depot.
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Rock Island
Here
Washington
Des Moines
B. P Brown
Harper
Delta
Agent Brown
Ainsworth
Senators Seek Higher Personal Income Tax Exemptions
North Dakota Senators William Langer and Milton Young propose a rider to extend wartime excise taxes. The plan would raise individual exemptions from 500 to 71 000 and married or family head exemptions to 2 600 retroactive to December 31, 1946.
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Washington, — Fei
William Langer
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Langer and Young
Grundy Center voters approve hospital bonds
Grundy Center residents vote to issue $20,000 in bonds for the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Of 2,510 votes cast, 1,546 supported the bond issue.
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Grundy Center
Iowa
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Washington to Offer Farming Course at High School
The Washington board of education plans an agricultural department at Washington High School starting July under the Smith Hughes act. An instructor will be hired with federal funding covering half the salary. the district covers the rest. Courses include farming crops soils for freshmen and livestock production and farm management for upperclassmen.
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Washington Board of Education
Agricultural Department Ince Washington High School
Sypt
W. A. Erve
Hall
Smith-Hugues Nct
Des Moines Attorney Sentenced for Interfering with Justice
Ted Hartung attorney from Des Moines received a one year sentence in Fort Madison with a $500 fine for interfering with justice. Judge J R Hill imposed the sentence and gave Hartung 90 days to appeal the case yesterday.
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Nevada
Iowa
Ted Hartung
Des Moines
Fort Madison
J. R. Hillmere
Hartung
President's Mother Breaks Hip In Fall
Grandview Missouri February 15 United Press Mrs Martha E F Truman 94 mother of the president is resting very comfortably after suffering a fractured hip in a fall at her home Family physician said plans were to keep her at the family home with her daughter Miss Mary Jane Truman Miss Truman said her mother just slipped and fell in her bedroom Thursday night X rays were taken in a Be ton clinic nearby Members of the Truman family were with her at Be ton and in Grandview
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Grandview
Martha EF. Truman
Mrs. Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Miss Truman
Beton
Here
Truman
Blue Defers Decision on Income Tax
Des Moines February 15 Governor Robert Blue will reserve his decision on the 50 percent income tax measure when the legislature reconvenes Monday. State sources say he needs time to study the measure and the three day return window before adjournment. If he neither signs nor vetoes, the bill automatically becomes law.
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Des Moines
Robert Blue
Mrs Sayre Active In Women's Work Of Farm Bureau
Mrs Raymond Sayre, state chairman of the Iowa Farm Bureau women’s division and vice president of the Associated Women of the Farm Bureau Federation, will speak at Rural Neighbors’ Club at the Methodist church on Tuesday February 18. She has held multiple Farm Bureau posts, attended a White House rural education conference in 1959, and served in many civic and church committees. She is the mother of four.
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Methodist Church
Iowa Farm Bureau Women’s Co
Rociated Women of
Farm Bureau Federaton
Indonola
Hfe
Simpson College
Sayre
Farm Bureau
Assocated Women
Associated Country Women of the World
London
Americas Country Life Association
White House
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
National Planning Association
The
YWCA
Iowa Crippled Children’s Society
Iowa_ sclion
Plan Hearings on Farm Program
Rep Clifford Hope announces hearings in Washington in late spring to gather farmer views on changes to the national agricultural program. He notes no policy changes in ten years and supports continued government payments with controls. He says farmers prefer payments in the market and direct payments.
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Des Moines
Clifford Hope
Karsus
Loose Agricultural Committee
Washington
Hope
National Farm Institute
Hoye
President Informed on Mother's Medical Condition
The president was informed about his mother's health status as she undergoes medical evaluation. Officials provided updates to ensure family and staff remain aware of her condition and any potential impact on official duties. Additional details were not publicly disclosed.
Printing Racket Nets Stranger $24 in town swindle
A man calling himself Givens came to town with a crude church calendar layout and offered five high school girls a dollar per ad space at 35 each. Two girls sold four spaces and turned over proceeds. the stranger arranged another meeting but vanished with $24 after failing to appear and with no trace in town. Sheriff’s deputies investigated but found no sign of him.
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Givens
Baptist Men Form Fellowship Group
Men of the Baptisted area organized a fellowship group with 82 in attendance. A March 10 meeting will finalize the organization, with nominations led by Woodjoyn Crone, John Beenblossom and Oscar Burham and a constitution committee including Paul Thayer, Rudy Schmidt and Sam Simmering. Rev. Paul Wells served as temporary moderator and Sam Simmering as temporary clerk. An address was delivered by Rev. Carlton Saywell of Des Moines.
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Wood&oyn Crone
John Beenblossom
Oscar Burham
Paul Thayer
Rudy Schmidt
Sam Simmering
Paul Wells
Carlton Saywell
Des Moines
Dinsmore R S 84 Long Gulfport Resident Priest Leader
A clipping from Gulfport Mississippi reports the death of Robert S. Dinsmore aged 84. Born in September 1862 in Washington Iowa he lived in Gulfport for 47 years and was active in the Presbyterian church serving as Sunday school superintendent. His grandfather Robert Scott Dinsmore arrived in Iowa as a Presbyterian minister in early days.
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Gulfport
Journal
Robert S. Dinsmore
Washington, Iowa
Presbyterian Church
Robert Scott Dinsmore
Iowa
Chamber Endorsement Sheds Light on Fraudulent Schemes
Three of four firms paid by checks and one in cash for a questionable offer. Funds were payable to a girl who could endorse them for a stranger. The piece warns firms to seek Chamber of Commerce endorsement before buying such schemes, noting past savings from rejecting worthless promotion ideas. Phony tactics may appear in Washington this year. Pedlars selling furs were halted in town by sheriff Putnam.
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Chamber of Commerce
Siiethius
Chamber
Washington
HM. M. Putnam
Marriage License Issued to Oscar Richard and Catherine Yoder
A marriage license was issued yesterday at the courthouse to Oscar Richard of Wayland and Catherine Yoder of Washington. The ceremony and further details were arranged locally by the county clerk.
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Court House
Oscar Richard
Wayland
Catherine Yoder
Washington
Plans for Remodeling the Washington Christian Church
Washington Christian Church plans extensive interior remodeling to modernize the building at an estimated cost of 8000 to 16000 dollars. Work includes removing panels, converting rooms for baptism and office use, new lighting, celotex walls and ceiling, altered entrances, and a plan to complete exterior updates begun last year. Over half the funding is secured, and the project has strong community support under Pastor T C Polk.
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Washington Christian Church
CPA
Des Moines
Menul
Eharett
T. C. Polk
Christian Church
Washington
Truman flies to care for mother after hip fracture
President Truman rushed from Washington to Grandview to consult his personal physician about his 94 year old mother's serious right hip fracture following a fall. He arrived by C-54 after a long overnight journey, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham and Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan.
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Uruguay
Tomas Berra
Spruille Braden
Truman
Executive
International Soundphoto
Mr. Truman
Wallace Graham
Harry Vaughan
Legion Posts Regular Meeting Next Tuesday
The Leo Beatty post of the American Legion holds a regular business meeting next Tuesday evening at 8 00 in the city hall Legion rooms. Wendell Baker organizes a fine program with orations by Neta Fay Aston and Dick Maxwell, the two winners of the local oratorical contest recently sponsored by the post.
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Leo. Beatty Post
American Legion
City Hall Legion Rooms
Wendell Baker
Neta Fay Aston
Dick Maxwell
The
Post
Raymond Fined For Assault In Local Court
Lester Raymond paid a fine of 15 dollars and costs for assault and battery in Justice of the Peace court. Complainant John Goodwin was assaulted. both men are neighbors in the southeast part of town. Raymond accused Goodwin of shooting his dog.
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Lester Raymond
Court of Justice of the Peace Vn Bovee
John Goodwin
Raymond
Goodwin
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