Thirty two prelates elevated to Cardinals by Pope
In a historic secret consistory at the Vatican Pope Pius XII elevated 32 Roman Catholic prelates to the College of Cardinals, including four Americans John J Glennon Edward Mooney Samuel Stritch and Francis Spellman. The move widens the college to 69 members from 19 nations signaling a universal church.
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Vatican City
Sacred College of Cardinals
Pius XII
Sacred College
John Joseph Glennon
St. Louis
Edward Mooney
Detroit
Samuel A. Stritch
Chicago
Francis J. Spellman
New York
College of Cardinals
Jrope Sixtus V
Pius
Benjamin Miller 92 Dies at Olds
Wayland Feb 18 Benjamin Miller aged 92 died at his Olds home after a period of failing health. He had recently been a patient at Washington county hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Eicher church with Rev. Walter Reigier in charge. burial will follow in Eicher cemetery. Survived by sons and daughters including David John Ben Jr Jacob Daniel Edward and others. wife Mary Eicher preceded him in death.
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Wayland
Benjamin Miller
Olds
Washington County Hospital
Zehr Funeral Home
Eicher Church
Walter Reigier
Eicher
Parks seeks divorce and child custody in Iowa case
A petition for divorce filed in district court by John L Parks against Martha Jeannette Parks cites a 1940 Marshalltown marriage on July 4 and a 1946 separation with one child aged five. The plaintiff, through attorney L J Kehoe, asks custody of the child.
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Clerk of District Court
John L. Parks
Martha Jeannette Parks
Marshalltown
Iowa
L. J. Kehoe
Burial for Thomas A Boyer in Elm Grove
Thomas A. Boyer 80 died at his home in Chicago and burial is planned at Elm Grove cemetery likely Wednesday. He was former president of Tomkins-Summer Co and longtime Chicago Republican leader in the 14th ward. Survived by wife Ida Hatch and daughters Margaret Boyer and Mrs Joe Hurley. He served in the Illinois legislature 1912 to 1918 and helped create the city pension systems for police and municipal workers.
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Elm Grove Cemetery
Thomas A. Boyer
West Garfield Riva
Chicago
Washington
Mr. Boyer
Joseph A
Mary (Duke) Boyer
Ida Hatch
Margaret Boyer
Joe Hurley
Tomkins-Summer Company
14Th
Illinois
Park District
Donovan to Address Iowa Legion Banquet Leaders
Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan will speak at the Iowa American Legion commanders and adjutants banquet in Des Moines. Other speakers include Hanford MacNider Ray Murphy and Rt. Rev. Msiwtwardmith as 1,000 delegates attend the two day conference. Membership in Iowa's Legion region stands at 82,324 with 42,079 World War II veterans, as the drive toward 100,000 continues. James I. Dolliver was re elected to a four year term on the state department board.
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Des Moines
Iowa
William J
Wild Bill) Donovan
Msiwtwardmith
Sioux City
James I. Dolliver
Fort Dodge
State Department
Peiffer and Hexworth Obtain Marriage License
Wilfrid N. Peiffer of Van Horne Iowa and Evelyn Hexworth of Washington received a marriage license at the courthouse this morning.
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Wilfrid N. Peiffer
van Horne
Iowa
Evelyn Hexworth
Washington
Court House
Major Fred Blick to St Louis church
Major Fred Blick and Mrs Blick will depart Tuesday for St Louis Missouri where he will take the pulpit of the First United Presbyterian Church in University City. Blick a former army air corps chaplain reached major rank and recently visited his parents in Washington. His wife served in the war as a WAC and taught in Washington schools this year.
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Fred Blick
St. Louis
First United Presbyterian
University City
Blick
Army Air Corps
Washington
L. K. Blick
WAC
Parnassus United Presbyterian Church
New Kensington
Pittsburgh
Melville
Corporal Gale Knerr Officially Declared Dead
Mrs. Osa Knerr of Rock Island confirms from the war department that Corporal Gale G. Knerr is officially dead after missing in action since Corregidor’s fall in May 1942. Records show he survived Corregidor, was held at Palawan and Cabanatuan camps, then died of beri-beri and starvation while aiding a bridge reconstruction. He was buried in a mass grave near Cabanatuan.
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Osa Knerr
Rock Island
War Department
Gale G. Knerr
Corregidor
Knorr
Palawan Island
Cabanatuan
Manila
Pair Overcome by Monoxide in Auto Near Mallard
In Emmetsburg Iowa on February 18 Pvt Willard Cullen 22 Emmetsburg and Miss Studer 19 a Mallard area schoolteacher were found in a car near Mallard overcome by monoxide gas. Cullen was on weekend leave from Chicago. Chicago UP reports more than 100 World War II veterans have joined the Chicago Park District police.
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Emmetsburg
Willard Cullen
Miss Studer
Mallard
Cullen
Chicago
Chicago Park District
Workers Return to 17 Steel Plants in Poststrike Resumption
United Press reports workers returning to 17 steel plants with more plants to reopen later this week. Wage talks, government policy, and the broader impact on production and employment are outlined, noting a dip in unemployment and a rise in industrial activity as steel, auto, and related sectors move toward normal output in the coming weeks.
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Shashea
U. S
Benjamin FF
U.S. Steel Corp
New York
Chicago
Wwen
Fev
Chicago Calumet
Joliet
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
Carnegie-Illinois
Washington
Feb
General Motors
Snoller
United Press
Treasury
Funeral services for James B. Crail held Sunday
Funeral services for James B. Crail were held Sunday afternoon at the L. A. Jones funeral home, with Dr. Fred E. Miller in charge. Pallbearers included Ed Bovee, Charles Thomas, Ralph Minick, Ralph Smith, George Morrison, and Marion Hebner. Burial was in Elm Grove.
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James Bb. Crail
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
Ed Bovee
Charles Thomas
Ralph Minick
Ralph Smith
George Morrison
Marion Hebner
Purial
Elm Grove Cemetery
Large audience at Associate Presbyterian union service
A large audience attended the union service at Associate Presbyterian Church as part of a winter series by Washington congregations. Next Sunday’s service will be at the Methodist church with Dr. Stanley Niles of Tow Wesleyan College as speaker. Rev Basil McBee preached on The Gospel Standard, urging Christians to lift a high standard to guide all nations and liberate from sin and death.
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Associate Presbyterian Church
Washington
Methodist
Stanley Niles
Tow
Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Basil McBee
Christ
McBee
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
White
The
Presbyterian
Thomas Polk
Christian Church
Free Brick
Arthur Trenerry
Baptist Church
Induction Day for Washington County Men at Fort Snelling
Late Sunday afternoon twenty two Washington county men left by bus and train for Fort Snelling Minnesota to be inducted into military service. They had previously been deferred due to agricultural classification. The list includes Robert Benson Dale Dunn William Jones Howard Long Merle Roth John Dea Leroy Yeggy Chester Young Donald Guy Bernard Armbruster Donald Smith Robert Dill Lester Mayer Norman Shalla Walter LeRoy Sibley William Rickey Richard Shalla Louis Kasper Leo Ollinger Charles Chalupa Lloyd Duensing and others from Riverside Keota Ainsworth Crawfordsville and Riversides areas.
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Washington County
Fort Snelling
Minn
Selective Service
Robert B. Benson
Washington
Dale J. Dunn
Washing
William H. Jones
Crawfordsville
Howard O. Long
Richland
Merle D. Roth
Iowa City
John R. Dea
Ainsworth
Leroy W. Yeggy
Chester J. Young
Donald D. Guy
R. 1
Norman D. Shalla
Kalona
Walter LeRoy
Riverside
Leland LeRoy Sibley
William C. Rickey
Richard J. Shalla
Louis FE
Kasper
Leo E. Ollinger
Keota
Charles J. Chalupa
Lloyd A. Duensing
Car Crash Figures From Washington Area Weekend
Leroy Hall of North English drove a car that went over an embankment near the Washington Keokuk county line east of Xinross injuring passenger Martha England who suffered lacerations and bruises. The vehicle damage was about 400 dollars. A separate four mile east Washington incident involved Harley Kennedy of Washington and Herman Chapman of Keota in a side swiping collision with about 300 dollars in damage.
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Leroy Hall
North English
Washington- Keokuk County
Xinross
Martha England
Wellman
Harley Kennedy
Washington
Herman Chapman
Keota
Card of Thanks for wedding anniversary
We thank all who sent cards letters and flowers on our wedding anniversary. We appreciate your thoughtfulness. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henderson.
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Frank Henderson
Locomotive Derails at Burlington Yard Switch
A Burlington mixed train left the rails at a yard switch around 12 30 today. The derailment delayed service for several hours until another engine secured to pull it back on the rails. Neither the engine nor the track was reported damaged.
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Burlington Railway
Bowles urges continued price controls amid inflation risk
Washington February 16 Chester Bowles economic stabilization director and NAM meeting advocate argues against immediate end of price controls The NAM ad campaign calls for scrapping controls as inflation threat grows Bowles backs extending control to June 30 and beyond saying elimination would wreck the economy and production would not curb prices
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Washington
Paul A. Porter
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
International
Ao Epgellh
National Association of Manufacturers
House Banking Committee
Congress
NAM
Today
George J. Crull 67 Dies in Muscatine
Columbus Junction resident George J. Crull 67 died after a short illness at Hershey hospital Muscatine. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Tuesday at Stephen's funeral home with burial in Indian Creek Cemetery. Survived by three sons two daughters, two brothers and multiple grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
George J. Crull
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Stephen's Funeral
Indian Creek
Mr. Crull
Losisa County
Sanford Austin
Billa Wagner Crull
Anna Vedermark
Pearl Bergen
Tour Sans
Marvin
Roger
Kansas City
Jack
Curtis Altenbern
Alice Crull
Suraington
Herbert
Lawrence
Durant
Ed Emmack
Fairfield
Dale Mayswinkle
Keokuk Police Probe Three Burglary Cases
Keokuk Iowa police investigated three burglaries from early yesterday. Thieves forced entry through windows at the John Tumelty Insurance Co. office, a Medicine Co., and Hill Printing Co. Missing cash totaled about 125 dollars, with times not disclosed and amounts varying by site.
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Keokuk
Iowa
John Tumelty Insurance Co
A Medicine Co
Hill Printing Co
Old Post Office Closes in New Buena Vista
New Buena Vista Pennsylvania reports the post office once tied to Pony Express days has closed by order of the post master general. Ada B. Markel served as postmistress since 1915 in the lumbering community that era.
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New Buena Vista, Pa
Pony Express
Ada B. Markel
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