Railroads Seek Rate Hike Amid Wage Dispute Hearings
Chicago and North Western vice president William T. Fahey told a six man arbitration board that railroads must raise freight rates regardless of wage gains. He cited a decade of rising costs since 1941 and warned traffic will decline, with unions seeking a $2.50 daily wage rise and operating brotherhoods pushing 30 cents per hour.
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William T. Fahey
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Fairey
United States
Fariecy
Iowa Reports 125 Die in 1945 Fires Across State
Des Moines reports approximately 125 Iowans were killed by fires in 1945 amid 4 198 total fires 585 higher than 1944. Total property loss reached 4 509 000 with per capita cost 1 95 and December worst for damage 679 726.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pet
John Strohm
Strohm
Davenport man questioned in Degnan kidnapping case
A 24 year old Fort Madison Iowa man Merle W Beall identified by police as a person of interest in the Degnan child kidnapping and slaying in Chicago. He was held for questioning and also connected to a Chicago wave murder from last December. He entered Davenport police headquarters requesting to be jailed.
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Davenport
Fort Madison
Iowa
Polie
Merle W. Beall
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago
Harold Thordsen
Beall
Thordsen
Call on Farmers to Boost Wheat and Corn Planting This Year
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson urged farmers to plant 2,000,000 more acres of wheat and corn and to raise soybeans and dry edible beans to meet global food needs. President Truman called on citizens to garden again, stressing health and outdoor activity benefits. Paul C. Stark was named to lead the home garden drive.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Truman
Paul C. Stark
Louisiana
Aireet
Anderson
Montana
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Hoover backs St Lawrence Seaway plan as wartime asset
Former President Herbert Hoover told Senator Klaich's subcommittee the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway would pay for itself many times over in World War II. He argued its wartime and peace value, urged private and public long term power sales, and cautioned against federal operation of the power phase.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Hoover
President Coolidge
Colorado River
Beall Recovers After Amnesia Attack, Hospitalized In Chicago
Beall spent five weeks in a Chicago hospital last spring after an amnesia attack. Thordsen said Beall experiences frequent memory lapses from being struck with a revolver when resisting arrest in Fort Madison, Iowa, two years ago.
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Beall
Chicago
Thordsen
Fort Madison
Iowa
Funeral rites for Robert J. Ferguson in Crawfordsville
Funeral services were held yesterday at United Presbyterian church Crawfordsville with Rev. R. M. McCracken in charge. Music by a quartet and accompanist Mrs. Marion Waters followed by burial in Crawfordsville cemetery with pallbearers Kenneth Cherryholmes Glenn Cherryholmes Chester Cherryholmes L. A. Cherryholmes Robert C. Wells and Fred Spangler.
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Robert J. Ferguson
United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
R. M. McCracken
John White
Frank Gault
Clarence Moorhead
J. T. Moore
Marion Waters
Kenneth
Glenn
Chester
L. A. Cherryholmes
Robert C. Wells
Fred Spangler
Strike Idle Exceeds Million As UMW Tests Wage Plan
United Mine Workers prepare to test President Truman's wage price setup amid looming strikes across transportation telephone shipping and utilities. In Pittsburgh and Detroit disputes, officials push for wage gains while steel workers press for 18 cent hourly raise as 225000 workers stay out.
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Ily United
AFL United Mine Workers
President
New York
Houston
Steel
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers
Pittsburgh
Suste
Unicn
COUNTY DOCTORS MEET WITH IOWA MEDICAL SPEAKER
The Washington County Medical Society held its monthly meeting at the nurses home last evening. After an oyster supper, Dr. Robert L. Jackson of the State University of Iowa college of medicine spoke on public health work.
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Washington County Medical Society
Robert L. Jackson
State University of Iowa College of Medicine
Youth Rally Hosts City Congregations in Union Service
A Sunday evening Methdist Youth Fellowship rally welcomes junior to post high school youth from city churches. Activities include 5:30 assembly, 6:60 dinner, fellowship and singing, then a union 7:30 service led by Beverly Brown. Dr. Stanley B. Niles will deliver the address on Levels of Life. Plans aim to attract a large union audience.
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Methodist
Methodist Your Fellowship
Presbyterian Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Union
Peloe
Beverly Brown
Niles
Emblem Day Tag Sale aids Iowa Children's Home Society
The Iowa Children's Home Society sponsors Emblem Day in Washington on Saturday February 23 to raise funds for temporary child care and adoption efforts. Mrs Robert Arthur oversees Emblem Day with city headquarters at the Mall and a Chamber of Commerce backed gate. The committee includes Mayor Lloyd Lytle and several local leaders. The society cares for children from infancy to 16 years and pursues placement in adoptive homes as a major goal.
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Lowa Childrens Home Society
Washington
Robert Arthur
City Mall
Chamber of Commerce
Lloyd Lytle
Carl J. Roberts
Fred Miller
Orville Elder
George Dowell
T. E. White
F. E. Reid
Mary Berry
Missionary Miriam Gregory to Speak at Coppock Church
Miss Miriam Gregory, a deputation missionary planned to sail to China, will speak Sunday morning at 11 at Coppock Church and participate in evening services closing the week of meetings led by Rev and Mrs Jacob De Koning. She is staying with the De Konings and a hearty welcome is extended to all.
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Miriam Gregory
Kentucky Mountains
United States
China
Coppock
Jacob de Koning
Miss Gregory
de Konings
Employers Urged to Help Find Jobs for 20 000 Veterans
Des Moines Iowa United States employment office calls on all employers to cooperate in a state wide campaign to place more than 20 000 veterans displaced workers and other job seekers. State director Ek Lee Keyser says local offices will initiate immediate job development and prioritize counseling and placement to connect veterans with openings. He notes 15 600 veterans in Iowa remain unemployed and expects 30 000 new applications by June.
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Des Moines
United States
Iowa
Ek. Lee Keyser
Keyser
Uses
United States Employment Service
Broadcast Iowa Illinois basketball game on WHBF radio
WHBF will broadcast the Iowa Illinois basketball game from Champaign at 7 30 Saturday night. The station notes its 55 year history serving the area and mentions caring for 9102 children with 174 from Washington county.
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WHBF
Iowa-Illinois
Champaign
Washington County
Mrs. Marie Berger 86 Dies in Washington
Mrs Marie Berger 86 died at 3 50 am at the county hospital after a long illness She had lived in Washington four years formerly of Carthage Ill She is survived by two sons a daughter a brother eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral services will be at Shermans funeral home Monday at nine Rev Thomas Polk will officiate Burial is in Moss Ridge cemetery Carthage Ill She was born July 14 1859 in Carthage and married William Berger June 14 1881 The family later lived in Winfield and later moved to West Burlington and Indianapolis She was a member of the Presbyterian Church Order of Eastern Star White Shrine and Women’s Relief Corps.
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Marie Berger
Washington
Sherman
Thomas Polk
Moss Ridge Cemetery
Carthage
Ill
Berger
William Berger
Winfield
Theresbyterian Church
Order of Eastern Star
White Shrine
Women’s Relief Corps
Gai
West Burlington
Iowa
Lowe
Indianapolis
Ind
Pearl Carlson
Mt. Pleasant
A. E. Spamger
Washington Band Elects New Officers
The Washington Municipal Band elected Ev erette K. Burham president Don Boyer as vice president James Birney secretary and Paul Campbell treasurer. New board members include Dick Birney Junior Steele Jess Radda Rev. Walter Smith and Carroll Farrier.
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Washington Municipal Band
Everette K
Buster) Burham
Don Boyer
James Birney
Paul Campbell
Dick Birney
Junior Steele
Jess Radda
Walter Smith
Carroll Farrier
Ralph Young
City Hall
Legion
The
Dog Bark Lesson Nets Fee in Massachusetts
Swampscott dog officer Willis E. Shepard tried to collect a dog license from a householder who claimed no dog. He barked outside the home and was answered by a bark from inside. He collected the 32 tea.
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Swampscott
Mass
Willis E. Shepard
Shepard
Riots erupt across Bombay amid mutiny and street fighting
Bombay battles raged as British machine gunners clashed with Indian mobs after the Royal Indian Navy mutiny. Estimated death toll reaches fifty, with shops burned and widespread debris. Gandhi's Congress and Vallabhbhai Patel urged peace as mutineers hold Hindustan. Karachi mutiny quelled. Calcutta tensions ease.
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Bombay
Royal Indian Navy
Karachi
Hindustan
Calcutta
Gandhi
Congress Party
Vallabhai Patel
Lytle Celebrates 46th Anniversary as Washington Grocer
Mayor R L Lytle marks 46 years as a local grocer in Washington. He began as junior partner in Kaye & Lytle, became sole owner, and has seen help from four sons and daughter-in-law Grace during the war. A remodeling project now nearly finished includes fluorescent lighting, redecorated interior, new shelving, extended storeroom, and improved fruit and vegetable displays.
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Kaye & Lytle
Lytle
Grace Lytle
Bob
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