Eccles Sees Potential 40 Percent Cost of Living Rise
Federal Reserve Chairman Marriner S. Eccles warned the House Banking Committee that under President Truman the cost of living could rise up to 40 percent beyond prewar levels. He supported extending price controls and argued against removing controls to boost production, likening abolition to rejecting vaccination.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Marriner S. Eccles
Truman
Eccles
House Banking Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Lutheran chaplains served WWII with 617 count says official
Dr N M Ylvisaker director of the service commission says National Lutheran Council bodies supplied 617 chaplains to the armed forces during World War II in the Chicago report.
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Chicago
National Lutheran Council
N. M. Ylvisaker
Service Commission
Democrats Still Lack Candidate
DES MOINES February 25 UP The Democratic party remains without a governor candidate after a long weekend meeting. The choice may be announced today or could take several days. Potential contenders include state Sen. A F Augustine of Oskaloosa and other figures who praised liberalism and criticized the current administration during the Jackson Day dinner.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mike More
A. J. Loveland
John Valentine
Nels Krasciel
Kraschel
Valentine
Kri@hel
Eldora
A. F. Augustine
Oskatoosa
Senate
Melrose Suspended as Buchanan County Attorney
Iowa official Robert P. Melrose, serving Buchanan County since 1943, was ordered suspended from office by Judge R W Hasner as removal hearings proceed. The action follows a petition by Attorney General John Rankin alleging habitual misconduct and the grand jury indictment accusing Melrose of offering $100 to influence official acts in a DUI case. Hearing set for March 8.
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Independence
Iowa
Robert P. Melrose
Buchanan
R. W. Hasner
Waterloo
John Rankin
Charles H. Schulz
Hasner
Melrose
Buchanan County Grand Jury
Joseph M. Kieppel
Walter Keegan
Rationing to Persist as Shoe Output Lags Demand
Al Mathes, state rationing chief for the OPA district in Des Moines, says shoe rationing must continue while production lags unrestricted demand. He notes 23 million pairs may not be reached in September, keeping inventories low and ruling out early removal from rationing.
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al Mathes
OPA
Des Moines
Mathes
OPA Price Marking to Appear on Retail Goods
The article explains that the label OPA Price will replace Ceiling Price on many goods sold in retail stores. Effective Oct 15 retailers of nonfood items may mark merchandise with OPA Price to indicate it is sold at an OPA approved price.
Truman to Speak at Jackson Day Dinner in Washington
The national central committee urged each of 99 county groups to sponsor a March 23 dinner in Washington where President Truman will speak. Nearby the Republican state central committee held routine business and confirmed Arlene Raymond and Lloyd Thurston to the committee.
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Tral Committee
Washington
Truman
Republican State Central Committee
Arlene Raymond
Independence
Lloyd Thurston
Osceola
Union Audience Hears Dr Niles at Washington Methodist Church
Dr Stanley B Niles president of Iowa Wesleyan College spoke to a mixed audience of young people and adults at the Washington Methodist church Sunday evening. The youth program included a dinner and singing with local ministers. Dr Niles outlined levels of life from body to mind and urged thoughtful focus beyond mere possessions.
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Stanley B. Niles
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Young People’s Societies of
Walter Smith
Church
Dr. Niles
Beverly Brown
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Robert Bel
Robert Dodder
Niles
Fred Miller
Methodist
Herb Osineno
Offertor
Sirs
Dorothy Grove
Ralph W. Young
Itis
Bowles to Lead Stabilization Office Amid Wage Policy Scrutiny
President Truman reestablishes the office of economic stabilization naming Chester Bowles as stabilization director. Bowles faces questions over a pre appointment pledge to favor CIO wage orders over AFL or nonunion workers, following a Senate inquiry based on a letter to CIO president Philip Murray. Bowles offers to provide details.
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AFL
Bowles
Styles Bridges
N. H
Philip Murray Bridges
Bridges
Murray
Cedar Rapids Woman Dies in Gravel-Road Crash
Mrs. Lawrence Stein 35 of Cedar Rapids was killed when the car she rode in overturned on a gravel road eight miles north of Cedar Rapids. Doctors said death was from a skull fracture.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Stein
Here
Youth rally plans and union service announced
Dr Miller urged reaching a fifth level of service beyond self to help others. The upcoming union service will be at United Presbyterian church with Dr FE Grice, on furlough from the Egyptian mission. Youth rallies are planned for March and April, with January holding one at the Presbyterian church and the goal of monthly events.
Housing Talk at Chamber Dinner by John Wagner
John Wagner of Tate & Wagner will speak at a Wednesday Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Y. Recommended by H. R. McBride state FHA director, he will discuss Iowa housing and building conditions and offer remedies for Washington. Tickets are sold today and tomorrow. reservations due by Tuesday noon.
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Ber of Commerce
John Wagner
Tate & Wagner Firm of Builders
Mr. Wagner
H. R. McBride
FHA
Iowa
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Holland
C. F. Wilson
Secure 235 in Children's Tag Sale
A one day campaign in Washington for the Iowa Children's Home society raised gross receipts of 350.19 and net 355.65 for the society. Forty one children sold tags with Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds leading the effort. Prizes funded by the Chamber of Commerce went to Morris Kelley Carla Benell Lorene Fritz Marilyn Falk Betty Kunik and Margaret Barker.
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Washington
Iowa Children’s Home Society
R. E. Arthur
Camp Fire Girls
Blue Birds
Morris Kelley
Carla Benell
Lorene Fritz
Marilyn Falk
Betty Kunik
Margaret Barker
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur
Bundy Bell
Hardware ceilings rise to spur low priced builders items
A 10 percent hike in CPA ceilings targets low and medium priced hardware for home building and repair. The move aims to boost production of items such as locks hinges windows and related hardware to expand housing capacity and improve upkeep.
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CPA
Minor damage in Picken roof fire at old Wilson residence
A Sunday afternoon blaze at the former Col. C. J. Wilson residence on East Washington Street caused only minor damage. The fire started in a cave from a chimney spark and was quickly extinguished by the fire department. The house, recently bought by Joe Picken, is undergoing repairs with plasterers and painters at work while heating is maintained.
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Col. C. J. Wilson
East Washington Street
Joe Picken
Road Crash Puts Two in Hospital
Glenn McGuire of Wayland and Olive Jones of Davenport are hospitalized in Washington county with injuries from a Wayland road crash when McGuire’s car left the road south of Washington after a tire blew out. Jones is paralyzed pending X rays. Dan Crandall and Mrs Crandall were treated and released.
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Wayland
Olive Jones
Davenport
Washington County Hospital
McGuire
Wayland Road
Washington
Jones
Dan Crandall
Charles Crandall
Brighton
Rioting Today in Madras Sparks British Strife
Rioting hit the Madras area as anti-British protests erupt along the east coast while Bombay calms after four days of mutiny and violence that left 231 dead and 1,966 wounded. Gandhi plans talks with Aga Khan and the Nabob of Bhopal in Poona to pursue settlement.
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Reuters
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Tel Aviv
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Walton League Plans Meeting
The Washington county chapter of the Izaak Walton League holds its first meeting since chartering. It will be at 8 p m on Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus hall Second street near the post office. A name for the chapter may be chosen a constitution and by laws adopted a sound motion picture The Making of a Shooter shown and a chili supper served at ten o clock. More than 500 members are urged to attend.
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Izaak Walton League
Knights of Columbus Hall
Second Street
Post Office
Pauley to Fight Senate Confirmation for Navy Post
Edwin W. Pauley, a California oil man, vows to fight to the last to win senate confirmation as undersecretary of the navy. GOP and Democratic opposition grows as hearings resume with Pauley eager for another Senate Naval Affairs Committee appearance after opposition testimony.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate
Navy
California
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Murder charge filed after tavern brawl ends in death
Des Moines police plan to file a second degree murder count against Peter Riccelli after a Saturday tavern brawl left Eleanor Pocchigan dead from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a head blow. Riccelli said the woman struck first and he slapped her after she threw a glass of pop.
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Des Moines
Peter Riccelli
Eleanor Pocchigan
Paul Casteline
Ricelli
Detroit Faces Bakery Closures Amid AFL Action
Detroit endures a food shortage as 15 bakeries shut down after AFL teamsters strike supports wage demands. Milk lines form as dairy workers walk out. Seattle and Pittsburgh brace for strikes with government mediation efforts underway. Secretary Schwellenbach warns antistrike bill could trigger industrial warfare.
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Houston
AFL Building Trades Council
APL
Pittsburgh
Washington
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Duquesne Light Co
Ufien
Detroit
AFL
Mrs W. A. Harper Dies in California
Mrs. Jessie Belle Harper widow of William A. Harper died in Hollywood California on February 21 she was born in Crawfordsville Iowa and lived in Washington county before moving to California in 1920. She leaves children Carol S Harper William A Harper Donald S Harper Clofield Cotton Margaret Bussell and a sister Mrs Sam Cocklin with several grandchildren. Funeral is set for February 26 at 11 am at the Little Church of the Flowers Glendale with interment at Forest Lawn beside her husband Eckerman funeral service of Burbank in charge
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Calif
Jessie Belle Harper
William A. Harper
Hollywood
Harper
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Washington County
California
First Methodist Church of
Womans Auxiliary
Carol S. Harper
Lawndale
Donald S. Harper
Clofield Cotton
Roscoe Calif
Margaret Bushell
Riverside
Sam Cocklin
St. Paul
Minn
Little Church of the Flowers
Glendale
Newcomer Charles Larkey by Cedar Rapids joins Ward’s
Charles Larkey begins work at Montgomery Ward in Cedar Rapids today and will head Ward’s fire department. The Navy veteran, discharged after three and a half years, is single and hunting for a room. His main hobby is golf.
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Cedar Rapids
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Larkey
United States Navy
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