Never Said It Insists General Ike Never Said It
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower’s aide denies a Washington Times Herald copyright tale that he would run for president in 1948 if the people want him. The general, resting at a Florida military hospital after a fishing trip, says “I never said anything of the kind.”
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Miami
Fla
Dwight Dol
Eisenhower
Everglades City
Fort Myers
News-Press
Washington Times Herald
Florida
Jail Was Empty Much of the Year 1946 in Washington County
Sheriff H. M. Putnam reports 1946 had 185 days with no prisoners in the Washington County jail. Only 27 people were jailed, most for a few days, with two inmates spending three months. Revenue from board and care rose to 812.04, due to long-term placements.
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Washington County
H. M. Putnam
Board Ang
Seventeen Local 18 Year Olds Register with Draft Board
In December fourteen Washington county youths who turned 18 registered with the selective service. Registrants include James Allen Donelson James Gilchrist Stanley Scranton Donald Stone Vernon Wilson Duayne Miller Bernard Kinsey Joseph Martin Leslie Hostetler Karona Eyestone Billie Crandall Charles Votruba Howard Gier John Sinmering Jr and others.
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Washington County
Selective Service Board
William Albert Gilchrist
W. Madison
Washington
Stanley Eugene Scranton
W. Monroe
Donald Lindsay Stone
Iowa Ave
Vernon Dale Wilson
Duayne Max Miller
Marion
Bernard Anthony Kinsey
Riverside
Joseph Kohler Martin
Crawfordsville
Leslie David Hostetler
Karona
Leslie Dale Eyestone
Billie Stewart Crandall
Charles Wayne Votruba
Howard Eugene Gier
EF Main
John Sinmering, Jr
Ainsworth
Car Crashes Into Crowd In San Francisco
Ten New Year revelers were injured when a juggernaut plowed into a downtown San Francisco crowd at Golden Gate avenue and Taylor. Driver Raymond F. Martinez of Oakland escaped with minor injuries and was jailed for speeding reckless driving and ignoring a stop signal. The car smashed into a building, pinning four victims.
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San Francisco
Raymond F. Martinez
Third St
Oakland
Golden Gate Avenue
Taylor
Martinez
Funeral services for Clet Bailey Thursday at St James
Funeral services for Clet Bailey will be held at 10 oclock Thursday morning at St James Catholic church. A Rosary service is planned this evening at 8 at Shermans funeral home. Bailey, a former Washington resident, died in Chicago late Monday. Burial follows at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Clet's Bailey
St. James Catholic Church
Sherman
Bailey
Washington
Chicago
Elm Grove Cemetery
Five Are Killed In Plane Crash Near Charleston
Coroner John T. Deveaux reports five people died in a New Year Eve crash of a converted Army C-47 near Charleston Swamps. Names tentatively include Capt Amos Austin, Capt James McNeal, co-pilot Elmer Kortman, Olga Badner, and a second woman possibly Mrs Doris Wynn. Stewardesses identified but not confirmed. The flight from Newark to Miami carried an extra pilot and stewardess as deadheads.
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Charleston
S. C
Jan
John T. Deveaux
United Press Today
Newark
N. J
Miami
Fla
Deveaux
Walter Stowell
Inter Continental Airlines
Stowell
Newark Airport
Amos Austin
James McNeal
Elmner Kortman
Olga Badner
Doris Wynn
Blast at Clinton Destroys a Hall
New Year celebration plans halted after Central Hall in Clinton was destroyed by an explosion and fire. Authorities attributed the blast to gas buildup. no injuries were reported as guests had not arrived. The removed hall previously housed a German society and stood on a downtown street. Kansas notes Wichita’s growing airplane industry prominence.
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Clinton
Central Hall
Draft Unchanged by Truman Proclamation Says Act Ends No Inductions Since Oct
Washington dispatch notes the selective service act remains in force until March 1 unless extended by Congress. Draft holiday to end January. unlikely any further inductions as the army shifts to all volunteer status. Inductees after Oct 1 1946 serve 18 months unless discharged sooner. earlier conscripts may request discharge after 18 months. No reliable figures on current conscripts, but claims total draftees are declining toward 1,070,000 by July.
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War Department
Sowden and Eicher Form Local Contracting Firm
A new contracting firm will begin in Washington in the new year. It will include Harry Sowden and Les M Eicher, noted local citizens, focusing on all types of construction especially residential work. Sowden, hotel manager and architectural engineer, has built several homes in the hospital district. a fifth is due spring. Eicher brings carpentry and design experience and is a former member of the Iowa highway commission.
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Washington
Harry Sowden
Les M Eicher
Sowden
Washington Hotel
Harry
Ficher
Lowdon
Les
Iowa Highway Commission
Wayland
New Year Starts Cold With 10 Below Zero Record
The weather man noted a severe cold spell as 1947 began with temperatures falling ten degrees below zero, deepening the winter chill. Outdoor revelers faced biting cold as the new year progressed and the mercury remained at frigid levels.
Washington County Marriage and Divorce Totals for 1946
In 1946 Washington County issued 159 wedding licenses and granted 61 divorces, including two annulments. The divorce rate reached 38.3 percent of marriages. Licenses rose to 159 from 124 in 1945, with prior years showing 104 in 1944 and 71 in 1943. the year ended with the last license to Richard D. Brown and Mary J. Bruty in Washington.
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Washington County
Richard D. Brown
Mary J. Bruty
Washington
Plank’s Motion on Gasoline Tax Denied
Iowa Supreme Court denied a motion by Stanley J. Plank Kalona to stop the release of more than 7 million dollars in the one cent gasoline tax fund. The court had previously upheld the law's constitutionality prompting state treasurer John Grimes to announce distribution would proceed. Plank’s challenge delayed the disbursement.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Stanley J. Plank
Kalona
Plank
Supreme Court
51St General Assembly
High Court
Johon Grimes
Weather observer notes first thermometer check in 1947
A weather observer records the first thermometer inspection at seven o'clock in 1947. The fragment notes a historical time detail from meteorological observations.
Osineup Resigns as Pioneer Store Manager
Herbert Osineup resigns as manager of the Pioneer drug store on the southwest corner of the square. He started at Pioneer in 1942 and became manager in December of that year. He plans to buy another drug store and has not fixed a location. He has been active in Washington musical circles and directed the Methodist church choir since August 1945. Next Sunday is his last day as choir director. replacement at Pioneer is to be announced soon.
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Herbert Osineup
Pioneer Drug Store
Osineup
Washington
Pioneer
Osincup
Methodist Church
Stanly Zager
Pioneer Store
Americans Said to Increase Forces in Turkey and Iraq
New Times charges that large numbers of U S military personnel are in Turkey and Iraq and that contingents will grow soon. It claims Byrnes did not include them in a UN list and asserts the U S has already found bases in Turkey with several thousand service members and additional officers and pilots arriving.
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Moscow
New Times Today
Turkey
Iraq
United States
James F. Byrnes
United Nations General Assembly
New Times
Scouts Lead Waste Paper Drive In Washington Town
Six trucks with Washington Boy Scouts will depart from the Whittaker sales barn at nine AM to collect waste paper from stores and homes, aiming to finish by noon. Special pickup to McCleery calendar factory with 3-4 tons. households should bundle paper and place on the front porch.
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Washington Boy Scouts
Whittaker Sales Barn
Washington Htores
Rev. T. C. Polk
McCleery Calendar
James Birney
John Kennedy
Bill Smart
Wade Pence
Bill Crayne
Whittaker
Turkish ports directed by American specialists on coast
Readable fragment notes that Turkish ports along the Mediterranean are fully directed and served by American specialists, implying foreign expertise governs operations and management. No dates or named organizations present beyond general reference to American specialists.
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Mediterranean
Shenandoah man strangled to death in Omaha area
James Asden, 41, Shenandoah car dealer, was found dead in a farm yard near Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. Authorities say death resulted from strangulation after an autopsy by officials.
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Shenandoah
Omaha
Neb
James Asden
Fort Calhoun
Nationalization of Coal Mines and Key Industries in Britain
Britain marks the start of 1947 with nationalization of coal mines and the Cable and Wireless group. The government takes ownership of major firms while the Bank of England had already been nationalized. Future plans target electric power and steel. compensation is arranged for former mine owners.
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London
National Coal Board
Britsh Isles
British Empire
Cables and Wireless, Limited
Cables and Wireless
Bank of England
New Year Crowds Observe Towns People In State
Washington residents welcomed the new year with church services and midnight theater shows at the State and Fox. Sheriff Putnam and Chief Haneker reported no traffic accidents, and theater manager Tom Duncan said about 125 attended the Fox. Crews cleaned up messes left by celebrants who brought their own snacks and corn.
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Washington
H. M. Putnam
Carl Haneker
Haneker
Tom Duncan
the Fox
Railroad Freight Rates Increase Amid ICC Action
Freight rates rise about 17.6 percent today under ICC approval to offset higher costs and declining revenues. Carriers expect roughly 1 billion dollars in extra yearly revenue, while passenger fares gain a permanent 1942 increase and coach fare remains 2.2 cents per mile.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nec
ICC
Nebraska Pathology Chief Links Constriction to Strangulation
Dr. E. G. Eggers head of the University of Nebraska medical school's pathology department said autopsy results support strangulation as the cause. Police questioned two Omaha men in connection with Towan's death.
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E. G. Eggers
University of Nebraska Medical School
Eggers
Towan
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