Chiang Kai-Shek’s Peace Feelers Fail to Elicit Response
Shanghai reports that Communist leaders have not replied to Chiang Kai-shek’s peace proposals. No new meetings were held with Chiang and ministers as officials await a Communist reaction to his New Year message proposing negotiated peace. Meanwhile U S Navy will keep forces in western Pacific including Tsingtao amid rumors of Marine withdrawals.
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Shanghai
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Chiang
U. S. Navy
Tsingtao
U. S
China
Oscar E. Badger
Western Pacific
Polio Cases Rise in County Ahead of Drive
Sgt. Charles L. Anson announced three polio cases in the county for 1948 up from none in 1947. One fatality Lana Kay Shalla six Riverside, two others William Meyer 17 Riverside and Kenneth Dawn 16 Kalona remain in Iowa City. Drive opens January 14 to fund medical and hospital care. Iowa reported 1,247 polio cases last year,142 more than the 1945 47 three year total.
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Charles L. Anson
Washington County
Lana Kay Shalla
Riverside
Iowa City
William Meyer
Orville Meyer
Kenneth Dawn
Kalona
Sgt
Anson
Towa
Legion Post Sets Regular Meeting at City Hall Tonight
Commander George Baker announces Leon Beatty American Legion post will hold its regular meeting at city hall this evening. All members are urged to attend.
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Leon Beatty American Legion Post
George Baker
YWCA Board Names New Committees In First Meeting
The YWCA executive board held its first meeting of the year at 7 30 pm announcing three new committees welfare religious emphasis and world fellowship plus a historian The expanded committee rosters include numerous members and a plan to sponsor an inter YWCA basketball league with Bette Teall and Bertha Ross hired as referees. League games will be on Tuesday and some Wednesday nights with schedule to follow.
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YWCA
Paul Shearer
Bette Teall
Bertha Ross
Earl Loveless
Raburn Davis
Robert Day
Helen Breese
Harriet Coulter
F. Merle Lytle
Roger C. Jones
Marilyn Ruegsegger
A. FE. Atchison
Irene L. Nickerson
Ewald H. Gustafson
Edith Shields
Labor Fights for Closed Shop Ban After Court Ruling
Labor unions vow immediate repeal efforts as Supreme Court upholds state bans on the closed shop. AFL legal staff hint at new court challenges if Taft-Hartley is altered. The ruling allows states to outlaw union security provisions in multi state contracts, affecting Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina with likely broader impact.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Herbert S. Thatcher
AFL
Congress
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Woodrow Crone Named President of Baptist Men's Fellowship
Woodrow Crone was named president of the Baptist Men's Fellowship at the group’s regular monthly meeting held Monday evening at the church. Other officers elected include Everette Evans secretary treasurer Werner Lowry program chairman and Clyde Kelley refreshment chairman. Rev James M Fleck was the guest speaker at last night’s meeting.
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Woodrow Crone
Baptist Men's Fellowship Group
Everette Evans
Werner Lowry
Clyde Kelley
James M. Fleck
Truman Seeks Tax Bill Backed by Rayburn to Push Laws
President Truman will outline a high tax, big spending program in his state of the Union address. He relies on Speaker Sam Rayburn to push the measures through the House with broad powers. The plan centers on taxes labor law economic controls and civil rights and may include military aid authority to non-Communist nations.
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Truman
Rayburn
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Texas
State of the Union
House
Senate
Joe Cannon
Rules Committee
Europe
Lady Bandit Sought After Bank Heist in San Francisco
Police and FBI intensified the search for a dumpy middle aged woman in green who robbed a downtown Bank of America branch of 2666 dollars. The assailant handed teller John L. Zobel a note claiming three accomplices, then fled into a late afternoon Market Street crowd.
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San Francisco
FBI
Bank of America
John L. Zobel
Market Street
Divorce Petition Filed In Walling Walling Case
A dismissal notice was filed in the clerk of court office today in the case Haz el L Walling versus Carlos H Walling. The plaintiff had previously petitioned the district court for a divorce decree.
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R. R. Noonan
Hazel L. Walling
Carlos H. Walling
District Court
County road work surges in 1948 Warren County report shows heavy activity
Washington county's 1948 road improvement program features 37.47 miles built to grading, 18.25 miles surfaced, 10 miles graded with county equipment for rural travel, and maintenance on over 20 miles. Officials say activity exceeds neighboring counties' figures.
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Washington County
W. P. Rawn
Board of Supervisors
Fewer Births and Divorces in Washington County 1948
Washington county recorded 501 births in 1948, down from 569 in 1947, while deaths numbered 178 versus 180 the prior year. Divorces fell from 36 to 28. marriages rose to 160 from 142 the year before, per clerk of court figures for the state vital statistics report.
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Washington County
State Department of Health
Division of Vital Statistes
Weather: Much colder with snow flurries in Iowa
Des Moines reports a blizzard will mostly miss Iowa though western areas face snow flurries and blowing snow tonight. Temperatures fall tonight to 15 to 20 above, with a Monday high near 36 and low around 29. clearing and colder conditions follow across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Councilmen Grant Cigarette License In Washington Cafe
City council meeting Monday night approved a cigarette license for the Steak House cafe in Washington. They also received an application from Lyle's case for a beer license, due by March 1, submitted for investigation and action.
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Steak House Cafe
Washington
Lyle
Glenn Mace Celebrates 29th Year In Ford Dealership
Washington Ford dealer Glenn Mace marks his 29th business year and announces distributorship for English Ford products. The English cars will be displayed in Mace Motor showrooms on Wednesday and include parts and service. Mace recalls automotive changes from early touring models to today’s everyday necessities and notes Britain’s smaller, fuel efficient cars.
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Glenn Mace
Washington
Ford
England
Mace Motor
Mace
Mace Motor Company
Mr. Mace
America
Tornado Rips Warren Arkansas Killing Dozens
Rescuers continued work in Warren as the tornado that swept 100 miles through northwest Louisiana and southeast Arkansas left at least 49 dead and hundreds injured. Red Cross allocated fifty thousand dollars for Warren with calls for more aid while embalmers prepared bodies and emergency kitchens served survivors.
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Warren
Ark
Louisiana
Arkansas
Jimmy Hurley
American Red Cross
el Dorado
Gordon Wiltse
Vilas
Kans
Frazer Funeral Home
Red Cross
Warren Funeral Home
Thank You Train to Tour Nation Soon
Paris reports France will launch the Thank You Train on January 6 to tour the United States. The train carries art, historic souvenirs, and gifts from the French people. Forty-nine gift-laden box cars will travel, with one car to each state and one to the District of Columbia.
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Paris
France
United States
U. S
State
District of Columbia
Freakish Weather Hits Nation From Coast To Plains
Chicago dispatch reports widespread extreme weather across the United States. Tornadoes strike the south while a western blizzard and a record cold wave in California disrupt travel and daily life. Weather forecasts warn of more tornado risk as blizzards sweep northern plains.
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Chicago
California
Plains
Warren
Ark
Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
GOP Liberals to Continue Fight in Senate
In Washington on January 4 the liberal GOP faction vowed to press a progressive program despite losing efforts to unseat party leadership. The Senate Republican Conference re elected Sen. Robert A. Taft as policy committee chairman and chose Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry as floor leader, defeating reformers 13 to 14. The rebels may not maintain a formal bloc but will collaborate on issues facing the 81st Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Republican Conference
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
High School Chorus Plans Radio Themed Concert
Wendell Rider announces Washington high school and junior college will host a choral concert Monday evening January 10 at 8 in the high school auditorium. The mixed chorus will perform songs echoing daily radio features under the theme Our Day in Radio.
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Wendell Rider
Washington High School
Snowstorm Strands Hundreds Across Wyoming and Colorado
A severe western blizzard stranded about 1 100 residents and travelers in southeastern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado as it headed from South Dakota toward Minnesota, killing at least two people and disrupting transport.
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South Dakota
Minnesota
WyorSig
Colorado
Reds Still Hold War Prisoners
London reports that Russia admitted it still held a number of German war prisoners in violation of a four power agreement but pledged release within the year. The Tass dispatch said no ironclad deadline existed and cited control council actions that ended the 1948 release plan.
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London
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Tass
Germany
Pilot Refused to Fly Plane Before Yale Charter Crash
Seattle pilot Emmett G. Flood Jr. said he declined to fly the DC-3 that crashed at Boeing Field killing 11 Yale students and 3 crew. Flood claimed he felt the wing condition and refused to take the ship, which had been chartered by Seattle Air Charter for Yale students returning after holidays.
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Dehich
Yale
International Soundphoto
Seattle
Wash
Boeing Field
Emmett G. Flood, Jr
Trans-Alaskan Airlines
Seattle Air Charter Company
Ma sons to hold second degree meeting at temple
The Ma sons plan a second degree meeting at the temple on Wednesday evening, January 5, with members urged to attend and participate in the ceremony.
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the Masons
The
Temple
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