Walton League Charter Night Planned for Jan 24
The Walton League Washington county chapter announces Charter Night for January 24 with a dinner under way. Provo ee Peterson, newly elected president, says over 450 area residents have joined, likely making this the largest chapter in the state. Charter members get privileges before the charter dinner. A $1 plate charge applies, and applications are available from Haul Horak or other members.
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Washington County
Izaak Walton League
Prova Ee Peterson
Metmbbers
League
Horak
Rain melts snow and ice as rivers rise in warm spell
Steady rains washed away most of the snow and ice that fell before Christmas. Temperatures near 40s kept rain from freezing, aiding travel. The Skunk River near Coppock rose more than nine feet and the Crooked Creek area threatened to flood the Brighton road as it nears afternoon levels.
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Coppock
Crooked Creek
Brighton Road
War Bride Prefers Australia to Iowa
Des Moines Pacific veteran Julian Perry Guerrero filed for divorce from his Australian wife after she refused to move to the United States. They wed in Brisbane in June 1944 and were together six weeks before his departure. the marriage is described as a failure.
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Des Moines
Jan
United States
Australia
Iowa
Julian Perry Guerrero
Brisbane
Eight room Wayland home destroyed by fire
In Wayland Mrs. Sadie Henss lost her eight room residence last evening as flames gutted the house despite fire department efforts. Neighbor Maynard Wyse raised the alarm. the adjacent Lester Henss home was saved. The cause remains unknown with the furnace door intact and insurance reported on the destroyed property.
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Wayland
Sadie Henss
Lester Henss
Maynard Wyse
Price Support To Continue Into 1948
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson said the price support program would continue at least into 1948. Speaking at the Washington Chamber of Commerce, he cited ongoing hostilities and the need to maintain controls, noting higher butter prices were used to redirect cream to urgent uses.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Washington D. C
Chamber of Commerce
Anderson
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Four Highway Fatalities Reported in County for 1945
Sheriff records show four people died in county highway incidents in 1945. May had two fatal crashes, with July and September each hosting one. Total accidents reached 85 with 145 cars involved and 54 injuries, while $7,974.50 in total damage was recorded. Fatalities matched 1944’s toll.
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Sheriff's Office
Washington
Charles Strickler
Kalona
Priscilla Dickinson
Walter Williams
Dan Moriarty
Washington Street
Walkout of Trainmen Averted in National Labor Turmoil
A threatened 7 000 St Louis San Francisco railway walkout was averted. Officials of the railroad brotherhood pledged to air the dispute and emergency action was taken by President Truman who set up a fact finding board as 3 600 workers struck and two million more faced possible action in steel electrical meat packing and auto industries. ClU E workers eyed a January 24 strike date for 200 000 GE Westinghouse and GM appliance division workers.
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United Press
Truman
Brotherhood of Railroad
St Louis
CL United Electrical Workers
General Electric Westinghouse
General Motors
Charles Edwards 70 Dies at Mt Pleasant
Charles Edwards aged 70 died this morning at Mt Pleasant hospital in Wayland. Funeral services will be held Monday with services at 1:00 PM at Stacey funeral home and 2:00 PM at Coynock Christian church. Burial in Sebrock cemetery near Washington. Born August 3, 1875 in Copnock community. he married Olive Beenblossom in 1901, who died in 1914. Survived by daughters Mrs Don Widmer, Mrs Hattie Boye, and Mrs Lewis Nebel.
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Wayland
Charles Edwards
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Hell
Stacey Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Coynock Christian Church
Sebrock
Eureka
Washington
Copnock
Absalom
Arminta Kurtz Edwards
Olive Beenblossom
Don Widmer
Brishton
Hattie Boye
Inclewod
Calif
Lewis Nebel
O'Donnell Declines Mayoral Candidacy in Davenport
Davenport sports editor John O'Donnell declined to say if he would run on the Democratic ticket for mayor. O'Donnell had been mentioned as a possible candidate as returning servicemen nominated him for the post. Jack Bell of Cedar Rapids, a student at Iowa State College Ames, is visiting the George C. Stewart family this weekend.
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Davenport
John O’ Donnell
Davenport Democrat
Mayo O'Donnell
Jack Bell
Cedar Rapids
Iowal State College
Ames
George C. Stewart
Farm Bureau Membership Drive to Open January Eighth
Larry Williams, manager of the Iowa Life Insurance Company, will speak at the Farm Bureau membership meeting in Washington County on Tuesday January 8. Williams helped start Country Life Insurance for Illinois Farm Bureau and rebuilt Indiana's program. The Lincoln school event includes high membership district recognition with William Ganon presiding and an oyster supper to follow.
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Larry Williams
Iowa Life Insurance Company
Farm Bureau
Washiton County
William Gamon
County Farm Bureau
Williams
Country Lift Insurance Company
Illinois Farm Bureau
Illinois
Life
Indiana
Lincoln School
William Ganon
Thirty Five Inmates In County Jail For Year Says Sheriff
Sheriff H M Putnam reports Washington county jail held 35 persons during the year with total board and care earnings of 55.04 dollars and a maximum stay of 27 days. Most inmates were males, with 7 intoxication cases and 12 traffic offenders among the arrests. Four prisoners were sent to penal institutions and fines totaled 1005 dollars.
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Washington Coin
H. M. Putnam
Pat Hanmi
Arsault
Freight embargo lifted in Des Moines on rail shipments
Des Moines report states the Interstate Commerce Commission lifted the freight embargo on three of eight railroads for less than carload shipments. The move affects Chi and other lines as the agency eases restrictions.
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Des Moines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chi
Washington county supervisors divide duties for 1946
At the first meeting of the year the board split oversight of county buildings. Ned Morrow takes county yards, Arthur Wiley county home, and Clarence Fulton the courthouse and jail. Officials designated local papers, funds moved for insane care, and contracts renewed or signed with local societies and Richards Construction for asphalt highways.
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Washingon
Ned Morrow
Arthur Wiley
Clarence Fulton
Curvnty
County Insane Fund
County Poor Fund
Washington County Medical Society
County Dental Society
Richards Construction Company
Victory Bond Sales Surpass County Quotas
County banks report E bond sales totaling 586 099 25 dollars, nearly 100 000 above the county allotment of 487 000. The Victory Loan total across all bonds reaches 1 152 904 dollars, 149 percent of the county allotment of 770 000. Washington county saw a large late surge as buyers delayed purchases to the campaign’s end.
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Washington County
Rail lines listed include Fort Dodge routes
A fragment lists railroad lines such as Burlington and Quincy Fort Dodge Des Moines and southern and Des Moines and central Itown lines.
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Cago
Burlington and Quincy
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern
Des Moines and Central Itown
Death of Helen Knupp 18 Beloved Washington High Senior
Helen Vandaline Knupp 18, senior at Washington high, died early this morning northwest of town after falling ill at a neighborhood gathering. She worked in the high school office and was on Hi-Life staff, Prairie Flower church member, active in Methodist church youth work and choir. Born May 27, 1927, she was daughter of Glen and LaVery Knupp, survived by two sisters Arlene and Glatys plus grandparents C. W. Stewart. Funeral at 2:30 Monday at I. G. A. Jones funeral home, Dr. Fred E. Miller presiding, burial Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Knupp
Ralph Herr
Helen
Hi-Life
Prairie Flower Church
Methodist Church
Young People's Society
Glen and
LaVery
Stewart) Knupp
Washington
Arlene
Glatys
C. W. Stewert
I. 6A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
Elm Grove Cemetery
Des Moines Renames War Boards to Price Control Units
Iowa’s OPA consolidates 99 War price and ration boards into 92 and renames them price control boards. Joe Bailey announces the change aligning with Washington directives as part of the anti inflation program in celebration of CPA’s fourth anniversary.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Office of Price Administration
IPA
OPA
Joe Bailey
Price Control Board
Towa
Washington
CPA
Tornado Toll Rises in East Texas as Search Continues
The toll from a series of tornadoes in east Texas reached at least 23 dead with more than 150 injured. Palestine area bore the worst damage, while towns like Nacogdoches and Crockett reported extensive wreckage and isolated pockets as rescue workers combed affected zones.
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Palestine
Tex
Texas
United Press
Lufkin
Nacogdoches
Crockett
Shiloh-St. Paul
Local Navy and WAVEs Members Headed to Postwar Leaves
Lt Margaret Alice Stewart departs for Cincinnati Ohio for a few weeks with Mrs Marguerite Crail and friends while on terminal leave from the WAVEs and previously a Cincinnati hospital dietitian. Lt Willard D Patterson leaves for San Antonio Texas to enter a rest center after transfer from Schick hospital Clinton. Set Henry Godwin heads to Hamilton Field California after a 15 day layover with his wife and parents, formerly stationed at Topeka Kansas. Marion Griffin returns home from Minneapolis after receiving honorable discharge as chief motor machinist mate after 3 1/2 years in Navy.
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Margaret Alice Stewart
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marguerite Crail
Stewart
The
Waves
Hospital Dietitian
Willard D. Patterson
San Antonio
Texas
W. A. Patterson
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Henry Godwin
Hamilton Field
Calif
San Francisco
Harold Godwin
Godwin
Topeka
Kaw
Marion Griffin
Minneapolis
Navy
Cc. E. Griffin
Plan Reduction of United States Army in Europe
FRANKFURT, Jan. 5 Gen. Joseph T. McNarney announced that U S Army strength in Europe would drop from 616,000 to 100,000 by next July and remain at that level for an extended period. He predicts a ten year occupation at least and a longer term may be needed. By July 1 more than 100,000 troops would be sent home as reinforcements arrive.
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Frankfurt
Joseph T. McNarney
McNarney
United States
Change-over policy trims boards in Iowa counties
The text notes accelerated transition from wartime to peacetime measures. It says boards were eliminated in Iowa counties with fewer than 250 retail outlets, aligning with Office of Price Administration policy.
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Iowa
OPA
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War Labor Board
National Wage Stabilization Board
Earl N. Cannon
Industry
Sylvester Garrett
W. Willard Wirtz
Robert J. Watt
AFL
Carl J. Shipley
CIO
James D. Marshall
Colman Barrett
John H. Leonard
Walter Mason
David R. Stewart
International
Manchuria
Ibonin
Manus
Marcus
Ywajalein
Pacific Ocean
Ponape
Daiuire
Gwrert Ts
Arorals
Hebrides
Pearl Harbor
Johnston
Navy Department
Japan
U. S
Walton League
Harry Simpson
Ray Whitehead
Bob Arthur
Vic Crone
Rodney Davis
Frisco Road
Mt. Pleasant
Odonell
Washington Journal
Wellman Advance
Kalona News
Helen Knupp
Helen Vandaline Knupp
Washington High School
Glen Knupp
Tion
Nacogdoches-Alto
United States Army
Europe
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