Truman failure to move Congress fuels calls for new fact finding body
President Truman pushes for a strike fact finding board and unemployment legislation while criticizing Congress for delaying key measures. The editorial argues Congress bears responsibility, warns against further central control, and contrasts today’s mood with 1932. It cites labor unrest and warns of a shift toward or away from socialist policies.
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Congress
Executive Branch
Toto
Germany
Russia
Truman
House Rules Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Senate
House
County celebrates weddings and milestones in a year start
Riverside residents face injuries from a truck crash as Jesse Gingerich is treated in Mercy hospital Iowa City. Will McClelland and wife observe their 50th anniversary Jan 9 with a gathering at the Detwiller home. Mabel Thoma and LaVerne Reynolds wed at the Ainsworth Methodist church. Vera E Ayres and John W Schwab marry in Wellman last Monday. Union church services in Washington feature Dr Dale D Welch at U Dubuque. County records show one divorce per five marriages last year. A Legion meeting is planned Jan 15. School and community events include pictures at Bleicher church and a county extension head hire.
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Jesse Gingerich
Riverside
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Will McClelland
Nira
William G. Detwiller
Detweller
Lake Ayres
Wellman
Vera E. Ayres
John W. Schwab
Dale
Washington
Mrs May Samson of Los Angeles Dies at Home
Mrs May McClelland Samson wife of Arthur Samson of Los Angeles died recently at her California home. She lived in Monmouth before her marriage and was in the early seventies. Mr Samson is a cousin of Nell and Alice Samson Livingston of Washington.
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Los Angeles
May McClelland Samson
Arthur Samson
California
Monmouth
Obituaries and family notices from several towns
Wellman died last week and funeral services were held Saturday. He was an invalid for several years. His wife, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Stutsman, a son Rollie and daughter, Mrs. Will Eicher of Wayland, survive. Thirty-seven year old man, son of the late Roy and Victoria Miller McGugin, was found dead in a wooded area near St. Louis on Sunday. He leaves a wife and two children who are in Salt Lake City. (Brighton) 82 year old man who lived seven miles northwest of Brighton died suddenly on Sunday night. His wife and six children survive. (Tacoma, Wash.) Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Dowell of Washington, Iowa, aged 58 years, died suddenly Christmas night of cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dowell were the parents of three sons, one died at the age of three, Malcolm died at 35, and Lee at 58. Surviving besides the parents, are the wife, daughter, two grand children.
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Wellman
Mary Stutsman
Rollie
Will Eicher
Wayland
Roy and
Victoria Miller McGugin
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Brighton
Tacoma
Wash
George Dowell
Washington
Iowa
Geo. Dowell
Malcolm
Lee
H. E. O. Families Hold Pot-Luck at Cedar Schoolhouse
HW E O club sponsored a supper meeting Thursday at the Cedar schoolhouse. Six club families attended the cooperative meal organized by a committee. The evening was spent socially. The last regular meeting will be January 31 with Mrs. Karle Libe.
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Hw.e.o. Club
Karle Libe
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LaVerne Reynolds
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U. P
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University of Dubuque
Wendell Hanson
Lone Tree
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Cedar Rapids
Charles L. Jeffries
Freda Hertig
Lois Fitzgerald
Sgt
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St. James Rectory
Ben Fitzgerald
Ainsworth
Wilbur Richardson
Sadee McAvoy
Tuscon, Ariz
Frank Barnes
University Hospital
L. A. Jones
Helen Cunningham
Waukegan, Ill
Navajo Club
D. N. Anwyl
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Oskaloosa
Rosemary
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Crawfordsville
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Traer
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Mate
Methodist
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Whiting
Stokers
Cy Bush
East
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John Daering
Lee Dowell
Weyenberg
Jung
Wolverines
TIN Shop
Pittsburgh
Duplate
Duplite
Sorrell Auto Parts
West Madison
Ruud
Smith Permaglass
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
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West Side Square
John Shields & Sons
Washington Concrete Company
North 12Th Street
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Hampshire
Farrow
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