Marshall Quits Cabinet. Acheson Named as Successor
President Truman accepts George C. Marshall's resignation as secretary of state and names Dean Acheson to replace him. Marshall will leave Jan 20 after kidney ailment surgery. James E. Webb becomes undersecretary. No shift in U.S. foreign policy is anticipated.
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George C. Marshall
Acheson
Washington
Truman
Dean Acheson
Marshall
Russia
United Nations Organization
State Department
Robert A. Lovett
Soldier-Statesman
House
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Rep
Eugene Anderson
Texas
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Agriculture
Senate
International Soundphoto
Homemakers Hear Madge Dilts Demonstration
Madge Dilts director of the Hoover Home Institute will discuss household cleaning at Washington High School Friday January 14 at 2 pm. Ruth Foster county extension home economist says rural and city homemakers are invited and Wilda Busby and the homemaking class will assist with children.
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Madge Dilts
Hoover Home Institute
Washington High School
Ruth Foster
County Extension
Miss Dilts
Wilda Busby
Miss Foster
Ross Motor Service Forms Family Partnership
Mr and Mrs Darrel Ross announce a new family partnership at Ross Motor Service with their sons Dick and Bob each holding one third. The partnership became effective January 1. Dick and Bob are experienced mechanics who worked at the shop since youth and served in the U S Navy.
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Darrel Ross
Ross Motor Service
Bob
Ross
U. S. Navy
Fullfledged
Crone Couple Mark First Anniversary of Local Grocery
Mr and Mrs Charles Crone celebrate one year in business across from the American Pearl Button factory. The couple run a grocery and meat shop with a lunch counter and operate the store with Mrs Crone assisting Mr Crone.
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Chas Crone
Charles Crone
Crone
Installation of Bow and DeMolay Officers Told
The public is invited to attend the installation ceremony at the Masonic Temple on Sunday at two o'clock.
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Masonic Temple
Second Storm Threatens West
United Press reports a new storm plume approaching from Canada endangering Wyoming Montana and Colorado as crews recover 17 bodies from the prior blizzard and about twenty missing across Colorado Wyoming South Dakota and Nebraska. Temperatures may drop while snow lessens from the earlier storm. Floods persist in gulf states and cold in the west eases in places, driven by the same blizzard system.
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United Press
Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
Plains
South Dakota
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Canada
Indiana
Gulf States
Ohio
California
Arizona
South
Midwest
Great Plains
Annual Chest Meet Planned February 1
The Washington community chest announces its annual meeting for February 1 at 8 p m in the YMCA. Five board members will be elected, with retiring members named and nomination chair Mrs G E Montgomery to lead the nominating committee with additional members listed. All contributors are invited to attend and vote.
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Washington Community Chest
YMCA
Community Chest Board
Harry Dye
Howard Freshwaters
G. E. Montgomery
Roger Sherman
Richard McCleery
Montgomery
Manton Hebner
Milo Sorden
Vernon Witting
Cloid Willits
the Chest
Community Chest
Weather and transit notes from Des Moines and nationwide
Des Moines forecasts: increasing cloudiness tonight and tomorrow with snow flurries and much colder temps tomorrow night. Highs near 45 to 55, lows 30 to 35, tomorrow’s high around 150 is likely a transcription error. North Carolina unveils a million dollar research program for marine fisheries and roads clearing for traffic this week. Snowbound motorists once numbered about 10 000 as pileups and trains trapped in snow thirty feet deep were reported. Union Pacific's City of San Francisco streamliner reached Chicago three days late after Cheyenne delay.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Union Pacific
San Francisco
Chicago
Cheyenne
Annual Farmers Mutual Insurance Report Shows Increase in Business
Charles Kennedy reports Farmers Mutual Insurance Association of Washington County shows insurance in force at 34.37 million dollars on over 5 000 policies, a record high. Claims paid totaled 51 819 dollars, up from 1947, with notable payments to Simon Metz Dan A Guy Lena M Tripp. Officials to be elected at today’s policyholders meeting.
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Farmers Mutual Insurance
Charles Kennedy
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Washington County
Kennedy
Association
Simon Metz
Dan A. Guy
Lena M. Tripp
H. A. Dusenberry
George M. Lord
W. A. Morgan
William E. TeBockhorst
Mose Levy Injured in Head-on Collision Near Washington
Washington junk dealer Mose Levy sustained multiple fractured ribs and other injuries when his pickup collided head-on with a county road maintainer north of Washington at eight this morning. Levy, treated at Washington county hospital, said sun glare blinded him as he met Harry Hesseltine driving the maintainer at the Wead corner on the Kalona Washington gravel road. Damage to Levy's pickup was about $150.
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Mose Levy
Washington
Xalona
Levy
Washington County Hospital
Loren D. Roberson
Wead
Kalona-Washington
Harry Hesseltine
West
Mouroe Street
Personal Property Assessments Start in Washington County
Washington county's 24 deputy assessors will begin soon to assess personal property across townships. The township workers met Thursday with county auditor Fred E. Bourgeois and chief deputy assessor Walt Kiesey for final instructions and to obtain materials for the annual personal property assessment.
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Washington County
Fred E. Bourgeois
Walt Kiesey
Smart Implement Sponsors Family Night at Washington High
Smart Implement Co. hosts free appreciation night at Washington High School auditorium on Wednesday January 12 at 8 p.m. The program features Joss Thorpe plus pantomime, Rene & Rita skating, Mary Bonanno on accordion, color movies, travel and comedy acts. Families are invited with no cost. details to follow.
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Smart Implement Co
Washington High School Auditoritys
Joss Thorpe
Rene
Rita
Mary Bonanno
Smart
International Harvester
Todays Journal
Union Services Continue Sunday at Christian Church
Rev. Walter Smith of the Methodist church will deliver the message at 7 30 oclock Sunday evening January 9 in the Christian church. The Divine Fire is the sermon theme for the combined seven church union service with several ministers assisting and the union choir led by Wendell Rider providing music. Rehearsals for choir members are Sundays at four in the Christian church. January services stay in the Christian church and move to the Presbyterian church next month signaling the Week of Prayer close with St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed church holding daily services and a final meeting scheduled tonight.
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Walter Smith
Methodist Church
Smith
Union Choir
Wendell Rider
Property Assessors Urged to Complete Personal Listings
The article notes a May 1 board of review deadline and mentions three new assessors named by Mr Bourgeois. Kiesey stresses taxpayers must provide complete personal property lists to ensure accurate assessments.
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Erty
Board of Review
Bourgeois
Kiesey
Truman Sets Anti-Inflation Plan With Taxes and Controls
President Truman asked Congress to extend rent controls for two years and to raise about 4 billion dollars in new taxes, mainly from corporations. He proposed wage and price controls and a new authority to delay price increases after public review, plus 1 million low rental housing units over seven years amid a rosy 1948 economic picture.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
White Sands National Monument Known for White Gypsum Dunes
The White Sands National Monument in New Mexico features miles of pure white gypsum dunes forming a stark desert landscape with extensive sand fields and unique terrain.
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White Sands National Monument
New Mexico
Bindweed Invasive Plant Arrives In U.S. A Century Ago
The article recalls bindweed or morning glory arriving about 100 years ago when cereal grains from Europe and Asia were imported. It notes how this ornamental plant spread across regions, becoming a common weed in fields and gardens.
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Europe
Asia
Tax Assessor Requires Correct List With Penalty
Taxpayer signs the assessor's list, the law mandates accuracy and completeness and imposes a $500 penalty for deliberate offenses.
Washington County Farmers Gain Masses of Government Grain Loans
Washington county farmers signed Commodity Credit Corporation loan agreements totaling 449196 bushels worth 621453.39 with corn loans dominating the portfolio. Purchase agreements cover 68674 bushels with a 0.5 cent per bushel service charge and December 31 deadlines loom for all grains except corn.
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Washington County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Howard L. Witting
County Aaa
Federal
Witting
Wittrig
George Ward 78 Dies After Sickness
George William Ward a Washington resident for 38 years died at 6 10 this morning after a stroke last November His funeral will be Sunday at 230 at Jones funeral home with Dr Fred E Miller in charge Burial will be Elm Grove cemetery He was born January 29 1870 at Wilton Junction Iowa and married Daisy Ong in 1896 He leaves three sons Harry Carl and Hallie and two daughters Mrs Orville Prehn and Mrs Ray Ehrenfelt
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George William Ward
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
Elm Grove
Mr. Ward
Wilton Junction
Iowa
James A
Francis M. Windus Ward
Daisy 0. Ong
Ward
Harry and
Carl
Hallie
Deniphan
Orville Prehn
Elmhurst
Ill
Ray Ehrenfelt
Los Angeles
Calif
Dogs and wolves: the ancient domestication link
The dog likely first animal domesticated by humans with a murky origin. The wolf is regarded as the key ancestor of the modern dog, according to prevailing theories on domestication.
Restricted New York area drives national ready to wear supply
A small section of New York State provides 85 percent of the nation’s ready to wear goods. Production is sped to all regions by air and rail express, delivering outfits to customers across the United States.
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New York
United States
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