Army to speed up demobilization as 5 millionth discharge nears
Washington reports Gen Eisenhower told President Truman the GI drive to go home is driven by discipline and good men, while the Army pushes to trim forces to meet minimum needs. Frankfurt reports a mob of 5000+ paratroopers tried to storm Gen McNarney’s HQ but was repelled.
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Frankfurt
Joseph T. McNarney
Washington
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Army
Truman
Manila
Jan
War Department
Japan
Navy
Iowa Reaches E Bond Quota With Record Sales
Iowa counties meet E bond quota in victory loan drive with total sales of 68.25 million dollars 148 percent of goal. State total 273.02 million from corporations and investors 201 percent of quota. Individuals bought 143.17 million 176 percent of their 81 million target. Local leaders commend 40 000 volunteers. W L Clark to head Treasury Saving Bond division.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State War Finance Committee
Grundy County
W. L. Clark
Iown War Finance Committee
Clark
Washington
U. S. Treasury
van Buren
Keokuk
Mahaska
Henry
Louisiag E
Powesh
Iowa survey backs county homes for Insane Patients
The Des Moines survey committee urges moving incurable and harmless insane from state hospitals to county homes to ease crowding. It recommends a state director of mental institutions, hires of psychiatrists and nurses, and use of modern equipment. The panel says 1,500 beds are over normal load, claims 25% could transfer within five years, with 2,489 county beds ready now.
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Des Moines
Robert Blue
State Board of Control
52Nd General Assembly
Governor Blue
Board of Control
Inquest Opens Over Suzanne Degnan Kidnapping Murder
The coroner wept as James Degnan testified about the last sighting of six year old Suzanne Degnan. He described a midnight incident when a kidnapper entered the home, killed, dismembered, and abducted the girl. Police questioned janitor Hector Verburgh and Desere Smet as primary suspects in the murder basement investigation.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
A. L. Brodie
James Degnan
Degnan
Brodie
OPA
Suzanne
Thomas J. Degnan
Leicester
Mass
John L. Sullivan
Summerdale
Northside
Hector Verburgh
Verburgh
Desere Smet
Smet
National Bank Holds Annual Meeting With Crone President
National Bank of Washington conducts its annual stockholders meeting with 761 of 800 shares represented. Fred L. Stewart presides. Frank C. Crone serves as vice president and reports deposits at 3,885,528.95 the highest in bank history and a 90,000 surplus. Officers elected include Crone as president and Stewart as chairman. Crone also notes bond sales since May 1, 1941.
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The
National Bank of Washington
Fred L. Stewart
C. P. Weldin
Carlton C. Wilson
George J. Steitenbach
Robert Wiley
Frea L. Stewart
Frank C. Crone
Crone
Marion S. George
Lucy F. Dempsey
Wilma R. Kleese
Waters Rise in Oakville Area Amid Floods
Floodwaters kept rising in Oakville Iowa after two levees failed. State guardsmen and medical detachments aided evacuations as thousands of acres flooded and livestock drowned. Des Moines River fell slowly elsewhere while Mississippi rose. Henderson Creek levee near Oquakwa, Illinois, breached.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Oakville
Iowa River
Des Moines
Tracy
Reading
Eddyville
Mississippi
Burlington
Henderson Creek
Oquawka
Ill
Cars in Collision Near Washington Causes Fine
Two cars driven by Stanley Chabal and Norman Shalts collided on Riverside road five miles northeast of Washington around 9:30 this morning. The front ends of the vehicles were badly damaged and damage was estimated by police.
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Stanley Chabal
Norman Shalts
Riverside
Washington
Farm Bureau opens county member drive in Washington
Washington county Farm Bureau kicks off its 1946 membership drive with 166 leaders attending the kick off meeting. Membership now 1,047, target 1,200. Larry Williams of Iowa Life Insurance urged long range farm economy stability as township leaders plan to contact farmers over the next few days. County office staff introduced. an oyster supper preceded the session and group singing. A minor traffic incident ended with a $10 fine for not keeping to the right side of the road.
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Eau
Washington County Farm Bureau
Williams
Larry Williams
Iowa Life Insurance Company
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Washington County
William Ganon
Prairie Flower
Lexington
Cedar Township
Franklin Disciriet
Marion Township
Ruth Foster
Way Sellers
Atmos Stout
Leo Sturgeon
Earl Rich
Merle Eckers
Bid on county work by Olson Construction for riprap
The state highway commission received several low bids for road construction at Ames yesterday. Olson Construction of Waterloo submitted the lowest bid at 3 839 dollars for riprap on hisl- timeframe unclear.
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State Highway Commission
Ames
Olson Construction Company
Waterloo
Edith Faris Dies at Son Harold Faris Home
Mrs Edith Faris dies at the home of her son Harold Faris in Somerville Pennsylvania Burial planned in the east She was daughter of Adam Page and Harriet Smith lived most of her life locally later moving east to be with her son She was in her late sixties and a Methodist church member One son survives a daughter died in infancy years ago.
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Fred Stewart
Edith Faris
Harold Faris
Somerville
Penn
Methodist Church
Easter Clothing Drive Seeks Wide Donations Countywide
S W Kaster urges Washington county residents to donate coats suits dresses shirts underwear and more for a victory clothing collection aiding destitute overseas. Centers open next week with Wash ington at 219 South Iowa Avenue run by Legion and VFW auxiliaries and church groups.
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S. W. W Kaster
Washington County
Victory Clothing
Kaster
Washington
Iowa Memorial Company
Easter
South
Iowa Avenue
Archie Buwer
American Legion Auxiliary
Dave McGaffey
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Women of Washington
Ames bid totals reach 1.292 million for paving and bridges
Low bids received at Ames for road and bridge work in Washington County totaled about 1.292 million dollars. The county board of supervisors must approve the bids. Works include paving bridge construction grading and graveling with most projects involving bridges and culverts.
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Riverside
Washington County
Ames
County Board of Supervisors
General Styer urges GIs to back re enlistment drive
In a radio talk to American soldiers in the Philippines Lt. Gen. W. D. Styer said he was doing everything possible to get them home and urged support for the army re enrollment plan. He warned that failure of the program would raise the need for universal military training. Earlier he met a five man GI delegation after about 2,500 soldiers tried a protest march on his Manila headquarters.
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Manila
W. D. Styer
Philippines
Army
Styer
Flooded Acres In Louisa County Prompt Red Cross Aid
In Oakville 13000 acres remain under water with Red Cross relief dispatching 500 cots 1000 blankets and medical supplies from St Louis. Boats and outboard motors are sent to remove livestock as hog deaths exceed 600 and cattle losses top 100. Evacuation orders cover Oakville with about 200 nearby residents at risk.
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Oakville
Louisa County
Red Cross
St Louis
Oaksville
Rainfall Records Half Inch Overnight
Rain last night totaled half an inch while the minimum temperature registered at Su degrees.
Strike May Spread to More Cities
United States Steel Workers CIO and U S Steel Corp agreed to resume wage talks boosting hope the nationwide steel strike set for next Monday might be averted. In Des Moines about 15 Western Electric workers walked out as part of a national apparatus technicians walkout affecting Iowa cities and telephone service. Nationwide paralysis of long distance service appeared likely as 17 000 Western Electric production workers went on strike and installation workers joined, with about 300 Western Electric technicians in five Midwest states striking as part of the walkout.
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Washington
United States Steel Workers
CIO
U. S. Steel Corp
Des Moines
Western Electric
New York
Western Electric Company
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Ind
Western Electric Co
Association of Communications and Equipment Workers
Midwest
Minneapolis
A. W. Stein
Association of Communication Equipment Workers Union
Doctor Peterson guest speaker at Y s Men's Club dinner
Dr. A. C. Peterson spoke to the Y s Men's Club at the Community room of the Y about elk hunting in Montana. He displayed two hunting rifles as part of his remarks. Attendees included Dr. Montgomery of Keota Richard Yousling of Ida Grove Wayne Chamberlin Don Whitlateh Kenneth Blecha Willis Jones club president Verle Gallagher introduced him.
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A. C. Peterson
Y's
Dr. Montgomery
Keota
Richard Yousling
Ida Grove
Wayne Chamberlin
Don Whitlateh
Kenneth Blecha
Willis Jones
Verle Gallagher
Dr. Peterson
Montana
Pipeline Hearing Opens Over Western Gas Line Plan
Preliminary hearings before the Federal Power Commission enter their second day amid a dispute over a Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co project. The $70 million line would run from Hugoton Kansas through Iowa and Illinois to Detroit with further testimony scheduled in Chicago on January 14 involving the Natural Gas Pipeline Co and related parties.
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Washington
Miny
Federal Power Commission
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Co
Hugoton
Kan
Iowa
Ilinois
Detroit
Chicago
Natural Gas Pipeline Co
Inter
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Mason City
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U. S Public Health Service
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Norman Stralla
Justice of the Peace
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
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Northwestern Bell
Association of Communications Workers Union
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