Production Controls on Food Urged on Farms
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson urged Congress to link farm price support with production controls to curb wasteful over production. He warned lack of curbs could waste farm money and soil, while promising no immediate danger of a price crash. He cited 1941–48 costs and potential losses, and noted possible resale of surpluses. He also said sugar rationing may be extended with a March 31, 1948 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Congress
Anderson
House Agriculture Committee
August H. Andresen
Minn
House Food Investigating Committee
Oyster Supper Brings Legion Post Together
About 75 Legion members attended an oyster supper at 6 30 p m in the Legion rooms. After the meal a brief business session featured Bill Graf urging World War II veterans to reinstate National Service Life Insurance before February 1 with two monthly premiums and no medical exam. A VA representative in Washington visits each Thursday to explain NSLI reinstatement and conversion options. Graf cited 18 000 000 NSLI policies issued during the war with total face value of 154000000000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.S.L
Legion
N. S.S.I
N. S.L.S
Graf
McGaffey and Sojka Obtain Washington Marriage License
John Albert McGaffey and Frances Ernestine Sojka, both of Washington, secured a marriage license at the courthouse yesterday. Their filing marks the first step toward their nuptials in the state capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Albert McGaffey
Frances Ernestine Sojka
Washington
Court House
Yester
Bridge steel delays Rock Island cutoff work between Ainsworth and Brighton
Rail line progress stalls as bridge steel for creek and river spans remains unavailable. Concrete work is done and half the line is in rails and ballast, with stations near South Washington nearing completion while awaiting river and creek bridges to finish the Cut-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ainsworth
Brighton
Washington
Burlington Railroad
Long Creek
Burlington
Skunk
North Town Avenue
Milwaukee
Ainsworth-Brighton
South Washington
Crooked Creek
Skunk River
Announce Program For Band Concert
Melvin Hill announces the band concert program for Washington schools. Three bands will perform Stewart Lincoln elementary junior high and high school pieces culminating in a joint high school instrumental finale. Directors and selections are listed in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Hill
Washington
High Schoo Auditorium
Stewart and Lincoln
Hill
Stewart-Lincoln Band
Metcalf
Metcak
Salvatore
Metcall
Janet Graf
Chenelle Junior High School
Lincoln Green
Washington County Board Heads to Davenport on Pending Deal
Members of the Washington County board of supervisors traveled to Davenport today regarding a deal on rock breaking machinery. A small lichen plant is capable of breaking rocks as it clings to rock surfaces via helical filaments, aiding the growth process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Davenport
Washington County mulls remodeling district court room
The Washington county board of supervisors weighs a possible second floor remodeling of the district court room. They seek better acoustics and a brighter appearance with lowered ceiling, straight walls, and new furnishings, contingent on architect input and provisional costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Board of Supervisors
District Court Room
Court House
Rock Island plans upgrade with heavy grade and station moves
The Rock Island railroad schedules an improvement at Lets cutting a heavy grade for faster movement of trains and plans relocate Ainsworth station nearby while Cotter station gains a better building. A labor gang lays heavier steel on the Oskaloosa Des Moines branch in prep for more trains and likely extends toward Washington and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Lets
Ainsworth
Cotter
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Washington
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Gray of Detroit
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha Gray of Detroit Michigan will be held at 2 30 Friday afternoon at the Fairbanks funeral home in Muscatine. She was sister in law of Mrs Sadie McAvoy and Mrs Mattie McAvoy and died Monday after a period of illness. She had managed the Art Center apartments in Detroit for 26 years and spent her early life near Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Gray
Detroit
Mich
Fairbanks Funeral Home
Muscatine
Communist Influence to Be Probed by House Committee
Washington January 22 The House Un American Activities Committee under Republican leadership votes to investigate communist influence in the Hollywood film colony and in the federal government. Chairman J Parnell Thomas says open hearings will be held and the inquiry will be the most active in the committee’s history. He hints the probe may target communists and other subversive elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On UN- American Activities
J. Parnell Thonas
N. J
Hollywood
Thomas
Ku Klux Klan
Trucks Collide at County Jail Corner
A pickup owned by E. G. Humm and driven by Charles West struck a second truck driven by William R. Miller at the West Second street North Avenue B intersection. Ice caused the skid and sideswipe. no injuries were reported. Humm’s truck suffered about 75 dollars in damage and the other about 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Humm
Charles West
William R. Miller
West Second Street
North Avenue B
County Hospital On Approved List
Washington county hospital is one of 54 Iowa hospitals meeting American College of Surgeons standards for the current year. The approval covers modern facilities, patient safety, trained staff, organized medical staff, full medical records, and patient care focus. It is among the smallest accredited hospitals with 54 beds and 12 bassinets, joining a state list that includes Ames, Des Moines, Iowa City, and Waterloo among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Iowa
American College of Surgeons
Surgeons’ Organization
Washington Hospital
University Hospital
Iowa City
Cherokee
Oelwein
Red Oak Hospital
Ames
Burlington
Carroll
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Centerville
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Decorah
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Grinnell
Hampton
Lemurs
Marshalltown
Mason City
New Hampton
Newton
Oakdale
Ottumwa
Red Oak
Sioux City
Washington
Waterloo
Waverly
Local Option and Liquor by the Drink Possible in Iowa
Sen. Irving Long of Manchester predicts the 1947 Iowa legislature will pass a local option liquor bill along with sale by the drink. He cites rising sentiment among lawmakers to legalize liquor sales in licensed establishments to curb bootlegging and generate state revenue. Gov Blue urged studying the liquor situation and aligning any law with majority sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Motnes
Irving Long
Manchester
51St
General Assembly
Long
House
Senate
Robert D. Blue
Continue Evidence in Korf Damage Case
Proceedings in the trial of S. W. Korf and Charles Cannon versus Rock Island Railroad continued with witnesses including Korf, Cannon, and Harold Wehr testifying on evidence from the Korf farm near Ainsworth and the Rock Island cut off. The case, before Judge J. G. Patterson, began yesterday with Cannon still on the stand this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Korf
Charles Cannon
Rock Island Railroad
J. G. Patterson
Mr. Kort
Ainsworth
New Rock Island
Mr. Cannon
Harold Wehr
Washington
Korf
Camnon Ait
Teacher Picture to Screen at Stewart School Friday
A color film titled A Day in the Life of a Teacher will be premiered Friday at Stewart school. Produced in Washington last spring under George H. Holmes and Elucer Ritter, the showing includes Washington teachers and students and features the Central Park illuminated fountain. A 6:30 dinner honors participants, with Malcolm Price and other officials in attendance, followed by an 8:00 public screening for teachers, parents, and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart School
Washington
George H. Holmes
Bureau of Public Relations
Iowa State Teachers College
Elucer Ritter
Central Park
Washington High School
Holness
Ritter
State College
Stewart Chool
Frank Miller Vark
R. L Lytle
Herve
Teachers’ College
Flalcolm Price
Jerd Hake
Waterloo
Ceday Falls
Real estate witness cites farm damages after railroad take
Lester Orr, a Washington real estate dealer, testified that the Korf farm lost nearly seven acres to right of way. He valued the land at 209 dollars per acre before condemnation and about 100 dollars per acre after the railroad crossed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Orr
Washington
Hoover to Lead Economic Mission to Germany
Former president Herbert Hoover agreed at President Truman's request to travel to Germany to study food conditions and ways to ease the burden on American taxpayers. He will assess zones controlled by the United States and its allies, aiming for self sustaining productivity and reduced costs, currently over 300 million dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Truman
Germany
Mr. Hoover
White House
Austria
Hoover
Des Moines Bank Robbery Captures Suspect Minutes Later
Opal Dixon, 35, identified by police, robbed the Des Moines Bank and Trust Co. in Des Moines Iowa then was captured about 30 minutes later half a block from the bank. She used a syringe like object and claimed a concealed explosive. The amount taken was not immediately determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Opal Dixon
Des Moines Bank and Trust Co
Paul Page 39 Dies at Kalona Home
Paul Page 39 a Kalona resident and World War III veteran died yesterday after a heart illness at his home. Funeral services will be at Kalona Methodist Church tomorrow at 2 p.m. Rev. M. O. McKenzie will officiate. RH Peterseim Funeral Home is in charge. Surviving are his wife Nettie Sommers mother Nellie Page two sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Paul Page
Kalona Methodist Church
M. O. McKenzie
Kansas Leads in Cultivated Land Despite Flanking State
The state of Kansas holds the most cultivated land in the United States, with only one other state surpassing it. The second state has three times the area of Kansas in cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Kansas
Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Navy’s
Flying Laboratory
Agriculture Department
Chase
Sherwood Reed
Lriar Tuck
U Weber
Hongroise _ Skornick
Elena
R. Holcomb, M. Goff, M. Gamon
Ballet Egyptien
Luigini No
Ketelbey
Daryl Fetters
Pavenne
Bouk
House Committee To Investi
Gate Reds
Hollwood Film Colony
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Kilroy
Talmadge
Georgia
Vaintiffs
Nelloreainst Rocksland Railroad
U.S
Pres
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!