British Families Leave Palestine Evacuation Planned
British officers and their wives and children in Palestine will be evacuated by February 4 to avoid hampering military operations. Public information officer Richard Stubbs said repatriation would be compulsory but not affect American citizens, with security zones to replace danger areas. About 2,000 British families, including police, face moves from barracks and restricted zones as martial law looms in Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
England
Richard Stubbs
Mary
Brough
Stubbs
Employment Office Reports for January in Iowa City
The local Iowa state employment service logged 925 office calls in January with 110 first time registrations. Of these 21 were handicapped and 13 disabled veterans. There were 544 veteran interviews and 51 job referrals, 20 veterans among them. Twenty four placed in jobs and 12 were veterans, four of whom were physically handicapped. At month end 198 active applications on file, 99 veterans and 45 handicapped workers. Twelve employer visits occurred. more orders from employers are urgently needed to enable selective placement.
Six Iowans Dead Result of Storm
A severe midwestern blizzard left at least six dead in Iowa as a relief engine plowed into a caboose at Alta Vista damaging a stalled refrigerator train. Victims include Clyde Eastman 30 Wayne Miller 23 and Paul Butterfield McIntyre with Burns death noted. Leo Johnson 40 was crushed near North English.
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Des Moines
Alta Vista
Great Western
Clyde Eastman
Mediatyre
Wayne Miller
Hayfield
Minn
Paul Butterfield McIntyre
New Hampton Hospital
Leo Johnson
North English
Changes in church service times announced
Rev Milo Phillippi of St Pauls Evangelical and Retoruoed churches in Washington and Valley announces morning service time changes effective next Sunday. Washington Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 Valley service at 9 30 and Sunday school at 11.
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Milo Phillippi
St. Paul's Evangelical and Retoruoed
Washington
Valley
Spurious Sugar Stamps Exposed in Midwest Case
A federal grand jury indicted Lewis Braverman and Bernard Greenburg for possessing 24,060 counterfeit sugar stamps. The stamps, sold from Royal Tire Supply, would have yielded about 120,090 pounds of agar. The OPA-led probe began six weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Lewis Braverman
Bernard Greenburg
U. S
Raymond L. McClory
Royal Tire
OPA
Driver’s Loss Sends Vehicle Skidding Up Hill
A driver loses control as the car climbs a hill and skids, prompting cleanup and potential investigation by local authorities. No injuries reported in initial update.
Nazi Fritzsche Sentenced by German Denazification Court
Hans Fritzsche, once a leading Nazi radio commentator, is sentenced to nine years hard labor by a German denazification court after being acquitted by the International War Crimes Tribunal. The court orders confiscation of property and 2,200 Reichsmarks in costs.
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Fritzsche
Germany
Durin
Konrad Renner
Reichemaks
Radio
Edtef
Joseph Goebbels
Wlowen
Franz von Papen Hitler
Hjammar Schaaek
MacArthur halts Japanese naval strike amid upheaval
In Tokyo a blunt MacArthur order ends a 2,600,000 worker strike threat and prompts a broadcast cancellation. The action comes as cabinet resignations follow a wage dispute with Premier Yoshida offering 25 percent plus allowances, while new reconstruction and cabinet posts are created.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Wih
U. S. Army
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Muster Out Iowa State Guard Units Listed
Des Moines reports instructions and dates for mustering out 31 Iowa state guard units from Feb 10 to Mar 31. Brigadier General Charles H. Grahl says one unit already reactivated, 12 remain active until plans complete. Enlisted will be discharged, officers transferred to inactive guard as the Iowa National Guard transitions to a new structure.
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Iowa
Adjutant General
National Guard
Brig. Ton
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa House Debates Governor Mansion Bill and Beer Reform
Iowa lawmakers introduced 32 measures including a $50,000 appropriation for a governor’s mansion to be acquired and furnished by a joint executive council. A new beer bill seeks to raise Class B permit costs, require 25-seat rooms with visible interiors, and ban women or minors from employment. Aircraft would be removed from the gasoline refund list and tax distribution rules would shift to quarterly allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
D. A. Donahue
Tipton
Arch McFarlane
Cedar Falls
Fred Schwengel
Executive Council
Hugh Lundy
R. Allin
Iowa Banks Have Immense Assets
Iowa banks report year end 1946 totals with $1,541,568,103 in assets across 552 banks, up from 1945. Earning assets reached $1,200,984,146, and total capital funds stood at $78,765,950, reflecting year over year gains. United States securities holdings total $847,095,503, higher than 1945 but down from mid-1945 figures.
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Des Moines
Iowa Department of Banking Today
United States Securities
Dr. Stewart to Visit Washington and West Chester
Dr. A K Stewart secretary of the board of American missions United Presbyterian church will speak at Washington United Presbyterian morning service and at the Federated church in West Chester evening union service He will address the Rotary club Sunday noon and the United Presbyterian brotherhood meeting at 6 30 dinner Monday He is former pastor of a large Oman church Tuesday he travels to Des Moines for a state ministers convocation with merger talks between United Presbyterian and Reformed churches.
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A. K. Stewart
Board of American Missions
The
United Presbyterian Chureau
Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Washington Church
Federated Church
West Chester
Rotary Club
Brotherhood of the United Preaqbytterian
Stewart
Mission Board
Oman
Des Moines
United Presbyterian and Reformed Church
Agricultural workers depend on allied trades for livelihoods
The statement notes that for every person farming an arm there is at least one other person who earns income by processing wholesale transporting or selling agricultural products.
Centerville Pastor Will Preach Here
Rev Trevelyn White of Centerville Presbyterian arranges union service with Rev Lloyd Bartholomew also of Centerville to preach Sunday night at the Presbyterian church Bartholomew has led Centerville church since 1944 previously serving Des Moines and Lansing congregations He studied at Dubuque and played football four years Music includes the Presbyterian choir an anthem sung by Mrs Jois Lloyd and a vocal solo by John McGaffey.
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Trevelyn White
Presbyterian Church
Lloyd C. Bartholomew
Centerville
Mr. Bartholomew
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
Federated Presbyterian Church
Lansing
Iowa
Dubuque
Presbyterian Choir
Jois Lloyd
John McGaffey
Legion Posts Read Largest Iowa Membership Totals
Indianapolis dispatch lists top American Legion posts in Iowa by membership. Sioux City Edward T. Mongan Post 4,672 is Iowa’s largest, ranking 11th nationally led by Omaha Post 1 with 22,966 members. other Iowa posts include Hanford Cedar Rapids 4,285 Davenport 8,085 Rainbow Council Bluffs 2,290 Argonne Des Moines 283 Dubuque 2,036 Ottumwa 2,020 Mason City 1,799 Van Meter Clinton 1,603 Baldwin Patterson Des Moines 1,461 Frank Lewis Glick Marshalltown 1,459 Edward H Bitzer Muscatine 1,206 Ames 1,107 Fort Dodge 1,104 Fort Madison 1,056 and Highland Park Des Moines 1,025.
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Sioux City
Omaha
Neb
Iowa
Hanford
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Rainbow
Council Bluffs
Argonne
Des Moines
Becker-Chapman
Waterloo
Dubuque
C. TH. Nelson
Ottumwa
Clausen-Worden
Mason City
June van Meter
Clinton
Baldwin-Patterson
Frank Lewis Glick
Marshalltown
Edward H. Bitzer
Muscatine
Ames
Fort Dodge
Fort Madison
Highland Park
Early spring blooms advance in Delaware coast weather
Unseasonably warm up to 70 degrees in Lewes Delaware prompts dandelions to bloom two months early. Iris daffodils and jonquils bud as songbirds arrive from the south signaling an unseasonable warm spell.
Bridges accuses Russia of anti American plot abroad
Senator Styles Bridges charges a worldwide anti American drive led by Moscow to sub due Germany and China. He calls for an inspection system for German POWs and insists on firm US policy toward Russia while denouncing Soviet postwar aims.
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Russia
Germany
China
Washington
Sen
Styles Bridges
Cees
Senate
James F. Byrnes
Bridges
George C .Marshall
Wallace
United States
Moscow
Latin America
Asia
North Africa
Soviet Unions
Dr Karl Kiefer Addresses Men on Flag and Peace
Dr Karl Kiefer of Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant spoke to about seventy five men at the Methodist Church last evening. He discussed the U S flag its creation history and meaning using an historic Star Spangled Banner flag. He expressed optimism for world peace predicting war becomes unlikely within 25 years. Theodore Brown led the meeting and monthly gatherings are planned for the last Thursday each month.
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Karl Kiefer
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Church
Francis Scott Key
Kiefer
Theodore Brown
Sumer
Gardner burial set for Saturday in Des Moines
Lou Gardner 70 publicity director for the Republican party in Iowa died yesterday of a heart ailment. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at Amosa and burial will be at Monticello. Gov. Robert Blue issued a statement calling Gardner a personal friend and a stalwart citizen.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Aamosa
Lou Gardner
Republican Party
Monticello
Jov
Robert Blue
Gardner
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the International
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Keinosuke Zen
Economic Stabilization Board
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Seichiro
Keio University
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Hokkaido Prefecture
New Reconstruction Board
Mitsuijiro Ishi
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Iowa City
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National Headquarters
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