Truman Sees First Ballot Victory At Democratic Convention
President Truman forecast his nomination on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention and said Eleanor Roosevelt would be acceptable as vice president. He rejected the notion of withdrawing as a candidate and dismissed the question as foolish. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt later said she has no intention of seeking public office.
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Washington
Thilenor Roosevelt
Cnet
Roosevelts Widcow
Roosevelt
Clare Booth Luce
Congress
Connecticut
Hyde Par
N. Y
Jay 1
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rev. Alfred Trenerry Accepts Pastorate
Former Washington Baptist minister Rev. Alfred Trenerry, widower of last winter, announces acceptance of a pastorate at Bonaparte. He will remain at Marble Rock until September first, then move to Bonaparte after previously planning retirement to Sioux Falls with his son Ward.
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Alfred Trenerry
Washington Baptist Church
Ward
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Iowa Baptist Convention
Trenerry
Ss. W. Easter
Bonaparte
Marble Rock
Western Auto Store Marks Anniversary
Five years ago Ken Peters opened his Western Auto store on the south side of the square in Washington Illinois. For anniversary weekend he offers a mantle radio as a prize to the person who guesses closest to the number of beans in a visible container.
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Ken Peters
Washington
Aedo
Illinois
Western Auto
Mr. Peters
Foresee Ten July Fourth Deaths On Highways
Des Moines reports State Safety Commissioner Alfred W. Kahl predicts ten highway deaths during the July 4 weekend. He notes 1947 saw nine deaths and 177 injuries in 806 accidents amid a 20 percent traffic rise. S. N. Jespersen says 160 patrol cars will operate around the clock concentrating on holiday travel and issue courtesy warning cards to motorists.
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Des Moines
Alfred W. Kahl
Anu
Kahl
S. N. Jespersen
State Highway Patrol
Installment Buying Reaches New High
The federal reserve reports total consumer credit outstanding at end of May was 13.0 billion dollars, a new high. Installment credit accounted for 6.957 billion of the total, a new peak. The prewar peak for installment credit was 5.42 billion in 1941.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Repair Fire Whistle Atop Bank Building
A bank building whistle was repaired after a morning series of blasts failed to summon firefighters. Officials say the siren is back in service and residents will no longer hear the older siren used for months.
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Bank
National Bank
Washington
Quake Casualties Mount in Fukui Prefecture Japan
Tokyo reports the Fukui prefecture earthquake and fire have caused massive loss of life with numbers still being tallied. Cremations proceed without standard rites as officials fear a toll near 5,000 dead and 10,000 injured. Bulldozers clear debris as Fukui City plans rebuilding.
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Tokyo
Fukui Prefecture
Fukui
Ishikawa
Union Services In Park Planned
Rev. T. C. Polk of the Christian church will preach at the union evening service in Central Park Sunday at 7 30 o clock. The outdoor meetings mark the opening of the regular summer park services with seven participating churches and the Y M C A providing one program.
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The
Christian Church
Union
Central Park
Washington
Y.M.C.A
Baptist
Presbyterian
Christian
Methodist
United Presbyterian
Associate Presbyterian
St. Paul's Evangelical
Reformed
Five Indicted on Gambling Charges in Audubon
Five persons indicted by a grand jury on liquor and gambling law violations have been arrested and released on $1,000 bond. The jury returned 26 indictments in total following a Audubon tourist camp operations article in the Advocate-Republican, with punchboards confiscated from four establishments.
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Audubon
Lowza
Wayne Black
Audubon Weekly Advocate-Republican
Flames Destroy Farm Buildings Near Crawfordsville
A large barn two corn cribs and vast quantities of grain hay and feed burned at Glen Beenblossom farm one mile east of Crawfordsville on Wednesday at 6 45 pm. Firemen from Ainsworth Crawfordsville and the Washington Farm Mutual truck fought the blaze. One thousand bushels of corn a ton of feed oats straw hay and two cows were lost. The family and firemen saved the house. cause unknown.
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Crawfordsville
Glen Beenblossom
Here
Ainsworth
Washington Farm Mutual
My Beenblossom
Toy Tripp
Sioux City
Beenblossom
Western Allies Outline Plan for Separate German State
In Prankfurt on July 1 the United States Britain and France authorize a separate western German government for three zones while keeping key powers. They appoint 11 German state leaders to draft a constitution by September 1 with a rights charter for Germans. Military governors retain full powers in emergencies or to secure compliance with the occupation statute.
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United States
Britain
France
Pierre Koenig
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supremie
Gin. Wenn
Clay
Germany
Koentz
Koenig
Musk rat remarks at second grand jury sitting
Muskrats prefer swimming to walking noted during the second grand jury sitting, reflecting odd behavioral references in the session.
Seek State to Nominate Ike at Democratic Convention
Anti Truman Democrats look to California New York or Illinois to nominate Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for president at the Democratic national convention They hope Alabama may yield its position to allow a state to place Eisenhower in nomination More draft Eisenhower boosters in the south think a northern or western state with a big delegation could carry prestige James Roosevelt of California favors Eisenhower.
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Washington
Jalx
California
New York
Illinois
Dwight D. Lisenhower
Alabamia
Hisenenhower
Truman
James Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Arab league rejects Bernadotte Palestine plan
The Arab League political committee unanimously rejected Bernadotte's Palestine peace proposals. It considers whether to send a flat rejection or counter proposals and plans to decide by Saturday. Bernadotte travels to Jerusalem on local arrangements before returning to Rhodes.
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Arab League
Palestine
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
United Press Today
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Rhodes Dispatches
Jerusalem
Holy City
Tel Aviv
Rhodes
Davenport Council Approves Airport Development Grant
Davenport Iowa city council at a special meeting approved a 494900 federal matching grant for a new municipal airport near Mount Joy. Bids for construction were opened last week but no contracts awarded yet. construction likely this month.
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Davenport
Iowa
Enarcy
Mount Joy
Flags Congress For Changes in Housing Plans
President Truman attacked Congress for a housing bill he said failed to meet people’s needs. He announced signing the Republican housing measure and criticized it as patchy while noting it allows GI mortgage holders to convert up to 25 percent of holdings for Reconstruction Finance Corp funding. The bill excludes public housing or slum clearance.
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Truman
Congress
United States
Reconstruction Corp
Mr. Truman
Senobert A. Taft
R. O
Sim's Grocery opens in Washington at 120 East 7th
Sim's Grocery begins business north of the Milwaukee underpass, replacing Bees Grocery. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Far T. Simerman, the store will offer groceries, lunch meats, and ice cream with daily hours including Sundays and holidays.
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Washington
Sim's Grocery
East 7Th
Milwaukee Railroad
Bees Grocery
Far T. Simerman
Simerman
Services at Junction For Merle E. Scott
The body of Merle E. Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Scott of Columbus City, arrives at 2 20 p m for graveside services in Columbus City cemetery. He was killed in action on Bougainville March 1944 and memorialized earlier at the Methodist church. The American Legion participates. graveside service led by Rev J B Poole. stores close two to four p m in his honor. Survivors include his mother Josie Scott and brother Earl. father died last year.
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Merle E. Scott
Mike Scott
Columbus City
Scott
Bougainville
Columbus City Cemetery
Richie Funeral Home
J. B. Poole
The
Methodist Church
American Legion
Pfc
Yarmouth
Iowa
Columbus Junction High School
Josie Scott
Columbus Junction
Earl
Rattlesnake Kill Report From Ainsworth Resident
Dewey Stephens of Ainsworth brought a two foot black rattlesnake to the Journal office on a Wednesday afternoon. He killed the snake near the Cedar river at Ar not Mathers cabin and noted he has not seen another in forty years. He recalled once killing 65 snakes on an 80 acre farm.
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Bernadotte
Palestine
Jerusalem
Dewey Stephens
Ainsworth
Journal
Mr. Stephens
Arnot Mathers
Democrats and Republicans to Convene in Washington County
Democrats and Republicans plan county conventions tomorrow to name delegates to state conventions in Des Moines. The gatherings will occur on the county courthouse floor with routine business and a reorganization of committees expected.
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Washington
Des Moines
Bailey
Republican County Central Committee
Court House
W E Farrell Here Four Years Today
W E Farrell marks four years in Washington as owner of Farrell Office Supply at 218 West Washington. Since July 1 1944 he moved from 112 North Iowa to a larger ground floor site and brings 26 years of newspaper and printing experience from Oklahoma Texas Los Angeles and Iowa.
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Washington
W. E. Farrell
Farrell
West Washington
Frank E. Frazier
Mr. Farrell
West Branch
North
Iowa
Dougall
Oklahoma
Texas
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
California
Louisiana
Russians end four power rule in Berlin as talks break off
In Berlin on July 1 the Soviet Union announced it will no longer attend four power Kommandatura meetings, ending the Russian participation in the quadripartite body. Kalinin led a walkout along with Soviet delegates, signaling a new split as Western currency reforms and access to the western sectors prompt a major peacetime airlift to feed 2.5 million Berliners.
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Germany
Kommandatura
Russia
Kalinin
Col
Frank Howl
Berling
Vassily D. Sololovsky
Allied Control Council
Kommandatory
New County Road Nears Completion Between Havre and Crawfordsville
Washington County engineers report a 4.58 mile farm to market road between Havre and Crawfordsville nearing completion by Johnston Construction Co. of Sioux City with crushed rock surface planned. Weather permitting, finish is expected in about three weeks. A follow up project of 4.03 miles from Dublin to the county line near Talleyrand will begin soon.
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W. Pawh
Havre
Crawfordsville
Johnston Construction Co
Sioux City
Dublin
Talley Rand
Tom Kelly Fined For Petty Larceny In Local Arraignment
Tom Kelly was fined $5 and costs after arraignment before EB. D. Rayburn, justice of the peace, on a charge of petty larceny. Wisconsin has 74 species of fresh water fish noted in sports column.
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Tom Kelly
EB. D. Rayburn
Justice of the Peace
Wisconsin
Weather Forecast for Des Moines Iowa July 11
Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with scattered showers or thundershowers. Warmer tonight. Highs 85 to 90 today, 86 to 90 tomorrow. Lows 62 to 68 tonight. Western portion may see showers tonight and tomorrow.
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