Dr Kerr Becomes President of Rotary Club Washington
Dr George Kerr assumed the duties as president of the Washington Rotary Club, succeeding C R Wilson who led the club for the past year. Wilson praised support received and foresaw a strong Rotary year. Ralph Thompson retired as secretary after 25 years. Ralph Bauer was elected to succeed him. Kerr reported on his Atlantic City Rotary International Conference visit and noted convention highlights. Guests included William T Kerr of Fort Wayne and Lloyd McCall, a former Washington resident and recent Japanese prison camp survivor.
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George Kerr
Washington Rotary Club
C. R. Wilson
Wilson
Hiim
Ralph Thompson
Ralph Bauer
Thompson
Kerr
Rotary
Atlantic City
Washington
West
Engineer dies of burns in Harlar train explosion
Leo Nelson, 90, a Chicago Great Western railroad engineer, died yesterday in Harlar hospital from burns suffered in a train accident when the boiler exploded on his train in Harlar. Funeral arrangements were being made in Clarion Iowa today.
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Clarion
Jowa
Leo Nelson
Chicago, Great Western Railroad
Harlar
Nelson
Harlan
Sweeten Cereals with Dried Apple Additives
Dried apple bits mixed into cooked cereals provide sweetness and vitamin boosts. They pair especially well with rolled oats for enhanced flavor and nutrition.
Veterans GI bill rights clarified for unemployment relief
The War Department bureau explains that veterans may keep unemployment benefits after temporary work and need not claim immediately. The GI bill pays readjustment allowances for two years after discharge or two years after war end, whichever is later, with five year postwar limit. Benefits may be claimed if unemployed within 52 weeks and not voluntarily quitting. Readers ask about contact methods, early discharge, and pension eligibility. answers cover contacting the Bureau of Enlisted Personnel, hardship claims, and fatherhood discharge notions.
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Veterans Administration
Bureau of Enlisted Personnel
Office of the Adjutant General
War Department
Washington
D. C
Army
E. C
Miles City
Mont. A
Japan
Atlanta
E. M
Cartersville
Ga. A
Local Visits Highlight Junction Notes from Columbus Junction
Mr and Mrs Perrin Rotter visiting in Columbus Junction from Saginaw Michigan with Mrs Rotter's parents Mr and Mrs James Edwards. Mrs Hattie Dorrel and sister Mrs Ruth Talbot visit Indianapolis. Rev C G McKnight attends Keokuk presbytery in Andrew with Fred Duncan.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Perrin Rotter
Saginaw, Micch
Vinton
Rev
J. F. McKnight
C. G. McKnight
Columbus City
Monmouth
Entertain Group At Birthday Party For Sandra Davis
A dozen little girls celebrated Sandra Davis seventh birthday at her Crawfordsville home on Friday afternoon. Gifts were exchanged and the party enjoyed a cheerful atmosphere as Sandra, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivor Davie, marked the occasion. Gloria Coleman of Cedar Rapids is visiting at William Henss’s home. John Hallenstien broke his collar bone after a hayload fall on Wednesday. The D. D. Owens family returned from Black Hawk Lake last week. Forest McNeill visits his mother, Mrs Pearl McNeill.
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Mary W. Packer
Crawfordsville
Sandra Davis
Sandra
Ivor Davie
Gloria Coleman
Cedar Rapids
William Henss
John Hallenstien
D. D. Owens
Black Hawk Lake
Forest McNeill
Pearl McNeill
Judge awards Whitver sales draw and protections after return
Judge Graven rules Whitver receives a $200 monthly drawing account plus a yearly sales base of $70,000 and 3 percent commission on all sales over that amount. The Ralfs-Baker company must not discharge Whitver without cause within one year after restoration to his prewar territory.
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Ralfs-Baker Company
Whitver
Man Rescues Cat Then Regrets He Cannot Swim
Benjamin Bauer plunged into Lake Michigan to save a white cat but soon realized he could not swim. He yelled for help and was rescued by two sailors who responded to his drowning risk.
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Chicago
Benjamin Bauer
Lake Michigan
Sale man restored to old territory by court ruling
Herbert L. Whitver a World War II veteran 37 was ordered by U S District Judge Henry N Graven to be reinstated to his pre induction sales territory in South Dakota The Ralfs Baker Manufacturing Co of Sioux City had offered him the Iowa Minnesota area Whitver testified he earned more money in his old South Dakota route and the judge sided with him in the decision restoring his former territory
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Sioux City
Iowa
Herbert L. Whitver
South Dakota
Henry N. Graven
Graven
Ralfs-Baker Mfg. Co
Whitver
Armed Forces
Minnesota
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Dr. Kerr
Rin" Wilson
Ford
Sorrell
West Madison
Mace Motor Co
Stars OF Delightful
HIT
Saint
William Powell
Escher Williams
Angela Lansbury
A Service Bureau
Western Newspaper Union
Eye Street
Guntersville, Ala
Armed Services
A. E
DeGrasse, N. V. A
Veterans Administration Office
Sunmount Hospital
Tupper Lake
Watertown
Germany
4Th Army of Occupation
TRPB
Constabulary
M. B
Macks
Ark
Plymouth
Buick
Chrysler
DeSoto
Dodge
Mercury
Nash
Olds
Pontiac
Junction News
Doffs
Bernard M. Baruch
U. S
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Hunter College
New York
Central Park
International
Washington Concrete Company North 12Th i & Sy Island
Mac
Sitler Auto Parts
Corporal
Muscatine
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