New Army Merit Plan Aims At Unit Based Promotions
A Washington Iowa Army Recruiting Office plan announces merit based advancement for enlisted to non commissioned and commissioned ranks. It introduces unit level competitive exams for grades up to sergeant first class and requires a general subjects test for Privates seeking promotion. Warrant officer structure will gain four grades with top pay to major level. Some top ranks may require commissions via Officer Reserve Corps tests.
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Charles L. Anson
Washington
Anson
Cpl
Ansen
Army
Iowa
Obituary of Mazie Graham Former Columbus Junction Resident
Mazie Graham 62 of Portland Oregon died July 3 in Portland. Funeral July 8 in Portland with burial at Monmouth Illinois beside her husband Rev Arch Graham. Survived by two daughters Mary Farley Graham and Alice Logan of Portland and two brothers Wyatt Sprague Seattle and Charles Arthur Sprague Salem former Oregon governor. She was a United Presbyterian member. her stepmother Minnie Davidson Sprague died June 29 in Omaha. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery Washington Iowa July 9.
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Mazie Graham
Portland
Ore
Monmouth
Ijl
Arch Graham
Mazie Ispranpe
Charles A. Sprague
Columbus High School
Monmouth College
Ill
United Presbyterian
Alice Logan
Mary Farley Graham
Oregon
Wyatt Sprague
Seattle
Wash
Charles Arthur Sprague
Salem
United Presbyterian Church
Graham
Minnie Davidson Sprague
Florence
Omaha
Elm Grove Cemetery
Washington
Iowa
More Livestock and Less Grain for Feed Next Winter
Ames Iowa July 9 More livestock and less grain for feed are forecast next winter as a smaller grain crop is expected to do the job. Iowa State College economist D R Bentley reports the carry-over from 1946 will be larger than a year ago. Iowa’s 1947 spring pig crop up three percent and fall farrowing intentions show sows to farrow up fifteen percent. Cattle on feed April 1 in Iowa up fifteen percent from last year. Stockers and feeders entering Iowa in April and May up sixty-one percent from the previous two months.
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Ames
Towa
Do. R. Bentley
Iowa State College
Gay
Bentley
Iowa
Endorse Truman Flood Control Plan Faces Senate Skepticism
Titling's dispatch reports congressional leaders endorsing President Truman's flood control program but doubts about fast action this session. Republicans and Democrats favor coordinated regional plans while resisting a TVA style Missouri Mississippi scheme. The White House ordered a draft blueprint after a conference with top flood experts. Senator Chapman Reveronh called flood control a just cause and a great national momentum.
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Titington
President Truman
Midwest
Titte
Tennessee Valley Authority
Missouri
Mississippi
White House
Chapman Revereonh. R
W. Va
Senate
Publc Works Committee
Mine Operators Found Negligent
The Centralia Coal Co was convicted of willful negligence in an explosion that killed 111 miners on March 2. Judge R W Griffith fined $1000 total, with $500 on each of two indictments. A plea on a venue change for former state superintendent Robert Weir was deferred.
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Ill
CAP
The
Centralia Coal Co
R. W. Griffith
Nolo Contendre
Griffith
Robert Weir
Medill
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