May Call on Legislature Says Blue
Gov. Robert Blue announced he would call a special session of the Iowa legislature if Congress does not act on rent control by July 31. He expects Congress to pass a bill but doubts President Truman’s veto risk and notes a banking committee delay. He warned eviction notices would expire month end and instructed the attorney general to draft a rent control bill for a possible session. Landlords deserve reasonable increases, he said, criticizing OPA as inflating housing prices.
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Des Moines
Robert Blue
Congress
Truman
Iowa
Attorney General's Office
OPA
Funeral in Srafton for 19 Year Old Large Farm Boy
Jimmy Janousek, 19, of Srafton North Dakota, weighed 480 pounds before losing 100 pounds this year due to rheumatism. He died after a severe pneumonia attack. Fourteen bearers carried his casket, weighing 495 pounds, to Veselyville cemetery ten miles away.
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Srafton
N. D
Jimmy Janousek
Veselyville
Here
V F W Post Reports Membership Drive And Delegates Named
The regular V F W meeting at the hall drew a large attendance with several new members signed up. A membership drive is ongoing contact committee members Donald Bealer Marsh Atkinson Robert Sterling Raymond Glasgow Charles Plecker or Marion McAvoy. Two delegates Harold Kerr and Floyd Polis were named for the national encampment in Boston Massachusetts in September with alternates Marsh and Dale AtkinBON.
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V. BF. W
V. F. W. Hall
Donald Bealer
Marsh Atkinson
Robert Sterling
Raymond Glasgow
Charles Plecker
Marion McAvoy
Boston
Mass
Harold Kerr
Floyd Polis
Marsh
Dale Atkin- Bon
Funeral services for Arthur Ohm after dynamite blast death
Arthur Ohm, 70, bachelor and odd job man, died when dynamite exploded while blasting a tree stump at the P. J. Barney farm three miles northeast of Floyd. His body was thrown over 20 feet but not badly mangled. Funeral services set for tomorrow.
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Floyd
Arthur Ohm
P. J. Barney
Here
Ohm
Sprague Here July To Discuss Social Security Benefits
Ralph T. Sprague, Ottumwa field office manager, will be in Washington at the post office Thursday July 18 from 9 30 a m to 11 30 a m. Wage earners over 65 retiring from covered employment and next of kin of recently deceased wage earners should contact him for information on benefits under the social security act.
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Ralph T. Sprague
Ottumwa
Social Security Board
Washington
Predict Record Iowa Corn Crop
Des Moines reports the 1943 Iowa corn crop estimated at 651,242,000 bushels, the state’s largest ever, from 11,038,000 acres. Oats yield is 5,835,090 acres producing 227,877,000 bushels, while soybean acreage dropped 20 percent to 1,610,000 acres.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Aggriculture
Five Are Dead in Donnelson Crash
Five people died in a two car head on collision near Donnelson Iowa early today. The dead include Fred Willams Franklin Frank E Snee Franklin Maryetta James Donnelson and Paul Blaser Rock Island Illinois. Ha the drivers H T James twenty five Donnelson and Allen Blaser CQ thirty Rock Island were seriously injured. The crash occurred about three miles east of Donnelson at 17 20 this morning. Police suspect one car was on the wrong side and James car speedometer was jammed at 80 mph. An inquest will be held on an as yet undetermined date. Fraser suffered chest injuries and James a dislocated hip and lacerations. Both are hospitalized at Fort Madison.
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Donnelson
Iowa
Here
Fred Willams
Franklin
Frank E. Snee
Maryetta James
Paul Blaser
Rock Island
H. T. James
Alien Blaser
Paul
James
Fraser
Fort Madison
Mayor Fines Two for Disturbing the Peace in Washington
Two Washington youths were arrested by police on disturbance of the peace charges after a 2 am incident. Paul Moothart, 18, fined 25 dollars for driving without lights and reckless driving. Marion Raymond, 16, fined 7.50 dollars for being in the car. Chief Carl Hancher led the arrest while Officer Ward Essley was on vacation. Police have stepped up enforcement of downtown parking regulations.
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Washington
R. L. Lytle
Paul Moothart
Marion Raymond
Carl Hancher
Ward Essley
Legion Supper Set For Washington Post June July Date
The Washington Legion posts annual mid summer chicken supper is planned for July 15 with serving to begin at seven. Tickets cost 1 and must be bought by Saturday night from Mc Daniel drug store Phillips & Heler's State cafe Chocolate Shop Casey's restaurant or the Iowa Memorial office. New Lesson officers will be installed at the meeting following the supper.
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Washington Legson Post
Country Club
S. W. Kaster
McDaniel Drug Store
Phillips & Heler's
State Cafe
Chocolate Shop
Casey's Restaurant
Iowa Memorial Company
Likes Band Concert Disturbed by Noise
Harry Phillips of Mason City former county superintendent of schools attended the Municipal band concert and praised the band Washington as an excellent group this year. He noted a quiet crowd in the park with cars in the streets tooting horns and suggested more orderly silence to help musicians.
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Harry Phillips
Mason City
Washington
Phillips
Weather cools to pleasant conditions after heat wave
Yesterday afternoon the temperature reached 94 degrees and a cooling breeze dropped it by 30 degrees to a low of 64 degrees. Relief arrived as forecast and more pleasant weather is expected today.
Parking Rule Violations Handled With Fines
May or Lytle addressed improper conduct by offenders who disrupted parking for others. Most were released with light penalties while some faced nominal fines for more serious infractions.
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King
Lytle
Washington Junior College Sees Strong Reopening Plan
Washington junior college plans a September reopening with enrollment rivaling prewar levels. About 50 students have pledged to enroll, potentially doubling by September 3. Veterans will join under the G I education program, and courses include liberal arts teacher training secretarial and vocational tracks spanning two years.
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Washington Junior College
Supt
W. A. Erbe
M. M. Sehell
Washington High School
Erbe
State Board of Educational Examiners
Veterans’ Administration
Des Moines
Schell
Hull Pleads For British Loan Before Congress
Cordell Hull urged House approval of the 33.7 billion British loan warning the world faces a choice between cooperating for peace or drifting toward another world war. He called the loan a crucial test of U S leadership and warned denial would worsen economic war and endanger international relations.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
House
Elder Statesman
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Rayburn
Hull
Britain
Sheriff Seeks Old Driver Guide Books for Tests
Sheriff H. M. Putnam asks residents who kept driver guide books to mail or bring them to his office so they can be handed to applicants for driving tests. Examinations occur in Washington each Thursday this summer, with the schedule recently shifted from Fridays. Patrolman E. W. Cummings was on hand to administer tests for new licenses.
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H. M. Putnam
Washington
E. W. Cummings
Goering Planned Gibraltar Siege in World War II
Newly released German records indicate Hermann Goering plotted to neutralize and seize Gibraltar using the heaviest siege gun, massed on the Spanish border in 1940 41. He planned to advance through Spain to trap the Mediterranean, but Hitler shifted target to Russia.
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Reichmarshal
Herman Goering
Gibraltar
Spanish
Goering
Spain
Suez
Enire Mediterranean
Adolph Hitler
Russia
Icy Streets Blamed For July Auto Crash In Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on July 11 icy streets and a 92 degree shade reading contributed to a wreck when a trailer tractor collided with a bus. Four people were injured as a hail storm left a glossy road surface.
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Cincinnati
Committees Named for Washington Y M C A Work
Lists of next year’s committees for the Washington Y M C A are announced. Key groups include PROGRAM with Dave Elder and Richard Stewart. YOUNG MEN led by Ionn Lemmon. RELIGIOUS with Dave Livingston. FINANCE led by Ted Brown. and WORLD SERVICE with Richard McCleery. Members span local leaders and church figures.
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Washington Y. M. C. A
Dave Elder
Richard Stewart
Milo Sorden
WO Morrison, Jr
D. Pence
John Lee
Jim Humble
Ionn Lemmon
Miloš Philips
Dick Pratt
Roger Sherman
C. Logan
W. Jones
Gus Alsip
Bob McFarlane
Dave Livingston
George Kerr
Polk
Co. S. Lemmon
Robert Wiley
Ralph Thileese
Verle Gallagher
Leo Sturgeon
Ted Brown
C. Rh. Wilson
Ralph Bauer
Firemen quell rubbish pile blaze at factory yard
Washington fire crews were delayed en route to the Mc Cleery calendar factory on East Third street where a north yard rubbish pile flared. The fire was put out with no property damage except the burning of packing refuse and boxes.
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Washington
McCleery Calendar
East Third Street
Excelsior
New Passenger Station Planned for Washington
A Rock Island Railroad plan proposes a new freight and passenger depot on North Town Avenue south of the Milwaukee station in Washington. The railroad chief executive notes ongoing relaying of the west end of the line and future consideration of grade reduction and realignment after current improvements are finished.
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Rock Island
Washington
Fred Downing
Chamber of Commerce
J. D. Farrington
Carnival Worker Killed in Accident
In Ottumwa Iowa on July 10 carnival worker William Whetzell 35 of Joplin Missouri died after being caught in the cogwheels of a Tivoli exhibition merry go round. He suffered a mangled right leg and possible chest and internal injuries.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
William Whetzell
Joplin
Randolph Pearson Jailed in Utah Drunk Driving Arrest on Horse
Logan Utah July 11 Randolph Pearson fined 25 dollars and sentenced to 90 days in jail for drunk driving after being arrested while riding a horse on the main street sidewalk.
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Logan
Utah
Randolph Pearson
Senate Votes to Maintain Rent Ceilings in OPA Bill
The Senate rejected Hawkes proposed amendments allowing immediate rent hikes and denied federal cooling rules for state or local rent controls. Hawkes amendment failed 58 to 14 as debate over OPA continuances persisted.
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Senate
Opa
Five Die In TWA Plane Crash Near Reading Airport
A TWA constellation training plane crashed on a farm two miles north of Reading airport today killing at least five men. Captain Norman A. Nilson of Norfolk Massachusetts died in Reading hospital an hour after the crash. Firefighters saw four other charred bodies among the wreckage.
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Reading
Norman A. Nilson
Norfolk
Mass
County 4-H Girls On Ames Broadcast
Washington county girls attending the state 4-H club meeting at Ames will be heard on a WOIL broadcast Friday afternoon between 3:95 and 3:30. Attending from Washington county are Joyce Gault of Crawfordsville and Elda Ruth McDowell of West Chester.
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Washington County
Ames
WOIL
Joyce Gault
Crawfordsville
Elda Ruth McDowell
West Chester
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