St Louis Means Business and a Call for Local Unity
Editorial notes urge Washington Iowa to support St Louis promotional efforts while championing local pride and a shared civic spirit. The piece imagines an electric organ for the community, critiques overreliance on money, and argues true security comes from productive work and communal effort rather than cash reserves. It cites a 1940 caution about relying on scrap iron and stresses the need for prosperity through labor and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Washington
Doc’’ Lawson
Chamber of Commerce
Gum in the Y pool and other quirks in daily life
A collection of light anecdotes and quotes on gum in swimming pools, insect lore, witty verse, and historic asides. Topics include pool gum bans, mosquitos on clothing, a humorous poem about a mosquito, and brief notes on George Bernard Shaw and early American military proposals. The piece closes with a chilling remark on historical use of biological warfare in 1762.
Hoover Named to Bipartisan Commission to Study Government
Speaker Joseph W. Merl in Jr named former president Herbert Hoover a member of a 12 member commission to study the operations of the executive branch. The panel will include four appointees by the speaker four by the Senate and four by President Truman with six private citizens two senators two representatives and two officials. Hoover is expected to be chairman.
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Washington
Joseph W.merlin, Jr
Herbert Hoover
Senate
Truman
Commission
Hoover
Martin
Clarence J. Brown
R. O
Carter Manasce
D. Ala
James Rowe
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Polish Girl Escapes Germans Joins Father in America
In New York dispatch, Jacob Finklestein reunites with his daughter after fleeing Poland’s Germans. He had left his wife and five children in Lodz in 1988 to establish a home in Omaha with relatives and found work in an Omaha furniture rectory while maintaining contact with his wife.
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Looz
Finklestein
New York
Finkelstein
Kiev
Russia
Zosha
Lodz
Zasha
America
Jacob Finklestein
Poland
Omaha
Limited stock on home comfort water heaters
The note states a small supply of 20 30 45 gallon water heater models remains available. Suppliers emphasize current stock levels and urge quick selection before depletion.
Sharp earthquake rattles Tokyo Yokohama region
A brief but sharp quake jolted the Tokyo Yokohama area early today, lasting only seconds with no immediate casualties or damage reported. The epicenter was Shimotsuma, about 50 miles northeast of Tokyo, at 1 36 AM. A second tremor at 4 21 AM was felt in Osaka with no damage or injuries.
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Tokyo
Tokyo-Yokohama
Shimotsuma
Osaka
Greece civil war blamed on American aid claims
The Soviet army newspaper Jaegliche Rundschau asserts Greece’s fighting is an example of what can happen to a country that received American financial support. It states Greece has begun a civil war against all democratic forces. The report appeared from Berlin on July 17.
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Berlin
Jaeglicke Rundschan
Greece
Kiwanis to Deliver Cadillac to Veteran in Lottery Row
Kiwanis International said the Ahoskie North Carolina Kiwanis club erred by denying a Cadillac to Harvey Jones, a Black war veteran who won a club lottery. A second drawing awarded the prize to a white doctor. Armstrong condemned raffles but noted local clubs have autonomy.
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Chicago
Kiwanis International
Ahoskie
Kiwanis Lub
Charles W. Armstrong
Salisbury
N. C
Ahoskie Club
Armtrong
Harvey Jones
Armstrong
Kiwanis
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Don O. Pyke
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Missouri
Washington, Iowa
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Curity
William R. Greeley
Christian Science Monitor
CHEED
Sidwell Ice Cream CO
Quality Cherd Ice Cream Assn
Quality Chekd Ice Cream Association
C. R. Wilson
Benjamin Franklin
United States
George Bernard Shaw
Ethel Kerr
Donald
Federal Congress
George Washington
Mrs. Clyde Hillhouse
Marcelle
Lloyd
Joe
Jim
Ohio
Blondie
Daisy
Ruud, Smithway & Bryant
Iowa
S. Side
Wrigley Or
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Mer
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Calif
Oranegs
North State Peas
Hershey
Blue Barrel
Perfex
Guhr & Cochran
Piggly Wiggly
Jawa Southern Utilities Co
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