Truce at End Forces Coal Miners to Stay Home Nationwide
Union led work stoppage widens as 530,000 UMW miners decline to work amid no contract policy. West Virginia and Iowa reports show major mines idle, with significant daily production losses and political tension as government actions loom. District No. 13 in Iowa confirms ongoing stoppage until a new contract or timeline is set.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Des Moines
United Mine Workers of America
Scandia Coal Company
Madrid
Charles Montgomery
UMW
Albia
Iowa Attorney General sues seven burial co operatives
Des Moines The Iowa attorney general office has filed legal petitions against seven Iowa cooperative burial associations alleging unlicensed embalming and unauthorized business. The suits seek ouster dissolution cancellation of charters and appointment of three trustees to liquidate assets.
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Torney General
Iowa
Waves Assigned to Ottumwa Naval Base
Ten WAVES, all from Iowa, arrive in Ottumwa to occupy new barracks at the naval air station. Ensign William R. Fitch, acting personnel officer, welcomes the first contingent after their graduation from Hunter College training school in New York.
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Ottumwa
Naval Air Station
William R. Fitch
Hunter College
New York
State Relief Funds To Three Counties
Wartime prosperity reduced requests for emergency relief funds to three Iowa counties in April. Appanoose Lucas and Monroe received 5102 dollars, far below the 109,030 dollars needed in July 1939 to handle relief cases across 31 counties.
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Des ‘Moines
State Emergency
Appanoose
Lucas
Monroe
Band Leaders Plan Usual Convention in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Bandmasters association convention June 6 and 7 featuring a contest for woodwind compositions a retreat parade and a WAAC band concert with bands from several regiments. Wartime changes mean fewer visiting bands but several hundred band leaders and teachers from Iowa schools and colleges are expected.
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Des Moines
WAAC
Iowa Bandmasters Association
Iowa
One Traffic Death And Six Drownings
Six drownings were reported over Memorial day weekend in Iowa, with Des Moines recording two drownings on Saturday and four elsewhere in the state. One fatal auto death occurred but was not strictly traffic related. Donna Jean Van Landingham, five, of Mount Pleasant, died after falling from her parents' moving car on Highway 238, apparently after unlatched door.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Donna Jean van Landingham
John van Landingham
Mount Pleasant
Highway 238
Memorial Hospital
Memorial flowers honor Civil War veteran L. F. Sigafoose
A Memorial day visit to L. F. Sigafoose at his son's home was led by R. R. Noonan with E. R. Barham, W. S. Easter and Dale Atkinson. The group presented a special bouquet to the 99 year old veteran who awaits his hundredth birthday on January 7.
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R. R. Noonan
E. R. Barham
W. Easter
Dale Atkinson
W. H. Sigafoose
L. F. Sigafoose
Sigafoose
A. S. Smith
Milo Sorden
Washington
Noonan
Death of Rev Joshua Chance in Wellington Kansas
Relatives in Washington report the death of Rev Joshua N Chance on Sunday May 20 in Wellington Kansas at age 84. He was a brother of Allen Chance of Washington and was born in Ohio but spent much of his boyhood in Grace Hill community. He leaves his wife and three sons.
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Washington
Joshua N. Chance
Wellington
Kan
Allen Chance
Ohio
Grace Hill
Driving License Plan Approved in Iowa County
Sheriff H. M. Putnam announced the appointment of Henrietta Stewart and Margery Logan as special clerks to process three year extensions for drivers licenses. The program starts at the courthouse lobby next Monday, June 7, with renewals due by July 5 for all Iowa automobile operators. Extensions cost 75 cents and receipts will be issued to attach to licenses.
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H. M. Putnam
Henrietta Stewart
Margery Logan
Court House
Clarence Shirer
State Department of Public Safety
Iowa
Two Hurt As Car Flips on Walnut Creek Hill Road
Mrs. Ward of 522 West Main Street and her son Kenneth were injured when the car driven by Mrs. Ward lost control on loose gravel and rolled over an embankment on Walnut Creek Hill along the Washington Brighton road. Both were hospitalized with nonfatal injuries and expected to be discharged this afternoon.
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E. Ward
West Main Street
Kenneth
Mrs. Ward
Walnut Creek Hill
Washington-Brighton
Willkie Advocates Common Man Leadership at Assembly
Willkie told 450 delegates of the General Assembly for the Presbyterian Church in Detroit that postwar international harmony hinges on accepting leadership by the common man. He spoke at the event last night.
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Detroit
Wendell L. Willkie
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the
No Organized Resistance Left on Attu Island
Three American troop columns have joined at Chicago Harbor to finish off Japanese forces on Attu after a weekend mop up. Navy reports 400 enemy dead and confirms there is no organized resistance remaining on the island.
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Holtz Bay
Attu
U. S. Navy
International
Attu Island
Washington, D. C
Chicago Harbor
Navy
Iowa WAAC Seeks All-Iowa June Company
DES MOINES June 1 Under the banner Be a WAAC and Back the Army the Women s Army Auxiliary Corps seeks this month to recruit an all Iowa company with representation from every county Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper said the drive proves the need for WAAC services and that enlistees release a fighting man for the front lines The Iowa company will take the oath in a colorful ceremony on June 3 at the statehouse grounds
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Des Moines
IDPA
WAAC
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
WAACS
Statehouse
Plow 34 Acre Field For Everett Coon
Everett Coon living five miles west of Washington credits neighbors for helping. After two weeks and three days in the hospital with pneumonia he could not farm, and yesterday nine neighbors brought tractors to plow a 34 acre field for corn. The workers listed include Frank Kleese Hank Brenneman Harold Fulton Bob Darbyshire Lester Stone John Mullinex Roy Bauer George Sojka and Lloyd Bauer.
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Everette Coon
Washington
Frank Kleese
Hank Brenneman
Harold Fulton
Bob Darbyshire
Lester Stone
John Mullinex
Roy Bauer
George Sojka
Lloyd Bauer
Legion Meeting Set at City Hall for Post Plans
Leon Beatty post of the American Legion holds its regular meeting this evening at City Hall. A large attendance is desired to discuss district meetings scheduled for June 16.
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Leon Beatty Post
The
American Legion
Indian Pictures at Church This Evening
A Christian church hosts a program of Indian pictures in colors on the screen with Crayon and rag pictures. Howard T. House, known as Wa Bi Ma Qua in the Mesquakie tribe, will wear his full Indian costume and present a talk on Indian customs and legends. The event includes Indian flute music and handicrafts, plus a Hopi sand painting illustrating the snake dance. It starts at eight o'clock.
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The
Christian Church
Howard T. House
House
Wa Bi Ma Qua
Two Canning Demonstrations Planned This Week
Ruth Foster county home economist will lead two canning demonstrations this week. On Thursday June 3 at 1 30 p m homemakers from Jackson and Marion townships meet at Iowa Southern Utilities with Mrs A L Duensing assisting. The Washington area last session for nearby townships and invites additional homemakers to attend. On Friday May 4 at 2 00 p m English River township and Kalona residents join at the Kalona high school for canning and freezing with Community club Idris Alpha Federated clubs and Civilian Defense assisting.
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Ruth Foster
Jackson
Marion Townships
Iowa Southern Utilities
A. L. Duensing
Jackson Township
Women's Home Project
Washington
Miss Foster
English River Township
Kalona
Idris and
Alpha Federated Clubs
General Level of Iowa Farm Prices Decline Slightly
Des Moines reports the Iowa farm price index slipped to 193 percent of the 1909 14 base on May 15 from April 15 but remains 22 points above last May. Prices for most crops chickens eggs dairy unchanged. chickens butterfat and corn lead gains. Milk cow prices rise to a new high above 104.00 per head.
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Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
Button Workers Meet Wednesday
An open meeting of American Pearl Button company workers will be held in the Knights of Pythias hall Wednesday evening at eight o clock. Union officials will speak, including Robert Peters, a local worker.
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American Pearl Button Company
Knights of Pythias
Robert Peters
Poppy Sale Largest Ever in Washington
The American Legion Auxiliary in Washington reports its poppy sale set a record with about 330 dollars raised. A committee led by Mrs. Oscar Lane organized the drive, selling 100 more poppies than last year and closing sales by seven p.m. Ruth Miller led fundraising with 30 dollars, followed by Jean Ellen Rudiger and Jane Whitehead each over 20 dollars.
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Washington
The
Legion Auxiliary
Oscar Lane
Auxiliary
Gampfire
Scott Furniture Store
Ruth Miller
Jean Ellen Rudiger
Jane Whitehead
Wages and Hours Statistics Panel Formed for Button Industry
Floyd Murphy is named chairman to lead a new panel that will report statistics on wages and hours of work in the button industry. The group will collect data from employers and workers to publish a comprehensive overview.
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Floyd Murphy
Invasion Plans Spread Across Mediterranean Front
Allied forces mass transports at Gibraltar as air and naval units push toward Italy. American B 17s hit Foggia and raids target Sardinia Pantelleria while rail yards and airfields suffer damage. Red Army speaks of repelling German counter attacks in Ukraine and Chinese forces claim encirclement of five Japanese divisions near the Yangtze.
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Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Fogzia
Africa
Sardinia
Pantelleria
la Linea
Europe
France
North Africa
Foggia
Naples
Sicilian
Britain
America
James F. Byrnes
Royal Air Force
Flushing
Holland
Zeebrugge
Belgium
United States Air Force
Brita
U. S
Hitler
Red Army
Lishhansk
Ukraine
China
Yangtze River
Henry Ford Elected President of Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford was elected president of Ford Motor Co to succeed his son Edsel Ford who died last week. The 79 year old industrialist returned to head the company at a meeting of shareholders and was approved immediately by the board of directors.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Edsel Ford
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Benson Ford
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Everett Coon
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