Chicago Board of Trade halts grain futures trading
The Chicago Board of Trade ordered an immediate stop to trading in all wheat and rye contracts and in July and September corn and September barley. Settlement of outstanding contracts will be based on the last market quotation. No reason given. oat trading unaffected as officials prepare for possible removal of farm price controls.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trad
William Poekworth
Exchateze
Bosworth
Board of Trade
New Washington Welcomes Dr G E Montgomery MD
Newcomer Dr G E Montgomery formerly of Keota will open an office two doors east of the Washington hotel Saturday. He will be assisted by Allergra Clubb of Sigourney a recent St Josephs hospital graduate. Montgomery trained at Iowa and Madison Wisconsin and served in the navy on USS Mercy. He is back in Keota now with wife and two children Joyce and Guy at 827 South Second avenue remodeling their home.
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Washington
G. E. Montgomery, M. D
Keota
Washington Hotel
Allergra Clubb
Sigourney
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ottumwa
Montgomery
University of
Joyce
Guy
South Second Avenue
Lida Hunting
Washington Public Schools
Marie Jose
Humbert
Italy
Lisbon
Portugal
Mary Beatrice
Victor Emmanuel
Maria Pia
Maria Gabriella
County Convention Delegate Lists Certified for June 28
County Auditor Bourgeois certifies Republican and Democratic delegates elected June 3 for county conventions to be held Friday June 28 starting at 10 a.m. The notices include certified precinct committee men and delegate lists by township and ward with names of elected members and alternates. Playable meeting programs to be announced later by county chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Bourgeois
Theodore B. Bailey
Harry Dye
Republican
Democratic County Central
Petrillo Charged in U S Court Over WAAF Strike
Federal authorities charge James C. Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians with coercive practices under the Lea act for a May 28 strike against Chicago radio station WAAF. The case before District Judge Walter J. Labay details a possible $1000 fine or up to one year in prison.
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Chicago
Department of Justice Today
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
WAAF
Petrillo
Florida
Walter J. Labay
Tom C. Clark
Washington
Drovers Journal Publishing Co., Inc
Thompson Burial Held Here for 90 Year Old Farmer
Funeral services for William Moore Thompson 90 of Des Moines born Steubenville Ohio April 17 1856 were held at L A Jones. He lived in Washington county 44 years with his wife Susan Essley 68 years of marriage. He moved to Des Moines in 1922 and died Tuesday night after several years of ill health. He was a Methodist Democrat and enjoyed family life and gardening with surviving wife and four children noted in Des Moines Register obituary.
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L. A. Jones
William Moore Thompson
Des Moines
Fred FE. Miller
Elim Grove
Thompson
Des Moines Register
Steubenville
Ojdtio
Iowa
Washington County
Susan Essley
Roosevelt
Th Register
Tribune
Don McClure to Manage Cooper Cooperative Service Plant
Don McClure will become manager of the Cooper ative Service company local plant and service station on North Mallon avenue succeeding Floyd Marston who held the post since November 1944. McClure started nine years ago as station attendant and bookkeeper and served with the Marines for 16 months during the war returning last July to resume duties. The firm runs a large locker plant with over 900 lockers at its main plant and a 120 locker facility at Brighton. President H. T. Carris and Vice President Jonny A. Stewart lead the company which operates a service station, oil plant and fleet of trucks.
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Don McClure
Cooperative Service Company
North Mallon Avenue
Fioyd Marston
Mr. Marston
G. B B. Holden
Virginia
McClause
Marines
Cooperative Company
Towa
Brighton
H. T. Carris
Jonny A. Stewart
Washington
Rainfall Totals Over Two Days Reach 2.85 Inches
Two days of rain in Washington produced 2.85 inches, with .42 inches last evening and .08 earlier, following 2.35 inches the prior night. Cooler weather followed, with a high of 5 degrees yesterday afternoon and a low of 61 degrees last night.
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Washington
Family details in obituary fragment
The notice lists a son John and a daughter Mrs. Maude Reister with six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. All reside at 1052 Thirty eighth Street. A sister Mrs. Cy Huber lives in Washington.
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John
Maude Reister
Thirty Eighth St
Cy Huber
Washington
Riverside woman Olin Gingerich dies at 30
Mrs Olin Gingerich age 30 of Riverside died at Mercy hospital Iowa City after months of illness. Funeral services planned 9 50 Saturday at St Marys Riverside with Rev J J Fath. burial Mt Olivet cemetery. Born July 8 1915 near Riverside to Albert and Zetta Waldschmidt Dawn, she married Olin Gingerich May 4 1942 and lived in Riverside and Iowa City. Survivors include the husband her parents five brothers and a sister with another sister deceased.
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Riverside
Olin Gingerich
Mercy
Dawn
St. Marys High School
Oxford
Thei
Iowa City
Gingerich
Lamont
Leroy
United States Navy
Treasure Island
Calif
Edward
United States Army
St. Louis
Eulalia Morgan
Wichors
Bernice McMahon
Locust Swarm Threatens Timber as Seventeen Year Cycles Hit
Millions of seventeen year locusts swarm in timber near town. Gerald Duncan reported hearing them south of town and captured specimens in a bottle to show Journal readers. He explained the insects brood every 17 years and feed on trees rather than field crops.
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Gerald Duncan
Journal Today
Elderkin to lead GOP state judicial convention in August
David M. Elderkin, 32, Cedar Rapids, Linn county Republican chairman and World War II veteran, will serve as temporary chairman and keynoter at the GOP state judicial convention in Des Moines on August 8, officials announced.
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Des Moines
Iowa
David M. Elderkin
Cedar Rapids
Lynn County
Elderkin
Linn County
Food Drive Cash Nearing Four Thousand Five Hundred
A Wash ington county drive reports cash contributions totaling 4496.56 with 38900 sent to relief HQ and a 2000 check today. Donations from Kalona and churches push totals, English River township leading in generosity with food and cash gifts from Amish Mennonite and Catholic groups.
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Ella Gordon
Washington County
Europe
Asia
Washington
Miss Gordon
Kalona
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Richmond
St. James Church
Washington United Presbyterian Church
English River Township
H. R. Witting
Crawford
Marion
Eicher Mennonite
English River
Banner
Anesthetist at Washington County Hospital Resigns
Mrs Nate Young a registered nurse who served as anesthetist at Washington County Hospital for nearly two years has resigned effective June 17 She joined the hospital during a war emergency nursing shortage and had requested release to pursue other work.
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Nate Young
Washington County Hospital
Young
Senate Defeats Sweepingly Wide Price Controls Amendment
The Senate voted 51 to 21 against Sen. Elmer Thomas to remove price controls on most foods farm commodities timber petroleum and tobacco while retaining some end dates for livestock meat dairy and poultry. Administration officials warned Truman may veto the bill if enacted in this form as talks continue on OPA changes.
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Washington
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Oxla
Thomas
Administration
Trevig
Truman
Congress
OPA
Music and Movie on Y s Men s Program
The Y s Men s program featured cornetist Margaret Pfeifer of Ainsworth performing three solos with piano accompaniment by Mrs Norma Cleese of Ainsworth. Milo Sordon introduced Pfeifer and presented a soil conservation film in technicolor. Guests included W B Throckmorton Rock Island Railway resident engineer and Rolfe Karlsson new boys work director.
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Margaret Pfeifer
Ainsworth
Norma Cleese
Ains Worth
Milo Sordon
Miss Pfeifer
W. B. Throckmorton
Rock Island Railway
Rolfe Karlsson
Heavy response to driving license drive in Washington county
Yesterday Sheriff H. M. Putnam organized a license application drive in the county court house. From eight in the morning until closing, 457 applications were filed by four young women clerks as a steady queue waited to obtain forms from the state motor vehicle department.
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Washington County
H. M. Putnam
Court House
State Motor Vehicle Department
Des Moines
Leader Extends Service Until Next Monday
She agrees to stay on duty until next Monday due to the challenge of finding a successor by June 1, ensuring continuity amid transition.
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