U. S. Black Market Has Most Meat
United Press reports a nationwide meat shortage with scarce legitimate sources and meat sold within an hour. Chicago experts blame CPA ceilings remaining in effect, enabling a thriving black market and questionable meat origins. Butter outlook improves as military set aside ends next week. unsold creamery butter after Sunday will not be set aside.
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Chicago
American Eat Institute
Congress
CPA
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Columbus Junction Woman Dies in Night
Mrs. E. G. Brent formerly Gertrude McFarland died at 11:30 last night in Columbus Junction. She leaves four daughters Mrs. John Buser Conesville Mrs Flossie Davidson Bloomington Illinois Mrs Frances Anderson California and Mrs Ray Edgington Muscatine plus a stepson Eugene Brent Muscatine and a stepsister. Her husband died recently. Burial will be at Columbus City cemetery.
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Columbus Junction
E. G. Brent
Gertrude McFarland
Brent
John Buser
Conesville
Flossie Davidson
Bloomington
Frances Anderson
California
Ray Edgington
Muscatine
Eugene Brent
Cone
Columbus City Cemetery
Weather record shows high of 90 amid humidity
The weather observer reports yesterday’s high reached 90 degrees with high humidity making it feel hotter. The year’s peak earlier hit 91 degrees on two days about two weeks ago.
Union service moved to Baptist church in rain
Rev Alfred Trenerry announces a weather plan for the first summer union meeting in Central Park. If rain falls Sunday evening the service will be held in the Baptist church where Trenerry will preach.
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Central Park
Alfred Trenerry
Boy Scout Camp Enrollment Deadline Near Town City
Members of the Boy Scouts are invited to attend a camp starting July 7 near Town City. They should see Rev. T. C. Polk by next Wednesday to complete enrollment papers.
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Boy Scouts
Town City
Rev
T. C. Polk
Woman Posing as City Inspector Steals Food Samples
Indianapolis officials warn of a woman posing as a city food inspector to obtain free samples amid a food shortage. Health Director Clarence L. Taylor calls her a short tubby middle aged woman who consumed a triple decker sandwich and iced tea in at least two restaurants yesterday.
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Indianapolis
City Health
Clarence L. Taylor
June 1946 Brings Surplus Weddings in Washington County
June 1946 was strong for marriages in Washington County with 18 licenses issued this month, up from 11 a year ago. For the first half of 1946 licenses reached 85 compared with 48 in the same period last year, and 124 for all of last year. A license was issued yesterday at the courthouse to Charles Moore Jr of Buffalo Missouri and Letty Jean Fry of Brighton.
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Washington County
Court House
Charles Moore, Jr
Buffalo, Mo
Letty Jean Fry
Brighton
Five Pounds Sugar Available for Canning Monday
Des Moines dispatch reports Iowa housewives can obtain another five pounds of sugar for canning starting Monday as spare stamp No 10 becomes effective July 1 and stamp No 9 remains valid through October 31. The move marks the second and last canning sugar stamp of the season. A separate table sugar stamp is planned for September 1.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Towa
OPA
Washington Men Named for Regular Army Posts
The Iowa roster named by President Truman lists two Washington men for regular army ranks. Lt. Col. William G. Eldridge is named for major and Capt. Roy D. Voorhees for first lieutenant in the regular army.
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Iowa
President Truman
Washinton
William G. Eldridge
Roy D. Voorhees
Iowa PEO elects officers and sets 1947 site
The Iowa PEO Sisterhood ended its 54th annual convention in Council Bluffs with Mrs. Sara C Smythe of Fort Dodge chosen as state president. Mrs. Beatrice Lee Thomas of Cedar Rapids is successor president and Mrs. James Stinson of Mason City is first vice president while Beulah G Snyder of Des Moines becomes second vice president. Fort Dodge will host the 1947 convention.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
PEO Sisterhood
Sara ¢. Smythe
Fort Dodge
Beatrice Lee Thomas
Cedar Rapids
James Stinson
Mason City
Beulah G. Snyder
Des Moines
Demonstrations Show How Flies Are Controlled
Families near Maplecrest Wellman and Edgar Stewart farm West Chester attend DDT demonstrations led by A L Bennett health unit sanitary engineer. He says thorough DDT spraying around livestock and farm buildings reduces housefly spray need, with powder or oil forms for different areas. Demonstrations run July 1 Ainsworth Clegg farm intersection 218 92. July 2 Crawfords ville Howard Anderson farm east of town. July 3 Brighton D C Mann farm west of town. July 5 Washington Amos Stout farm northeast of town.
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Maplecrest Farm
Mr. Bennett
Bennett
Ainsworth
John Clegg
Crawfordsville
Howard Anderson
Brighton
D. C
Candidates File Expense Accounts For June Primary
All but one candidate in the June 4 primary filed affidavits of expenses by the July 3 deadline. Reported expenses include Arthur Wiley 11.10 for supervisor John Gammon 48.62 John C Owen 6.43 Mrs Harriet Coulter 9.14 Robert SS Welte 60.72 K KR Noonan 15.04 for clerk of court. All costs were for advertising and printing.
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Arthur Wiley
John
Health Unit Activities Week Schedule
Weekly health unit notices show special mothers class sessions from 2:00 to 3:30 p m and a 1st office slot from 8:30 to 3:30 p m. The July timetable lists locations Brights and another office for the classes.
Schafer Appeals to Court from Award
Ira J. and Lillian H Schafer of Brighton file notice of appeal to district court from May 27 damages award by the Rock Island railroad condemnation commission for right of way on the Ainsworth Brighton cut off project currently under construction.
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Ainsworth
Brighton
Rock Island Railroad
Washington County
Ira J. Schafer
Lillian H Schafer
District Court
Ainsworth-Brighton
Petition Filed By KE Morrison On Sept Ninth
The notice states the petition will be on file on or before Sept 9 the first day of the next term of district court. Attorney is KE D Morrison Jr. The appeal challenges a $1600 award on one of three Schafer tracts to be crossed by the railroad. Settlement occurred on another Schafer property involved.
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KE. D. Morrison, Jr
Schafers
Schafer
Local business visitors call on Washington
M. H. Widmer of Crawfords ville and P. P. Wenger of Noble were in Washington yesterday for business calls and meetings.
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M. H. Widmer
Crawfordsville
P. P. Wenger
Noble
Washington
Truman veto stalls OPA extension amid party split
Washington June 29 1947 The House failed to override President Truman's veto of the OPA extension bill as 173 to 142 signaling the agency would die at midnight unless Congress adopts Truman's interim extension. Truman urged a resolution to continue OPA as is and warned against inflation and wage instability if price and rent controls end.
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Washington
House
Truman
OPA
Senate
Price Control Agency
Congress
Taft
Taft predicts Senate will sustain Truman veto on price control
Senator Taft predicted the Senate would sustain President Truman's veto of the price control extension bill and let OPA die at midnight. He said the veto would not be overridden and criticized amendments he called costly, while Truman planned a 4 p.m. radio address explaining his stance.
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OPA
House
John W. McCormack
Mass
Mr. Truman
Truman
Chester Bowles
Washington
Sen
Robert A. Taft
R. O
Senate
Congress
Robert Taft
Kenneth Wherry
Neb
Fred Crawford
Mie
License Examiners Schedule Change for Thursdays
Sheriff H. M. Putnam announced that driving license examinations will be held in Washington every Thursday instead of Friday starting in July due to highway patrol redistricting. The first examination will be July 11 as Thursday of next week falls on July 4.
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H. M. Putnam
Washington
State Highway Patrol
Everette Squire Visited by Family Members
Mrs. Donald Paul and son Donald along with Mrs. T G Lee spent yesterday with Everette Squire.
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Everette Squire
Donald ¢. Paul
Donald
T. G. Lee
Mrs Millard Sehtatter in Washington Visit
Mrs. Millard Sehtatter of Wayland traveled to Washington today for undisclosed meetings. She met local officials during her visit.
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Millard Sehtatter
Way- Land
Washington
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the Nation
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PEO
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McAsure
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tenn
Alben W., Barkley
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