Increases in Grain Prices Announced
Washington reports a wartime push to avert global famine with price hikes on six grains led by wheat up three cents a bushel. OPA and departments outline steps to curb waste, redistribute grain, and speed exports, including new stockpiling and freight pooling plans.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Department
House Food Investigating Committee
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
Warren C. Kendell
Association of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Col Johnson
Anderson
Knoxville official drowned in Des Moines River
Knoxville Iowa March 4 E A Barlow 50 head of city water department drowned in the Des Moines River when his motor boat capsized. Sheriff Jim Van Hemert said Barlow was alone and clung to the overturned craft for about 45 minutes before rescue attempts ended.
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Knoxville
Iowa
E. A. Barlow
Knoxville Water Department
Des Moines
Hee
Jim van Hemert
Barlow
Wherry Attacks Truman on Foreign Policy in New York
In New York on March 4 Sen Kenneth S Wherry Nebr assailed President Truman s foreign policy as bewildering and urged the State Department to halt appeasement. He questioned Russia s real aims and warned of agents infiltrating American homes and institutions. Rep Alvin KE O Konski Wisconsin presided and criticized unclear policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kenneth S. Wherry
Harry Truman
World Bill of Rights Association
Russia
Britain
Wherry
State Department
America
Alvin KE. O’konski
Wis
O'Konski
Washington
Iran Urges U S Protest to Reds Over Iran Crisis
The Iranian ambassador urged the United States to protest Russia's refusal to withdraw troops from Iran. A State Department spokesman said no action has been taken yet and Britain has asked Russia for an explanation in London.
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Washington
United States
Rusia
Iran
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
James F. Byrnes
London
Britain
Russia
Fragmented notice hints at Van iHem ert and Barlow family
A partial OCR fragment mentions Van iHem ert and son Marvin Barlow, with unclear context about an event or ownership. The text is too incomplete to determine exact actions or relations.
Negro Admits Double Murder at Indiana Mill
Joseph Luther Woolridge 29 confessed to police that he killed Russell Be Koontz a Sunday school teacher and Phyllis Coleman a choir singer after finding them at an old stone mill. He claimed he struck Koontz with a window weight and strangled Coleman, then disposed of both bodies in a mill pit.
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Bloomington
Ind
Russell BE. Koontz
Phyllis Coleman
Indianapolis
Joseph Luther Woolridge
Woolridge
Picture of Former Editor Loriana Watters Displayed
The Journal displays a framed portrait of Loriana Watters former Washington editor who led the Washington Democrat from 1878 to 1951. Watters died September 14 1854 at age thirty described by contemporaries as talented. The portrait arrived with Maude Watters Werner and will be hung in a Journal office room.
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Washington
Loriana Watters
Washington Democrat
W. N. Hood
Watters
Maude Watters Werner
Vine Street
Waterloo
Ella Talbott Watters
Washington County
Endivor
Samuel Watters
Ortihan
Washington Gazette
John Wiseman
Nebraska
Washinton Democrat
Colorado
Obituary Teeters on Fragmentary Last Lines
The fragmentary notice notes a man who died near the shore after an accident. He is survived by his widow and another son, with details incomplete in the surviving text.
Clemency Denied for Heiney Father and Son in 1945 Iowa killing
Governor Robert D Blue refused clemency for Phillip Heiney 71 and his son William 35 who faced execution for the 1944 robbery slaying of Robert Raebel at Okoboji Lake Resort. defense argued limited intelligence wavered culpability. ruling leaves death penalty as inevitable for a historic father son case.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert D. Blue
Phillip Heiney
William
Fort Madison State Prison
Robert W. Raebel
Okoboji Lake
Blue
K. B. Welty
Spirit Lake
Heineys
Dickinson County
Walter Bedel
Welty
Clurch
Fort Madison
Raebel
Mareh Rg
National Guard Setup Planned in Iowa
Brig. Gen. Gordon C. Hollar heads a committee to reform Iowa National Guard units. The panel will allocate troops and sites and file plans with the adjutant general and the governor. Iowa guardsmen number about 12 090 and will nearly triple. work may start in June with recruitment next year.
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Des Moines
Gordon C. Hollar
Sioux City
Iowa
Hollar
National Guard
Ray C. Fountain
Ralph Lancaster
Charlesh. Grahl
Grahl
Charles A. Davis Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for Charles Andrew Davis are set for Tuesday at two from L. A. Jones Funeral Home with Reverends E. R. Mitchell and W. Z. Allen officiating. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery. Davis died Saturday night at 7 45 at his home 515 West Washington after a stroke that left him bedfast for years. He was born March 24 1872 in Fairfield and moved to Jackson township as an infant. He married Martha Rebecca Moore in Crawfordsville in 1899. she died in 1929. He later lived in Oregon township before returning to the home farm and then Washington. He was a charter member and elder of Haskins Presbyterian Church. Surviving: sisters Nettie and Carrie Davis of Washington. brothers James of Washington and Edward of Ainsworth.
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Charles Andrew
Davis
L. A
Jackson Township
Washington
March
Crawfordsville
Martha Rebecca Moore
Oregon Township
Haskins Presbyterian Church
Nettie
Carrie Davis
James
Edward
Ainsworth
Belle
Ida
John William
Honor Students at St James Named
The honor students for the fourth period at St James School are Richard George Dorothy Kos Patricia Richardson Shirley Mattes Janice Kos Barbara Redlinger Mary Jo McKone Rosalida Pfeffer Joan Marie Marsalene Fritz Kathleen Mattes Celeste Piefler.
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St. James School
Richard George
Dorothy Kos
Patricia Richardson
Shirley Mattes
Janice Kos
Barbara Redlinger
Mary Jo McKone
Rosalita Pfeffer
Joan Marie
Marsalene Fritz
Kathleen Mattes
Celeste Piefler
Veteran editor John Gallagher dies at 88
Williamsburg Iowa mourns the death of John P Gallagher former publisher of the Williamsburg Journal Tribune and longtime state representative He died in Davenport Hospital and funeral services are set for tomorrow in Williamsburg Gallagher served in the Iowa House from 1922 to 1938 and edited the Journal Tribune 1901 to 1920 and the Williamsburg Shopper He is survived by a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Iowa
John P. Gellagher
Williamsburg Journal-Tribune
Lone
House of Representatives
Davenport
Gallagher
Journal-Tribune
Williamsburg Shopper
Iowa towns seek guard units amid possible universal training
Several Iowa communities have requested guard units be assigned to their cities. The speaker noted troop allocation depends on whether universal military training is adopted, and if not the plan may need adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
August Kern Burial Set At Riverside Church
Funeral services for August Kern 73 will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at Riverside Trinity Methodist Church. Burial in Riverside Cemetery. Kern died Saturday evening in an Iowa City hospital after strokes. He was born February 10, 1873 in Franklin County Iowa and lived in Riverside over 50 years. Surviving are his wife Ethel Buckwalter, a son Arthur Kern of Marion, daughters Luella Kessler Vera Streb Elizabeth Heitzman Riverside, a brother Martin Kern Washington, ib grandchildren.
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Riverside
Augst Kern
Riverside Trinity Methodist Church
Riverside Cemetery
Kern
Iowa City
Franklin Lee County
Iowa
Ethel Buckwalter Herring
Arthur Kern
Marion
Luella Kessler
Vera Streb
Town City
Elizabeth Heitzman
Martin Kern
Washington
School Operating Costs Rise Across Iowa Districts
Iowa taxpayers association reports a 10.22 percent rise in operating costs for 115 city school districts with high schools for the year ending June 5, 1945. Expenditures totaled 21,007,144, up from 19,058,615. average cost per pupil rose to 115.45. Attendance increased to 177,352 from 174,670.
Hog Sale Cancelled Near Keota
Conditions force cancellation of the annual bred sow sale by Mr. Flynn, scheduled near Keota on Tuesday March 5. The decision comes amid adverse weather and market conditions affecting the event and associated hog trading activities.
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Flynn
Keota
Award to Knottnerus in 25 years Guard service
Rudolph Knottnerus was among 27 Iowa National Guard members honored for 25 years of service during a Sunday officers conference. Governor Robert Blue assisted in the ceremony. Awards, traditionally given at summer encampments, were postponed due to war conditions.
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Rudolph Knottnerus
Iowa National Guard
Robert Blue
Dr E E Grice Preaches at Union Service on Christian Witnessing
Dr E E Grice of Cairo Egypt spoke at a nearly full United Presbyterian church union service on Christian Witnessing urging members to testify by life and action. He drew on Egypt experiences, called for benevolence and missions giving, and highlighted wartime-prayer days in Egypt. Special music featured Frances Miller and Ralph Kleese with choirs directed by Carolyn Hamilton. Next union service moves to Baptist church with Rev Milo Phillips preaching.
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E. E. Grice
Cairo
Egypt
Washington United Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian
George Kerr
U. P. Church
Fred Miller
Methodist
Milo Phillips
St. Paul’s
Grice
Rommel
Frances Miller
Ralph Kleese
Carolyn Hamilton
Baptist
St. Paul's Church
Patterson Moves His Seed Corn Agency
John Patterson a Pioneer Fly Land seed corn representative has moved his quarters to the former Willits Motor building across the street. The two part structure now houses a storeroom on the left and a remodeled office on the right with a warehouse accessible to trucks. Patterson bought the building months ago and converted it into a modern seed corn office and warehouse in this section of the state. The new location features a bright green exterior.
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John Patterson
Fly- Land
Willits’ Motor Company
Patterson
Union Rebuffs GM Offer as Strike Stays
The 104 day GM strike continues as United Auto Workers reject a GM proposal for a secret vote to return to work. Meantime mass transit buses halt in western Pennsylvania and 38,000 Ford workers resume jobs, reducing total idle workers to 842,000. Senate labor committee blocks Case anti strike bill, signaling no rush to heavy penalties on unions.
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United Press
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Pennsylvania
Detroit
James F. Dewey
Pittsburg
Penn. Transit Co
Ford Motor Co
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
House
James E. Murray
Mont
Legion Post to Host Important Tuesday Meeting
Leon Beatty post of the American Legion will hold an important meeting Tuesday evening to transact business. Commander Alvin Rommel expects large attendance from members.
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Leon Beatty
American Legion
Alvin Rommel
Weather Notes From Southeast Iowa Weekend Warm Spells
Sunday brought unusually warm weather for the third of March in southeast Iowa with a high of 7? Saturday reached 65 degrees as the warm spell continued. Today was cooler after light rain this morning.
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Maren
Iowa
Local Teacher's Brother Killed in Airline Crash
Vera Fife of Kirksville Missouri mourns as her brother Captain M L Fife copilots an American Airlines flagship that crashed into a Laguna mountains peak near Los Angeles killing 24 aboard. His wife and a three month old baby survive along with his parents and his sister Vera.
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Vera Fife
Lincoln School
Kirks Ville
M. L
Max) Fife
American Airlines
Laguna Mountains
Los Angeles
Miss Fife
Kirksville
Max Fife
Fife
R. LaMontagne
Sam Peero
Calif
Kirksvilley
Vera
Pioneer labeled sliding door in warehouse
A warehouse door bears the name Pioneer in bold black lettering, indicating branding or ownership. The image focuses on the door panel and insignia, with no additional context or surroundings provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
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