Senate approves primary voting repeal bill in Des Moines
The Iowa Senate voted 27 to 12 to repeal the provision allowing voters to change party affiliation on primary day. If enacted, voters must notify the county auditor 10 days before the primary to switch parties, while new voters and those unregistered may declare affiliation at the polls. Beardsley advocates broader tax revision including sales tax repeal on food.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Democrats
Worten
William 33
Beardsley
House of Representatives
Beardeley
Iowa
Agricultural Employment Shifts From 1848 to 1948
The data show the share of the U S population employed in farming dropping from 22 percent in 1848 to 7 percent in 1948. This reflects a long term move away from agriculture toward other sectors.
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United States
Light Snow Flurries Possible in Parts of Iowa
Weather report from Des Moines notes very light snow flurries possible in northern and western Iowa this afternoon. North winds 1 to 15 mph with highs ranging from 39 to 85. Clearing tonight with lows 15 to 20 above. Tomorrow sunny with southerly winds and highs 3 to 40 above. Wednesday high 37 and low 2.
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Des Moines
Mar
Iowa
End of Military Control in Japan Planned
Washington reports plan a shift from military to civilian control in Japan by year end unless Cold War tensions rise. Gen. Douglas MacArthur would retire as supreme allied commander. U S troop levels in Japan to rise by about 20 000, while civilian control under the State Department would govern a garrison military role.
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Japan
Washington
United States
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
U. S
Far East
United Press
State Department
Israeli Forces Reported Near Aqaba Amid Battle Claims
United Press reports Israelis marching in southern Palestine within 36 miles of Aqaba, near Burj El Muleila. Trans-Jordan and British sources offer conflicting statements about clashes and border crossing intentions.
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Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Aqaba
Trans-Jordan Defense Ministry
Israel
Tel Aviv
Negev
Cairo
Burj el Muleila
U S Farm Women Hear Displaced Mothers
March 10 Thirty midwestern women leaders visited a displaced mothers’ camp in NNernberg. They heard harrowing accounts of three escape flights from Poles Russians and Czechoslovakians. Mrs. J F Weaver of Omaha praised German worker Mrs Antoine Nopitsch for starting aid efforts.
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Nnernberg
United States
J. F. Weaver
Omaha
Neb
Antoine Nopitsch
Axis Sally Jury Is Deadlocked
A federal court jury of seven men and five women deliberated 13 hours 50 minutes without reaching a verdict on Mildred Axis Sally treason charges. They paused for lunch at noon CST, with a possible sentence of five years to death if convicted.
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Washington
Mar
Mildred
Axis Sally
United States
Hoover Commission urges treasury efficiency reforms
The Hoover Commission urged transferring the Reconstruction Finance Corp the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp and the Export Import Bank to the treasury to streamline fiscal operations. It also recommended moving the Bureau of Federal Supply to the Office of General Services and shifting the Coast Guard to Commerce while sending the Bureau of Narcotics to the Department of Justice.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover Commission
RIC
Treasury Department
Congress
Treasury
Coast Guard
Bureau of Federal Supply
Bureau of Narcotics
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Export Import Bank
Office of General Service
Commission
The
Commerce Department
Bureau of Customs
Aiken Warns Against Rigid Farm Price Supports
Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont urged at a Minneapolis forum that high rigid price supports could trigger total government control of the farm economy. He endorsed a flexible system to prevent farmer losses while avoiding guaranteed perfect prices, warning that excessive guarantees could fuel urban dissatisfaction.
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Minneapolis
Minn
George D. Aiken
Chamber of Commerce
Aiken
Four wartime traitors? Jury members sequester at hotel
The report notes four suspected traitors in peacetime and states that the jury spent the previous night at a hotel, suggesting deliberations or security measures related to the case.
Dr John Decker to Speak at Forum Tonight
Dr John Decker renowned Far East authority will lecture at eight in the high school auditorium. He is the fourth speaker in this year’s Community Forum sponsored by the Washington Y's Men. Season ticket holders may attend at no extra charge and door entries are available for non holders. His topic is Confusion in the Far East.
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John Decker
Far East
Dr. Decker
Harry D. Kleese Taken by Death
Harry D. Kleese 80 died at 11 15 p m Wednesday at his home five miles west of Washington Franklin township. He had been ill two days after long poor health and had lived on the same farm 74 years. A West Chester Methodist member he aided local schools and community work. Funeral set for Saturday at 2 p m in West Chester Methodist with Rev Vernon Pike. burial Elm Grove cemetery. Jones funeral home in charge. Born Oct 27 1868 in Tyoming county Pa he married Ett a Mayhew Feb 15 1896 who died Jan 28 1901 and then Edna Helm March 22 1996 who survives. He was a farmer and member of the Journal Three Quarter Century club. Survived by wife three daughters Clement Griffith Lloyd Bauer Eldin Bauer of West Chester. one son Frank Kleese. sister Grace Schowalter Wayland. brother Walter Washington route four. cousin Ralph Kleese reared in his home. thirteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren also survive.
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Harry Dewitt Kleese
Washington
Franklin Township
Mr. Kleese
West Chester
Tycoming County
Pennsylvania
Isaac
Emma Gortner Kleese
Pioneer County
Etta Mayhew
Edna Helm
Clement Griffith
Lloyd Bauer
Eldin Bauer
Rank Kleese
Grace Schowalter
Wayland
Walter
Washington Route Four
Ralph Kleese
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry Bishop held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services were conducted at 10:30 AM Wednesday in the Jones funeral home with Rev. T. Polk officiating. Pallbearers named were Joel Schantz, Bennié Schantz, Charles Wiley, Henry Miller, Charles Custer and Guy Koch. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Harry Bishop
Jones Funeral Home
Rev. T. €. Polk
Joel Schantz
Bennié Schantz
Charles Wiley
Henry Miller
Charles Custer
Guy Koch
Elm Grove Cemetery
Conservation Essay Contest Winners to Visit Des Moines
Four Washington county rural students Beverly Palmer Margaret Bell George Janecek and Neal Augustine win the soil conservation essay contest They will visit Des Moines Saturday accompanied by District Commissioners Howard E Anderson and Vincent Anderson They will meet Representative Carl Anderson and appear on the WHO Corn Belt Hour broadcast at noon before sightseeing in the Capitol city
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Des Moines
Washington County
Beverly Palmer
Jackson Township
Margaret Bell
Iowa Township
George Janecek
Washington Township
Neal Augustine
Highland Township
Washington County Soil Conservation D Listrict
Howard E. Anderson
Vincent
Carl Anderson
Wellman
WHO
Herb Plambeck
Capitol City
Howard Anderson
Johnson County
Arthur Brayton To Speak At Washington Chamber Dinner
Arthur Brayton, noted lecturer and humorist, is set as speaker for the March dinner meeting of the Washington Chamber of Commerce. The event is Thursday March 17 at 6:30 pm in the YMCA. Reservations and the 1949 program outline will be announced, with secretary John Lee requesting returns before March 14.
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Arthur Brayton
Washington Chamber of Commercce
Brayton
Fred Kb. Milter
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary
YMCA
John Lee
Civilian Guilty Of Assaulting Colonel Angell Found Guilty
An army court martial found civilian George Angell of West Medford guilty of assaulting Lt. Col. John A. Jimerson of Peru during a traffic dispute. The verdict came despite defense efforts led by Frank O Neill of Boston who argued government conduct mirrored by President Truman remarks.
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Oryo
Maren
U.S. Army
Frank O'Neill
Boston
Truman
John A. Jimerson
Peru
Mass
Civil Service
George Angell
West Medford
Train Bandits Nabbed After Gun Battle Near White House
Washington police captured two zoot-suited train robbers, Lumen Ramsdell and George Llewellyn Ashton, after a gun battle that left Ramsdell critically wounded. The men had held up a Baltimore & Ohio streamliner near Martinsburg, West Virginia, stealing 1500 dollars and escaping before being cornered in a Washington pawnshop. Police closed in as tips led to a bus terminal arrest.
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Washington
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lumen Ramsdell
George Llewellyn Ashton
Youngstown
Ramedell
Pennsylvania Ave
White House
West
Virginia
Maryland
Jesse James
Kearneysville
Ramsdell
Ashton
Leesburg
Elmer G. Lomax
Two gunmen elude police after Martinsburg train holdup
In Martinsburg West Virginia two daring gunmen robbed a Baltimore and Ohio streamliner last night terrorizing passengers. Bloodhounds failed to track them beyond railroad tracks three miles from town as state and local officers set ten mile road blocks. A beer garden stop yielded clues including the name of a Youngstown Ohio man and Ohio police were alerted. The bandits described as well dressed jitterbugs fled in two getaway cars.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Jesse James
West Virginia
Cal W Greenen
Youngstown, O
Ohio
D A R Citizenship Contest Set for Friday
Lucille Gault of Crawfordsville, winner of the county DAR citizenship contest, will represent Washington county in the Southeastern district contest here tomorrow. Seven other contestants arrive for the event at 9 a.m. in the county superintendent's office. County Superintendent L B Krabill will oversee, with Mrs. Doris Hoy of Montezuma, district chair, present. The district winner advances to the state contest against four other district winners.
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Lucille Gault
Crawfordsville
Farm Income Rise Offset by Government Loans in 1949
Washington reports farmers will receive about 330 million dollars more from sales in the first quarter of 1949 than in January to March 1948, a rise of roughly five percent. Higher marketing and loan volumes under price support programs offset lower cash prices, with corn and cotton benefiting from loans and sales despite weaker market prices.
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Sormers
Indictment in Moline Ties Women to Extortion Plot
Marie Van Muelebroeck and her mother, dubbed the modern Carrie Nations, are indicted along with Sheriff Claude Taylor. They face five counts of extortion and one count of perjury, while Taylor is charged with nonfeasance and perjury. A month-long probe linked the anti gambling crusade to tavern bribery cases. Witnesses testified the women pressed tavern owners for money to avoid inclusion in their crusade.
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Moline
Marie van Muelebroeck
Claude Taylor
Carrie Nations
Taylor
van Muelebroeks
Des Moines County Contest Selections Proceed
Three judges will review papers from county contest participants and interview each girl before choosing the winner. The group will dine at Wings cafe at noon, with Elizabeth Dawson serving as local arrangements chair.
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Des Moines
Winga's Cafe
Elizabeth Dawson
Regent
Cool Weather Holds Across Iowa State
Des Moines dispatch notes continued cool temperatures with little change in river conditions. Highs 30 to 35, lows 15 to 20, possible light snow flurries in northern and western Iowa. Des Moines and Raccoon rivers remain ice free to headwaters but will fall further. headwater ice may cause a downstream rise later. Highway 218 closed near Iowa City by high water. Highway 42 open west of Riverton.
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Mercury
Iowa
River
Des Moines
Raccoon
Tracy
Ottumwa
State Highway Commission
Iowa City
Riverton
Iowa State College concert band announces spring tour
Robert Bell of 412 South Fourth Avenue Washington is among 80 student musicians to perform with the Iowa State College concert band on its twelfth annual spring tour starting March 20. Bell plays clarinet as the band makes a 1000 mile swing through Minnesota and northern Iowa.
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Ames
Robert Bell
M. B. Bell
South Fourth Avenue
Washington
Iowa State College
Robert
Minnesota
Iowa
Roger Williams Arrives in America Aboard Bristol Lyon
Roger Williams reached Boston in 1631 after traveling aboard the Lyon of Bristol, marking his arrival in the American colonies and the start of his Boston settlement.
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Roger Wiliams
America
Lyon
Bristol
Boston
Today in the Evening Journal Smile
A reader recalls a sell by memory sketch about a housewife entering a grocery store to complain that crackers tasted of a mouse. The grocer denies it claiming the barrel is safe and kept sleeping in the back.
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Willard Loeffler
Brightom
Evening Journal
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