Newcomers Interviewed by Chamber of Commerce in Washington
Three new residents were interviewed by the Washington Chamber of Commerce. Margaret Sparrow from Keswick with her daughter Shirley Jean joined February 28 and attends Methodist services. Virgil Buntemeyer and wife live at 615 West Monroe with an eight month old child, from Clinton arriving March 8, and run the Lindsay Soft Water service. they are Catholic. Le Roy Buntemeyer, unmarried at 528 North Iona, also from Clinton, works with his brother in the Lindsay Soft Water business, hunts and fishes, and belongs to the Catholic Knights of Columbus. Chamber secretary Hamill interviewed LeRoy.
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Washington
Margaret Sparrow
Virgil Buntemeyer
LeRoy Buntemeyer
Chamber of Commerce
Sparrow
N. 7Th
Shirley Jean
Keswick
Monroe Street
Griggs
Clinton
Buntemeyer
Lindsay Soft Water Service
Warren Dare
Buntemeyers
Iona
Virgil
Knights of Columbus
Hamil
LeRoy
Delay Action On Excise Tax Repeal
The House Ways and Means Committee votes 15 to 10 to delay excise tax cuts until a plan to offset the revenue loss with other taxes is devised. A Republican proposal for a $1 billion wartime excise tax cut was defeated amid party lines, while Democrat Herman P. Eberharter's substitute calls for study of wartime and other regressive taxes and revenue adjustments.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roy C. Woodruff
Mich
Woodruff
Congress
Four Persons Fined in Justice Court Case
Four individuals appeared before Justice of the Peace H. M. Putnam. Dale Whetstine and Mike Allen each paid $10 for disturbing a lawful assembly. Robert Cole was fined $1 for improper parking and Dorothy N. Sayer paid $2 for failure to observe a stop sign.
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Justice of the Peace H. M. Putnam's Court
Dale Whetstine
Mike Allen
Robert Cole
Dorothy N. Sayer
Radar enables atom scale distance measurement by GE
General Electric reports radar gives scientists a new tool to measure distances between atoms with an accuracy of one ten thousandth of a millionth of an inch.
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Cleveland
General Electric Co
Welfare state topic sparks student panel at Iowa Wesleyan
Iowa Wesleyan College students led by R. J. Hebel plan a panel discussion on Shall We Move Toward a Welfare State. With interest in England's elections, the talk will examine governmental control's impact on transportation industry and medicine and potential U. S. effects. The March 15 7 30 p m event at the county extension office is sponsored by Off the Record Club with committee members Carl Anderson Robert Stephens and Mrs Clayde Knupp.
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Iowa Wesleyan College
R. J. Hebel
England
U. S
Off the
Carl T. Anderson
Wellman
Robert Stephens
West Chester
Clayde Knupp
Washington
Bill for Ore Saving Under Consideration
Washington report says an administration bill offering 350 million annual subsidies to spur exploration and conservation of strategic ores moves to final House action under the 21 day rule. The measure, passed by the Senate, would aid mining firms in locating new ore structures and keeping existing mines in stand-by or reduced operation for national security.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rules
H Ouse
TelePhone on Wheels for Mobile Talkers Unveiled in Cleveland
A new telephone design in Cleveland lets men talk on the move. The cord travels along a ceiling track with a fastener, allowing the handset to glide like a trolley for mobility at home or in the office.
Government Surplus Program Storage Costs Run High
Washington officials estimate the United States pays roughly 10 million dollars monthly to store farm surpluses as part of price support programs. Total government investment stands around 4 billion dollars in 31 surplus crops, about double the level a year earlier.
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Washington
Sam
How Does One Defrost a Mule in Iowa Floods
Iowa farmer Fred Cochran faced a practical problem as a fall of ice trapped seven mules on a flood island near Ely. River waters receded slowly as he and neighbors fed twelve horses and mules valued at over 1000 dollars and transported by boat for the first time since Tuesday. The team remained stranded on ice and water while efforts to reach shore continued.
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Ely
Fred Cochran
Cochran
Iowa
Iowa City
Des Moines Weather: Sunny, Mild Today Then Warmer Tuesday
Iowa forecast: sun this afternoon with west winds 10 to 20 mph. Highs range 15 in the northeast to 28 in the southwest. Tonight clear with lows from zero to 10 above, locally five below. Tuesday sunny and warmer with southwest winds. highs 25 to 35.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Crash Kills 80 in Wales Liner Disaster
The Tu dor V Liner crashed near Llandow airport in clear weather killing 80 of 823 aboard. Four engines packed with Welsh football fans returning from Ireland fell into a field after apparently undershooting the airport. An inquiry is ordered with three survivors guarded from visitors and varying condition reports.
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Llandow
Wales
Air Ministry
Llandon
Ireland
Justice Miller To Handle Rutledge Appeal in September
Des Moines Iowa. Justice Frederic M. Miller will hear the appeal of Dr Robert C Rutledge from a second degree murder conviction and a 70 year term He expects the abstract to be filed by May 1 and the argument in the September term The Linn county jury convicted Rutledge of the Cedar Rapids hotel room stabbing of Byron Hartman He was sentenced to 70 years and a $40000 bond was set with efforts to raise the bond The Rutledge family said he may travel to Houston for rest and possible work while awaiting appeal action
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Frederic M. Miller
Robert C. Rutledge
Supreme Court
Miller
Linn County
Rutledge
St Louis
Fort Madison
Houston
Tex
Funeral services for Ellsworth J. Ewing held at Sherman’s
Funeral services for Ellsworth J. Ewing were held at 1:30 Saturday afternoon at Sherman’s funeral home with Rev. George Kerr in charge. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery. Casketbearers named were Rudy Knotnerus MacDougall Tom Dodd and Charles Berdo.
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Ellsworth J. Ewing
Sherman
George Kerr
Elm Grove Cemetery
Rudy Knot‘nerus, MacDougall
Tom Dodd
Charles Berdo
Salvation Army Collects Calendars For Inmates
HARLAN Ky UP The Salvation Army announced it is collecting calendars for inmates at Kentucky state penitentiary and state reformatory, inviting public participation.
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Harlan, Ky
Salvation Army
Kentucky State Penitentiary
State Reformatory
M'Carthy Charges Hanson With Attempt To Communize World
Committal services for Mrs Olive Hamilton widow of Howard B Hamilton will be held in Elm Grove cemetery Tuesday morning. Friends meet at Sherman's funeral home to proceed to the cemetery at 11 00 oclock Rev George Kerr will be in charge of the service. Mrs Hamilton a former Ainsworth resident died in Omaha Friday afternoon following a long illness. She had lived there over 40 years. The funeral service was held in Omaha Sunday afternoon. The body with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Robert Prindle of Cleveland Ohio will arrive here early Tuesday morning. Friends may call at Sherman's at any time Tuesday morning.
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Olive Hamilton
Howard B. Hamilton
Elm Grove Cemetery
Sherman
George Kerr
Hamilton
Ainsworth
Omaha
Robert Prindle
Cleveland
Ohio
Sherman's
One act plays staged in county festival Tuesday night
Four Washington county high schools present one act plays in the annual festival at the high school auditorium. Mt. Pleasant's Jack Palangio serves as critic judge while Brighton High presents Wild Cat Willie and Ainsworth performs I Shall Be Waiting. Washington hosts A Perfect Gentleman and Crawfordsville offers Borrowed Tails. Each cast will be critiqued by the judge.
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Washington County
Jack Palangio
Mt. Pleasant
Willie
Brighton High School
Ainsworth
Washington
Crawfordsville High School
More Workers Sought for Census Takers Here
Democratic county chairman W. Easter announced Mrs. R. McCutcheon Jr in charge of county enumeration is in Davenport for census school. She will conduct the county school here for census takers. date to be announced. About 20 more workers needed. contact Mr. Kaster before week’s end. Work starts about April 1 for 40 days at $10 per day.
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W. Easter
R. McCutcheon, Jr
Davenport
Former Wellman Man Dies in Oklahoma
E. E. Norman of Stillwater Oklahoma, formerly of Wellman, Iowa, died after a three month heart illness in a Stillwater hospital. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Hoover Funeral Home Marengo with burial there. Survived by four sons Oral Washington Wayne Wellman Everett Stillwater George Sigourney and a daughter Mrs. Dave Winegarden Wellman.
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E. E
Norman
Stillwater
Minn
Wellman
Hoover Funeral Home
Marengo
Oral
Washington
Wayne
Everett
George
Sigourney
Dave Winegarden
Gray Ladies Cancel Classes at Mt Pleasant Hospital
Mrs Dale Booth Gray Lady chair announces Washington chapter Gray Ladies will not attend classes at the state hospital in Mt Pleasant on March 14 and 15. Mrs Paul Horak volunteer services chair and committee set up the Gray Lady Window in Duncan's store.
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Dale Booth
Washington
State Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Paul Horak
Duncan's
Philip Jessup to Answer Red Charges
U S Ambassador-at-large Philip Jessup said he would announce when he will return to Washington to answer accusations linking him to a communist front. He planned to discuss his southeast Asia tour for the State Department and sail from Cherbourg to New York aboard the Queen Mary on Wednesday. He added he would appear before the Tydings committee if requested to address the allegations.
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PARIS
U. S
Philip Jessup
Washington
Jessup
Southeast Asia
State Department
Cherbourg
New York
Tydings Committee
New Fuel Tank Flops In Seattle Test
An airplane fuel tank designed to be bullet proof leak proof and fire proof was tested at Boeing Field with machine gun bursts. Two fire department crews spent half an hour dousing the resulting blaze.
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Seattle
Wash
Boeing Field
McCarthy Attacks State Dept Official Over Communist Leanings
Senator McCarthy labeled Haldore Hanson a pro Communist, citing his 1942 State Department role and prior work in China since 1938. He claimed Hanson lauded Mao Zedong and the Chinese Red Army and spoke of a world communist mission during a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee probe into alleged 57 communists in the department.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
State Department
Haldore Hanson
Wisconsin Republican
Hanson
Truman
McCarthy
Senate Foreign Relations
China
Red Army
Mao Tze-Tung
William Gamon Named As Extension Director
William Gamon of Cedar township attended the State Advisory Committee meeting at Iowa State College on March 9 and 10. He was appointed by Floyd Andre to serve for three years as the 7th district representative, one of 18 farm men and women advising the state extension program. Gamon has led the Washington County Farm Bureau and now runs the Cedar Chips 4-H club while serving on the county program development committee.
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William Gamon
Cedar Township
Iowa State College
Gamon
Floyd Andre
Iowa
Washington County Farm Bureau
The
Cedar Chips
Washington County
Supreme Court to Rule on Loyalty Program Constitutionality
The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Truman loyalty program for government workers amid a bid by the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee to remove its name from the Subversive List. The committee alleges the listing harms civil servants rights and subjects subversive organizations to defamation and economic loss.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Truman
Tom C. Clark
Washington Voters Choose Two For Local School Board
Washington voters head to city hall today for a school election with two seats open. Three candidates contend for the posts: John W. Lee, Marion George, and Stanly Zager. Polls opened at noon and close at 7 pm.
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Washington
John W. Lee
Marion George
Stanly Zager
Franklin Township CROP Drive Chair Corrected
Frank Kleese is the correct chairman for Franklin township's CROP drive, replacing R. Dawson as previously reported.
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Frank Kleese
Franklin Township
R. Dawson
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