Ickes Charged With Inefficiency and Extravagance in Interior Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee slashed almost half the Interior Department budget for the coming fiscal year, charging inefficiency and extravagance under Harold L. Ickes. It recommended 174.65 million dollars, down from 946.76 million requested, with large cuts to reclamation and power projects and a push for Krug to streamline operations.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Harold L. Ickes
Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
Bureau of Reclamation
Sam Rayburn
Tec
Southwestern Power Construction
Southwestern Power Administration
House
Iekes
J. A. Krug
Missouri River
Missouri Basin
Missouri Valley
Reclamation Bureau
Washington Municipal Band Plans Wednesday Concert
If weather permits the Washington Municipal Band will give a National Music Week concert at 8 p m Wednesday in Central Park directed by Ralph W Young. The program includes National Emblem March Invercargill March Embraceable You Hail to America March and Star Spangled Banner among others. Regular band concerts will not resume for a few weeks and uniforms will not be worn.
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Washington Municipal Band
Central Park
Ralph W. Young
Morrell male chorus presents varied program at Lincoln school
Ottumwa Morrell male chorus of 19 voices performed a varied program in the Lincoln school community room for National Music Week observance. Mrs Boyd White introduced the event and noted the local observance started in 1923. Mrs Paul Stoltz directed and sang Songs of Yesterday with Ivor Carlson as accompanist. A social hour followed with refreshments and private pupil recitals are scheduled Thursday and Saturday afternoons and evenings.
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Morrell
Ottumwa
Lincoln School
Boyd White
Paul Stoltz
Ivor Carlson
Dairy Production Payments Increase in 1946 Figures
Howard L. Witting of the AAA committee in Washington county explains higher dairy production payments for May and June 1946 compared with 1945. Increases of 20 cents per hundredweight for whole milk and 5 cents per pound of butterfat are allowed, subject to revision if milk or butterfat prices rise before June 30, 1948.
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Howard L. Witting
AAA
Washington County
New Nurse Joins the Health Unit Staff
The Washington County health unit announces Mrs. Elsie Bryant as the new registered nurse for the northeast section. The territory had no assigned nurse since Verna Belle Cave departed last June. Bryant, a graduate of Ottumwa hospital, previously served as industrial nurse for Dain Manufacturing in Ottumwa, a John Deere subsidiary.
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Washington County
Elsie Bryant
Verna Belle Cave
Bryant
Ottumwa Hospital
Dain Manufacturing Company
Ottumwa
John Deere Company
Six Washington county men leave for army induction
Six men were sent by bus and train to Fort Snelling Minnesota for induction into military service. The selective service board released the names and residences of the registrants: Robert Lewis Stout Keva Russell Loyd Carter Clement Joseph Thomann Olin Earl Harris Richard J. Colbert and George W. Sojka with their respective addresses in Washington county.
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Selective Service Board
Washington County
Fort Snelling
Minn
Robert Lewis Stout
Russell Loyd Carter
Washington
Clement Joseph Thomann
R&r
Riverside
Olin Earl Harris
Brigiton
Weather and dairy payments outline farm support plan
The forecast notes a drop to 39 degrees and light rain. It details dairy payment schedules for milk and butterfat through mid 1946 and explains aims to offset rising production costs without raising consumer prices as demand stays high.
Mrs. Inez A. Martin 85 Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mrs. Inez A. Martin, 85, widow of Seymour Martin, died at 10:15 p m at the county hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered last Saturday. Funeral services at L A Jones funeral home. time pending word from a California son. Survived by two sons Glen of West Chester and Lloyd of Placerville California, six grandchildren, ten great grandchildren. Predeceased by two brothers W P and Curt Wells and one sister Mrs Wesley Smith. Born January 7 1861 in Duck Creek township to W W Wells and Rebecca Jackson Wells. Married October 2 1882 in Oskaloosa. Lived in Indiana six years after marriage, farmed south of West Chester then Keota, moved to Washington eight years ago. Member of Baptist church and Keota Order of Eastern Star.
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Inez A. Martin
Martin
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
California
Indiana
West Chester
Keota
Washington
Weather Outlook Indicates Possible Clearing Skies
This morning brings cloudy conditions with indications that the weather may ease as skies could clear later. The forecast suggests improving visibility and calmer conditions as the day progresses.
Three Die in Cedar Rapids Home Fire
A flash fire at the Ricb urg Watson home in Cedar Rapids Iowa May 7 killed Watson and two of his daughters Janet 4 and Sharon Kay while a third daughter Rochelle 6 was in critical condition at University Hospital Iowa City with severe burns Firemen found all three bodies in a bedroom and said the blaze likely started near a studio couch in the living room The cause remained undetermined and Watson may have been trying to rescue his children.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ricburg Watson
Watson
Janet
Sharon Kay
Rochelle
Iowa University Hosiital
Iowa City
Neighibors
Figehief E. P. Kahout
University Hospital
Iat
Petson
WillVote on British Loan Amendment
The Senate agreed to a 2 p.m. vote on a British loan amendment that would require Britain to grant permanent U.S. bases in return for a $3.75 billion credit. It targets bases under 99 year leases and follows a rejection of a gag rule to end debate.
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Washington
Senate
Britain
Atlantic
United States
Alben W. Barkley
Ernest W. McFarland
Ariz
Iowa Southern Announces 45 Day Coal Supply
District Manager Frank B. Miller of the Iowa Southern Utilities company said communities served have no immediate effects from the coal shortage. The main plant in Centerville and others, including the Washington plant, hold coal supplies enough for 45 days. The company faces no fuel shortage unless the miners strike is prolonged.
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Frank B. Miller
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Centerville
Washington
Miller
Iowa Southern
Board Elects New Teachers
Washington board of education elected three teachers for next year. Melvin A. Hill Grinnell will lead instrumental music at the high school. Carolyn Neal Mt. Vernon was chosen for elementary school music. Ruth Simpson Washington will teach science and mathematics in Stewart school fifth and sixth grades.
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Washington Board of Education
Melvin A. Hill
Grinnell
Navy
Grinnell High School
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Minnesota
Nora Springs
Iowa
Manley
Harlan
Mavy
Woodbine
Atlantic
Carolyn Neal
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College
Presbyterian Church Choir
Ruth Simpson
Washington
Stewart
Washington High School
Iowa State Teachers
Iowa State University
West Chester
Oneida
Ainsworth
War Casualties Exceed a Million
On the first anniversary of Germany's surrender the United States reports 1,113,689 American casualties in World War II, with 305,528 dead or missing. World War I casualties stand at 259,735, including 200,000 dead or missing. Iowa records 7,647 war dead with one new casualty so far in May.
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Germany
Des Moines
Iowa
Famine Aid Falls Short of Monthly Quota
Acting Secretary Dean Acheson announced that the United States shipped 100000 tons of wheat and flour to famine areas in early May, 150000 tons below the 1,000,000 ton May quota. A total of 25000 tons of wheat and 75000 tons of flour were sent abroad that week, with the month’s quota for May and July set at 1,000,000 tons each.
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Washington
United States
Dean Acheson
U. S
Kalona Man Severely Hurt in Car Collision
Frank Vodicka of Kalona suffered a fractured knee when struck by a car driven by Ernest Miller of Kalona Sunday night. He was taken to the county hospital for an X ray of the injury.
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Frank Vodicka
Kalona
Ernest Miller
April totals in records show 28
The records department reported that during April the figure was 28. This brief note confirms the monthly total for the period.
Roach Conducts Baptism Service at Washington Church
Rev. A Roach, pastor of Richland, led Sunday afternoon baptism at Washington Christian church. Four Richland residents and eight Pleasant Hill youths were baptized. Rev T C Polk attended but did not head the service as reported previously.
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A. ©. Roach
Richland
Washington
Negotiators Weigh Settlement Amid 37 Day Soft Coal Strike
Washington May 7 The government submitted a proposal to the United Mine Workers and soft coal operators to end the 37 day coal strike. Terms not disclosed. UMW policy committee to discuss this afternoon. Ed McGrady and mediator Fuller urged settlement as coal deliveries tightened nationwide. A mining region shooting and allied disruptions underscored stakes as airlines faced federal intervention to avert a walkout.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
AFL
UMW
Paul W. Fuller
Child Dunsmore Dies at County Hospital
Charles Edmund Dunsmoore born Saturday died at the county hospital at 5 30 Monday afternoon. Survived by his parents Private and Mrs Allen G and Norrie Churchill Dunsmore one brother and the grandparents. Brief services held at Sherman's funeral home in charge of Rev T C Polk burial in Valley cemetery. Father stationed at Camp Lee Virginia.
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Charles Edmund Dunsmoore
Allen G
Norrie (Churchill)Dunsmore
Sherman
T. C. Polk
Valley Cemetery
Camp Lee
Virginia
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Jerry
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Kang
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Romberg
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Huffer
Richard J. Colbert
George W. Sojka
Pearl Harbor
Roach
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
New England
Harlan County
Truman
Airlines Pilets’ Association
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Pilots’ Association
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