Senators propose fines and jail for oleo sellers
Two senators Fulbright and Taft urged repealing the federal oleo tax and proposed fines and jail terms for those who sell or serve oleo as butter. The measure advances as the House passed repeal and the administration supports ending the tax as its revenue is negligible and burdensome to low income buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J William Fulbright
D., Ark
Robert A. Taft
Senate Finance Committee
House
Treassury A
Bailey’s Mushroom Foray Yields Large Finds
Ted Bailey reports a productive mushroom outing on the Skunk river bottom last Saturday. He describes finding small grey varieties then larger yellow mushrooms and even traces of a previous harvest spike, noting eight big caps filled a sack and declaring the season may still continue with more mushrooms to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Skunk
Ray Minick
Mr. Bailey
Former Manager of County Home Dies on Birthday
Raymond Van Dorin of Salem Iowa died early Saturday morning in Mt. Pleasant county hospital on his 21st birthday Funeral services are set for Salem this afternoon He was a member of Bethlehe Commandery Knights Templar in Washington the Order of Eastern Star and the White Shrine Surviving are his wife Rose Van Dorin a son Kenneth and his mother Mary Van Dorin of Salem
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond van Dorin
Salem
Iowa
Washington County
Mt. Pleasant
Bethlehe Commandery
Knights Templar
Washington
Order of Eastern Star
The
White Shrine
Rose van Dorin
Kenneth
Mary van Dorin
Flower Sprays Planned for Memorial Day at Legion Rooms
Mrs. Ernest Salladay announces that flower sprays for Memorial Day will be made at the Legion rooms on Friday May 28 during the daytime instead of that evening as previously announced. Women will meet in the morning and a potluck dinner with coffee provided by the Women's Relief Corps will be served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Salladay
Legion Rooms
Women's Relief Corps
Tire Blows Out Illinois Girl Dead in Jeep Crash
Catherine Jineto of Geneva Illinois, 19, died near Columbus Junction at 2 p m Sunday when the jeep she drove blew a right rear tire, rolled over twice, and pinned her in a ditch. Drs Groben and Pence arrived to aid but she died within minutes. She was a student at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Catherine Jineto
Geneva
Ill
Miss Jineto
Elmer S. Groben
Goumbus Junction
J. W. Pence
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
Iowa Y's Men Hold Eighty One Session At Washington
Delegates from clubs across Iowa gathered for the 81st Iowa Y's Men district conclave at the Washington Y.M.C.A. The day featured forums, noon and evening meetings, and a Europe update from George Goold. Local officers Harold Wehr and John Owen led arrangements and sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goold
Europe
Owen
Iowa
Washington Y.M.C
George Gilpin
Albert Lea
Minn
North Central Region
Y.M.C.A
Washington Y's
John Owen
George Goold
International Vic
Harold Wehr
Washington Club
Washington U's
Dave Elder
U's Mens World
College Student Injuries After Incident Cited
A report notes a college incident involving a student and two others, with the latter two uninjured. Further details are limited in the fragment.
Washington High School Concert Tangled in Tuesday Program
Washington high school groups including mixed chorus glee club and band will give a concert Tuesday at eight. A prelude by combined grade school junior high band will precede the program. About 100 students will participate across bands and school levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Washington
Melvin Hill
Knightsbridge
Coates
Merry Men
Thomas
Pat Weldin
Colorado
Holmes
Ruth Miller
Walters
Rayburn Fines Curl $100 for Traffic Charge
Ralph Curl of Washington was fined $100 plus costs by Justice of the Peace Rayburn after a trial for failing to yield half of the traveled portion of a highway. County Attorney John C. Owen prosecuted as five witnesses testified for the state and one for the defense. The incident on May 9 near Walnut Hill between Washington and Brighton involved a collision with a car carrying Mrs. Mary DeWolfe of Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Rayburn
Ralph Curl
Washington
John C. Owen
L. J. Kehoe
Carl
Walnut Hill
Brighton
Curl
Mary DeWolfe
Mires
DeWolfe
Minnesota Governor to join nationwide meat strike talks
Governor Luther W. Youngdahl flew from St. Paul to Chicago to take part in new negotiations aimed at ending the two month old meat strike. Conciliator Frank Walsh welcomed his entry noting his initiative. National Guard remained deployed in three Minnesota cities to preserve order as non-strikers crossed picket lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Luther Youngdahl
Minnesota
Youngdahl
St. Paul
Frank Walsh
Walsh
Union
National Guard
South BT
Paul
Minn
Luther W. Youngdahl
Youngdah
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Capitol
CIO Packinghouse
Aut Chicago
Labor unrest surges across industries in wartime strikes
About 225,000 workers across automobile, meat packing, aviation, brewing and other sectors walk out or threaten to strike. Auto workers at Chrysler and General Motors face possible walkouts. meat packers seek settlements as Gov. Youngdahl mediates. steel workers move to test Taft Hartley provisions. tankers idle as talks stall. brewers vote on a $6.50 raise after a $7 demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile
CSO Auto
Chrysler Corp
Caw-Cio
General Motors
Ford Company
Ford
Oak Ridge Lab Wage Dispute Averts Strike
Leaders of the atomic trades council AFL offered to arbitrate their wage dispute with Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp at Washington instead of striking the Oak Ridge laboratory. They will submit proposals to a presidential board of inquiry under the Taft Hartley act. The union seeks a 15 cent per hour raise for workers at the government plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers Union
CIO
Philip Murray
Inland Steel Corp
Indiana Harbor
National Maritime Union
Chicago
Bay City
Musketon
Mich
Buffalo
Detroit
CLO
Milwaukee Breweries
Oak Ridge
Rubio Bank Case Being Tried Today
Trial began in district court before Judge Frank Beehly in the Mitchell Orlich of Colfax versus Rubio Savings Bank of Brighton. Plaintiff seeks 7 246.17 plus 8.36 protest fees and a trust on proceeds from sales by Weisz Product and related funds from April 1 to April 11, 1947 to cover the claimed total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Beehly
Mitchell Orlich
Colfax
Rubio Savings Bank
Brighton
Siegers & Bedell
Newton
Arnold
Myhra
D. Morrison, Jr
Brighton Bank
Tls
Weisz
Woman Kills Her Invalid Husband in Des Moines
In Des Moines on May 1 Mrs. Doris Maxwell, 62, killed her invalid husband Rolla Maxwell, 57, with an axe after they talked of dying together. She attempted suicide but survived. police found Rolla in a dining room chair with a smashed skull. Mrs Maxwell admitted, We both had beet sick so her to ut.
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Des Moines
Doris. Staxwell
Fivefoot
Rolla Maxwell
Brighton Youth Killed in Crash Near Muscatine
George Gier Jr. 16 of Brighton died after a Saturday night car crash twelve miles east of Muscatine on Highway 61. Driver Robert Anderson is hospitalized with a skull fracture and head lacerations. other occupants, Clifford Farrier, Lester Farrier, and Marion Farrier Jr., were treated for minor injuries. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Brighton Christian Church with burial in Brighton Cemetery.
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Brighton
George Gier, Jr
George Gier
Muscatine
George
Robert Anderson
Clifford
Ernest Farrier
I. &. Farrier
Near Cranston
Lester Dean Farrier
Marion Farrier
Near
Brighton Christian Church
Rk. W. Fillmore
Brighton Cem
Couple Planned Double Suicide Says Police
Mrs. Maxwell told detectives that she and her husband decided they would both have to die and that he would kill her while she planned to kill him, though she did not explain how they intended to carry it out and police believe she lost her nerve.
Four Firsts at State Music Contest in Boone
Washington students earned four firsts and three second place ratings at the state music contest in Boone Saturday. Marie Davis soprano solo and Bill Wessler baritone horn led the firsts, with Pat Weldin conducting and Ruth Miller also listed among top finishers. Washington attendees noted a sextet scoring mix up that could have improved girls’ placements. Music teachers Melvin Hill and Wendall Rider accompanied contestants along with several supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Washington
Marie Davis
Bill Wessler
Pat Weldin
Ruth Miller
Dan Holland
Shirley Blattner
Norma Horak
Marolyn Fenn
Mary Rita McLaughlin
Marilyn Caldwell
Ariene Knupp
Dorothy Walker
Barbara Dare
Joanne Krabill
Melvin Hill
Wendall Rider
Chamber Dinner Reservations Announced for Friday
Secretary John Lee announces reservations for the Chamber of Commerce dinner at the country club. A large crowd is expected to hear speaker Tom Collins. Dinner serves at seven o'clock Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
John Lee
Tom Coltlins
Jews Surrender in Old Jerusalem Amid Truce Talks
Belgian consul general Jean Nieuwenhuys said Jews in Jerusalem’s old walled city surrendered to Arab forces after talks with King Abdullah and Abdul Rahman Azzam. No conclusive truce agreement was reached as fighting continued around the city.
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Amman
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Jean Nieuwenhuys
United Press
Nieuwenhuys
United Nations
Christendom
King Abdullah
Trans- Jordan
Abdul Rahman Azzamasha
The
Arab League
Holy City
Whiehi
Washington
State Department
Abdullah
Old City
Commission
Memorial Day Observed on May 31 in Washington
Memorial Day will be observed on Monday May 31 since the holiday falls on a Sunday. Banks court house offices and stores will close as usual for a holiday and the morning program will follow the standard observance schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Court House
Graveside rites for Stella Bartle held at Elm Grove
Graveside services for Mrs. Stella Bartle who died in Chicago were conducted Saturday at Elm Grove cemetery. The services were in charge of Dr. Fred E. Miller for the country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Bartle
Chicago
Elm Grove Cemetery
Fred E. Miller
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Iowa Y
Justie Court
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Lewis
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Truman
White House
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D-R.i
Israel
International Soundphoto
Washngton County
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Hazel
Phyllis
Marion
Robert
Ivan Gier
Elsie Crosby
Etery
Hoskins Funeral Home
Washington High School Music
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Commis
Graveside Services
the Country Club
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