Memorial Day Parade Schedule For Washington
Milo Steele Jr announces full Memorial Day observance in Washington for Monday May 31. Navy veterans meet at Crooked Creek bridge at 8 30 A M for sailors memorial. downtown program opens 9 A M with Municipal band in Central Park. Elm Grove and Woodlawn cemeteries hold graveside decorations with a parade formation starting 9 45 A M. Marion McAvoy leads parade. L A Jones marshal. Don Bealer Woodlawn chair. Charles Hotle Elm Grove chair.
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Washington
Steele
Central Park
Navy Veterans
Crooked Creek Bridge
Brighton Road
Don Bealer
Woodlawn
Charles Hotle
Elm Grove
Poppy Day Volunteers To Sell Memorial Poppies Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary and Camp Fire Girls will distribute memorial poppies on Poppy Day Saturday May 29 in Washington. Volunteers will carry baskets made by disabled veterans and accept contributions to aid veterans and families in need. All proceeds stay in Washington for local relief and rehabilitation work.
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Wayne Chamberlin
Washington
American Legion Auxiliary
Camp Fire
Veterans’ Hospitals
American Legions Auxiliary
Jay Brewer
Brewer
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Legion
New Concrete Block Plant Opens Today
Robert D. Moody and Layton Weidenbach announce a motorless concrete block plant at 325 North Fourth Avenue. The interlocking mortarless blocks, already used in California, are now introduced locally. The Moody family includes Mr and Mrs Moody and two children Donald and Cynthia.
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Robert D. Moody
Layton Weidenbach
Motorless
North Fourth Avenue
Moody
Mr. Weidenbach
California
Donald
Cynthia
Senate to probe alleged slander in NBC foreign broadcasts
Senate President Arthur Vandenberg asked the top investigating panel to examine NBC run Voice of America scripts accused of slandering U S states. Lawmakers cited remarks claiming New England founded on hypocrisy and Texas on sin aired to Latin America.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur K. Vandenberg
State Department
National Broadcasting Company
New England
Texas
Voice of America
Latin America
Vandenberg
Homer Ferguson
Homer Capehart
Ind
NBC
Ferguson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Passes the Wrong Car and Pays a Five Dollar Fine
Thomas E. Thomas of Columbus Junction was fined five dollars and costs in Justice of the Peace W. L. Lopshire court at Ainsworth for passing another car on a curve on Highway 92 west of Washington. The vehicle passed was driven by Deputy Sheriff Bob Fillmore.
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Thomas E. Thomas
Columbus Junction
Washington
Bob Fillmore
Thomas
Court of Justice of the Peace
W. L. Lopshire
Ainsworth
Iowa State Awards$10 Chehak Prize in Biochemistry
The department at Iowa State University announces nine pharmacy wards and awards the $10 Chehak prize for the most deserving biochemistry student to Norman F. Schoonover of Washington.
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Iowa State University
Norman F. Schoonover
Washington
Moody and Weidenbach Relocate to Washington Area
Two men move to Washington settling in a trailer base. Moody previously lived in Keota. Weidenbach arrives from Yankton, South Dakota, where he worked in the concrete block business.
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Washington
Mr. Moody
Keota
Mr. Weidenbach
Yankton
South Dakota
Memorial Services At Chester Sunday
The Women's Relief Corps of West Chester announces memorial services on Sunday May 30 at West Chester cemetery at 2 p.m. A short program will follow. Grace Hill cemetery hosts a 2 45 service and New Haven at 6 30. Ex service men and women are invited.
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Women’s Relief Corps of
West Chester
Grace Hill
New Haven
New Marking on Primary Roads
The Iowa state highway commission unveiled a new no passing zone system using a reflectorized yellow centerline in each traffic lane. Signs will warn drivers not to cross the line where sight distance is under 500 feet. About 2,000 miles of U.S. and Iowa highways will receive the markings to improve safety and line durability.
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Ames
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Missouri
Parsons College to graduate 68 seniors this spring
Jeanette L Pieken daughter of C G Pieken of Washington is among 68 seniors to receive a J degree and a major in English from Parsons College Fairfield This spring commencement week in early June features a faculty senior dinner June 4 Rio Rita by the music and speech departments June 5 a baccalaureate sermon June 6 by Rev Vartan D Meleonian Parsons graduate of 1925 now on the faculty of the Presbyterian College of Christian Education in Chicago and the 69th annual commencement address to be given
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C. G. Pieken
Washington
Parsons College
Fairfield
Vartan D. Meleonian
Parsons
Presbyterian College of Christian Education
Chicago
Improved Rock Island pledge to boost Washington rail service
Five Rock Island officials met in Washington with Chamber of Commerce attorney L. J. Kehoe and promised quicker freight and passenger improvements. They agreed to arrange early South Washington passenger access at the railroad’s expense and to boost facilities for trains stopping at South Washington and transport into town.
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Washington
Rock Island
Rock Island Railroad
L. J. Kehoe
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Kehoe
G. R. Kaney
R.E. Jxing
J. H. Clarkson
Bo R. Dew
Rock Island, All
Roy H. Peterson
J. P. Kilty
Kehoe
South Washington
Senate committee votes to seek MacArthur testify on spending
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 17 to 2 to ask Gen Douglas MacArthur to return from Tokyo and testify on U S aid to China. The move, led by Kenneth Wherry, would route the request through the Army and aim for an early appearance before the Republican convention.
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Senate
MacArthur
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Styles Bridges
N. H
Pearl Harbor
Army Bridges
Army Department
U. S
China
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Wherry
Louis Bromfield a Noted Author and Lecturer
Louis Bromfield is identified as a nationally known author and lecturer in the article excerpt.
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Louis Bromfield
Italian Railways Rebuild Aims for 1950 Completion
Rome reports reconstruction of Italian railways will finish in 1950. Transport Minister Guido Corbellini says the plan includes better rolling stock, streamlined trains, and greater comfort than Mussolini era transport. He expects two years of significant technical improvements across all sectors.
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Rome
Mussolini
Guido Corbellini
Amendment on Substitution Is Given Approval
The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved a bill to repeal all federal taxes on oleomargarine. An amendment requires each serving to be labeled oleo margarine and a prominent notice that oleomargarine is served, aiming to prevent mislabeling butter substitutes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate President Opposes Congress Veto on Tariff Deals
Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan declares opposition to granting Congress a veto over tariff rates negotiated under reciprocal trade agreements. The House passed a one year extension of the reciprocal trade law with a veto on tariff cuts beyond tariff commission recommendations. Vandenberg supports all but the veto provision.
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House
Washington
Senate
Congress
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Truman
Tariff Commission
Strike Settlement Plan Talks Stir At Ottumwa And Chicago
In Ottumwa Iowa reps from Johan Morrell Co and CIO Local 1 resumed talks as the union planned a mass meeting to consider a proposed settlement offer. In Chicago officials from the Wilson packing plant appealed to strikers at the picket lines urging a return to work while noting the union would not provide bread and butter. A simple low priced paint sprayer attachment for spark plugs was described.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Johan Morrell Co
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Local No. 1
Chicago
Wilson Packing
C. L. Cameron
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