Hoover Truman discuss food relief in White House meeting
President Truman met with former president Herbert Hoover for 45 minutes in the White House. The session focused on feeding liberated Europe and relief for occupied nations. Alf Landon and Thomas Dewey were invited to join and may confer again. Hoover left without comment.
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Washington, D.C
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Thomas Kk. Dewey
White House
Hoover
Roosevelt
United Nations
Europe
Lindon
Dewey
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Hoover
Patriotic Societies At Memorial Service
A sizeable group of Washington patriots attended the annual memorial service at a Baptist church. Rev. Alfred Trenerry delivered the sermon highlighting the church’s service flag with blue and four gold stars symbolizing local boys who sacrificed their lives. He reflected on wartime suffering elsewhere and gratitude for peace and wartime gains, with several musical numbers accompanying the service.
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Washington Patrietic Societies
Baptist Church
Alfred Trenerry
Trenerry
William Anderson 74 laid to rest in Louisa County
Funeral services for William Anderson age 74 longtime Louisa county resident were held Monday at Louisa Center Community church with Rev. W L Sanford officiating. Burial followed at Long Creek cemetery. Coroner said natural death. body taken to Stephens Funeral home. several sons and daughters from out of state attended.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
William Anderson
Louisa County
Louisa Center Community Church
W. L. Sanford
The
Independent Bible Church
Long Creek Cemetery
Rural birth rate higher than urban by wide margin
A rural area shows birth rates nearly double those of urban zones indicating stark rural urban demographic differences. The data highlights strong regional disparities in birth trends observed across communities.
Memorial Day Schedule Set With Parade and Park Program
Brookhart announces Washington Memorial Day events with a 9 30 park program and 10 30 parade led by L A Jones. The day includes a naval memorial, firing squad and Taps with speakers, bands, and decorations to Woodlawn and Elm Grove cemeteries.
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Brookhart
T. L. Brookhart
Washington
S. W. Kaster
L. A. Jones
Disorder in The Levant Sparks Broad Violence
London dispatches report bloody skirmishes between natives seeking independence and French groups at Homs Hama and Aleppo with unspecified casualties. Syria Lebanon tensions rise as Truman mediation discussed and Arab league plans June 4 meeting to coordinate actions.
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London
Levant
Guy
Hous
Hama
Syria
Lebanon
Beyrouth
Truman
Homs
Aleppo
France
Het
Radio
Cairo
Alepypyu
Radio Ankara
Damascus
Hloms
Bama
Coubiyos
The
Arab League
Middle East
Charles di Gaulle
Stores to Close Memorial Day Across Washington
Most Washington businesses will observe Memorial Day as a full holiday per a Chamber of Commerce survey led by President Jed Downing. Poultry houses barber shops timber yards food stores and other retailers will close. Drug stores close at ten. Public library UGA post office courthouse and mail deliveries will suspend for Wednesday. stamps sale window to open 9 to 10 a.m.
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Donald Klene
Burlington
Central Park
National American Legion
Buffalo
N.Y
Oskaloosa
Milwaukee
Burlington Chamber of Commerce
Donald
Washington
Evendell Brink
W. Burlington High School
Jed Downing
Chamber of Commerce
UGA
Poppy Sale Nets 280.12 at Washington Legion Event
Poppies sold last Saturday by the Legion Auxiliary raised 280.12, the largest Memorial Day fund in Washington to date. Mrs. George Baker, chairman, praised community support with help from Mrs. Howard Miller and Katherine Swift. Twelve women and Campfire Girls participated, led by top sellers Betty Kunik Marilyn Falk and Loren Fritz.
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Legion Auxiliary
George Baker
Washington
Baker
Howard Miller
Katherine Swift
Scott Furniture Store
Betty Kunik
Marilyn Falk
Loren Fritz
Darlene Snyder
Donna Peters
Joyce Graf
Judy Peters
Ruth and Marie Wolosick
Marilyn Fenn
Eleanor Rruisman
Harriet Kunik
Carol Holland
Country Club Dinner Marks Third Stag Event
The country club hosts the third stag event this evening with golf at six and dinner served at 8 30.
Kenneth Kos Freed Home in July Set
Riverside mother and father learn their son Staff Sergeant Kenneth Kos, a POW in Austria since April 1944, has been liberated by Russians and is expected home around early July. Kos, a Riverside High School graduate of 1942, served with the RAF in Italy after training at Mission Texas Keesler Miss Harlingen and Muroc.
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Riverside
Carl Kos
Kenneth Kos
Boslau
Austria
Army Air Corps
Mission
Texas
Keesler Field
Miss
Harlingen
Muroe
Calif
RA. F
Italy
Kos
Riverside Kigh School
Mrs Len Smouse Dies in Colorado
Mrs Leonard Smouse former ly of Washington died Sunday at Colorado Springs Colorado. No funeral arrangements are yet announced but burial services are expected here later in the week. Her husband, brother of the late Winfeld Smouse, has been dead for years.
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Leonard Smouse
Washington
Colorado Springs
Colo
Winfeld Smiouse
Judge Beehhly Holds Court in Washington for March Term
Judge Frank Beehhly of Mont ezuma conducts court in Washington today as part of the March term of the county court. It has been weeks since court was in session and several attorneys have matters to bring before the judge.
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Frank Beehhly
Montezuma
Washington
Washington County
Beehly
Old Transmission Describes pulley setup for speed control
An old transmission serves as a speed reducer for gas engines and electric motors driving pump jacks. Install appropriately sized pulleys on both ends. When the engine is stopped, any shift can be selected.
Funeral Rites for Ralph Balmer Led by Dr. Miller
Funeral services for Ralph Balmer were held at L A Jones funeral home with Dr. Fred Miller in charge. Pallbearers were Henry Miller John Koehler Milo Weaver Fred Jarvis Elmer Guenther and Jesse.
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Ralph Balmer
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred Miller
Henry Miller
John Koehler
Milo Weaver
Fred Jarvis
Elmer Guenther
Jesse
Two Nazi Leaders Die by Own Hand in German Collapse
London May 28 UP two senior Nazi figures died by their own actions. Marshal Robert Ritter von Greim, successor to Goering and commander of the Luftwaffe, and Dr Hugo Jurge, former lower Austrian social welfare minister, both committed suicide. Albert Forrester, Gaulaiter of Danzig, surrendered to British forces amid a pocket of assassinations and arrests as German resistance waned.
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London
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Albert Forrester
Gaulaiter
Danzig
Hamburg
Forrester
Gestatipo
Himmler
Robert Ritter von Greim
Goering
Hugo Juri
Lower Austria
Seyssinquart
Austria
Rome
Heinrich von Viethingell
Harold R. G. Alexander
BBC
Chimnitz
Germany
Mrs O Neil Begins Summer Work Schedule Announced
Mrs O Neil, a vocational home making teacher at the high school, will spend two weeks engaging in department work and visiting the homes of her students to assist with home projects. She aims to meet prospective students and will assist the community with related problems. The schedule includes department time and home visits Monday through Saturday with Memorial Day affecting that week's plan.
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O'Neil
Japanese retreat on three fronts in Pacific war gains
May 28 dispatch reports Japanese forces drawing back in the Pacific. In Okinawa they eyed a new stand south of Shuri, in China they left the port of Nanning, and in the Philippines allied forces pressed Japanese remnants on Mindanao and Luzon as MacArthur cites 378,427 Japanese dead, wounded or missing.
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Washington
Pacific
Okinawa
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Sturt
China
Nanning
Indo-China
Philippines
Mindano
Luzop Island
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Greater East Asia
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Wana
Shuri
Shyri
6Th Division
Naha
Asato
East China Sea
S2nd
Santa Fe
Balete Pass
Luzon
Mindanao
One killed in blast at Genesto Inc plant
One man died in an explosion at the Genesto Inc plant in Bar ber New Jersey. A tank containing pitch for use in coating electrical wires exploded in a section called a hot house, according to company officials.
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Perth
Amboy
Bonafide Genesto, Inc
Barber, New Jersey
Soldier wounded in Germany writes from Paris hospital
Mrs. Donald Knight receives letters from Pfe Deon wid Knight stating he is recovering from wounds suffered with Patton's 3rd army in Germany. He is in a general hospital in Paris after shrapnel hit his leg wrist hip and stomach. Operation performed promptly and recovery now seems assured. Letters dated May 13 and May 16.
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Donald Knight
Southern Avenue
Pfe. Deonwid Knight
Patton
3Rd Army
Germany
General Hospital
Paris
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Hoover and Truman
Patriotic Societies
Wm. Anderson
Inp
Thomas Polk
Lon Klene
Burtington
American Legion
Mr. Jones
Marshall
Ralph Young
Leon Beatty
Legion and Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Mr. Young
George Rudiger
Legion
Woodlawn Cemetery
Fred Longer
Elm
Court House Corner
Washington Street
Marion Avenue
G. Ed. Mace
C. W. Packer
Mace
Tucker
Court House
B&b
Bob Noonan
Ted Stewart
Charles Franzen
Donald Baker
Jess Radda
Naval Memorial
Creek Bridge
Kenneth Carris
Hara
London Daily Telegraph
Ters
Alvin Rommel
WAR Department
Pvt
Joseph McGee
Worcester
Mass
McGee
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
U.S
Formosa
Australia
Arafura Sea
Saipang
ROTAD
New Guinea
Guam
Marcy
Pacific Ocean
Georgia
Coral Sea
Oponape
Gilbert
Islands
New Hebrides
Len Smouse
Colorado
Ralph Palmer
Mrs. O’neil
Gungley
Elm Crove Cemetery
Abandor Shuri
China Port
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