Truman Promises to Fight for Individual Liberties
President Truman told graduates at George Washington University that the United States will continue to defend the right of the individual despite emergencies. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree as daughter Margaret, in the class, earned a BA in history.
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Henry Clay
New Speedway Food Store To Open In Washington
Washington to welcome a new Speedway Food Store on the east side of the square this Saturday June 1. Fred Speed owners the business and formerly managed the A P Food Store in the same building. Lester Hamill and Virginia Shepherd join as staff. Store hours will be 7 30 a m to 5 30 p m weekdays and 7 30 a m to 10 00 p m Saturdays all summer.
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Nation Resumes Traditional Memorial Day Observance
United Press reports Memorial Day returns to its prewar pattern with a four day weekend. Public ceremonies honor the dead at Arlington and across the country while Fleet Week and Indianapolis 500 fuel holiday crowds. Planes drop flowers, flags fly at half mast, and veterans march in major cities including New York and Chicago.
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Aurora
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Four Hurt In Riverside Township Highway Crash
Four persons escaped serious injuries when a car wrecked on a township road six miles south of Riverside. Driver Dale John Duwa and his sister Cleola Duwn, 16, Mary Ann Duwi, 28, and wife Mrs Dale Duwn suffered cuts and bruises as the car overturned into a concrete culvert after passing another vehicle.
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Cleola Duwn
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Fire in bunk car near Milwaukee yards
Washington firemen were called about 8 30 last night to a bunk car used by railway laborers in the Milwaukee yards near the stock yards. The car had caught fire in some unknown manner. The damage was not extensive.
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Milwaukee
Brighton Man Fined for Intoxication and Jail Damage
Roy Hastings of Brighton was fined $10 plus costs by Mayor E M Elmore for intoxication. After release he damaged the town jail while trying to escape, and a further $25 fine was imposed for that offense.
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Bowles Orders Dairy Price Hikes and Controls
A Bowles order raises milk by about one cent per quart and butter by roughly 11 cents per pound, with cheese up about four cents. The moves aim to preserve dairy production amid higher costs and looming subsidy cuts, effective in June with exact figures to follow. Additional steps limit cream sales, allow butterfat content changes, restrict cream shipments, and set later quotas to stabilize supplies.
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New Mexico
Peacetime Memorial Day Observed at Arlington
President Truman led the nation in its first Peacetime Memorial Day ceremony in five years at Arlington National Cemetery. He laid a wreath on the Unknown Soldier’s tomb, stood in silence as taps sounded, and planned a cruise on the Williamsburg later. Undersecretary Royall announced every grave marked with a flag for those who served. Secretary Forrestal urged Americans to resolve to pursue freedom and peace.
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Sailors Memorial Service Held at Crooked Creek Bridge
About 50 sailors and soldiers in uniform gathered for the annual memorial service to honor navy men who gave their lives in war. The event at 8:00 near the Crooked Creek bridge featured Rev. Thomas Polk, attorney E D Morrison Jr, an American Legion color guard, a firing squad, a wreath cast on the waters, and taps by Jess Radda as flowers drifted away.
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Openings in County for New Teachers
County Superintendent Lester B. Krabill says about 25 rural Washington County schools lack teachers for next year. He notes eligible graduates can teach after twelve weeks of summer school without the usual exam. Salaries are higher, creating good openings for recent high school graduates. interested candidates should see Mr. Krabill.
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Washington County
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Milk price ceilings announced for manufacturing use
The government sets fluid milk ceilings by region with a floor of 63 cents per pound in some areas and 77 cents in the north central states. Manufacturing milk ceilings are pegged to November 1945 levels plus 40 cents for 3.5 percent milk, with main producing areas limited between 3.00 and 3.20 dollars per hundredweight.
Memorial Day Talks at Elm Grove Cemetery
Memorial Day address at Elm Grove Cemetery blends reverence for fallen soldiers with a call to national unity. Attendee Robert Day speaks on war sacrifices, postwar recovery, and enduring duty to keep democracy strong amid economic troubles and the need for leadership.
Tribute to fallen at Woodlawn Cemetery speech
E D Morrison Jr recalls a battlefield gathering at Woodlawn Cemetery. He notes the dead endured warfare and hunger and were watching the living with interest as they pay tribute today.
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Saii E. D. Morrison, Jr
Woodlawn Cemetery
Impressive Memorial Day Parade Opens Washington Observance
Memorial Day ceremonies began in Washington with overcast skies and rain expected later but held off for a 10 o clock parade from the square. At Elm Grove and Woodlawn cemeteries nearly 500 graves were decorated with brief programs led by Robert Day and E D Morrison Jr. Taps, prayers, music, and a firing squad marked the observance as high school and municipal bands led processions through downtown, followed by Veterans of Foreign Wars, State Guard, Legion, and World War II veterans in service uniforms, plus Boy Scouts and students with flags and flowers.
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