Truman Returns to Capital in Triumph Welcome
President Truman arrives at Union Station to a thunderous greeting as cabinet members and tens of thousands watch the hero’s homecoming. He plans a two week Key West vacation and a state of the union message to Congress after January 3. Budget projections reach a record peace time total of 44.9 billion dollars and he weighs the proposed North Atlantic defense pact.
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Union Station
Alben W. Barkley
Truman
Kentucky
Mr. Truman
Secret Service
White House
Key West
Fla
Congress
United States
Canada
Plane Crashes Take Toll of Seventy Dead or Missing
United Press reports seventy Americans were dead or missing across five world crashes. B 29 losses left 31 dead. 38 missing aboard Navy planes and a Pacific Alaska liner. Additional incidents include a B 29 crash in the Azores and another near Manchester England. a DC 5 missing from Sitka to Seattle. a Navy Privateer lost near Bristol Bay. and a long range patrol aircraft missing after Puget Sound maneuvers.
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Navy
North Pacific
Air Force
Azores
England
MacDill Air Force Base
Fla
U. S
Manchester
Sitka
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Cape Spencer
Bristol Bay
Kodiak
Vancouver Island
B. C
Hike for grade school boys postponed to tomorrow
The all grade school boys hike scheduled for this morning has been postponed until tomorrow at 11 30. Art Brown Y secretary announced the change. Boys will meet at the Y M C A tomorrow and depart if the weather permits.
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Art Brown
Y.M.C.A
Plan Program in Schools to Mark Education Week
Washington public schools open for inspection during American Education Week from November 7 to 13 with a theme Strengthening the Foundations of Freedom. Open house events list Lincoln and Stewart schools, junior high, and junior college events with guest speaker Dr J S Pennepacker from Iowa Wesleyan College.
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Washington
M. M. Schell
Lincoln
Stewart
Junior College and High School
J. S. Pennepacker
Division of Humanities
Iowa Wesleyan College
America
Truman Plans Inflation Fight Strategy And Plea For Help
President Truman will push voluntary price reductions from major producers during a Florida vacation and then seek an excess profits tax standby rationing and price control powers from a Democratic Congress if persuasion fails. A piecemeal legislative approach may replace a large 21point program.
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Washington
Truman
New Democratic Congress
Congress
Soth Congress
Florida
Fire destroys room in Anderson home hits Dick’s study
Dick Anderson, a Washington high school student, loses his own furnishings typewriter and personal effects in a Tuesday morning house fire. Mrs Vera Anderson was alone when the blaze started, firefighters saved the rest of the home and prevented spread. Some family clothing was damaged or lost.
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Dick Anderson
Vera Anderson
Washington High School
Anderson
Yoder Observing 12th Anniversary at East End Grocery
Today November 5 marks the twelfth business anniversary of F. J. Yoder at Yoder's East End grocery. He purchased the store from the J. E. Kunath estate and has remodeled the shop twice, with a staff including E. J. Yoder Orpha Yoder Charles McConnell Mrs TilIe Kallous Mr and Mrs Leo Allbaugh and Betty Marston.
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F. J. Yoder
Yoder
East End
Mr. Yoder
J. E. Kunath
E. J. Yoder
Orpha Yoder
Charles McConnell
Tillie Kallous
Leo Allbaugh
Betty Marston
County Discusses Corn Loan Program Agreement
Banks and lending agents from Washington and nearby counties met the AAA committee at the local YMCA on Thursday to outline the commodity loan process for oats wheat soybeans and corn. County AAA chairman Howard A Witting reports loans already made and urges applications through the county office or local corn sealer, listing appointed officials across several townships.
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Washington
AAA
Y.M.C.A
Harold Brightwell
Dewey Cornell
State Aaa
Roy A. Denzler
Marengo
Howard A. Witting
Ben D. Rusk
Clay
Brighton
Franklin
Dutagh Creek
William Wagamon
Seventysix
Lime Creek
English River
Charles Custer
Town
Highland
Jackson
Cedar
Don Maxwell
Oregon
Crayford
Marion
Washington County
Rejections Rise as Iowa Draftees Face Medical and Mental Standards
Des Moines Iowa November draft notices show about six percent of the first 410 Iowa draftees rejected. In a 12 state area 2080 of 6185 examined were acceptable with 48 percent failing physicals and the rest failing mental tests. Most who qualified for November were later deferred for domestic or occupational reasons. The 175 Lowans begin induction November 18 or 19.
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Des Moines
Ubp
Ralph A. Lancaster
Lancaster
Iowa
Army
Fifth Army
Gillette Calls for Taft Hartley Amendments
U S Senator elect Guy Gillette urged amendments to the Taft Hartley act saying its discriminating provisions create barriers to labor equality. He did not specify changes but argued the law must secure labor’s right to bargain as a group and achieve parity in bargaining with employers.
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U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Gilliette
Gillette
Store Revamp Highlights Self-Serve Layout and Delivery
The new owner re arranged shelves to create a self-serve store within the last year. The business now features a complete meat department and a delivery service for customers.
County 4 H Officers To Train Club Heads
Local 4-H club officers meet at Lincoln school Saturday at 1 30 pm to learn handling club affairs. County officers who attended a Mt Pleasant district school of instruction lead the training with Mrs Melvin Booth and others coordinating musical games and recreation. Washington county 4 H boys and girls listed include Martha Gamon Virginia Griggs Lu Ella Sojka Rosalie Robison.
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Lincoln School
Mt. Pleasant
Melvin Booth
Lee Sturgeon
Mary Tinkham
Farm Bureau
Chiang Appeals for U S Help as Communists Close In
Nanking faces a pincers offensive as 200000 communist troops near Hsuchow and 240 miles south threaten the Nanking corridor. Premier Wong Wen-Hao urges further U S aid and notes 900 dependents evacuated from Shanghai to date with 4000 more set to depart. Generalissimo Chiang concentrates 500000 loyalist troops along the Hsuchow Nanking line. U S warships remain deployed at Tsingtao.
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Nanking
Trumpr
U. S
Shanghai-Nanking
Wong Wen-Hao
Truman
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ilsuchow-Nanking
Chiang
Oscar Ek. Badger
U. S. West Pacific
Shantung
Tsingtao
Hsuchow
Hold Military Rites For Merle E Hiller
Final rites for T/4 Merle E Miller a returned serviceman were held Thursday afternoon at two oclock in Shermans funeral home with Rev W J Stevens in charge Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery Pallbearers were Charles Denison Harold Jarvis W M Tweeter Leonard McKeone Charles Kennedy and Basil McBee Military rites were conducted at the grave side with Martin Whittaker commander Jess Radda bugler George Baker Sam Munson Roy Steele Harold Kerr firing squad Leland Carris and Tom Tanner color guard George Birney and Harvey Davis color bearers
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Merle E Miller
Sherman
W. J. Stevens
Elm Grove
Charles Denison
Harold Jarvis
W. M. Tweeter
Leonard McKeone
Charles Kennedy
Basil McBee
Martin Whittaker
Jess Radda
George Baker
Sam Munson
Roy Steele
Harold Kerr
Leland Carris
Tom Tanner
George Birney
Harvey Davis
Iowa Weather Outlook Tonight Through Tomorrow
Des Moines reports cloudy skies with occasional rain tonight, then east and central portions see more rain tomorrow. Temperatures dip tonight into the 24 to 38 degree range in the northwest and 45 or so in the southeast, with highs 45 to 50 tomorrow and rather windy conditions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Youth Center Closes November 6 Plans New Hall Opening
Washingtons Youth Center will close Saturday evening November 6 announced by Mrs. Golia Miller. Work on the new hall over MacLellans store progresses rapidly with hopes to have it ready for next Saturday and further opening announcements will follow.
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Washington
Golia Miller
Patrolman Strater Enlists in U S Army
Patrolman Harley Strater, longtime Washington state highway patrolman, has left Washington for Camp Carson Colorado to report for active duty as a first lieutenant. He serves with the state patrol on leave and expects no immediate successor. Mrs Strater will stay in Washington until his assignment is settled. Strater previously served in World War II and chose to return to active duty.
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Harley Strater
Washington
Camp Carson
Colorado
United States Army
Strater
Army
Eight Froma County Draft Examees Travel to Davenport
Washington county men traveled to Davenport for pre induction physicals in the second draft group. Those leaving include Everett Parson of Brighton Lester Gardner Lowell Burden Gailen Reighard Everette Evans Mervin Hudson Marvin Buck of Ainsworth and Dwayne Schneider of Riverside. Eligibility hinges on these examinations under peacetime draft terms.
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Washington County
Davenport
Everett Raymond Parson
Brighton
Lester William Gardner
Lowell Delbert Burden
Gailen Leo Reighard
Everette Wendall Evans
Washington
Mervin Stanley Hudson
Wellman
Marvin Buck
Ainsworth
Dwayne Edward Schneider
Riverside
Snowstorms batter South Dakota and Mississippi areas
Northern Black Hills and Lead Deadwood regions report heavy snow with drifts four to five feet and 18 inch depths in towns. Hunters stranded in cabins but likely provisions. Mississippi storms kill five and injure at least 23, smashing homes near Benton and Ripley in a tornado-like wind event.
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United Press
Black Hills
South Dakota
Lawrence County
Lead
Deadwood
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Benton
Yazoo County
L. H. White
White
Griffis Place
C. C. Swayze
Red Cross
Ripley
Seven Youths Enlist in Army and Air Force
Charles L Anson of Washington announced that many local youths are joining the armed forces. Three from Columbus Junction, Eddie Griffin Dale Sill Jr and James Van Auken, headed to Ft. Riley Kansas for basic training. Henry H Funston of Keota joined the air force at Lackland Air Base San Antonio. This week Raymond Watson Jr of 816 West Monroe Street and Richard A Riley and Charles R Curl of Brighton enlisted. Watson goes to Texas for air force training, Riley to Ft. Riley, Curl to Ft. Riley after three years in the navy and enlistment in the engineers.
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Charles L Anson
Army
Air Force
Washington
Armed Forces
Columbus Junction
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Eddie Griffin
Dale Sill, Jr
James van Auken
Henry H. Funston
Keota
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Texas
Raymond Watson
West Monroe Street
Richard A. Riley
Charles R. Curl
Brighton
Watson
Riley
Charles Curl
Navy
Engineers
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Limestone Meeting
U.S
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Ilinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Paul H. Douglas
U. S. Senate
Jake Arvey
Cook County
Merle E. Hiller
Elm Grove Cemetery
Dick Schneider
Billy Rowe
Ralph Knotek
Burtwin Day
New Hampshire
U. S. Army
Froma County
Dakota
Junction
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