Six Grinnell workers injured in bus crash near Kellogg
A Midwest Metal Stamping Co. bus carrying six Grinnell employees to Kellogg skidded on wet pavement two miles west of town. Driver Roy Richardson, 42, of Grinnell, said he passed an auto and lost control causing the bus to overturn. Richardson and a passenger were shaken but not seriously hurt.
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Grinnell
Midwest Metal Stamping Co
Kellogg
Here
Roy Richardson
Richardson
Iowa Centennial Observances Planned in Schools 1946
Des Moines reports the centennial of Iowa statehood to be observed in schools throughout 1946. State superintendent Jessie Parker announced a committee of city and county superintendents teachers principals and college representatives will plan local observances. Special committees will prepare a school handbook and each school will be urged to celebrate an Iowa Centennial Week highlighting local traditions and achievements.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jessie Parker
Perker
Few Guamsmen Still On Duty at Eldora
Des Moines Iowa Col Arthur T Wallace chief of staff of the Iowa state guard said the guard contingent at the Eldora training school for boys is down to two officers and 9 men Company K of Dubuque was relieved of duty at Eldora Saturday The remaining officers and men probably will leave the school about the end of the week The detail at Eldora will clean up administrative details and help train new employees assigned to management or cottages Guardsmen were in charge of many cottages during the 78 days the guard served at Eldora
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Des Moines
Arthur T. Wallace
Iowa State Guard
Eldora
Dubuque
Coonel Wallace
le Aaid
Fielp
Severe Wind Storm Strikes Davenport City
A violent windstorm hit Davenport at 5 p.m. causing downed trees and broken display windows at several shops. Two people were injured by a falling sign near an oil station. Windows at M L Parver Co and Hub clothing store were shattered and a garage in the northeast section was torn from its foundation.
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Davenport
Wwe
M. L. Parver Co
Hub Clothing
Workers at Oliver Plant vote to strike
Charles City workers at the Oliver Corp. approved a strike by 994 to 64 to support union wage demands. Union officials said more than 93 percent endorsed striking if necessary and urged negotiations with the company on a firm yes stance.
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Oliver Plant
Charles City Fimployees
Oliver Corp
Union J
Astead
Boy of Three Years Is Burned to Death
Sioux City reports 3 year old Richard Blackford died in a house fire one mile south of the city limits. He and his sister Alice were asleep upstairs when the blaze began near a heat register. Alice and their father attempted a rescue but the heat forced them back. The family’s other children were downstairs. Mrs Blackford and a fifth child were away in Sioux City at the time.
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Sioux City
Richard Blackford
George Blackford
Blackford
Richard
Alice
280000 idled by Work Stoppages
Strikes and work stoppages across industries left 280000 U S workers idle for the second day. Automotive disputes include 200 local leaders meeting about wage demands against General Motors as a 63 day Ford Windsor walkout persists.
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U. S
United Automobile Workers (Cio
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Windsor
Ontario
San Francisco Bay Area
American Can Company
Sur Shorenen
Mobile
Alabama
Buffalo
New York
Tugmen
Greyhound
CIO
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Pittsburgh Pirate Glass Company
U. S. of L
Navy Men Stage Riot in Honolulu Confusion
A mob of about 1,000 naval officers and sailors rioted in Honolulu late at night using bricks, clubs, and hammers. They claimed retaliation for unprovoked island attacks and clashes continued until midnight as police shore patrol and marine corps units joined the effort.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Navy
Marine Corps
Picken Appoints Club Committees For Washington Club
Joe Picken president of the Washington Golf and Country club names the Grounds committee members T R Phillips Darrell Ross and Mike Flenner. The Membership committee includes R E Arthur W J Shannon and Frank Kos. House committee comprises Claude Tucker Ted Brown W J Shannon and Finance committee lists Frank Kos Ted Brown and Darrell Ross. A general planning committee and a golf tournament committee will be appointed later.
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Joe Picken
Washington Golf and Country Club
T. R. Phillips
Darrell Ross
Mike Flenner
R. E. Arthur
W. J. Shannon
Frank Kos
House
Claude Tucker
Ted Brown
Elections a Big Victory for Tito
Belgrade 13 UP reports Marshal Tito’s unity government swept the vote in many areas. In Belgrade 81.53 percent backed the national front with 91 percent turnout and no opposition candidates. Macedonia showed strong backing as eastern districts voted for the front. Vagsred and Sarajevac high margins also reported.
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Navy
Marshal Tito
National Unity
Macedonia
Skoplje
National Front
Federal Assembly
Vagsred
Sarajevac
Bosnia- Herzgovina
Podrorica
Montenegro
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Divorced Petition Filed by No na Madden in Iowa City Case
No na Madden files for divorce from Howard Madden in district court at Iowa City. The petition states the couple married in 1943 and have no living children, but the defendant adopted Judith, a three year old girl from the plaintiff's former marriage. Madden seeks custody of Judith, household furniture, and alimony. Swisher and Swisher of Iowa City represent the plaintiff.
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Clerk of District Court
Nona Madden
Wellman
Howard Madden
Iowa City
Judith
Swisher & Swisher
Victory Crusade at Christian Tabernacle Draws Capacity Crowd
Rev Morris C Ploits preached to a full house at the Christian Tabernacle as Rev Robert Stevens noted the congregation grows nightly. The victory crusade continues this week with services at 7 30 each evening and early arrivals urged for good seats.
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Morris C. Ploits
Christian Tabernacle
the Tabernacle
Robert Stevens
Fairfield Woman to Be 100 Years Old Today
Fairfield Mrs. Sarah Pollock reaches one hundred with four wars spanned in her life. She lives with Mr. and Mrs. Harley Ann and will host open house. Pollock is seen walking downtown nine blocks from home in Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Sarah Pollock
Harley Ann
Sleeping Boy Bitten by Rat in Council Bluffs
Three year old Dave Shoemaker Jr. was hospitalized after a rat bite on the fingers of his right hand and above the left eye while asleep at home. Doctors report the child in good condition after serum treatment. he is the son of Mr and Mrs David Shoemaker.
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Council Bluffs
Dave Shoemaker, Jr
David Shoemaker
I0CLO Flights Two Farmers in Sahin
Two farmers in Sahin seek relief after an unexpected aviation incident. The event disrupted morning work as local authorities investigate possible causes and assess property damage. Community members rally to support affected households and farms.
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Sahin
Russians in Manchuria Preparing Mass Withdrawal
Chungking dispatch reports Soviet forces pulling out of Manchuria as 30 U. S. transport planes with Chinese crews are ready to fly in government troops at about 1,500 per day. Wedemeyer hints at Chinese crews using U. S. planes and confirms a Changchun airfield agreement amid a high level military conference.
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Manchuria
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
Peiping
Changchun
Harbin
Mukden
Albert Wedemeyer
Washington
U.S
Wedemeyer
United States
National Military Council
Chow En-Lai
China
Rainfall .79 of Inch Chokes Up Sewers
The heaviest rainfall in weeks drenched Washington yesterday afternoon with .79 inches, including a brief surge in 15 minutes. Sewers overwhelmed by leaves and sticks, causing basement water intrusion after the shower. The rain, welcomed after a dry autumn, brought noticeable moisture to the area.
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Washington
Rathmel Enlists in Regular U S Army
Max P. Rathmel aged 18 from Washington route four has enlisted in the regular army. He will leave Wednesday morning for Fort Des Moines. Army recruiters, stationed at the post office in Washington, press for men to join the peacetime army.
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Max P. Rathmel
Washington
Fort Des Moines
Veteran Director of Bands Dies at 93 in Jefferson
John Cerney 93, veteran band director, died here Monday after a 10 day illness. He organized and directed bands and orchestras in north central Iowa for about 50 years.
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Jefferson
John Cerney
North Central
Iowa
Community pilots earn solo flights at Washington airport
Dwane J. Shalla and Harold Strum received instruction at the Washington airport and recently completed solo flights. Lloyd Scott, the airport manager, praised the pair for a job well done.
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Dwane J. Shalla
Harold Strum
Washington
Lloyd Scott
Armistice Banquet Draws Record 300 Attendees
The Armistice banquet in Washington, Iowa, drew three hundred attendees including World War I veterans, their spouses, and returning World War II servicemen. Dave Livingston gave an address urging world peace through religion and cross‑class collaboration, followed by a program presided by Commander Alvin Rommel and music by Ed Squire with piano by Mrs. F G Bagge.
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Dave Livingston
Livingston
Rommel
Alvin Rommel
Leon Beatty
Basil McBee
Archis Hower
The
Legion Auxiliary
Jay Brewer
R. L. Lytle
Ed Squire
F. G. Bagge
Poppy Sale Totals 343 Dollars At Veterans Event
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and Auxiliary annual poppy sale on Saturday grossed 343 dollars 86 cents with 3000 poppies sold. Mrs Cleo Shootey led as general chairman with several auxiliary helpers and prizes awarded for top receipts.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Cleo Shootey
Followin
Margaret Payne
Lucy McGaffey
Helen Ward
Margare Keyser
Mable
June Lemley
Virginia Beenblossom
Jane Whitehead
Billy Ward
Joyce Graf
Patty Pehler
Ernest Beenblossom
Betty
Mary Lou Marston
Helen Baker
Rita Ruth Ahrens
Audrey Wittetoe
Patty Brock
Bill Gilchrest
Bobby Ward
Ruth Kolesick
Janice Campbell
Janice Graf
Arlo Kern
Maurice Keiley
Fred Dawson
Russell Coffin
Intracoastal Canal Barge Route Reaches Texas Gulf
Regular barge service is maintained on the Intracoastal canal system of Louisiana and Texas reaching west to Corpus Christi. The route extends from the Mississippi River at New Orleans westward to Corpus Christi.
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Louisiana
Texas
Corpus Christi
Mississippi
New Orleans
Attlee urges Christian brotherhood to save civilization
Prime Minister Clement Attlee addressed a joint session of Congress warning civilization can endure the atomic era only through Christian principles of brotherhood and international cooperation. He urged United Nations as popular will, praised Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill, and framed U S atomic capability as a sacred trust while seeking peace with Britain and Canada.
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Washington, D. C
Clement Attlee
Congress
House
Senate
Truman
W. L. McKenzie- King
Attlee
Lidon
United Nations
Soviet Russia
Josef Stalin
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Stalin
United States
America
Bevin Pursues Joint U S Study of European Jewry and Palestine
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin announced in Parliament that the United States agreed to cooperate with Britain in a joint examination of problems facing European Jewry and Palestine. He stressed the Jewish issue as a great human problem and rejected expelling Jews from Europe.
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London
Upp
Ernest Bevin
Commons
United States
Britain
Palestine
Bevins
Europe
Whitin Machine Works Suffers First Strike in 114 Years
In Whitinsville Massachusetts the Whitin Machine Works plant faced its first labor strike in 114 years prompting discussions on worker demands and company response as production operations adapt to the labor action.
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Whitinsvii.le Mass
Whitin Machine Works
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