Four-Wour GOP Race for House Majority Leader
In Washington November 16 Union reports a fourway contest for the House majority leader post as Everett Dirksen joins Charles Halleck Clarence Brown and Thomas Jenkins. Dirksen, noted as an effective speaker, competes with the Indiana and Ohio Republicans as Taft clears the way for Wallace White to lead the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace White
Senate
New Republican Congress
House
Robert Taft
White
Taft
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Clarence J. Brown
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Dirksen
GOP
Egyptian Students Demand Evacuation and Break With Britain
Fuad El Awal University opened its new term under guard as students urged revolution against Britain and called for rejection of a new Anglo Egyptian treaty. They resolved to send representatives to the treaty delegation and renewed the demand for immediate British troop evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Fuad el Awal University
Egypt
Employment Gains in Iowa Reported by Labor Bureau
Iowa's employment rose in October with a 10 percent gain from a year earlier and a 1.1 percent increase from September. Weekly payrolls for 376 firms totaled 3,458,610 dollars, up 3.1 percent from October and 28 percent from last year. The 400 firms sampled showed a weekly wage of 44.98 dollars, up 1.6 percent from September and 13 percent higher than October last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
State Labor Bureau
Beauty Nook Moves to New Location
Mrs. Sadee McAvoy announces the McAvoy Beauty Nook has relocated two blocks south of the city hall. A Washington county beauty pioneer, she has operated a shop and provided beauty services for 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadee McAvoy
McAvoy
Treasury Lend Lease Totals From Aug 1946
The Treasury reports that through Aug 31, 1946 the United States spent 50.60 billion dollars on lend-lease. The British empire received 31.57 billion and sent 6.52 billion in reverse lend-lease. Russia shipments totaled 21.27 billion pounds with 2.21 thousand dollars in return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Treasury
British Empire
Russia
Thompson Voices Limited Rent Decontrol Support
Washington November 16 Chairman Roy L Thompson of the price decontrol board said some rent increases are justified for major improvements and for landlords with sole income from rents but decontrol is out of the question He noted the board lacks authority over removal or level of rents and that most mail inquiries oppose any increase
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roy L. Thompson
Price Decontrol Board
Sail
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
American Veterans Committee
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Thompson
Gillette Attacks British Palestine Policy at Banquet
Former Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa denounced British rule in Palestine calling it an armed camp with mercenary troops and concentration camps. He argued U S policy must address Jewish and Arab rights and rejected four common misconceptions about the issue. He noted Palestine was not part of the British empire and the United States recognized the mandate in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Palestine
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Iowa- Nebraska Press Association
Gillettee
League of Free Palestine
United States
Gillette
U. S
Four Candidates For Speakership
Four legislators are named as potential candidates for Iowa House speakership when it convenes January 13. Rep. Andrew J. Nielson announces he will seek the post, citing western Iowa as deserving. Rep. Harold E. Felton is mentioned though undecided. Rep. Gus Kuester and Rep. Bob Felton are noted as possibilities, with mutual assurances they won’t run if another candidate enters. Albert Steinberg of Ames is also mentioned as a contender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Nielson
Council Bluffs
Nielson
Western Iowa
Harold E. Felton
Indianola
Gus Kuester
Griswold
House Appropriations Committee
Legislative Interim Committee
Cass County
Bob Felton
Kuester
Albert Steinberg
Ames
House
Delay Possible in License Delivery
County treasurer W. K. Howell said license plates may not arrive before December 10 due to material shortages. If late, certificates will be issued and plates delivered when they arrive. Many applicants have already sought specific numbers and must apply before December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. KE. Howell
No Evidence of Jewish Arab Conflict Observed by Visitor
The visitor asserts that Arabs increased in population and prospered under modern Jewish civilization and that, by treaty, he is entitled to consult on Palestine problems, finding no signs of Jew Arab conflict during his tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Philippines Proposes Weighted UN Voting To Limit Veto Power
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo urged the UN political and security committee to revise voting in the general assembly, basing weights on population and industrial power. He argued the plan could curb veto dominance, denying big powers a monopoly on global decision making. The debate followed Russia’s charges that small nations seek to destabilize the veto system amid big-power consultations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
Philippine Republic
United Nations
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
UN Political and’ Security Committee
UN General Assembly
Security Council
Romulo
Charter Change Debated as Powers Back Compromise
In face of strong opposition to veto changes, smaller nations proposed compromises. Dr Jose Arce of Argentina urged the Security Council to define procedures and then decide by seven of eleven votes. Peru sent a milder proposal than Cuba and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Arce
Argentina
Security Council
Council
Peru
Cuba
Australia
France proposes veto truce as Philippines seeks global reform
France offers a truce in the veto battle as the Philippines presents a revolutionary plan to overhaul United Nations voting. The plan aims to create a limited world government through comprehensive reforms of UN procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
France
Philippines
United Nations
Farm Leaders to Hold 28th Iowa Farm Bureau Convention
Representatives from Washington county Farm Bureau attend the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation convention in Des Moines. County officers include Mrs. Merle Twiam and Mrs. Cloud Knupp along with Ruth Foster and Leu Sturgeon. Delegates William Gamon W C Richards Jay Sellers attend with county extension director. Sessions start Monday morning November 18 with formal opening Tuesday November 19 and run through November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Farm Bureau Organization
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Merle Twiam
Cloud Knupp
Misa Ruth Foster
William Gamon
W. C. Richards
Jay Sellers
Leu Sturgeon
Legion Plans Initiation at Tuesday Meeting
The Leon Beatty post American Legion will initiate new members at its regular meeting next Tuesday November 19 at 8 00 p m A large attendance is urged and the program will be announced early next week by the program committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Rescuers Work To Reach Plane Wreckage
Rescuers labored up Cobblestone mountain to reach the snowy crash site of a Western Airlines transport missing for three days with 11 aboard. Deputies familiar with the terrain said it would be a daylong effort to reach the twisted, still-smoldering wreckage and recover the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Cal
Western Airlines
Twin-engined DC-3 crash leaves victims buried in snow
In a blinding storm the twin-engined DC-3 crashed head-on. pilots found no survivors and believed victims were buried by fast-falling snow where the wreckage lay after the impact.
Battleships Wisconsin and New Jersey to join reserve fleet
Washington reports the navy will place the 45 000 ton Wisconsin and New Jersey in reserve around January 1 as part of a reorganization. They will join Missouri in active service with Iowa in the Pacific and Washington and North Carolina moving to mothball status. The two ships will be kept with skeleton crews and can be activated quickly if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Navy
Missouri
Atlantic
Pacific
North Carolina
Cedar Rapids Man Jumps to Death at Mercy Hospital
Michael J. Supple, 62, of Cedar Rapids, died by suicide after leaping from the fifth floor of Mercy Hospital. A former Cedar Rapids Gazette employee, he had been ill for years and entered the hospital just hours earlier for a head ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Michael J. Supple
Mercy Hospital
Linn County
T. Frank Hersch
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Supple
Fire crew tackles blaze at East Washington station
Washington fire trucks were called to the Moothart service station on East Washington street about 11 30 this morning to extinguish a blaze in papers near the grease rack. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moothart
East Washington Street
Health Unit Activacities Week of November 15
Health unit schedule notes a Thursday Child Health conference from 1 30 to 3 45 P M in the Legion hall at Wellman. The entry lists activities for the week ending November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Wellman
Lutheran Pastor Granted a Leave for Fund Drive
The Trinity Lutheran Congregation grants its pastor Rev. John H. Beiderwieden a two week leave to assist Lutheran University at Valparaiso Indiana in planning a 1 600 000 drive for 1946 and 1947. He will arrive in Valparaiso on Monday November 18 after taking his wife and daughter Karen to Waterloo Iowa on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Congregation
John H. Beiderwieden
The
Lutheran University At
Valparaiso
Indiana
Pastor Beiderwieden
Karen
Waterloo
Davids Family Ties to Waterloo Tractor Plant Headlined
Widen's parents Mr and Mrs I A Davids are named with Mr Davids described as superintendent of the John Deere tractor plant in Waterloo. In pastor Beiderwieden's absence Rev Edwin Breiholz of St John's Lutheran Wellman Iowa will oversee all services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wieden
I. A. Davids
David
John Deers Tractor
Waterloo
Beiderwieden
Edwin Breiholz
St John’s Lutheran Church
Wellman, Iow
Anderson Under Attack by Patton
President James G. Patton of the national farmers union accused top Agriculture Department officials of serving sugar interests while claiming the department ignores farmers. He criticized Secretary Clinton P. Anderson's policies as a broader failure, noting Robert H. Shields left government for a $40,000 sugar role but remained two months at Anderson’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Agriculture Department
Ation
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Patton
Robert H. Shields
Production and Marketing Administration
Shields
U. S. Beet Sugar Association
Althugh Shields
Carl Farrington
U S Note Reminds Romania of Pledge Ahead of Election
The United States delivered a note in Bucharest urging Romania to ensure fair treatment in next Wednesday's election. Burton Berry delivered the message after an Oct. 28 note alleged intimidation of opposition leaders was rejected by Romania as incompatible with a free election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Romania
Washington
United States
U. S
Bucharest
Burton Y. Berry
Large Audience Attends Washington Education Week Program
Washingtons observance of national education week concluded with a large audience in the high school auditorium. Supt W A Erbe presided as the band and junior college chorus performed and speakers urged progress in education, teacher support, and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supt. W. A. Erbe
Mel- Vin Hill
Supt. Erbe
Richard Knupp
G. I
Callous Drivers Penalized in Prague Traffic Laws
Czechoslovakia implements strict new traffic rules punishing drivers who refuse to help accident victims. Those who fail to assist or transport injured will have their driving licenses revoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Government prepares legal action to avert coal strike
The United States moves to challenge Jonai and Lewis as miners threaten to close soft coal mines Thursday. Justice department may seek injunctions and prosecute leaders under the Smith Connally act. President Truman pleas for pause amid looming winter coal shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonai
Lewis
Hollywood
Film Studio
Justice Partment
Justice Department
Tom Clark
AFL
Truman
Picket Line at Columbia Studios Arrests 150 to 200 AFL Union Marchers
Police in Hollywood broke up a mass picket at Columbia studios arresting between 150 and 200 AFL union marchers who sang the Star Spangled Banner. Officers stated they cleared all pickets to end the demonstration demanding wage contracts. Fourteen women led the singing as marchers claimed the court order against mass picketing was unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Joseph Reed
Burbank
International Soundphoto
Columbia Studios
AFL
Ford Health Hazard Strike Averted After CIO Acknowledgment
The CIO Auto Workers announced an agreement with Ford Motor Company ending a potential major postwar strike over health hazards. The deal prevents a walkout and settles key concerns raised by union members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO Auto
Ford
Paralysis Appeal To Be Made Soon In Iowa
T A Duncan, Washington county director of the Kenny Foundation drive for funds, announced the annual appeal will open November 18 with mail requests and a public appeal. Delays in supplies push the drive into full swing a few days late, but workers are ready. This is the third national appeal, first time in Iowa after chartering a new state chapter. The non profit foundation funds infantile paralysis treatment. There will be no theater collection, but contributions will be invited during the campaign ending December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.A. Duncan
Washington County
Kenny Foundation
Iowa
Ducan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beauty Nook
White Mountain
Inter
Rent Decontrol
Dks
Laws
House of Representatives
Legion
Will Abiho Lutheran University
H. S
C. P. Weldin
Clup
G. T. Plan
United Press
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!