Meyers Salary And Income Tax Probed Today
Senate investigators heard that wartime subcontractor Aviation Electric Corp paid retired Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers through a secret arrangement. President Bp. Lamarre testified the firm redecorated Meyers Washington apartment at a $10,000 bill and paid him $2,000 monthly in 1941, with funds hidden in books as salary and entertainment.
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Washington
Senate
Bennett E. Meyers
BP. H. Lamarre
Aviation Electric Corp
Vandalia
Meyers
Lamarre
Army Air Forces
Mey- Meyers
Aviation Electric
Meyer
Adams Evening Farce At Washington Junior College
Washington junior college presents the three act farce Adams Evening directed by Sarah Penn Sandys. The plot centers on Adam Adams who returns at four am claiming a fatal auto accident and a web of mistaken identities involving Mrs. Cokes and Mr. Cokes. Admission is 0 cents. reservations at Phillips Drug store. Pvt. Gerald Chance spent the weekend with his parents.
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Washington Junior College
Adams
Sarah Penn Sandys
College
Adam Adams
Hal
Anna
Adam
Patricia Hotle
Mr. Cokes
James Eckels
Mrs. Cokes
Gladys Honping
John Cokes
Tis
Phillips Drug Store
Pvt
Gerald Chance
Fort Sheridan, Ill
Earl Chance
Iowa Farm Bureau Plans 100 Carloads of Corn for Europe
Des Moines reports the Iowa Farm Bureau federation outlines a drive to collect 10 percent carloads of corn or cash plus one CARE package for Europe. Members to donate four bushels per family during December 7 to 13, with church and civic groups aiding distribution and oversight by women leaders.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Europe
Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Martin A. Lauterbach
Alden
Roscoe Eliason
Letts
Womens’ Committee
LeRoy Getting
Sanborn
Farm Bureau
Thomas Named Local Buyer for Washington Hog Office
Scheeler Bros operat ing a hog buying office at Brighton announce a Washington office at C R B G yards with Charles S. Thomas as local buyer. Opening scheduled for Wednesday November 19. Office hours from 5 to 5 daily and until noon on Saturday. Thomas has bought hogs in the community for over forty years.
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Scheeler Bros
Brighton
Washington
Charles S. Thomas
Five Die as TWA Constellation Crashes at New Castle
A Trans World Airlines four engine Constellation crashed on the runway at New Castle airport during a training flight, undershot runway 19, hit an embankment, bounced and exploded on the second impact. Five men aboard were killed. TWA officials confirmed four crew members and a Civil Aeronautics Administration inspector were present. The base mainly trains pilots for overseas flying.
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New Castle
Del
Trans World Airlines Constellation
Dupont Highway
TWA
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Musgrove to Address Chicagua Izaak Walton Meeting
Dr. A C Peterson announced a special Chicagua chapter gathering of the Izaak Walton league next Monday evening at the Knights of Columbus Jail. Speaker Jack W Musgrove, museum director of the Iowa state history and archives, will discuss waterfowl and conservation with slides illustrated by Maynard Reece, an wildlife painter. The program aims to attract duck hunters with Musgrove’s expertise and a Q A session follows.
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A. C. Peterson
Chicagua
Izaakalton League
Knights of Columbus
Jack W. Musgrove
Iowa State Department of History and Archives
Musgrove
Washington
Maynard Reece
Mr. Musgrove
Ark
Mr. Reece
Izaak Walton
Officers Named for 468th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Unit
Captain Perdock announces Edward Strat er as first lieutenant and Delbert Hysell as second lieutenant in the 468th Ordnance Medium Maintenance unit of the regular army reserve. Twelve enlisted men are listed and four more are to be recruited as the battalion seeks about 30 men before year end with equipment due after the new year.
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William Perdoeck
468Th Ordnance
Regular Army Reserve
Edward Harley Strater
Leutenant
Delbert T. Hysell
Caplin Perdock
Delmar RR
Perdock
Taken to Iowa City for Desertion Charge
Daniel W. Miller once of Iowa City now employed in Washington restaurant was seized here by officers at Iowa City police request and sent back to face charges of desertion of his family.
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Daniel W. Miller
Iowa City
Washington
Musgrove Talk Seeks Broad Hearing By Conservacionista
At Monday evening meeting members should attend to hear reports on the annual membership drive and plan how to extend it, with emphasis on a large hearing by conservacionista.
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Musgrove
Conservacionista
Newcomers Party Tonight In Washington
Washington adults are invited to a newcomers party at the Y tonight starting at eight o'clock in the community room. The event aims to warmly welcome new residents and assure them Washington appreciates their presence. Refreshments will be served.
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Washington
Former Crawfordsville Resident R H Kempffer Dies in Toronto
Mrs. R H Kempffer of Toronto, a former Crawfordsville resident, died after several months illness. Her brother Merle Twinam and wife leave for Toronto for funeral. Survived by husband R H Kempffer and two children, mother Mrs W W Twinam, brother Merle, sisters Veda Twinam of Chicago and Mrs Richard Sheldon of Monticello.
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Crawfordsville
R. H. Kempffer
Toronto
Canada
Merle Twinam
State University of Trone
Iowa City
Ann Arbor
Mich
Evanston
Ill
W. W. Twinam
Merle
Veda Twinam
Chicago
Richard Sheldon
Monticello
Philippine Islands
Funeral services for Mrs E D Miller Wellman Nov 18
Funeral services for Mrs E D Miller of Wellman are set for 2 p m Friday at the Wellman Methodist church with burial in Wellman cemetery. Her son Lt Roger Miller of Frankfurt Germany will arrive Thursday. She died Saturday at home after a long heart illness.
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Wellman
E. D. Miller
Wellman Methodist Church
Roger Miller
Frankfurt
Germany
Dismissal Filed in Scheffel vs Scheffe District Court Case
A dismissal notice was filed with the clerk of district court yesterday in the case of Josephine Agnes Scheffel against Alfred Garland Scheffe.
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Josephine Agnes Scheffel
Alfred Garland Scheffe
Man Recovers Lost 1918 Pay From Aluminum Co
Massena New York November 18 Wilfred Cote obtained back pay of 13 45 from the Aluminum Company of America after his payroll records showed he missed his Aug 28 1918 paycheck the week he enlisted in the army.
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Massena
N. Y
Wilfred Cote
Tie
The
Aluminum Company of America
Cote
Scouts Paper Drive Set for Saturday
Boy Scouts of Washington launch the first fall paper drive Saturday November 22 led by Harvey Davis and Sperry Kaster at the Iowa Memorial Monument company on South Iowa avenue. Four troops participate with pickup cooperation for invalided residents and front porch drop by 8 AM, finish by noon.
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Boy Scouts of Washington
Harvey Davis
Sperry Kaster
Iowa Memorial Monument Company
South
Iowa Avenue
Salvation Army in Community Chest Effort
The Salvation Army participates in the Washington Community Chest drive next week, highlighting its broad religious and social programs. The Rural Service Unit expands facilities for handicapped men and aid to un married mothers, floods fires and other emergencies, aiming to restore humanity and faith in distressed communities.
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Salvation Army
Washington
Ainsworth Postmaster Exams Noted in National Bulletin
Ainsworth is among towns listed for postmaster examinations. applications must arrive by December 18 at the post office. Examinations will be held in Washington. Ainsworth office salary is 2500 dollars annually. Information available at the local post office.
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Ainsworth
Post Office Department
Washington
Congress backs emergency aid to Europe amid cold war debate
Senate appropriations panel backs Truman request for stop gap aid to Europe while weighing food stocks and crop prospects. Rep Dirksen warns Russia feverishly prepares for war and urges quick action to prevent Europe’s fall to communism, citing Czechoslovakia and Austria as key targets.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S
OPA
Everett M. Dirksen
R Wl
The
House
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Dirksen
Congressional Armed Services Appropriations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Funeral services for Mrs R H Malin Wednesday afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. R. H. Malin will be held Wednesday at two o clock at Sherman s Funeral Home with Rev. T. C. Polk in charge.
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Mra. R. H. Malin
Sherman
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Interior
William E. Warne
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Bremer County
Kenneth Elvers
Clay
Eliason
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Harley Meuain
Havelock
Lawrence Isaacson
Red Oak
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Strawberry Point
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Dittmer
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Toddville
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Onwa
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Kossuth
Wayne Wetzel
Jusentine
Women’s Committee
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Mills
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Clinton
Montgomery
Clifford Johnson
Council Bluffs
West Pottawattamie
Low County Extension Directors Association
A. L. Brown
Algona
Johnson
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Nevada
Brown
Jay Partridge
Independence
George Allbee
Roc Rapids
S. G. Vickerstaff
Sioux City
Loren Brown
Brooklyn
Thomas
State Department
NAVY
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Truman Hysell
Ordnance
S. W. Kaster
Salvation Army In Community Chest
Rep
Illinois
Kremlin
Austria
Czechs
Slovakia
Lucius Clay
U. 8
Sokolovsky
Soviet Union
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