Organize Young Adult Farm Class In Washington
An organizational meeting at Washington High School formed a young adult farm class of 25 students. Meetings run 7 30 PM each Monday for 15 sessions focusing first on swine enterprise jobs. All young men living on farms eligible to enroll.
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Washington High School
Paul Boettcher
Washington Soil Conservation Service
Washington County
Soil Conservation Service
Wallace C. Inman
Wallace
Dave Livingston
Hampshire
Livingston
Kucera Body To Return For Final Burial
Riverside awaiting the arrival of Technician Grade 5 Robert C. Kucera from World War II service. His casketed remains will be escorted home by a uniformed army party from the Chicago distribution center and interred in Riverside, Iowa, per next of kin William E. Kucera. A nationwide poll showed 70 percent of Gold Star families prefer wartime burials at home.
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Chicago
Robert C. Kucera
Riverside
American Braves Registration Division
Kucera
Oahu Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
William E. Kucera
Iowa
Women pledged to Sigma Alpha Iota at Iowa Teachers College
Joyce Gault of Crawfordsville is among 14 women pledged to membership in the national honorary music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls Iowa. Membership is limited to women with notable musical merit and achievement in the campus community.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Joyce Gault
Crawfordsville
Sigma Alpha Iota
Iowa State Teachers College
Divorce Petition Filed in Missouri Court
Wanda P. Powers files for divorce from Risiarad L. Powers in ais trist court noting marriage at Kasyoki Missouri in 1944 and desertion since March 1944. She seeks division of household goods or a lump sum, with Theodore Bailey as attorney.
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Aistrist Court
Wanda PB. Powers
Risiarad L. Powers
Kasyoki
Fushind and
Wits Uel
Theodore’ B. Bailey
Food Rationing Demand Marks CIO Budget Drive
In Boston and San Francisco on October 15, CIO leaders urged price controls and rationing as steps to maintain full employment. The union backed a 75 cent per hour federal minimum wage and broader tax relief, unemployment insurance, and farm income distribution measures as part of a nationwide convention agenda led by George C. Marshall’s foreign policy speech.
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Boston
CIO
Ninth CO
George C. Marshall
Ask Bids on South Washington Mail
Washington postoffice seeks bids by Oct 24 for hauling mail between the postoffice and South Washington station of the Rock Island. The job includes handling No 43 westbound at 12 30 am No 44 eastbound at 4 30 am and carrying mail to No 39 the Chicago train due at 4 10 pm. Service starts November 1.
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Washington Postoffice
Postoffice
South Washington
Rock Island
Postal Department
Washington Office
Chicago
Sophomore Joyce Bock Named Music Scholar Sponsor
Joyce Bock, a sophomore majoring in music and minoring in English, is highlighted as a high scholarship recipient and active chorus member. She serves as vice-president of The Purple Arrow, an honorary for freshmen and sophomores, with Mrs Emil Bock noted as sponsor.
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Emil Bock
Joyce
Purple Arrow
Plan For Chest Drive Prompted By Washington Council
A Washington Community Chest committee drafts constitution and by laws and aims to submit them to the newly elected board of directors soon. Lee Holland, temporary chairman, says the board can be organized and drive plans set to start fundraising as early as November. The board will appoint the campaign group to support member organizations for the coming year. In established towns the drive is underway but Washington will delay until the organization is complete.
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Washington Community Chest Council
Board of Directors
Board For Action
Community Chest
Lee Holland
Washington
Mrs Fisher Talks To Y s Men's Club
Mrs Elmer Fisher described her UN meeting at Lake Success New York to the Y s Men s club audience. She reported on the trusteeship council session and its focus on colony welfare with tense discussion and notes from the proceedings. Guest Henry Carris of King s Tree South Carolina attended along with new member Howard Waddell.
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Elmer Fisher
United Nations
Lake Success
New York
Y's Men's Club
Y.M.C.A
Fisher
Trusteeship Council
Charles Berdo
Howard Waddell
Henry Carris
King’s Tree
South Carolina
Postmaster O J Brown Guides Inquiries At Office
Interested individuals may call at the post office to obtain particulars from Postmaster O J Brown. The note directs patrons to seek information directly from the local postal official for specifics.
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O. J. Brown
Sigourney Lawyer J. F. Talley Dies at 91
Sigourney Iowa Oct 15 J F Talley 91 longtime attorney of Sigourney for 40 years before 1924 retirement and former mayor died today after a heart attack He belonged to Odd Fellows and Masonic lodge for over 50 years He is survived by his wife and a son George of California.
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Sigourney
Dees
Iowa
J. F. Talley
Odd Fellows and Masonic Lodge
Talley
George
California
Bangor man beaten after Boston hospital dismissal
Liston Hayes, 47, of Bangor, Maine, was back in treatment for injuries from a robbery and assault by three men while waiting for a train, the same day he was released from a Boston hospital.
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Boston
Liston Hayes
Bangor
Wallace Ties Forrestal to War Group in Washington
Wallace accused James V. Forrestal of leading a war group in Washington and said the Wall Street crowd seeks world domination. He urged halving defense spending and echoed calls for peace with Russia while signaling a possible third party bid in 1948.
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Baltimore
Henry A. Wallace
James V. Forrestal
Washington
Forrestal
Wall Street
Wallace
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Russia
Citizens of America
State Department
Defense Organization
Hesaigh Forrestal
New York
Dillon, Reed
Robert W. Kenny
California
Oregon
Government refuses to negotiate with CGT over transport strike
Paris officials said the government would not negotiate with the communist led general confederation of labor until the strike that shut down Paris for a second day is called off.
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Paris
General Confederation of Labor
Stabbed to Death Renowned Clergyman Vaughn Found Dead
Reverend Charles Raymond Vaughn, Presbyterian pastor of Pataskala Ohio and radio speaker, was found stabbed and beaten to death in a Halethorpe Maryland tourist cabin near Baltimore. He directed Boy Land Clubs, based in Columbus Ohio.
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Charles Raymond Vaughn
Pataskala
Ohio
Halethorpe
Baltimore
Vaughn
Boyland Clubs
Columbus
October Heat Wave Pushes Iowa Records Higher
Iowa endures a prolonged heat wave with Estherville posting a 90 degree mark for October 14 and Sioux City reaching 96. Forecasters expect continued warmth, with possible mid 90s highs and 55 to 65 degree nights. Limited cooling air mass from Canada delays seasonal change across the nation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Estherville
Sioux City
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
Boys Admit They Wrecked a Train
Two eight year old boys in Kokomo Indiana admitted dropping a railroad spike in an unlocked switch derailing a Pennsylvania Streamliner injuring five. The spike was found near the tracks after witnesses reported seeing the boys playing there. The derailment damaged 3800 feet of rail and dragged the first five cars from the eight car train. FBI agents held the boys for further questioning.
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Kokomo
Ind
Pennsylvania
Pullman
C. W. Hutchinson
New Orleans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
C. A. O'Neill
San Marino Area Measured At 58 Square Miles
A historical note reports the republic of San Marino covering about 58 square miles, slightly more than half the size of Colombia. The comparison highlights San Marino’s small geographic footprint versus a much larger nation.
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Republic of
San Marino
Combia
Iowa Man Proves That He's Honest
Dale Cain 21 a pipeline worker returned $2 200 found in a brown bag to Herbert Becraft 47 of What Cheer Iowa after a baggage mix up on an interstate bus Cain reported the loss when his bag was taken by Becraft at Fort Madison and Cain later found the cash hidden in the bag Cain chose honesty over a windfall and notified police and the bus company.
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Muscatine
Towa
Get
Dale Cain
Cain
Herbert Becraft
What Cheer
Carleton
Becraft
Fort Madison
Dinner at the Y announced for Friday November 7
The work service committee of the Y's Men’s Club and the Y M C A jointly sponsor a dinner and meeting at the Y on Friday November 7. Eugene A Turner, longtime Y volunteer in China since 1913, will speak on the world service department.
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Work Service Committee
Y’s Men's Club
Eugene A. Turner
World Service Department
Turner
China
Lincoln PTA Meeting Postponed to Oct 23
The Lincoln Parent Teacher Association parent education and child study group will not meet tonight as announced. The re organized group will hold its meeting Thursday evening October 23 at Lincoln High School.
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Lincoln P.T.A
Buoy Used as Ad Suspect in Coast Guard Salvage
Irving Chick, a New York gasoline station owner, salvaged a large buoy marker from the water after calling the Coast Guard. He planned to store the buoy at his station for use as advertising before authorities intervened.
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Bermuda
Coast Guard
New York
Irving Chick
The
Coast
Two Members Crew Reported Dead and 3 Injured
A C-47 transport plane of the Iowa National Guard crashed west of Colorado Springs after taking off from Hill Field Utah. Two crew members were killed and three others seriously wounded. The crash occurred in rain and snow, with search efforts aided by Lowry Field and civil air patrol units.
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Cascade
Colo
Colorado Springs
John W. Knight
Des Moines
Petersen Field
Pikes Peak
Iowa National Guard
Peterson Field
Utah
Hill Field
Lowry Field
Colorado Civil Air Patrol
Iown
Ralph Lancaster
Robert R. Oliver
Alysius Kissel
National Guard
Jack M. Glider
Civil Air Patrol
Leo Simmons
CAP
D. D. Clary
Minneapolis
Minn
Oliver
Albert Lea
Lowryfield
Denver
Bear Creek Canyon
Livingston Hog Offered for Auction at Washington Home
Dave Livingston offers a Hampshire hog at auction to benefit the Washington home. Proceeds from the sale will go to the institution as announced Thursday morning.
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Livingston
Washington
Dave Livingston
Hampshire
Guard Warned Of Floating Mine Off Buoy
A guard stated that the buoy was an active 400-pound floating mine, signaling a dangerous maritime danger near the installation.
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Guard
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