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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1948
Page
4
The piece discusses the Kiwanis backed Clinton youth center, where disorder led to tomatoes and curses. It argues for home and national discipline to prevent low defiance and mob rule, noting how rules apply in games, businesses, and government. A Chicago Journal of Commerce front page editorial is cited.
The piece argues Dewey is a calculating leader whose advance planning could benefit the White House. It cites Truman era cautions, labor tensions, and policy missteps, including a draft threat against rail workers and vetoing Taft Hartley. It notes Dewey’s anticipated restraint and steady decision making if elected.
Sioux City Journal frames a hypothetical 1948 election outcome with Dewey's win and Democrats controlling the Senate as a cautionary parable about imprudence, likening it to a man who hires a chauffeur then sells his car.
A 24 year U.S. Army veteran, Sergeant Clyde Bickford, 56, weighs 210 pounds and serves as an escort for fallen soldiers from the Pacific, delivering about 15 bodies monthly. Stationed in Oakland, he has traveled 103,000 miles by train across the United States, including Puerto Rico, Alaska, the Philippines, and Japan.
Sergeant Clyde Bickford travels from Ottawa to Ida Grove after escorting the body of a Korean War dead soldier from Canada. Born in Washington, he lived most of his life there, worked for the Rock Island railroad, and served in Company D of the National Guard. He previously guided bodies from California to Carroll and Denison, and as transport sergeant made trips to Yokohama and Alaska.
Sept 20 1924 note recalls Sergeant Bickford’s service in the ordnance department. He served at Fort Lewis Washington Nichols Field near Manila Rock Island arsenal and Fort Bliss Texas before wartime duties in the southwest. He and his wife live in Army furnished Oakland apartment. Their son Robert rose to major in military intelligence in the South Pacific and now serves at Albuquerque. Their daughter is married and lives in Pittsburgh. He recalls a 50 year old fire at the South school and his boyhood as a pupil when his books were at stake.
Glenn Ford surprised Los Angeles transit workers at the depot by driving a bus without instruction while filming The Mating of Millie at the State Theatre. Ford previously drove for Bay Cities Transit in Santa Monica during his dramatics studies.
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