Ceiling prices restored as OPA warns on black market
Washington dispatch reports OPA restored wholesale meat ceilings today with retail ceilings due Sept 9 and investigates stockpiles in New York and Chicago. Enforcement chief Geo Moncharsh says large meat hoards tempt black market sales and violators face court action as 2,500 investigators are deployed.
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Washington
OPA
Geo. Moncharsh
New York
Chicago
Mencharsh
Moncharsh
McIe
Monarseh
Russia Blames Italy's Expansion Drive at Peace Talks
Russian deputy foreign minister Vishinsky charged Italy with a diehard appetite for conquest and expansion. He attacked Ivanoe Bonomi as an obedient servant of fascist masters and accused Italian policy of hypocrisy and ambiguity during the peace conference session on Trieste.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Italy
Vishinsky
Ivanoe Bonomi
Trieste
Bonomi
Locate Three Large American Flags From Local Ad Club
Members of the American Legion seek the three large American flags once owned by the former Washington Ad club. The flags were turned over to the Legion for safekeeping after the club dissolved. Ira Gastman and the decorating committee urge anyone with information to contact him at Rothschild's to aid in Washington's celebration later this month.
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American Legion
Old
Washington Ad Club
Ad Club
Ira Gastman
Washington
Ira Gestwan
Rothschild’s
Maritime Strike Triggers U S Port Embargo Wave
The biggest maritime strike in history ties up vessels in every port. The Association of American Railroads imposes a general embargo on most freight to U S ports to ease congestion as AFL seamen and Seafarers Union members walk out. President Truman says intervention possible if the matter reaches him, with labor secretary Schwellenbach handling the dispute. Exemptions include grain soybeans flaxseed and other listed cargoes.
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United Press
AFL
New York
Washington
Sept. O
Association of American Railroads
U. S
Turman
Labor Department
Leis Bb
Wage Stabilization Board
Trieste settlement delay questioned by Vishitsky
A Russian official cites a Brazilian suggestion to defer settling the Trieste issue and warns against the delay, arguing the move risks danger and should be rejected. The remark underscores tensions over postwar borders and occupation arrangements.
Five Die in Iowa Highway Collision Near Adel
Five people die in a head on crash at the intersection of Highways 169 and 64 five miles north of Adel Iowa. Victims include Clifford Mower 25 his mother 64 and his seven month old son Darryl all from Perry and Ed Russell 24 and his wife 21 of Woodward. Several others injured include Mrs Florence Van Heemst among the critically hurt. Police say the Russell car failed to negotiate a spill and crossed into the oncoming power car. The crash marks Iowa’s worst highway toll this year raising fatalities to 340.
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Adel
Iowa
Here
Clifford Mower
Ray Mower
Darryl
Perry
Ed Russell
Woodward
Russell
Kings Daughters Hospital
Florence van Heemst
Dallas County
Elmer de Ford
de Ford
Funeral services for Morton W Davidson announced
Davidson funeral services are announced to be held at Sherman’s funeral home at two o’clock Saturday. Rev. Alfred Trenerry will officiate with burial at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Morton W Davidson
Sherman
Alfred Trenerry
Elm Grove Cemetery
Child struck by car in Cedar Rapids death
In Cedar Rapids last night Robin Mineck three year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert C Mineck was fatally injured when struck by a car driven by A T Hansen. Witnesses said the car was moving slowly and the child died from a crushed skull.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowan
Sept
Robin Mineck
Robert C. Mineck
A. T. Hansen
Woman seeks name change in Springfield probate court
Zografo Panagotopulos of Chicopee petitions Springfield probate court to change her name to Susan Panagotopulos. Also listed are freight rules for tank cars, petroleum products, coal and coke to Hampton Roads, military freight, storage shipments, and permits issued by railroad district managers.
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Springfield
Mass
Zografo Panagotopulos
Chicopee
Probate
Coart
Susan Panagotopulos
Hampton Roads
Atlantic Coast
Railroad Association
Plans Forming For Washington Fall Festival
Washington prepares for a fall festival with dates set for September 26 to 28. A prominent state figure may speak, while details remain tentative. Events include school music day, a children and pet parade, a Washington high school band street demonstration, and a massed rural school chorus of at least 200. Schools will be closed during the festival.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Milo Sorden
Lester B. Krabill
Washington High School
Ainsworth High School
Washington County Rural School
Seciond
Sorden
County War Trophies and Corn Show Plan for Festival
Dallas and Wayne Chamberlin will head a display of war trophies from Washington county service men in store windows during the festival. The corn and vegetable show is important with Nic Mc Cleery Harold Johnson and Ley Sturgeon directing. John Lee arranges a horse shoe pitching program. The committee will issue further announcements as plans are completed.
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Dallas
Wayne Chamberlin
Washington County
Nic McCleery
Harold Johnson
Ley Sturgeon
John Lee
Shaw services at Sigourney Sunday
Funeral services for Lt. Col. Robert J. Shaw of Sigourney and Des Moines will be Sunday afternoon at Memorial hall. Full military honors will be accorded for the former state commander of the American Legion. he died August in Munich after a heart attack. Rev. DeLois Maiken of Des Moines, former chaplain of the 34th division, will conduct the service.
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Sigourney
Iowa
Robert J. Shaw
Des Moines
Munich
Germany
Memorial Hall
Shaw
American Legion
DeLois Maiken Des Mones
34Th Division
S U Reduces Electric Rates for Residence and Business
Southern Utilities Co. district manager fB Miller announced September effective rate cuts for residences and commercial lighting serving Washington area. The changes promise an average 72.80 annual saving per customer and total $140000 in reductions.
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Miller
Wa Southern Utilities Company
Washington
Copies of discharge papers now accepted by Legion
Robert Day of the Leon Beatty post announced that photostatic copies of discharge certificates are acceptable and preferable for terminal leave claims. Originals will be carefully handled and returned. copies should be at least 5 by 8 inches and preferably the same size as the original. The American Legion will have typists and notaries public.
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Robert Day
Leon Beatty Post
American Legion
Day
Comm
Sleet
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
The
Schafers sue Rock Island over farm condemnation damages
J J Schafer and Lillian H Schafer file a district court petition against Rock Island railroad seeking 5000 dollars in damages for 7.92 acres taken by condemnation for the Ainsworth Brighton cut off. The diagonal strip through the farm’s south 40 acres reduced its market value. Attorney BE Morris Jr represents the plaintiffs.
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Clerk of District Court
J. J. Schafer
Lillian H. Schafer
Rock Island Railroad
Brighton
Ainsworth Brighton
BE. D. Morrison, Jr
Heirens Tries to Commit Death by Own Action
William Heirens the confessed child killer attempted suicide by hanging in his Cook County jail cell just hours before a court appearance for the Derrian, Brown, and Ross murders. A guard stopped the attempt, four guards were suspended for lax guarding, and Heirens awaited sentencing as scheduled.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Heirens
Suzanne Derrian
Fraunces Brown
Wave
Josephine Ross
Michael Mulcahy
Sail Heirens
Mulcahy
Gook County
Legion Rooms to Help Veterans With Terminal Leave Forms
Several men on duty tonight and tomorrow night at the Legion rooms in City Hall from 7 30 to 9 30 p m to assist veterans in filling out and sending in their terminal leave applications.
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Legion Rooms
Harry M Crone Taken by Death
Harry M Crone 73 a Spanish American War veteran died at 8 40 pm at his home 415 West Thirl Street Funeral services will be Friday at 2 pm at the L A Jones funeral home with Dr Fred E Miller the burial Elm Grove Cemetery with military honors He was born December 14 1872 in Wyoming Illinois married Jessie Pearl Huber July 34 1896 and their golden anniversary was this year He served in Company D 50th Iowa and belonged to Albert M Huff Camp Spanish American War Veterans He was a longtime bailiff of the Washington county district court and a member of the Methodist church Knights of Pythias and Woodmen Leaves eight children eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren among the survivors with many relatives a long list of siblings and a history in Washington Iowa.
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Harry McDonald Crone
West Thirl Street
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Crone
Wyoming, Ill
Douglas M
Arabella (Traphagen) Crone
Illinois
Washington County
West Chester
Jessie Pearl Huber
Washington
Iowa
Albert M. Huff
Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
Woodman Lodge
Heirens Expressed Wish to Die Blaming Murman
Heirens had expressed a wish to die to escape Murman whom he blamed for his crimes. One guard watched his corridor cell while another stood outside the locked entrance. Heirens remained calm as lawyers visited after his attempted self harm.
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George Murman
Heirens
Murman
Tnent
New Wave Of Strikes Is Forecast
Detroit dated dispatch reports General Motors contends government wage price policy hampers production and will seek $100 price boosts per car. GM accuses OPA of prior discrimination and warns of renewed wage strikes threatening auto and commodity markets. Wilson says material shortages will ease if controls on resources and imports are lifted. aims for 6,000,000 vehicles annually by 1947 or 1948.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
E. Wilson
Wilson
General Motors
OPA
18 Known Dead in Elko Airplane Crash
A twin engined DC 3 airliner en route from New York to San Francisco crashed near Elko Nevada during final approach. Rescue crews retrieved 18 bodies. two others were missing. One child survivor, and reports say there were about 21 aboard with at least one more survivor later. The crash occurred at 1 27 A M PST near the Elko airport on the Cheyenne Reno leg. The left side of the craft opened and wreckage spread across the prairie.
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Elko, Nev
New York
San Francisco
Elko General Hospital
Elko
Nev
Elko Airport
Ike
Cheyenne-Reno
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