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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1946
Page
6
Mrs Bey was hostess at the September meeting of Unit No 2 of W S C S. Four children and fourteen members attended. New members Mrs Paul Shearer and Mrs Charles Welch were introduced. The meeting proceeded with reports and introductions.
The bulletin notes generally fair weather with continued warmth. Tonight’s low is around 65 to 66 degrees and Tuesday’s high is expected between 86 and 90 degrees.
Mrs Bey led the session with the Lord's Prayer in unison as Walter Smith reviewed Methodist Woman articles. A social hour followed the refreshments by the hostess and a $1 meeting with six members. Devotions and the missionary lesson City Leadership Asks for Christian America were shared.
Ardella Goodwin daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence R Goodwin and Ned Archer of Ottumwa are wed in a Saturday afternoon ceremony at the Baptist parsonage. Rev Al Tre Trenerry officiated with Mrs Doris Willey and Clarence Goodwin as attendants. The couple will reside at 1126 East Second Street and have received a turkey dinner in their honor.
In Wayland on September 16 Mrs J W Pritchard hosted the Progress club Friday with twelve members recalling current events. Guests included Mrs Roy Mullinax and Mrs Edith Shaffer. Eve Sodergren spoke on Patriotism and E B Witt rig on Peace. Refreshments followed.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover cites a semi annual crime bulletin showing total arrests at 309302 with 6 5 percent under 18 and 25 5 percent women while men rise 21 9 percent He notes teenagers move from petty crime to more serious offenses as wartime patterns fade and warns juvenile crime remains above 1941 levels by 11 percent due to lingering trends.
About 500 union barbershops in Manhattan shut today as 4,500 barbers and 500 manicurists walked out. Barbers seek a 30 percent raise from a base $85 weekly. manicurists demand a 4 hour week instead of 48.
Washington reports a likely Christmas shortage of women’s hosiery due to a 15 percent cut in nylon supply this month and expected in October, plus summer production declines and renewed demand. Men’s apparel shipments, including suits and dress shirts, are expected to rise over the next year while silk stocking production increases.
Ottumwa City Lines, Inc. was set to appear before the city council to justify why its license should not be revoked after a strike began August 30. Forty two drivers walked out amid a dispute with union president Jester Pareel over leave authorization.
A short note reports grebes or aquatic birds eating feathers and feeding them to their young, a curious behavior noted in the observed species.
U P Construction announced a $200,000 addition to Pillsbury Mills soybean processing plant at Clinton Iowa. The project adds two units a soybean oil refining plant and a soybean meat house to the existing soy preparation and extraction facility. The plant will use the once refined method to process oil.
Local residents from Chicago Des Moines Cedar Rapids Philadelphia and New York visited Des Moines for social, family, and entertainment reasons. Attended the musical Oklahoma and a Legion stag fish fry is planned west of Wayland on Sept 17 with rain date a week later.
The Dallas Chamberlin family and daughter Cynthia Sue visited Cedar Rapids yesterday. Dallas Chamberlin leaves today for St. Louis on business for several days while the mother remains to oversee the sale of household goods.
The U S public health service reports 31 divorces per 100 marriages in the previous year, an all time high. The figures reflect rising marital separations and insert a new peak in national statistics on divorce.
The article reports a presidential clarification denouncing Wallace's speech as not U S policy while affirming his right to speak. It notes a perceived natural misunderstanding about speech approval and mentions a routine White House meeting between Acting Secretary Clayton and President Truman to discuss foreign policy issues.
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