Prices Fall as Grain Markets React to Export Cut Proposals
Wheat corn and oats dropped sharply at major trading centers as a government plan to curtail November food exports touched markets. Prices slumped with September wheat at 2.71 per bushel and corn down to 2.537% as traders anticipated lower retail costs amid protests against inflation. Subpenas issued for dairy and meat interests accompanied freight-rate arguments before regulators.
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Chicago
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Festival report shows remaining funds for future expositions
A Chamber of Commerce meeting reviewed the county exposition report. Receipts total 16 130 37 with expenditures 11 549 93 leaving a balance around 4 580. The board expects a 1 500 residue after taxes and expenses.
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Bob Downing
County Exposition General Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Fred Downing
General Chamber
Downing
Ordnance Officer Inspects Armory in Washington Visit
In Washington Captain Ripp of Davenport and Captain William Perdock inspected the armory. Perdock will command the 468th ordnance medium maintenance company to be organized as part of the army reserve. A sub-lease with Iowa National Guard is sought to share the armory. Perdock aims to line up officers and men, seeking veterans with ordnance service experience.
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Ripp
Davenport
Regular Army
Washington
William Perdock
468Th Ordnance
Army Reserve
Iowa National Guard
National Guard
Perdock
Reserve Ordnance Company
Ordnance Service
Unification Of Military Brings New Defense Setup
Washington reports the United States completed unification of the armed forces creating a single defense establishment. The air force gains equality with army and navy under James V Forrestal with Symington Sullivan and Royall sworn in. gaps in manpower and readiness noted amid new security bodies and a central intelligence agency.
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Washington
Air Force
Army
Navy
Defense
James V Forrestal
W. Stuart Symington
John L. Sullivan
Forrestal
Kenneth C. Royall
War
Security Council
Central Intelligence Agency
Security Resources Board
James V
Orrestal
New York
National Defense
Navy Department
Fred M. Vinson
Deginate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
Joint Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thomas J. Hargrave
Munitions Board
Inter
Soundphoto
Baptist Evangelistic Crusade Ends With Evening Services
Rev. Janes M. Fleck will close a week long Baptist church visitation crusade with services tonight and Friday at 7 30 p m The preacher will address The Sufficiency of Calvary to Meet the Sinners Need and A Consciousness of Christ in Human Experience A gospel team from Sioux Falls College and Wesley Drummond assist at Sunday morning worship inviting public attendance
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Janes M. Fleck
Baptist Church
Calvary
Sioux Falls College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Wesley Drummond
Local Students Entering Colleges Names Sought
The Journal asks readers to report Washington area students enrolling in colleges or universities. Clarice Meek leads the list preparation and requests names and colleges by phone to compile a partial roll of local students leaving or staying in state for higher education.
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Washington
Journal
Clarice Meek
Material Arrives to Complete Church Remodeling
Material has arrived to finish remodeling the Christian church after weeks of delay. Installation begins next Monday with full exterior changes and modernized facilities expected to take about three weeks, following a project started late last May while services continue in the community room of the FT.
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Christian Congregation
Funeral services for Richard C Miller postponed to Friday
Funeral services for Richard C Miller scheduled for this afternoon were deferred until Friday morning at 10 30 at Shermans funeral home because the body did not arrive from Tacoma Washington Barclay Miller brother of the deceased came in from St Louis to attend the services
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Richard C. Miller
Sherman
Tacoma
Wash
Barclay Miller
Richard Miller
St. Louis
Favors Cutback In Food Exports
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson advocates a sharp cutback in American food exports to lower prices. He plans to push for grain exports to be reduced as much as 380 percent below last year. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Hope urges voluntary rationing and restraint on war price hikes. Cabinet Food Committee to review inventories and find a course to prevent a European food crisis without raising domestic prices.
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Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Cabinet Food Committee
Clifford R. Hope
House Agriculture Committe
Ieaders
Cabinet Food Committe
America
Girls Invited to a Spree Saturday at the Y M C A
All girls under 14 are invited to meet Saturday morning for a spree with Mrs Charles Wilson secretary of the Y M C A. The plan includes a sack lunch and each girl should bring a lunch sack. Meet at the Y at 11 o clock where Mrs Wilson will accompany the group for a walk.
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Charles Wilson
The
Y. M
Discontinue Friday Girls' Swim Classes
The Friday evening YWCA swimming class will be discontinued for now due to football games. Other sessions, including Tuesday and Friday afternoon 4 to 5 and Tuesday evening, continue as usual. JoAnn Wilson leads the afternoon classes and Norima Payne runs the Tuesday evening class.
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Y. W. C. A. Ewimeing
Charles Wilson
Y. W
JoAnn Wilson
Norima Payne
Teen Age Dance Group Shifts to Saturday Evenings
The teen age recreational group votes to hold future dances Saturdays from 8:00 to 11:30 PM, noting previous Friday and Wednesday sessions. First Saturday dance is Sept 7 with about 90 attendees, chaperoned by Merle Sherman under Mrs Golia Miller. Officers for three months named: President Bob Chabal, Vice President Bob Kleese, Secretary Biddy Johnson, Treasurer Jack Zook. Season tickets extended to Jan 1. Also mentions Jr High and High School classes with swim after sessions and a note on Iowa driver wrecks from fatigue.
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Merle Sherman
Golia Miller
Recreational Association
Bob Chabal
Bob Kleese
Biddy Johnson
Jack Zook
Miller
Hi Y Club Plans For Year’s Work
The Washington Hi Y club met with the Y M C A boys work committee to organize the year. High school boys in grades 10 through 12 may register next Monday and Tuesday at the high school. The first meeting is set for September 2 at the Y M C A with subsequent evenings every other Wednesday, switching to Thursday during football season.
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Washington
M.C. A
Mothers of
Jerry Denison
Bil Putman
Ray Carter
Harold Wiley
Bob Kleese
Ant-Arms
Boys Work Committee
Keith Vetterendirman
Dave Livingston
Cus Alsip
Gym Classes at Y Start Next Monday
The Y announces start of gym classes next Monday for boys after school and Saturday mornings. Classes run 9 to 90 minutes with two sessions weekly, plus a Tuesday and Thursday volleyball class for men evenings 6 15 to 6 34. Swim and instruction periods follow gym time.
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M. C
No Jury Trial Declared For District Court Next Monday
Judge Bechly notified County Attorney John Owen that there will be no jury trial in district court next Monday due to court developments. Forty jurors remain on call, but 39 unexcused panel members are told not to report until further notice. Bechly plans to return to Washington for non jury matters.
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Frank Bechly
John C. Owen
Washington High Band to Play at Iowa Game
Director Melvin Hill will take the Washington high school band to Iowa City for a Saturday football game between halves. About a thousand musicians are expected in a massed band, with roughly 45 Washington students joining. Two cars are still needed to transport members, who must depart in time to arrive by one o clock.
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Melvin Hill
Washington High
Iowa City
Hill
Washington
Hith
Florida hurricane emergency declared as Pensacola braces
President Truman proclaimed the Florida hurricane region under a state of emergency as a massive storm nears Pensacola after causing about 50 million dollars in south Florida damage. Traffic restrictions were ordered on state highway 30 and Pensacola police prepared evacuation plans while Apalachicola and Panama City residents began boarding up.
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Pensacola
Fla
Truman
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Miami- Palm Beach
State Highway Department
Carabelle
Panama City
Apalachicola
Weather Bureau
National Guard
Evangelist Replaced After Illness at Tabernacle
The evangelist who opened meetings at the Christian Tabernacle fell ill and had to stop work. Rev Archie D Wilson of Monmouth Illinois will preach the rest of the week and a successor for next week will be announced later.
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The
Christian Tabernacle
Archie D. Wilson
Monmouth
Mace
Kirkpatrick Divorce Request Seeks Name Return in Washington Suit
Merilyn R. Kirkpatrick files for divorce from Keith Kirkpatrick in district court. The petition cites a 1946 Washington marriage on December 19 and seeks restoration of her maiden name Marilyn D Ruegsegger. Attorney J. Robert Day represents the plaintiff.
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Merilyn R. Kirkpatrick
Keith Kirkpatrick
Washington
Marilyn D. Ruegsegger
J. Robert Day
Highway accident kills two Iowans in Franklin county
Hampton Iowa Sept 18 two Iowans died in separate highway incidents. Paul Bobst 81 of Alexander was fatally injured when a car struck him after dust from another vehicle obscured his view as he crossed from a corn field. Gerald Hackbarth of Dows drove the striking car. The second fatality occurred in Franklin county that week leaving the region shaken.
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Hampton
Iowa
Paul Bobst
Alexander Farmer
Here
Bobst
Gerald Hackbarth
Dows
Pranklin
Wei
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