Constitution Day Reflections and Community Happenings
On Constitution Day Tuesday residents observed flag displays and a D A R memorial service led by Mrs. Paul Snakenberg. tributes honored Elizabeth Sherman Leigh Soule and Will Harwood. reports mention Arcutt's Piggie Wiggly sale, local social events, hunts and fishing plans, and several club meetings across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Snakenberg
Orville Elder
Elizabeth Sherman
Fred Mauthe
Leigh Soule
J. E. Lemmon
Will Harwood
J. C. Carris
Coddington
Hugh Hall
Fifth Hendrickson Reunion at Sunset
The fifth Hendrickson reunion was held Sunday at Sunset Park with 59 relatives present. A noon cafeteria style dinner followed by visiting and photos in the afternoon. Next year the reunion will be at Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrickson
Sunset Park
Muscatine
C. W. Hendrickson
Ainsworth
Lyman Hendrickson
Council Bluffs
Walter Hendrickson
Rock Island, Ill
Lottie Hendrickson
Chicago
Merle Smith
Frank Klein
Ft. Madwon
Leslie Coon
Iowa City
Gordon Coon
Davenport
Clark Wagner
Washington
Walter Owen
Max Owen
Crawfordsville
Warren Owen
Melvin Soukup
Raymond Shy
Buttalo
More Indictments Likely In Treason Cases
Justice department officials said additional Americans who aided the Axis during the war may soon face treason indictments. Names not disclosed are under investigation in Germany Italy and Japan as facts and witnesses are gathered. Two men already indicted Robert Best formerly of Sumter South Carolina and Douglas Chandler formerly of Baltimore Maryland are being brought from Germany to stand trial with new indictments to include new facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Justice Department
Germany
Italy
Japan
Robert Best
Sumter
S. C
Corespondent
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Labor Against Appeasement in Russian Dealing
In St Paul on September 19 AFL President William Green warned against appeasement of Russia and urged a forthcoming showdown if Russia seeks war. He urged trust and cooperation among democratic nations and criticized Americans siding with Russia over the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Paul, Minn
U.P
American Federation of Labor
America
Russia
William Green
American Federation of Government Employees
Paris
Wallace
AFL
Liang
Henry Wallace
United States
Axis Sally among Nazis eyed for wartime witness return
Fifteen German workers from the Nazi Rundfunk propaganda unit are to be brought to the United States as witnesses in trials. Officials initially reported and then denied that Mildred E. Gillars of Portland Maine, known as Axis Sally, would be brought back with Best and Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rundfunk
Justice Department
Mildred E. Gillars
Portland
Best
Chandler
Puff Balls Reach Large Size In Lawns
Puff balls, common midsummer fungi, can reach four to five feet in circumference and weigh over 15 pounds in some cases according to lawn observations.
Forrestal Praises Byrnes Then Tangles With Wallace Speech
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal lauded Secretary of State James Byrnes as a great American in New York, but left his prepared remarks, which touched on the Wallace Byrnes controversy, unread after tearing up the speech. The remarks followed a dining event where Forrestal acknowledged the clash with Wallace over policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
James F. Byrnes
Wallace Byrnes
Forrestal
Community and farm sale notices around Columbus Junction Iowa
Friday weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn and Wednesday livestock sales at Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa. September 21 23 24 25 26 public auctions and dispersal sales listed with locations dates times and organizers including McCleary Minick Rummelhart hospital trustees Wellman Emery Brenneman Derbyshire and Knotek Bros. Curve Boar sale and Hampshire hog sale noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
John McCleary
Crawfordsville
Agnes McCleary
Will Darbyshire
North 6Th
Frank Rummelhart
N. E. Riverside
Wm. Knebel
West 2Nd St
J. J. Minick
South 4Th Avenue
Board of Trustees of
Washington County Hospital
Emery Brenneman Farm
Wellman
Marvin Matthes
Lloyd Lee
Knotek Bros
Washington
Riverside
Hampshire
Haldane Farm
Iowa City
Navy Industrial Association Leader Reacts to Wallace Speech
A Navy Industrial Association figure voiced annoyance at Secretary Henry A. Wallace's Madison Square Garden address. He said he had written several references into a speech prepared weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ner
Navy Industrial Asociation
Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace
Madison Square Garden
Forrestal Refuses Speech Change On Plane Reflections
In a flight from Washington Forrestal said a recent atomic disturbance in a town led him to abandon planned prose. He praised Byrnes as a great American who served the country well and would do so again. He said any speech change was his own decision, not requested by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Fuhr
Benteco
Joe Cochran
Candy Kitchen
Arcutt
Joe
Dale
Washington
Forrestal
Byrnes
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Martha Mount
E. C. Eicher
R. 5. Warfel
Rev. W. J. Stevens
Peters
Anne Pratt
Don Benblossom
Etha Dawson
A. Anderson
Myrtle McCleary
The
Presbyterian Church
Barbara Whitlatch
S. Iowa
Harry
the Journal
Carson
Nat'l Master Plumbers
Epes
Ewasmington
Washington Concrete Company North 12Th — & Nes
Carles Boyer
Jennifer Jones
Ernst Lubitsch
Ainsworth State Bank
Washington County
W. L
Col
Little Ph.one
Mississippi
Florence Lake
Leon Errol
Fox
Kirby Grant
Fuzzy Knight
Rustlers
Iby Wallace
Washington Dairy
West Washington
Crose Electric
N. Ave
R. G. Wessler Repair Shop
East Second St
Walter Harvey
Rayburn Land Co
K.P. Bldg
Klotz & Duncan
Peoples Savings Bank
Ramseyer
E. Wash
Sorrell
Auto Parts
West Madison
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Pontiac
GMC
Mangold
Ria
Reister
Creamery “ Hatchery
Qus
North 6Th Avenue
15Th Street
John Deere
H. M. Darbyshire
Brown & Bruty, Auctioneers
Frank Kos
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