Hurricane Threatens Miami as Florida Braces for Storm
A hurricane with 125 to 140 mph winds aims at Miami after roaring over the Florida Keys and Cuba. Key West reported 140 mph winds as tides forced closures and evacuations. Schools and hotels serve as shelters while residents board up and ride out the storm.
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Miami
Fla
Fiorida
Miami Weather Bureau
Key West
Florida Keys
Cuba
Pine Tree Drive
U. S. Naval Base
Truman
Little
White House
Iowa corn near maturity as heat speeds 1948 crop
Des Moines reports Iowa corn is 8 percent matured with most fields dented or mature. About 95 percent expected to mature without frost. Harvest hybrid seed corn begins. soybeans ripen faster. fall plowing progressed about 54 percent. Drought lowers pastures and seedings. hospitals report over half beds filled by mental patients.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Russian Paper Demands Immediate Withdrawal of Troops from Berlin
Russian media call for immediate Soviet troop withdrawal from Germany and for Berlin to be liberated, framing Korea comparisons and pressuring Western powers. The report notes Taegliche Rundschau editorial stance and Radio Berlin's more cautious broadcast. It also mentions envoys and ongoing Franco-German talks in Paris.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Paris
Lucius D. Clay
Moscow
Taegliche Rundschau
Korea
Taegliehe Rundschau
Radio Berlin
London
Envier
Noliev
Carmain
Warea
Calonias
Soviet Union
Lightning strikes Dayton chimney roasts soot and bats
A Dayton man reports a lightning strike hit the chimney at 5 50 pm Monday sending soot down to the basement and killing some bats while sparing the furnace side. He was inside by the fireplace reading his paper when the bolt hit.
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C. Oo. Dayton
West Seventh Street
Theal
Mr. Dayton
Marriage license issued to Dusenbery and Cain
A marriage license was issued this morning at the courthouse to William Philip Dusenbery of West Chester and Miriam Elaine Cain of Washington.
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Court House
William Philip Dusenbery
West Chester
Miriam Elaine Cain
Washington
Nation's Shortest River Dp Flows 400 Feet to Pacific
A historic note identifies the nation's shortest river as Dp with a length of 400 feet, flowing from Davies Lake into the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon coast. The compact watercourse is cited in regional records as a geographic oddity near Davies Lake.
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Nation
Davies Lake
Pacific Ocean
Oregon Coast
Five Killed in Shooting Fray in Kansas City
Five people died in a shootout after officers answered a disturbance call at Alpha Russell and Gwindola King’s apartment in Kansas City Missouri. Two officers were wounded, one critically, as George Bell and his brother William opened fire amid a drinking party.
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Kansas City
George Bell
Bell
Charles Welch
Homicide Bureau
Welch
William
Washington
Miss Bell
George
Services Wednesday For Mrs Burris 66
Mrs Sadie Burris 66 of Washington died Sunday at Mercy hospital Clinton after a short illness. Funeral services and burial will be at Keota cemetery Wednesday at two. She was born April 29 1882 in Virginia and married to Lou Burris in 1905. Survivors include twin daughters E Silberhorn South Bend Ind and Mrs Driscoll Preston four grandchildren one sister Luella Law Warm Springs Va and one brother Victor Kelly Pontiac Ill. Her husband died October 22 1946.
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Sadie Burris
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Keota
Burris
Preston
LeRoy Driscoll
Sadie Kelly
Virginia
Lou Burris
Pontiac
South Bend
Ind
Driscoll
Luella Law
Warm Springs
Victor Kelly
Pontiac, Ill
Washington Scouts Enjoy Camping Trip
A Washington Camporee gathered last weekend at the Nelson farm six miles southwest of town. Three Boy Scouts and six leaders from Troops 382 338 37 38 represented Presbyterian Christian Methodist Baptist churches. They earned the Lone River Valley Council Camporee award for best camping and games. another Camporee is planned for late November at a later location.
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Boy Scouts
Washington
Nelson Farm
The
Presbyterian Church
Richard Longer
Christian Church
William Crayne
Methodist Church
Harold Hazelett
Baptist Church
Samuel Simmering
John Beenblossom
Rainfall Totals Near One Inch in Washington
Rainfall in Washington Monday afternoon and evening measured .86 of an inch according to the official weather observer. The rain followed a heat wave with temperatures reaching 96 degrees Sunday, though the reading did not set a new record for September.
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Washington
Mercury
Final rites for Waldo Wells in Crawfordsville
Final rites for Waldo Wells of the Crawfordsville community were held Monday afternoon in the Crawfordsville Methodist church with Rev. Clifford Ott in charge. Music was provided by Mrs. Howard Anderson and Mrs. William Trenis with Mrs. Glen Beenblossom at the piano. Pallbearers included C. Moorhead, Clarence Hering, Robert Shaffer, Farl Ferguson, John McNeil and Tee Teese. Burial followed in Crawfordsville cemetery. arrangements were by Jones Funeral Home of Washington.
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Waldo Wells
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Methodist Church
Clifford Ott
Howard Anderson
William Trenis
Glen Beenblossom
C. Moorhead
Clarence Hering
Robert Shaffer
Farl Ferguson
John McNeil
Tee Teese
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Truman Attacks GOP Utah Campaign Speech
President Truman, en route with the official train, blasted the GOP and its House and Senate appropriation leaders Styles Bridges and John Pricer for alleged western ignorance. He spoke in Grand Junction then Glenwood Springs and prepared a Salt Lake City address at 6 p.m. local time.
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TruMan
Colorado
Utah
Cairman
House
Senate
Mr. Truman
Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Rep
John Pricer
New York
West
Appalachian Mountains
White House
Grand Junction
Western Slope
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Salida
Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
At & P.m
Property Auction Sells 200 Acre Farm at 126 Per Acre
Frank Novy of near Riverside buys the Albert Novy estate farm at public auction paying 126 dollars per acre for 200 acres. Charles Brown of Washington serves as auctioneer.
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Frank Novy
Near Riverside
Albert Novy
Charles Brown
Washington
Child Health Conference at Crawfordsville School
A Child Health conference will be held at the Crawfordsville School on Tuesday September 28 from 1 30 to 3 34 p m. Beck in Crawfordsville will take appointments.
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Crawfordsville
Beck
Cain to Speak at Fairfield Republican Rally
United States Senator Harry P. Cain of Washington will deliver the principal address at a Republican rally in Chautauqua Park Fairfield on Thursday evening September 23 at five oclock. Other speakers include Senator George A. Wilson Senator B. B. Hickenlooper Representative Thomas E. Martin and gubernatorial candidate William Beardsley. Washington county residents are invited to attend and all state ticket nominees will be present.
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United States
Harry P. Cain
Washington State
Chautauqua Park
Fairfield
Jefferson County
George A. Wilson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Thomas E. Martin
William Beardsley
Washington County
Barcette
Dewey Stresses Peace In Des Moines and Leaves for Colorado
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican presidential nominee, tours the West stressing peace and resource development. He speaks in Denver tonight and earlier in Rock Island Davenport and Des Moines. Dewey promises a national unraveling of red tape on inauguration day and cites no aim to blame the Truman administration. Local reaction questions whether he is a rainmaker after claiming credit for recent showers.
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Thomas KE
Truman
Colorado
Denver
New York
Paul Lockwood
Lockwood
Rock Island
Davenport
Des Moines
United America
Gov. Sonate
C. Wayland Brooks Oflinois
George Wilson
Iowa
Senate
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Drake Fieldhouse
Senator Wilson and Rep Martin to Visit Washington
Senator George Wilson and Representative Tom Martin are expected in Washington tomorrow for a brief visit. Wilson will headline a noon Rotary Lions Club luncheon in Wellman, then travel on. No exact arrival times were set, but they are expected to stay a few hours to meet friends and discuss the upcoming campaign.
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George Wilson
Tom Martin
Washington
Senator Wilson
Rotary and Lions Club
Wellman
One Mink Was Mean Fight Ends With Bite
Vincent Colletti a 26 year old freight handler in Chicago lifted a case containing a single mink to see why it was shipped alone. He found the reason when the animal bit his hand. Doctors said the bite was not serious.
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Chicago
Vincent Colletti
Contracts Are Set For Washington Sewers
Perry Jordan, longtime head of the city water works, was named first superintendent of the new sanitary sewage department. Contracts for two sections of sewer work were awarded to Gjellafald Construction of Forest City and MidWest Contracting of Cedar Rapids, totaling 118 253 dollars, far under the initial estimate of 170 000. Work has begun as crews move to extend and improve Washington’s sewer system.
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Perry Jordan
Washington Municipal Water Works
Sanitary Sewage Department
Jordan
Washington
Gjellafald Construction Company
Forest City
United Presbyterian Home
Rock Island Railroad
Old City Limites
Burlington Railroad
West Madison Street
Mid‘west Contracting Company
Cedar Rapids
Corporation
Burlington
Missison Street
Madison
Twelfth Street
Rock Island
Gjellefuld
Hyive
Midwest Contracting Companys
Parking at West Gate for Washington Horse Show
Traffic officials urged spectators to use the west gate to the armory field for parking during the Washington Horse Show tonight. No parking will be allowed around the armory except for those entering horses in the show to avoid confusion.
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Washington
West Gate
Armory Field
Armory
New Schedule for Y Classes at the Y.M.C.A.
Art Brown, secretary, outlined the new swimming and gym timetable. He noted confusion Monday as the schedule took effect and provided times for age groups seven to nine, ten to twelve, and junior high. The swimming program follows each gym session, delayed by a pool lifeguard shortage.
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Art Brown
Y.M.C.A
Juior High
Brown
Road crews apply crushed rock on Brighton Washington road
Workmen laid a 3 crushed rock coating on the Brighton Washington segment of State Highway 1. Maintenance engineer R A Frink said the routine resurfacing is typically done about every two years. Plans to relocate the road were under consideration by the highway commission.
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Joof
Washington Brighton
R. A. Frink
Highway Division
Brigton-Washington
Illness Update on O E Schmit at Washington YMCA Hospital
Official at the Washington YMCA reports O E Schmit has been seriously ill in the hospital for a week but shows considerable improvement today.
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O E Schmit
Washington Y.M.C.A
Iowa Weather: Cloudy to Sunny With Mild Temperatures
Des Moines forecast shows cloudy, mild conditions this afternoon then clearing and cooler tonight. Wednesday brings fair skies and rising temps with highs near 70 to 80 and lows around 48 to 68. Yesterday’s highs reached 83 and lows 67 with light rainfall noted.
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Des Moines
An Ineh
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