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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1952
Page
8
Charles Ed. Wilson resigns as defense mobilizer amid tensions over steel wage boosts and price controls. He warns the nation that inflation risks remain while claiming U.S. war production now outpaces the Soviet Union in quantity and the Allies hold a world power balance.
Ten years ago today the county treasurer Marion George reported that tax payments received up to April first totaled more than half of the current year’s assessments.
Des Moines Iowa Governor William S Beardsley proclaims April Cancer Control Month praising the Iowa American Cancer Society volunteers for national recognition in 1951 with the Tops in the Nation plaque and citation for the state program. He notes a 61 percent awareness rate and urges Iowans to learn about cancer signals and support the 1952 crusade.
Betty Logan and Lloyd Haney returned to work at Monmouth college after spring vacation visits to Washington. Mr and Mrs L A Jones return to Washington after extended trip in California and the West. Reyes Guzman explains nap location after switch engine accident in Brownsville Texas saying snakes do not cross railroad tracks. Notice of Probate of Will in District Court Washington County Iowa for A B Warner deceased filed April 1 hearing set March 21 at 9:00 AM. Clerk RR Noonan announces.
Mr Everett Goodwin of Washington is a birthday nonores today. Mr and Mrs Merle Bekels returned Monday after vacationing in Florida and other southern states. Mary Louise Redtinger returned from Aurora Illinois after three months training at Mercyville Sanatorium. After a week with her parents she will go to Mercy hospital Iowa City for training. Mr and Mrs Burt S Ange of Superior Wisconsin visited Norman Bean's and other relatives. They left Monday for Chicago to visit more relatives and were taken to Iowa City to meet the train by Mrs Don Wiesey and Mrs Norman Bean.
Gov Kenneth Hunsaker visits his parents Mr and Mrs J A Hunsaker and stays through May 10 after a European theatre tour. Bob Foster travels with his brother Bill to New York where Bill will train three months at Sperry Gyroscope radar school. Bob is in the Air Force and transfers from Biloxi Mississippi. Mrs Will Hemmings and Mrs Will Sheetz return from Chicago after four days. Kathrel of Wichita Kansas left Sunday after attending Uncle Ira Rathmel's funeral staying at the Mayhew and Rathmel homes.
A Rotary Club meeting featured a color motion picture on carnations and their cultivation in Colorado. Preston West led the program with notes on origin from ancient Greece. A brief church closing talk followed by members’ personal remarks concluded the event.
At the hospital, Mrs. Albert Wehr was admitted last night. This morning, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Nebel of Wayland welcomed a son.
A bandit entered a Des Moines grocery during business hours and, with a pistol, forced proprietor Harry Bassman to surrender about eight cans of food and the cash from the register. He fled with the sack containing the money as customers watched in alarm.
Winners at Davenport first ratings from Columbus high school include Dean Morgan tenor solo Gladys Rees treble voice solo Kin Myrna Wasson treble voice solo medium Delbert Black trombone solo mixed quartet girl sextet and saxophone quartet Finals are set for Winton April 26 with final group events at University of Iowa in May.
The British Research Council states that sitting in cold draughts exercising in rain or wearing wet socks does not make one more liable to catch the common cold. This official stance aims to reassure the public about weather and illness risk.
An all male jury at dawn found Willie Sutton and Thomas Kling guilty of robbing a Queens county bank of 65042 two years ago. The verdict carries potential minimum and maximum terms tied to multiple felony counts and pending prior charges.
One sixth of the earth's elements are rare earth metals named with tongue twisting terms such as praseodymium dysprosium and ytterbium.
If you hang clothes on a reel place a desk fan high and facing them at right angles to dry them and keep the reel revolving. The setup uses airflow to accelerate drying and maintain motion.
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