Mrs. Thomas Harland Dies After Week of Illness
Mrs. Thomas Harland of 817 South Avenue D Washington died early Monday after a weeklong illness. Aged 81, she was born April 11, 1868 in Jefferson County Illinois. Funeral at 2:00 Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. W J Stevens. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survived by husband four sons Alvie Lewes Charles Elmer one daughter Nellie Ross 22 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
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Thomas Harland
South Avenue D
Washington
Jefferson County
Ilinois
Emma Amelia Gauss
Washington County
Illinois
Plan Final Rites For Roy Rinker at Wayland
Funeral services for Roy Rinker 67 who died Sunday at his niece Mrs. Lyle Zehr home will be held Tuesday at 2 pm in Zehr funeral home Wayland burial in Wayland cemetery Arrangements with Gookin funeral home Mt Pleasant Survivors include sister Mrs Guy Brent and nieces and nephews including Lyle Zehr Maribelle Wayland and Dr Hoyt Allen Betty and Hoyt Jr Little Rock Arkansas Soloist Mrs AC Wenger Pallbearers Millard Schlat ter Earl Gingerich Lester Alliman James Magdefray Russell Richenberger Irvin Stauffer
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Wayland
Roy Rinker
Lyle Zehr
Zehr
Wayland Cemetery
Gookin
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Rinker
Clarinda
Iowa
Lipan
Texas
Guy Brent
Maribelle
Hoyt Allen
Betty and
Hoyt Jr
Little Rock
Arkansas
A. C. Wenger
Millard Schlatter
Earl Gingerich
Lester Alliman
James Magdefray
Russell Richenberger
Irvin Stauffer
Two Bridges to Be Built in Washington County
Sealed bids due by April 11 for two 40 foot creek span bridges in Washington county. One bridge will be in Seventy-Six township and the other on Havre road in Washington township.
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Washington County
Havre
Washington Township
High School Music Students Earn 31 Division I Ratings
Washington high school musicians earned 31 Division I ratings at the district contest held at Mt. Madison. Soloists and ensembles across vocal and instrumental groups were recognized, with detailed results led by vocal soloists, piano soloists, band soloists, and band ensembles directed by Melvin Hill and Wendell Rider. Division I winners advance to the state contest in Center Vile on April 22.
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Washington High School
Mt. Madison
Washington
Melvin Hill
Wendell Rider
Fr. Madison
Centervile
Secrecy Looms Over West Coast Sub Search
Avalon California reports Navy secrecy as searches for a mysterious modern type submarine continue after coast guardsmen sighted the vessel about 150 miles northwest of Donay’s alleged last harbor. Authorities consider the Donay case a missing person and possible suicide while probing sabotage links.
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Avalon
Calif
Navy
Pacific Ocean
Point Arguello
Here
Coast Guard
Coast
Detroit
Theodore Donay
Donny
Donay
Naval
Los Angeles
Dispatcher retires after 56 years in railroading
Fulton Kentucky report notes Samuel Leonard Brown retires after 56 years in railroading. He credits 40 years as a dispatcher with never causing an accident that harmed people or damaged property.
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Fulton, Ky
Samuel Leonard Brown
Senate Meeti g to Fight Out DP Bill
The Senate held a bitter end fight over the displaced persons bill and scheduled a vote for Wednesday. Debate will split time between supporters and opponents as Sen. Neely pushes a liberalized substitute. Chair Pat McCarran warned it could take all night with over 100 amendments to be debated.
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Washington
Senate
Matthew M. Neely
W. Va
Neely
Pat McCarran
Nev
Judiciary Committee
West Chester Girl Hit by Automobile
Sheila Hotle of West Chester was struck by a car at 2:00 p m yesterday while crossing toward her father Keith Hotle’s service station on Highway 2. She remained unconscious at Washington County Hospital with possible skull fracture. Deputy Loren Robinson investigated. driver Babe Novak of Rock Island Illinois was not held.
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Sheila Hotle
West Chester
Washington County Hospital
Keith Hotle
Sheila
Loren Robertson
Babe Novak
Rock Island
Illinois
District Scouters To Gather Here Monday
The Washington district Boy Scout meeting and roundtable will be at the Presbyterian church in Washington Monday evening April 14 at 7 oclock. Originally set for Wellman, no change in plans. District chairman Robert Day and commissioner Robert Everetts announce. The first session of the Scouter training course will be held and all Scouters urged to attend. Camporee plans will be completed.
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Washington District
Th Presbyterian Church In
Washington
Tian O'cloek
Wellman
Robert Day
Robert Everetts
Secouters
McCarthy Says He Knows Latimore Policy Claims
Senator McCarthy disclosed he knows Lattimore’s far eastern policy recommendations and will reveal them if the State Department won’t. Acheson denied meeting Lattimore, who faces charges McCarthy calls the “architect” of U S policy, as investigators delay Lattimore’s defense and subpoena decisions.
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Lattimore
Washington Cuff
Joseph R. McCarthy
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Wisconsin Republican
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Dean Acheson
Johns Hopkins
Secretary of State
United States
Acheson
Prosecution Drops Death Penalty Request in Bednasek Case
The prosecution in the Bednasek murder case stated the defendant Robert R Bednasek is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of killing his campus sweetheart Margaret Jackson but will not seek the death penalty. The jury will decide punishment among first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, or acquittal, with special prosecutor Edward Bate noting jurors must determine the sentence if guilty.
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Bednasek
Lova Ory
Robert R Bednasek
Edward Bate
R Bednasek
Margaret
Gee Gee) Jackson
University of Iowa Coed
Rate
Miss Jackson
Elmer Freyenberger injured in 15-foot fall
Wayland April 3 Elmer Freyenberger of Wayland Feed and Grain was taken to Henry County Hospital at Mt. Pleasant after a 15 foot fall at the grain company's building. He sustained a dislocated shoulder and chipped hip bone but hospital examination showed injuries less serious than feared.
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Wayland
Lmer Freyenberger
Wayland Feed and Grain Company
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Freyenberger
Woman Uses Chewed Sum To Stop Car Leak In Rural Travel
Mrs. E. J. Nott in Cleveland Mississippi found a leaking radiator while far from help. She chewed a piece of sum and used the chewing substance to plug the leak until she could reach a service station.
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Cleveland
Miss
E. J. Nott
General Marshall Warns Against Reducing Foreign Recovery
Gen George C. Marshall warned against cutting the European recovery program urging continued funding through 1952. He spoke to diplomats and recovery workers about the plan’s importance to world peace and freedoms, noting the June 30 1952 termination date and current funding requests.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Europe
Russia
Dean Acheson
Paul G. Hoffman
Truman blocks loyalty file subpoenas in public interest
President Truman instructed the secretary of state the attorney general and the civil service commission chairman not to comply with loyalty file subpoenas. He sent a letter to Sen. Millard F. Tydings detailing executive duty to keep confidential information from public disclosure when against public interest. He offered cooperation and ordered a loyalty review board to reexamine cases.
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Key West, Fla
Truman
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Civil Service Commission
Millard F. Tydings
Senate
State Department
J. Howard McGrath
Dean Acheson
Harry B. Mitchell
Civil Service
Ty Group
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Executive Branch
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Loyalty Review Board
Tydings
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
Funeral rites for L A Baker at Sherman's funeral home
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 1 50 o clock at Shermans funeral home with Rev J A Cochran in charge. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery and a graveside ritual was conducted by the IOOF. Casketbearers named were W H Smart W P Monroe Rudy Wagenknecht Earl Trout Lester Worley and Robert Blieu.
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L. A Baker
Sherman
J. A. Cochran
Elm Grove Cemetery
W. H. Smart
W. P. Monroe
Rudy Wagenknecht
Earl Trout
Lester Worley
Robert Blieu
Des Moines Iowa Weather Outlook With Snow Likely
Weather forecast for Des Moines area shows cloudy skies with central snow and rain changing to snow in the far south this afternoon and at night. Cooler later today and again Tuesday with clearing, highs around 48 currently and 41 Tuesday, lows near 26 northwest and 35 southeast. Northeasterly winds near 20 mph through today and Tuesday.
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Des Moines
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