Eden Confers With Britain’s Expected Postwar Leaders
Sir Anthony Eden called together potential successors as Churchill’s resignation looms. Churchill, 80, led a quiet day at No 10 with plans to host Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip at a dinner, a possible farewell to the monarchy after decades. Observers called the meeting a command performance for the transition.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
No. 10
Downing Street
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Victoria
Eden
Widmer buys Cole interest in sheep and cattle business
Paul Widmer announced he has purchased Guy Cole’s share in the Cole and Widmer Sheep and Cattle Co tied to Petersen Sheep and Cattle Co of Spencer. Operations with J C Petersen will continue. The Cole Widmer barn near Washington will be opened for regular livestock sales after renovations. Both men plan to stay in Washington while Widmer commutes from Wayland.
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Guy Cole
Paul Widmer
Widmer
Mr. Cole
Cole and
Washington
J. C. Petersen
Wayland
Cole
Mrs. Cole
Kehoe Urges Iowans to Back Toll Road Bill
Attorney L. J. Kehoe of Washington announces organized opposition to the toll road plan and urges Iowans to contact state senators and representatives to support a bill permitting private development. Kehoe, a former Beardsley committee member, notes the bill does not bind taxpayers and aligns with his long time toll road advocacy.
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Kehoe
L. J. Kehoe
Washington
Iowa
William S. Beardsley
Stinerock Promoted To Des Moines District Sales Manager
R L Stinerock a Washington resident and Cities Service Oil Co territory supervisor in southeast Iowa has been promoted to sales manager of the Des Moines district. The change takes effect in March with weekly commutes from Des Moines until the term ends and then a family move to Des Moines. Stinerock notes Washington was the most congenial community he has lived in during ten years in the oil business.
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Stinerock
Des Moines
Radiation as garden weapon in pest fight gains note
San Francisco AP reports William E. Chamberlain of American Machine & Foundry says atomic radiation can destroy grain pests and prevent sprouting in potatoes and onions. Lab results show potatoes stay fresh and sprouting free for up to 15 months, onions for six months, with food preservation seen as an immediate atomic energy application.
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San Francisco
William E. Chamberlain
American Machine & Foundry Company
Atomic Energy Department
New York City
Chamberlain
University of Michigan
Stanford Research Institute
Atomic Industrial Forum Inc
Brother of Mrs Clow Dies at Corydon Sunday
Ottis J. Hogue aged 74 of Corydon died suddenly Sunday morning at his farm home near Corydon from heart failure. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p m at Wolf Funeral Home Corydon. Survived by one son Marcus Hogue of West Liberty. Dr and Mrs Clow notified Saturday and traveled to Corydon Sunday morning arriving about an hour after death.
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Ottis J. Hogue
Corrydon
A. W. Clow
Corydon
Wolf
Hogue
Marcus Hogue
West Liberty
Mr. Hogue
Dr J H McCall Day Observed In Allerton Iowa
Dr J H McCall a former Washington boy who graduated from Iowa Medical School in 1908 was feted in Allerton after 47 years of service. A This Is Your Life program ending with a new car key presentation drew doctors and wives from across the region. A banquet followed with attendees including Dr and Mrs W J Masson Mr and Mrs Rolla Gallagher and Mrs Margaret Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rudiger
David McLaughlin
Allerton
Iowa
J. H. McCall
McCall
Washington
University of Iowa Medical School
Agnes Coffelt
McLaughlin
Boston
Mass
W. J. Masson
Rolla Gallagher
Margaret Duncan
Columbus Junction
West Chester Singers Concert Tuesday
West Chester high school gym will host a spring concert Tuesday at 8 p m by the West Chester vocal music department. The program includes pieces such as Forth He Sendeth the Springs and To Music with solo and small group numbers. A 25 cent admission helps cover contest travel costs. a band concert is planned for April 19 with the PTA meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
West Chester High School
Stolda Pumpa
PTA
Shirley Askea Begins Clerk's Office Duties
Miss Shirley Askea started as assistant in the office of the district court clerk today, succeeding Mrs. Wayne Brown who resigned to take a job at the calendar factory where she was previously employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Askea
the District Court
Wayne Brown
Brown
Harvey F. Jones Dies In Colorado Springs
Harvey J. Jones, 62, a noted insurance man and realtor from Colorado Springs and former Washington resident, died in a Colorado Springs hospital after heart failure following surgery. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday April 6 with interment in Colorado Springs. He is survived by his wife Maye Butler and a daughter Mrs. Gurney Norris.
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Harvey J. Jones
Colorado Springs
Colo
Washington
Jones
Mr. Jones
Maye Butler
Gurney Norris
Skola Again Named Cancer Fund Head in Washington County
F E Skola of Kalona is named 1955 fund raising chairman for the cancer control program in Washington County by Mrs J H Jones of Ainsworth. The county exceeded its quota last year and aims again this year. Skola urged education and fundraising during Cancer Control Month in April noting 27 local deaths in 1953 and 2910 county residents alive who will die if rates persist, with research centered in Iowa sites. State chairman James O Donovan praised Skola and urged countywide support as a civic duty and privilege.
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F. E. Skola
Kalona
Washington County
J. H. Jones
Ainsworth
American Cancer Society
Jones
Skola
Congress
Iowa City
Ames
Council Bluffs
James O'Donohoe
New Hampton
Jess Rehmel 84 Dies in Muscatine IOOF Home
Jess Rehmel 84 of Muscatine formerly of Grace Hill community Washington county died in the IOOF home Mason City. He was a carpenter and charter member of the Muscatine IOOF lodge. Funeral at 2 30 p m Tuesday George Wittich funeral home Muscatine with IOOF in charge burial in Muscatine cemetery. He was survived by cousins two nieces and a nephew. He had two brothers Eddie and Glen precede him in death. He was an annual visitor at Harvey home and attended Grace Hill church.
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Charles Harvey
Jess Rehmel
IOOF
Mason City
Rehmel
Grace Hill
Washington County
A. B. Rehmel
Lucy Rumick Rehmel
Muscatine
George Wittich
Muscatine Ioof Lodge
Eddie
Glen
Harvey
Grace Hill Church
Mothers Identify Victims After Belgian Movie Fire
In Liege, mothers waiting to identify burned children screamed as 22 white coffins arrived at a mortuary chapel. Police found charred remains, with fragments of 38 or 39 bodies recovered. many victims were under ten. A kerosene heater sparked the fire at a suburban theater during a matinee of The Adventurer of Seville, injuring at least 100. An official inquiry is opened.
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Liege
Belgium
Seville
Solessia
Iowa House OKs beer and cigarette tax to boost state revenue
The Iowa House approved a 76 to 24 bill applying a two cent sales tax to beer and cigarettes, expected to raise about 2.8 million dollars annually. Debate featured objections over taxing beer, with lawmakers arguing about burden on the poor and existing taxes. Governor Hoegh was expected to sign the measure.
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Des Moines
Jack Milroy
D-Vinton
House
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Tom Frey
Neola
Frey
Willard Freed
D-Gowrie
John L. Duffy
WCTU
Iowa
Duffy
Carl Ringgenberg
Ames
Story County
Howard Reppert
Leo A. Hoegh
Washington Hospital Maintains Accredited Status
Washington county hospital is again listed among accredited hospitals by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The annual list includes 2,928 fully accredited and 585 provisionally accredited facilities in the United States and Canada.
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Washington County Hospital
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Commission
United States
Canada
Kenneth B. Babcock
Funeral Held Today For Keota Bay Five
Funeral services were held for five year old Bobbie Hall in Keota with Elmer Bostow officiating. Organist Mrs Chester Pence and pallbearers Keith Wells Jack McFadden Louis Hermanstorffer and Boyd Blattner participated. Bobbie died from a brain concussion after a lamp post fell on him Friday evening near the Keota post office. He was born April 12 1950 in Fairfield Iowa. He is survived by his sister Sue Ellen four grandparents and two sets of great parents. Marsh Funeral Home of Keota handled arrangements and burial was in Evergreen Cemetery Fairfield.
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Keota
Bobbie Hall
Federated Church
Elmer Bostow
Chester Pence
Keith Wells
Jack McFadden
Louis Hermanstorffer
Boyd Blattner
Little Bobbie
Washington Farmer Wins Iowa Duck Calling Championship
Carl Zieglowsky of Washington captured the state duck calling title in Des Moines during the Iowa Sports Boat and Vacation show. He earns an all expense trip to Stuttgart Arkansas to compete in the world championship, awarded by the Des Moines Register Tribune. He honed his craft by recording barnyard ducks and studying world champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Zieglowsky
Washington
Des Moines
Iowa
Zieglowsky
Stuttgart
Ark
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Weekend crash toll climbs to fifteen across Iowa regions
A weekend of accidents across Iowa and nearby states claimed fifteen lives. Three Iowans died in a Colorado light plane crash near Holyoke amid a dust storm. A Cedar Rapids fire killed a boy and two others while a gas heater explosion claimed a Steam Boat Rock resident. Multiple traffic and fall incidents left several injured, including four hospitalized Coughlin siblings.
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Colorado
Ralph B. Shipler
Algona
Ledyard
New Hampton
Holyoke
Robert Poncelot
M.X. Hendrixson
Louie Rausch
Fie
Cedar Rapids
Robert Coughlin
Wanda Coughlin
Roger Coughlin
Ronald Coughlin
Robert
Sharon Kay Douglas
Albert Henderson
Roger
Charles Forney
Thurman
Hamburg
Alfred Uhlen
Steamboat Rock
Ted Haman
Ida Grove
Lonnie Jo Ann Garriott
Keosauqua
Brookfield
James Bitmar
Steve Englebreck
Chicago
Isadore Mere
Joe Rosicka
la Porte City
Arrian Hinders
Britt
Former Resident Active in Waukegan
A Waukegan News-Sun story highlights Herman N. Genkinger, a former Washington man who just completed 30 years with Public Service Company of Waukegan. He is an electrical foreman, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John H. Genkinger, brother of Mrs. Clarence C. Jacobs, and husband of Geneva J. Hunter. He is active in church and community and serves on the First Methodist church board.
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Waukegan
Genkinger
First Methodist Church
Frigidaire Debuts First Room Air Conditioner in 1929
The article notes that the first room air conditioner by Frigidaire went on sale in 1929 marking a milestone in home cooling. It highlights the historical significance and the early adoption of mechanical climate control for residences.
Will Sing Here Sacred Music Concert by George Matthews
Public invited to a sacred music concert at Washington Methodist Church Tuesday at 7 30 p m. George Matthews a noted negro tenor will perform, with a career spanning work with the Fish University Jubilee Singers and other groups. He aims to foster fellowship and understanding through his concerts.
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George Matthews
Washington Methodist Church
Matthews
North Carolina
Detroit Institute of Musical Art
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
Fish University Jublee Singers
Portant
Local Showers Tonight With Cooler Temperatures
The weather page notes local showers tonight and a drop in temperatures. Lows range around the upper 30s to low 40s, with mild south winds. Highs climb modestly but remain cool.
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Great Britain
Donald Ray Reeves
Highway 92
Reeves
West Chester Singers
Clerk’s Office
Harvey F. Jones
Cancer Fund
Hoegh
Washington Hospital
Keota Bay
Champ Duck
Washington Thespians
State University of Iowa
James G. Hervey
Judy Edmondson
Geri Nickerson
Larry Cochran
Annabelle Zeck
Judy
Chet Williams
Jimmy
Greenfield
Barbara
Williams
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