MacArthur Directs Secret War Games in Far East
General Douglas MacArthur has spent three evenings overseeing top secret war games in the Far East. He reportedly visits a guarded communications center in Japan behind the radio Tokyo building, with extra guards in place, while aides describe the exercises as war games.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
MacArthur
Army
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Japanese Navy
U. S. Army
Col
Lawrence Bunker
Announce Staff for 1950-51 Hi-Life Yearbook
The Washington high school Hi-Life staff for 1950-51 was elected. Co editors Marilyn Falk and Clydene Nicola lead the group with Marilyn Cook as senior editor and Audrey Steele activity editor. Others include Mildred Stewart personnel editor Jane Whitehead classification editor and Florence Whitlow art editor.
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Washington High School
Marilyn Falk
Clydene Nicola
Marsha Bailey
John Winga
Marilyn Fenn
Paul Dusenberry
Paul Grossheim
Jane Whitehead
Mildred Stewart
Marilyn Cook
Audrey Steele
Florence Whitlow
Martin Mullin
DeLores Krotz
Janet Grecian
Pat Nicola
Kleins Install New Neon Sign Today
The Klein company installed a large neon sign today, purchased from Storm Sign of Oskaloosa. It marks the first electric sign used by the store.
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Kleins
Klein Company
Storm Sign Company
Oskaloosa
Thai King to marry Princess in April civil ceremony
Bangkok reports King Phumiphon Adundet will wed Princess Sirikit Kittayakorn in a civil ceremony on April 28 according to the royal household bureau. The announcement confirms the pair’s nuptial plans and official timing.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phumiphon Adundet
Sirikit Kittayakorn
Royal Household Bureau
Bridges to Fight Verdict of Guilty
CIO longshore chief Harry Bridges faces a legal fight to set aside a verdict that he lied about his communist party membership at his naturalization hearing. He vows to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying the concealment is on the other side. The jury found him guilty of falsely denying Communist ties and of conspiring to obtain citizenship by fraud along with two aides.
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San Francisco
CIO
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Bridges
U. S. Supreme Court
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
Schmidt
Robertson
YMCA swimmers to receive awards at Thursday program
Parents and friends of Washington YMCA swimming team members are invited to a 7:30 p.m. program at the Y. Don Wilson will present ribbons and awards to this year’s swimmers. The event excludes pool activities, but district meet awards and team captains will be announced.
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Washington Ymca
Don Wilson
YMCA
FTC orders Cease to Camel and Old Gold Cigarettes Ad Claims
The Federal Trade Commission told R. J. Reynolds and P Lorillard to stop advertising claims that Camel and Old Gold cigarettes have less irritating qualities or lower nicotine. The agency found nicotine levels in smoke reflect tobacco content and that leading brands show similar nicotine content. A separate recommendation targeted American Tobacco and Phillip Morris complaints remains under review.
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Washington
The
Federal Trade Commission Today
FTC
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Jersey City
N. J
P. Lorilland Co
N. Jd
PTC
Reynolds and Lorillard
Journal want ads urge readers to sell old items
An advertiser promotes the Journal want ads as a cheap way to move old stuff from a store room. Call six or five four to place small ads and clear out items.
Hampton Rejoins Sherman's Funeral Home Staff
Warren Hampton of Washington re joins the staff of Sherman's funeral home after completing a course at the Kansas City College of Mortuary Science. He had previously worked for Sherman's before attending the school.
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Warren Hampton
Washington
Sherman's
Mr. Hampton
Kansas City College of Mortuary Science
Bruce divorce petition cites cruel and inhuman treatment
Lillian M. Bruce files for divorce from Ralph Bruce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment as the ground for dissolution of marriage.
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Lillian M. Bruce
Ralph Bruce
Marriage License Issued for Crull and Dill
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Charles W. Crull and Pauline B. Dill, both of Washington.
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Charles W. Crull
Pauline B. Dill
Washington
Potatoes Rot Under Surplus Plan as Government Sells and Dumps
About 4 million bushels of surplus potatoes have been dumped to rot under the price-support program for the 1949 crop. Officials estimate total disposal at 45 million bushels so far, with Maine bearing most dumps and costs averaging about $1 per bushel for rotting stock.
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Washington
Minnesota
Wyoming
Maine
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Recreational Council Meeting Cancelled by Wayne Council Head
Wayne Chamberlin chairman of the Washington Recreational Council announces there will be no meeting Thursday evening. Members will be telephoned with the time of the next meeting.
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Wayne Chamberlin
Washington Recreational Council
Funeral services for Mrs FR A Harland held at Jones
Funeral services for Mrs FR A Harland were held at 2 PM Tuesday at the Jones funeral home. Rev W J Stevens led the service. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery with six grandsons serving as pallbearers.
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FR. A. Harland
Jones Funeral Home
W. J. Stevens
Elm Grove
Weather outlook for Des Moines and Iowa regions
Partly cloudy and cool with highs from 35 to 88 in the north and 42 in the south. Northwesterly winds near 20 mph this afternoon. Tonight will be fair but colder with lows from 5 to 20 northwest and 20 to 25 south east. Thursday looks fair with rising temperatures and light variable winds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Farm Youth Exchange to Send 41 U S Teens to Europe
The Agriculture Department named 41 U S farm youths from 25 states to participate in the international farm youth exchange project this summer. 24 men and 14 women aged 18 to 25, all current or former 4 H club members, will travel in June and return by November with expenses paid by 4 H groups and state farm organizations.
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Washington
Europe
Agriculture Department
International Farm
Schooner Edith Boudreau Damaged In Sea Collision
In heavy fog a unidentified vessel struck the 91 foot fishing schooner Edith Boudreau 15 miles at sea southeast of Ambrose Lightship. Nine crew aboard kept the ship afloat with a canvas patch and headed to New York harbor under coast guard escort. None of the crew were injured.
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New York
Édith Boudreau
Edith Boudreau
Rebiero
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Boudreau
Fire Island
Ambrose
Sheila Hotle Remains Unconscious After Car Crash
Sheila Hotle daughter of Jack Hotle of West Chester remains unconscious after being struck by a car on highway 92 near West Chester last Sunday. Reportedly she has shown some progress toward regaining consciousness today.
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Sheila Hotle
Jack Hotle
West Chester
Sheila
Bednasek Found Not Guilty in Iowa City Death
Robert Bednasek 24, a University of Town psychology senior, is acquitted of strangling Margaret Gee Jackson after jurors accept his claim that her death was an accident aided by his reported truth drug. Courtroom erupts in cheers as he leaves for jail, then to his attorney and mother.
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Iowa City
Robert Bednasek
Bednasek
University of Town Psychology
Margaret Gee Gee
Jackson
Harold McGee
Emil
Cedar Rapids
Albert Murphy
Murphy
Plan Special Easter Sunrise Music At YMCA Service
The second annual Easter Sunrise service in the YMCA gym at 7 o clock will feature elementary chorus directed by Mrs. Wendell Rider, organ music, a high school girls trio, and vocal solos. Dr J S Pennepacker of Iowa Wesleyan College will speak. Washington Y s Men's club sponsors. Donald Palmer Benblossom is general chairman.
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Wendell Rider
YMCA
J. S. Pennepacker
Iowa Wesleyan College
Washington Y's Men's Club
Donald Palmer Benblossom
NAM Opposes Truman Plan to Restructure NLRB
The National Association of Manufacturers called President Truman’s plan to reorganize the National Labor Relations Board questionable in legality. NAM counsel Lambert H. Miller warned it could undermine rights created by Congress and strain operations under Taft Hartley. He testified before the Senate Executive Expenditures Committee as it weighs a rejection resolution. If enacted without House action, the plan would take effect next month, abolishing NLRB general counsel Robert N. Denham and transferring prosecutions to the board.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Lambert H. Miller
NAM
Miller
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
House
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Board
Grand jury to receive fire evidence at Mercy hospital
Davenport reports a grand jury convening to review evidence from the Mercy hospital mental ward fire that killed 41 women. The coroner’s jury had named Elnora Epperly of Rock Island as the patient who started the blaze and found her insane. she is committed to an Illinois mental hospital.
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Davenport
Mercy Hospital
Si Vrand
Elnora Epperly
Rock Island
Illinois Mental Hospital
Adelphi College Paper Suspended Over April Fools Issue
Publication of the Guidon at Adelphi College was suspended after resident Dawson Eddy objected to an April Fool's Day issue bearing the headline Mating Season Open which he deemed to contain too much sex.
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Carden City
Guidon
Adelphi College
Dawson Eddy
U S Urges Germany Full Partner in Stop Russia Drive
In London McCloy urges western Europe to fuse with western Germany as a swift step toward a united front against Soviet expansion. He warns tomorrow may be too late as Truman Acheson and allied leaders press for rapid German incorporation to thwart Moscow.
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London
United States
Europe
Germany
Russia
John J. McCloy
U.S
Pilgrims Society
McCloy
European Union
Washington
Truman
Dean Acheson
Britain
Winston Churchill
France
Charles de Gaulle
Hold Two Youths on Stolen Car Charge
Des Moines county authorities hold two Des Moines youths after a stolen car they drove crashed near Wapello. Ronald Polson 19 and Mervin Williams 17 were identified by Sheriff Robert Lewis. Williams was hospitalized with injuries not yet determined. Polson remained in Des Moines county jail. The car owned by Stewart A. Steelman of West Des Moines had been reported stolen shortly after midnight.
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Burlington
Des Moines
Wapello
Louisa County
Robert Lewis
Ronald Polson
Mervin Williams
Lewis
Highway 61
Polson
Williams
Stewart A. Steelman
West Des Moines
Marble Tournament Planned at YMCA Friday Morning
Spring arrives as the YMCA hosts the first marble tournament of the season at 10 o'clock Friday if the weather cooperates. After the event, junior high and younger boys are invited to bring sacks for a hike and return by 4 PM.
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YMCA
Krabill Addresses Y's Men on School Reorganization
Lester B. Krabill, superintendent of Washington county rural schools, spoke to the Washington Y's Men's club about the town school reorganiza tion program and challenges in making it work. A planning session with district leaders precedes the May 13–14 events in Washington for the Y's Men silver anniversary program featuring Judge Paul William Alexander of Toledo Ohio.
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Lester B. Krabill
Washington County
Washington Y's Men's Club
YMCA
Krabill
Washington
Jim Rose
Davenport
Maurice Macauley
Ottumwa
Paul William Alexander
Toledo
Ohio
The
International Association of Y's Men's Clubs
McCarthy Defies Deadline on Information for Communist Charge
Sen Joseph McCarthy ignored a noon deadline to turn over information to a Senate subcommittee supporting his charge that the State Department is filled with communists. He offered to appear with anonymous witnesses next week if the panel sets a firm date. Donald Nicholson, security chief, said any card-carrying Communists would be fired at once if found.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Senate
State Department
Wisconsin
Owen Lattimore
Communist Party
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Millard E. Tydings
D. Md
Tydings
Cartle
Department
Donald L. Nicholson
Division of Security
China Appeals for Move Against Reds
China plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to act against the Soviet Union over alleged Soviet involvement in the Chinese civil war. Foreign Minister George Yeh said Moscow supplied lend lease warplanes, pilots, and technicians to Chinese communists and hinted at Russian submarines in the Yellow Sea and Pacific. He urged UN naval and air observers to investigate aggressive Russian actions against Nationalist China.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
United Nations Security Council
Russia
George Yeh
Yeh
Moscow
Yellow Sea
Pacific
United Nations
New Location For PLG Water Service
The P. L. G. Water Service announces a new location at 213 South Marion. Operated by Wade Pence Dave Livingston and Elwyn Gardner. Further details appear on page 6 of today's Evening Journal.
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P. L. & G. Water Service
South
Marion
Wade Pence
Dave Livingston
Elwyn Gardner
Evening Journal
Health conference for parents at local health unit
A child health conference is scheduled Friday afternoon at the local health unit office. Parents who want to make appointments should call 488.
Lion Tamer Killed by Lion at Ringland Circus
In Evesham England a lion tamer Capt. Maraya Swarmi was killed when a lion leaped on him during a performance at Ringland's Anglo American circus. Assistants tried to intervene but were unable to save him.
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Evesham
England
Ringland
Maraya Swarmi
FBI joins hunt for Detroit exporter in power boat case
The FBI pursues Theodore Donay a 51 year old Detroit exporter convicted on treason charges during the war. He is suspected to be the man who rented the power boat found abandoned off Santa Catalina Island California. Receipts show commercial dealings with Russig totaling 225000 dollars. A foreign submarine was sighted 200 miles north hours after the boat was found.
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Theodore Donay
Detroit
Santa Catalina Island
Cal
Russig
International
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