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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1952
Page
4
Ramblings and Remnants: Iowa's Agricultural Might Revealed
A column notes spring chores, garden mishaps, and erosion fixes as Iowa's agriculture profile is explored. A senator brings a state booklet highlighting Iowa’s dominance in hogs, corn, poultry, and soil, with statistics on roads, lakes, libraries, and farms.
Bodies Searched After Mobile Air Collision
Mobile Alabama reports a mid air collision between a C 124 transport and a C 47 near the city. Swamp searches and crash wreckage work continue for nine missing victims. Six bodies were found entombed in the C 124 wreckage near the railroad yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mobile
Ala
Mobile, Gulf & Ohio
Gambler Costello Guilty of Contempt
New York crime figure Frank Costello was found guilty of contempt of court amid ongoing investigations into the New York Miami crime axis. The ruling follows lengthy legal proceedings and signals pressure on Costello as authorities pursue organized crime networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gambler Costello
New York
Frank Costello
New York- Miami
Iowa Agriculture Booklet Highlights Farm Stats and a Wash. Prairie Church
A rural Iowa booklet summarizes 1950 agriculture data with nearly 4.7 million farm acres and 22.3 million harvest acres. It notes 200,407 farms averaging 173 acres, half owned and half rented, plus crop values totaling over 1.1 billion dollars and livestock values near 1.5 billion. An air view shows Washington Prairie Evangelical Lutheran Church near Decorah, built of gray stone with a 160 foot steeple, erected 1571. The piece closes with a rural poem celebrating Iowa and a note on obtaining copies from Clyde Spry, Secretary of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington Prairie Evangelical Lutheran Church
Decorah
Lowa
Department of Agriculture
Pia
Clyde Spry
Lows State Capitol
Des Moines
Birthday list honors local children on April 6
Five youngsters are celebrated in the April 6 list including Johny Justus Hutchison five, Nancy Ethel Barelay ten, Genevieve Redeker, G Vinee Beliel and Dan Guy Sunday with five candles. Also mentioned are Lily Guengerich, Richard Sojka, and Diana Reif from Pleasant Hill families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johny Justus Hutchison
Justus Hutchison
Nancy Ethel Barelay
Charles Barelay
Genevieve Redeker
Frank Redeker
G Vinee Beliel
Dan Guy
Lily Guengerich
Earl Guengerich
Richard Sojka
George Sojka
Pleasant Hill
Diana Reif
William Reif
Local Visit and Travel Highlights From Iowa and Mississippi
Mr and Mrs Leo Sueppel Eddie and Junior and Mrs Gene Ellis visited Maynard Ayers at University hospital in Iowa City Friday evening as he slowly improves from a major operation on March 26. Sgt Clement Griffith of West Chester is listed by United Press as among Iowa army personnel due to arrive aboard the USNS Gen John Pope in San Francisco docking today. Anna Elizabeth and Eth Dawson and Mrs Boyd Berdo returned home Tuesday after an extended automobile trip through several southern states spending two weeks at Bradenton Florida then Mobile New Orleans and Natchez and visiting Mrs John Carothers in Atlanta. They report a very fine trip and many flowers in bloom along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Sueppel
Eddie
Junior
Gene Ellis
Maynard Ayers
University Hospital
Iowa City
Ayers
Clement Griffith
West Chester
United Press
John Pope
San Francisco
Korea
Anna
Elizabeth
Eth Dawson
Boyd Berdo
Bradenton
Fla
Mobile
New Orleans
Natchez
Atlanta
John Carothers
West Chester Obituary Birthday Greetings Noted
Mrs R J Dawson and Ed Nelson celebrate birthdays in West Chester district along with Mrs H M Putnam Viola Moothart and Mrs Lee Craig in a Journal correspondent report from the Walnut district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
R. J. Dawson
Ed Nelson
Walnut District
H. M. Putnam
Viola Moothart
Lee Craig
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Byron
Arles
William Owen
Columbus Junction
Kate B Glover
Bruce Cowden
Carl Anderson
State Department of Agriculture
Washington County
United States
Lowe Packing Plants
Gvo
United States Senate
Costello
al Capone
Natty
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Crime Committee
Wre
Towa
Iowa Agricultural Department
Dairy
Brookley Air Force Base
Crawfordsville
Anp le
L. T. Fullerton & Son
Washington
The
Horticultural Society
J. A. Swisher
Happy
Rock Island Produce CO
Reisters
Washington Concrete Co
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Midway Sales Co
WED
Bob Smylie
F. D. Smylie
Joe Palooka
Mister Walsh
Ham Fisher
Malinsky
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffrey
Theo. B. Bailey
West Main
Morrison & Morrison — Attorneys
E. D. Morrison
E. D. Morrison Jr
Morrison Bldg
Livingston & Day— Attorneys
S. W. Livingston
Robert Day—Abstract Dept
West Main St
George F. Morrison
G. Gifford Morrison
J. C. Penney Co
Stewart & Shearer—Attorneys
R. A. Stewart
Paul Shearn
E. Wash
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
Optometrists
OR. R. Q. Eastland — Journal Building
Lemmon
John W. Lemmon
East Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
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