Defense orders quota system for volunteers and draftees
The Defense Department will implement a four tier mental-aptitude quota on May 1 to distribute volunteers and draftees across the Army Navy Air Force and Marines. Each branch may draw eight percent from the highest group and 32 percent from the second, with 21 percent from the fourth group and the remainder from group three.
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Washington
Defense Department
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Defense
George Marshall
City Council Discusses New Plans at Meeting
Washington's new city council men met at city hall Monday to review pending projects with department heads. They approved bonds for the mayor and city solicitor, hired Clint Hensel to audit city books, and saw Wayne Marston resign from the zoning commission with Harry Levy named as successor. The Moose Lodge cigarette license application was also approved.
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Washington
Clint Hensel
Wayne Marston
Harry Levy
Fairfield To Get New Methodist Church Soon
Fairfield residents will see a new Free Methodist church built on a site bought from the estate of Lucy Werner. Pastor G. J. Dingman said a 75,000 building will rise on the property after a court injunction blocked earlier plans. The widow’s estate previously provided a site after an injunction over neighbor concerns. Auction sale of the Werner estate’s many bargain items was held recently.
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Fairfield
Lucy Werner
G. J. Dingman
Vfree Methodist Church
Rh. H. Munro
Mrs Roth Visited Ainsworth Friend Overnight
Mrs John Roth of Ainsworth spent the night as a guest of Mrs Martha Nichola and returned home by bus this morning.
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John Roth
Ainsworth
Martha Nichola
More Donors Sought for Red Cross Blood Bank in Des Moines
The Red Cross announces a blood center will be set up in Des Moines to support defense needs. The Washington county chapter has fielded inquiries and will notify locals once participation details are firm. Officials emphasize a growing need for donors due to the international situation, noting five pints for an average amputation and up to 23 pints for certain surgeries.
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Red Cross
Des Moines
Washington County
Funeral services for Carl Hering Held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for Carl Hering were conducted at 4 PM Monday at Jones Funeral Home with Dr. C. R. Reed and Rev. Walter Smith presiding. Pallbearers named Clyde Rouse Mel Donaldson Neil Trotman Clarence Hering John Caldwell Harold Crossett. Milo Sorden duo provided singing. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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Carl Hering
Jones Tuneral
C. R. Reed
Walter Smith
Clyde Rouse
Mel Donaldson
Neil Trotman
Clarence Hering
John Caldwell
Harold Crossett
Milo Sorden
Elm Grove Cemetery
Krabill Reelected to Superintendent Post
Lester Bo Krabill was reelected county superintendent of schools for a three year term at a county board of education meeting. Carl Oldfield was elected board president, replacing E. L. Stewart who resigned. Stewart’s six year term will be filled by a new member in March 1953. Krabill may attend Ames meetings in April to discuss changes to the school reorgan ization act now giving the county board authority over district reorganization.
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Roger Waggoner
Washington
Wayne Barnes
Gene Jugenheimer
Jett
Gene Williams
Boys State
American Legion
Leon Beatty Post
Iowa
Lester Bo Krabill
County Board of Education
Krabill
Carl Oldfield
Oldfield
E. L. Stewart
Stewart
Ames
Department of Public Instruction
Kiwanis Benefit Dance Tickets Available At County Club
Tickets remain for a Kiwanis Benefit dance at the county country club this Wednesday night. Proceeds support the junior fair building fund. Separately, Mr and Mrs Fred Kephart and family visited Des Moines where floods left their relatives ill and their home destroyed. Mrs Anna Reller returned to Pittsburgh after months in Benne recuperating from an accident.
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County Country Club
Fred Kephart
Des Moines
Kephart
Anna Reller
Pittsburgh
L. S. Reller
C Benne
Walter Zelinsky Dies Here Today in Illinois
Walter A. Zelinsky 45, Washington hardware merchant, of 509 South Fourth avenue, died at 2 80 this morning after a month long illness. Former Butler Brothers representative, he owned Rukgaber Hardware since 1948. Funeral services will be in Chicago. viewing at Jones funeral home ends tonight. Survived by wife Erma and daughter Carol, plus sister Mrs Leo Barido of Berwyn.
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Walter A. Zelinsky
Washington
South Fourth Avenue
Mr. Zelinsky
Butler Brothers
Rukgaber Hardware Store
Chicago
Jones Funeral
Ill
Frank Zelinsky
Berwyn
Hinsdale
Cicero, Ill
Erma Vondracek
Presbyterian Church
Carol
Leo Barido
Berwyn, Ill
Cedar River Flood Threat Bakes Waterloo Area
Cedar Rapids braces for an 18 foot crest mirroring 1947 levels as sandbag crews work along levees and 500 Quaker Oats plant workers face shutdown. In Waterloo the Cedar rises to 21 feet, forcing 8000 families from homes while Des Moines and Little Sioux nearby see rising and falling levels ahead of a cooler, cloudy day.
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United Press
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Waterloo
Des Moines
Boone
Ottumwa
Second Avenue
Raccoon River
Tracy
North Western Railroad
Turin
Towa
Giant coal barge blocks Mississippi dam threat rises
A huge coal barge broke loose from Minneapolis docks and sat atop a 50 foot dam on the Mississippi. Army engineers planned to tow in the dredge William A. Thompson from Fountain City Wisconsin to anchor and pull the barge loose, a process slated to take at least three days amid dangerous floodwaters.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Municipal Dock
St. Paul
Fountain City
Wis
L. G. Yoder
William A. Thompson
Wisconsin City
Ainsworth Voters Approve New School Bond Issue
Ainsworth consolidated school district voters Monday approved by a vote of 4 to 21 a $20,000 bond issue to finance the completion of the new high school gymnasium under construction. Voters earlier approved $65,000 for this purpose, but rising costs made it insufficient. A total of 105 votes were cast.
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Ainsworth
Ainsworth Consolidated School District
Chinese Reds Fight Furiously To Stop UN Advance to Hwachon
Chinese Communist troops fought to hinder an Allied push toward the Hwachon reservoir as U S and French forces moved near the dam. Reds opened several flood gates by hand and aimed to unleash floods while engineers monitored rising water levels along the Pukhan and Chunchon valleys.
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Tokyo
Korea
Hwachon Reservoir
U. S
Key Dam
Pukhan
Pukhang
Chunchon
Chongryong
Seoul
Haeju
Kumchon
Chorwon
38Th Parallel
Chorwon-Kumhwa-Hwachon
Jgachon
Thailand
Yanggu
Pyongyang
Final rites for Henry F Adolphi held at Jones funeral home
Final rites were conducted Monday afternoon for Henry F Adolphi at the Jones funeral home with Dr R Reed presiding. Masonic rites at the graveside were led by Glenn Mace. Pallbearers included S W Kaster Charles Kennedy Georg Rudiger Leo Nardy George Birny and Jay Brewer all Legionnaires. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Henry F. Adolphi
Jones Funeral Home
R. Reed
Glenn Mace
S. W Kaster
Charles Kennedy
Georg Rudiger
Leo Nardy
George Birny
Jay Brewer
Legionnaires
Elm Grove Cemetery
Camp Fire Board Sets Thursday Meeting at Hall
Camp Fire board will meet Thursday evening at the Camp Fire hall. Mrs. Irene Nickerson, president, announced plans for the girls annual doughnut sale later this month.
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Camp Fire Board
Camp Fire
Irene Nickerson
Henderson Rites Set for Henry J Henderson in Keota
Henry T. Henderson 95 of Keota died Monday night after six weeks of failing health. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Keota Methodist Church with Rev. Hugh Williams presiding. Burial followed in Wheat Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home in charge. Born October 8, 1855 in Columbus Ohio he moved to Seventy Six Township at 16. He married Mary Ann Knott March 31 1882 in Washington and farmed before retirement to Keota. Survived by four daughters Mrs. Mary Huber Wellman Mrs. Carl Mayer Brighton Mrs. Arthur Romine Keota and Cora Henderson Keota and three sons Stanley Sam Keota and Bury Wellman. two sons and a daughter preceded him in death.
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Methodist
Keota
Hugh Williams
Wheata
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. Henderson
Columbus
Ohio
William and
Priscill Bell Henderson
Canmie
Washington
Mary Ann Knott
Henderson
Mary Huber
Wellman
Carl Mayer
Brighton
Arthur Romine
Cora Henderson
Stanley
Sam
Bury
B and B Clothing Store Marks 13th Anniversary
The B and B Clothing store observes its thirteenth anniversary on April 10. It began in 1938 at the current location started by Phil Antonoff. The Dougherty Bros. predecessors occupied the site, with O M Cuddy later joining the B and B for its fifteen years. Don Shepherd joined in 1946 after service, and Don Dun can also works there.
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Phil Antonoff
Dougherty Bros
B& B
O. M. Cuddy
Don Shepherd
Armed Services
Don Duncan
Wesleyan Student to Speak at PTA Meeting
Okegbue Okezie, a foreign student from Nigeria attending Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, will address Lincoln PTA at 3 PM Wednesday in Lincoln Assembly Hall. His talk is titled The Challenge of World Understanding and the public is invited.
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Okegbue Okezie
Lincoln Parent Teacher Association
Lincoln Assembly Hall
Okevie
Okezie
Nigeria
Africa
Flowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Witness Testimony Began In Minnesota Damage Suit
Courthouse proceedings opened today in Minnesota for possible use in an damage suit. Sherm Sorrell sues over injuries from a rail accident here, with testimony from witnesses entering the record.
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Minnesota
Sherm Sorrell
Crawfordsville Shoppers Visit Washington Yesterday
Mr and Mrs Hal Huston Mrs Maude Lease Mable Mun son and Mrs Lyle Maxwell all of Crawfordsville were shoppers in Washington yesterday.
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Hal Huston
Maude Lease
Mable Munson
Lyle Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Washington
Time ripe for negotiations with China Reds
British critics urge a negotiated peace in Korea calling it the psychological moment. They note UN contact with Peiping is blocked and Chinese forces show limited combat capability. Hong Kong reports suggest actual loyal Red troops number about 1.5 million despite claimed 4–5 million in rolls.
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China
Harry Ferguson
Red China
United Nations
Peiping
Douglas MacArthur
North Korea
Korea
U. S
United Press
Hong Kong
Red Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
Red
Family and friends attend Carl E. Hering funeral
Don Beatty and daughter Mary Ella of Iowa City, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kessel of Fairfield and Joe Walker of Des Moines were here yesterday to attend the funeral of Carl E. Hering.
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Don Beatty
Mary Ella
Iowa City
Oscar Kessel
Fairfield
Joe Walker
Des Moines
Carl E. Hering
Des Moines Weather Forecast: Cloudy, Windy, Cooler Outlook
DES MOINES UP reports a low this afternoon with mostly cloudy and windy conditions. Highs near 50, then 40s Wednesday with brief showers and snow flurries in the north and east. Tonight lows around 0 to 35, winds NW 10-20 mph easing to 2 mph by Wednesday.
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Des Moines
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