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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1950

Page

8

Easter visits and travels shorten distances in local towns

Mr and Mrs Jerry Voorhis and Jerry Jr of Winnetka Ill visited Easter with Mrs Voorhis parents Mr and Mrs S W Livingston and relatives before returning home Sunday Also Mrs Boyd Berdo returned from Florida and visited Ocala with Vera Rogers Bailey Mrs Marion Olds and son Joe left Lancaster Missouri after Easter with relatives in Davenport Florence Baird left for Rock Island to resume teaching duties after Easter vacation with her mother Gy F Baird

Jerry Voorhis Jerry Jr Winnetka, Ill Boyd Berdo Florida O’cala Vera Rogers Bailey Marion Olds Joe Lancaster Missouri Davenport Florence Baird Rock Island Gy. F. Baird Joanne Reed Walter Reed Mary Crest College Foster Bickel Stanley Horr Jacob Wenger Wilbur Schantz Crawfordsville Dave Elder Colorado Springs Colo John Rittler Washington Mackie Nursing Home

Bus passenger Virginia Wallace on Des Moines trip

Virginia Wallace, a nurse at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, was a bus passenger last evening. She had an over Easter visit with Mrs. Jerry Simmering and was en route from an unspecified city to Des Moines.

Virginia Wallace Des Moines Jerry Miss Wallace Veteran's Hospital Washington Bessie L. Love Amarillo Texas Big Springs Miss Love Veterans Hospital

Easter visits and homecomings noted in Washington area

Local residents and relatives carried out Easter travel and weekend visits across Davenport Washington and nearby areas. Families including Good Goodwin Reed Morgan Kolosick Bickel Kindred Miller Love Lynes Peiffer Scenbice Eye stone George Worrell Elder plus many others are mentioned in brief homecomings and hospital moves.

Elders Assist McCleerys on Far East Trip Return

In Manitou Springs Colorado and Denver Elders met Don Gormley of the Evening Journal news department last year and accompanied Mr and Mrs Richard H McCleery back home from their Far East trip.

Manitou Springs Colo Denver Don Gormley The Evening Journal Richard H. MccCleery Far East

Seniors Stage Dead of Night Play at Crawfordsville

The senior class plans a Friday April 21 performance of Dead of Night with cast members Marilyn Miller Fern Woodyard Shirley Brown Ruth Davis Drucilla Graber Nancy Anderson George Fulton Norman Waters Dean Schaeffer Raymond Reschley Richard Stephens and Junior Graber. Other notes include visits from Janet Fletcher to Moline and family travel of the Spangler clan plus updates on local health and residents recovering in Mercy hospital Iowa City and Mt. Pleasant.

J. A. Raymond Crawfordsville Marilyn Miller Fern Woodyard Shirley Brown Ruth Davis Drucilla Graber Nancy Anderson George Fulton Norman Waters Dean Schaeffer Raymond Reschley Richard Stephens Junior Graber Janet Fletcher Moline Lyle Allen Spangler Wenatchee Washington Fred Spangler Chester Spangler Allen Fred Harold Spangler Iowa City A. F. Finke Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant

Patrol Planes Hunt For Mystery Sub

Patrol planes searched off the California coast after an unidentified submarine was sighted 32 miles west of the Farallon Islands by a military air transport pilot. Vice Adm. Murray called the report the most logical sighting yet and ordered inquiry of the crew and unit.

San Francisco Farallon Islands George D. Murray Western Sea Frontier California Herman Rumsey Hawaii Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base

Marion Timmins to guest of Herb Plambeck in Des Moines

Ten years ago today Marion Timmins a noted 4-H member headed to Des Moines as the guest of Herb Plambeck and Radio Station WHO. Timmins renowned as a state 4-H historian will visit for a program and public appearances honoring his work with the youth organization.

Marion Timmins Des Moines Herb Plambeck WHO

Police to Question Families of Victims in KC Slayings

Police planned to question the victims families as they investigate the murders of Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta in Kansas City. Funerals and requiems were held at Holy Rosary and St Agnes churches with bodies interred at Mt. St. Marys cemetery following separate services.

Kansas City Charles Binaggio Charles Gargotta Mt. St. Mary's Binaggio Northside Gargiota Truman Road

Louisa County Board Elects Officials and Band Plans

Louisa County school board officers are W. P. McNeil president Edith Orr vice president Wayne Allen Morning Sun secretary and treasurer A planning committee includes J. O Mecklenburg A R Morledge H E Ross and P C Pickett The Columbus Junction band will meet Mondays at the Community building Warren L May directs the group Mrs Beatrice Shahan and son Evan visit Florence Klotz Ruth Stacy spends spring vacation with Adolph Boysen family Mrs Orlo Crooks is hospitalized in Kansas City Missouri.

Columbus Junction Louisa County School Board W. P. McNeil Wapello Edith Orr Wayne Allen Morning Sun J. O Mecklenburg A. R. Morledge Grandview H. E Ross P. C. Pickett Warren L. May Beatrice Shahan Chicago Evan Valparaiso Ind

Grass Seeding Depth Guidelines by Soil Type

The guidelines advise sowing grass seed about 1 inch deep in loam and clay soils and 34 to 1 inch deep in sandy soils, with a firm seedbed to promote good germination and establishment.

County Residents Are Visitors in Illinois

Pleasant Hill April 9 Mrs. Howard Caldwell and family visit Swancreek Illinois to see Hazel Alliman. Weekend guests include Mr. and Mrs. Wittrig at Raymond Wittrig home. Sunday dinners feature the Lacy Lines and Ganon families. The sick list mentions G V Beloil and Dennis Teel. Ruth Curtis birthday honored at Charles Curtis home. Naomi Kephart visits Earnest family.

Frereite Curtis Pleasant Hill Howard Caldwell Howard Benn John Eugene Chalupa Larry Swancreek, Ill Mr. Caldwell Benn Hazel Alliman Howard Wittrig Raymond Wittrig Andy Farrier Katherine Ezzlyn Farrier Lacy Lines John Ganon Frank Henderson Ainsworth Ed Chalupa Eli Jackson Regina Hayes Marlene Benn G. V. Beloil Dennis Teel Everette Curtis Richard Charles Curtis Naomi Kephart Jacob Earnest

Gamblers Bet On Brinks Robbery Solved by Immunity Promise

Boston report says gamblers offered 2 to 1 odds that the $1,500,000 Brink's Inc. holdup would be solved after Attorney General Francis KE Kelly promised complete immunity to any accessory who aided in the investigation.

Boston Brink’s, Inc Francis KE. Kelly

Three Month Old Case Sees Accessory Term Spark Speculation

Massachusetts official's nationwide broadcast last night used the term accessory fueling speculation that Kelly was approached by someone tied to the case seeking legal protection before revealing details of the January 17 crime. Odds on the nation’s largest cash robbery at armored car firm HQ rose amid the rumors.

Massachusetts Kelly North End

Wind tunnel speeds controlled by flexing steel side plates

Readable excerpt notes that wind speeds in a leading supersonic wind tunnel are regulated by bending stainless steel plates on the sides. This mechanical method adjusts pressure and flow for testing.

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