Two Injured in White Auto Leaves Road Crash
Two persons sustained minor injuries Friday afternoon in a truck car accident south of Keota on highway. Mr and Mrs PF Pierce of Rock Island were treated by T McGuire of Keota after their car left the highway and coasted onto the road shoulder. The county sheriff report said a county line road truck pulled onto the highway after stopping at an intersection. The driver did not see the Pierces due to parked cars on the north side. Pierce steered to the south side to avoid a collision. Striking loose gravel, the car pulled over. Damage to the body and front end was about 1100 dollars. Deputy Sheriff Lorenz Robertson investigated the crash.
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Keota
PF. Pierce
Rock Island
T. McGuire
Accide
Pierce
Lorenz Robertson
Free Bread Ends Cherokee Price War At Swanson’s
In Cherokee Iowa Swanson's Super Market ends a month long bread price war by giving free loaves to every adult entrant today. A second store offered free bread to regular customers as the stunt wrapped up. The dispute began when Swanson cut bread to 15 cents after learning of a rival selling at that price.
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Cherokee
Swanson
Iowa
BE. L. Swanson
Bill Beckwith
Hal C. Woolford 74 Dies Sudden in Conesville
Hal C. Woolford, 74, of Conesville died suddenly from a heart attack. Funeral at 2 PM Monday at Conesville Evangelical Reformed Church, Rev. Fred Weltig officiating, burial in Conesville cemetery. Born Oct 6 1875 at Port Allen IA, he was a farmer in Conesville area. Survived by brothers Ray and Clyde Woolford. Funeral arranged by Jones Funeral Home.
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Hal C. Woolford
Conesville
Ray
Clyde
Plan to Abandon Plane Search By Tomorrow Night in Baltic
The U S air force will end its search for a missing U S Navy privateer at sundown tomorrow after seven days of effort. The plane with 10 aboard disappeared in the Baltic after being fired on by Soviet fighters during a training flight between Wiesbaden and Copenhagen.
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Baltic
Copenhagen
U. S
John K. Cannon
Europe
Wiessden
Germany
Wiesbaden
Kustrup
Liepaja
Latvia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Des Moines Iowa Weather Forecast Summary
Des Moines forecast calls for sunny conditions this afternoon with a high near 50 to 60. Tonight cloudy and warmer in the west and fair and warmer in the east with lows about 34 to 40 west and 85 to 90 east. Sunday clouds with showers in the extreme west and partly cloudy and warmer in the east. Highs Sunday near 60. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Yesterday's high 50 and low 23.
Senate considers rivers and harbors bill
Washington reports the Senate weighs a rivers and harbors program valued at 1.5067 billion dollars for river, harbor and flood control projects. House leaders push to pass the measure after Easter recess, while Senator Dopp seeks to strike 250 million from the Missouri basin portion.
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Washington
LLP
Congress
House
Paul H. Dougp., Jr
Senate
Funeral report misnames Ledders in obituary item
A local funeral notice from yesterday misrendered the surname Ledders as Ledders ed in the obituary. The correction notes the deceased's proper name for funeral records and inquiries.
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Ledders
Ledders Ed
Aes
Des Moines Mayor Faces Traffic Court Fines
Mayor A B Chambers appeared in municipal court carrying two police tickets for minor offenses. He refused special favors, and Judge Howard Brooks ordered fines of one dollar on each ticket.
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Des Moines
A. B. Chambers
Howard Brooks
Second Union May Join in Threat to Strike Railroads
Washington reports a spokesman for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers says another union may join its threat to walk out over a demand for a third fireman on multiple unit diesels. Officials warn a nationwide strike could halt rail traffic and affect about 1.4 million workers.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Robertson
National Mediation Board
Lodders Rites Monday Funeral at Sherman's Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Lodders will be held at Sherman's funeral home at 2:00 p m Monday afternoon. Rev. Tom C Polk will officiate and burial will follow in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Ida Lodders
Sherman
Tom C. Polk
Elm Grove Cemetery
Firemen Seek Victims in Mitchell Hotel Blaze
Fire crews planned entry into the Widmann hotel ruins in Mitchell South Dakota to search for possible victims after a three story hotel and the Pick wick Bar were destroyed in yesterday's fire. The blaze began about 9 and the Widmann was leveled in 70 minutes. Officials unsured about guest totals and urged Widmann guests to contact the Red Cross or American Legion to confirm occupancy.
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Mitchell, S. D
Mitchell
The
Widmann
American Red Cross
American Legion
Leslie Dale Holland Dies in Philadelphia
Leslie Dale Holland age 46 died at his Philadelphia home after a two year illness. A private interment will be held at Elm Grove Cemetery with Dr. Fred Miller in charge and Jones Funeral Home arranging. He was born March 8 1904 in Morning Sun Iowa and was married to Helen Beal on April 18 1926. He leaves a wife two daughters his mother two sisters and three brothers.
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Leslie Dale Holland
Philadelphia
Elm Grove Cemetery
Fred Miller
Jones Funeral Home
Marc &, 1904
Morning Sun
Iowa
William
Josephine Casten Holland
Washington High School
Coee College
Cedar Rapids
Helen Beal
Washington
EK. F. Houghton Company
Jeff Radley
Janet
Josephine Holland
Harold Putnam
al Kochneff
Muscatine
Tom
Cleveland
Ohio
Lee
Atlanta
Georgia
Wick Dancing School Plans May Recital
Wick Dancing School announces a May recital titled Follies of Fifty featuring over 100 children in tap ballet and acrobatic numbers plus some professional acts. Rehearsal underway, time and venue to be announced. Mrs J Wieck conducts classes at City Hall Washington.
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Wick School of Dancing
J. Wieck
Washington
Truman vetoes Kerr natural gas bill in national interest claim
President Truman rejected the Kerr bill aimed at exempting independent natural gas producers from federal rate regulation. He argued the measure would harm interstate commerce and be against national interests, defying House Leader Sam Rayburn amid pressure from both sides.
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Truman
Washington
Kerr
House
Spanker
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Federal Power Commission
Robert S. Kerr
Okla
Shannon Gets Post With Press Group
Paul C. Smith, publisher of the Rock Rapids Reporter, elected president of the Iowa Press Association at its 35th annual convention in Des Moines. Ralph Shannon of the Washington Evening Journal chosen treasurer and serving on the board. Other officers include Carl Sexauer, S. E. Tennant, Don Reid. Delegates re-elected D. E. Dewes and John Burrows. new directors J. C. Moore and Willard Archie.
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Des Moines
Paul C. Smith
Rock Rapids
Iowa Press Association
Smith
Lester G. Benz
Osage Press-News
Ralph Shannon
Washington Evening Journal
Carl Sexauer
Ogden Reporter
S. E. Tennant
Colfax Tribune
Don Reid
D. E. Dewes
The
Algona Advance
John Burrows
Belle Plaine Union
J. C. Moore
Winterset Madisonian
Willard Archie
Shenandoah Evening Sentinel
Flying Saucer Report Sparks Jet Trail Theories
Washington and nearby communities reported a sighting linked to the group I ve Seen a Flying Saucer. Journal office records note telephone reports around 11:00 AM describing a white sky trail seen through a telescope as one line that split into two. Officials attributed the vapor trail to jet aircraft during wartime experience.
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Washington
Dresden
Journal
Washington man fined for vehicle control violation in mayor's court
Varl L Malloy of Washington was fined 15 dollars in Mayor Ernest Salladay's court for failure to maintain control of his motor vehicle.
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Varl L
Malloy
Washington
Ernest Salladay
Barkley cautions against sowing rumors at 150th anniversary
Vice President Alben Barkley spoke from the Capitol steps warning against rumors and suspicion within America as part of the city’s 150th anniversary observance. He contrasted internal threats to freedom with external communist pressure and urged defense of civil liberties. Senator Homer Ferguson urged senators to seek Louis Budenz list of 400 concealed communists for a forthcoming hearing.
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Washington
Alben W. Barkley
America
Barkley
U. S
United States
Sen
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Senate
Louis F. Budeng
Maude T. Reister Dies In Michigan At 69
Des Moines resident Maude Thompson Reister died Saturday in Grand Rapids after a months long illness. She was 69, born May 3, 1880 in Washington to William and Susanna Thompson. Funeral services are tentatively set for Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with burial in El Grove Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters Ogal Dodgson and Dwain Boyd, a daughter-in-law William Reister, and four grandchildren.
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Maude Thompson Reister
Jones Fueral
el Grove Cemetery
Des Moines
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Washington
William
Susanna Essley Thompson
George R. Reister Noy
Ogal Dodgson
Mich
Dwain Boyd
Seattle
Wash
William Reister
Junior High Minstrel Show Presented Monday
The junior high minstrel show will be presented Monday afternoon at 3 30 o clock. The public is invited to attend this performance.
Institute attendance by Iowa Welfare participants
Mrs Payne Marshall Doris Carlson and Millard De Lash mutt attended the Iowa Welfare Institute in Iowa City last Thursday and Friday Edna McCarty attended the institute Thursday during the event with local attendees listed.
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Evening Journal
Leland Olson
Carl Brahce
Donald Key
Bill Cheng
Mark Kruse
Paul Brink
Hal. C. Woolford
Ft. Madison
Lincoln
Columbus Junction
Wapello
Williamsburg
Wayland
Donnellson
Wellman
Keosauqua
Mediapolis
Farmington
Kalona
Olds
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Danville
Pulaski
Centerville
Edwin Sachs
Ivar Berghult
Ray Flanagan
Dorothea Blyler
Harold B. Holst
Forrest Waninger
Lodders Funeral
Bers
Wick Dancing School
Frank Pace, JR
Army
Priscilla
Pauline
Pace
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
International
Rayburn
Elizabeth Spear
Shannon
Budenz
Daily Worker
Midland
Ferguson
Senate Foreign Relations
Maude T. Reister
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