U S Protests Western Union Plan to Close Washington Office
Washington business leaders urge residents to protest Western Union’s plan to close its Washington office. Petitions are in shops and a personal letter to the FCC is encouraged by April 21. The change would shift service to a Osineup drug store, a move not favored by local business interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Washington 25
D. C
Western Union Telegraph Service
Osineup
Very Lucky Boy Injured in Kalona Street Run
Stanley Plank four and a half years old and his brother James played in their Kalona yard when Stanley darted into the street as a car driven by Robert J. Beranek from the east approached. Beranek stopped quickly but Stanley was bruised. Doctors said no bones were broken and he was treated for cuts and bruises and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Plank
Kalona
Washington County
Stanley
James
Robert J. Beranek
Mr. Beranek
Potter to Speak at Sales School Session One
Dr. M. D. Potter dispensable education professor at Iowa State Teachers College will speak at the second session of the Chamber of Commerce sales and merchandising school in the high school auditorium Monday evening April 19 at 7 30. His 12 years in major New York retail firms as department head buyer and merchandising manager plus 12 years teaching provide the backbone for his talk. A Harvard graduate who studied at NYU and Columbia he has written several books and is known as a dynamic speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Potter
Iowa State Teachers College
Chamber of Commerce
Harvard University
New York University
Columbia
Potter
State University of Iowa
Julliard School of Music
New York City
University of Iowa
Barnes
Parsons
Merrie Heetland Edmond
LeRoy — Bauer
Nmusic
Edmond
University of Michigan
Michigan Grand Opera Company
Bauer
QO. E. Bauer
Milwaukee State Teachers College
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Northwestern University
Four Hundred Expected to Attend Junior College Conference Friday
Four hundred high school students from across the region are expected to attend the seventh annual vocational guidance conference at Washington junior college on Friday April 23. Educators and business leaders will participate with Dr Harry C McKown and J P Street delivering keynote talks and a full day of diverse conference sections and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior College
Ainsworth
Brighton
Crawfordsville
Cotter
Grandview
Kalona
Keota
Riverside
Richland
Washington
Wayland
West Chester
Wellman
Longtime county auto department clerk handles 108000 registrations
Besse Jones of the county treasurer's office says the 108000 annual car registrations in Washington County are routine after 27 years in service. Since 1922 she has worked under four treasurers, with a full-time assistant now, and oversees use tax collection, varied vehicle categories, and yearly clerical schooling for auto clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besse Jones
Automobile Department
Miss Jones
Harry McCall
Mame Shearer
Marion S. George
Bill Howell
Board of Supervisors
Virginia Donaldson
Farm Blaze Causes $12,000 Damage Near Wilton Junction
Firefighters from Walcott Wilton Junction and Durant battled a blaze on the Ralph Steffens farm near Wilton Junction Ta. destroying a machine shed and corn crib. About 2000 bushels of corn and several pieces of machinery including a tractor burned while the farm house and three other buildings were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Junction
Ralph Steffens
Walcott
Durant
Miners Call on Government to Dismiss Contempt Charge
The United Mine Workers urged Attorney General Tom Clark to seek dismissal of a contempt ruling tied to the soft coal strike. Judge Goldsborough planned to rule next Monday as most miners have returned to work and union counsel asserted the labor dispute has been settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Union
T. Alan Goldsborough
Welly K. Hopkins
Tom Clark
Hopkins
Decoration Day planning committee meets in Washington
Milo Steele Jr, chairman of the Decoration Day program committee, calls a meeting of representatives from all patriotic organizations. The group will gather Monday evening at city hall at 7 50 to begin planning and have a president or qualified representative from each organization present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriotic Organization
Milo Steele, Jr
Washington
Steele
Parsons College Choir to Perform at Washington Presbyterian Church
Parsons College Philhar monic Choir from Fairfield Iowa directed by Marshall Barnes will perform at the Washington Presbyterian Church at 8 p m Tuesday April 20 as part of a spring tour starting April 18 visiting southeast Iowa and Nebraska venues Including Omaha Council Bluffs Red Oak Clarinda Winterset Emer son Corning and Greenfield The program features works by Palestrina Carissimi Pretorius Bach Kalinnikov and Bortniansky plus modern American and English composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons College Philharmonic
Presbyterian Church of Washington
Marshall Barnes
Iowa
Parsons College
Middlewest
Parsons College Philharmonic Choir
Fairfield
Presbyterian Church In
Washington
First Presbyterian Church
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Red Oak
Clarinda
Winterset
Emerson, Corning
Greenfield
Middle West
Philharmonic Choir
Palestrina
Carissimi
Pretorius Bach
Kalinnikov
Bortniansky
Barnes
Graveside rites for Robert O'Connor in Ainsworth
Final rites for Robert O'Connor son of Mr and Mrs Orie O Connor of Ainsworth will be held at two oclock Thursday afternoon at the Ainsworth cemetery. Born March 20 1926 near Ainsworth he was killed in action in France March 3 1945. He is survived by his parents a brother Larry and both sets of grandparents. Arrangements by Jones funeral home.
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Robert O’connor
Orie O'Connor
Ainsworth
Ainsworth Cemetery
Ainsworth High School
France
Larry
T. M. O'Connor
Washington
Alex McCreedy
Jones Funeral Home
Brighton Man Sentenced to Fort Madison Prison
Henry Joseph Richardson of Brighton pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a Brighton meat market. He was sentenced by Judge Yoder in Sigourney to a term not to exceed ten years in the state prison at Ft. Madison. Richardson was arrested Thursday by Sheriff H. M. Putnam and held on $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Joseph Richardson
Brighton
H. M. Putnam
Yoder
Sigourney
Ft. Madison
Richardson
Seniors Raise Money from Scrap Drive for Chicago Trip
Washington high school seniors organized a scrap collection on clean up day raising 109.40 for their class trip to Chicago planned for May 21 and 22. Sixty eight eligible seniors plan to travel. A bake sale at Ledger's store and a May 7 school dance are planned to help cover costs. Bill Asken chaired the scrap drive committee and volunteers will continue collecting scrap if called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Washington
Chicago
Ledger
Bill Asken
Democrats Plan County Convention April 30 in Washington
Democrats finish plans for the Washington county convention at K C hall Washington to begin Friday April 30 at 10 00 am with delegates from all precincts present Precinct caucuses will choose delegates April 1 24 Names of precinct delegate counts and announced candidates Earl Jackson sheriff Paul Shearer county attorney Ina McDowell clerk of district court.
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Washington County
Harry Dye
K. C. Hall
Washington
Atttendance
Dye
Brighton
Cedar
Clay
Crawford
Dutch Creek
Kalona
Nira
Wellman
Marion
Oregon
Earl Jackson
Paul Shearer
Ina McDowell
Birds ride courthouse clock hands in Evansville
A janitor found the courthouse clock running fast as birds perched on the hands and rode them around faster than normal. The incident occurred in Evansville Indiana and was reported by UP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Putnam Sheriff to Take Suspect to Ft Madison
The Putnam sheriff will transport the suspect to Fort Madison this afternoon for processing and further disposition.
New Shipment Authorized for Anti-Red Forces
The United States authorized an $8.1 million shipment of coal wheat flour soya flour and rolled oats to Italy to bolster anti communist government ahead of elections. The move followed a separate $20.4 million aid package to France the Netherlands and Italy and comes amid renewed calls for Trieste to be returned to Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul G. Hollman
Italy
Russia
Trieste
Hoffman
France
Netherlands
United States
Dr Roy L Smith To Address MYF Meeting In Washington
Barbara Dare president of the Methodist Youth Fellowship in Washington plans for the district MYF meeting to draw six to seven hundred delegates from southeastern Iowa. The event opens at 3 00 pm with registration and worship, Dr Roy L Smith of Chicago speaks at 4 00 pm, supper at 5 20 pm, dedication service at 6 30 pm led by Dr Walter Schevermann with Robert Dodder speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Dare
Methodist Youth Fellowship Group
Methodist Church of Washington
MYF
Washington
Methodist
Iowa
Washington High School
Roy L. Smith
Chicago
Walter Schevermann
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Dodder
Burlington District
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McKown
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J. P. Street
Towa
M. M. Schell
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Besse
UMW Counsel Claims Is
United Mine Workers
John J. Lewis
Presbyterian Church
Wehr Photo
Marjorie Rodman
Miss Rodman
Larry Mally
Mally
Eileen
Henry
Mike
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RCA
ECA
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