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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1948

Page

4

Cancer Drive quota set for Crawfordsville area

The notice recalls the April start for the cancer drive with a Crawfordsville area quota near 500 dollars. Contributions may be left at People's Savings Bank. Community notices from the Federated Presbyterian and Methodist churches describe meetings, programs, funds, bake sales, and a May 6 Mothers Day tea, along with other local happenings and church events.

Crawfordsville People’s Savings Bank Federated Presbyterian Church D. K. Ford Mabel Monson Flo Clark Maude White Lois Farrier Georgia Williams W.S.C.S Methodist Church Riverside Jim Wilson Myral Smith Joe Jones Christian Service Fund Blank Memorial Hospital Des Moines Raymond Robertson Laurence Hedger John McNeil Max Mitchell Harold Littrell Bertha the Beautiful Typewriter Daniel Desboro Desmond Jack Howard David Desmond Richard Holmes Glenwood Garfield Donald Ronson Skeets’ Skinner Office Bay Rex Huston Boswell Bancroft Arthur Whiting Blanche Dick Blanchard Howard Caldwell Washington Owen White Ainsworth Clarence Hering Owen

Church Group Hosts in Columbus Junction

Mrs. Alice Vannice and Nelle Shellabarger entertained the Whatsoever society of the Methodist church in the church parlors Tuesday evening. The group will be entertained April 27 by Mrs. Marie Smith and Mrs. Anna Pooley. Mrs. Alfred E. Parsons assists in Des Moines caring for Mrs. Eli White, a surgical patient at Still college of Osteopathy.

Columbus Junction Alice Vannice Nelle Shellabarger Society of the Methodist Church Marie Smith Anna Pooley Alfred E. Parsons Des Moines Eli White Still College of Osteopathy

Coppoock Quarry Products Incorporated Articles Filed

The document outlines annual meeting timing and board terms for Coppock Quarry Products Incorporated in Iowa. It Names Chas Kennedy as president and Theodore B Bailey as secretary treasurer with defined succession. It notes private property exempt from corporate debts and records details in Washington County Iowa Book IV Page 503. The text ends with a child custody order fragment.

Coppock Quarry Products, Incorporated State of Town Coppock Quarry Products Incorporated Chas. Kennedy Farm Coppock Washington County Iowa Iowa. the Postoffice Washington Board of Directors Lown Chas. Kennedy Theodore B. Bailey Charles Kennedy State of Aris

Arabs Shell Jerusalem a Second Time in Civilian Siege

Arabs shelled Jerusalem for the second time as a 200 truck convoy with supplies arrived for about 100,000 Jews. Mortar shells hit the Jewish quarter Katamon area while both sides ignored UN truce calls. Czech weapons accompanied the convoy. food was rushed to markets as battles loomed with British departure.

Jerusalem Palestine United Nations Katamon Haganah Czechoslovakia

Geraldine Hahn 17 Breaks 52 Hour Fast

In Davenport Iowa on April 17 Geraldine Hahn 17 ends a 52 hour fast at supper and begins eating again. The girl protested a transfer to the Mitchellville training school for girls and broke her fast after a photographer persuaded her to pose for a photo. She had been sent to Mitchellville from the Toledo children's home and was paroled from Mitchellville.

Davenport Geraldine Hahn Miss Hahn Mitchellville Mitchellvile Toledo Iowa Soldier's Orphans’ Home Mitchell

Turn Down Plan For German Vote

Berlin April 17. The American military government rejected a communist plebiscite plan on German unity saying Germans do not want economic and political slavery. British and American officials cited continued desire for unity but not under Soviet backed control. Traffic protests over rail restrictions caused parcel delays in Berlin.

Berlin Germany Herbert Kommandatura

Railroads Served About 101 Million Dining Car Meals Last Year

Railroads furnished dining car meals and coach lunches to approximately 101 million persons in the previous year. The figure highlights the extensive passenger service and the scale of dining options offered on trains nationwide.

Twenty-One Dead In English Rail Crash Near Crewe

In Crewe England 21 people were killed and 31 injured when a Scottish mail train collided with a Glasgow to London express. The passenger train halted north of Winsford as an emergency brake was pulled. Four cars of the mail train derailed and 20 of the injured were hospitalized.

Crewe England London Winsford

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