Nehru Denies Overflight for Indochina Airlift
India refuses permission for U S airlift planes to fly over the subcontinent to Dien Bien Phu. Nehru labels the ban a policy matter while Paris signals the long airlift proceeding from Paris to Indochina despite the dispute.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
U. S
Wiesbaden
Germany
Nehru
Paris
Subcontinent
Legion Post Event At Armory Showcases National Guard
Capt Harold Stephens and guardsmen presented a program for Leon Beatty American Legion post members at the armory featuring a World War II battle film with Chuck Hotle. Assistants demonstrated equipment including 40 mm guns and 50 cal machine guns while plans for a July 4 event and a district meeting in West Point Sunday were outlined.
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Legion
National Guard
Armory
Harold Stephens
Washington
Leon Beatty American Legion Post
Chuck Hotle
West Point
Auditors Cite Negligence in Evansdale Water Works Financing
State audit covering 1959 faults Evansdale’s former administration led by Mayor Earl Brown for financing practices and court bookkeeping. It cites 48 000 excess debt beyond 260 000 authorized, awarding contracts above low bids, and 6900 spent on legal services tied to the water works bond issue.
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Evansdale
Iowa
Waterloo
Earl Brown
Mrayor
Brown
Canarygrass Rootstalks to Be Distributed Saturday
Reed Canarygrass rootstalks will be available Saturday morning, April 24, from 8:30 to 1 at four county locations. George Stout and Carl T. Anderson farms near Ainsworth and Wellman, and William Spenners between Kalona and Riverside, will distribute with Soil Conservation Service and extension office support. If ruin occurs, the activity will be postponed one week. The project aids grass waterways establishment.
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Washington County
4-H
George Stout
Ainsworth
Lake Darling
Brighton
Carl T. Anderson
Wellman
William Spenners
Kalona
Riverside
Soil Conservation Service
Extension Office
YWCA Founded As Prayer Circle Ninety Nine Years Ago
The YWCA began as a prayer circle and has grown into a global organization aiding millions of women and girls with practical and spiritual support.
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The
YWCA
Accardo Seeks South American Passport Amid Chicago Grand Jury
Chicago mobster Anthony Accardo applied for a South American passport as a grand jury probes crime and political links in the city. Accardo, 48, once tied to Florida sun and Al Capone, hopes to move abroad to fish and live in luxury if connections permit.
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Chicago
Anthony Tony Accardo
Mr. Bie
South America
Accardo
Florida
al Capone
State Department
Washington
Latin America
Robert Merriam
Merriam
John Gutknecht
Red Correspondent Accused of Spying
Australian report identifies Victor Antonov of Tass as a key figure in a spy ring exposed by refugee diplomat Vladimir Petrov. The Sydney Sun says Antonov may be sent to Moscow, while embassy officials say his transfer is routine and him staying at the embassy.
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Canberra
Australia
Tass
Vladimir Petrov
Sydney Sun
Victor Antonov
Moscow
Antonov
Sydney
Petrov
George Khartkovetz
YWCA Works Worldwide to Build Better Communities
The YWCA operates in 66 nations delivering community building efforts. It invites involvement and participation to join its mission.
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The
YWCA
Phillips to Speak At Union Service Sponsored by YWCA
Rev Milo Phillips of St Pauls Evangelical & Reformed Church will speak at a Washington Baptist church union service Sunday at 7 50 PM. Sponsored by the Washington YWCA with the Washington Ministerial Association as co sponsor. The talk titled Your YWCA Colors marks National YWCA week and also notes Phillips last appearance before a union service here before his move to a new pastorate.
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Washington Baptist
Hoover blasts pseudo liberals aiding communism
MBI director J Edgar Hoover denounces "pseudo liberals" who, he says, aid the Communist cause more effectively than actual Communists. He warns respectable figures may cloak destructive ideologies and cites threats to expose communists inviting character assassination.
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Washington
MBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Hoover
Le Claire Man Fined for Stalking Kiss Incident
Pete Stark of Le Claire pleaded guilty in mayor's court to disorderly conduct after entering the Hudgens home near Bettendorf, grabbing and kissing a woman who screamed. He was fined 30 dollars while wife sat nearby. Stark admitted the act after pressure from the mayor.
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LE Claire
Iowa
Pete Stark
Stark
Erwin Hudgens
Bettendorf
Hudgens
Louis Herman
Philippines Gains Independence on July Fourth, 1946
The Philippines achieved full independence on July 4, 1946, marking the end of colonial rule and establishing the Republic as a sovereign nation recognized internationally. The event defined a new era in Southeast Asian history and solidified postwar geopolitical shifts.
Nixon Seeks Asian Aid to Avert War at Iowa Dinner
Vice President Richard M. Nixon told about 3,800 at a Republican centennial dinner in Des Moines that U S policy should provide maximum material aid to French and Indochinese forces to avoid sending American troops to Indochina He warned that a Communist victory there would tilt power in Asia toward the Communists and possibly start World War II era conflict He backed Rep Thomas E Martin for Senate and criticized Democratic opponents for opposing Eisenhower policies.
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Richard M. Nixon
Asia
America
Nixon
Indochina
United States
Brown Gop
Whe Newsinew
Sia
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa
Senate
Guy M. Gillette
Cedar Rapids Boy Allan Dunek Found Sleeping In Iowa City Junkyard
Allan Dunek twelve and his dog Blondie were located in a junkyard near the Iowa City Airport after vanishing from Cedar Rapids Tuesday. He said he walked about twenty five miles with Blondie from Cedar Rapids to the junkyard, left home after his father picked on him, slept in an open field first night and in the junkyard the second, eating one ham burger in two days before police provided breakfast pancakes.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Allan Dunek
Blondie
Allan
Iowa
Joi. Dunek
General Reber recounts pressure to aid Schine commission
Maj. Miles W. Reber testified that Sen Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn pressed him to secure a speedy Army commission for G. David Schine last summer. Reber said he faced intense pressure but would not be intimidated and that efforts to help Schine were futile. The hearings opened on television with the Army alleging improper attempts to obtain special treatment for Schine, who was drafted and remained a private.
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Washington
Maj
Miles W. Reber
Joseph R. McCarthy
Roy M Colin
Army
G. David Schine
Reber
Cohn
McCarthy
Schine
Rebel
Congress
Subcommittee
Senate
Site Committee
Riverside Telephone Savings From Excise Tax Cut
Riverside area telephone users are projected to save at least 1820 over the next year after Congress reduced excise taxes on local and toll calls. Iowa Illinois Telephone officials note local tax drops from 15 to 10 percent and long distance from 25 to 10 percent, though company profits won’t change. Ralph Joy, commercial superintendent, says customers will benefit as their money goes farther.
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Riverside
Iowa- Illinois Telephone Company
Congress
Ralph Joy
Riverside Telephone
Iowa-llinois Telephone Company
Jov
Steel Firm To Build Factory At Des Moines
The Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co said it will build a million dollar plant west of Des Moines to manufacture structural and plate steel. The new facility on a SH acre tract south of the Clive State Prison Farm is expected to boost production and create jobs.
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Des Moines
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co
Clive State
Farm Bureau to Sponsor Get Out The Voter Campaign
The Washington county Farm Bureau will back a Get Out The Voter drive before the June 7 primary. Mrs Ray Whisler chairs the citizenship committee with township women as vice chairs. Farm Bureau women will coordinate efforts across townships to boost turnout and encourage voters to study issues and candidates. A $100 award goes to the county with the highest turnout in the Farm Bureau district. last year Van Buren county won.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
Ray Whisler
Washington
Farm Bureau Citizenship Committee
Farm Bureau
Washington County
Veterans
State Farm Bureau Federation
van Buren County
Washington Chorus to Attend Muscatine Music Festival
Washington high school's mixed chorus travels to Muscatine on Tuesday April 27 to join choruses from Muscatine and Galesburg high schools for a day of practice and a mass chorus program conducted by Dr Everette F Nelson of Miami Ohio Each chorus will be critiqued and Washington will also present a small group in the evening Robert Ferrell directs the Washington chorus. The article notes a completion date around January 1 1955 and mentions a separate Des Moines steel plant project by the firm.
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Washington High School
Muscatine
Galesburg
Everette F. Nelson
Miami
Ohio
Robert Ferrell
Washington Chorus
Palmer campaigns with blotters to GOP governors bid
Ernest Palmer Jr. a Republican candidate for Iowa governor, travels 2 000 miles and meets thousands in a blitz of blotters handed to voters. He, a lawyer and state representative, aims to win the June 7 primary by widely distributing his red white and blue Palmer for governor blotters across nine counties and numerous towns.
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Robert Hogan
Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Ernest Palmer Jr
Palmer
Blotter Drive by Des Moines Fort Madison Candidate
The %-year-old candidate estimates distributing 45,000 blotters to date, more than half personally and the rest by mail. Many mailings originate from his headquarters in Des Moines and Fort Madison, with blotter enclosures common in almost every mailing.
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Des Moines
Fort Madison
Mrs Thomas Barnes 84 Dies at Columbus Junction
Mrs Thomas Barnes aged 84 died Tuesday at the home of her daughter Mrs James Helmick southwest of Columbus City. Services will be at 2 p m in the Letts Methodist church with Rev Florence Jardine officiating. Burial will follow at Letts cemetery in Stacy funeral home. Survivors include daughter Mrs Helmick of Columbus Junction son Robert J. Barnes of Letts four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Mrs Barnes was a member of the Methodist church.
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Columbus Junction
Thomas Barnes
James Helmick
Columbus City
Florence Jardine
Letts
Stacy
Sarah Courtsey
Ireland
Thomas
Liza Hunt Courtsey
Louisa County
Barnes
Robert J. Barnes
Army court martial admits Dickenson case of collaboration with Reds
Cpl Edward Dickenson admitted to collaborating with Communist captors in a Korean prison camp after escape and brutal treatment. He said he wrote for Communist newspapers recorded, signed peace petitions, and planned revolutionary activity with other prisoners. he did not reveal any fellow prisoner informants. Dickenson and Cpl Claude Batchelor were repatriated. twenty-one other Americans remained with the Reds.
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Washington
Iup
Cpl
Edward Dickenson
Tokyo
Dickenson
Hie
Chicago
Crackers Neck Va
Mountaineer
Cass
Claude J. Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
The
Reds
Hobby Show Entries Protected at Washington County Event
Exhibitors in the annual Washington county hobby show will be protected with insurance against loss. The event runs April 29, 30 and May 1 at the Washington YMCA. Open to exhibitors of all ages. Details available at the YMCA or YWCA through the Evening Journal.
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Washington County
Washington Ymca
Evening Journal
YMCA
YWCA
Warren Dowson Dies Formerly of Junction
Warren Dowson, 32, longtime Columbus Junction resident and Navy chief hospital corpsman, died at Pearl Harbor on April 20 after an embolism during submersion training. Survived by wife and four children in Covina California, father and stepmother in Columbus Junction, and brother Robert. Dowson served 13 years in the Navy including seven in diving service.
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Columbus Junction
Scott Dowson
Warren Dowson
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Dowson
Navy
Covina
Calif
Robert
Dawson
Des Moines Men Charged With Police Posing Extortion
Harold J. Jaconson aged 20 and Joseph Poul ter 19 both of Des Moines face a April 29 court hearing on charges of posing as policemen and extorting 75 dollars in hush money from two men. They pleaded innocent in Municipal Court and were released on $1 000 bond each pending the hearing. Detectives say they admitted in signed statements they manufactured charges and collected 59 dollars from one man and 25 dollars from another as hush money.
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Des Moines
Harold J. Jaconson
Joseph Poulter
March Report Shows Living Cost Decline
The government reports a further dip in living costs for March with food clothing and other items cheaper. The Labor Statistics index averages 114.8 percent of 1947-49 prices down 0.2 percent from mid-February to mid-March and 0.6 percent below October’s peak. No major wage contracts with cost of living escalator clauses are tied to the March index.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Weather forecast: Partly cloudy north, south cloudy tonight
Partly cloudy in the north and mostly cloudy in the south tonight. Friday brings cloud cover with occasional rain starting in the west and south and spreading to the northeast by night. Warmer air in the west tonight. Low temperatures 38 to 46 east and 43 to 48 west. Friday highs near 55 to 60. Saturday gray and mild with scattered showers or thunderstorms.
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Kenneth Young
Allen Simmering
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National Ywca
Centennial Fund
World Fellowship Fund
Evert Haney
Milos Philipi
Philippines
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
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Tory
Gen. Reber
Efore
Ernest Palmer
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Atlantic
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