The House of Light brightens Washington business scene
Sitler's Electric Supply opens The House of Light at 113 West Third Street with a display of over 400 fixtures in realistic settings. A broad newspaper ad drive across Iowa draws customers from Iowa City to Ottumwa, with seven out of town prospects shopping at once.
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Washington
House of Light
Sitler
Electric Supply Company
West Third Street
Sitler’s
Iowa City
Burlington
Centerville
Muscatine
Grinnell
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Bloomfield
Ottumwa
Supreme Court upholds state ban on racial hiring by interstate carriers
A news dispatch notes the unanimous Supreme Court ruling that states may forbid discriminatory hiring by interstate carriers. It concerns a Negro applicant who qualified as an airline pilot but was not hired. The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Commission ordered his hiring. The piece discusses policy limits and the practical issue of customer prejudice.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Colorado Anti-Discriminaton Commission
Supreme Court
Colorado Anti
How Many Cherries Make a Pie
Senator Hart seeks FDA rules on minimum cherries in frozen cherry pies after counting 40 in a store pie and 108 in a Senate dining room pie. He argues a pie should have more than 40 and advocates labeling pies with too few cherries.
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Philip Hart
Dem
Mich
Hart
Senate
Food and Drug Administration
The
Shoe Day in Mexico City with a Teenager
A lighthearted diary piece details a father’s shoe shopping trip with his teenage daughter in Mexico City. They navigate multiple stores on Insurgentes Avenue seeking fit and fashion while weather and parking woes complicate the errand. Their son mirrors the scene, trying on first shoes in a shop doorway as rain delays loom.
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Insurgentes Avenue
Insurgentes
Weather Bureau
Abney
Dextran aids heart surgery blood need reduction
Dextran used as a blood substitute lowers required blood量 by over 30 percent in heart operation trials at the University of California School of Medicine. Other notes discuss vincristine in cancer studies, electronic reading devices for the blind, a 50 mile hike as a health challenge, and cautions against poor advice in emotional support.
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University of California School of Medicine
St. Danstons School For the
England
Programs and meetings at St Marys and local groups
The Keota area report notes St Marys School students will sing a High Mass on Friday April 26 to honor Father C S Kempker with a short program Sunday April 28 at 7 30 p m. Cub Scouts Den 3 met after school at Mrs Jean Smothers home for basketball and glass jar painting. Rebekah Lodge met with Noble Grand La Rue Conklin greeting visitor Phyllis Warren. illnesses and returns noted. The traveling Emblem will visit Sigourney in May with a 7 30 p m opening for degree staff practice. Refreshment duties assigned for upcoming meetings.
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Keota
St. Marys School
Father C. S. Kempker
Father Kempker
St. Marys
Den 3
Cub Scouts
Jean Smothers
Earl] Chambers
Alpha Club Members Meet in Grady Home
Alpha Club members and two guests gathered Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. I. E. Grady with Mrs. Jesse Grout co hosting. Mrs. Vernon Stagner led the business session announcing the April 29 meeting will be at Mrs. John Reece and the May 6 breakfast at Mrs. H. V. Beck.
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Kalona
Alpha Club
I. E. Grady
Jesse Grout
Vernon Stagner
John Reece
H.V. Beck
Washington County Fair Board Noted For Service And Townsley Park Ties
The piece praises the 24 member Washington County 4-H fair board for dedication, detailing their work in sustaining the fair, the park’s ownership by the city of Washington, and Townsley Park status. It lists board members, mentions key supporters from 4-H and FFA, and notes the fair’s growth and lease terms. The author also recalls local history linking the site to the old Washington Chautauqua. He closes with a query about local antique clocks and notes a collector’s interest.
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FFA
Fair
Washington
Washington Daily
Cloid Willits
Townsley Park
Fair Association
W. D. Townsley
Fair Grounds
Contract Bridge by Becker Top Record-Holder
East dealer North South vulnerable. The hand shows North with K84 and J10632 QJg9 in the spade hearts and diamonds, South with AKJ10952. Bidding sequence and exact contract are not fully clear from the fragment.
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B. Jay Becker
East Dealer
Opening lead four of spades in a strategic bridge hand
A 1953 bridge discussion analyzes how declarer can improve odds when the suit division favors the defense. South in five hearts faces a spade lead and a tricky path to success. By a low spade from dummy on the opening lead and precise timing of trumps and ruffs, the declarer can force two club tricks and control diamonds, despite potential bad splits.
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South
West
Declarer
King
East
Res Syndicate, Inc
Church State Relations Panel at United Presbyterian Council
Crawfordsville April 22 Carl Luse Waco School superintendent attended a United Presbyterian Men's Council meeting participating in a panel on church state relations moderated by Rev. Robert Rushing. Others on the panel included Frank Gault and Dr E P Herrmann. An informal discussion followed with about 20 men present. Devotions were led by Haydn Thomas and Arthur Whiting. Refreshments were served by Whiting Wayne Davis and Richard Kaufman. This was the council's last meeting until September. a Apr May Crawford Township Farm Bureau Woman meet May 3 at 9 15 a m in Delbert Lewis home. Robert Wayman attended a Scott-Foresman Language Arts Conference in Fort Madison. Wayman is principal at Crawfordsville Center of WACO Community School. Six new students, children of Kenneth McAtee, enrolled in school Don Eddie Connie Ronnie Phyllis Patsy in 8th 6th 5th 4th 2nd kindergarten respectively. John Mitchell returned home Saturday after wintering with Everett Mitchell in Waterloo and Mrs Howard Kratter in Iowa City. Mrs Ernest Whiting Mrs Vernon Fletcher Mrs Russell Zickefoose Mrs Raymond Howare and Mrs Everett Sommer attended the county American Legion Auxiliary meeting in Riverside Thursday. Whiting elected vice president.
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Crawfordsville
Carl Luse
Waco
United Presbyterian Men's Council
Robert Rushing
Frank Gault
E. P. Herrmann
Haydn Thomas
Arthur Whiting
Whiting
Wayne Davis
Richard Kaufman
Madison
Anthes
Wayman
Kenneth McAtee
Don
Eddie
Connie
Ronnie
Phyllis
Patsy
John Mitchell
Everette Mitchell
Waterloo
Howard Kratter
Iowa City
Ernest Whiting
Vernon Fletcher
Russell Zickefoose
Raymond Howsare
Everette Sommer
American Legion Auxiliary
Riverside
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Mexico
John Abney
Mexico City
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Daisy Chambers
Ferne Wimmer
Martha Sanders
Grady
Mrs. Eugene Way
Peace Corps
Everette van de Voort
Levi W. Miller
LeRoy Shoemaker
Jonas Swantz
Floyd Wunsch
St. Paul, Minnesota
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Ham Fisher
Jerry Leemy
Dixie Dugan
BY McEvoy
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Chic Young
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County 4-H Fair Association
Washington County
Herman Wagenknecht
Roy Hodges
Bruce Campbell
Leo Beauchamp
Marion Augustine
Robert Miller
Frank Kleese
Cloud Willits
J. H. Jones
Don Robison
Marvin Bohr
John Young
Richard Huber
Robert Brewer
Monroe D. Yoder
Robert Ross
George Horn
Lyle Lowe
Bruce Cowden
Maurice Crawford
Harold Mangold
LeRoy McGraw
Milo Orris
Future Farmers of America
Verne Knecht
Washington High School
James Frier
Merritt Canaday
K. A. Mathers
Ainsworth
J. W. Zaring
Glenn Zaring
John Zaring
Glenn
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Jonathan Frost
Waterbury
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