Washington approves 16000 bond for park improvements
Voters approve a sixteen thousand dollar park bond by 260 yes to 117 no in a low turnout of 377. The simple majority suffices for this measure and bidding may start soon for Sunset Park shelterhouse with completion possible next spring. Frank Miller leads the park board with Preston Wolf and Marion S. Bailey as members. The idea was led by the Child Studs group of the Fortnightly club which gathered 425 signatures for a special election earlier.
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Washington
Preston Wolf
Sun-set Park
Frank Miller
Wolf
Marion S. Bailey
Child Studs
Nine Die In Arctic Air Crash Near North Pole
Ottawa reports a Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster bomber crashed 350 miles from the North Pole after a parachute cargo snagged in its tail. The wreck near Alert, Silesmere Island, killed seven RCAF crew members, an American weather bureau employee, and a Canadian ice observer.
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Ottawa
Ont
Lep
American Weather Bureau
Royal Candian Air Force
North Pole
Alert
Silesmere Island
Arctic Circle
RCAF
Charles J. Hubbard
U.S
Tug New Mexico Capsizes Near Cleveland Harbor
A 9 foot tug New Mexico capsized and sank in Lake Erie near Cleveland harbor after being rammed by ore freighter Calcite. Four crewmen were aboard. none were injured, but two were hospitalized with exhaustion and shock. they were rescued by lifeboats and nearby fishing tug Robert. A second brief item notes a Manchester hen laying a two inch egg shaped like a bowling pin.
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Cleveland, O
New Mexico
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Fairview Hospital
Robert
Manchester, N. H
Louis Romano
Manchester
Want A Dividend Profit From Classified Ads
A brief ad urges readers to profit from want ads by buying or selling and making it a reading habit. It mentions contacting by phone with digits 6 or 54. The note emphasizes dividends from classified listings.
Vinson Presses for Faster Rearmament and Radar Checks
Chairman Carl Vinson said the armed services committee is not satisfied with rearmament plans noting too few radar warning stations active and gaps in tactical aviation and tank programs. He will review tank design and radar fence plans with officials and orders subcommittees to monitor military fields.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Georgia Democrat
Defense Department
Vinson
Canada
John W. Roper
Navy
Bureau of Presonnel
Johnson to Head McLellan Store Here
W D Johnson of Salina Kansas has become manager of the local McLellan store, replacing Carl Sylvester who is on sick leave. Johnson is married with three children Jerry 16 Frances 11 and Johnny 7 and hopes to move his family to Washington by August 15. He plans to buy or rent a home and enjoys amateur photography and fishing. Jerry played halfback on Salina High School’s freshman sophomore team last fall.
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W. D. Johnson
Salina
Kansas
McLellan
Carl Sylvester
Mr. Johnson
Jerry
Frances
Johnny
Washington
Johnson
Attempt to Defeat Marshall Aid to Spain
Senate leaders predicted a close vote on a proposal to earmark 100 million dollars from Marshall Plan funds for Spain. The plan, by Senator Pat McCarran, would require ECA to loan Spain 100 million, affecting the 1951 budget package totaling about 2.77 billion dollars. The final result depended on a parliamentary maneuver and was not assured.
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Washington
Senate
Spain
Pat McCarran
Coffee and cigarette price hikes hit Fort Madison
In Fort Madison prices rose as coffee cup costs doubled from five to ten cents and cigarette cartons increased about ten cents in most stores after higher grocery prices. Local shops wrapped the change into daily sales.
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Fort Madison
Battle in Which Nobody Was Killed in Korea
In Korea the fight at an engineer command post ended after five hours with no casualties on either side. North Korean guerillas killed three Americans and wounded seven earlier, prompting heavy perimeter defense and a night of improvised firing by clerks and cooks.
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Cavati
Korea
Archie Ashworth
Beaumont
Tex
Guthrie
Alaska Volcano on Fearsome Rampage
Mt Pavlov erupted violently in the Aleutians blowing a 25 000 foot smoke column and lava flow. A nearby 30 mile distant Indian village faced burial in ash with no communications. Flyers reported near zero visibility in a 30 mile radius. Aleutian Airways pilot Bob Reeve observed flames and lava descending the north flank.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mt. Pavloff
Aleutian Islands
Pavlov
Bob Reeve
The
Aleutian Airways
Farrell Funeral Held Here Monday Afternoon
Funeral services for Billie L. Farrell were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Sherman's funeral home with Rev. T. C. Polk presiding. Interment followed in Elm Grove cemetery. Casketbearers included Dr. C. E. Johnson and Lawrence Foraker, among others, and a VIEW military tribute with Commander Harold Kerr led by a color guard.
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Billie L. Farrell
Sherman
T. C. Polk
Gutial
Elm Grove Cemetery
C. E. Johnson
Lawrence Foraker
Elwood Fane
Richard Stephenson
Robert Johnson
Rex Penrod
Harold Kerr
Dave McGaffey
Dale Atkinson
Marion McAvoy
Raymond Glasgow
Sam Simmering
Milo Steele, Jr
Ralph Borman
Lorrest Mitchell
Charles Plecker
Don Hazen
Marsh Atkinson
Maurice Meyer
Truman Hysell
Jesse Radda
Jaycees Wind Up Safety Drive Plan
Local Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the safety campaign. Don McClure notes about 180 businessmen will participate as canvassing for safety posters nears completion. The two week campaign starts August 22 with Jank Miller as guest speaker detailing park improvements and a women’s night dinner planned.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Don McClure
Jank Miller
Jaycees
IOOF Members to Attend Frank Schnei der Funeral
IOOF lodge members are asked to meet at the lodge hall at 1 30 PM Thursday to accompany the funeral of Frank Schnei der.
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IOOF
Frank Schneider
Malik challenges China's seat in UN Security Council
At the UN Security Council Malik rules the Kuomintang is not representative of China and cannot participate. Ambassador Rogerson of the United States immediately challenges the ruling. Malik resumes presidency after a 29 week boycott and opens the session at 3 13 pm EDT.
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Lak
N. Y
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations Security Council
China
Malik
Warren Rogustin
Deegate
United States
Russia
Council
Kuomintang E Group
Security Council
Austin
Four Guard Units Ordered to Duty
Four National Guard divisions across the United States were ordered to active duty. The 28th Pennsylvania National Guard, the 45th Oklahoma National Guard, the 40th California National Guard, and the 45rd Connecticut National Guard were named.
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Washington
Pennsylvania National Guard
Francis J. Myers
Washington Cup
A. S
Mike Monroney
Okal
Oklahoma National Guard
White House
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Calif
California
Camp Coke
Hartford
Truman Declares No Objection to Wage Price Controls
President Truman told Congress he has no objection to standby wage price rationing with complete flexibility for administration. He urged no rigid formulas and urged timely action on milder proposals. The letter to Senator Maybank accompanies debate on Korea war economic controls and a defense production bill.
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Truman
U.S
Congress
Burnet R. Maybank
S. C
Senate Banking Committee
House
GOP
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
Martin
Maybank
Fan Keeps Yeggs Cool As They Crack Safe
Burglars at the Meeker County courthouse in Litchfield transfered a large electric fan to the county treasurer Harold Curtis’s office while they opened two vaults. The loot included about $1,000 in county cash and $75 of the treasurer’s personal savings.
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Litchfield
Minn
Meeker County
Harold Curtis
Curtis
Portnightly Club Yearbooks Available for Pickup
The Portnightly club yearbooks are now available and may be picked up at the library by members.
Washington Reservist Ordered to Active Duty
Sgt. Francis Schneider, radar specialist and son of Mr and Mrs Jack Schneider, was ordered to report to Lowry Field Denver on August 8. He had 3½ years of World War II service and was set to begin his senior year at Coe College Cedar Rapids this fall.
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Francis Schneider
Jack Schneider
Washington
Schneider
Lowry Field
Denver
Colo
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Frank Schneider Dies After Years Of Illness At 76
Frank Schneider 76 of 119 North 15th street died at home late Monday after years of ill health. Born May 14 1874 on a farm southeast of Washington he was a pioneer thresherman who sent machines to the Dakotas. Survived by wife Mary two sons Carl Washington and John Cheyenne Wyoming one daughter Mrs George Chaluma Washington 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Jones funeral home with grave side rites by the IOOF lodge.
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Frank Schneider
North 15Th Street
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Eugene
Marguerite Curie Schneider
Mary F. Miller
Dakotas
Ioof Lodge
Carl
John
Cheyenne
Wyoming
George Chaluma
Free Movie Planned At YMCA Friday
Marvin Van Metre of the YMCA staff announced that Friday morning hikes are replaced on the Y schedule by a free movie starting this week. All boys and girls are invited to attend the films which begin at 10 50 o clock each Friday morning. The program this week features a two reel western a Laurel and Hardy comedy and a Woody Woodpecker cartoon.
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Marvin van Metre
YMCA
Woody Woodpecker
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
Marriage licenses were issued Monday to John K E Duvall and Corinne Nicola of West Chester, and Carl F Kindred of Washington and Colleen Kerr of Morning Sun.
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John Ke, Duvall
Corinne Nicola
West Chester
Carl F. Kindred
Washington
Colleen Kerr
Morning Sun
New Arrival of Men And Weapons Comes At Crucial Moment
U S Marines dock at a Korean port with fresh troops and weapons including secret list arms. Army Sth Regimental Combat Team arrives from Hawaii to join 2nd Infantry in renewed push toward Pusan Taegu as communists retreat along a shortened line. MacArthur notes planned regrouping while reporting pressure near Chinju and a potential offensive toward Pusan.
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Tokyo
U. S
Sth
Hawaii
2Nd Infantry
Douglas MacArthur
Pusan
Taegu
United Press
Jack James
Chirye
Chinju
Weather summary for Des Moines Iowa light winds and warm days
Des Moines Iowa today will be sunny and cool with a high near 84. Tonight and Wednesday remain fair with lows around 56 and a high near 60s to mid 70s. Winds will be mainly from the west to north and humidity remains moderate. The long range shows mostly fair conditions through Thursday with small chances of showers Friday night or Saturday.
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Iowa
St. West
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