Community Singing Promoted by Local YWCA YMCA
Washington residents are invited to a community sing at Sunset Park next Thursday August 10 sponsored by the YWCA and YMCA. Mrs Larry Trotter will direct the group with song titles and bouncing ball films, while Mrs Willard Palmer and Artemas Brown plan the program.
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Washington
Sunset Park
Washington Ywca
YMCA
Larry Trotter
Ainsworth
Willard Palmer
YWCA
Artemas Brown
Knotek Bros Top Spring Gilts at National Duroc Congress
Knotek Bros a Riv erside breeding firm tops the national Duroe Congress sale at Cedar Rapids on July 29 with a three gilt pen sired by Smooth Admiral. The $825 winning pen attracted 269 entries from 12 states, Fast 4-Star Farm Kentucky purchased the best of 18 pens. John Winter Berdo weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces at birth.
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Knotek Bros
Riverside
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Oiyfield
Kentucky
House Votes Automatic Wage Controls If Living Costs Rise
The House approved an automatic clause to activate price and wage controls if the cost of living increases by five percent from the June index. The measure removes presidential discretion, with McKinnon of California leading the proposal. The vote followed Truman’s plea against tying his hands in a rationing program.
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House
Washington
Truman
Congress
Clinton D. MceKinnon
Calif
Senate Banking Committee
J. Willian
Fulbright
Ark
McKinnon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Final Rites Saturday For Mrs William Schillig
Riverside funeral services for Mrs. William Schillig will be held Saturday morning at Holy Trinity Catholic Church east of Richmond. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include her husband two daughters one son and four grandchildren. Rosary will be said Friday evening at 8 o clock at the William Seluing residence.
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Riverside
William Schillig
Richmond
Holy Trinity Catholi Church
Frannie Seite
Joan
Anna Wineler
Wilkes Schillig
S Nul Goodey
Iowa City
Clem Kron
Joe Schillig
Katona
Sorden & Adams
William Seluing
Reds Refrain From Full UN Chair as Moscow Skips Meeting
In Lake Success New York Russia did not appear to assume the UN military staff committee chairmanship signaling continued partial boycott. Major General Skl arov planned to take over August duties but did not show up with Col. Maximov. Malik led the security council session as Moscow keeps a partial stand.
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Manhattan
Josef Stalin
Security Council
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
United States
Britain
France
China
Council
Malik
Douglas A. MacArthur
Durst Feed Store Donates Tank for Derby Coolers
Hilton Durst of the Durst Feed Store donated the cooling tank used for the soda pop giveaway at Tuesday fishing derby. The gesture supported event organizers and set up refreshment provisions for attendees.
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Hilton Durst
Durst Feed Store
Crawfordsville Fire Strikes Legion and Produce Building
A fire at the American Legion hall in Crawfordsville started around 7 pm, likely from attic wiring. Fire crews from Washington, Mt Pleasant, Wayland and Ainsworth aided, water damage was heavy, but losses are not yet estimated. The Zion occupies the second floor. the ground floor houses Ed and Dale Engle’s Farmers Produce. Insurance covers building and contents.
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Crawfordsville
American Legion Hall
le Zion
Farmer’s Produce Company
Ed and
Dale Engle
Korean War At A Glance
United Press reports United States and allied units tightening positions around Pusan as Reds press south, marshalling a new defense line. South Korean forces advance along the east coast after recapturing Yongdok. Marines and divisions shift to front lines, with tanks and planes in use. Western powers push for increased production to meet defense needs and seek diplomatic steps over Korea at Lake Success.
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Russia
Senate panel backs broad powers to jail alien subversives
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved three bills granting the Justice Department authority to jail aliens subject to deportation for six months and allowing suspension of immigration quotas for nations refusing to take such subversives. A new State Department visas and passports division would liaise with the CIA and FBI, with a three member court panel reviewing extended custody.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
United States
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
FBI
FBI and
Immigration Service
Ellis Island
Congress
House
Department
Senate
Sunbather Injured When Car Starts in Front of She Lies
In Daytona Beach Florida a woman from Greenville South Carolina was severely bruised when a car in front of which she lay down began to move. The incident highlights dangers of sunbathing near parked cars.
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Daytona Beach
Fla.a
Florida
J. H. Newborne
Greenville
S. C
Des Moines Weather Report
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Friday with a few local showers in the extreme west. Highs 75 to 83, lows 55 to 62. Southerly winds 10 to 25 mph. Humidity slowly rising. Outlook: partly cloudy with possible showers Saturday and Sunday, somewhat warmer Saturday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Plan to form Moose Lodge in Washington
J Ki Van Hook, Moose membership director, outlines plans to establish the 39th Moose lodge in Washington. A meeting Friday at 8 pm in E D Rayburn’s offices will organize membership and discuss civic and child welfare aims.
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Washington
J. Ki. van Hook
Mr. van Hook
Iowa City
Washington Lodge
E. D. Rayburn
Washington Hotel
Lodge
Moose Lodge
I T
National Lodge
House of God
Moosehart
Ill
United States
van Horn
Mooseheart
Moosevaven
Fla
Dies of Harry L. Wilmering at 84 in Muscatine hospital
Harry L. Wilmering 84 of Columbus City died at 8:15 this morning in Bellevue hospital Muscatine where he had been a patient for a week. He was born April 1866 in Columbus City to Jacob and Louise Wilmering. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Herman Wehmeyer Conesville and Mrs. H W Davidson Carman Ill. two brothers Charles Amarillo Texas and Arthur Walla Walla Wash. and three grandchildren. Body sent to Stacy funeral home awaiting arrangements.
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Columbus Junction
Harry L. Wilmering
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Wilmering
Columbus City
Jacob and
Louise Outhamp Wilmering
Herman Wehmeyer
Conesville
H. W. Dovidson
Carman
Ill
Charles
Amarillo
Texas
Arthur
Walla Walla, Wash
Stacy Funeral Home
Attempt Revocation of Bridges Bail in San Francisco Case
Special U S attorney aims to revoke CIO Longshore Leader Harry Bridges bail and jail him as an enemy within our borders. Judge Harris may rule after the government rests, defense seeks dismissal for hearsay, Bridges to testify if allowed, Bridges free on 25000 dollar bail pending appeal.
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San Francisco
CHP
U. S
CIO
Harry Bridges
Norman Leonard
Bridges
George LB. Harris
Leonard
Communist Party
Groundhog and Cat Kittens Form Unlikely Bond
On his Jerseyville farm Paul M Thatcher noted a groundhog den under a barn where a cat had kittens. The young groundhogs were seen playing with the kittens as if they shared one family.
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Jerseyville
Paul M. Thatcher
Thatcher
Bank bandit hides as teller evading Iowa police chase
Police hunted a gunman who robbed the Bronson bank in Iowa posing as a teller before boarding a plane to flee. He tied up the manager at gunpoint and stuffed about 850 dollars in a paper bag, then rode away with a woman and three children. Sheriff Ed Ekren said a bus to Vermillion was impossible and the trail was lost after he left Elk Point station.
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Elk Point
S. D
Bronson, Ila
Porter Maynard
Ed Ekren
Vermillion
Ekren
O J. Smith
Bronson Bank
Morningside Savings Bank
Sioux City
Twenty Five Methodist Youth Fellowship Group Heads to Institute
Twenty five Methodist Youth Fellowship members from Washington traveled to Clear Lake today to attend a MYF institute.
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Methodist
Washington
Clear Lake
MYF
Reds Within 30 Miles Of Pusan in Korean War Front
Allied forces around Pusan faced intensified North Korean pressure as 90,000 American and South Korean troops defended a beachhead along the Naktong line. U.S. Marines and reinforcements arrived while bridges were blown and air strikes pounded enemy concentrations, with fighting spreading to Yongdok and the east coast.
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Tokyo
U. S
Eighth Army
U.S
Naktong River
Pusan
Taeju
Naktong
United Nations
Waegwan
Kum River
1St Calvary
Lirie
Yondok
U. S. &Th Army
Korea
Squ
Srd
Yongdok
Kindhearted local helps injured man then reports assault
Fitchburg resident Harry Cote found an injured man outside his home and offered aid. He then told police the man slugged him and stole five dollars from his wallet during the incident.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Harry Cote
Cote
Farm Machinery for Sale: Surplus Equipment Wanted Ad
Quick sale of surplus farm machinery via Journal want ad. Low cost, surprisingly good results. Phone 6 or 54.
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Esther Squire
Washington County Hospital
Dr. Miller
Mercy Hospital
Miller
G. J. Nemmers
C. A. Boice
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Charles Berdo
John Winter Berdo
MacWinnon
Wm. Schillig
Legion and Produce
Mt. Pleasant Wayland
Legion Hall
United Press
New ‘No Te
1St Marine Division
Nakton River Line
Kumehon Bridge
Western Europe
Senate Group
National Organization
Cpl
Harold Shaw
Sedalia
Harry Bridge
Joseph Donahue
Snowball Club
Iowa Continental Telephone
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Chib
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