Junior Fair Achievement Show Opens Monday in Townsley Area
The Washington county junior achievement show opens Monday at Townsley area next to the armory. Activities start at 9, with judging of market pigs at 1. 4-H and FFA members are urged to participate in swine and sheep contests, plus dairy and beef stock judging. Beef calves weighed at the Simmerran yards. Wilson and Company implement a new pricing plan for baby beeves and pigs, with premiums tied to color groups and group placing. Volunteers are needed Saturday and Wednesday for tents, panels, and dismantling pens. The 4-H clothing exhibits open Monday at the Methodist church basement with Grace Randall as judge. The style review and judging contests run Tuesday at the Methodist Church to crown county winners and pick a state fair representative.
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Washington County
Townsley
Armory
FIFA
Herb Jones
Vinton
Poo Joe Caputo
Granger
Simmerman
4-H
FFA
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Washington
Methodist Church
Grace Randell
Washington High School
Universal Military Training Faces Senate Consideration
Senate leaders planned hearings on universal military training next week despite President Truman's reluctance to push it this year. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson seeks a standby UMT program for 17 year olds, to begin after the Korean War, with a six month to one year training period. Truman supports UMT but wants to avoid cluttering the current session as emergency Korea crisis action dominates.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Styles Bridges
N. H
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Louis Johnson
Congress
Trignan
Soil Conservation Aided by 1949 Action
Gov. Beardsley praised Iowa soil conservation gains from the 1949 legislature noting the rise of farms with individual plans from five to ten percent to fourteen to twenty percent by year end. He stressed protecting soil resources as key to prosperity as Stan Kudron won the national terrace plowing title and Kenneth Clark set a contour plowing speed record at Pilot Rock near Cherokee.
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Iowa
William S. Beardsley
Beardsley
Towa
Stan Kudron
Sioux City
Here
Kenneth Clark
Northwest Iowa
Quick Action on Dependency Measure Unites Military Families
Washington AP reports lawmakers expect swift passage of bills to pay quarters allowances to dependents of enlisted servicemen. Senate committee backed $45 to $75 monthly grants. servicemen add $40 to $80. House panel recommended $45 to $85 with similar personal contributions. Final votes slated Monday and Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services
Full Committee
Senate
Last Rites Held for Charles Langenberg at St James
Last rites for Charles Langenberg were held at St James church at 9 oclock Thursday morning. Rev R J Kinnavey conducted the service and burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery. Casket bearers were Ralph Junkin Roy Downs Gerald Edwards Clarence Wilson Joe Barnes and Hubert Walker.
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Charles Langenberg
St. James Church
R. J. Kinnavey
Elm Grove Cemetery
Ralph Junkin
Roy Downs
Gerald Edwards
Clarence Wilson
Joe Barnes
Hubert Walker
New York Engineer Arrested in Red Spy Ring Case
Morton Sobell, a New York electrical engineer and former navy employee, was arrested in Laredo Texas on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. He allegedly aided the atomic spy ring during 1942 to 1947 while at General Electric in Schenectady and Reeves Instrument in New York, meeting Julius Rosenberg during 1946 to 1948.
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New York
Washington
Morton Sobell
Navy
Laredo
Tex
Russia
FBI
Sobell
United States
National Defense
Soviet Russia
Mexico
Justice Department
David Greenglass
General Electric Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Mexico City
Reeves Instrument Co
Julius Rosenberg
Sobel
Greenglass
Rosenberg
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Truman and Wherry clash over Acheson firing call
Senate GOP leader Kenneth Wherry charged Dean Acheson with failure of policy and urged President Truman to dismiss him. Truman called the remark contemptible while defending Acheson and condemning Wherry’s accusations as beneath comment. Wherry attacked Western Europe policy as disastrous and pressed for leadership with American confidence.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
GOP
Kenneth S. Wherry
Wherry
Korea
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Mr.Truman
Far East
Western
Europe
Draft readiness urged as key wartime need in industry
Lincoln Nebraska top selective service official Col Daniel O Omer told the Nebraska American Legion convention that industry must plan now to replace young men lost to the draft. He urged extremely limited occupation deferments and said manpower is the scarce resource in any national emergency.
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Lincoln
Neb
Selective Service
Daniel O. Omer
Selective Service System
Omer
Nebraska Department of the American Legion
Korea
Brief swimsuits raise hookworm risk at beaches
Florida health official Wilson T. Sowder warns that skimpy bathing suits increase skin exposure and, with more dogs and cats on beaches, raise the chance of hookworm irritation among bathers.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Wilson T. Sowder
Sowder
Silence Deepens With Quiet Crowds at Events
In Ruth Haefner’s Odebolt Chronicle reflection, silence grows more profound as more people remain quiet. The moment before a church wedding vow emphasizes how collective restraint enhances the hush and solemnity of the ceremony.
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Ruth Haefner
Odebolt Chronicle
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples in Gray and Mt Pleasant
Marriage licenses were issued Thursday to Marvin L. Swiegart of Gray Oklahoma and Miriam Swartzendruber of Mt Pleasant, and to Robert C. Steele and Wilma Tait, both of Washington.
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Marvin L. Swiegart
Gray, Okla
Miriam Swartzendruber
Mt. Pleasant
Robert C. Steele
Wilma Tait
Washington
Two Chiefs of Staff Headed to Tokyo for Korea Talks
Gen J Lawton Collins and Adm Forrest P Sherman will fly to Tokyo to confer with Gen Douglas MacArthur on the Korean war. Pentagon said the trip aims to determine forces needs and observe conditions firsthand. Hoyt S Vandenberg will not accompany them as Lauris Norstad has just returned. The Pentagon could not confirm if Sherman and Collins will visit Korea.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Pentagon
Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air
Lauris Norstad
Sherman
Collins
Korea
Funeral services for Joseph Isoukup held at Methodist Church
Funeral services were held Thursday at the Methodist church for Joseph Isoukup with Rev. C. R. Reed presiding. Interment followed at Elm Grove Cemetery. A duet by Mr. and Mrs. Herb Osinenp and a military memorial included a color guard, firing squad, and pallbearers named in attendance.
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Joseph Isoukup
Methodist Church
C. R. Reed
Elm Grove Cemetery
Herb Osinenp
M. Ll. Whittaker
William Tweeten
George Birney
Earl Galloway
Leland Curris
Tom Tanner
George Baker
Myrle Steele
Charles Kennedy
Charles Hotle
Don Hazen
Marion Ripp
Harold Jarvis
Robert Steele
Raymond Dautremont
Ed Muller
Marion Godlovye
Joe Paillioet
John Wheland
George Prehoda
Table Illustrates Security Benefits
The table explains worker benefits with dependents: a wife over 65 adds 50 percent to the benefit, a first child under 18 adds 75 percent, and each additional child under 18 adds 50 percent. A widow gets 75 percent of her husband’s benefit.
Bird Walker Leads Fort Worth Audubon Society
Fort Worth, Texas Miss Bird Walker serves as president of the local Audubon Society, guiding activities and community outreach through the chapter.
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Fort Worth, Tex
Miss Bird Walker
Audubon Society
Regain Ground In Two Sectors Pohang Recaptured
U S and South Korean forces shattered a North Korean bridgehead on the Naktong near Taegu and recaptured Pohang and Kigye. The tide turned with Marine and 24th Division assaults neutralizing the fourth division, pushing back the northern offensive and restoring the Naktong line. Kun.
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Naktong
Waegwan
St. Lo
Okinawa
Japan
First Cavalry
Tabu-dong
Taegu
Hyonpung
U. S. 24Th Division
Changnyong
Kigye
Pohang
Chinju
Tokyo
U. S
Naktong River
24Th Division
U.S
25Th Division
Rim
Korea
Ecommunist
Naktong Bend
Fourth Division
Funeral services for Jack Mc Creedy held Thursday
Funeral services for Jack Mc Creedy were held at 4 o clock Thursday afternoon at Jones funeral home. Rev C R Reed officiated. Casketbearers were Ben Harrison Arnot Mathers Edgar Whetstine Jesse Meeks Frank Embree and James Boyd.
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Jack McCreedy
Jones Funeral Home
C. R. Reed
Elm Grove Cemetery
Ben Harrison
Arnot Mathers
Edgar Whetstine
Jesse Meeks
Frank Embree
James Boyd
Weather Outlook for Des Moines and Statewide
Des Moines area sees partly cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight with a high in the mid 70s and 55 to 60 overnight. Saturday remains partly cloudy with scattered showers in the northeast. temperatures near 70 in the northwest and southeast, winds turning northwest. The outlook calls for a partly cloudy, warmer Sunday, then cooler, with occasional showers Monday and cooler, drier conditions by midweek. Five day average highs near 84 and lows around 69 with rainfall totaling about a quarter to a half inch.
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Waegwan Reds
N. Korea
China
Sea OF
Tamyang
Kwangju
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
Ryukyu
Sunchon
Josu
Andong
Taegus
Pusan
Cedar Rapid
Langenberg
Yank
Red Division
South Korea
Charles Rosecrans, Jr
International Soundphoto
Amit. Amt
Amt
Nella Dusatko
Godspeed
Huntington Park
Cal
Goodby
Donald
William
Ned
George
Emil
Pacific
DES Moines
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