Washington Public Schools Open with 1160 In Attendance
Attendance in Washington public schools for the first half day of the 1952 53 term totaled 1160 pupils. Superintendent M M Schell noted overall enrollment will rise as more students register and some were absent for fairs, trips, or polio concerns. Lincoln and Stewart elementary classes face overfull first grades and kindergarten numbers, prompting potential transfers and staffing adjustments.
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Washington
Supt
M. M. Schell
Lincoln School
Stewart
Kew
Schell
Lincoln
Stewart School
Joe Falk Buys Arlington Daniels Property At Auction
Joe Falk purchased the property of the late Arlington Daniels at auction Thursday night. Located on South Marion Avenue, the sale price was 2550 pounds. Four bidders competed in the sale.
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Joe Falk
Arlington Daniels
South Marion Avenue
Controls Lifted On Consumer Goods By Government
The government removed price controls on many noninflationary consumer items from television sets to buttons. Food prices, controlled by Congress, climbed to a record peak, risking a further rise in the cost of living. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted a nine tenths of 1 percent increase in food prices between July 28 and Aug 15, led by pork and chicken.
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Washington
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pines Rest Home Opens on East Washington Street
Mrs. Ann Trojovsky announces the Pines Rest Home at 903 East Washington Street. The remodeled former Colonel Wilson residence now serves 16 patients with an open house set for 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday. Joan Rittenhouse purchased the Pines at an auction by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Picken.
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Ann Trojovsky
Pines
East
Washington Street
Colonel Wilson
Washington
Joan Rittenhouse
Joe Picken
Meteorologists Track Temperature Inversion After Cold Spell
Forecasters say once the sub zero air clears a temperature inversion forms between 55 and 400 miles that could lift temperatures from minus 28 F to 4000 degrees, signaling unusual atmospheric warming in the upper layer.
Securities traded largely on New York exchanges
Nearly all ninety three percent of market value of securities sold on the nation's exchanges is traded in New York City's Stock and Curb Exchanges.
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New York City
Legion Post Urges Attendance At Tuesday Meeting
Commander Dave Masson calls all Legionaires to the Leon Beatty post regular business meeting Tuesday at 8 o'clock. A brief session with appointments planned and a post-feeding by Tommy Tanner and John Whittaker follows. Reports from the national convention will be shared and a county picnic at Lake Darling is urged for Sunday noon with each member bringing a picnic basket and service.
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Dave Masson
All Legionaires
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Tommy Tanner
John Whittaker
Masson
Supervisors Approve Budget With Small Ten-Point Changes
Washington county supervisors approve next years budget of 1 511 530 with 547 159 to be raised by taxation and an estimated 14 80 mill levy. Expenditures for current year were 1 293 000 and taxes raised 505 500. Minor changes include a raise in secondary roads levy from 5 to 6 mills while avoiding an 8 mill increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rainfall In Harlan Measures 5 Inches
Heavy rain swept across Iowa from southwest to northeast causing street flooding. Harlan reported 5.15 inches, El Kader 1.97, with central Iowa hardest hit and Des Moines hit by lightning igniting a shed causing about 250 dollars in damage.
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Unicp
Iowa
Harlan
Elkader
Des Moines
Traffic Deaths Outpace Korean War Casualties
In Chicago the National Safety Council reports about 20,000 traffic deaths in the first seven months, nearly seven times the roughly 3,000 American deaths in Korea in the same period, urging action to curb noncombat fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Korea
Kindergarten Students Watch Flag Raising on First Day
Kindergarten students entering school paused on the lawn to watch Les Blick raise the American flag. They form the largest kindergarten classes yet and begin experiences that prepare them for future life challenges.
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Les Blick
Eisenhower Eyes Fireworks On Campaign Trail
Ike supporters expect a vigorous campaign as Adlai Stevenson stalls his opening, with Eisenhower avoiding gutter politics. He plans a two day South tour, a foreign policy stop in Philadelphia, a farm speech at Kasson Minnesota, and three days with his research staff at the Commodore Hotel.
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Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Kasson
Minn
Commodore Hotel
Democrat Stevenson Talks Inflation With Baruch in New York
Gov. Adlai Stevenson met with Bernard Baruch at Baruch’s New York apartment to discuss the inflation threat. Baruch declined to name a candidate, saying he would announce support in unmistakable terms. Stevenson aims to energize East support amid sharp speeches against Eisenhower before returning to Springfield.
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New York
Adlai SE. Stevenson
Truman
Bernard M. Baruch
Stevenson
Vilte House
Illinois
Baruch
Eisenhower
East
Springfield
Thi
Final Union Park Service Seeks Closure With Dr Reed
Dr C Raymond Reed of the Methodist church will speak at the final union church service in the summer series in the park. Artemas Brown assists with Reed's topic It Is Not Too Late. Jody Timmins sings with Edna Klein at the piano. The service begins at 7 40 with Brown leading a songfest projected on a moving picture screen.
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C. Raymond Reed
Methodist Church
Union
Reed
Artemas Brown
Jody Timmins
Edna Klein
Mr. Brown
Good Swine Show Despite Hog Embargo At Iowa Fair
The Iowa State Fair hog department reported a strong show despite an embargo on out-of-state hogs due to the vesicular exanthema. Iowa hogs dominated the prize pool with all prize money going to Iowa exhibitors, totaling 21,003 in premiums.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. M. Duncan
Fair Board
Blattner to enroll in elementary teacher program at ISU Cedar Falls
Eva Blattner daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Blattner is admitted for the fall term at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. She plans to pursue a two year elementary teacher diploma Ned H Dearborn said.
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Eva Blattner
Victor Blattner
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Miss Blattner
Rural Teachers Of County In Meeting Here
Rural teachers of Washington county met at the courthouse for the year kickoff. Morning health conference featured public health staff and nurses. afternoon sessions covered teaching program topics and special education plans for federal and local support.
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Washington County
Court House
Evelyn Wile
Ethel Greee
Kcon
Poetic Health
State Department of Health
Linda Jones
Division of Public Health Education
Helen Lovell
State Department
Frank Coles
D. DD. S
Mt. Pleasant
G. G. Ehrieh
Geraldine Busse
R. N
Lester Bo Krabill
Elva Bramhall
Washington, Henry
Louisa
Jack Drake
Wapello
Bernice Howell
Prairie Rower School
Lyle Bower
Biehersenoot
Leona Kos
Grant School
Delegates Named to Washington County Teachers Council
After discussion led by Mr. Bower president of the county teachers council an election named rural teachers to serve on the council. Ernest McBeth Daytonville Leona Kos Grand Thelma Schupbach Maple Grove and Mr Bower Richer were chosen. Krabill outlined school program activities including the library and film library.
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Bower
Washington County Council of Teachers
Ernest McBeth
Daytonville School
Leona Kos
Grand School
Richer School
Thelma Schupbach
Maple Grove
Krabill
Fairfield Visitors Stay With Family Ties
Mrs. Lester Cupp and her son Larry of Fairfield spent several days visiting relatives in town including sister Mrs. Kenneth Ayers and family and Mrs. Cupp’s father Ben Ward.
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Lester Cupp
Larry
Fairfield
Kenneth Ayers
Cupp
Ben Ward
Merchants Discuss Sales Tax Problems in Washington
Local appliance dealers and retailers met with Chamber of Commerce officers to address Iowa sales tax on trade-ins and used items. Following conflicting rulings from tax representatives, merchants were charged for back taxes and have since paid. A Chamber committee is proposed to seek uniform instruction for tax officials.
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Washington
Chamber of
State Department
Chamber of Commerce
Richland Pupils Win State Fair Contest
Richland a small Keokuk County school with 157 students won the Iowa State Fair quiz derby title. Team members Jimmy Wolcott Janet McCracken and Betty Ruth Fritchen defeated 36 other schools to claim the 1952 championship.
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Des Moines
Richland
Keokuk County
Jimmy Wolcott
Janet McCracken
Betty Ruth Fritchen
Fear of Quad Cities bus strike looms at midnight
Officials in Davenport and four cities search for a way to avert a bus driver strike set to begin at midnight Sunday. A Mayors meeting with National City Lines and AFL Amalgamated Association representatives failed to resolve the deadlock. George Troutwine said the company has no money to offer and is in a struggle to survive in the area.
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Davenport
Quad-Cities
Rock Island
Moline
East Moline
Ill
National City Lines
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street Railway and Motor Coach
George Troutwine
Foam clogging lungs main cause of most heart deaths
The statement notes that clogging of air spaces in the lungs with foam accounts for nearly 90 percent of fatal heart attacks, highlighting a common mechanism behind many sudden deaths.
County 4-H Teams Win Ribbons at State Fair
Two Washington county 4-H demonstration teams earned red ribbons at the state fair while a third team received a white ribbon. Beverly Wilson and Wynne Petratz represented the girls’ clubs with red, and Jim Wagenknecht with Tat Tobin led the boys’ red ribbon team. Charles Phelps and Frank Chmelar earned the white ribbon.
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Washington County
Beverly Wilson
Wynne Petratz
Jim Wagenknecht
Tat Tobin
Charles Phelps
Frank Chmelar
Bans On Shipment Of Swine Relaxed In Iowa
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Clyde Spry issued a new order effective at midnight Sunday relaxing hog movement within the state. Live stock dealers may sell hogs for any purpose, with hogs not going to slaughterhouses owned by the seller at least 30 days. The embargo on out of state shipments remains in place due to vesicular exanthema.
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Des Moines
Clyde Spry
Iowa
Spry
Parachutist Bernarr MacFadden Aims Seine River Drop
Bernarr MacFadden, 84, parachuted from a twin engine plane over Paris at 6 02 pm but landed in a vacant lot on the Left Bank missing the Seine by about 75 yards. Police watched the stunt with interest as the wealthy publisher escaped injury and kept his red flannel underwear dry.
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Paris
Bernarr MacFadden
Seine River
Charles A. Lindbergh
MacFadden
Seine
Bids Open Oct. 15 for Keokuk Lock Phase One
Davenport era report says bids for the first phase of the new eighteen million dollar Mississippi River lock at Keokuk will be opened October 15 in Rock Island Illinois. Initial work is estimated at about one million dollars and includes removal of a bridge span.
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Keokuk Lock
Davenport
Keokuk
Rock Island
Coast Guard Plane Rushes Iowans Tragedy Family
A Coast Guard patrol bomber landed at sea to transfer Lt. Charles R. Buggy from a troop ship to rush him to his tragedy stricken family in Sioux City Iowa. The transfer occurred near the Alexander Patch while dawn broke about 13 hours after an Air Force plane hit a lifeboat during a prior landing attempt.
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Boston
Mass
Coast Guard
Sioux City
Iowa
Alexander Patch
Air Force
Charles R. Buggy
Salem
Allied air armada attacks Pyongyang in heavy strike
Four nations took part in a major air assault on Pyongyang marking the heaviest raid of the Korean war. Three waves of jets dropped bombs on 40 targets as American Sabrejets downed one MiG 15 and damaged two others amid heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Seoul, Korea
Allie Lied
Pyongyang
Korea
Seoul
Sariwon-Pyongyang
Sth
Kenneth T. Blank
Franklin, Neb
Hurricane Able Approaches Florida and Southeast Coast
A Atlantic hurricane named Able with 75 mph winds moves toward Upper Florida Georgia and South Carolina coasts. At 11 am it was 280 miles east of Melbourne and warnings were issued from Vero Beach Florida to Wilmington North Carolina as residents brace for possible afternoon and tonight warnings.
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Miami
Fla
Upper Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Melbourne
Florida Peninsula
Vero Beach
Pla
Wilmington
N. C
Weather Bureau
Stores and Offices Closed for Labor Day Observance
Washington post office will have no mail delivery on Monday September 1 while observing holiday hours. Banks, courthouse, and most stores are expected to close or follow holiday hours for Labor Day. O J Brown is the postmaster who announced the closure.
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O. J. Brown
Washington Poste
Post Office
Brown
Court House
Washington
Des Moines Weather Forecast Skies Push Warmth North
Partly cloudy with occasional showers west and north tonight. Local thunder showers expected northwest Saturday afternoon or night. Low tonight 64 to 69. Warmer Saturday in the north and west with highs near 90, except near 76 in the northeast. Local showers and thunderstorms Saturday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Adlai
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai KE. Stevenson
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Red
Union Park
Ned H. Dearborn
Leona Kucera
Fairview School
Kicner
To5
Quad Cities
McFadden
River
Florida
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