Former Congressman May To Begin Term Monday
Former Congressman Andrew J. May of Kentucky, awaiting the start of an 8 to 24 month prison term for war time bribery, won a two day delay in surrender. U S Marshall John Moore will escort May to federal prison when Ashland federal court opens Monday. May remained at his Prestonburg home and declined to comment as the extension neared, with Judge Schweinhaut’s ruling final. The term bars May from public office or practicing law.
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Prestonburg
Andrew J. May
Democrat
Department of Justice
Washington
Ashland
U. S
John Moore
House
May
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Moore
Lexington
Graveside Rites Held For Mueller Infant
Graveside services were held at Lone Tree cemetery for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Mueller of Lone Tree. Rev Fred Weltge led the service. The child died at birth at Mercy hospital in Iowa City. Survived by parents and one sister Erna Mae. twin brothers preceded her in death. Mrs Mueller is formerly Velma Kephart of Washington.
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Jone Tree
Lone Tree
Victor Mueller
Lone
Tree
Fred Weltge
Lone Tree Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Erna Mae
Mueller
Velma Kephart
Washington
Santa Claus Returns To Washington In Holiday Parade
Santa Claus rode a Sidwell Morrison float in Washington today during the Christmas parade. He handed out candy to children and promised to return on the next two Saturdays to give every child a chance to meet him before the holidays.
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Santa Claus
Washington
Sidwell- Morrison Ice Cream Company
Iowa City
Santa
Clay County Fights Over Sheriff Appointment and Gambling Raids
Spencer Iowa reports Clay county officials seek meeting with Attorney General Larson after his deputy leads raids on pinball machines. County Attorney Reid Kennedy and Sheriff Elmer Zimm fear bypass in enforcement while Larson vows to appoint subordinates to enforce laws.
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Spencer
Clay County
Robert Larson
Reid Kennedy
Elmer Zimm
Larson
Des Moines
Kennedy
County Board of Supervisors
Zimny
Thoral All
Ali
Truman Refines Civil Rights Agenda for State of the Union
President Truman drafted his January state of the union message focusing on civil rights. He planned renewed calls for a federal anti lynch law an end to the poll tax and a fair employment practices commission. He also noted federal housing funds would not be used for racial discrimination and worked with Clark M Clifford at the White House.
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Key West
Truman
Philip B. Perlman
Clark M. Clifford
White House
Probe Ordered In Reported Leaks Of Atom Information
Chairman Brien McMahon ordered an investigation into reports that Harry Hopkins helped send atomic secrets to Russia. The probe will question military officials, including Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, about charges raised by wartime liaison officer George Racey Jordan that Hopkins arranged two uranium shipments to Russia via lend-lease during World War II. The FBI has reportedly been investigating these claims for months.
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Washington
Russia
McMahon
Army Air Force
Jacob Stauffer Dies at 80 in Wayland Community
Jacob Stauffer 80, retired farmer four miles south of Wayland, died at home Friday afternoon. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM at Wayland Methodist Church with Rev. Burris Letts and Rev. Simon Gingerich presiding. He is survived by ten sons and one daughter including Rosie Swanson of Peoria and Jacob, Eugene, Ward, and Allen of Wayland. Pallbearers listed and burial in Wayland Cemetery.
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Wayland
Jacob Stauffer
Wayland Methodist Church
Burris
Letts
Simon Gingerich
Mr. Stauffer
Bertha Wenger
Rosie Swanson
Peoria
Ill
Jacob
Eugene
Hast Lansing
Mich
Ward
Sprighton
Allen
Chris
Joseph
John
Irvin
Peter
Fire Damages Home After Oil Leak and Gas Stove Burst
Estherville reports Arias Uptegrafft detected a stove leak and used a match to test the joint. The resulting explosion and a nearby oil barrel leak sparked a fire that badly damaged furniture and the home of a moving family residing there.
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Estherville
Arias Uptegrafft
Uptegrafft
Scott Dickinson 69 Dies at Brighton
Scott C. Dickinson 69 lifelong Brighton resident died at his home Friday afternoon after a brief illness. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 PM at the Brighton Methodist church with Rev. E. E. Voss officiating. Burial will be in Brighton cemetery. He was born November 23, 1880 in Clay County and married Mabel Bristom February 28, 1906. Survived by his wife, two sons Wayne of Keota and Karl on the home farm, four grandchildren, and two brothers Cyrus and Bert Dickinson.
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Brighton Methodist Church
E. E. Voss
Brighton
Omer Hoskins
Mr. Dickinson
Mabel Bristom
Wayne
Keota
Karl
Cyrus
Bert Dickinson
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Harriet Randall
Mrs Harriet Randall 71 died Thursday in a Rochester Minnesota hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 pm in Keosauqua with attendees including Mrs Lelia Barquist Olds together with Helen Levis and Edna Mercer of Washington.
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Harriet Randall
Rochester
Minn
Keosauqua
Lelia Barquist
Olds
Helen Levis
Edna Mercer
Washington
Trapper Chester Green Fined For Violating Local Laws
Chester Green, a 23 year old otota farmer, was fined 120 dollars and costs in the court of H M Putnam in Washington for trapping violations. Dwight Bramon, conservation officer, filed three charges for possessing musk rats during the closed season. Officers found musk rats on Green's premises. The muskrat season opened at noon December 1 and closes at midnight December 2.
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Chester Green
Keota
H. M. Putnam
Washington
Dwight Bramon
Green
Social Security Representative Visits Iowa Sites
A Social Security Administration agent from Burlington will be in Washington on Wednesday December 7 from 9 30 to 10 30 a m at the Iowa State Employment Office to help with Old-Age and Survivors insurance claims or to issue social security numbers. The agent will also be in Wellman on Tuesday between 3 and 3 30 p m at the Community building.
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Social Security Administration
Burlington
Washington
Iowa State Employment Office
Wellman
Chinese Warned Against Attacks on U S Ships
The United States delivered a note to George Yeh in Hong Kong demanding no further attacks on American ships. It cited a November 28 incident in which a Chinese nationalist warship fired 12 shells at the Sir John Franklin, rejecting the so called blockade of communist ports and condemning the action as indiscriminate and wanton toward an American flagship.
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Washington
United States
State Department
George Yeh
Hong Kong
Sir John Franklin
Isbrandtsen Line
U. S
School Teachers Train as Junior Accident Prevention Instructors
Emerson Stephens of the National Red Cross midwest area led an instruction class in the court room for rural and town teachers this morning. The course aims to qualify teachers as junior accident prevention instructors. Stephens, from St. Louis, spoke on safety.
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Emerson Stephens
National Red Cross
Midwest
Stephens
St. Louis
Carl R. Oldfield Enters GOP State Senate Run in Washington Henry Fields
Carl R. Oldfield of Wellman announced his candidacy for the state senate on the Republican ticket to represent Washington and Henry counties. He has farmed near Wellman since 1914 and has held local offices including chairman of the County Board of Education and active roles with the Farm Bureau and PMA. Senator Harlan Foster will not seek reelection, clearing Oldfield to pursue the seat.
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Carl R. Oldfield
Wellman
State Senate
Washington
Henry
Oldfield
Cedar Township
Lexington
Cedar Falls State Teachers College
West Chester
County Board of Education
Usda War Board
AAA
PMA
Harlan (. Foster
Mt. Pleasant
Senate
Fugitive Dunkin Eludes Police Amid Cornfield Chase
Omaha police intensified a hunt for William Dunkin the 36 year old penitentiary fugitive after he abandoned a stolen black and white patrol car in a corn crib south of Omaha and disappeared. A missing 1987 blue gray Plymouth coach was traced to Sarpy county but no clues emerged. Dunkin had backed the patrol car into the crib tearing boards and had driven 36 miles since the theft.
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Omaha
William Dunkin
Nebraska
Oswald Shepherd
Here
Sarpy County
Harry Winkelman
Ft. Crook
Neb
Dunkin
Complete Plans For School Band Concert
Advance ticket sales for the Washington high school band concert on Tuesday evening December 6 at 8 o clock are progressing satisfactorily. The program features over 70 pieces directed by Melvin Hill with a grade school band performing first at 7 30. Wendell Rider, the vocal instructor, plays a piano concerto arranged for piano and band. Funds will support transportation to music festivals next spring. Parents of band members will be guests at a reception in the high school band room after the concert.
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Washington High School
Melvin Hill
Mr. Hills
Wendell Rider
Plan Final Rites For Mrs. Grove, Brighton
Funeral services for Mrs. Smith M. Grove will be conducted at the Brighton Methodist church Monday at 1 30 p m with Rev E E Voss leading and Rev R V Pike assisting. She died Friday morning and will be buried in Friends cemetery at Pleasant Plain. The body remains at Omer Hoskins funeral home until Monday morning. Mrs Grove was a longtime Brighton resident born September 23 1868 and married in 1885 to Smith Grove at Stanton Virginia before moving to Pleasant Plain and then Brighton. Her husband survives.
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Brighton
Smith M. Grove
Brighton Methodist Church
E. E. Voss
R. V. Pike
West Chester
Mrs. Grove
Smith Grove
Stanton
Virginia
Pleasant Plain
Boy on Bicycle Struck by Truck in Washington District
Larry Knight, son of Mrs. Le Raymond of Washington, was taken to Washington County Hospital this afternoon after being struck by a truck while riding his bicycle in the Washington business district. A report on the nature of his injuries was not available at press time.
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Larry Knight
le: Raymond
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Washington Business District
Hybrid seeds dominate 78 percent of U S corn plantings
In 1949 the United States had 67 000 000 acres of corn with 78 percent planted using hybrid seed. The figure highlights rapid adoption of hybrid corn technologies across major farming regions as postwar agriculture modernized.
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United States
Fire Devastates OU Dormitory. Three Dead, Dozens Harmed
A fast fire destroyed a two story OU dormitory before 3 a.m. leaving at least three dead and more than twenty injured or burned. Fire officials focused on saving nearby buildings as searchers probed the smoldering ruins for bodies while authorities tallied residents. The $700000 loss total, with origin undetermined, may have affected up to 349 occupants.
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Norman
Qokia
University of Oklahoma
O. DB. Roberts
University
Primrose Funeral Home
Ellison Infirmary
Norman Municipal Hospital
Glenn Couch
Protests Over County Tax Value Cuts Seek Parity
Washington county officials protested a state tax commission reduction in county assessments, demanding equal treatment with city properties. The commission cut farm buildings 20 percent while town and city property fell 10 percent, prompting protests across several counties. John Barnes said protests will be heard before any decision.
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Washington County
State Tax Commission
Des Moines
John Barnes
Stainless steel knives sharpened with stone and strop
The guidance advises using a medium grit grinding stone to sharpen stainless steel knives and finishing with a strop to achieve a sharp edge. It emphasizes keeping blades sharp through proper technique.
Des Moines Weather: Partly Cloudy, Cooler Tonight
Des Moines reports partly cloudy conditions with a high near 45 to 55 degrees. Tonight will be fair and cooler with a low around 7 to 7. The eastern portion can expect Sunday sunshine and colder temperatures with a high near 45. Winds today from 18 to 25 miles per hour, shifting to the northwest near Sunday.
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Des Moines
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