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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1950

Page

4

YMCA Swimmers Plan Water Show After Meet

YMCA swimming team completed three distance races at the local pool. Plans for a post holiday water show were announced by coach Paul Jordan. In the Fish race Bobby Simpson tied for first with Larry Knight at 45 pool lengths.

YMCA Paul Jordan Larry Knight Bobby Simpson Larry Duncan Bobby Long Don Embree Tom Schulte Ed Anderson Dave Williams Dale Stanley Oren Jarvis Doug Reed Gene Glider Don Nelson Bob Zager Bob Long Lloyd Simons Bob Simpson Bi Sherman Jack Larry Genkinger John Alsip Bill Steve Ward Jim Sherman Don Earll Paul Brock Denny Simpson Max Young Charles Hesseltine Max Embree Bob Aggason Phil Brown Dick Hartzell Jim Stone Cedar Rapids

Community and Farm Sales Schedule in Iowa Classifieds

The listing outlines weekly livestock auctions at Whittaker sale barn Kalona Sales Barn and Midway Sales Company with dates from December through January. It catalogs multiple farm and household closings in counties around Washington Brighton Richland and nearby towns with start times from 11:00 a m to 1:30 p m and sellers including Harold Swailes Lawrence Harland Joseph Zelinski estate Clen Farrier W H Gottman Phil Marshall Will Whitmore Alva Conaway Henry Sutherland Estate R W Knottnerus Ralph Kauffman A R Meyer.

Whittaker Kalona Sales Kalona Iowa Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Olle Livesreck Exchange Ollie Cotter Harold Swailes North Avenue C Lawrence Harland East Pleasant Plain Brighton Brighton-Salina Joseph Zelinski Clen Farrier Washington John Davie Joe Embree Grace Hill Clarence F. Rathmel Richland Crawfordsville Phil Marshall Packwood Fairfield Will Whitmore Alva Conaway S.E Henry Sutherland R. W. Knottnerus Wayland Ralph Kauffman R. Meyer

Wayland and Shamrock Win at YMCA City League

Wayland and Shamrock Inc won at the YMCA city basketball league defeating Brighton 46 42 and Kalona Oilers 54 52 respectively. A Sport Shop Comets versus Cedar Rapids game was cancelled due to weather with visitors heading home early.

Wayland and Shamrock Inc YMCA Brighton Kalona Oilers Sport Shop Comets Cedar Rapids Wayland Morgan Stannard

Food Prices Rise 0.7 Percent Over 15 Days

Retail food prices jumped seven tenths of one per cent between October 30 and November 15, with fresh fruits and vegetables driving the rise. The food price index climbed to 209.5 percent of the 1935-39 average and exceeded June 15 levels by 2.2 percent amid ongoing inflation.

Washington Bureau of Labor Statistics

Havre School Dismissed Due to Teacher Illness

Havre notes no sessions Monday because teacher Mrs Joe Goodlander is ill. Community members share visits, dinners, and well wishes as Will Richards remains ill and others report travel and social activities in the area.

Havre Joe Goodlander Gayle Kelley Sharon Fred Eisele Lee Floyd Stover Fred Kiseles Lessle Hering Judy Roscoe Groves Town City Elaine Linnenkamp Carl Zieglowsky Carla Ronnie Everett Westen Floyd Reschleys Frea Eisle al Hahn Crawfordsville Ernest Eisele Dale Mitchell Fred Eiseles Larry Ollie Eichelberger Wayland

Christmas Letter Requests Bring Themed Prizes

The note to Santa describes family gift wishes including socks, a toaster, a talking duck toy, a dog, a rubber crying baby, and a television. Contestants are invited to call the Journal office to claim prizes for letters to Santa Claus, with a lighthearted tone about Santa’s sleigh and reindeer.

Lewis Butch Kerr Bonnie Snider Santa Claus Journal Office Brown’s Shoe Fit Company Mother Gambles Judy Gertie the Talking Duck Mickey Fluffy Dog Rapps Santa Daddy Mangold’s Saint Nick Rudolph

Riverside officer receives new assignment in Japan

Chief Warrant Officer Robert W. Deatsch, son of Riverside residents, is assigned to the special services section of the Japan Logistics Command in Yokohama. He previously served with Eighth Army HQ and arrived in the Far East in 1948 after duty at Valley Forge General Hospital. His wife and daughter Sophie have been living with her parents in Bronx, New York.

Riverside Robert W. Deatsch George Deatsch Japan Yokohama C.W.O. Deatsch Eighth Army Far East Valley Forge General Hospital Phoenixville Penn 6Th Infantry Stephanie Bronx New York Minnie Holtz University Hospital Glen Younkin Clover Farm Lone Tree Clifford Rummelhart Larry Aubrey Birkett Linda Here Loyal Birkett Iowa City Ardimore Oklahoma Rummelhart Little Rock Ark

Willing Workers of Columbus City Methodist Meet Friday

The Willing Workers of the Columbus City Methodist church will meet Friday afternoon at the church. Mrs. Neal Smith Mrs. Rhoda Pretz and Mrs. Kathleen Sands will be hostesses. There will be a gift exchange. The Rev. E. C. Sears visits Donnellson this week. Postal exam held for Columbus postmaster. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lukins observe a Dec 9 wedding anniversary.

Columbus Junction Dee Columbus City Methodist Church Neal Smith Rhoda Pretz Kathleen Sands E. C. Sears Methodist Church Donnellson Ralph Utter Luverne Minn Cora Klotz Restopia Bellevue Hospital Muscatine Claude Lukins

Austria Receives $7.35 Million U S Blooming Mill Gift

Donawitz Austria opens a new 75 000 ton monthly steel blooming mill funded by the Marshall Plan and built by Morgan Engineering Co International General Electric and Hydro Press The plant aims to boost Austria's crude steel output to over 100 000 tons yearly within three to four years despite current shortages The Alpine Mountain Works employs 5411 workers and the Donowitz plant faces Communist-led labor tensions while Socialist voting remains strong in elections

United Press Donawitz Austria U. P Europe Morgan Engineering Co Alliance, Ohio International General Electric Company Hydro Press, Inc New York City Alpine Mountain Steel Works Mur

Mill Dedication by ECA Official in Austria Marks Event

Clyde J. King ECA administrator in Austria oversaw the dedication of the blast furnace mill as workers reported no protests to the dismissals and no sign of trouble during the ceremony.

Clyde J. King ECA Austria

Block All Shipment Of Cargo To China

The Commerce department ordered seizure of any American ships trying to deliver goods to Communist China. Customs agents will stop and seize vessels at U S ports or via the Panama Canal with cargoes held. The ban covers American made and foreign made commodities, strategic or not, following protests that ships feed China’s war machine led by Senator Herbert R. OConor.

Washington Commerce Department China U.S Panama Canal Herbert R. O'Conor O’conor High Seas Red

Summer Tonsillectomy May Bring on Polio

New York report says tonsil operations in summer may raise polio risk. Dr Gaylord W Anderson of the University of Minnesota public health school notes threefold higher paralysis risk in children undergoing tonsillectomy during polio season, citing Minnesota cases including a 1946 epidemic.

New York Gaylord W Anderson School of Public Health University of Minnesota Annals of National Foundation For Anderson Minnesota

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Journal Shamrock Shamrock Inn Leavitt Wood R. Hochstetler Lewis Hering Bordwell’s Bordwell's Feed Store Washington, Iowa Betty Graf Betty Cwor W. Deatsch Mrs. Marge Luckey Martha Butler Colummbbus Mitchell Allen Civil Service Fred W. Bell Feed Service Old Rock Island Depot Ihoaani U. S Wellington Long Marshall Plan Blooming Mill Donowitz Donowitz Steel Rudy Wessler Joe Palooka Dollink Ham Fisher EGG Markets Rock Island Produce Co Reisters OPIEN THE House OF Flowers Dinte Dugan By McEvoy Striebel Litrie Blondie Chic Young
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