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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1952
Page
1
In Naperville Illinois volunteers probing a quarry for nine days failed to locate the bodies of two missing children. Marshal Erb stated he doubts they are in the quarry and workers continued probing the mud with iron rods while fire crews prepared to wash muck toward a lone pump.
Washington county Chapter sent 25 gift boxes under Mrs. A. E. Baldrige for the High Seas program arriving in good condition. She and her committee will ship 12 dozen popcorn balls to the Clinton Iowa Veterans Administration Domiciliary Center. Mundorff notes enough gifts will be on ships so every serviceman on Christmas day.
Des Moines report notes budget hearings closed with 54 departments seeking 155 967 021 annually for the next two years. The legislature had appropriated 111 253 553 a year for 54 departments. Last three departments presented requests: highway commission 9 455 000 for primary roads and 2 250 009 for secondary roads. aeronautics 42 128 annually. health 684 945 annually. Gov Beardsley to study and recommend before January session.
Panmunjom, Korea. Gen Nam Il accuses the United Nations of fanatic slaughter of Communist POWs after Pongam Island uprising. He cites $4 million in losses and 118 injuries among internees, with two Americans and two South Koreans hurt. The protest letter was sent to Lt Gen William K Harrison, the Allied truce negotiator.
Water in the quarry has been drained except for a small pool and searchers say there is little chance of locating bodies there. The area has already been probed with grappling hooks and divers.
United States Minister John Vincent is suspended by the State Department after a Loyalty Board report. He declines to speak, saying any remarks will come from his lawyers or the department. He remains in Tangier awaiting instructions.
Iowa Supreme Court orders the Bechtel estate of Davenport to pay 110482 in attorney fees and expenses in a stock manipulation case against Iowa Southern Utilities. Fees go to EF A Duties Mason City John Hale Burlington Havner Powers and Morgan. The suit claimed illegal stock moves while Bechtel served at Centerville. Stock later canceled.
Anamosa shoppers unite to fund a television for Mrs Laurence Nickles a polio patient at University Hospital Iowa City through 204000 merchandise coupons bid at a Buck Day auction Don Robertson organized the effort and Mrs Robertson led the bid which won the top prize for the recipient
Dennis Jardon 85 of Richmond died at University Hospital Iowa City at 4 30 p m Monday funeral services set for 9 a m Thursday at Holy Trinity Church Richmond with Rev W F Boeckmann officiating burial in Catholic Cemetery Richmond handled by Peterseim Son Funeral Home Jardon born October 9 1867 to Nicholas and his wife.
Washington County's VFW post No. 2808 and auxiliary begin their annual magazine subscription drive to fund portable sick room equipment for home treatment. Proceeds buy beds, crutches, oxygen tents and more, stored in Washington for free local use across multiple communities.
About forty dealers attended a Monday evening session sponsored by the extension service and Washington Soil Conservation Service. E R Duncan of Iowa State College spoke on increasing corn yields with heavier stands and greater fertilizer application. Soil testing with Oschwald highlighted lime and fertilizer planning and noted 214 months to get soil reports. Cedar Rapids and Ames labs each received roughly 4 500 samples last month. Buck presided. Vincent and Witting spoke on local activities and ACP payments for 1953.
The Veterans Administration announced a February 1953 payment of about 180 million dollars in GL dividends for National Service Life Insurance policies. Dividend checks arrive 30 to 60 days after policy anniversaries, with cash auto payment unless instruction to the contrary is given. The dividend rate is 6 dollars per 1000 dollars of insurance.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 PM at Jones funeral home with Dr W J Grossheim in charge. Pallbearers included Howard Benn Rodney Roy Fred Kephart Alvin Strum and Ed Simmering. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Ned Morrow announces the county home Christmas party will be held about 7 p m Monday Dec 22. Residents look forward to gifts donated by Washington residents, with drop off at Mc Daniels Drug Store or the courthouse or at the county home by early Monday evening. The public is invited to attend.
Mrs. Clara Henry of Keota died after a weeklong illness in the Washington county hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Marsh funeral home, with Rev. Elmer Bostow officiating. Burial follows in Keota cemetery. She was born July 9, 1870 in Ohio, daughter of David and [unreadable] Anderson. Her husband Robert Henry preceded her in death. Surviving are a sister Lola McCulley of Denver, a nephew and two nieces. She was a Presbyterian and a member of the PEO.
The regular monthly meeting of the YMCA sponsored adult square dance group will be held Thursday evening at S o'clock this week.
Mrs Ella Small a Wellman resident died at an Iowa City hospital after a 10 day stay. She was married to Fred Small 51 years ago and was preceded in death by her husband and a son Lester. Surviving are son Floyd and daughter in law Ethel Carrol and 11 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and brother Lake Ayers. Funeral services likely Thursday in Wellman.
The United States Secretary of State Vean Acheson British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman will meet at the French Foreign Office in Paris to push rapid ratification of the European Army Plan and integrate West German divisions into NATO. The session follows their arrival for a 14 nation NATO minister conference and aims to press Paris to speed approval by the French Assembly.
Des Moines UP Sheldon Sabath 24 scheduled to become engaged to Northwestern University coed this weekend jumped to his death from a high window in a 19 story building. He apparently fell from the 16th floor or higher in the Equitable Life building and died on a third floor abutment. Office workers on nearby floors heard a thud and saw a body pass by. Sabath had recently been discharged from the Army and was staying with the Hockenbergs. his parents live in Rock Island Illinois.
Robert Beatsch 56 died Monday at the Iowa Soldiers' Home in Marshalltown after a lingering illness. Funeral at St Mary’s Catholic Church Riverside at 9 am Wednesday with Rev. Thomas Wolfe. burial Mt Olivet. Rosary tonight at 7:30 at Sorden Adams chapel. Survived by brother Fred Iowa City. preceded in death by parents two brothers and two sisters.
The 1953 Washington Chamber of Commerce membership committee began its drive with Bill Smart as chairman and Virgil Wittmer as assistant. The group aims to raise 10 000 dollars by Christmas using personal calls, aligns fiscal year from December 1 to November 30, and introduces a new dues schedule letting individuals set their own rate to reflect equity among members.
About 10,000 curious mourners filed past the casket of William E. Cook the so called mad dog killer in Comanche Oklahoma. Funeral director Gene Boydston said donations for flowers totaled about 25 dollars mostly pennies nickels and dimes. Cook had proclaimed he never had a friend.
Mrs Marcella Vittetoe describes a 15 day trip from Des Moines to Seattle for the National Farm Bureau convention. Iowa delegates numbered about 250 with 192 aboard the Farm Bureau Special train. The journey included Carlsbad caverns Juarez Luke Air Force base Knotts Berry Farm Muir Woods and a 31 hour delay at Dunsmuir due to a snowbound pass.
President elect Eisenhower conferred with Sen. Frank Carlson in New York to hear about Republican grumblings over federal appointments. Carlson, a key adviser, lunched at the Commodore Hotel as Senate nerves over consultation were discussed and Hagerty noted no widespread discontent. Eisenhower also weighed the timing of a MacArthur meeting regarding the Korea war stalemate.
In Northwestern Korea Ameri can Sabrejets shot down four Communist MIG-15s and possibly damaged another in 13 aerial dogfights. Col. Royal N. Baker and Capt. Leonard Lilly each claimed a MIG today as 27 Sabres tangled with 32 MiGs from 45,000 feet to ground level. Fighter-bombers hit rail lines and supplies west of Haiju and east of Pyongyang with Red positions along the battleline remaining under pressure.
U S Navy crews in Leghorn Harbor battled rough seas to save 37 of the Grommet Reefer crew from the wrecked stern. Helicopters from the carriers Midway and Leyte aided as Italian launches assisted shoreward. By 12 50 p m 21 had been saved with 18 rescued earlier and 3 removed the previous day.
Frigid air swept the Deep South and reached Greater Miami where Tropical Park logged 31 degrees and icy puddles formed near the race track. Early Florida readings ranged from 22 at Cross City to 41 in downtown Miami, setting a date low.
The Iowa Committee on Educational Television proposed a 12 station network costing 4.03 million dollars with studios at Ames Cedar Falls Des Moines and Iowa City and transmitters at Burlington Cornell Bluff s Davenport Dubuque Mason City Ottumwa Sioux City and a northern city. Operating costs were estimated at 600 thousand to 760 thousand dollars annually with a 60 hour week and funding expected from public funds.
A home oil burner exploded in Cedar Rapids area killing Joanne 4 and Bari Jr. Barger. Their mother burned trying to save them and was treated for shock and injuries. father a taxi driver was away at work.
Santa Claus will return to Washington Wednesday evening with free sleigh rides promised for local children if snow falls before 7 PM. Merchants will keep stores open from 7 to 9 PM and Santa will distribute free candy even without snow.
Five East German police arrested an American sergeant at gunpoint on the Berlin border near the American sector and Soviet zone. He and a German worker had briefly crossed into East Germany to adjust a border sign before being detained.
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