Link Youths Involved In Car Firing Tied To Farm Theft Ring
Polk county youths, including two 15 year olds, are under questioning for a series of thefts involving 40 bushels of corn from a Grimes farm and the Ingersoll gun club burglary. One 15 year old admitted firing at a car driven by William Donald of Macedonia.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Grimes
Ingersoll
William Donald
Macedonia
Robert Schiffer
Justice of the Peace
al Hoard
Schiffer
Robert Olsakey
Ed Thayer
Howard C. Reppert
Rita Hayworth Gives Birth To Princess Jasmine
LAUSANNE Switzerland UP Movie actress Rita Hayworth delivered a 5 4 pound baby girl named Princess Jasmine after a six hour labor at Montchoisi clinic both mother and child are reported doing well doctors had feared a caesarean but the birth was normal Aly Khan husband described a seven week premature birth and said premature babies run in his family. Aly said he spent a miserable time pacing the corridors before the doctor came out and told him it was a girl. Hayworth has a daughter Rebecca by her previous marriage to Orson Welles.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Rita
Montchoisi Clinic
Jasmine
Aly
Rebecca
Orson Welles
Hollywood
Minnesota Man Dies In Iowa Train Crash
Hambright age 25 from Austin Minnesota was killed when two freight trains collided at Monona Iowa. Engineer Al Rakow 54 and Fireman Vv Harrington 26 were injured and hospitalized in Postville. The two trains met at a siding after the regular freight could not clear, derailing the engine and cars and suspending service until about 4 pm.
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Monona
Hambright
Austin
Minn
Milwaukee Road
al Rakow
Marquette
Vv. J. Harrington
LeRoy Minn
Postville
R. ©. Dodds
Mason City
Blizzard in Northwest and East Sets Record Highs
A Pacific Northwest blizzard slammed Washington and Oregon with gusts to 56 mph, two feet of snow, and miners trapped while one man died. Meanwhile a warm spell in the East drove New York to 62 degrees and set December 27 records in Philadelphia and Boston.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Washington
British Columbia
Oregon
Oregon Coast
New England
Montana
Nebraska
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Prayerful 10-Year-Old Loses Hand in Massachusetts Operation
Betty Lou Marbury a farm girl from Brownsville Tennessee lost her right hand after amputation at Children’s Hospital in Boston following a local diagnosis. She and her parents traveled to Memphis for tests and prepared for the operation while praying for success. Betty Lou said it was the Lord’s will and remained hopeful for full recovery.
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Memphis
Tenn
Betty Lou Marbury
Betty Lou
Clay Marbury
Brownsville
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Fire crews tackle car blaze on east side of square
Washington fire department responded to an early afternoon car fire on the east side of the square. Damages were not extensive and the cause was not disclosed.
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Washington Fire Department
Explosion Rumbling Washington D C Mystery
The Journal reports a loud explosion around 6 45 this morning in the Washington area. No cause or source has been identified yet, and the paper invites readers with information to come forward.
Christmas Cooperative Supper for Rich Family Group
Mr and Mrs Irvan Rich hosted a Christmas night cooperative supper at five o clock. Attending were Frank Rich and family, Mr and Mrs E P Rich and family of West Chester, and Mr and Mrs Charles Feck and family of Pulaski.
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Irvan Rich
Ronnie
Sandra
Frank Rich
E. P. Rich
West Chester
Charles Feck
Pulaski
Christmas Tragedy in New York Family
A father and mother died Christmas Eve from refrigerator fumes in their apartment after piling presents for two young children. The bodies of Veronica 5 and Andrew Jr. 3 were found later in their beds as detectives said the oxygen was exhausted by a faulty refrigerator. A relative, Mrs. Mary Fabsik, discovered the scene.
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New York
Santa Claus
Veronica
Andrew Jr
Mary Fabsik
Colder Weather Promises Biting Iowa Night
Des Moines reports from the weather bureau indicate a drop from mild daytime temperatures to a decidedly cold night across Iowa. Highs Sunday reach 10 to 20 with zero expected in the north and 15 in the south, while light snow may fall in northern areas. Strong winds follow a day of warm southerly gusts as icy spots appear on southeast highways.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
State Highway Patrol
Effie Nichols 78 Dies in Chicago Native of Washington County
Effie A Nichols 78 a native of Washington county died in Chicago Illinois after a six month illness. She was born February 5 1871 on a farm southwest of Washington and attended Washington high school then Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. She taught school and worked in Chicago before a government job in Washington DC for 19 years. She returned to Chicago where she lived since retirement. Survived by brothers Harry Nichols Milwaukee and Homer Nichols Marietta and sister Ferne Meeker Clinton Iowa. Burial arrangements pending at Sherman’s funeral home.
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Effie A. Nichols
Washington County
Chicago
Ill
Miss Nichols
Washington
Washington High School
Henry and
Louisa (DeLong) Nichols
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Washington, D. C
Harry Nichols
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Homer Nichols
Marietta
Ohio
Ferne Meeker
Clinton
Iowa
Y's Men Plan Home Talent Play and Gift Baskets
Washington Y's Men's Club held a business session at the YMCA community room. Workers with the Goodfellows committee reported Christmas baskets distributed in Washington. The home talent play committee noted no date yet for the 1950 show, while presenting the first annual pajama beauty contest.
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Goodfellows Committee
Washington Y's Men's Club
YMCA
The
Goodfellows
Charles Berdo
Washington
Richard Pratt
Texas Hunt Continues for Escaped Convicts
Huntsville Texas. A manhunt for three escaped convicts extended to the Fort Worth area. Collins Merhson 38, life for robbery Thomas Tucker 38, 64 years for murder and Walter Thorp 30 a robber under 25 years. They tunneled under the wall with spoons. Four other convicts captured within 24 hours. Police believed the men hid near Fort Worth and found a stolen car in Fort Worth.
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Huntsville
Tex
Fort Worth
Collins W. Mershon
Thomas W. Tucker
Walter Thorp
Texas State Penitentiary
North Texas
Budget Battle Begins in Congress Over 1959 Deficit
Democrats and Republicans clash as the 1959 budget fight opens. The $2.87 billion deficit is a central issue with Senate Leader Lucas defending deficits as a cold war tool and GOP leaders Wherry and Taber attacking Truman tax plans as vote buying. Taber cites voter sentiment against spendthrift fiscal policies.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Til
Bret
GOP
Kenneth S. Wherry
Neb
John Taber
N.Y
House Appropriations Committee
Wherry
Truman
Funeral services for Harry Horak held in Riverside burial
Funeral services for Harry Horak, a longtime Washington county resident, were conducted at Jones Funeral Home at 2 pm Tuesday with Dr. Fred E. Miller presiding. Pallbearers included Leonard Horak Alvin Horak Archie Horak Walter Beranek Richard Havel and Hubert Beranek. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery.
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Harry Horak
Washington County
Jones Funeral Home
Fred E. Miller
Leonard Horak
Alvin Horak
Archie Horak
Walter Beranek
Richard Havel
Hubert Beranek
Riverside Cemetery
First Woman Police Telephone Operator Retires in Cincinnati
Miss Augusta Brehme retires after 41 years with Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Co. She spent 30 years at the police exchange as the citys first woman police telephone operator.
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Cincinnati
Augusta Brehme
Cincinnati & Suburban Bell Telephone Co
Police Exchange
No More Saucers Says U. S. Air Force
The Air Force concluded after a two year probe that flying saucer reports were hoaxes or misinterpretations of natural or conventional objects. A Wright Field project saucer was abandoned as investigations mirrored earlier findings. Weather balloons flares birds airplanes and guided missiles accounted for sightings.
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U. S. Air Force
U. S
FDR Tops UP Poll Of Men Who Made Impact This Century
A United Press poll of American newspaper and radio editors names Franklin D. Roosevelt as the most impactful figure of the first half of the century. Adolf Hitler, Edison, Churchill, Ford, Lenin, the Wrights, Einstein, Stalin, and Pasteur follow. Women like Meitner, Eddy, and Mme Curie receive votes but miss the top ten.
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FDR
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Press
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Thomas Edison
Winston Churchill
Henry Ford
Nicolai Lenin
Wright Brothers
Albert Hinstein
Joseph Stalin
Louis Pasteur
Pasteur
Lise Meitner
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science
Mme. Curie
Fifteen Additional Jurors Announced for District Court
R R Noonan district court clerk announced fifteen more petit jurors for term starting January 9. Combined with fifty named previously in The Journal, jurors report at 1 30 p m January 16. Read aloud are Viola Bickel Ray Box Don Boyer J J Fleig Laura Foster M R Gardner Evelyn Kensinger Jessie Klein Viola Livezey Al Logan Rachel Longwell Marion Miller Myrtle Poole Addie B Thompson and W H Tweeten from various wards and townships.
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R. R. Noonan
Journal
Viola Bickel
Ray Box
Don Boyer
J. J. Fleig
Clay Township
Laura Foster
Wellman
M. R. Gardner
Oregon Township
Evelyn Kensinger
Jessie Klein
Viola Livezey
al Logan
Rachel Longwell
Marion Miller
Washington Township
Myrtle Poole
Addie B. Thompson
W. H. Tweeten
Woman’s hat bursts into flames at party
A Washington woman at a dinner party bent her head near a lighted taper causing her feathered hat to catch fire. Flames were controlled quickly with only one hat slightly damaged as she searched January ads for a new hat without feather trim.
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Washington
Funeral rites for Iowa professor C Lathrop Smith
Funeral services were held in Iowa City for Prof. C Lathrop Smith 43 noted chemistry professor at the University of Iowa Smith died Monday He worked on the atomic bomb program at the University of Chicago during World War II and served as president and secretary of the American Chemical Society.
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Iowa City
C. Lathrop Smith
University of Iowa
Smith
University of Chicago
American Chemical Society
Relief Officer Detained at Border Freed in Vienna
Israel Jacobson, American relief official and Budapest director for the American Joint Distribution Committee, was detained by Soviet guards at the Nickelsdorf border after Hungarian authorities expelled him for suspected espionage. He denied the charge, was held in a Soviet guest house overnight, and was released after the U S legation protested. He arrived in Vienna with Soviet escorts.
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Vienna
Austria
Israel Jacobson
Hungary
Jacobson
Nickelsdorf
Budapest
American Joint Distribution Committee
United States
Nickelsdorff
U. S
One Killed, Five Injured In Philadelphia Blaze
A two alarm fire at a wholesale produce market in Philadelphia ends with one fireman dead and five injured as a three story building collapses after the roof gives way. Fire Chief Cost ordered crews to retreat before the collapse trapping six rescuers.
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Philadelphia
John C. Cost
Cooperative Supper Hosted by Rich Family
Mr and Mrs Les Gilmore and Harold Lee joined Mr and Mrs E P Rich for a Monday evening cooperative supper at the Rich home. Attendees included Mr and Mrs R C Watson and Roy Jr Mr and Mrs Howard Hoyle and Gerald Mr and Mrs Hubert Redlinger Bob Jim and Donnie Joe. The group spent the evening playing pinochle.
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Les Gilmore
Harold Lee
R. C. Watson
Roy Jr
Howard Hoyle
Gerald
Hubert Redlinger
Bob
Jim
Donnie Joe
E. P. Rich
Donnie
Weather outlook for Iowa turns colder with snow chances
Des Moines notes increasing clouds and mild winds this afternoon with highs from 35 in the north to 60 in the south. Tonight turns decisively colder with strong winds, lows from zero in the north to 15 in the south. Thursday remains cold with highs 10 to 20 above. Occasional light snow may fall in northern towns tonight or Thursday. Yesterday’s temperatures reached 40/165.
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Iowa
Des Moines
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