Annual March of Dimes Drive Plans Set in Washington County
County March of Dimes chapter finalized plans for the 1993 drive starting January 11 with Joe Pease as campaign head and Richard Stephens directing rural fundraising. John Phieger will again lead as president and county officers cited a need for more funds after a depleted 1952 epidemic year and 53 polio cases reported last year.
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Washington County
John Phieger
Joe Pease
Cames
Pease
Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
Stephens
Georgia
National Foundation
Myral Smith
Freida Day
Brighton
John Calkins
West Chester
Nevada Namppleberg
Wellman
Logan Keit
Kalona
Harrys Colvin
Riverside
C. M. Rogers
Ainsworth
W. Chapek
Richmond
Intus
Phieger
Rhieger
Eileen Jeffrey
C. A. Boice
Indonesia’s path to independence after 800 years under Dutch rule
A brief note citing Indonesia’s long colonial period under the Netherlands ending with independence in 1949.
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Indonesia
Netherlands
Ted Johnson Installed as Kiwanis Club President
Ted Johnson was installed as president of the Washington Kiwanis club at noon today. Harold Mangold, retiring president, headed the ceremony. New officers include Roger Sherman as vice president Ray Guest as secretary Bill Smart as treasurer and board members Howard Benn Dr L B Eicher Eugene Grecian Gilbert Mills Marion Sheetz Delbert Zacer. Rev Milo Phillips continues as bulletin editor.
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Ted Johnson
Washington Kiwanis Club
Harold Mangold
Roger Sherman
Ray Guest
Bill Smart
Howard Benn
Dr. L. B. Eicher
Eugene Grecian
Gilbert Mills
Marion Sheetz
Delbert Zacer
Milo Phillips
Bullettin
Sheriff Snyder Records Busy Washington County Year
Year end report shows Sheriff Charles Snyder and Deputy Lloyd Robertson overseeing 119 prisoners in the county jail. There were 41 OMVI arrests with 38 convictions, compared to 22 OMVI arrests and 18 convictions the previous year.
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Charles Snyder
Washington County
Lloyd Robertson
OMVI
Air Force Man Wins 1952 Burlington Liars Medal
Airman Third Class Harry V. Cumming of Dallas Texas won the 1952 Burlington Liars Club diamond lyre medal after a tale about mosquitos in Japan. Honorable mention went to B H Lucan of Portsmouth Ohio for a fib about painting a cottage with no ladder and melting mercury.
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Burlington
Wis
Japan
Burlington Liars’ Club
Harry V. Cumming
Dallas
Tex
Cummings
California
B. H. Lucan
Portsmouth
UN Big Guns Boom Salute To New Year
UN forces fire all big guns at midnight to greet the new year on the Korean front amid frigid conditions. Chinese Red Infantrymen launch five attacks on Seoul defenses while Allied officials call the threat of a general offensive largely propaganda with no major buildup seen.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
WU. N
Shoul
URG
U. N
Yonchon-Chorwon
Old Malay
Sniper Ridge
Reds
New Year's Eve Service at Washington Methodist Church
The public is invited to an annual candlelight communion at Washington Methodist Church tonight from 11 15 p m to midnight. Soloist Robert Steele and organist Mrs A S Smith will perform.
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Washington Methodist Church
Robert Steele
A.S. Smith
Illinois IOOF Lodge Hosts Visiting Officer on Tuesday
Henry Alegiewsky district deputy grand master for the IOOF lodge in Mason City Illinois visited the regular IOOF meeting Tuesday evening. Keith Williams incoming vice grand delivered charges and was accepted. Officers will be installed January 7 instead of January 12. January 18 refreshments organized by Ernest Greene Henry Wagenknech Frank Longwell. Sick committee: Lou Wagenknech Harold Walker Vernon Witting. Next meeting plans include past grands.
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Henry Alegiewsky
Ioof Lodge
Mason City
Illinois
Keith Williams
Ernest Greene
Henry Wagenknech
Frank Longwell
Lou Wagenknech
Harold Walker
Vernon Witting
Nutmeg Mace Explained as Seed Covering Tab
Mace is not a true spice but comes from the dried covering of the nutmeg seed. The distinction lies in its botanical origin and use in flavoring and cooking.
Des Moines Man Bound to Grand Jury in Tavern Shooting
Lee R Billings aged 68 was bound to the grand jury on a first degree murder charge for a Christmas Day tavern shooting. Charles Barnett 21 of Des Moines was killed, described by authorities as an innocent bystander amid a dispute with Billings' son-in-law Ernest Stevenson. Witnesses said Billings brandished a revolver during the quarrel and the weapon discharged, striking Barnett in the back.
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Des Moines
Lee R Billings
Billings
Charles Barnett
Ernest Stevenson
Barnett
Washington men meet with Iowa Highway Commission at Ames
Three Washington businessmen along with W H Smart Darrell Ross and Keith Vetter met Iowa Highway Commission officials in Ames to push for paving highway 1 from Brighton to Washington and Kalona to Iowa City and to improve highway 22 monitoring Wellman to Kalona. They noted 300 million dollars in project requests but only 23 million available this year and urged relieving congestion on highway 218 by linking the two paved sections ending at Kalona and Washington.
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Washington
Washington County
Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
Brighton
Kalona
Iowa City
Wellman
W. H. Smart
Darrell Ross
Chamber of Commerce
Kalona =o
Cavalry Regiment To Hold Reunion At Fort Des Moines
Glenn Murphy at the armory and Postmaster O J Brown have tickets and programs for the eighth annual reunion of the 113th Cavalry regiment to be held at the Ft Des Moines hotel January 10 and 11. Troop D of the 113th Cavalry left Washington January 13 for service in World War II. The reunions have drawn many members each year.
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Glenn Murphy
O. J. Brown
113Th Cavalry
Ft. Des Moines
Washington
1950 Crime total for the United States disclosed
In 1950 a total of 190,050 crimes were reported in the United States according to the latest figures. The number reflects nationwide criminal activity across categories and regions during the year.
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U. Ss
Continue Probe of Policeman's Death
Des Moines authorities say the investigation into patrolman Kenneth Lutz's death will continue. Lutz aged 21 was found shot in a woman's bedroom and died the following Tuesday after being found in underwear near Patricia Newman, a 49 year old police operator.
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Des Moines
EF. Herring
Kenneth Lutz
Lutz
Patricia Newman
Routson of Brighton Dies at 86 in Iowa Home
Howard J Routson of Brighton died at his home Tuesday night at 10 50 o clock He was born April 28 1874 in Ohio and moved to Iowa as a child He married Bertha McClain in 1900 and they celebrated their golden anniversary in 1956 Survivors include his wife four children 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services will be held near Libertyville with arrangements at Omar Hoskins funeral home in Fairfield Ohio native Pharoah era note on life expectancy appended.
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Brighton
Howard J. Routson
Fairfield
Omar Hoskins
Yeeteria
Libertyville
Mr. Routson
Ohio
Harvey C
Mary Crawford Routson
Iowa
Ilown
Elizabeeth Crawford
Bertha McClain
Donald
Cedar Rapids
Delbert
Denver
Colo
Jack Pence
Ottumwa
Herbert Struse
Hydrogen detected in Neptune and Uranus atmospheres
Astronomers report the presence of hydrogen in the upper atmospheres of Neptune and Uranus. The discovery marks the lightest element identified in both outer planets' gaseous envelopes and informs models of planetary formation and composition.
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Neptune
Uranus
Plan Interviews For Air Force Reservists
United States Air Force reservists not on active duty will be interviewed to update records for a manpower inventory. Washington area reservists are to meet interview teams at Burlington city hall from January 5 to 13, with appointments mailed. The survey covers occupation dependents and physical condition and is not a call to active duty.
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United States Air Force
Air Force
Washington
Burlington City Hall
Burlington
Doctors attempt scalp flap to protect Rodney Brodie
In Chicago physicians report a new scalp flap placed across 15 month old Rodney Dee Brodie to reduce brain infection risk after the separation from his Siamese twin Roger Lee. Rodney recovered while Roger remains in a deep coma days after the 12 hour operation that ended the joint birth.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
Sin
Rodney
Roger Lee
Local Men Purchase Funeral Home Business
Don Whitlatech and Frank Greenwood announced they have purchased a funeral home in Cherokee Iowa and will take charge February 1. Whitlatech has lived in Washington since 1942 and Greenwood has been in town about two years.
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Don Whitlatech
Frank Greenwood
Jones Funeral Home
Cherokee
Iowa
Mr. Whitlatech
Washington
Mr. Greenwood
Twenty Six Injured In Train Collision Near Fort Smith
A passenger train named Meteor and a Kansas City Southern freight collided ten miles south of Fort Smith near Cedar Oklahoma. Twenty six people were injured as crews evacuated calmly after the wreck.
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Fort Smith, Ark
Kansas City Southern
Cedar
Oklo
Dairy Group Vows Fight Over Colored Margarine in Iowa
The Iowa State Dairy Association and 30 dairymen campaign against legalizing colored oleomargarine in Iowa. They warn the public will mistake it for butter and vow to make margarine a top issue at the 1953 legislature with funds to support the fight.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Dairy Association
Iowa
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
The
Dairy Association
Fair Trade Prac
55Th General Assembly
Estes
Waterloo
Autopsy Planned In Death Of Infant Girl
Authorities planned an autopsy today in the death of a two month old girl who died in the rear seat of her parents automobile. Mr and Mrs Alva Heisdorfser of Sigourney took the child to a doctor after noticing she was unconscious. The baby was pronounced dead. The couple were driving from Sigourney to their farm when they observed the infant’s condition and found her wrapped in a blanket in the rear seat.
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Sigourney
Alva Heisdorfser
Sigourney Farm
Woman’s SOS Foils Plane Hijack to Communist China
An American woman used lipstick to scrawl SOS signals on a Philippine Airlines DC-3 window, aiding Nationalist fighters to intercept a hijacker. Pilot Pedro Z Perlas and purser Eduardo Diego were killed. the gunman Ang Cho was captured and later flown to Manila.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Philippines Air Lines
China
Philippines
Mary Ireton
Bethel
Marshall E. Nunn
San Francisco
Information Service
Miss Irenton
Pedro Z. Perlas
Purser
Eduardo Diego
Ang Cho
Kio
Philip Ang
Hong Shu Chun
Taipei
Manila
Phillipine
Marriage license issued at court for Paul and Hayes
A marriage license was issued at the courthouse to Kenneth D. Paul of Brighton and Mary Lu Hayes of Fairfield.
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Court House
Kenneth D. Paul
Brighton
Mary Lu Hayes
Fairfield
Humphreys Family Celebrates Christmas at Wapello Home
Della Humphreys spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with her brother Edward V. Humphreys and his family at their Wapello residence.
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Della Humphreys
Edward V. Humphreys
Wapello
Churchill Sails For Meeting With Eisenhower Aboard the Queen Mary
Prime Minister Winston Churchill sails from Britain to New York aboard the Queen Mary for a meeting with President elect Eisenhower. The trip aims to renew wartime ties and set a cooperative pattern with the new Republican administration. Churchill seeks alignment on Korea, Soviet moves, and Anglo American postwar strategy.
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Winston Churchill
New York
Eisenhower
Great Britain
Churchill
Korea
Josef Stalin
Atomic Knowledge and Cold War Rearmament Stretchout
A historical overview discusses American atomic knowledge amid a prolonged cold war and an extended rearmament program. The text analyzes policy shifts, technological edge concerns, and strategic budgeting as the arms race intensifies through decades.
American Casualties in Korea Reach 128000 Milestone
Defense Department reports total American battle casualties in Korea at 128238, up 155 from last week. Figures include 22556 deaths 92933 wounded 9267 missing 2089 captured and 1393 returned to duty. next of kin notifications lag one to three weeks.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Marriage License Issued at Court House
A marriage license was issued at the court house here to Ivan H. Maas of Riverside and Alpha Niffenegger Mattfeld of Kalona.
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Ivan H. Maas
Riverside
Alpha Niffenegger Mattfeld
Kalona
Margin of farmer profits falls to seven year low
Washington officials of the Agriculture Department report the farm share of consumer food spending dropped to 47 cents of every dollar in 1952, the smallest since WWII. Prices at the farm gate fell 3 percent from Nov 15 to Dec 15, eight months of declines this year, with dairy and staple prices near parity levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Man Burns Home After Row With Wife
Cedar Rapids, IA. C Lahue, 31, a Rock Island Railroad switchman, was arraigned on arson charges after he set fire to his wife’s house following an argument. He stated he burned the dwelling Monday when she left in a car and did not return, then slept at his mother's home. Bond set at 1500 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Forrest C. Lahue
Rock Island Railroad
Junior High Girls May Use Y Gym Friday
The Washington YMCA gym will be available to junior high girls Friday from 3 to 4 for basketball volleyball and games. Gerry Nickerson will supervise the recreation period. A ten cent fee applies and they may swim in the YMCA pool from 4 to 5.
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Washington Ymca
Gerry Nickerson
YMCA
Iowa Weather: Cloudy With Mild Temperature Change
Des Moines report notes cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with minimal temperature change. Lows range from 12 to 30 degrees in the northwest to 20 to 38 degrees southeast, highs 30 to 38 degrees. Chance of light precipitation toward Friday. extreme eastern areas show similar conditions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ffrids
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Head County
Iowa Staters Organization
Towa Staters Group
James Birney
Don Rinner
Ray Glover
Poreh Light
Vease
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
John McCarthy
McCarthy
Kiwanis
Air Force Man
Methodist Church
GOP
Newman
Herring
Rodney Brodie
Roger
University of Illinois Educational and Research Hospital
Dairy Group
United States
Britain
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