Draft order seeks to end childless husband deferments
The selective service plans to cancel draft deferrals for childless husbands and men with only one dependent. Draft director Hershey testified that the president must sign the order, which would let boards draft about 170000 currently deferred men, possibly rising to 220000 if standards are eased.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Hershey
Vinson
Atomic Artillery Shells Ready Soon
General J Lawton Collins says the army will have atomic artillery shells in the not too distant future and guided missiles carrying atomic warheads within not many years. He notes the weapons will have considerable accuracy and references no details on the trials at Frenchman Flat Nevada.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Collins
U. S. News & World Report
Frenchman Flat
Nev
Nursing Institute on Atomic Warfare Topics Held
Miss Arma Thomsen advisory nurse of District Health Service No 7 spent last week at the University of Minnesota attending an Institute on Nursing Aspects of Atomic Warfare. The Institute was conducted by the National Security Resources Board with nurses from nine states and Canada in attendance.
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Rma Thomsen
District Health Service No. 7
University of Minnesota
National Security Resources Board
States
Canada
Iowa basic skills test results released for rural county students
Results of the January 17 basic skills tests for sixth to eighth graders in county rural schools have been received. Superintendent Lester Krabi announced that the results are being prepared for mailing to teachers in the affected schools.
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Iowa
Court House
Lester Krabi
Fairfield Man Waits For Jury Hearing
Elroy I. Shemanski, 25, described as a sickly airfield bachelor, confessed to a $76,000 extortion plot against Fairfield businessman William Fry of the Louden Machinery Co. He signed letters demanding $25,000 under threat to Fry and his family, and was jailed in Des Moines County after a federal extortion charge filing.
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DES Muumnese
tLuUry
Elroy I. Shemanski
Fairfield Bus
Shemanski
Fairfield
U. S
Keokuk
Des Moines
Burlington
Polk County
FBI
William Fry
Louden Machinery Co
Fry
Fourth Infantry To Be Sent to Germany
The army plans to send the 4th Infantry Division to Germany soon as part of Eisenhower's Atlantic Pact army. The air force may dispatch more jet fighter bomber groups. No decision yet on sending National Guard divisions alongside the regular unit.
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Washington
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Europe
Defense
George C. Marshall
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Allied Tank Columns Press Deep Behind Communist Lines in Korea
Six allied tank columns blasted through a 80 mile front near Seoul and toward An Yang and Hoengsong. Infantry followed with fixed bayonets as tanks struck fiercely to prevent a Chinese New Year counteroffensive. Prisoners were taken including a North Korean regimental chief of staff.
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Tokyo
Korea
Seoul
Hoengsong
United Nations
Boy Scout Week Proclaimed in Washington Iowa
I G Mace mayor proclaims February 6 to 12 as Boy Scout Week in Washington Iowa. He notes the 41st anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and urges citizens to support volunteer Scout Leaders and youth program efforts nationwide.
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Boy Scouts of America
Congress of the United States
Boys of America
Boy Scout
Arm of Liberty
E. Mace
Washington
Iowa
Major C. Clayton Hutton to Speak at Forum Meeting
Major C. Clayton Hutton a Britisher and WWII intelligence innovator will speak at Washington High School auditorium Thursday February 8 at 8:30 pm on Secrets of the British Secret Service. He will detail escape aids and covert war techniques used to keep enemy guards busy and reveal silk maps hidden in everyday items.
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C. Clayton Hutton
Washington High School
Secret Service
Major Hutton
Washington
War Office
Whitehall
London
Hutton
Munich
British Intelligence Corps
Cooley Defends Farmers Against Blame For Increased Food Prices
Washington реак: Harold D. Cooley chair of the House Agriculture Committee labeled critics of farmers as ignorant. He released a six page statement with staff charts arguing farm prices for major foods except meat run below fair levels, noting retail prices rise while farm prices stay near parity.
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Cooley
Washington
Harold D. Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
North Carolina Democrat
Faro
Proposes 20 Percent Auto Tax, More on Radios
Obituary notice for L. J. Varney 56 of 1401 North Fourth Avenue who died at his home Saturday night. Funeral set for February 6 at Jones funeral home 8:30 p.m. with Rev. Karl Longfellow. Burial in Elim Grove cemetery. Varney lived in Washington most of adulthood, worked as a mechanic for Farmers Eplement Store. Born November 29 1894 in West Branch Iowa, son of R. C. Varney and Sarah Wayman Varney. Survived by wife two sons two daughters mother brother five sisters and 12 grandchildren with other relatives listed.
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L. J. Varney
North Fourth Avenue
Farmers Eplement
West Branch
Iowa
R. C. Varney
Sarah Wayman Varney
This
Washington County
Museatine
Freda Denison
Varney
The
Baptist Church
William L
Robert C
Keota
Elizabeth) Wolfe
Washington
Maurice
Faye) Henry
Sarah Varney
Muscatine
Robert Varney
Mae van Zant
Holland Candidate For School Board
Lee A. Holland announced as candidate for Washington public schools board to serve a three year term. He is executive vice president of the State Bank of Washington. Election is Monday March 12. Incumbents include Dr. M. J. Cruise and H. B. Bailey.
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Lee A. Holland
Washington Public Schools
Holland
State Bank of Washington
M. J. Cruise
H. B. Bailey
Cruise
Board of Education
Marion George
John Lee
John Winga
Farm price parity report cited as misleading
A mid January farming price parity report was presented to the public in an allegedly misleading way by critics who argued the parity average, set at 110 percent, was inflated by above parity in a few commodities including cotton, rice, wool, cottonseed, soybeans, beef cattle, lambs, and veal calves.
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Ment
Cooley
Prominent Ainsworth Leader Alva Sands Dies at 72
Alva E Sands former mayor of Ainsworth and longtime local business figure dies at home Saturday after a heart attack. Funeral set for Tuesday at United Presbyterian Church with Rev V V Wortman officiating. Survived by wife Maud Morrison, one son Neal Sands, and daughters Dorothy Erickson and Martha Fry. Burial in Ainsworth. Funeral home viewing Friday evening through Monday night.
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Alva E. Sands
Ainsworth
Mr. Sands
United Presbyterian Church
V. V. Wortman
Ainsworth Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Ainsworth Lode
Sands
F. G. Sands
Ainsworth Savings Bank
Highland Park Pharmacy College
Des Moines
Neal A. Sands
New York City
J. H
Dorothy) Erickson
Viola, Ill
G. M
Martha) Fry
Buckeye
Arizona
Union Speaker Outlines Four Greatest Enemies Of Living
Dr Raymond Reed of the Methodist church spoke at the Sunday union service in the Presbyterian church on Our Four Greatest Enemies. He cited resentment fear self centeredness and guilt as the main disruptors and urged replacing them with love faith unselfishness and moral rightness with God and man. Local pastors assisted in the service.
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Raymond Reed
Methodist Church
Union
Presbyterian Church
Polio Claims Jump in 1949 Report
Metropolitan Life Insurance reports polio claims in 1949 were twice those of the epidemics in 1948 and 1946, highlighting a sharp rise in illness payments.
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The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Snyder Proposes Higher Levies to Fund Defense
Secretary John W. Snyder outlined a defense funding plan featuring a 20 percent tax on new autos and a 26 percent levy on radios and electrical appliances. He said these increases, part of a larger budget package, would help cover a $71.5 billion proposal with a $16.5 billion gap, and urged pay as you go financing.
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Washington (Lp
Secretary of Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Truman
Congress
Drafting Railroad Strikers Proposed in National Defense
Chairman Graham A. Barden urged drafting railroad workers to stop a wildcat strike, warning ammunition shortages may arise from rail tieups. He pressed Congress to rise to the occasion after leaders condemned the strike following a White House meeting with President Truman. The National Mediation Board reported a complete deadlock between carriers and four big rail unions.
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Washington
Graham A. Barden
House Labor Committee
National Defense
North Carolina
House
Barden
Truman
White House
National Mediation Board
Radio Program Explains One Great Hour of Sharing
A radio program will broadcast February 9 at 7 PM on NBC to explain the One Great Hour of Sharing church drive. Dr. Franklin Clark Fry and Albert Crews will discuss overseas needs and preview the sharing event set for Sunday February 25 in many churches.
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NBC
Franklin Clark Fry
Albert Crews
Will Continue Play in Bridge Tourney Tonight
The YMCA hosts the third round of the Y's Men’s club sponsored duplicate bridge tournament tonight at 8 o'clock. All bridge players are invited to participate with tickets available at the door.
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YMCA
Iowa Weather Outlook With Snow Flurries Across Regions
Partly cloudy with highs near 20 in the east and 35 in the southwest. Tonight mostly cloudy and warmer with snow flurries in the north portion. Lows 15 northeast to 25 30 southwest. Tuesday cloudy and milder with snow flurries in the north and scattered rain or drizzle south. Highs 26 89 northeast and 35 southwest. Winds southeast 20 mph, shifting to west Tuesday. Colder Tuesday night with northeast lows 12 to 18 southwest. Wednesday snow flurries and colder.
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Iowa
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Don Quinn
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Glen Lord
Stan Kiesey
G. C. Catron
Iowa State College
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Earl Booth
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