Boy Scouts Run City Posts for Day in Washington
During National Boy Scout Week in Washington the Boy Scouts seized city offices for a day. Kerr won the mayoral bid for the day on the Progressive ticket over Hanson, with two councilmen per ticket elected.
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Boy Scouts
Kerr
Washington
Lewis
Butch) Kerr
Progressive
Don Hanson
Representative
George McDaniel
John Peterson
Bruce Bailey
Tom Kerr
Steve Johnson
Gary Leeper
John Wilson
Farmers Can Buy Stored Government Corn 1948 49
About 85 million bushels of government owned corn from 1948 and 1949 stored in Iowa county bins are offered for sale at local market price not below the county 1953 crop support rate. Washington County reports no stock but buyers may purchase in other counties with prices ranging from 1.57 to 1.59 dollars per bushel. Howard L. Witting notes limits on minimum sale sizes may be set to fit local conditions.
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ASC
Howard L. Witting
Washington County
Johnson and Jefferson
Henry
Louisa
Iowa
Keokuk
Teague Faults New Look Defense as Inadequate
Rep Olin Teague said the new look defense plan cannot meet a full atomic war with the Soviet Union nor 20 years of Korea. He warned a nuclear standoff could occur and the ground fight might be won by the enemy’s terms unless atomic war is chosen. He urged broader readiness despite budget cuts.
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Washington
Olin KE
Teague
D-Tex
Russia
Kyes
Asst
Roger M. Kyes
Congressional Record
Six Die as Car Hits Streetcar in Los Angeles
Six persons, three men and three women, were killed instantly in a head on collision with a streetcar in Los Angeles. Police say the 1949 automobile tried to pass a second car, crossed a double white line, and struck the oncoming streetcar which derailed. Firemen freed victims from wreckage as the bodies were taken to the county morgue. none of the 16 streetcar passengers were injured.
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Los Angeles
West Angered by Molotov Austria Plan at Big Four Talks
In Berlin the West rejected Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov's five point proposal for a neutral and occupied Austria calling it brutal and cynical. Austrian Chancellor Figl and officials prepared a firm denial as Dulles Eden and Bidault planned a united protest while seeking any workable path at the Big Four conference.
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Berlin
Russia
Austria
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Leopold Frig
Figi
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
Vienna
Hitler
Molotov
Germany
Trieste
Figl
Julius Raab
Far East
Dulles
Eden
Bidault
Montreal Baby Ring Probe Escalates Arrests Across City
Police deepen the three million dollar black market in babies with new arrests expected as doctors lawyers and social workers face action. The ring operated in Montreal for a decade selling illegitimate births to United States couples including many Jewish buyers in New York Chicago Cleveland and Florida. Ernest Mitler notes at least 70 New York couples admitted buying babies here. Herman Buller a Montreal lawyer was charged with falsifying birth certificates and remanded to February 19.
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Montreal
United States
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Florida
Ernest Mitler
New York County
Herman Buller
Dorval
Israel
Buller
Montreal Council of Social Agencies
Council
Miller
Ring
Jenner Claims Democrats Gave Away Korea Victory
Sen William E Jenner charged Democrats with fixing the Korea war outcome in a Lincoln Day speech in Jeffersonville Indiana. He said Fair Dealers in 1952 ordered American youths into a distant war with soldiers and air support removed, a commander replaced mid campaign, and warned they had “given away the victory” won by American troops.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
William E. Jenner
Korea
Indiana
Columbus
Jenner
Eisenhower to seek peacetime atomic use and allied knowledge
President Eisenhower plans a special message to Congress requesting laws to promote peacetime atomic energy use by private enterprise and to allow allies greater tactical knowledge of atomic weapons. The move aims to enable allied planning and industrial development while not linking to the UN pool proposal.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
James C.hagerty
United States
United Nations
U. N
Hagerty
NATO
House
Senate
Hold Belongings Of Rita Haymes Suspect Move In Greenwich
Deputy sheriffs guarded Rita Haymes and Dick Haymes belongings in their 14 room Greenwich rental as landlord Joseph Kraeler seeks 675 dollars in back rent and 4000 dollars for alleged antique furniture damage. The couple denied owing back rent and vowed to sue for 100000 dollars.
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Greenwich, Conn
Rita Hayworth
Dick Haymes
Joseph Kraeler
Haymes
New York
Bartley Crum
Thirty Die in Brazil Bus Train Crash Near Adamantina
A bus collided with a train at a grade crossing near Adamantina Brazil killing thirty people and seriously injuring six. The bus caught fire leaving many victims.
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Adamantina
Brazil
Here
Italy Floods Threaten Rome as Tiber Rises
Rain and melting snow threaten Italy with floods as the Tiber river surges well above normal levels near Rome. A Po River dike breach at Stienta raises concerns after the 1951 disaster, with areas north of Rome and across 6,000 acres reported inundated up to three feet deep.
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Rome
Italy
Stienta
Polesine
Marsciano
Perugia
Young Boxer Admits Purse Snatching
Burton Bailey a 22 year old Des Moines boxer and recent Central Iowa Golden Gloves outstanding boxer was jailed after police linked him to a purse snatching assault on grade school teacher Mrs. Wilmer Johnson. Bailey confessed to taking a Mexican coin from the purse and was stopped by Detective Sgt. Tony Andreano about 15 minutes after the attack. The assault left Mrs. Johnson with multiple blows and a fall into bushes, as Bailey allegedly continued the beating. Bailey had won the open division at 169 pounds in the Golden Gloves and faced the Tournament of Champions in Chicago March 1 3.
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Des Moines
Burton Bailey
Wilmer Johnson
Tony Andreano
Bailey
Chicago
Rhee Asks Asian Unity Against Communism Nears Pact
Seoul reports President Syngman Rhee urged Ramon Magsaysay to convene an Asiatic conference to negotiate a Far East anti Communist alliance. Rhee seeks military economic and cultural ties with anti Communist nations and a Pacific pact, while Choi Duk Shin tours six Southeast Asian nations with a concrete proposal.
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Seoul
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Ramon Magsaysay
Rhee
Magsaysay
Y. K. Kim
China
Indochina
Vietnam
Choi Duk Shin
Southeast Asia
Chio
Burma
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Malacca
Bus Fire Kills Several Including Two Children
A bus fire killed multiple passengers including two children. Forty people were aboard. four escaped serious injury, including the driver who fled the scene to avoid retaliatory violence.
U S Technicians Arrive to Aid French in Indochina Fighting
About 100 American technicians were flown from Japan to Indochina to service US built aircraft and train locals as part of Eisenhower's aid to France. They joined 105 technicians and Gen. Weyland's visit as clashes continued around Luang Prabang with French air assaults and Dien Bien Phu fighting ongoing with no major battles reported.
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U. S
Indochina
Hanoi
Japan
Eisenhower
France
Catbi
Hanti
Luang Prabang
Laos
United States
Otto Weyland
Far East Air Forces
Dien Bien Phu
Deadline Near For Jaycee Balloting
Washington residents must mail ballots for the Outstanding Young Man of 1953 by Sunday. The ballot, available in the Evening Journal, requires the candidate to be 21 to 35 and need not be a Jaycee member. The award will be presented at Boss Night on Monday evening February 22.
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Washington
Jaycee
Evening Journal
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Infiltration of U S government outlined by Brownell
In Boston a Lincoln Day address by Attorney General Herbert Brownell described the Justice Department piecing together FBI warnings about communist treachery. He said thousands of items emerged from archives, including a 1945 FBI report on Soviet espionage, as part of evaluating a larger pattern of infiltration in Washington.
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Boston
Justice Department
FBI
Washington
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
Middlesex Club
Eisenhower
Heart Attack Suspected in WAUKON Highway Crash
Benjamin Osmundson, 38, apparently suffered a heart attack Friday before his car left a rural highway near his farm, plunging into Bear Creek. The vehicle overturned several times and sank in about five feet of water.
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Waukon
Benjamin Osmundson
Bear Creek
Here
Fewer Livestock On Farms in Iowa
Iowa reports Jan 1 1954 livestock totals fell 8 percent from a year earlier while beef cows reached a new high. Hogs dropped 9 percent from Jan 1 1953 and 12 percent below average. sheep and lambs down 2 percent but 6 percent above 10 year average. Milk cows steady at 1,145,000 head, 14 percent under average.
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DZS
Anemia in Pigs Linked to Nutrition and Diseases
Anemia in pigs may arise from poor nutrition and infectious diseases or internal parasites.
Cancer Drive Group At Meeting Friday
Washington county volunteers attended a cancer meeting in Iowa City with 21 participants including co chairman Mrs. C R Reed campaign chairman James Steggell and county secretary Lucille. The group toured University hospital cancer radiation research laboratories and discussed the annual April cancer drive and expanded county support due to rising cancer cases.
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Washington County
Iowa City
Washington
C. R. Reed
James Steggell
By Trades Group
Lucille
Ford Skola
Kalona
Skola
Delmar Schia
Stanley Dawson
Alt
Iowa
Congress
Washington City
Cancer Society
Fowl Cholera Spread Tied to Feed and Water
Fowl cholera spreads through contaminated feed and water sources, enabling transmission among poultry. Authorities warn farmers to ensure clean water, proper feed storage, and biosecurity measures to prevent outbreaks.
Weather Update Iowa Partly Cloudy Mild Tonight
Partly cloudy and seasonably mild tonight with low temperatures from the upper 20s to mid 30s in the northeast and 30s to around 40s in the southwest. Sunday highs reach the 50s to mid 60s in the southwest as skies stay partly cloudy. Monday turns partly cloudy and cooler.
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Iowa
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Jerry Neff
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Rita
Cancer Drive
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