Reds Break Lull in China With Shelling of Quemoy
In Formosa Strait the Chinese Communist forces shelled Greater Quemoy for about an hour striking from Lienho and Tatang between 10 04 and 10 50 a m no casualties were reported according to a military communique Nationalist sources noted deployments in the coastal area and hinted at preparations for a larger invasion while the United States reportedly kept the 7th Fleet strong in Formosa waters and stationed Sabrejet aircraft in the area
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China
Quemoy
Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Greater Quemoy
Lienho
Tatang
United States
7Th Fleet
Accuse Officials Impeding Iowa Conservation Work
The Wildlife Management Institute criticizes State Personnel Director Arthur T. Wallace and the State Executive Council for hindering the Iowa Conservation Commission. It accuses political appointees of entering the department and urges removal of personnel from Wallace’s jurisdiction to preserve nonpartisan administration. The group also cites slow salary and land decisions as hampering commission work.
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Des Moines
Wildlife Management Institute
Arthur T. Wallace
State Executive Council
Iowa Conservation Commission
Conservation Department
Wallace
Institute
Hermann Field Sets Course for Britain from Switzerland
Hermann Field the Cleveland architect who was jailed by Communist Poland and released last year is en route to Britain after months in neutral Switzerland. His wife Kate said in a letter Field will arrive in England on Thursday Feb 17 and meet the press Friday Feb 18. Field vanished in Warsaw on Aug 22 1949 while seeking his brother Noel who disappeared on May 12 1949. Field was freed from Poland on Oct 25 1954 with Polish regime admission of a frame up.
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London
Hermann Field
Cleveland
Ohio
Poland
Britain
Hermann
Noel
Red
Hungary
Switzerland
Kate
United Press
England
Field
Warsaw
Legislature approves bills on beer sales school aid reform
Des Moines AP report notes committee-approved bills to bar cold takeout beer sales and reform the school aid formula. Proposals include raising Class C permit costs, expanding the State Beer Permit Board powers, and creating an equalization fund for districts meeting four criteria.
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DES Moines
Senate Judiciary Committee
Jacob Grimstead
R - Lake
House Schools Committee
Earl Miller
Cedar Falls
State Department of Public Instruction
Iown Publ
House Public Health Committee
Iowa
House
House of Representatives
Bill would bar beer sales to anyone under 21 in Iowa
Iowa Senator Earl Elijah introduced a bill to prohibit beer and liquor sales to anyone under 21. He cites complaints that some young married people use marital status to obtain beer. The bill targets those under 21 who have reached majority.
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Des Moines
Llp
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Iowa
Elijah
School Band Concert Promises Evening of Music
Washington high school hosts a public band concert in the new gym at 7:45 p m tonight. Melvin Hill will direct the junior high and high school bands while Irvan Rich leads the grade school musicians. Season ticket holders may use them for admission.
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Washington
Melvin Hill
Irvan Rich
Elderly Iowa couple killed in apparent murder suicide
Polk County Sheriff Wilbur Hildreth classified the shotgun deaths of A L Garren, 76, and his wife Pearl, 64, near Des Moines as murder and death by own action. Neighbors found them in their Elkhart home after an attack in which Garren reportedly shot Pearl as she moved from the kitchen to the living room before fatally shooting himself with a12 gauge shotgun. The sheriff noted no autopsy was performed.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Wilbur Hildreth
Here
A.L. Garren
Pearl
Elkhart
Hildreth
Garren
Britain Overhauls Defense Plans In Nuclear Era Shift
London reports a major postwar defense overhaul led by Harold MacMillan. Britain adopts NATO nuclear war focus with new long range strategic bombers the Victor and Avro Vulcan capable of delivering atom bombs at high speed and altitude.
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London
Britain
Russia
Harold MacMillan
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
NATO
Sixty-Two Washington County Residents Visit Capitol
Seventy-six township and county residents toured the state capitol on Wednesday. They observed House and Senate sessions, had lunch with Gov. George Hoegh and officials, then toured state offices with remarks by Clyde Spry. The list includes numerous local households and Des Moines native Mrs. John Stephens.
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Washington County
Senate
Carl T. Anderson
Harry Ramseyer
George Hoegh
Jay E. Sellers
Marcella Wittetoe
Robert Wiley
Ethel McCreedy
Maude McCreedy
Naomi Gerdes
Keith Stewart
Franklin
Lawrence Miksch
Elliott Mc
George W. Dare
Erwin Graber
Elmer Wenger
David Allen Graber
Herbert Rich
Oregon
Willard Palmer
William L. McGinnis
Highland
Herbert Campbell
Grove Letts
Burke McCreedy
Eula Mae Coon
Elmer Steele
W. R. Murphy
Marion
Charles Davison
Lime Creek
Senate Moves to Permit Liquor in Private Clubs
The Iowa Senate approved 38 to 12 a bill to allow private clubs hotels and railway dining cars to keep liquor where beer is sold. The measure would overturn a ruling by Attorney General Dayton Countryman restricting liquor on premises with Class B beer licenses. Frank C. Byers said the bill has Gov. Hoegh’s support and argued it is fair and reasonable.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Atty
Dayton Countryman
Iowa
Frank CC. Byers
Marion
Judiciary Committee
Leo A. Hoegh
Byers
Fires Take Lives Of Twenty In U S Canada
Fires killed at least 20 people across the United States and Canada with Montreal and Baltimore suffering the heaviest losses. Other incidents included a Indianapolis hotel blaze, a Green Bay gym fire injuring teens, a Seguin Texas gas blast injuring three, and a fatal kerosene stove accident in Kansas. A Clover South Carolina tar drum explosion claimed a man’s life and a Missouri baby died from smoke. Senator Earl Elijah led opposition to a liquor bill with an amendment defeated 38 to 11.
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United States
Canada
Montreal
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Wis
Seguin
Tex
Lincoln
Robert Bave
Jasper
Darlene Kimes
Kate Schmitz
Effingham
Kan
Clover
S.C
Jake Robinson
Earl Elijah
Clarence
GOP Convention Opens August 20 in San Francisco
The Republican National Committee selects San Francisco to host the 1956 GOP convention on August 20, marking the party’s first West Coast gathering to nominate a president and vice president. Chicago and Philadelphia had lobbied, but San Francisco won the bid unanimously.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Chicago
GOP
Dulles Warns China Not To Move Against Formosa
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned that Red China should not move on Formosa and indicated the United States would fight if Quemoy and Matsu were used as stepping stones. The speech, given in New York, aimed to reassure the American public and caution Western European allies while outlining a shift away from massive retaliation.
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Dulles
China
Formosa
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Blunt
United States
New York
Foreign Policy Association
Red China
Quemoy
Matsu
Europe
Far East
Western Europe
Walter F. George
Dga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Styles Bridges
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Matsus
State Department
Pescadores
Liquor by Drink Cited as Source of New Revenue
A panel on KTIV TV features Rep. Jack Miller and Rep. Emil Bergeson arguing liquor by the drink in Iowa could raise about 10 million dollars annually. They, with Sen. Van Eaton and Gov. Hoegh, back a taxed licensing plan with county option retail sales and a self enforcing system overseen by the State Liquor Control Commission.
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Sioux City
Democratic
Iowa
Jack Miller
Emil Bergeson
Ktiv-Tv
C.S. van Faton
Leo A. Hoegh
Hoegh
Miller
Bergeson
Riley Diets
Muller
State Liquor Control Commission
Sen
van Eaton
Charles Ballard Dies This Morning in Washington
Charles F E Ballard 72 long time Wayland resident died at his home 500 West Eighth street Washington after feeling ill upon returning from downtown He was born October 17 1882 in Monroe county Iowa and moved to Wayland as a child He later lived in Washington since 1943 and worked as a rural mail carrier He married Mary Shively August 28 1900 Survivors include wife son Clarence Ballard Oklahoma City daughter Mrs Nate Young Washington a granddaughter Mary Young Washington brother Edward Ottumwa sister Mrs Etta Glassburner Washington Two daughters Eva and Bessie are deceased Funeral services 2 pm Saturday February 19 at Shermans funeral home Wayland with Rev J J Pritchard and Rev Wesley Lowry Wayland in charge Burial North Hill cemetery Wayland.
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Charles FE. Ballard
Wayland
West Eighth Street
Washington
Ballard
Mr. Ballard
Sherman
J. J. Pritchard
Wesley Lowry
North Hill
Monroe County
Iowa
William T
Ellen (Chambers) Ballard
Mary Shively
Cottonwood United Brethren Church
Clarence A. Ballard
Oklahoma City
Okla
Nate Young
Mary Young
Edward
Ottumwa
Etta Glassburner
Eva
Bessie
Junior Red Cross Volunteers Hit Schools and Camps
In 1954 one in ten service members received Red Cross help monthly at camps or hospitals. Three of every five students enrolled in elementary and secondary schools were serving as Junior Red Cross volunteers.
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Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Iowa bill to spread sales tax aims for 13 million gain
The House Ways and Means Committee started three bills to expand a 2 percent sales tax to services beer cigarettes and bowling alleys, hoping to raise about 13 million dollars yearly. The plan would tax services paid by the recipient and apply two cents to beer and cigarettes plus a 3 percent gross receipts tax on bowling alleys. Committee chair Dewey Goode said bills will be written and introduced next week.
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Des Moines
House
Ways and Means
Iowa
Dewey Goode
R Bloomfield
Tax Commission
Goode
Com Tax Commission
Martin Lauterbach
Iown
Lauterbach
Tom Frey
R-Neola
Frey
Senate
Swiss Police Seek Men Who Stole Red Diplomatic Papers
Swiss police searched for two heavily armed men who stole diplomatic papers from the Romanian legation in Bern. One man was described as Dimitru X and armed, while authorities sought help from Interpol in Paris as the pair evaded border patrols and fled abroad. Speculation pointed to possible escape routes into southern Germany.
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Bern
Switzerland
Legation
Dimitru X
Paris
Germany
Weather update from United: warmer tonight then mixed precipitation
An aerial weather note from Iowa reports increasing heat tonight. Friday brings clouds with rain in the southeast, rain changing to snow, and a chillier turn to the northwest. Low temperatures range from 28 to 32 in the northeast and 93 to 95 in the east. Highs on Friday fall toward the northwest with the southeast near 50 as clouds linger and temperatures drop.
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Iowa
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Charlies E. Wilson
Charles £. Ballard
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