18 Feb 1954
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1954
Page
1
Seaman Jessie J. Lockler hailed what he believed a taxi, rode to city jail and was fined ten dollars for drunken public conduct after the driver’s vehicle proved to be a police patrol car.
School Superintendent M. ol Schell said about 25 rural grade teachers will attend a 3 30 p m Monday gathering in the high school auditorium. Mrs Billie Davis author of It was a Hobo Kid will speak. Washington Teachers association sponsors the open event with a public invitation and a reception afterward.
A large fire in Indianola destroyed two wooden business buildings and 200 000 to 300 000 pounds of meat stored at the Warren County Implement Co locker plant. Sheriff John Taylor quoted damage at 100 000 dollars. the blaze began about 2 30 a.m. and was controlled by 3 45 a.m. Fire crews from Winterset Osceola and Bloomfield Township aided Indianola firefighters along with nearby properties saved. The meat plant owned by Pearl Miner was a total loss.
The Big Four foreign ministers reach a plan for a Far Eastern peace conference including Red China in Geneva on April 16. Participants include the United States Great Britain France Soviet Russia and both Koreas with a second Indochina conference proposed afterward.
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Des Moines announces 1945 corn acreage allotments totaling 9 068 29 acres, about 20 percent below 1951 52 and 55 planting levels. Notices to farmers to be mailed by March 15 list county figures: Washington 91 719 acres Henry 60 809 Jefferson 52 308 Johnson 93 844 Keokuk 83 416 Louisa 59 567 Mahaska 89 656 Muscatine 67 533.
Harold Stassen and Marilyn Monroe visited a U S division in Korea on Wednesday. Stassen quipped that the competition wasn’t as strong as during his presidential campaign.
Washington (CUP) The Commerce Department fired 132 employees including 36 suspected homosexuals and 7 23 others under Eisenhower era security. Assistant Secretary Worthy testified to Congress that the figures were part of a broader set of security dismissals across five departments with varying disloyalty findings.
Elkhart Iowa postmaster Arthur Summerfield escapes firing after a case review reverses charges against Ervin Spratt who had been accused of profanity toward Summerfield Spratt, a Democrat, says he did not use profanity and supports Summerfield.
Washington High announces the senior play cast for The Bat with Harriet Kumik as Lizzie Margie McCleery as Miss Cornelia Van Gordon Dick Wiley as Billy Doug Whitehead as Brooks Janice Thompson as Miss Dale Ogden Phil McCreedy as Dr Wells Gus Mast as Anderson Ed Winga as Richard Flemin Ed Morrison as Reginald Beresford and Norman Benn as an unnamed man rehearsals underway.
Dr. R. D. Temple, a former Iowa dentist who moved to Anaheim California in 1929, died at his home after a heart attack. Funeral services are set for Friday. He was survived by his wife Maude Grayson Temple and a daughter Mrs Gene Cottrill. The Temples had visit stays in Washington and Davenport last summer.
The fat on a steer’s back when it goes to pasture influences its gains there. An average winter gain of 1 pound per day is about right, says Dick McWilliams, Iowa State College extension animal husbandman.
In Middletown Connecticut after a auto accident Randall Hall remained hospitalized. His wife gave birth to a boy in a nearby ward confirming a family reunion moment during recovery.
Iowa State College expert Dr Wise Burroughs describes diethylstilbestrol as a synthetic estrogenic drug that boosts steer gains by up to 27 percent with 20 percent less feed and overall costs one sixth lower. Three experiments indicate improved finish and $20 more per head, with licensing expected in months ahead.
President Eisenhower and First Lady arrived at Skoketree Ranch near Palm Springs for a restorative break urged by Dr. Howard Snyder and Paul Hoffman. They plan a quiet stay with Mrs Eisenhower Wasson in the patio and the President likely to golf at Tamarisk Country Club where Ben Hogan is resident pro.
A gunman robbed Hilltop Super Valu in Des Moines Wednesday night escaping with 150 to 200 dollars, a roll of large cheese, and gum. Cashier Mrs. John Murphy, 29, said the robbery occurred about 7 pm after the store emptied to two customers and one employee, who were hidden in other parts of the store.
Leon Beatty Post No. 29 held a dinner at the Epicurean with Vic Crone as toastmaster. Ray Minick was elected president for the coming year. Tommie Tucker, present commander, attended as a guest. A March dinner at the A. E Baldrige cabin was planned and letters were sent to Harold Putnam and Carl Voorhees. The post has had 38 commanders in 35 years, listing names from W. P. Wilson in 1919 to Tommie Tucker in 1954.
Albany New York is described as the oldest chartered city in the United States, a status noted in historical records and local histories.
A two car head on collision on U S 218 four miles north of Iowa City killed Mrs. Lloyd Mills about 35 principal of the North Liberty grade school and injured five others. The victims include Mrs Mills daughter Kaye 9 Mrs Louis Krawl about 55 a North Liberty school teacher Mrs Frank Whitely about 28 a North Liberty school teacher Iola Miller a rural teacher and Robert g Cooper 22 Cedar Rapids. Eldon Kanellis a reserve Iowa football player from Cedar Rapids rode with Cooper but was not injured. All injured were reported in fair condition.
Mia Ruth Winfrey, 57, Cedar Rapids, died when her car went out of control on Iowa 149 and crashed into a ditch four miles south of Cedar Rapids late Wednesday.
Fort Worth Texas prisoners at Tarrant County jail faced reports of overfeeding. guards propose counting prisoners again and turning 39 inmates out to ease the situation. The plan would involve reducing intake and rechecking counts to straighten feeding records.
Partly cloudy and windy in Iowa with a chance of showers in the extreme west tonight. Friday turns cloudy with occasional showers and cooler conditions in the west. Low temperatures 40 to 48, high 50s west and mid 60s east. Saturday remains mostly cloudy and colder.
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