Early Mona Lisa Stirs Art World Controversy
Dr. Thomas M. Judson former Cicognara curator claims a Vernon family painting is a Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa predating the Louvre version by years. He cites X rays and infrared photos with a 1506 cutoff and notes the Vernon piece was entrusted to William Henry Vernon in 1797 by Marie Antoinette. The work is valued at 1 million dollars.
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Thomas M. Judson
Vatican
Ambrose W. Vernon
Hanover
N. H
Alice C. E. Vernon
Louvre
Paris
William Henry Vernon
Marie Antoinette
Judson
County Treasurer Reports Tax Business Booming
Washington county treasurer W. E. Howell reports tax collections from 103 school districts are rising after starting last Monday. He says daily receipts average 2 to 13 thousand dollars with no state agencies sharing funds this year. Valuation up 15.9 percent while levy drops 19.5 percent, yielding roughly a 3.5 percent city tax decrease. about 80 percent of county taxpayers will pay less this year.
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W. E. Howell
Washington County
Howell
Coun
City of
Washington
World Day of Prayer Service Held at Presbyterian Church
Mrs. R. J. Dawson presided as organ music by Mrs. Edith Shields accompanied worship. Various church members led prayers and mission reflections from the Christian, Evangelical and Reformed, Nazarene, A M E, Baptist, and Methodist congregations. A high school quartet performed and solos were sung. The event closed with a Persian rendition of The Day Thou Gavest and a benediction. offerings totaled $52.00.
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R. J. Dawson
The
Presbyterian Church
Edith Shields
Leonard Wheatley
Christian Church
Harold Wilson
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ed Libe
Christian Tabernacle
Foreign Mission
Ruth Mitchell
A.M.E. Church
Street paving plan discussed for Cedar Rapids blocks
At the city council meeting consulting engineer How ard Green discussed imminent surfacing for about 50 blocks in the third ward. Unofficial estimates put the cost near 25000 dollars as preliminary talks continue with no definite plans.
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Howard Green
Cedar Rapids
Third Ward
Emergency coal rationing ordered in Muscatine
Muscatine officials imposed emergency coal measures to conserve supplies. Mayor Elmo Ferguson formed a rationing board and mandated signed delivery certificates. Dealers may limit purchases to one ton per person, with potential further cuts to a quarter ton if cold weather persists. Heinz plant contributed a 1000 ton stockpile to aid the shortage.
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United Press
Muscatine
Davenport
Elmo Ferguson
H. J. Heinz Company
Snow Closes Iowa Roads As District Presidents Arrive
UMW district presidents gather in Washington for talk as Iowa endures another heavy snowstorm. Snow totals hit eight inches in North English and up to 15 inches in Buckeye with bitter cold. Roads northwest of Creston Des Moines Waterloo are fair. southeast areas slippery. Washington plans heavy plow effort on business streets Sunday morning.
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Iowa
North English
Buckeye
Weather Bureau
State Highway Commission
Creston
Waterloo
Prisoner Caught Stealing While Colleting Bail
Tokyo police arrested 20 year old Hiroshi Takahashi for picking pockets inside a station. While questioned he took 800 yen from a desk and then stole 350 yen from another prisoner, going unnoticed until a fellow inmate alerted officers.
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Tokyo
Hiroshi Takahashi
Takahashi
Correction: Florence Wilson Vorel Obituary Name Update
In Friday's obituary the deceased should be listed as Mrs. Florence Wilson Vorel rather than Verel, correcting the transcription. The notice clarifies the spelling and family naming.
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Florence Wilson Vorel
Verel
Street Commissioner Seeks Snow Clearance Tonight
Washington Street Commissioner Earl Little urged immediate sidewalk clearing in the city core and asked no cars be parked on or around the square after midnight to allow snow removal crews to plow the business district by tomorrow morning for free movement of traffic.
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Washington Street
Earl Little
Little
Marriage License Issued to Goodlander and Sojka
A marriage license was issued today to Joe M. Goodlander and Rosamond E E Sojka, both of Washington.
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Joe M. Goodlander
Rosamond EE. Sojka
Washington
Sojka Infant Dies Shortly After Birth
A baby boy named William Lee Sojka died 11.5 hours after birth this morning. He is survived by parents Walter and Doris Sojka, a sister Sandra, paternal grandparents Yaro and Mrs Sojka, and maternal grandparents Pearl and Mrs Redding of Memphis Missouri. Funeral arrangements handled by Jones Funeral Home.
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Walter Sojka
Jones Funeral Home
William Lee Sojka
Walter and
Doris (Redding) Sojka
Sandra
Yaro Sojka
Pearl Redding
Memphis, Mo
Lucky Farmer Awards Presented by Zelinsky
Walter Zelinsky presided at a short State theater ceremony as George Bartholomew received the weekly Lucky Farmer award. Bartholomew won prizes totaling 40 merchandise certificates worth one dollar each, valid at 40 local merchants, plus a framed aerial photograph of his farm.
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Walter Zelinsky
Rukgarber
George Bartholomew
Bartholomew
District presidents summoned as coal talks pause
UMW district presidents met with Vice President Kennedy and Secretary-Treasurer Owens as bargaining with soft coal operators resumed. Cyrus Ching and David Cole joined as observers. A Sunday session was considered while 872,000 miners marked three weeks of a walkout. Government pressure hints at possible federal seizure.
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UMW
Thomas Kennedy
John Owens
Kennedy
John L. Lewis
White House
Truman
Lewis
Springfield
Ill
Ching
Cote
Cyrus S. Ching
David L. Cole
Sion
Foul play blamed in U S Naval attaché death in tunnel
Austrian interior minister Oscar Helmer said foul play was likely after the death of Capt. Eugene S. Karpe in an Austrian tunnel near Salzburg. An autopsy in Munich suggested deliberate violence, with marks along the tracks indicating he clung to a car doorway before plunging to his death. Karpe, 46, was en route to Paris from Vienna when the incident occurred.
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Austria
Oscar Helmer
Eugene S. Karpe
U. S
Romania
U.S. Army Laboratory
Munich
Germany
Karpe
Salzburg
Karpe Orient Express
Paris
Washington
Harlem
Oliver Wright
Bucharest
Washington Dollar Days Extended Through Next Week
Chamber of Commerce officials announce city-wide dollar days in Washington extended through Monday and Tuesday next week due to heavy snowfall. Merchants extended the event as many shoppers have been unable to travel to town because of the weather.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Mrs. I. D. Quinn Injures Ankle In Fall
Mrs. I. D. Quinn residing at 11038 E Washington is treated at the county hospital after a sidewalk fall last night. X rays confirm a fractured ankle. she was visiting a neighbor when the accident occurred.
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I. D. Quinn
E. Washington Street
Joe Wolfe
E. Washington
Labor Government Decides to Meet
London report states labor cabinet members submitted resignations to Prime Minister Attlee as he plans to form a new socialist government. The party trails by a slim majority, with 314 to 294 over conservatives as the tally nears completion.
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London
Clement R. Attlee
House of Commons
Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Stafford Cripps
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Conservatives
Board of Strategy
Officials Admit U.S. Lacks Means to Halt Red Outrages
U S officials privately concede the United States has no effective retaliation against Soviet inspired anti American outrages in Hungary Bulgaria and Romania Under current world conditions the government cannot prevent fake trials of Americans or ongoing harassment of U S diplomats They note potential need to withdraw missions but Secretary of State Acheson says not under consideration The Alien Property Office froze millions in Balkan deposits due to slow wartime claim payments and the U S may intensify condemnation at the United Nations through cases like the Vogeler trial and Bulgarian legation employee persecutions
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U. S
United States
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
U.S
Balkan
Kremlin
Sofia
Dean Acheson
Justice Department
Alien Property Office
Vogeler
United Nations
Acheson
Iron Curtain
International Community of Nations
Europe
Three Gunmen Captured After Night Club Hold Up
Three gunmen were captured after an abortive heist at the Morrocan Village nightclub in Greenwich Village. Two detectives on patrol inside the club engaged the bandits in a wild gun battle, wounding a bandit, a detective, two entertainers, and a patron amid the melee.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Morrocan Village
St Paul Man Leaves Estate to University
An elderly St Paul Minnesota man dying of cancer left his 21000 dollar estate to the University of California cancer research program after reading about the project. The donor Scott S Bryant retired in 1941 after 40 years as a meat inspector in St Paul. Bryant died two years ago in southern California at age 73. His will originally left his estate to an unidentified Midwestern university. The disclosure came as California regents accepted gifts and pledges totaling 306000 dollars at their monthly meeting.
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Berkeley
Calif
St. Paul, Minn
University of California Cancer Research Program
Scott S. Bryant
St. Paul
Bryant
California
University
Woman Wins Prize On Unbidden Clue
Miami Beach Florida station WMIE announcer Lee Taylor phoned Mrs. David E Sloan on the quiz program who is the author of the famous line It is later than you think Before she could answer a delivery boy knocked and shouted Service That’s right Robert W Service We are sending you 78 cases of canned foods The prize came to the bulging pantry through a timely delivery boy muse and radio prompt.
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Miami Beach
Fla
David E. Sloan
WMIE
Lee Taylor
Muscatine Teen Escapes as Freight Hits Car at Crossing
Paul Sexton, 18, Downey, leaped to safety moments before a Rock Island freight train struck his stalled car at a Muscatine crossing. The incident occurred yesterday with Sexton escaping unharmed.
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Muscatine
Paul Sexton
Weather Update Lown Sees Snow Drifts Through Sunday
Occasional periods of snow and cold persist through Sunday. Highs near 10 in the northeast and 10 to 20 in the southwest, with lows from five below to five above in the northeast and five to 10 above in the southwest. Easterly winds 12 to 18 mph cause light drifting snow. Yesterday's high was 25 and low fell below zero.
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Council Bluffs
Mason City
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