War Prisoner Repatriation Talks Abandoned at Panmunjom
United Nations and Communist staff officers halted their deadlocked debate after 21 days over repatriation terms. The UN warned forced return of prisoners would not be accepted. The sides also faltered on Krussia’s neural truce commission seat and Reds airfield rights. The UN called the Kosciusko camp riot an internal U.S. affair.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Pris
Krussia
Reds
Kose
UV. M
USON
Select More Jurors In Fischer's Trial
Webster City reports two more jurors added to the tentative panel in the second degree murder trial of Robert A. Misehep. Mrs. Thomas W Mlens and Mrs. ALM Peterson, both of Webster City, join the pool as defense challenges lead to two prospective jurors being excused. One juror, Harve Meyers, says he does not believe in killing and deems murder law too lenient. Court observers expect the jury may not be chosen until next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Teo
Robert A. Misehep
Thomas W Mlens
Alm Peterson
Bine
Challee
Harve Meyers
Iowa Soybean Plant Damaged By Flames
A kerosene gas fire caused about 5 000 to 10 000 dollars damage to the extraction building at the Towa Soya Co soybean plant in Redfield. Firemen from six towns controlled the blaze. no injuries were reported. The plant operates four tile buildings and an elevator processing about 100 bushels of soybeans annually.
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Redfield
Towa Soya Co
H. R. Straichie
Damarce
Panora
Eartham
Adel
Linden
Adair
Weather Summary for Des Moines Iowa
Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon with highs near 53 in the southwest and near 40 along the northern border. Tonight light rain or snow possible in extreme northwest, then turning colder Thursday with lows 20 to 26 northwest and 26 to 32 elsewhere and highs 38 to 45. Friday outlook calls for considerable cloudiness and cooler temperatures.
Start Chamber Member Drive Underway In Washington
The Washington Chamber of Commerce kicks off its annual membership drive led by chair man Chuck Hotle. The committee plans to focus on adding new members while keeping current ones, using dues to fund community projects and local promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Chuck Hotle
Hotle
Washington
Mrs. Ella Brewer Dies in Washington County at 84
Ella J. Brewer 84 of 526 South Marion avenue died at 9:50 a m today at 108 East Second street where she had been cared for. Born in Holland she lived in Washington county since childhood, operated a dairy with her husband, who died in 1931. Survived by son Jay Brewer and daughter Mrs Ernest Temple, with five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery with funeral at 3:30 p m Friday.
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Ella J. Brewer
South
Marion Avenue
East Second Street
Brewer
Holland
Washington County
Sherman
EK. L. Haney
Elm Grove
America
Kalona
Earlie
Washington
United Presbytrian Church
Jay Brewer
Ernest Temple
West of Washington
Stirk J. Witterman
Nommerts
John J. Witterman
Iowa City
Folkert Witterman
Hommerts
Jacoba Jelsma
Rins Borsma
Jannake van der Mey
Aaltje de Jager
Star Spangled Banner and Brass Trio at Marecho Club
A local performance features Jim Dandies, Carolyn Holland, Marilyn Anderson with the Star Spangled Banner on cornet alongside the Silhouettes Italiana ensemble in a night at Marecho Poco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornet Trio
Don Kuntz
Carolyn Holland
Marilyn Anderson
Kefauver Urges Balanced Budget in 1954 Campaign
Sen Estes Kefauver, seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, urged a balanced budget by 1954 and criticized military waste. Speaking at a farmers business banquet in Perry and outlining a policy to unify armed services procurement, he warned the $85.4 billion 1953 budget staggers the imagination and urged action against waste and manpower excess. He spoke in Des Moines and Ames, holding news conferences and four speeches in central Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Estes Kefauver
Farmers-Businessmen
Iowa
Des Moines
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Kefauver
Armed Services
Tennessee Democrat
Pewsmen
Ames
Red Cross Fund Drive Planned in Washington County
The annual Red Cross drive in Washington County opens Monday March 3 with city solicitations to reach a $7,000 goal. Walter Farrell of Washington chairs the drive and a Friday 2:30 pm meeting at the YMCA Community room gathers city and rural chairmen for final preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Washington County
Walter Farrell
Washington
Dwight Hayes
Frank Kos
Ainsworth
Grace Stone
Brighton
Keith Willis
Crawfordsville
Charles Wells
Kalona
J. L. Fry
Riverside
Mary Baschnagle
Rubio
Carroll Steinbeck
Haskins
William McGinnis
Wellman
Calvin Griffith
West Chester
J. L. Calkins
Washington lodge to perform third degree this Sunday
Washington lodge No. 26 A F A M will have work in the third degree Sunday February 929. Visiting brothers welcome. One cubic root of solid coal will generate enough electricity to operate an electric refrigerator for 62 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge No
Former Riverside Resident Beranek Dies in Montana at 51
Louis Beranek 51 a former Riverside resident died in Helena Montana February 3 after a week long illness. He was to be buried at Riverside Cemetery with Sorden and Adams funeral home in charge. He had never married and is survived by one sister Mrs Rose Horak Washington and five brothers James Riverside Alfred Melo Iowa City William Cedar Rapids and Ed Kalona.
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Riverside
Louis Beranek
Helena
Mont
Trinity Methodist Church
Lawrence Jones
Riverside Cemetery
Sorden and Adams Funeral Home
Beranek
Montana
Rose Horak
Washington
James
Alfred
Melo
Iowa City
William
Cedar Rapids
Kalona
Deny Using Germ Warfare in Korea
United Nations command rejected Communist charges that the Allies used germ warfare in North Korea. A Voice of UN Command broadcast said epidemics were worsened by infected bandages and decayed food and accused Chou En Lai and Red media of spreading the propaganda to divert attention from Panmunjom armistice delays.
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Tokyo
United Nations Command
North Korea
Voice
U.N
Chou En-Lai
Panmunjoim
Panmunjom
Plan No Change In Sales Tax Rates In Iowa
Iowa state tax commission chairman Ray Johnson announced no changes to current sales tax brackets after a survey showed proposed alterations would fail to meet the law requiring two percent of gross sales. The present brackets start at one cent for 15 to 65 cent items, two cents for 66 cents to 1.25 dollars, with higher taxes on larger amounts. The commission said no bracket changes will be made.
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Des Moines
Ray Johnson
State Tax Commission
Iowa
Johnson
Tax Commission
Deadline Set for World War II POW Benefit Claims
The Washington county Red Cross office urges former prisoners of war or their families to file claims for POW benefits by March 31 1952. Eligibility details are available at the Red Cross, and living former POWs should apply. If deceased, a widow child or parent may file, with Red Cross assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Red Cross
Red Cross Office
Will Sell School Bonds On March 11
The Washington school district will sell 145000 dollars in bonds to finance a high school addition. The sale is scheduled for March 11 at 2 p.m. in the high school building. Bonds bear no more than 2 percent interest and are dated April 1, 1952. Architects are drafting preliminary plans while awaiting material estimates and national authority approval. Construction timing hinges on building permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
National Production Authority
Thisme
Plan Handling Of Ferrell Fund Contributions Still Coming In
The Jeff rey Ferrell fund at the Chamber of Commerce collects gifts from Washington and county residents for leukemia patient Jeffrey Ferrell. Funds will cover medical care and hospital bills, with any surplus held for future similar needs.
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Ferrell Fund
Jeffrey
Chamber of Commerce
Jefrey Ferrell
Washington
Washngton
Jeffrey Ferrell
Jeff
Ferrells
The
Cancer Society
Plan Prayer Day Services Here Friday February 29
Christ Our Hope is the World Day of Prayer theme to be observed at the First Baptist church Friday at 2 p.m. The service is national church women sponsored with broad local church representation anding music by Christian church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
National Council of the Churches of Christ
USA
Charles McConnell
the Baptist Church
Walter Smith
The
Methodist Church
Leonard Wheatley
Everette Weston
Evangelical and Reformed
Ella Gordon
First Presbyterian
John Palmer
First United Presbyterian
Basil McKee
Associate Presbyterian
R. E. Gault
DC-6 Lands With One Engine Dead Over Chicago
An American Airlines DC-6 circled Chicago for nearly three hours with one engine dead to burn off fuel before an emergency landing at O Hare airport. It carried 23 revenue passengers, four crew members, and four other airline employees. The ship departed at 3 16 a m for Los Angeles and was en route from Davenport to Des Moines when an oil leak in engine number one forced a return to Illinois.
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Chicago
American Airlines
O'Hare International Airport
Chicago Midway Airport
O'Hare
Los Angeles
Davenport
Des Moines
Paul Carpenter
Letts Runs For Hospital Board Nomination
C F Letts has filed nomination papers for a hospital board seat. He currently chairs the Washington County Hospital Board and has served there for 15 years. Four county residents are seeking the board seats this year, with two to be elected.
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C. F. Letts
There Just Isn't Any Such Thing Only A Small Remodeling Job
Westchester essay humorously argues that even small remodeling expands into a full project. A woman’s wish for a cabinet by the window leads to extensive renovations including wiring, arching a store room, new floors and wallpaper, and increasingly costly decisions with husbandly debt in play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fisher
Westchester
Grasshopper Found by Washington Farmer Sparks Northward Hopes
Verle Gallagher, a Washington farmer, found a robust grasshopper on his lawn on February 25. He notes grasshoppers aren’t common in Iowa and wonders if this hardy insect signals a future influx as Towans return from the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verle Gallagher
Washington
Towa
Verle
Florida
Secretary Acheson Reports NATO Talks As Successful
Secretary of State Dean Acheson returned from London and Lisbon with President Truman praising the talks. He said the American delegation worked as a team and that progress from the North Atlantic treaty meetings will continue, with Treasury Secretary Snyder noting advancing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
Truman
Acheson
John W. Snyder
National Airport
Lisbon
Portuegal
London
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury
Mr. Truman
Japanese suicide pilot recalls last flight and fear
Kamil Kato of Nishinomiya, now a State University of Iowa graduate student on an international scholarship, described a Japanese air force pilot facing a suicide mission. He recalled six shootdowns, a three day ocean drift, and the moment before takeoff when memories faded and the mission was canceled.
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Washington Y
Kamil Kato
Nishinomiya
Japan
Kato
Mr. Kato
America
Richard McCleery
Brown Bottle Tavern Operator Fined $1000 for Liquor Violation
Caroline Eastman, operator of the Brown Bottle Tavern in Des Moines, was fined $1000 in district court after being found guilty of keeping liquor for sale illegally under the Iowa liquor control act. Judge Tom Murrow sentenced her to 300 days in jail? or a $1000 fine, which she paid.
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Des Moines
LLP
Caroline Eastman
Tom Murrow
Eastman
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McGuffey
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