Rioting Prisoners Seize Five Guards at Massachusetts Prison
Ten of twenty two rioting inmates surrendered after eight hours in the death row section as state troopers watched. Up to twelve inmates remained at large with four ringleaders resisting surrender while the prison faced a possible storming of the solitary block.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Prison
John J. O'Brien
Edward T. Hartigan
O'Brien
Perley S. Vance
America
Washington Jaycees boast 21 projects in 1954 week
Leon Hilfman vice president of the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce says the Jaycees have a busy 1954 with 21 community projects. Activities included the spring trade show Easter egg hunt safety campaigns and county fair events while endorsing a school bond issue for a new gym and classrooms. They emphasize service to humanity as core creed.
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Young Men of Action
Washington
Jaycees
Hillman
Five Inch Snow Falls Across Iowa Statewide
Snow piled up to five inches in the southwest of Iowa with heavier totals along the Iowa Missouri border near Lenox. The Des Moines Weather Bureau noted the snow would recede and end tonight while cold Canadian air drives temperatures down to single digits northwest and the low teens southeast.
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Iowa
Clinton
Hawarden
Des Moines
Canada
Monroe County seeks federal disaster aid for Albia water
Gov. Leo A. Hoegh telegraphed President Eisenhower asking that Monroe County and Albia be declared a disaster area due to a severe water shortage. The Albia reservoir, fed by surface drainage, would be replenished by pumping up to one million gallons daily from Cedar Creek bottoms two miles northwest of Albia.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hoegh
Eisenhower
Monroe County
Albia
L.A. Falvey
D-Albia
Cedar Creek
County Legion Meeting Tonight Brings Social After
Washington Legionnaires are reminded of a joint county-wide meeting of the American Legion and auxiliary units at 8 o clock tonight. Local post commander Harold Jarvis urges all members to attend. A social and dancing follow at 9 P M with refreshments served.
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Washington Legionnaires
American Legion
Harold Jarvis
Snow Removal Planned Tonight in Washington District
Street commissioner Orville Long announced snow removal will begin in the Washington business district tonight and Wednesday morning. Motorists must move cars from the square and one block off in all directions by midnight to speed the work.
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Washington
Orville Long
New Iowa Industry Creates 1 650 Jobs Across 27 Counties
Iowa Develop ment Commission reports 31 new manufacturing enterprises in 1954 generated 1,650 jobs with weekly payrolls over 100 000 and annual five million dollars. Davidson notes payrolls recycle locally boosting state sales tax and funding school aid and welfare. Investment totaled 16.5 million with at least 500 000 yearly local property taxes expected.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
T.E. Davidson
Commission
Davidson
Dulles Seeks China Report and Hammarskjold Talk
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said he asked Dag Hammarskjold to come to Washington on Wednesday for talks on what he called the indefensible holding of American airmen by Red China. He also said it is premature to judge the U N free bhe-fliers mission to Red China and noted a private meeting with Senator William F Knowland who called the mission a failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dag Hammarskjold
Dulles
Red China
U.N
Freebhe-Fliers
William F. Knowland
R-Calif
Hammarskjold
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.S
USN
Izaak Walton Chapter Sets New Meeting Place and Schedule
The Chicagua Chapter of the Izaak Walton League moves to the YMCA Community Room for its 1955 meetings starting Monday January 31 with a free pancake and sausage fry and membership night. Supper at 6 30 p m. Pillsbury district rep assists. February’s meeting is a father and son hunt night with an all day Iowa division Officer and Director school of instruction at the Des Moines chapter club house January 30. Prizes for attendance and fines at noon.
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Chicagua
Izaak Walton League of America
YMCA
League
Pillsbury Flour Mills
Corbin Crawford
Iowa
Des Moines
Food and trade may trump arms in anti communism
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson told the House Ways and Means Committee that food clothing and ideas could play a larger role than military power in fighting communism. He urged approval of a three year extension to stimulate world trade under the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. He said removing restrictions on international trade would help allies maintain living standards and build strong economies to resist subversion. The final showdown may be economic political or propaganda rather than military.
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Charles FE. Wilson
Free World
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Wilson
United States
Registrations For Adult Classes Fall Short Of Last Winter
Last night 42 adults enrolled in Washington High School adult education classes, far below prior years when 64 pursued five classes. This year offers typing arts and crafts and conversational Spanish with hope for clothing courses if registrations rise. Adults may register this week at McDaniel's drug store or at the high school. Classes run each Monday evening for a 10 week period.
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Washington High School
Russell Bannister
McDaniel’s
Clinton Man Fires Shotgun To Fend Off Arrest
In Clinton Iowa a 50 year old man Ambrose McDonnell fired at police sheriffs deputies and firemen when they moved to arrest him for a sanity hearing. He held out for over an hour before surrendering after tear gas was used and he walked out with a Bible in his hand. He fired about seven shots and hit no one.
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Clinton
Iowa
Ambrose McDonnell
McDonell
Fire Department
McDowell
Death Toll Rises Across Europe From Storms and Floods
The RAF and Royal Navy launched an air lift to Scotland to reach hundreds of snowbound families as drifts up to 20 feet sever the region. Across Europe floods threaten new damage with at least 50 deaths from weather events in Germany France Britain and other affected areas.
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London
Royal Air Force
Navy
Scotland
Europe
Rhine
Seine
Danube
West
Germany
France
Britain
Scandinavia
Switzerland
Great Rhine
U.S. High Commission
Bonn
Paris
Sutherland
Caithness
Admiralty
Glory
Glasgow
Air Ministry
RAF
Wick
Lybster
Burglar Returns Cap With Note To Librarian
A Muskegon burglar who stole Kay Wilson’s car distributor cap left a note after returning it. He said he would feel bad if it happened to him and advised keeping garage doors locked.
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Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon County
Kay Wilson
Chamber Growth Reaches Sixty-Eight Members for 1955
Washington Chamber of Commerce reports 68 members for 1955 after a morning drive led by secretary Clarice Meek. New signups include National Bank of Washington Willits Motor Horle Feed & Grain O E Schmitt Sitter Electric Supply and Auto Parts Ross Motor Service Mace Motor Co Western Auto and many others.
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Clarice Meek
National Bank of Washington
Willits Motor
Horle Feed & Grain
O. E. Schmitt
Sitter Electric Supply and Auto Parts
Ross Motor Service
Mace Motor Co
Western Auto Associate Store
C. F. Letts
Iowa Continental Telephone Co
Vetter Culligan Soft Water Service
Brown's Children’s Wonderland
Benner Food Store
John Gamon
Mills Nash Service
Kiple & DePrenger
Sherman’s
Brown's
Washington
Dick & Bill's
Lackey's
H. B. Ward Co
Dora Jones
Swanson
South End
Thompson's Market
Little's
Griffith & Hedberg Dairy
Mangold’s
Keating Welding Shop
Wagner's Standard Service
Homer Godwin
S. W. Easter
Iowa Memorial Co
George J. Krogmeier
Iowa National Guard
Elder, Shannon & Co
George Baker
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
No Senate Committees Before Wednesday
Lt. Gov. Leo Elthon said he will not announce Senate committee assignments before Wednesday morning at the earliest. He met with Senate leaders late Monday to discuss ideas, while Floor Leader Duane Dewel had suggested a noon timetable.
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Des Moines
Leo Elthon
Senate
Iowa
Elthon
Elthan
Duane Dewel
R-Algona
Winter Storms Sweep Coast to Coast Across Nation
A coast to coast winter storm array brought 104 mph winds along the California coast and heavy snows in the Sierras. Central Illinois and Indiana faced warnings of three to six inches of snow while a Rockies storm dumped up to two inches in Kansas and Nebraska. A Japanese freighter, Nichirei Maru, ran aground near Humboldt Bay as two Eureka boats were overdue and San Francisco faced a rare thunderstorm.
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United Press
California
Nation
Midwest
Texas
North Dakota
U.S. Weather Bureau
Illinois
Indiana
Humboldt Bay
Coast Guard
Eureka
Calif
Sierras
Blunt's Reef
San Francisco
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Rockies
Denver
Colo
Salina
Russell
Goodland
Kansas
Lamont
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Dakotas
Seven Churches Join Meeting at St. Pauls
Seven neighboring Evangelical and Reformed Churches plan a joint meeting at St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church Wednesday to discuss church work. Rev Joseph Newgard and Dr Carl Klein will lead sessions on churchmanship and improving church effectiveness. Luke the gospel author is noted as a physician.
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St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed
Joseph Newgard
Iowa Synod
Carl Klein
United Promotion Dept
St. Louis
Reds Attack Yikiangshan Invasion Of Tachens
Red China launches amphibious assault on Yikiangshan island near the Tachens. Initial reports claim Nationalist defenders surrendered as bombardment and landing craft struck beaches. Washington and Taipei monitor the crisis with high level briefings and Communist claims of victory.
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Taipei
Formosa
Red China Today
Yikiangshan
Peiping
Red Radio
Rocky Island
China
Tachen
Chiang Kai-Shek
Eisenhower
Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Ministry of Defense
Yshan
Reds
Toumen Island
Tachen Island
Weather Iowa Five Day Outlook Cold with Snow Likely
Considerable colder conditions in the northwest half tonight with snow in the southeast and extreme south early. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and cold with lows from 2 to 10 in the northwest and 10 to 18 in the southeast. highs Wednesday 20 to 28. Thursday turns cloudy with a chance of snow in the south late, continuing cold. Temperatures through Sunday run 4 to 6 degrees below normal with normal highs 25 north 34 south and lows 5 north 14 south. Steady cold with localized flurries then gradual warming. precipitation around 1/2 inch north 1/4 inch south as snow in spots.
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United Press
Iowa
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Leon Hillman
Phil Kneen
Carlton Mangold
Carl Dallmeyer
Preston Harvey
Jim Keschly
County Legion
Izaak Walton
Chiang
Chamber of Commerce
Mornig
Bill Sitler
Chamber
Ove
St. Paul's
Luke
Tachen Group
China Coast
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