Soil Conservationist to Visit Washington Thursday
Lester E. Clapp extension soil conservationist will be in Washington Thursday January 26 for a conference with soil district commissioners of Washington county. All farmers interested in soil conservation are invited to attend, the conference opening at 9 30 oclock in the soil conservation office on the north side of the square.
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Parmelia Lay
Harold Meyer
Wayland
Carl Smith
Kaion
Smiths
Lester E. Clapp
Washington
Soil District Commissioners
Washington County
Sei
Soil Conservation Office
National Guard
Mt. Pleasant
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Gus Alsip
Ruth Foster
A. L. Bennett
Flood Threat For Mississippi Valley Slowly Diminishes
Flood conditions eased in the lower Mississippi Valley as the Mississippi and its tributaries dropped across Arkansas Tennessee Missouri and Illinois. Army engineers called the situation generally improving though weakened levees risked further flooding in Arkansas and Tennessee where about 10000 people were homeless.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Illinois
Pacific
Northwest
Willamette River
Ore
Iowa Traffic Deaths And Accidents Decline
DES MOINES UP The state public safety department reports 1959 traffic deaths at 15 versus 20 that year ago. The report covers accidents through last Saturday and notes 608 persons injured in traffic crashes this year.
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Des Moines
State Public Safety Department
Washington House Committee to Probe Uranium Shipments
The House on American Activities committee planned four days of hearings to identify who bore responsibility for wartime uranium shipments to Russia. Former VP Henry A. Wallace would testify after denying radio charges, with Lt Gen. Leslie Groves to follow. debates over committee powers and atomic energy oversight also featured.
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House
Russia
Wasshington
House On American Activities Committee
Wallace
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Leslie R. Groves
James E. van Zandt
Congress
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Lewis
Wood
Bus Service To Be Extended 30 Days
The state commerce commission orders a 30 day extension of the Washington Davenport Burlington Trailways bus run. New schedule has a 4 10 PM Washington departure with Muscatine arrival at 5 15 PM and Davenport connection by 6 15 PM. Returns to Washington by 7 50 PM then Des Moines by 8 55 AM next day.
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State Commerce Commission
Washington-Davenport
Burlington Trailways
Don Neady
Washington
Muscatine
Davenport
Washington-Muscatine
Des Moines
L. J. Kehoe
Chamber of Commerce
Atomic Energy Talks For Three Countries
Britain United States and Belgium will start ambassadorial level talks in Washington on January 30 to discuss atomic energy. Focus is on Congo uranium production earmarked for the United States. Canada will not take part and no Allied hydrogen bomb conference is planned.
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London
America
Britain
Belgium
Washington
Foreign Office
Belgian Congo
United States
Congo
Canada
Russians Impose New Traffic Restrictions In Berlin
Western commanders protested as Soviet border guards delayed three U S Army trains up to six hours and halted Berlin bound truck traffic. Trains from Berlin to Frankfurt Bremerhaven and Frankfurt faced multi hour waits at Marienborn Helmstedt police reported few trucks allowed through and many held up.
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Berlin
U. S
Frankfurt
Marienborn
Bremerhaven
Helmstedt
Maxwell D. Taylor
Mrs. Ollie Shearer Dies at Columbus Jct
Mrs. Ollie Shearer 79 a longtime Columbus Junction resident died at home Saturday evening. Funeral services are set for 3 PM Tuesday at Central Presbyterian Church with burial in Columbus City Cemetery. She was born near Columbus Junction December 27 1870 and married Lawrence Shearer in December 1889. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Roy G. Keil and sister Mrs. Ola Wilcox. Mr Shearer died twenty years ago. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge.
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Columbus Junction
Ollie Shearer
Central Presbyterian Church
Columbus City
Shearer
Here
Larence Shearer
Winfield
Burlington
Presbyterian Church
Roy G. Keil
Ola Wilcox
Rock Island
Stephens Funeral Home
Allis-Chalmers Nash May Cut Production
Allis-Chalmers and the Nash Motor Co. warned they may cut output due to coal and steel shortages. An Allis-Chalmers spokesman cited only a three day sheet steel inventory and a worsening coal shortage. Plants are located at West Allis La Crosse Gadsden Springfield La Porte Oxnard and Kenosha Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Allis-Chalmers
Nash Motor Co
West Allis
la Cross
Gadsden
Ala
Springfield
la Porte
Ind
Oxnard
Calif
Elmer
Hungarian Government to Put Vogeler on Public Trial
The Hungarian Communist government plans a public trial for American business executive Robert Vogeler, an ITT Eastern European manager seized November 18. Vogeler has been held for eight weeks in communicado, with charges unspecified but described as well founded suspicion of espionage and sabotage. The U.S. notes alleged U.S. interference in Hungary’s internal affairs over Vogeler’s release.
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Vienna
Austria
Robert Vogeler
U. S
Legation
Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Matyas Rakosi
Hungary
Nathaniel P. Davis
Gogeler
Washington
United States
Rev Smith Delivers Union Service Sermon
Rev Walter A Smith of the Methodist church spoke at the Sunday evening union service in the Presbyterian church on Christian Faith in a Bewildered World. Assisting pastors included Rev Milo Phillips reading scripture and Rev T C Polk leading prayer. Dr William J Grossheim of the host church assisted, and music was provided by the Presbyterian choir.
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Walter A. Smith
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Smith
Milo Phillips
T. C. Polk
William J. Grossheim
Bakery Display Gains Wide Publicity at J C Penney
A Washington window display at J C Penney features a huge dummy birthday cake from Ferns Pastry Shop. The cake, iced with 50 pounds of icing, was made for Penneys 25th birthday celebration and drew broad attention in Vitality News.
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J. C. Penney
Washington
Fern’s
Vitality News
Penney'’s
VFW Magazine Drive to Add Hospital Equipment
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary launch their annual magazine subscription campaign to fund new hospital equipment for Washington county residents. Volunteers will carry letters from officers and visit in the county. Rails for bed use are included, and all equipment is stored in Washington for free access by local residents.
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VFW Plans Magazine
Washington County
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
VEW
VFW
Washington
Former Pastor Dr John Wishart Dies in Crafton Pa
Dr John M Wishart 72 long serving United Presbyterian pastor in Washington from 1914 to 1921 died January 18 at his Crafton home after a heart attack Funeral services were held January 20 He formerly led Carnegie First Presbyterian for 20 years and retired in 1938 Survivors include wife Flora Wallace Wishart two daughters Florabelle Davies Josephine one son John W Wishart and four grandchildren
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Crafton
John M. Wishart
United Presbyterian Church
Wishart
Creighton Avenue
Carnegie First Presbyterian Church
Carnegie
Cambridge
Ohio
Xenia Theological Seminary
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Washington
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Flora Wallace Wishart
Florabelle Davies
Berea
Josephine
John W. Wishart
Giraffes Move to Glass-Walled Enclosure at Overtor Park
Giraffes Poky and Dot at MEMPIS Overto r Park Zoo gain a new glass front enclosure after their wooden building burned. Officials say the open display gives visitors a clear view while livestock remains safe.
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Mempis
Tenn
U.P
Poky
Dot
Overtor Park Zoo
Closing Dates For Cereal Grain Loans Announced by PMA
PMA announces loan and purchase agreement closing dates for cereals. Oats, wheat, and soybeans must close by January 31 1950 while corn closes May 31 1950. Howard L. Witting notes samples go to the State office for grade determination and January 27 is the last sampling day to meet the January 31 deadline. Reports show 237 1948 corn loans totaling 322 604 bushels with 79 loans on 1948 purchase agreement corn totaling 95 847 bushels. 1949 corn loans total 405 loans 526 000 bushels. 1948 and 1949 corn under loan total 50 loans 41 230 bushels. Soybeans under 1949 loan total 10 loans 6 302 bushels. Wheat under 1949 loan total 4 loans 2 258 bushels.
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PMA
Howard L. Witting
State Office
Washington County
Fred Mouser Native Of County Dies Here At 91
Fred Mouser 91 lifelong Washington county resident died at 11 55 am after a 19 day illness. He was born August 19 1858 on a farm 12 miles northwest of Washington and lived there until 1949 when he moved to Washington. Funeral arrangements by Jones funeral home with burial in Richmond cemetery. Survivors include sister Anna M Rogers and nine nieces and nephews. brother of the late Banks Mouser.
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John Simmering JR
Ainsworth
John
Washington
Auditor's Office
Fred Mouser
Washington County
Mr. Mouser
Jacob
Himina Row Mouser
Lookout School
Anna M. Rogers
Banks Mouser
Richmond Cemetery
Forum Lectures Begin With Dr Frank D Slutz at High School
Dr Frank D Slutz kicks off a four lecture Community Forum series in Washington sponsored by the YMCA. He speaks Thursday on Why Children Go Right at the high school. Tickets remain available through the YMCA Osincup’s drug store or sponsoring clubs.
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Frank D. Slutz
Community Forum
Washington
Slutz
YMCA
Artemas Brown
Osincup
Rotary
Y’s
J R Maxwell 82 Dies at Home in California
John Ritchey Maxwell 82 native of Crawfordsville and long time Washington clothing merchant died in California last week. Survived by wife Alma Maxwell two daughters Phoebe Leverenz Martha Jones a son Richard Maxwell and sister Esther Maxwell Interment in California. His death was reported to Washington by his sister with another sister having died earlier.
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Washington
John Ritchey Maxwell
California
Maxwell
Crawtfordsville
Alma Maxwell
Phoebe
Leverenz
Martha Jones
Richard Maxwell
Esther Maxwell
W. A. Cook
Leverence
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Truman proposes tax shifts to raise about 1 billion
President Truman urged Congress to cut select excise taxes and raise corporate, gift, and estate levies to net roughly 1 billion in revenue for fiscal 1951. He opposed broad individual rate changes and warned drastic hikes could backfire while noting precise excise reductions depend on closing loopholes.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
80Th Congress
Meeting Postponed by Crawford Township Farm Bureau
The Crawford township Farm Bureau announces that its meeting scheduled for Tuesday night is postponed to February 1. Officials advised the delay to members and the public.
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Crawford Township Farm Bureau
Man Arrested in Egged Beer Burglary Case
Harrison Helms Jr, 23, a Black man, was held on a burglary charge in Dothan Alabama. Police say the theft included a case of beer and several cases of ess from a local residence.
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Dothan
Ala
U P
Harrison Helms, Jr
Weather outlook for Des Moines with mixed precipitation
Cloudy conditions with highs near 20 in the northwest and 38 in the southeast. Northeasterly winds 15 to 20 mph. Snow sleet or freezing rain in northwest and north central with possible glazing tonight across all areas but the extreme southeast. Lows around 18 northwest and 3 southeast. Tuesday brings fresh southerly winds, continued snow or glazing in the morning and warmer by afternoon with highs 33 northwest and 48 southeast.
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Des Moines
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