Chrysler Strikes Nationwide After 24 Hour Talks Collapse
Ninety thousand UAW workers nationwide walk out at Chrysler in six states including Michigan after negotiations over pensions and welfare fail. Union cites arrogant company stance. plants in Indiana California Kansas close as 80,000 plus workers leave in Michigan Delaware and Georgia.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Motor City
Reuther
Chrysler
Michigan
Delaware
Georgia
Indiana
California
Kansas
Honor Roll Students Named At Washington High
Principal Robert Everetts released the list of Washington high school students earning honor roll for the third six weeks and first semester. Freshmen on the semester list include Reta Ahrens Betty Alliman Robert Carter LaVonne Edwards Joyce Graf Carolyn Holland Donald Kerr Dorothy Ixos Larry Krotz Charles Luckenbill Phyllis Mc Connell Shirley Owens Louella Rathmell and Audrey Wittetoe. Also named were Jim Fresh waters Ralph Knotek Darlene Snyder and Ray Tweeten on the six weeks list along with sophomores Wayne Barnes Patricia Berry Eva Blattner Charlene Brown Nancy Burham Pat DeLa Douglas Fuhr Bonnie Gilbert Donna Krotz Betty Kunik Duane Martin Marilyn Mouser Fidela Perez Marilou Robertson Carol Weeks and John Winga. Senior members included Shir ley Blattmner Elsie Bruegge Claire Davis Harry Duensing Jack Fields Martha Gamon Barbara Hampton Dana Holland James Boyd reports coal stocks near danger point with 28 days supply above ground and five days in transit while anthracite shortages affect New England and the mid-Atlantic.
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Washington High School
Robert Everetts
Reta Ahrens
Betty Alliman
Robert Carter
LaVonne Edwards
Joyce Graf
Carolyn Holland
Donald Kerr
Dorothy Ixos
Larry Krotz
Charles Luckenbill
Phyllis McConnell
Shirley Owens
Louella Rathmell
Audrey Wittetoe
Wayne Barnes
Patricia Berry
Eva Blattner
Charlene Brown
Nancy Burham
Pat DeLa
Douglas Fuhr
Bonnie Gilbert
Donna Krotz
Betty Kunik
Duane Martin
Marilyn Mouser
Fidela Perez
Marilou Robertson
Carol Weeks
John Winga
Helen Baker
Gene Jugenheimer
Edith Swift
Virginia Zeiglowsky
Shirley Blattmner
Elsie Bruegge
Claire Davis
Harry Duensing
Jack Fields
Martha Gamon
Barbara Hampton
Dana Holland
Truman to act on coal strike before weekend
A high government official said President Truman will step into the soft coal dispute before the weekend unless John L. Lewis gets 80,000 striking miners back to work quickly. The warning frames the possible presidential intervention as the crisis nears danger point.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Spanish Class Meeting For Thursday Evening
The Spanish class will meet at 7 o clock Thursday evening in the YWCA room. It will be dismissed in time for the 8 o'clock lecture at the high school.
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YWCA
Six Weeks Honor Roll Names Released
Jordon McCreedy Virginia Messenger Frances Miller Harry Ramseyer Dick Tweeten and Jo Ann Wilson head the six weeks honor roll alongside Dorothy Dickey Don Duncan and Lovila Sojka in the list of selected students.
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Jordon McCreedy
Virginia Messenger
Frances Miller
Harry Ramseyer
Dick Tweeten
Jo- Ann Wilson
Dorothy Dickey
Don Duncan
Lovila Sojka
Cleveland Brink's holdup plot foiled in raid
Detective Inspector James McArthur said a planned Brink's Inc. holdup in Cleveland was disrupted by a raid last night near the police station. Seven gray uniforms and burglar tools were seized. seven men fled, possibly linked to the Detroit Purple Gang, with Sam Norbert and Edgar Heald sought for Boston robbery questions.
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Cleveland
James McArthur
Brink's Inc
Brink
Detroit Purple Gang
Sam Norbert
Detroit
Edgar Heald
Boston
Five Die in Hatboro Fire Aboard Lacy Park Housing
A Hatboro Pennsylvania blaze killed five members of the Morrow family and left three other residents displaced. Claire Morrow tried to save her children after Horace Morrow, a Navy machinist's mate, woke to smoke. The couple's son had already left for duty. the bodies were found in the children's bedroom on the second floor.
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Hatboro
Claire Morrow
Horace Morrow
Willow Grove
Naval Air Station
Virginia
Patricia
Lolita
Morrow
Lacy Park
Russian slowdown hampers U S traffic to Berlin
Berlin restrictions tighten as Russians push a partial blockade of the city. West bound trucks on the Berlin super highway face slow down rules similar to last Saturdays eastbound checks. Helmstedt reports show 84 trucks awaiting entry to western Germany from Berlin and 60 waiting to enter Berlin from the west.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Germany
There Is No Joy In Rosendale Fire Loss
Rosendale Wisconsin volunteers lost their village firehouse and fire truck in a morning blaze. Chief John Hill blamed defective wiring and Ripon firefighters arrived too late to prevent major damage to the 50 year old building. Loss amounted to several thousand dollars and the town would be without a fire department until further notice.
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Rosendale
Wis
John Hill
Ripon
Hill
Hiss Gets Five Year Sentence For Lying About His Activities
Iowa weather bulletin describes a winter storm sweeping the state with snow sleet and freezing rain. Forecasters warn of hazardous roads in the northwest and mixed conditions elsewhere as temperatures plunge and then rise in the east.
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Hiss
Weatherman Dr Decker Speaks at Y's Men Club
E Decker of the U S Weather Bureau Des Moines spoke to the Ys Men Tuesday. A 35 year weather career, he outlined bureau work and farmer benefits. Clarence Logan introduced him. Business session covered home talent play plans for March and a Valentines night program by the social committee.
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Washington
RE. Decker
United States Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Here
Sigourney
R. A. Frink
Frink
S. E. Decker
Ys Men's Club
Decker
Y’s
Weather Office
Clarence Logan
Popcorn History Tells Of Inca Grown Kernels
A brief note states that Poporn Popcorn, sharing corn’s food value, was grown and popped by the Incas of Peru long before Columbus. It adds that today most commercial popcorn is grown in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.
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Peru
America
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Bahia Celebrates 400th Anniversary in 1949
Bahia, Brazil marks its 400th birthday in 1949 after founding in 1549. The city remains renowned worldwide for its copra exports and long colonial legacy.
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Bahia
Brazil
The
City
Ramseyer Announces Run for State Representative
Harry W. Ramseyer of Washington, proprietor of Ramseyer Hatchery, declares as Republican candidate for State representative of Washington County. He joins Herbert Campbell and H Lloyd Walker in the race. Ramseyer, a longtime Republican leader, has held civic roles in the Presbyterian church Rotary American Legion and education boards. He led poultry groups in the area and has a varied business career including work for Marshall Field and a Chicago firm. He served in World War I and his family includes wife a son and a daughter. He is nephew of former congressman C W Ramseyer of Bloomfield.
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Harry W. Ramseyer
Washington
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Washington County
Herbert Campbell
Highland Township
H. Lloyd Walker
Ramseyer
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France
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C. W. Ramseyer
March of Dimes Slogan Contest Opens in Washington County
Washington County residents are invited to submit slogans for the 1951 March of Dimes drive with a $5 prize for the best entry. Ed ward J. Kelly, county chairman, urges mail submissions to March of Dimes general delivery Washington. Votes are also being taken to pick a March of Dimes queen from high school homerooms.
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Washington County
Edward J. Kelly
General Delivery
Washington
26 Escape Injury As Airliner Crashes
An unscheduled Arrow Lines airliner from New York to California belly landed at Midway Airport in Chicago after a wheel mechanism failed. All 23 passengers including a four year old boy and the three crew members escaped injury. Damage estimated at 2000 dollars, most on the wings.
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Chicago
Midway Airport
Arrow Lines
New York City
California
High School Drive Followed by Honors for Contest Winner
The contest winner will be honored at a dance organized by high school students after the drive.
Pleads Innocence Until Last Freed On Bond In Hiss Case
Alger Hiss, once Roosevelt aide and UN charter secretary general, is sentenced to five years on each perjury count, to run concurrently, for lying to a grand jury about assisting a Communist spy ring. He remains free on $10,000 bond pending appeal.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
Yalta
United Nations Charter
San Francisco
Henry W. Goddard
Goddard
Hiss
No New Information On Shooting Thefts
Sheriff Charles Snyder reported no new information this morning on the shooting of Howard Kyle in Ames or the Monday night break ins. Kyle, released from the county hospital Tuesday night, urged the shooter to come forward. Officials continue to question him as they probe possible accidental shooting near Riverside.
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Charles Snyder
Howard Kyle
Ames
Kyle
Riverside
Postponed Volleyball Games Due to Community Forum
Volleyball games at the YMCA scheduled for Thursday evening are postponed because of the Community Forum meeting.
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YMCA
Weather Outlook for Iowa: Freezing Rain, Snow Across Regions
Des Moines dispatch reports freezing rain and sleet in the southeast, moderate to heavy snow in most of the state, with central areas seeing sleet mixed with snow this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures fall slowly. lows tonight from four to twelve below zero west and 15 to 25 above east. Highs Thursday near zero west and around 30 above east.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Knoxville
Waterloo
Dubuque
Chariton
Washington
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