Eisenhower signs Formosa defense resolution with united resolve
President Eisenhower signed the Formosa defense measure asserting American unity to aid a brave ally and resist Communist aggression. He said it preserves peace in the Formosa area and authorizes armed force if needed to defend Formosa and the Pescadores, backing a United Nations effort to end hostilities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Formosa
United Nations
United States
Free World
Pescadores
Senate
Congress
House
White House
John Foster Dulles
Congress of the United States
Pride
Red China
Tachen
Tachens
Yikiangshan
Shen Chang - Huan
Chamber Membership Reaches 229 Today
Washington Chamber of Commerce reports 229 members as of today with more prospects expected. Recent signups include Ernest Salladay Busby Manufacturing Co Charles E Ashby Sanitary Farm Dairies Tweeten s Washington Dairy Freshwaters Coal and Supply Wittmer s U S ave Grocery Mrs Albert Lay Albert Lay Washington Federal Savings and Loan Hanson Construction Co Floyd Tommie Tucker Sorrell Auto Parts and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Ernest Salladay
Busby Manufacturing Co
Charles E. ‘Ashby
Sanitary Farm Dairies
Tweeten
Washington Dairy
Freshwaters Coal and Supply
Wittmer
U-Save Grocery
Albert Lay
Washington Federal Savings and Loan
Hanson Construction Co
Floyd (Tommie) Tucker
Eclipse Lumber Co
Dr. Rolland E. Taylor
Norman Tree Service
McCleery-Cumming Calendar Co
Grethel Marshall
Earth Oil Co
Washington Transfer
Loveless Implement
Hi-Compression Products Co
Kirkpatrick Warehouse
Globe Beauty Shop
Doctor Droz Dies in California Formerly Lived Here
Friends in Washington learned of the death of Dr. A Keith Droz a former resident and surgeon. He died at a Long Beach California hospital January 23 after a long illness. Rosary will be Monday at Van Nuys home with interment in California. Survived by wife Ruth Anderson and two sons Keith and John a sister Mrs Virginia Kistner. He served in the Navy during 1942 commanded a mobile hospital unit on Guam. Born June 24 1902 in Keota Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Keith Droz
Long Beach
California
van Nuys
Ruth Anderson
Keith
John
Virginia Kistner
Elkhart
Indiana
Guam
St. Joseph's Hospital
General Motors
University of Iowa
Phi Delta Theta
Nu Sigma Nu
A. John Droz
Keota
Davenport Woman Beaten in Grocery Holdup
In Davenport two men robbed Elliot's Grocery on the east city limits injuring owner Ethel Elliot 55 and customer Emma Hodgeson 77 who were listed in fair condition. The attackers used a homemade blackjack and fled suspected to be in a car. Police tied the case to a spate of Quad Cities robberies.
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Davenport
Ethel Elliot
Elliot's Grocery
Emma Hodgeson
Hoegh urges visit for U.S. prisoners in Korea
Iowa Governor Leo A. Hoegh asks for a Panmunjom meeting to allow families to visit 17 Americans held by Chi nese Reds. He wired Dulles and Hammarskjold proposing neutral site supervision amid State Department ban on Red China visits.
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Corning
Iowa
Leo A. Hoegh
Panmunjom
Korea
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Hoegh
Harold Fischer
Swea City
State Department
Paul Parker
United Press
National Guard
Red China
Formosa
County 4-H Leaders Study Tractor Safety Training
Eighteen Washington county 4-H leaders gathered at the Washington YMCA for a tractor safety and farm machinery color coding course. Norval Wardle of Iowa State College and Tom Robb led the instruction, with a noon lunch and an afternoon visit to Smart Implement. Leaders return to their clubs to share the training.
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Washington County
Washington Ymca
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Tom Robb
Smart Implement Company
Hotle Feed & Grain and
Freshwaters Feed
Dale Holmes
Gary Murphy
The
Highlanders Club
Robert Miksch
Bob Vinson
Dutch Creek Flyers
Bill Day
Prairie Sons
Frank Kleese
Bill Chmelar
Franklin Cubs
Raymond Mineart
Chicagua Club
Roger Miller
Kalona Klippers
Charles Twinam
Crooked Creek Cyclones
Bill Gamon
Cedar Chips
Ed Brophy
Elmer Schneider
Riverside Ramblers
Charles Bartholow
Washington Hustlers
Herman Wagenknecht
Ainsworth Beavers
Charles Johnson
Lime Creek Livewires
Jesse Stout
Havre Hot Shots
Chamber Retail Sales Committee Opens New Year
Leon Hilfman chaired the Chamber of Commerce Retail Sales committee in a Friday meeting outlining upcoming promotions. Dollar Days is set for February 17 to 19 with Spring opening week in the week of March 21 to align with the Jaycee Trade Show. Additional events include Black Cat Day on May 13 and Ridiculous Day on June 2, with parking concerns noted as generally satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Hilfman
Chamber of Commerce Retail Sales Committee
Washington
Mr. Hillman
W. A. Brown
Harold Johnson
Verne Sladek
Jim Seifert
Herb Osincup
Dale Connelly
Irv W
Arctic Front Brings Frigid Air Across Nation
A new Arctic air front pushes eastward bringing below zero readings from Midwest to Atlantic Seaboard. Internation Falls Minnesota hits 16 below, Chicago 5 below, Miami 57 above. Fire outbreaks and icy conditions hamper rescues while western warmth returns and a South Pole expedition reports 38 degrees above.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Midwest
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Gulf States
Internationa Falls
Minn
Miami
Fla
Chicago
Caribou
Maine
Far West
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Colo
Rapid City
S.D
Dickinson
N.D
Pacific Coast
California
Los Angeles
Medicine Bow National Forest
Chico
Calif
T. W. Masters
Clarence Milligan
Mercury
Owls Head
N.Y
Oakland
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Columbus
South Pole
French Editor Challenges Foreign Minister to Duel
Paris reports Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber editor of the Weekly Express accepted a duel offer from Foreign Minister Edger Faure after a protest against a government plan. The time and place remain secret. dueling is illegal in France. Faure demanded satisfaction over a tax bill controversy linked to racehorse owners.
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Paris
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
Weekly Express
Edger Faure
France
Faure
Robert Buron
Servan- Schreiber
Services at Wellman Sunday Afternoon For George William Bell
Funeral services for George William Bell will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m in Asbury Methodist church Wellman. He died in his son's store Friday and burial will be in Wellman cemetery. Survivors include his wife four children seven grandchildren one great grandchild a brother and a sister.
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Wellman
George William Bell
Asbury Methodist Church
Eardley Bell Sr
Mary Ann Gresswell Bell
Iowa County
Greene Township
Stella Kepler
Kalona
Bell
Ioof Lodge
Methodist
Marion E
Leslie O
Theodore
Dorothy) Ressler
Williamsburg
Isaac
Judith) Sprague
Keota
John
Amy Glass
Vancouver
Wash
Man Rescues Two Boys From Burning Home
Des Moines man Joe L. Epps Jr. crawled through smoke to rescue Marvin Kuhns 9 and Pete Kuhns 8 from their burning two story home. Both boys were coughing but unharmed. Fire officials blamed defective wiring for the blaze. damage estimated at 3000 dollars.
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Des Moines
Joe L. Epps Jr
Marvin
Pete Kuhns
Epps
Dale Martin
Martins
Robert Strauss
Seventh Fleet seeks landing craft for Tachens evacuation
The Seventh Fleet commander seeks landing craft to evacuate 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 civilians from the Tachens. American support for Formosa policy inches toward action as Chiang Kai-shek weighs an evacuation order.
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Tachen
U.S. Senate
Eisenhower
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
7Th Fleet
Chiang
Senate
Chen Chang
Taipei
Tachens
5Th Air Force
U.S
Asia
China
Navy
Locke Mills Resigns From Washington County Farm Bureau Post
Locke Mills, field man for the Washington county Farm Bureau, has submitted his resignation. Willard Palmer announced that the executive board has accepted it, effective January 31.
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Locke Mills
Washington County Farm Bureau
Willard Palmer
County Farm Bureau
Talks on Formosa cease-fire rejected by both sides
United Nations reports indicate Nationalist China and Red China reject a UN arranged cease-fire for Formosa. The Reds vow to strike heavy blows if attacked, while Nationalists oppose any armistice and press to reconquer territories including Formosa and Penghu.
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Bruce W. Mann
United Press Staff
United Nations
N.Y
Red China
China
Reds Red Radio
Red Radio
Peiping People’s Foam 4
U.S
Taiwan
Formosa
Penghu
Pescadore
United States
Area Red Cross Meet Slated Here Tuesday
Washington hosts Southeastern Iowa Red Cross fund planning meeting on February 1 at Moose hall. Carroll S. Johnson is vice chairman with Clarence W. M. publisher of the Burlington Gazette and H. Lee Huston among local Red Cross officials. Program begins 9 30 a m with fund raising and campaign setup discussions followed by a 1 p m luncheon served by the Women of the Moose. all 15 chapters from the first congressional district expected represented.
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Washington
Southeastern Iowa
Red Fund
Red Cross
Carroll S. Johnson
Clarence W. M
Burlington Ha
Women of the Moose
Legion Women to Attend Funeral for Mrs. Fuhr
American Legion Auxiliary members meet in the Hotel W lobby at 2 15 p m Sunday then proceed as a group to attend the funeral of Mrs. Dale Fuhr.
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Gion Auxiliary
Hotel W
Dale Fuhr
Weather Summary From United Press Iowa
Mostly cold night with continued frigid conditions. Sunday turns cloudy with a chance of snow by afternoon or evening. Lows in the double digits below zero east and west with highs around five to ten degrees above zero. Widespread cold persists into the weekend with low wind chill values.
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United Press
Iowa
Mostlytale
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Lichtenfels
Germany
Potma
Moscow
A. Keith Droz
Holdup
U. S
Eldorado
Beaverlodge Lake
Saskatchewan
Canada
Little America
Atlanta
Sabrejet
Harold Grant
U. S. Sth
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Roger Ramey
Harie Partridge
Far East
Seventh Fleet
Pacific
Alfred M. Pride
Farm Bureau Post
Area Red Cross
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