Wilma O Riley New Methodist Worker
Wilma O Riley of Red Oak Iowa arrives in Washington September 1 to serve at the Methodist church. A Nodaway high school teachers training and Iowa State Teachers College graduate, she has 12 years in rural and consolidated Iowa schools and two years as church secretary and youth counselor at Red Oak First Methodist. She joins by official board action on recommendation of the church council to assist Sunday school teacher training MYF junior choir and related programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma O'Riley
Red Oak
Iowa
Washington
Nodaway
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Miss O'Riley
Red Oak First
Methodist Church
Scouts Return From Jamboree Tonight In Marion
Martin Hunter of the Iowal River Valley council said Scouts at the national jamboree in Pennsylvania will reach Marion at midnight Saturday on their return trip from Valley Forge. He urged Scouters to attend a July 13 meeting at Mayflower Inn to discuss the 1951 council budget with dinner reservations via the Scout office in Iowa City.
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Martin Hunter
Iowal River Valley Council
Valley Forge
Pennsylvania
Marion
Hunter
Mayflower Inn
Town City
Iowa City
Brad Kiesey Hurt After Fall From Moving Car
Brad Kiesey, four, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Kiesey of west of West Chester, is in University hospital Town City after falling from his parents moving car Monday afternoon half a mile west of Washington. He has a broken leg and head injuries and remains hospitalized with an estimated four to six weeks of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Kiesey
Theodore Kiesey
West Chester
University Hospital
Town City
Brad
Washington
Howard Waddell Named Recreation Council President
Howard Waddell was named chairman of the Washington Recreation Council at the annual election held Wednesday evening. He will replace Wayne Chamberlin whose term expired with yesterday's meeting. Other officers named include Ralph Kleese vice president Mrs Harold Kerr secretary and Ed Mueck treasurer.
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Howard Waddell
Washington Recreation Council
Wayne Chamberlin
Ralph Kleese
Harold Kerr
Ed Mueck
Truman Blasts Senate on Pike Nomination
President Truman called Senate opposition to Sumner Pike an act of Republican politics and foolish. Pike has been acting commission chairman since Litianthal’s Feb resignation. the Senate committee voted 5 to 4 against approving a new four year term, with full Senate to decide Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
ULP
Truman
Senate
Sumner T. Pike
Pike
Commission
David EB. Lilienthal
Maine Republican
Truman Says Rail Strike Not Justified
President Truman calls the switchmen strike unjustified and demands an end to allow midwestern wheat and cattle movement. Arthur Glover of the switchmen union says the government has not proven a national emergency and rejects mediation progress as talks continue with railroads including Rock Island and others.
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Truman
Chicago
Arthur Glover
AM Switchmen's Union
Glover
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Rock Island
Western Pacific
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Digver
Rio Grande Western
B 17 Crashes on Arctic Mercy Trip Near Adak Alaska
A U S Air Force B 17 on a mercy flight from Adak Alaska to Shemya crashed ten miles from its takeoff point. Seven crewmen are reported missing or fatalities per Adak dispatch and navy crash boat sightings. Weather hampered early reports and rescue efforts.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
James Upson
Reeve Aleutian Airways
Adak
Alaska Air Command
10Th
Shemya
Alaska Air Commando
Zeta Point
Kuluk Bay
Jaycees Launch Iowa Drive Right Safety Campaign
The Junior Chamber of Commerce in Washington county starts the Iowa Drive Right campaign from August 22 to September 5 to reduce county wide accidents. Hal Williams chairs the effort with Wayne Marstyn as co chair, aiming to compare teen and adult driver improvements. The drive includes weekly safety poster subscriptions with yellow stop sign inserts and movie trailer publicity.
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Iowa
Washington
Iowa Safety Congress
Washington County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hal Williams
Wayne Marstyn
Cochairman
Kiwanis View Scout Film and Scouting Figures
Washington Kiwanis members watched Scout Trail to Citizenship presented by Martin Hunter of Iowa City. Hunter's report notes in the Iowa River Valley council there are 200 Cub Scouts, 447 of 666 members, and 300 adults aiding Scouting efforts locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Kiwanis Club
Martin Hunter
Iowa City
Ames Video to Start Live Show Broadcasts
Ames Video plans live network show broadcasts on WOI TV by end of September. Central Iowa will access live CBS NBC ABC and DuMont telecasts via Bell coaxial cable and microwave relays now under construction. The station will expand beyond three hours nightly to six to eight hours daily with studio productions and on site telecasts.
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Ames
Richard B. Hull
Woi-Tv
Iowa State College
Iowa
Bell Telephone Company
Hull
Woi-Tyv
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
Dnnmont
Damon
Korean War At A Glance
United Press reports Major General William F. Degn calls withdrawal toward Pyongtaek a planned move to strengthen defenses. North Korean radio claims 150 American deaths and 50 captives in pincer moves south of Euwon. U.S. and British planes strike North Korean air facilities in the first seaborne air assault. Admiral Struble says fleet will deter large scale invasion of Formosa. UN may drop war office plan as Russia's boycott ends. MacArthur to be named UN supreme commander.
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United Press
Tokyo
William F. Degn
U. S
New Line
Pyongtaek
Euwon
Peter Kalischer
Navy
Korea
Arthur D. Struble
Formosa
Washington
Russia
Truman
Acheson
South Korea
Hitler
Poland
Germany
United Nations
War Office
The
Security Council
Douglas MacArthur
Officials Say No Polio Epidemic At Scout Jamboree
Valley Forge officials report no evidence of a polio epidemic among 47,000 Boy Scouts. Gordon Taylor, 13, of Rock Springs Texas, died of polio in Philadelphia, with two others hospitalized in mild condition. Dr. William J. McAnally calls overall health excellent and notes Taylor was ill upon arrival. The jamboree closes tonight with a world brotherhood pageant.
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Valley Forge
Valley Forge Park
Gordon Taylor
Rock Springs
Tex
U. S. Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
William J. McAnally
U.S. Public Health Service
Taylor
W. H. Taylor
Two Thrill Days Added to Iowa Mid Century Fair
Des Moines state fair officials announced two thrill days for the Iowa Mid Century Fair next August. Daredevils Jimmy Lynch and Joey Chitwood will headline on August 26 and August 30 respectively with stunt teams. The program also includes three days of auto racing rodeo motorcycle and passenger car races.
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Des Moines
Fair
Iowa
L. B. Cunningham
Jimmy Lynch
Joey Chitwood
Cunningham
YMCA Sponsors Hike for Boys Under 12
Area youths under age 12 are invited to a Friday morning hike sponsored by the YMCA at 10:30. Participants will bring lunch and return to Washington in the afternoon.
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YMCA
Washington
General retreat as 50,000 North Koreans drive on U S forces
Tokyo dispatches report a large North Korean offensive pushing 50,000 troops and 100 tanks toward American positions in Korea. U S forces pulled back about 25 miles through Pyongtaek, with rail lines from Pusan to the front threatened and Inchon linked operations under pressure.
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U. S
Tokyo
Korea
Pusan
Suwon
Douglas MacArthur
Osan
Pyongtaek
Taejon
MacArthur
Chungju
Pusan-Chungju
Seoul-Suwon
Seoul
Inchon
Doctor Advises Health Checkup for Children
Dr. Ralph H. Heeren of the state Health Department urged that summer is the time to have children checked for defects. Parents should take their children to doctors for complete medical checkups including eyes ears nose throat lungs and more. Dr Olin K Hoffman added that children should also visit a dentist during summer to promote general health.
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Des Moines
Ralph H. Heeren
State Health Department
Olin Kk. Hoffman
Division of Dental Health
Morrison Endorsed by 6th Judicial District
Delegates to the Republican convention of Iowa's sixth district in Oskaloosa unanimously back Edmund D. Morrison Jr. for the Iowa Supreme Court. They also nominate R. J. Yoder, A. G. Patterson, and Frank Beehly as district judges.
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Iowa
Oskaloosa
Edmund D. Morrison Jr
Washington
Supreme Court of
Washington County
Keokuk
Mahaska
Poweshek
Jasper
R. J. Yoder
A. G. Patterson
Frank Beehly
Motorist Kenneth Snow Fined in Brighton Court
Kenneth Snow was fined 100 dollars or thirty days in jail after a reckless driving charge filed by the Brighton town marshal. He appeared at the mayor's court in Brighton.
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Kenneth Snow
Brighton
El Capitan Derailed In Fatal Train Crash
MONICA ILL UP Ten persons were killed and 70 injured when the Santa Fe Kansas City Chief plowed into the derailed El Capitan on parallel tracks near Peoria County. Coroner Chauncey Wood confirmed three dead and 50 injured with several in serious condition.
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el Capitan
Peoria County
Chauncey E. Wood
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Monica
Ill
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Chicago
Chauncey Wood
W. G. Farran
Princeville
Lyle Merrick
Clarence Wilson
Chillicothe
Air Force and Police Seek Two Escapees from Munich Jail
U S Air Force and German police blocked highways north of Munich in a manhunt for Pvt Lon Stephens and Corp John Vetter who escaped three days earlier. The pair, both armed robbers awaiting trial, were last seen driving toward Stuttgart with a tommy gun and 1000 rounds. Police orders were to shoot to kill.
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Munich
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Lon Stephens
Pampa
Tex
Corp
John Vetter
Morbridge
S. C
Stuttgart
Washington Teachers Attends SUI Workshop
Washington fifth graders will learn to get along better with others this fall. Carol Forgey, fifth grade social studies and language arts teacher, attended a State University of Iowa workshop in June on the causal approach to human behavior by Dr. Ralph H. Ojemann. She planned lessons and wrote stories to illustrate the approach and prepared activities for an imagined council discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Washington
Carol Forgey
State University of Iowa
Ralph H. Ojemann
Ojemann
Miss Forgey
Firemen Battle Shed Fire at Jacobs Residence
Firefighters answering a call to the Bob Jacobs residence on South D near 7:30 last night found a storage shed in the rear on fire. The blaze, likely from spontaneous combustion, destroyed the shed and four bales of paper and eight bales of hay with damage around 250. Fireman Lou Dempsey pulled a large wagon from the shed before flames spread. water from booster-tank trucks stopped the fire from reaching nearby hay.
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Bob Jacobs
South D
Lou Dempsey
Evelyn A. Kile Named Washington County Nurse
Evelyn A. Kile of Oakland Clindig is appointed the new Washington County nurse. A Cook County School of Nursing graduate she studied public health at the University of Minnesota for five quarters.
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Evelyn A. Kile
Oakland
Clindig
Washington County
Cook County School of Nursing
Chicago
University of Minnesota
Des Moines Iowa Weather Outlook
Sunny and warmer in Des Moines Iowa with highs in the low 80s today. Tonight northwest and extreme west portions stay cool with lows 48 to 54 north and 52 to 58 south. Friday brings fair skies and higher highs 83 to 86 with southerly winds around 15 mph. Humidity remains low through Friday with a gradual warming trend into Saturday night. Yesterday’s temperatures reached 79 high and 56 low.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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