Plan for Fair Auction August 5 Merchandise Solicitation
A kickoff meeting for the Junior Fair Association auction in Washington County is planned with the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce as sponsor. Donations of livestock merchandise machinery baked goods canned foods or white elephants are requested for the August 5 auction starting at 9 30. Dogs cats worn clothing or salable items will not be accepted. Officials expect to raise about 25000 for a new building at Towstey Park and will announce final canvassing details next week.
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Plains
Junior Fair Association
Toe Angeust SC
Mare Bureau
Washington County
Towstey Park
Sinilar
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Teigr
Kiwanis Club
Washington
Ven Ignere
Break in Truce Talks Fails to Materialize
In Panmunjom Korea Allied and Communist negotiators held another secret meeting but no breakthrough occurred on prisoner of war issues. A United Nations spokesman cautioned no issue was solved and a radio broadcast reflected doubtful prospects for an early truce, with a further session set for Sunday.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
Thomimunists
Viean Winnington
Red
William Po Nuckols
Tl Alm
Reds Regain Hill Position After Heavy Losses Near Chorwon
In Korea West of Chorwon the Reds seized a hill after two days of fierce fighting costing about 100 killed and 15 wounded on their side. Allied forces pressed the front with tanks and heavy artillery as B26 bombers hit frontline positions. An official tally for the week ending July 14 noted 2,783 Communist deaths, wounds, or captures.
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Seoul
Korea
Aftiliery
Chorwon
T C. N
North Korea
Conemys
An Sth Archiv
Winfield Youth 15 Responsible for Fatal Motorcycle Accident
A coroner's jury in Mount Pleasant found a 15 year old boy reckless and negligent in a fatal motorcycle crash that killed Robert Adam Foggy, a seven year old from New London. Jurors said there was no criminal negligence but asserted the youth is too immature to ride on highways and that parental permit was a factor. The verdict places responsibility on the 15 year old rather than others.
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Mount Pleasant
Robert Adam Foggy
New London
Cory
Steel strike forces Iowa foundry to close
The Jet Cause Co foundry in Bettencore Iowa will shut down on July 25 due to a steel shortage from the ongoing strike. About 250 workers will be laid off, while 2 500 other employees remain unaffected, plant officials said.
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Betten Core
Jet Cause Co
Sioux City Prepares To Inoculate For Polio
A team of five doctors and 16 nurses from Houston began mass inoculation plans for over 10000 children in Sioux City Iowa to test a new anti polio serum gamma globulin Air Force planes bring in iron lungs as polio deaths reach at least 12 locally and cases rise to nation’s highest.
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Houston
Just Call Me Mister It’s Official Now
The Army confirms Dwight D. Eisenhower’s resignation from the military after 41 years as a soldier and his selection as the Republican presidential nominee. A spokesman says his title is now Mister and that return to five stars requires Congress. if elected in November he becomes commander in chief of the armed forces as president.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Eisenhower
Congress
Hochstetler Services Planned for Monday
E. B. Monte Hochstetler aged 74 died today in Mercy hospital Iowa City after a nine day illness. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Monday at East Union Mennonite church Kalona with Rev Kilmer G Swartzendruber presiding. Burial is at East Union Mennonite cemetery. He lived in Kalona most his life, ran the Kalona Feed Store, and is survived by seven daughters two brothers and two sisters.
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Kalona
E. B
Monte” Hochstetler
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
East Union Mennonite Church
Kilmer G. Swartzendruber
Peterseim and Son Funeral Home
East Union Mennonite
Hochstetler
Michigan
Iowa Conservation Commission Elects Probst Chairmen
Ewald Prost of Fort Dodge was elected chairmen for a fifth term at Gull Point State Park, with J D Reynolds of Creston as vice chairman. The panel set open season dates for squirrels and rabbits aligning with 1951, detailing gray and red squirrel from Sept 15 to Nov 15 with six daily and 12 possession, rabbit season Sept 15 to Jan 31, 1953 with a 10 bag limit.
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Spirit Lake
Ewald Prost
Fort Dodge
Iowa Conservation Commission
Gull Point State Park
West Lake Okoboji
P Prost
J. D. Reynolds
Creston
Society Horse Show Scheduled at Townsley Park August 8
Lyle Lowe announces the fifth annual society horse show at Townsley Park set for 7 30 p m August 8 with ten classes. Prize money totals 500 dollars and the Junior Fair 4 H participants keep their lunch stand. Doc Lawson returns to play Hammond organ, Janice Wilson of Mt Pleasant is emcee, and 3 new show ring lights will be installed for permanent use. Last year nearly 2600 spectators attended at Green Field.
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Lyle Lowe
Washington Saddle Club
Townsley Park
Doc Lawson
Janice Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Saddle Club
Green Field
United Press tabulates Democratic presidential delegates
United Press lists the latest delegate tabulations for the Democratic nomination based on pledges and first ballot preferences. Key figures include Estes Kefauver Richard Russell Averell Harriman Adlai Stevenson Robert Kerr Mennen Williams Paul Dever Alben Barkley Robert Barkley Hubert Humphrey J William Walbright Brien McMahon and Truman.
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Chicago
United Press
Estes Kefauver
Richard B. Russell
Averell Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
Robert S. Kerr
G. Mennen Williams
Paul Dever
Alben W. Barkley
Robert J. Barkley
Hubert Humphrey
J. William Walbright
Truman
Brien McMahon
Old Age Creeps Upon Five Year Old Linda
A four year old girl in Chicago suffers progeria, a rare premature aging disease. Linda, admitted Jan 21 1948 at two months old, is 24 inches tall and weighs 7 1/2 pounds. She has the wrinkled face of an old woman and may die in her sleep. no cure is known. Linda was born in Aurora Illinois and is under court guardianship.
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Chicago
University of Illinois’ Research and Educational Hospital
Linda
Aurora
Ill
Funeral services for Sur face held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday from Jones Funeral Home with Rev. C. Raymond Reed in charge. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery with pallbearers Eugene Chalupa Walter Doak Ray Blankenhorn Marion Swanson C R Wilson and M E DeLashmutr.
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Jones Funeral Home
Rev
C. Raymond Reed
Elm Grove
Ceme
Eugene Chalupa
Walter Doak
Ray Blankenhorn
Marion Swanson
C. R. Wilson
M. E. DeLashmutr
Seizure Threat Spurs Steel Talks In Pittsburgh
The steel industry and United Steelworkers agreed to reopen negotiations in Pittsburgh at 8 a.m. CST Sunday after the government dangled seizure threats and warned price talks would wait for a new contract. If talks fail, White House plans seizure under the Selective Seizure Act.
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Washington
Steel Industry and Steel Workers Union
Pittsburgh
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Philip Murray
Murray
White House
CIO
United Steelworkers
YW Plans Lake Darling Outing for Wednesday
The YW office announces an all day outing for first to third graders on Wednesday at Lake Darling. Lifeguards Jane Whitehead and Mat Berry accompany the group. Mothers able to drive should notify YW staff and girls must register at the YW desk with a sack lunch.
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Lake Darling
Jane Whitehead
Mat Berry
Davenport Officer Still on Crusade
Patrolman Walter Lane, 40, continues his single handed raids on Davenport taverns after the City Council blocked his request for a 60 day leave. He aims to plan a private ambulance service if the city abandons its ambulance. He checked six taverns Thursday and Friday nights without finding whisky for sale, hoping to catch violators.
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Lane
Citys Council
West Chester Hosts County Wide 4-H Welcome
More than 200 people attended a countywide 4-H welcome party in West Chester to greet a Wyoming delegation. Youth exchange participants from Goshen County spent seven days with local 4-H members. Washington county youths will visit Wyoming next year.
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West Chester
Goshen County
Wyoming
Barkley Favored by Iowa Delegates at Convention
Iowa delegates predict up to 1d or 20 votes for Vice President Barkley while pledging to vote for Gillette on the first ballot. Kefauver Kerr Stevenson and others receive scattered support as undecided delegates number nine. Capsule reports note Stevenson’s push, Barkley’s harmony bid, Harriman backers, and shifting convention strategies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Alben Barkley
Guy M. Gillette
Barkley
Gillette
Plumber Fails Test in Jacksonville Brief
A Jacksonville plumber who failed to pass a required test faces unspecified consequences as authorities consider next steps. The brief notes he did not meet stipulated standards and remains under review by officials.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Wayland Names 1952-53 School Faculty With New Music Instructor
Wayland announces the 1952-53 faculty roster plus the addition of Roy Crawford as music instructor. Crawford, from Allerton, Iowa, and a Dubuque University graduate, taught in Preston last year. The staff includes Supt W Carter Principal Roy Mullenax Coach Jack Williams and several grade teachers across high and elementary schools.
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Wayland
Wayland School
Roy Crawford
Crawford
Allerton
Iowa
Dubuque University
Preston
W. Carter
Roy Mullenax
Jack Williams
Glenn Gisel
Ned Radiken
Elmer Panknen
Dean Swearingen
Helen Carter
Neville Cox
Weather drives outdoors as Iowa endures hot weekend
Iowa faces a hot humid weekend with highs near 88 to 95 across the state. Sunday will be cloudy warm and humid with scattered thunder showers, while Northwestern Iowa could see cooler relief late Sunday. Council Bluffs and Sioux City hit 91, other areas mainly high 40s to 80s. a stray shower is reported as a weather test unfolds.
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United Press
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Increase in Social Security Allotments
President Truman signed legislation to raise benefits for social security and public assistance by 5 dollars a month, starting September 1, boosting annual payments by 540 million dollars. About 4.5 million recipients will see the increase, a raise of 12 percent or five dollars, whichever is higher.
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Washington
Truman
State of the Union
Farmers seek import of cattalo beef breed to Britain
Farmers in the British Isles look to import the cattalo a cross between domestic cattle and the bison to diversify meat and milk production.
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British Isles
Des Moines Weather: Cloudy Warm With Showers
Des Moines Iowa reports cloudy and warm conditions with scattered showers tonight into Sunday. Cooler northwest late Sunday with low in the upper sixties to mid seventies and high around eighty seven to ninety two. Showers expected west late afternoon, partly cloudy skies and a drop in humidity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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