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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1950
Page
2
Denver news notes bureau of reclamation engineers aiding global famine relief. Michael W. Strauss commends chief engineer L. N. McClellan for services to 17 arid western states and highlights vast water scarcity and unused fertile acres worldwide.
Governors from six states joined the dedication of a major engineering center at the Denver federal center, including Fred G. Randahl and George T. Mickelsen. The event linked to wartime ordnance efforts and featured brides Mary Ann Sladek and Norma Rose Stransky. Local notices report friendships, birthday celebrations, and a head-on crash near Melosh Havel h house resulting in injuries.
Riverside reports Rae ford Worley returned home from Cha nute Field Texas with his U S air force discharge after three years of service including 25 months in Japan. The notice also mentions local visits and a double wedding of Richard and Donald Kiefer in St Mary’s church.
Highland Center July 17. Rev and Mrs A L Shuey of Mt Pleasant were Sunday dinner guests at the W R Murphy home. Several neighbors and relatives are listed visiting and staying with local families, with notes on new cars and gatherings around Milford McCreedy and Melvin Soukup homes.
Mr and Mrs J H Peet of Cedar Falls visited their friend Mrs W L Alcorn at the county hospital yesterday. Mr Peet, former superintendent of schools here, is now superintendent at Cedar Falls.
A Chicago policeman was dismissed by the civil service commission after firing at an orchestra leader who refused to play his request in a saloon. James Herr ing was ordered discharged following the incident, reflecting disciplinary action for misconduct.
My wife took me fishing for the first time in years last Friday morning. We caught fifteen fish in about ninety minutes including three bass and two silver perch. The note hints that Merrit McDaniel might have sold a movie camera if present.
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