UN Forces Gain Ground in Korean Front Fight
UN forces pushed forward up to 242 miles against Chinese resistance as the battle for the iron triangle near Chorwon Kumwha and Pyonggang continued. East of the effort, communist withdrawal north of Inje and Yanggu was reported while Allied spearheads advanced up to 4,000 yards around Hwachon amid censorship on exact gains.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Iron Triangle
Inje Ani Yanggu
United Press
William Burson
Chorwon, Kumwha
Pyonggong
Korea
Chorwon-Kumwha
An &Th
Chorwon
Kumwha
Hwachon
Acheson Reviews U S Policy On China For Senate Investigators
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told the Senate committee investigating MacArthur's dismissal that U S aid alone cannot save Chiang Kai-shek's government from aggression. He urged that US aid supplement local efforts and affirmed US commitment to defend Taiwan against Communist attack.
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Acheson
U. S
China
Senate
Washington
Dean Acheson
Chiang Wai-Shek
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
U.S
Chiang
United States
Flood threatens southeastern Nebraska city as river overflows dike
Beatrice Nebraska sees six foot flood waters along Court Street as CET Blue River breaches an earthen dike. Police, engineers and fire crews monitor for a crest downstream while evacuations surge near 150 residents with readiness to move out if holes worsen. Wymore also prepares evacuations as mayor Park warns this flood may top past records.
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Beatrice
Neb
Cet
Nebraska
Wymore
Carl Park
Legion Post to Hold Tuesday Meeting for Officer Nominations
The American Legion post will convene Tuesday evening at o'clock for its regular business session. A nominating committee for next year’s officers will be appointed during the meeting.
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American Legion
Riverside Man Leo Critz Dies at 72
Leo Clement Critz of Riverside died Sunday in Washington after a long illness. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 9 AM at St Mary’s church Riverside with Rev Wolfe officiating. Burial in Mt Olivet cemetery. He was born October 10, 1872 in Richmond. Survivors include three sisters Estella Critz Mrs Robert Heintzman and Mrs Nettie Hahn and several nieces and nephews.
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Riverside
Leo Clement Critz
Washington
St. Mary's Church
Wolfe
Mt. Olivet
Sorden & Adams
Estella Critz
Mr. Critz
Richmond
Helen
Frank Critz
Robert Heintzman
Nettie Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Crone Sisters Injured in Peoria Car Crash
Lillian B Crone of Washington and her sister Mrs Lenora Hicks of Hampton Iowa were treated in a Peoria Illinois hospital for injuries after being struck by a car while crossing a street Saturday Both women suffered broken bones They were in Peoria to help care for sister Mae Crone who had an operation six weeks earlier Driver Harold G Riggs said he had a green light but a blocking truck hid his view The accident occurred at 730 PM on Saturday.
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Lillian B. Crone
Washington
Lenora Hicks
Hampton
Iowa
Peoria
Ill
Illinois
Mae Crone
Harold G. Riggs
Des Moines Weather: Partly cloudy, warmer Tuesday
Des Moines area to be partly cloudy this afternoon with variable winds 10 to 15 mph and highs 60 to 70. Clearing tonight with frost likely northeast corner. Tuesday fair and warmer with highs 72 to 76. Showers possible west Tuesday night and Thursday. warmer midweek.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Junior College Students Eligible For Officer Training In Marines
Lews junior college students can join the Platoon Leaders Class in the Marine Corps Reserve. Eligibility now includes those certifying ongoing education toward a four year degree, expanding previously four year only access. The program covers two summers of active duty training and allows continued academic work with no required military subjects.
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Lews
Marine Corps
Edward L. Fossum
Iowa
Nebraska
Fossum
Marine Corps Reserve
Speed Sues for 10000 Damages After Wreck
Fred Speed sues Carl Zieglowsky in district court seeking 10000 for injuries from a May 21, 1950 auto wreck southeast of Washington. Speed says he suffered spinal injuries and cannot lift heavy items. Baldrige and Bailey represent him. jury trial requested. A Memphis UP item notes a nearby church seeks a reliable wasp killer to curb spring swarms.
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R. R. Noonan
Fred Speed
Carl Zieglowsky
Washington
Speed
Baldrige and
Bailey
Memphis, Tenn
Korean Veteran Turns Letter Over to Sheriff
John Ahrens, home on leave from Korea, turned over a letter from Mrs. Harvey Lydow of Lyons Nebraska to the sheriff. The letter attacks the U S government and its allies and praises the communist way of life.
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John Ahrens
Korea
Harvey Lydow
Lyons
Nebr
United States
Colorado Man Happy With Funeral Rites
Jim Gernhart a 75 year old Colorado man arranged a pre death service in Burlington. More than 1000 mourners attended as his coffin and headstone stored in his basement were honored with a tape recorded funeral in the armory. He called the event real nice and said he was fixed up real good while the audience imagined him as a living corpse.
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Burlington
Colo
Jim Gernhart
Gernhart
State Armory
Mahaffey
Mrs Carl Craig Jr 23 Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Carl Craig Jr 23 of near Riverside dies at Mercy hospital Iowa City Sunday June 3 at 2 o clock after a lingering illness. Burial Wednesday at St Bridges church near Morse Ellen Craig sister in law to Vernon Stagner and niece of Ernest Salladay. She is survived by husband one son her parents four brothers and two sisters.
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Carl Craig Jr
Riverside
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
St. Bridges Church
Morse
Ellen Craig
Vernon Stagner
Ernest Salladay
Eight Iowans Die In Weekend Highway Crashes
A Waterloo family of six plus two others died in separate Iowa accidents over the weekend. In Mahaska county near Oskaloosa six members of the Postel family perished when their car veered off Route 92 into the Des Moines River. only Mrs. Dorothy Postel survived. Truck driver William Powell of Milwaukee reported the car swerved after passing a semi, then hit a bridge abutment and rolled into the water. The Postels had been on a vacation trip to Kansas and planned a dinner stop in Corydon. A toddler, Clifford Wayne Miller, died near Sace City when he fell from a car and was hit by another vehicle.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Lyle Earl Postel
Mamie Davis Payne
Mary Jean
Richard
Jamies
Stanley
Dorothy Postel
Mahaska County
Dwight Mateer
Postel
William Powell
Milwaukee
Wis
Mateer
Kansas
Corydon
Raymond Hahn
Payne
Clifford Wayne Miller
Wayne Miller
Lytton
Sae City
County junior fair sale aims to raise funds for buildings
Officials report progress on the county wide junior fair sale set for Saturday June 9. The Washington County Junior Fair board will manage funds and decide on their best use for fair buildings and equipment. Committees will oversee building placement and use, with a community building planned for shows and events. Donations include hay loaders farm equipment livestock and other items.
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Dave Livingston
Washington Chamber of Commercce
Washington County Junior Fair Board
Fair
Ernest Wagner
Ernest Wagenknecht
George Havel
Albert Stoutner
John Gamon
William Gamon
Frank Kleese
Livingston
Kiwanis Club
The
Fair Association
Fair Board
Marriage License Issued in Local Court
A marriage license has been issued at the court house to Kermit Jenkins of Ainsworth and Patricia Jane Edgar of Crawfordsville.
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Kermit
Jenkins
Ainsworth
Patricia Jane Edgar
Crawfordsville
Midwest Telephone Workers May Strike
Sixty three thousand telephone workers threaten to strike against Bell in 13 western and midwestern states. District 6 of the CWA with 51,000 members poised to walk out at midnight if no settlement in wage talks with Southern Bell. Denver district 12,000 members expected to vote to strike against Mountain States Telephone serving several western states. Last week District 6 voted 10 to 1 to walk out without a new contract. Mr and Mrs G Rickert and two others left for a vacation to Colorado.
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United Press
Bell Telephone System
District 6
CLO Communications Workers of America
Southern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Hliness
Denver
District
CWA
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Utah
Idaho
Arizona
Sophia Barth Dies Here Sunday Night
Sophia Barth 6 8 of Peoria Illinois died at 211 South Avenue C at 9 45 Sunday night from heart attack. She had visited Washington for Memorial day and had served as housekeeper for Father H J Corcoran of St James church. Rosary at Jones funeral home and funeral at St Bernard's Peoria Wednesday. She was born January 50 1883 in Ft Madison to John and Mrs Barth. Survived by step mother Mrs Mary Barth Kinross three brothers William Washington Michael and Frank Kinross and two sisters Mrs Mary Dugan Riverside California and Mrs Rose Boettner Litchfield Illinois.
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Sophia Barth
Peoria
Ill
William Barth
South Avenue C
Miss Barth
Washington
H. J. Corcoran
St. James Church
Jones Funeral Home
St. Bernard’s Church
Ft. Madison
John Barth
St. James Catholic Church
Mary Barth
Kinross
William
Michael
Frank
Kin
Russians Agree to Big Four Meeting Conditions
Russia will attend a Big Four foreign ministers meeting in Washington on July 23 only if NATO defense pact and U.S. bases in Europe are on the agenda. The Western allies have refused these terms after weeks of talks with Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei A. Gromyko presenting the note.
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Paris
Russia
Washington
Europe
United States
Great Britain
France
Andrei A. Gromyko
Supreme Court Upholds Smith Act Conviction of 11 Communists
The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of 11 Communist leaders for conspiring to overthrow the U S government by force. The ruling, 6 to 2 with Justices Douglas and Black dissenting, preserves their five year prison terms and fines up to ten thousand dollars each. Chief Justice Vinson stated the defendants endangered the government and were properly convicted under the Smith Act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Communist Party
William O. Douglas
Hugo L. Black
Tom C. Clark
New York
Fred M. Vinson
U. S. Communist Party
Robert G. Thompson
Vinson
United States
Iowa Kidnappers To Serve 25 Year Term
District Judge E. K. Daugherty sentenced Mr and Mrs Robert Powers to 25 years each on guilty pleas of aggravated robbery tied to the kidnapping of 74 year old R L Adams of Fort Dodge and the $400 robbery. Powers to Fort Madison prison and Mrs Powers to Rockwell City reformatory.
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Albia
E. K. Daugherty
Robert Powers
Fort Dodge
Powers
Fort Madison
Rockwell City
Daugherty
R. L. Adams
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