Atomic Energy Chief Forecast Hydrogen Bomb Near
Chairman Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission told the New York State Chamber of Commerce that the hydrogen bomb is getting closer to realization. He said the US is developing atomic warheads for artillery and guided missiles and that tests will occur more frequently. Dean outlined plans to expand production, find uranium sources, and develop atomic engines for submarines and aircraft, noting a breeder plant at Arco, Idaho.
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New York
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Dean
Commission
United States
New York State
Arco
Ida
Spot Check Shows Current Meat Shortage May Be Less Next Week
Chicago officials report a national meat shortage with cattle shipments held to a minimum as packers raise concerns over controls. Retail shops show few beef shortages now but tight supplies could push shortfalls next week. Armour & Co may suspend beef slaughters tomorrow, possibly resuming next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Packer
Armour & Co
Washington Moose Plans Benefit Dance at Hiland Palace
The Washington Moose lodge schedules a benefit dance at Hiland Palace for the evening of Wednesday June 15. Proceeds will support lodge activities and community projects.
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The
Washington Moose Lodge
Hiland Palace
Weather outlook for Des Moines area showery period ahead
Des Moines forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with occasional showers or thunderstorms in western and southern parts through tonight and Friday. Northeast is partly cloudy with little temperature change. Lows 55 to 60, highs 70 to 75, southeast wind 15 mph. Occasional showers and thunderstorms continue Friday night and Saturday, then clearing and cooler Sunday.
Toby And Susie Shows Coming Here Next Week
The Schaffner Players led by Toby and Susie return to Washington for their annual visit next week. The lineup includes Douglas Ackley and Janis Rogers in lead roles with Patricia Garber, Robert Ross, Jay Bee Flesner, Ed Ward and acts from Bert Dexter and the Musical Grays. Performances feature vaudeville acts between plays such as Toby Hits The Jackpot and Up in Bettys Bedroom, with the tent set at the corner of North Sixth and East Seventh streets opposite the button factory.
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Schaffner
Toby
Susie
Washington
Doneglas Ackley
Janis Rogers
Patricia Garber
Ingenue
Robert Ross
Jay Bee Flesner
Ed Ward
Jay Beeblesner
Bert Dexter
Erman Gray
Peggy
Uncle Sol
Betty
North Sixth
Fast Seventh Streets
Button Factory
Carrier Boy Narrowly Escapes Serious Injury
Evening Journal carrier Dick Stalder was struck by a car backing into an intersection while cycling on Wednesday afternoon. He fell to the pavement but suffered only a few bruises.
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Dick Stalder
Evening Journal
McDaniel Marks 31 Years in Local Store Service
George J. L. McDaniel began duties as manager of the Elhinney store on June 7, 1920, later purchasing part interest and then the McElinney share. Merritt McDaniel, a University of Iowa graduate in 1931, is a pharmacist and long-time part of the firm alongside Alice McDaniel, Neal Burton, Verne Stagner, Virginia Zieglowsky, and young George Daniel.
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George JL. McDaniel
Washington
Elhinney
McDaniel
McElinney
Keota
Merritt McDaniel
University of Iowa
Alice McDaniel
Neal Burton
Verne Stagner
Virginia Ziexlowsky
George McDaniel
Safety Congress Plans Water Safety Week
Iowa Safety Congress chairman Attire Kahl announced a nine member committee will visit and direct water safety week in Iowa during the Fourth of July holiday period. The program is sponsored by the Safety Congress the State Conservation Commission and the American Red Cross to steer Iowans toward recreational water safety.
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Des Moines
Iowa Safety Congress
Attire Kahl
Iowa
The
Safety Congress
State Conservation Commission
American Red Cross
Acquitted murderer seeks displaced person to hire as housekeeper
Joe Rogers, 33, recently acquitted of murder in Des Moines, asks the displaced persons committee for a displaced person to serve as his housekeeper. He writes he wants a single woman or a widow with one child and offers character references. The DP committee says it cannot issue standard forms but may consider sponsorship if financial assurances are provided.
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Des Moines
Joe Rogers
Collins
Displaced Persons Committee
D. P
Rogers
Grace del Vecchio
Mary Hunke
State Displaced Persons Committee
D.P
Holbert seeks removal of Johnston as price stabilizer
J C Holbert, president of the Iowa Beef Producers association, sends a telegram to Iowa's U S senators and three farm editors demanding Eric A Johnston be ousted as head of the price stabilization bureau. He cites Johnston's Monday bid accusing cattlemen of riding roughshod over housewives and notes price drops and public funding implications.
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J. C. Holbert
Washington
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Iowa
United States
Eric A. Johnston
Mr. Holbert
Mr. Johnston
Rourke Hickenlooper
Guy Gillette
Herb Plambeck
Jim Russell
Des Moines Register
Dale Williams
WOI
Ames
United
Governor Names Tandy To Four Year Term
Des Moines June 7 UP Gov William S Beardsley named Brig Gen Fred C Tandy to a full four year term as Iowa Adjutant general and appointed 12 members of state boards Three of the 13 appointments were new Beardsley has made 25 appointments since the legislature adjourned in April and has 14 yet to make Tandy was named Adjutant general last summer to fill the vacancy left by Brig Gen Charles Grahl who returned to active federal duty with the army His new term will expire June 30 1955
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Fred C. Tandy
Iowa
Beardsley
Tandy
Charles Grahl
Army
Farm Youth Killed In Tractor Accident
Maquoketa Iowa sheriff reports 14 year old Donald Campbell died when the tractor he was driving overturned into a ditch on a country road near his home. He was en route to spray weeds and was pinned under the machine as his father followed in a car.
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Maquoketa
Donald Campbell
Lorin Felderman
Leonard Campbell
Red Troops Prepared to Stand or Die Saving Iron Triangle
Lloyd Cunningham will be in Washington Saturday to help launch the Washington County Junior Fair Auction. He is secretary of the Iowa State Fair association and will auction the first item at a sale sponsored by local groups for the junior fair. Notables Chuck Worcester and Alan Williams will attend. A partial sale list appears on page 4, with more donations coming in from residents and merchants.
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Lloyd Cunningham
Washington
Washington County
Cunningham
Iowa State Fair Association
Chuck Wooster
WMT
Alan Williams
Wilson & Co
Cedar Rapids
Communists Stream Down Korean Coasts To Save Position
Communist reinforcements from Manchuria pushed down both Korean coasts to defend the Iron Triangle. UN columns with tanks neared Pyongyang as Reds counter attacked with heavy artillery. UN forces reported gains and engagements across Chorwon Iwuin, Hwachon reservoir, and surrounding ridges amid fierce fighting.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Korea
Iron Triangle
United Nations
Tron
U. N
Pyongyang
Bet by college classmate pays millionaire by 30th birthday
Ray Restione, 29, of Wood-Ridge New Jersey, plans to pay $5 to Ted Webber who boasted he would become a millionaire before age 30. The wager began at Drake University Iowa in sophomore year when Webber quit college to work. Restione plans to travel to Des Moines and Kansas City and hopes to meet the Tulsa oil contractor who became the self described millionaire.
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Wood-Ridge
N. J
Ray Restione
Restione
Drake University
Iowa
Webber
Des Moines
Kansas City
Tulsa
Propaganda Claims Truman MacArthur See Eye to Eye
United Press reports Communist broadcasts from Moscow Peiping and Pyongyang claim Presidents Truman and MacArthur are in full agreement while alleging Western propaganda counters. The piece notes alleged UN losses in Korea and a Chinese tale accusing Americans of bloodthirsty acts including a trial involving Catholic missionaries and mass killings of children.
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United Press
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Moscow
Peiping
Pyongyang
United Nations
Korea
Peiping Radio
Uchan
Chilren
Husinanchan
Missionary Couple to Speak at Christian Tabernacle
Mr and Mrs Cyle Davis missionaries to Chile South America will speak Friday evening June 7 at 7 30 o clock in the Christian Tabernacle Rev W J Stevens pastor announces they will describe the Assembly of God work in Chile and current South American conditions They have served in Chile since 1945 and returned to the United States in 1950 He is a former pastor of Iowa churches Special music and color slides will illustrate their work
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Cyle Davis
Chile
South America
Christian Tabernacle
W. J. Stevens
Mrs Chorpening Dies Suddenly Today
Mrs. 4 W Chorpening died at 12 10 am Thursday at 1021 East Second Street from a heart attack. She was born January 1 1890 in Perry County Illinois and married April 2 1913 to J W Chorpening. Funeral 2 30 pm Saturday Jones Funeral Home burial Finn Grove cemetery. Survived by husband three children Gladys Aston Lester Everette, four brothers and two sisters, five grandchildren.
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4. W. Chorpening
East Second Street
Jones
Finn Grove
Ilinois
J. W. Chorpening
Chorpening
Washington
Methodist Church
Gladys Aston
Lester
Everette
John
Henry
Antone
Frank Stern
Pinekneyville
Iil
Margaret Woodside
Rose Dyeus
Waltonville
State Department disowns VOA broadcasts on peace moves
The State Department rejects VOA reports that Russia sponsored a Korean peace initiative. Spokesman Michael J. McDermott says the broadcasts were unsubstantiated newspaper reports and that there are no peace moves known. The piece notes the VOA is department operated and denies any truth to the rumors.
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Washington
State Department
Voice of America
Russia
The
Voice
Michael J. McDermott
Department
McDermott
United States
Death of J A Koehler Reverberates Through Wayland Community
John Arthur Koehler 47 former Washington high school and junior college teacher died suddenly in Superior Wisconsin. He taught in Wayland Mt Ulla and Washington schools before moving to Superior twelve years ago. Survived by widow Edna Dorff five children mother and siblings. Services set in Wayland with Dr Raymond Reed.
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John Arthur Koehler
Superior
Wisc
Koehler
Washington High School
YMCA
Wayland Schools
Wayland
Columbus Junction
Stacy Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Raymond Reed
Washington Methodist Church
Reed
Lowa Wesleyan
Mt. Pleasant
Wayland High School
Iowa Wesleyan College
Northwestern University
Mt. Uuin
Washington
Superior School
Mr. Koehler
John C
Anna (Farmer) Koehler
Edna Orenedorff
Henry Burcratt
Emil Koski
Wis
Mary Ann
Jane
John Arthur Koehler Jr
Knoxville
Lee Koebel
Washington State
Wi Baker
Ruth
Danbury
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U. P
United Presbyterian Home
Hebron Hall
Carson Plumbing and Heating
Moose
Ubi
Water Safety
Holbert
Eric Johnston
Jr. Fair Sale
Kumbwa
Iwuinwha
Chorwon
Hwachon
Inije
Ted Webber
MacArthur
Columbus
America
State Department of Public Safety
Ed Polson
Polson
Carl Haneker
Wayne Marston
Washington County Safety
Keith Vetter
Mr. Polson
Hancher
J. A. Koehler
Wisconsin
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