Blessing Service Held for New St. Marys Church Keota
Most Rev. Ralph L. Hayes leads a high mass and dedication at the new St. Marys Catholic church in Keota. Clergy including Father Kempker Father Pleinfelder and others assist as the church receives interior blessing and exterior rites. St. Olafs choir from Davenport participates.
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ST. Mary's Church
Keota
Ralph Bl. Hayes
Davenport
Hayes
Bishop Hayes
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Ralph L. Hayes
Kempker
Efort
Pleinfelder
M. Diamond
I. Heinen
Omer Weltering
John Smith
J. Greeg
Leo Kuebrich
J. Mack
Thurifers
P. Wetzstein
Sylvester Conrad
Robert Sieren
Cletus Madsen
St. Olaf’s Choir of
Red Cross Aquatic School Attendees Named
Dick W Hartzell leaves Sunday for American National Red Cross aquatic school at Camp Heffernan Towanda Illinois June 11 to 21 directed by Linn Stair. Karl E Frederick goes to Lutheran Bible camp Lake Okoboji Iowa June 14 to 29 directed by Emerson G Stephens. Both will be certified water safety and lifeguard instructors.
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Dick W. Hartzell
American National Red Cross Aquatic School
Heffernan
Towanda
Illinois
Red Cross
Lilienthal Urges Freeing Atom From Monopoly
Former Atomic Energy Commission chairman David E. Lilienthal calls for ending government monopoly on atomic know how. He writes in Collier’s that private industry should develop the industrial atom to spur growth and outpace rival nations.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Collier’s Magazine
Lilienthal
Russia
Atomic industry policy cited as American system commitment
A quoted pledge asserts that the nation will pursue the development of the industrial atom in alignment with the American system. The speaker emphasizes unwavering dedication to policies guiding atomic progress within US institutional framework.
AWOL Monkey Won't Return to Cage
Five monkeys escaped Weed Ark Zoo in Muscatine Tuesday provoking a sweltering crowd. Three returned to cages within hours, two older primates stayed aloft. One was nabbed with a banana bait trap. the other remained in treetop refuge.
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Muscatine
Weedark Zoo
Zoo
Car Fire Extinguished at City Intersection
Firemen extinguished a car blaze confined to the drivers compartment. The incident occurred around 1 20 this afternoon at the corner of North Marion and West Third. Cause undetermined. interior damage reported.
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North Marion
West Third
McCarthy Attacks Acheson Over Red China and Poland
Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses Secretary of State Dean Acheson of backing a world strategy to create Red China and Red Poland. He calls for Acheson removal and cites the Lattimore plan and a Poland loan as proof, claiming evidence grows despite administration protection of Communists.
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McCarthy
Dean Acheson
Milwaukee
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
China
Poland
Truman
Acheson
Moscow
Lattimore
Owen Lattimore
Pacific
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Wisconsin
Washington County ISC Graduates Highlight Five from Area
Five students from Washington County are among 1200 Iowa State College graduates. The ceremony at Clyde Williams Field will feature Doctor of Veterinary Medicine for Roger Feldman of Kalona and Richard Winegarden of Washington, a B S in farm operation for Charles Twinam Crawfordsville, a B S in agricultural education for Lyle Palmer Wellman, and a B S in mechanical engineering for Robert Wehrle Wellman. Dr Charles B E Finley will speak.
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Washington County
Iowa State College
Clyde Williams
Roger G. Feldman
Kalona
Richard L. Winegarden
Washington
Charles W. Twinam
Crawfordsville
Lyle W. Palmer
Wellman
Robert D. Wehrle
Charles BE. Finley
Joseph Kupka 80 Dies in Riverside Iowa City Hospital
Joseph Kupka 80 lifelong Washington county resident died following a heart attack and stroke at his Riverside home. Funeral set Monday at Trinity Methodist Church Riverside with six grandsons as pallbearers. He leaves wife Anna Beranek two sons Ed Rodney and Clem nine grandchildren three great grandchildren one sister and two brothers.
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Riverside
Joseph Kupka
Washington County
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Trinity Methodist
Lawrence Jones
Kupka
Sorden & Adams
Mr. Kupka
John Kupka
Woodman Lodge
Anna Beranek
Rodney
Clem
Emma Hardy
Keokuk
Fred
Washington
John
Illinois
Robert
Kenneth
James
Dean
David Kupka
Jim Lawrence
Train Fire Alleged as Diversion for Jewel Theft
Glasgow dispatch reports five killed on the Birmingham Glasgow express after a fire swept three coaches. Police suspect the blaze was set to distract from a $28,000 jewel theft in a locked luggage coach. Detectives interview passengers as Scotland Yard blames the incident on a possible deliberate coverup.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Scotland Yard
Birmingham
Two Car Collision at Ainsworth Junction
Ainsworth morning crash injures no one as Tobin of Ainsworth is hit broadside by Feese of Casper Wyoming at the Ainsworth junction. Tobin’s car sustains 250 dollars in right side fender and door damage while Feese’s front end suffers 200 dollars. Sheriff Charles C. Snyder investigates.
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Ainsworth Junction
James J. Tobin
Ainsworth
James H. Feese
Caspar Wyoming
Tobin
Feese
Charles C. Snyder
Three Japanese Communist Leaders Arrested in Tokyo and Osaka
Tokyo police detained Yasumatsu Sato chairman of the National Federation of Government and Public Workers Unions for distributing open letter leaflets to General MacArthur. In Osaka, Takeso Minamino and Toshio Hirai were arrested for posting posters protesting the May 30 arrests of eight communists after a Tokyo rally. Police raided 30 labor union offices as part of the investigation into letters protesting the arrests.
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Yasumatsu Sato
National Federation of Government and Public Workers Unions
MacArthu
MacArthur
Tokyo
Osaka
Takezo Minamino
Toshio Hirai
Communist Party
Prairie Flower Bible School Starts Monday
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Prairie Flower Baptist church begins Monday and runs 9 to 11 20 o clock each morning through Friday June 23. Myra Reeves and Lorene Booth, recent Wheaton and Bob Jones college attendees, will assist at the Bible school.
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Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Myra Reeves
Lorene Booth
Wheaton
Bob Jones
Bibie
Street Commissioner Warns of Parking Ban Around Square
Street Commissioner Earl Little warns motorists about the city ordinance prohibiting parking on the square and one block around it from midnight Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday as street crews wash and clean the streets.
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Earl Little
Little
Girl Killed as Truck Wrecked Near Tiffin
A gravel truck crash one mile west of Tiffin, Iowa killed Irene Crow and injured Dorothy Halstead and Doris Boleval. Driver Charles Yordy, 22, Riverside, and the third girl were treated after the collision. all three lived together in Iowa City. The truck was demolished and the cause remains unknown.
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Riverside
Charles Yordy
Irene Crow
Dorothy Halstead
Iowa City Hospital
Yordy
Doris Boleval
Tiffin
Iowa
Iowa City
Four Czechs Sentenced to Death for Plot Against Reds
In Prague Mrs Milade Horokova 49 former parliament member and three other Czechs were condemned to death for plotting to overthrow the communist government under Western diplomat direction. Two British diplomats faces expulsion and the others received prison terms.
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Prague
Milade
Horokova
Czechoslovakia
Adrian McLaughlin
Europe
A. R.C. Bolton
Zavis Kalandra
Oldrich Peel
Jan Buchal
Survivors claim B-29 downed by own guns during firing
Survivors of a U S Air Force B 29 Superfortress crash near Yarmouth claim the craft shot itself down during gunnery practice off Dogger Bank. Pilot Captain Henry J Walsh blamed a defect in the forward upper gun turret interrupter that failed to shut off fire, with seven crew members dead or missing.
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Sculthorpe
England
North Sea
Henry J. Walsh
Alton
Walsh
Yarmouth
Dogger Bank
Fire destroys Melvin Bell farm home east of Keota
Fire discovered at 6 PM Wednesday east of Keota badly damaged the Melvin Bell farm home. Keota and Wellman firemen fought flames, destroying a modernized kitchen, deep freeze and new bathroom, while the rest of the house was saved.
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Melvin Bell
Keota
Wellman
Bell
Infiltration Program Claims High Success for Communists
FBI figures presented to a Senate subcommittee say a two year old Communist effort to penetrate U S industries shows significant success. J Edgar Hoover testified that 540000 potential members, 54174 actual members and about 500000 sympathizers exist with 48 percent in basic industries across New York New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania California and Michigan. He warned of possible sabotage in a national emergency and urged more agents to counter new underground tactics.
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Washington
FBI
U. S
Senate Appropriations
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Communist Party
Ronnie Harland Selected for Boys State Program
Ronnie Harland of Kalona, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Harland, has been chosen by American Legion Post No 2938 to attend Boys State in Des Moines. He recently completed his junior year at Kalona High School.
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McCarthy
Acheson
State Department
Kalona
Ronnie Harland
Des Moines
American Legion
Ronnie
Charles Harland
Marriage Licenses Issued in Local District
Licenses were issued to William R. Arnold and Mary Katheryn Stevens of Washington, Cameron L. Selt and Frances Schnoebelen of Iowa City, John F. Pauls and Margaret M. DeLashmutt of Washington, James B. Patten of Tulsa Oklahoma to Priscilla J. Tyler of Fort Madison.
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William R. Arnold
Mary Katheryn Stevens
Washington
Cameron L. Selt
Frances Schnoebelen
Iowa City
John F. Pauls
Margaret M. DeLashmutt
James B. Patten
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Priscilla J. Tyler
Fort Madison
Nixon and Douglas Vie for California Senate Seat
Nixon wins the Republican primary and Helen Gahagan Douglas wins the Democratic fight for the U S Senate seat being vacated by the ailing Senator Sheridan Downey. Both Nixon and Douglas leave their House seats to contest the race in the fall.
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Richard Nixon
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Sheridan Downey
California
Nixon
Douglas
House of Representatives
International Soundphoto
Indictment Details Three Aiding Fuchs in Espionage Case
A federal grand jury indicted Harry Gold and two unknowns as intermediaries for Klaus Fuchs in delivering atomic secrets to Russia during World War II. The conspiracy spanned 1943 to 1947 with 12 overt acts, involving New York City and other locations. Federal agents seek a third agent identified as "John" who acted as a key go-between.
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NEW York
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Robert C. Inch
U. S. District Court
Justice Department
Washington
Navy
Fuchs
Gold
England
America
New York City
Santa Fe
N. M
Boston
John
Morrison New YMCA Board Head Named
E. D. Morrison Jr. was named president of the Washington YMCA board of directors at today's regular meeting at the Y. Morrison succeeds L. Willits, who did not seek re-election, with John C. Owen as vice president, Clarence Logan secretary, and Leslie Dunlap treasurer. Willits was also named to fill the board vacancy created by Dr. Fred E. Miller's move from Washington.
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E. D. Morrison Jr
Washington
Two Washington Girls Attend State Meeting
LuElla Sojka, secretary of the extension office here, and Rose Marie Cupp, Farm Bureau secretary, returned Thursday evening from a two day conference for Farm Bureau and extension office assistants held in Des Moines. The conference at Hotel Kirkwood featured a study of office techniques and related subjects with participants from offices across the state.
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LuElla Sojka
Rose Marie Cupp
Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Hotel Kirkwood
Des Moines Iowa Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
Weather report for Iowa with sunny periods in Des Moines and west areas. Highs near 70, lows about mid 40s to mid 50s, winds NW 15-25 mph. Warmer Sunday, showers likely Monday, cooler by midweek. rainfall around three quarters inch. Normal highs near 81, lows near 60.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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