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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1952
Page
1
UN delegates push for new truce proposals as North Korea and China block progress in Panmunjom talks. General Clark demands substantive offers while Nam Il questions prisoner of war terms and a mass repatriation dispute looms over Compound 76 deaths. Major General Harrison proposes prisoner screening with Communist observers to decide who returns.
Coykendall executive secretary of the Iowa Good Roads Association urged at a Lions Club meeting that toll roads are not a solution to Iowa’s highway problems. He argued tolls would threaten the primary road system and that east west traffic would not support toll usage. He noted experts review commission findings and claimed modernization of five cross state routes could cost less than one toll road.
Wellman Rotary Club hosts Fish Day at A. C. Gingerich home on June 11 for youngsters ages 8 to 14. Fishing runs from 1 20 to 3 30 with prizes and refreshments provided.
Mrs. Clara Gilbert of East Second Street left a freak radish on display in the Journal office. The vegetable, grown in her garden, is a double affair with a second radish perfectly formed joined on the root of the top radish.
The Women of the Moose announce a hard times dance at the Moose hall in Washington on Friday June 13 at 8 p.m. Admission tied to waist measurements at two cents per inch. Prizes awarded for the worst dressed man and woman as Alfred Stalder's orchestra provides music.
Ernest LeRoy Zook appeared before Justice of the Peace H. M. Putnam and was bound over on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with bond set at $200.
Boys may join a YMCA bicycle hike Friday morning meeting at 11:30 in the town area. Participants will carry sack lunches and expect to return about 3 30 p.m.
London speech by Prime Minister Winston Churchill at a British Press Association luncheon warns Britain faces peril of economic bankruptcy. He describes the country as a large nation with limited agricultural output perched on a treacherous, precarious foundation and urges disclosure of the facts to the public.
Pvt Richard A Hagelberger of Chula Vista California was found guilty by a U S Army general court martial of murder and robbery of two German civilians near Neustadt on April 19 He faced a possible death sentence under the three service code Gamble The trigger man Pfc Jo Jo S Virneault of Goits Falls New Hampshire was sentenced to death by hanging in a separate case Hagelberger refused to testify during the trial and the board recessed to consider the verdict
Defense Department reports total U S casualties in Korea at 109712, up 558 from last week. The count covers 109317 dead, 15116 wounded, 675 missing, 1225 captured, with next of kin notification incomplete.
A violent earthquake struck a wide area of Western Argentina and Chile Tuesday night. It reached Buenos Aires and La Plata with reports of at least one death and no immediate property damage. The epicenter lay between Media Agua and Carpin tería, about 30 miles south of San Juan, near the 1944 quake death toll.
The official board of the Methodist church announced morning services begin June 16 with Sunday school at o'clock and Morning worship at 19 o'clock. The same hours continue through the summer months.
Vacation Bible school students will attend a short worship service at the Presbyterian church Friday morning at 11 o clock after the school session. Parents should pick up children at the church instead of Lincoln school.
A 14 year old Army sergeant was ordered to face a court martial for criticizing General Mark Clark’s handling of the Kole prisoner of war camp incident. Set Col Dean Chase Salt Lake City said he could not refrain from addressing Clark in a May letter. The letter was given to 7th Army Headquarters in San Francisco for action as appropriate.
Fifth Air Force Sabrejets, outnumbered two to one, shot down three Communist MIGs near Sinuiju as Reds increased attacks across Northwest Korea. A U N battalion near Chorwon faced a major assault with heavy artillery and night fighter activity marking intensified combat with radar guidance.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co is now the largest U S company by assets, surpassing Bell System after Metro Life’s 1950s asset total reached 9.78 billion and Bell’s fell from 11.74 to 9.78 billion due to FCC accounting rule changes. The shift marks a first time Metropolitan leads since 1940s.
John Duensing 68 a Keokuk county farmer living two miles east of Sigourney died early today He was a brother of Arthur Duensing of Washington Survivors include three children two grandchildren four sisters and two brothers He was married to Pearl Strupp they celebrated their silver anniversary this April Funeral plans were not set.
Scotts host relatives and friends at dinner in Pilotburg as Mary Oldfield and Hulda Olds visit Carl Oldfield. Clyde Crile family holds Brighton reunion with about 90 relatives honoring Mr and Mrs Hinkle. Bloat worries farmers. Hay making begins. Stransky and Wiggins family news. Fern Rowland and John Henry visit Missouri relatives. Herbert Freel welcomes a son born May 24. Merle Howsare guests in Quincy. Strawberries and gardens suffer from dryness.
About 4 to 30 large sacks of scarce potatoes were destroyed when a fire swept the rear of Ben Barsky's fruit market in Des Moines. Firemen were unsure of the cause, and exploding beer cans worsened the blaze spreading beer across the floor.
American military police seized seven top Communist leaders from prisoner Compound 77 after at least 15 victims of kangaroo courts were murdered. Troops found mutilated bodies in wells and ditches as they searched for hundreds more anti Communist victims. The death toll rose in Compound 76 with 38 prisoners dead and one American killed.
Funeral services for Everett Denison were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Jones funeral home with Rev. Walter Smith in charge. Pallbearers were William Crawford, Elmer Horning, Rolland Benson, Roy Finke and Clifford Reeves. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery.
The Rock Island reservoir at the west edge of Washington will host the annual Kids Fishing Derby on Thursday afternoon. The event, sponsored by the Imaak Walton league, stocks 2000 bullheads from the State Fish and Game service. Open to youths 12 and under. participants must bring gear and bait. Prizes and refreshments provided. event is free.
London reports Britain and France decided to invite Russia to join Western powers in talks on Germany if the United States agrees. France announced the move after a Cabinet session. Schuman was set to meet June 27 in London with Acheron and Adenauer to fix the agenda.
Charles O Engle 80 of 605 East Fifth street died today after a period of ill health. Funeral services set for Thursday afternoon June 2 at 2 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Mark C Longfellow officiating and burial in Talleyrand cemetery. Born July 1872 in Keokuk county he was a longtime farmer. Survivors include two daughters Mrs Rudy Knottnerus and Mrs Oscar Collett of Washington a sister Mrs Oscar Baker of Sigourney and a brother Frank Engle of Ollie. one son and one daughter and two brothers are deceased.
The House Banking Committee voted to extend price wage and rent controls until June 1953 and to end restrictions on installments for houses. It adopted an amendment to maintain farm price supports at 90 percent of parity next year.
In Fairview on a Thursday Henry Crooks and the Earl Monsons found their car occupied by a swarm of bees that had left a hive on a truck. Don Monson tried driving home but bees stayed. beekeeper Harry Reschley intervened to disperse the swarm with only a few stings reported.
Rep. Melvin Price urges Gen. Douglas MacArthur to retire before delivering the Republican National Convention keynote. He cites Army Regulation 600-10 and warns of a dangerous precedent as Eisenhower showed. Army officials note MacArthur could retire while keeping a lifetime salary of 19,541 dollars.
Washington The Senate defeated three proposals granting the president authority to seize steel plants during national emergencies. Morse offered an amendment to the defense production bill, while leaders pressed a Taft Hartley approach to curb strikes. White House aides view the vote as unlikely to shift Truman’s plans to use emergency powers.
A 21 pound premature girl born in a Philadelphia apartment was pronounced dead twice by doctors, wrapped in newspapers, then found alive over an hour later when patrolman George Mayne heard scratching from a newspaper covered package and rushed the infant to a hospital where she was reported improving.
Partly cloudy hot and windy with humid air and possible thunderstorms west. Highs around 88 to 98 degrees. Lows near 60 to 72 tonight. Thursday highs may reach 80 to 92 with evening showers and storms. Friday outlook partly cloudy and warm with late day possible thunderstorms west.
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