Vetters Elected President Of State Culligan Dealers Group
Keith Vetters, Culligan Soft Water Service dealer, was elected president of the state Culligan dealers association at a two day Des Moines meeting. About 56 dealers from across the state attended. Vetters will attend the national meeting in Chicago on September 1 with Wayne Davis and Mrs. Vetters.
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Keith Vetters
Culligan Soft Water Service
State Association of
Culligan Dealers
Des Moines
Vetters
Chicago
Wayne Davis
Calls Off Filibuster On Rent Control Bill
Senator Harry P. Cain ended his one man filibuster after the Senate defeated a bid to send the rent control bill back to the Banking Committee. Republican leaders said Cain agreed not to block the measure further after a 44 to 25 vote. The body opened debate on amendments as Cain had pledged to oppose extending controls through December 31 and allow local governments another six months past year end. Present controls expire June 30.
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Washington
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
Cain
Senate Banking Committee
Douds Named Director of Iowa Republicans
Iowa GOP appoints State Sen Alden Doud as organizational director to drive a county by county, block by block effort aimed at registering the largest Republican vote in Iowa history. Goodwin says training from a Washington school will spread precinct techniques statewide, targeting 700000 eligible voters who did not vote in 1948. Joining Doud are Mrs Karl Le Compte Corydon Mrs Margaret Welsh Grinnell David Livingston Washington Mrs Martha Pratt Indianola and Mrs Earl Zarhardt Decorah.
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Des Moines
CUP
Alden Doud
Douds
Iowa Republican Party
GOP
Iowa
Robert Ek. Goodwin
Goodwin
Doud
Washington School
Karl le Compte
Corydon
Margaret Welsh
Grinnell
David Livingston
Washington
Martha Pratt
Indianola
Earl Zarhardt
Decorah
Purebred Jersey Cattle Show to Feature 15 Counties
Fifteen counties notified of a Jersey cattle show to be held at the armory grounds in Washington on June 13. Ames authority to judge. prizes total for team and individual contests for FFA and 4-H, adults and juniors. Sponsors include Junior Chamber of Commerce with Phil Kneen and Wade Pence leading the event.
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Jersey
Washington
Armory Grounds
Ames
FFA
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Phil Kneen
Harold Jarvis
Wade Pence
Karl Davis
Keith Norton
Don Nichols
Ivan Liberty
Charles Wilbur Little Everette
Ton
Pion
Gates of
West Colvin
Preston
West Branch
Isville
Davis
Crawtore
Open House for New Pastor Wednesday
An open house honoring Rev and family Raymond Reed will be held Wednesday June 14 at 8 o'clock in the evening at the church. All Methodist members and friends are invited to attend.
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Raymond Reed
Unclear OCR Event Dates Indicate Degree Sessions
Fragmentary text shows references to second degree on June 14 and 16 with mention of a Wednesday session and a third degree on Friday in June. Details about location or organization are not provided.
Florence Thomas Hosts Guests From Shadwick and Family
Florence Thomas welcomed Sunday guests including Mr. and Mrs. Ross Shadwick of Center Point and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Shadwieck with children Patricia and Stevie of Walker. Also visiting were Mrs. Robert Crone and six relatives from Co. A. Brook, and Marie and Mable Landau of Cedar Rapids visiting their mother Anna Landa as Marie plans summer study at the University of Wyoming.
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Florence Thomas
Ross Shadwick
Center Point
Homer Shadwieck
Patricia
Stevie
Walker
Danny
McLaughlin
Chicago
Ilinois
Marie
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Wyoming
British Journalist Seeks Asylum in East Germany
Peet a 34 year old London born chief of the Reuters bureau in Berlin sought and obtained asylum in communist East Germany citing Western warmongering. He said he was hired by the East German Press Ministry under Gerhard Eisler who hosted a press conference inviting other western correspondents to follow. Peet said he is not a communist, but he supports the doctrine and dictated a lengthy report afterward.
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Berlin
Peet
Reuters
East Germany
Gerhard Eisler
United States
Eisler
Methodist Youth Fellowship Ice Cream Social Planned
The Methodist Youth Fellowship will host an ice cream social on the church lawn Tuesday evening from 7 30 to 10 o'clock. Proceeds fund sending youths to the summer institute. If weather turns bad, the event moves to the church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Peter J. Ross 70 Taken at Wayland
Peter J. Ross 70 a retired farmer of Wayland died at 9 30 this morning from a heart attack while in his garden. Funeral plans are pending from relatives living at a distance. Stacy's funeral home is in charge. He was born in Alsace France and moved to the United States in 1891. He married Lydia Oren dorff on Dec 3 1903. Survived by wife five sons Orval Eureka community Clarence E Milton Lloyd and Allen Wayland one daughter Mrs Henry Wid Wayland two brothers R Ross Wayland Ben Nick Ross Albany Oregon a sister Mrs Anna Derng Albany Twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren. One daughter Alma preceded him in death.
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Wayland
Peter J. Ross
Stacy
Ile
March
Alsace
France
Lydia Orendorff
Orval
Eureka
Clarence E
Milton
Lloyd and
Allen
Henry Widalso
R. Ross
Ben Nick Ross
Albany
Oregon
Anna Derng
Alma
Local Store Manager Wins Television Set
Marvin Carter, manager of the Benner store, won an Admiral 12 inch television set. The prize came from the Midwest Cookie company at the end of a two week sales contest. Carter led sales across 36 Benner stores during the period.
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Marvin Carter
Benner
Midwest Cookie Company
Mr. Carter
Otd Benner
Des Moines Man Guy Knauss Dies at 55
Guy Knauss 55 died today at a Des Moines hospital after living in Washington earlier in life and moving to Des Moines in April 1948. Jones funeral home handles arrangements with plans for the service to be announced in Tuesday’s Journal.
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Guy Knauss
Des Moines
Washington
Jones
Charter Night For Kiwanis At YMCA In Washington
About 150 to 200 Kiwanis members and spouses will attend the Charter Night and dinner at the YMCA Community room in Washington on Wednesday June 14 at 7 pm. Cedar Rapids district governor Ray L. Short will present the charter with Stanly Zager as club president and Sharp Lannom as toastmaster. Rev Milo J. Phillips will give the invocation and John Yousling will provide organ music. The Washington club is sponsored by the Kiwanis club of Iowa City with many attendees from nearby Kiwanis groups.
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Washington Kiwanis Club
YMCA
Kiwanis
Ray L. Short
Cedar Rapids
Sharp Lannom
Milo J. Phillips
Stanly Zager
New Washington Club
John Yousling
Washington
Kiwanis Club
Iowa City
Dairy Strike Cuts Eastern Milk Supply
Eight million people in Pittsburgh and Washington, D C, faced milk shortages as two dairy strikes halted deliveries. Mothers appealed for a settlement while doctors warned of health risks unless infants received mandated quotas. An emergency plan for limited deliveries was set up in Washington by nine dairies and AFL officials, with mediation talks planned.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Washington, D. C
Washington
Dairies
AFL
P. E. O. to Attend Lou Teeter’s Funeral
The P. E. O. will meet at Sherman’s funeral home at 9 45 Tuesday morning to attend the graveside services for Mrs. Lou Teeter.
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P. FE. O
Sherman
Lou Teeter
Iowa Proclamation Declares Soil Conservation Week 1950
Governor Beardsley proclaims June 12 to 18 as Iowa Soil Conservation Week urging citizen participation in soil and water protection programs. The document notes 99 locally organized districts and emphasizes soil’s role in Iowa’s economy and future prosperity. Des Moines date May 16, 1950.
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Iowa
Hawkeye
Lowa
Towa
Beardsley
State of
Air Force Tests Three New Penetration Fighters
The air force conducts three week comparative tests at Edwards Air Base on the McDonnell XF-88 the Lockheed XF-90 and the North American YF-98A to determine best 1000 mile range capable penetrator for deep strike. Each plane has flown successfully individually and will be evaluated for range speed maneuverability climb takeoff and landing distance cockpit design and control.
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Washington
Air Force
Edwards Air Base
Muroe
Calif
Credit Locktender With Saving Lives
Cheswick Pa three boating party survivors credit the locktender with saving their lives after a 27 foot cabin cruiser plunged over a 15 foot Allegheny River dam. The hero was John Wottenden 49 aided by Hull Wright 50 who stayed at the wreckage for six hours guiding the survivors.
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Cheswick
Lck
John Wottenden
Locktender Hull Wright
Oakmont
Wottenden
Clington
Wolfenden
Charles Krieg
North Carolina 4-H Exchange Hosts 49 Washington County Members
The Intersectional Youth Exchange Project brings about 49 Washington County 4-H members to North Carolina from August 3 to 9. Eligible youths age 14 up, in at least their third year of club work, may apply by June 15 with record books due by June 30, and selections will be reviewed in early July by a committee led by Mrs. Melvin Booth with county and NC leaders.
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Washington County
North Carolina
Haywood County
4-H
North Carolina Committee
Melvin Booth
M. L. Crawford
Frank Kleese
Herbert Campbell
Robert Buck
Virginia Dare
Robert Kleese
Rich German industrialist arrives in New York for visit
One of the world's wealthiest men, a German industrialist, lands at Idlewild airport New York for a scheduled trip. He declines to speak to reporters about the visit, offering no statements as he arrives.
Seek Answers To Arrest Delays In Five Year Old Amerasia Case
Senate investigators pressed questions about delays in arrests tied to the Amerasia matter with key figures like Philip J. Jaffe and O John Rogge present. Forrestal diary entries and FBI notes are cited as potential light shed on who caused the postponement and how the president was informed.
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Philip Jaffe
Amerasia
Washington
Philip J. Jaffe
Senate
Rogge
Jaffe
Truman
Forrestal
Department
Navy
United Nations
Justice
Hoover
James K. Wardman, Jr
United Press
Milwaukee
FBI
Clark
Justicent
Tom Co
Stanley Woodward Named Ambassador to Canada
Stanley Woodward, veteran protocol chief, took the oath as United States Ambassador to Canada. Raymond Muir administered the oath as Secretary of State Dean Acheson observed. Woodward and his wife will depart by train for Canada Thursday, succeeding Laurence A. Steinhardt killed in a March plane crash.
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Stan Washington
Deley Woodward
Veter
United
Canada
Raymond Muir
Woodward
Dean Acheson
Department
Laurence A. Steinhardt
States
Bermuda Onions Harvested in South Texas Area
Bermuda onion growers in South Texas harvested on 33 400 acres in 1949 and reported strong activity across the region.
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South
Texas
Bermuda
Des Moines Weather Forecast Tonight Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy to tonight and Tuesday with scattered thundershowers. Warmer tonight and Tuesday in east and south central portions. High today 78 to 88, low tonight 66 to 72. High Tuesday around 91. Southeasterly winds 20 to 25 MPH this afternoon and Tuesday, shifting to northwesterly over the northwest third. Humidity high, then dropping in the northwest Tuesday.
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Washington Ministerial Association
Glynn T. Settle
Iowa Republicans
Tory
Washington Menunder
Howard the Fiehants Ment Freshwaters
Nance Committee
Blue Lodge Masons
Red
Germany
John
Jheldon Greenberg
Miami
Fla
Diana Dubbin
Greenberg
Philadelphia
Temple University (International
Pennsylvania
P. E.O
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Town
Carolina
County
Fort
Mum
U. 5
O. John Rogge
Subcommittee
Jatte
Stanley Woodward
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