Community Improvement Association Formed in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville residents and business leaders organize the Community Improvement Association to raise local standards and build a better community. Gifford Morrison acts as legal adviser. Wayne Davis is president with officers elected this week and stock offered at 25 dollars per share toward a 50 000 dollar capitalization.
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Crawfordsville
Community Improvement Association
Federated Church
Gifford Morrison
Wayne Davis
Kenneth Rhea
Robert Miller
T. H. Huston
Iowa
Eight Railroad Men Escape in Handcar Collision
Eight railroad workers leaped to safety when their motor handcar was hit by a Burlington passenger train in East Davenport. Frank Hass of Davenport fractured a leg during the escape and was hospitalized. Workers believed they had time to reach Bettendorf before the train struck.
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Davenport
Burlington
East Dav
Port
Frank Hass
Bettendorf
Five motorists settle fines in city police court
Five persons paid fines recently in city police court including Virgil B. Stetzger $10 for speeding Stanley Orland Derby $5 for speeding Clyde E. Tague $10 for speeding William Russell Hradek $1 for improper parking and C Carroll $5 for speeding.
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Virgil B. Stetzger
Stanley Orland Derby
Clyde E. Tague
William Russell Hradek
C. Carroll
Finish Work On Tax Boost of 7 Billion
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee completed work on a 7.5 billion tax increase bill. The panel abolished the 3 percent tax on electric energy, while proposing higher income taxes for individuals by about 12 to 14 percent and substantial increases for corporate income and excess profits taxes. The bill moves to the House for formal reporting with Senate action still required.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
U. S
Senate
DiSalle Plans Price Rollback on Clothing
Denver United States price administrator Michael V. DiSalle announced a forthcoming government rollback on clothing prices. The order will set a three month base period before Korea, allow manufacturers to choose three consecutive months, and grant markups for higher material and labor costs. He said the meat orders would remain in effect despite rancher opposition as stockyards reported higher receipts.
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Denver
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
County Maintainer Narrowly Escapes After Bridge Collapse
Charles Mapel of Ainsworth barely avoided serious injury when a county maintainer drove north of Haskins and toppled into a creek bed after a steel bridge with a wooden floor failed. Mapel suffered a minor cut and bruises. the vehicle sustained only slight damage. The bridge was demolished in the incident on the first east-west road north of Haskins, about one mile east and a half mile north.
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Charles Mapel
Ainsworth
Haskins
Mapel
Official Reports On Eniwetok Tests Boost Hydrogen Bomb Work
United States officials say the April May Eniwetok tests contributed across the board to hydrogen bomb development and to specialized weapons for armies and cities. The blasts showed modern A bombs far exceed World War II models and that better designs are ready for production. Tests will be held more frequently at Eniwetok and Las Vegas proving grounds for civil defense and military planning.
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Washington
Eniwetok
Pacific Island Proving Grounds
Las Vegas
Negr., Proving Grounds
VFW Club Rooms Closed for Summer
The Wahington VFW club rooms will be closed during June July and August. The decision was made at the regular VFW meeting Tuesday evening. Plans were set for attendance of local members at the state encampment at Waterloo this weekend with strong representation from the local post.
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Wahington Vfw
VFW
Tueday
Waterloo
Funeral services for John Park held in Columbus Junction
Funeral services for John Park age 7 were held Sunday in Stephens funeral home with Rev. W L Sanford of the Independent Bible Church officiating. Burial followed Monday at Sheffield Illinois.
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Columbus Junction
John Park
Stephens Funeral
W. L. Sanford
Independent Bible Church
Sheffield
Milk energizes daily meals for healthful living
The text notes milk can liven the daily menu while supplying nutrients for healthful living. It states children require a quart of milk daily, consumed as liquid or in food.
Wave of strikes idles 113000 workers nationwide
United Press reports more than 113000 workers idled in garments automotive rubber transit and iron mining sectors with 40000 seamen threatening to refuse ship voyages after Friday midnight. Other strikes loom in telephone and union actions surge as Goodyear plant walkouts affect defense industry.
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CLO
Alton
Ohio
CIO Auto
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Ind
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Barberton
CIO
Goodyear
Detroit
Washington county Board of Review to finish tax work this week
Under permission from the state tax commission the Washington county Board of Tax Review will hold meetings on June 14 and 15 to finish this year’s work. The group has heard appeals on tax assessments for new buildings, with workload heightened by new construction and a wind storm that destroyed several structures, necessitating replacement assessments.
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Board of Review
State Tax Commission
Washington County Board of Tax Review
Walt Kiesey
Ccoudly Assesor
Tax Board
Semi trailer slides into ditch blocks West Monroe detour
Traffic on West Monroe Street was tied up for about two hours Tuesday night after a semi slid into the ditch on the Highway 92 detour. The incident began around 10 p.m. when the truck met another large vehicle and moved too close to the edge of the narrow street. Vehicles were unable to pass until about midnight.
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West Monroe Street
Bride of Week Killed Near Mount Pleasant
MT PLEASANT. Mrs. Donna Hathaway aged 19, married a week, was killed when a pickup she rode in left Highway 218 eight miles south of Mount Pleasant. Her husband Gilbert Hathaway, 29, was driving. she died at the scene while he was being treated for head injuries.
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MT. Pleasant
Donna Hathaway
Highway 218
Here
Gilbert Hathaway
Hathaway
Red armies pressured as UN hits North Korea front
From Tokyo reports say Red forces reel northward under a heavy allied assault across a 70 mile front. Allied air power targets retreating units, with hundreds of jeeps and troops killed as Pyongyang may fall, opening routes to Wonsan and crippling the communist air base.
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Tokyo
Korea
Pyongyang
Iron Triangle
United Nations
Pyonggang
Augustana Players Prompt Swedesburg Tour Debut
The Augustana Players present Moliere The Imaginary Invalid at Swedesburg Parish Hall on Wednesday June 20. The company travels by chartered bus with 10 actors, a student stage manager and the director. The six week tour covers 26 towns in four midwestern states and 4,000 miles, totaling 35 performances.
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Augustana Players
Moliere
Swedesburg Parish Hall
John T. Scopes Arrested for Teaching Evolution in Dayton
John T. Scopes was arrested and convicted in Dayton, Ohio for teaching evolution, a trial that sparked national debate over academic freedom and the role of science in public schools.
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John Tr. Scopes
Dayton
Ohio
Truman Urges Safer Highways At 1951 Conference
President Truman urged greater highway safety stressing that accidents cause as much damage as sabotage. He called highway crashes a threat to national strength and economic waste, warning that the National Emergency could curb highway construction nationwide.
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Washington
Truman
Officials Target Black Market Beef Slaughtering Network
Price enforcement officials announced an investigation into several prominent beef industry figures for potential black market slaughtering. They expect to refer many cases to the justice department soon, involving packers and wholesalers and alleged beef upgrading and disruption of distribution channels.
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Washington
Justice Department
Packer
Washington Minister Moderates at Central Presbyterian Church
Dr. W. J. Grossheim pastor of the Washington Presbyterian church acted as moderator for Central Presbyterian Church in Columbus Junction. The session previously heard a sermon by Grossheim and then traveled to Washington to discuss calling a successor to the Columbus Junction and Haskins pastorate.
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Washington
Central Presbyterian Church
Columbus Junction
W. J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church In
Eyching
Grossheim
Haskins
Marriage License Issued at Court House Partners Named
A marriage license was issued at the court house to William Koltovich of Stockton New Jersey and Lorene Elizabeth Booth of Washington.
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Court House
William Koltovich
Stockton, N. J
Lorene Elizabeth Booth
Washington
Used Narcotics In High School Classes
Four schoolboys testified at a public inquiry that illicit narcotics were used by students in classrooms. One teen claimed a pupil peddled drugs to addicts and earned 300 to 400 dollars daily, with tape recordings of their testimony aired at the hearing in New York.
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New York
Brooklyn
Hazardous device hurled at Dr. Percy Julian home
A dynamite type device was thrown at the 15 room home of Black chemist Dr. Percy Julian in suburban Chicago. Police say the act was driven by resentment over Julian’s residence in a wealthy area. No injuries occurred. This is the second such attack after an incendiary device earlier while renovations were underway.
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Chicago
Cifs
Percy Julian
Ork Park
Julian
Police Escort Giant Tank From Iowa City to Des Moines
City police escorted a large truck carrying a national guard tank damaged near a bridge in Iowa City. The tank was moved to Des Moines for repairs aboard a truck about ten feet by sixty feet in size.
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National Guard
Iowa City
Des Moines
Wedemeyer accuses State Department in Far East policy clash
Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer testifies before a Senate committee on Far East policy accusing the State Department of blocking constructive ideas for China after World War II. He recalls urging Russia's entry into the war and defends his advisers while noting policy uncertainty as Communists gained ground. He says opposition to ideas often came from the department.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Congress
China
State Department
Wedemeyer
Senate
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenloope
R. Iowa
U. S
United States
Russia
Hickenlooper
Japan
Estes Kefauver
Methodist Pastors For Coming Year Named
Appointments for the coming year were released by the Methodist church at the Iowa Des Moines conference in Ottumwa. Keota gains Rev Hf Williams, while the Burlington district lists assigned pastors including Ainsworth Rev Carl Steefel and others such as Brighton Rev Howard Washburn and Columbus Junction Rev BBC Sears. Washington receives Dr C Raymond Reed and Winfield gets Rev M C Shupe among several clergy moves.
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Methodist Church
Ottumwa
H. Fi. Williams
Keota
Burlington
Ainsworth
Carl Steefel
Brighton
Howard Washburn
Columbus Junction
Bbc
Sears
Crawfordsville
Clare H. Boos
Kalona Circuit
Lawrence Jones
Morning Sun
Robert Dod
Weather summary for Des Moines Iowa June forecast
Fair and cool tonight with a high of 78 to 84 degrees. Thursday expect partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers in the west and central areas. Lows tonight 60 to 55, high Thursday 78 to 84, light variable winds becoming southerly 10 to 15 mph. A cooler Friday. Scattered thunder showers in the east and central Friday and in the extreme east Saturday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Bob Redding
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Washington County
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