U S Fighters Down Five More Red Jets
U S fighters claim downing or damaging five Communist jets in two air battles over northwest Korea, bringing the six day tally to 29. F-86D sabrejets shot down two Mig-15s, damaged three more, and chased survivors toward Manchuria, as four enemy airfields were blasted to hinder a possible Red ground offensive. UN forces pressured near Pyongyang and Kamehon with reports of Chinese troops entrenched south of Pyongyang, while skirmishes and artillery fire continued along a 5 mile front to the Sea of Japan coast.
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Tokyo
U.S
Korea
Manchurian
U. S
5Th Air Force
Walu River
Manchuria
Red Air
United Nations
Kamehon
Pyongyang
Kumechon
Pyonggang
8Th Army
Sea of Japan
Thirty Seven Girls Complete Baby Sitting Course
The final session of a three part series by the YWCA school age committee led to 37 girls completing baby sitting instruction and a short exam. Certificates were awarded by committee chair Mrs. Edith Brown with lectures by Mrs. John Owen and Mrs. Lester Willey and recreation talk by Mrs. Robert Wiley. A film titled The Baby Sitter was shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Edith Brown
Lester Willey
Robert Wiley
Ruth Ann Pratt
Deloris Kolesick
Carol Anderson
Judy Fern
Margaret Crawford
Charlotte Berry
Karen Swanson
Ruth Ann Brown
Betty Bell
Wilma Nichols
Beverly Mills
Beverly Tucker
Cherry Luckenbill
Sarah Trotman
Judy Carson
Margaret Ahrens
Marilyn Lloyd
Dorothy MccCreedy
Anna Anderson
Pat Anderson
Arla McKee
Jane Polk
Donna Lins
Janet McFadden
Sharon Kelley
Nancy Loveless
Deidre Miller
Pat McGill
Karla Bohr
Suzanne Noonan
Fredene Foster
Betty McBee
Gretus Hesseltine
Ruth Palmer
Lois Woods
Nancy Pehler
Julia Kallaus
Farmers Urged to Inspect Stored 1950 Corn Stocks
Washington County PMA chairman Howard Witting urges all producers with 1950 farm stored corn to check condition, noting high moisture in some areas and spoilage from recent humidity. He warns of the national emergency and the need to prevent loss of corn supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Witting
Washington County
PMA
CCC
First Day Camp Builds Indian Themed Fires and Stories
The first of eight day camp meetings for girls aged seven to 12 drew 102 enrollees with 86 present at Sunset park. Activities included fire-building demonstrations for tepee and other campfires, a wiener roast, Indian stories, Iowa Indian information, and an Indian dance lesson as Campfire and VG sponsor the event.
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Campfire Organization
Sunset Park
Wendell Bake
Townsley Park
Irene Nickerson
Jerry
Iowa
Harold Miller
Ira Gastman
W. E Howell
Wilma Nichols
Paul Boetteher
Don Rich
Pearl Bender
Rev Phillipi to Speak at Union Service Sunday
Rev Milo Phillipi, pastor of St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church, will deliver the sermon at Union Sunday evening services in the Presbyterian church. He will discuss Things That Cannot Be Shaken with assistance from pastors of cooperating churches.
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Union
Presbyterian Church
Milo Phillipi
Phillipi
St Paul's Evangelical & Reformed Church
Funeral Saturday for Mrs. W. C. Wallace
Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. Wallace of Ainsworth will be held Saturday at 2 PM in the Ainsworth Methodist Church. Arrangements by Jones funeral home had been tentative pending word from distant relatives.
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W. C Wallace
Ainsworth
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Jones Funeral Home
Eddie Bailey Reaches Final in State Junior Golf Tourney
Eddie Bailey, a young Washington golfer, advances to the final of the fifth flight in the state junior tournament at Ames after two Thursday victories. He defeated Bob Smith of Eagle Grove and Larry McComber of Marshalltown and then beat Phil McCreedy in the opening semifinal. He meets Charles Mullen of Perry in the final this morning.
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Eddie Bailey
Washington
Ames
Eddie
Phil McCreedy
Bob Smith
Eagle Grove
Larry McComber
Marshalltown
Charles Mullen
Perry
Couple killed and wife hurt in bridge crash on Highway 30
Hans Olson about 60 was killed when the car slid into a bridge abutment during a driving rain. His wife was injured and found by a state patrol car in the center of Highway 30 at the Cherry Creek bridge, three miles east of Dewitt. The man died outright and the woman suffered severe shock.
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Dewitt
Hans Olson
Cherry Creek Bridge
Here
Dragnet Still Out For Killer Suspect
Detroit police and FBI manhunt for Warren Lee Irwin continues across four states. He is accused of the cornfield murder of Adelina Shagena near Oxford Michigan and suspected in a Detroit kidnapping. Witness protection and guards surround key informants as investigators chase clues and car connections.
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Detroit
Midwest
Warren Lee Irwin
FBI
Thve
Irwin
Cornfield
Adelina Shagena
Oxford
Mieh
Doris Myers
West Liberty
Miss Myers
Tobias Douglas
Barr says Chiang army had arms but lacked offensive spirit
Maj. Gen. David G. Barr testified that Chinese Nationalists never ran short of arms yet were defeated by the Communists due to lacking offensive drive. He rejected claims the U.S. failed Chiang Kai Shek by not providing enough military aid and noted a Ridgway message showing MacArthur favored using Chiang’s troops on Formosa.
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Washington
David G. Barr
China
Barr
U.S
Chiang Kaishek
Korea
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
MacArthur
Matthew B. Ridgway
Chiang
Formosa
House poised to approve seven billion dollar tax hike
In Washington, Speaker Rayburn predicted the House will pass a bill boosting taxes by 7.2 billion annually, rejecting a GOP bid to recommit. The measure, with no major amendments, would raise personal and corporate taxes, increase excise rates on gasoline, liquor, cigars, beer, and tighten dividend and interest collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Rayburn
House
Rayburn
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
GOP
Truman
Missing Arthur Gorsh Injured After Horse Fall Near Washington
Arthur Gorsh living about ten miles southwest of Washington suffered a broken leg above the ankle when the horse he rode fell while entering the Gorsh farm yard last Tuesday. Nearby Harvey Leeper Wayne Mangold and H J Mangold gave first aid before transporting him to Washington county hospital and later to the University Hospital in Iowa City.
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Arthur Gorsh
Washington
Gorsh
Mr. Gorsh
Harvey Leeper
Wayne Mangold
H. J. Mangold
Washington County Hospital
University Hospital
Iowa City
City fines total for traffic and intoxication cases
Eleven fines were issued in the city police court for traffic violations and intoxication. Mayor W. B. Dupuis set penalties including $5 for Earl Ward and $20 for Dennis Jerry Beksnap for speeding, plus several $1 parking fines for multiple defendants and $6 for Robert B. Behnobe len for speeding.
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W. B. Dupuis
Earl Ward
Dennis Jerry Beksnap
Dean Genkinger
Donald L Guthrie
Clarence Leroy Wilson
Willard Earl Lammey
Elmer G. Pfannensteel
Harold Cortum
Roy Raymond
Owen M. Dudley
Robert B. Behnoebelen
Government Space Crunch Grows as Mobilization Expands
The General Services Administration chief warns Washington faces severe office space shortages amid the Mobilization Program's plan to add about one million federal jobs by 1952. He notes current space around 185 million square feet and a wartime peak near 350 million, with only 3 million on the market but demand rising. The Defense Department alone seeks 13.5 million square feet for 135,000 workers.
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General Services Administration
Larson
Washington
Congress
U.S
Treasury
Defense Department
Pentagon
Helen Kerr Elected By State 4-H Girls
Helen Kerr a 17 year old from Battle Creek was elected president of Iowa 4 H girls club at the state convention. Jobyna Rankin Tracey was named vice president Carol Jarrard Grundy Center became secretary treasurer and Della Teachout Shenandoah was chosen historian. The new president a 1951 graduate planned to enter Iowa State College next fall to study home economics. Caesar Alexander the Great and the Iron Duke of Wellington were never defeated in battle.
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Ames
Helen Kerr
Battle Creek
Iowa 4-H
Jobyna Rankin
Tracey
Carol Jarrard
Grundy Center
Della Teachout
Shenandoah
Battle Creek School
Iowa State College
Two Congressmen In Fist Fight At Capitol
Washington report says Representatives Clarence Cannon of Missouri and John Phillips of California fought in a Capitol corridor. Phillips had a stitched lip injury while Cannon, 72, defended the dispute over appointing a conference committee on an appropriations bill. Taber witnessed and separated them. Cannon chairs the House Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
Clarence Cannon
John Phillips
Calif
Phillips
Cannon
Philips
Taber
Capitol
House
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Matilda Crossett
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Matilda Crossett were conducted at 2 PM Thursday in the Jones funeral home with Dr. C R officiating. The service honored her life and memory, reflecting the community’s respect for the longtime resident.
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Clara Matilda .Crossett
Jones
C. R
Missionary Honored At Memorial Service
Relatives and friends gathered in a Methodist church to honor Alma Hearne Holland. Dr. John W. Holland presided and Susie Holland gave an outline of her life. Lydia Pool and Katherine Keyhoe spoke of her India work and tributes from missionaries were read. Dr. Florence Brookhart Yount noted her PEO activities and the Alma Hearne Holland Missionary Society she formed in 1920. The society funded projects including a Ford car for her work.
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Methodist
Alma Hearne Holland
John W. Holland
Chicago
Foreman Field
Lydia Pool
Katherine Keyhoe
Mrs. Holland
India
Florence Brookhart Yount
Holland
PEO
Iowa Wesleyan College
Alma Hearne Holland Missionary Society
S. W. Broughart
Ford
Martha Washington
Chadwick
C. R. Reed
Reed in Charge at Frigid Funeral Service
Pallbearers were Ralph Melville Gayle Kelley Francis Roth Harold Messenger Aura Groff and Russell Bell. Burial took place in Elm Grove cemetery.
Missing Pan American Constellation Prompts Africa Search
A Pan American Constellation carrying 39 people from South Africa to New York disappeared after radio contact was lost near Monrovia Liberia. Planes from Britain and France searched the rain soaked jungles and coast as crews awaited wreckage sighting.
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Dakar
French West Africa
Pan American Airways
South Africa
New York
Liberia
Roberts Field
Monrovia
Ivory
Pan American
Des Moines Weather Outlook With Showers Weekend Cool
Weather for Des Moines shows mostly cloudy and cool conditions with showers east today and tonight. West areas see similar showers Saturday with lows 55 to 62 and highs 68 to 75. bastante persistent showers expected every 24 to 36 hours, with temperatures about three to six degrees below normal and a cool weekend.
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Des Moines
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Pythagoras
W.C. Wallace
Bebe
J. Bridgar Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Pittsburgh
Israel Ameter
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Friends of
Fevenee
Sars Chiang
Bill
Margaret Truman
Auriol and
Ike
Paris
Europe
France
Vincent Auriol
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rene Pleven
General Eisenhower
Miss Truman
Ruth Gmeiner
Jess Larson
Paul Bunyan
Caesar
Alexander the Great
the Iron Duke of Wellington
Crossett Funeral
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