YMCA Summer Programs Start With Crafts and Softball
After the Union Daily Vacation Bible School, the Washington YMCA begins its summer schedule. Artemas Brown notes some activities start this week including craft classes and a softball league for grade school and junior high boys. Softball games run Tuesday mornings at 9 30 on Lincoln School grounds, crafts run Mondays and Thursdays 2 to 4, with Bob Wartinbee leading. Also planned are hikes each Friday and details posted at the Evening Journal and YMCA bulletin. Summer Camp Arrowhead at Ottumwa opens July 1 with 188 Washington boys already registered and an $8 registration due soon. Mixed swimming starts this week with separate times for grade school, junior high, and high school through the evening.
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Artemas Brown
YMCA
Lincoln
Bob Wartinbee
Kevening Journal
Ymca Bulletin Board
Washington
Ottumwa
Arrowhead
Washington Ymca
Local VFW Auxiliary Honored at State Encampment
The Washington VFW auxiliary won first place for its publicity book at the state encampment in Mason City. The group also spent the most money on community service projects among posts in the state, per encampment disclosures. Attending from Washington were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pauly, Mr. and Mrs. Don Bealer, Mr. and Mrs. Marion McAvoy, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Borman Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Milo Steele Jr.
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Washington Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mason City
Washington
Herbert Pauly
Don Bealer
Marion McAvoy
Ralph Borman Jr
Milo Steele Jr
Typhoon Strikes Janan Killing Five and Buried Alive
Five people are dead and 11 missing as a typhoon pounds southern Janan with heavy rains. A landslide in Nagasaki prefecture caused deaths and 48 more people were buried, with 99 rescued and 1,900 houses flooded as crews search for survivors.
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Tokyo
Janan
Nagasaki
Waltonians Meet at Lake Darling Sunday
The Chicagua chapter of Izaak Walton League held a community family picnic Sunday evening at the new youth center building at Lake Darling. The unfinished building sheltered a large crowd that enjoyed supper and a safety film shown by Dr. Karl Bo Predericks. George Peebler, center manager, spoke on progress and future plans. President Ray Whitehead thanked volunteers and said youth center goals could be realized with such help.
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Chicagua
Izaak Walton League
Oeir
Lake Derling
Ecrowd
Karl Bo Predericks
George Peebler
Ray Whitehead
Kefauver Seeks Democratic Nomination At Indiana Meet
Senator Estes Kefauver told Indianapolis delegates he will win the Democratic presidential nomination on the fifth or sixth ballot and not seek the vice presidency. He travels from Chicago where he called the Republican race between Eisenhower and Taft a battle of political bosses, asserting strong public support will carry him through.
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Indianapolis
Sen Estes Kefauver
Lodiana
Kefauver
Chicago
Robert A. Tath
Dwight I.risenhower
Roo Shiebest
Oime
Kefouver
Eisenhower Denies Truman Offered Democratic Nomination
In Dallas and Tren, Gen Dwight Eisenhower denied on Sunday that President Truman had offered him the 1952 Democratic nomination. He stated he would not discuss the matter further.
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Ihe
Dallas
TREN
Dwight Eisenhower
Truman
Washington Members Invited to Ottumwa Izaak Walton Event
Washington county members of the Izaak Walton League are invited to the Ottumwa Chapter’s Charter Night this evening. The Eagles Hall hosts the meeting with guest speaker John Tobin national president. The Ding Darling Chapter will present a hat show and the St. Madison group handles the initiation program.
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Washington County
Izaak Walton League
Ottumwa
Eagles Hall
Spain
John Tobin
St. Madison
Marriage Licenses Issued for Genheiner Reeves and Krott
Ronald W. Genheiner of Wheaton TL and Myrna o M Reeves of Wellman receive a marriage license. Virgil William Christensen of Newhall and Gwen Elizabeth Krott of Wellman also obtain a license for marriage. Rev J Dekoning, recently home from Cedar Rapids hospital with a knee cap removal and left leg cast, is resting at home with care by Mrs Lydia Hupp and visits planned by Rev H F Hludad.
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Ronald W. Genheiner
Wheaton, TL
Myrna O M. Reeves
Wellman
Virgil William Christensen
Newhall
Gwen Elizabeth Krott
Jancob Dekoning
Cedar Rapids
DeKoning
Dick Veldhuizen
Lynnville
Iowa
Lydia Hupp
Wapella
Rev
H. FE. Hludad
Acheson Arrives in London for Parley of Western Allies
Secretary of State Dean Acheson lands in London to confer with British and French leaders on Germany Soviet relations the Middle East and the Far East including Korea He plans trips to Berlin Vienna and Tragi before visiting the United States sister republics agencies and leaders.
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Acheson
London
Dean Acheson
Washington
Cruid
Germany
Russia
Middle East
Far East
Berlin
Vienna
Tragil
United States
Illinois Gives Taft Ten More Delegates
Illinois Republicans gathered in Springfield for the state convention to finalize 10 additional Taft delegates and wrap up Illinois’s portion of the 1,206 delegates to the national convention in Chicago. A strong Taft mood drew about 5,000 attendees as the GOP cohort completed its slate.
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Illinois
Taft
Springfield
Everlastinglvatit Put Day Honors Salesman
Pierre South Dakota honors Waraner C. Putnam known as Everlastinglvatit Put a hat salesman who promoted the state. Governor Sigurd Anderson proclaimed June 29 as the observance recognizing his work for South Dakota.
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Everlastinglvatit
Put
Waraner C. Putnam
South Dakota
Taft decries smear campaigns over Eisenhower and Warren Taft
Senator Taft condemned smear tactics aimed at General Eisenhower and California Governor Warren Taft. He rejected allegations of using campaign funds for attacks and dismissed the Eisenhower camp’s Texas delegation steal charge. Bridges urged unity amid the Taft Eisenhower clash before the Chicago convention.
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Washington
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Fisenhower
California
Gov
Part Warren
Taft
Eisenhower
Texas
Chicago
Senate
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Biekerina
Left Wing ADA Considers Civil Rights Compromise
In Washington ADA leaders and left wing Democrats discuss private compromise on civil rights to keep Southern factions aligned with the party. Face-saving language is proposed to soften stances and reassure civil rights supporters while not alienating Southern politicians.
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Democratic
Deal- Democratic Coalition
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA For Short
Franklin D. Roosevelt
ADA
National Committee
Ramson Amlong Named To Military Academy
18 year old Kalona air force private Ramson Amlong has been appointed to West Point after Guy M. Gillette selected him when the original appointee declined. Amlong, now at Stewart Air Base New York, will join the July class after completing a preparatory course.
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Ramson Amlong
Air Force
Kalona
West Point
Amlong
Lexington
Guy M. Gillette
Amiong
Stewart Air Base
New York
Murray attacks Eisenhower over Taft-Hartley in steel strike
Cary Indiana reports Philip Murray lambastes General Eisenhower for urging Taft-Hartley action in the steel strike. He addresses about 400000 steel workers at Memorial Hall, denouncing lawmakers who favor applying the law and targeting Clarence Randall of Inland Steel. He says Taft-Hartley will not bend the steel unions.
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Murray
Taft Law
Eisenhower
Cary
Philip Murry
Dwight Pp. Eisenhower
Memorial Hall
Clarence Bo Randall
Inland Steel Co
Eisenower
Taft-Hartley
Wellman Legion Post Hosts at Joint Meeting
Wellman American Legion post plans a joint meeting with local Auxiliary tonight in the new Legion rooms at Wellman. The program includes dancing refreshments card games and other entertainment starting at 8 oclock.
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Wellman Legion Post
The
New Legion Rooms
Wellman
May Draft Fathers In 53 Hershey Says
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national selective service chief, said fathers ages 20 to 26 may be drafted starting January 1, 1953. He noted the 1952-53 fiscal year may bring the heaviest draft calls since the act began and urged finding a new pool of manpower as states near the bottom of available labor.
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Lansing
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Hershey
Michigan Draft Board
Selective Service
Armed Services
Treasurer's Office Registers Ten New County Vehicles
Nine new cars and one semi trailer were registered at the office of W. E. Howell, county treasurer, last week. New owners include Mildred Kauftman Wellman Chevrolet W. H. Barnum Kalona Pontiac John Downs Washington Fruehaupt semi trailer William C. Ott Wellman Chevrolet Bruce Lipscomb Washington Ford Raymond Coffin Washington Plymouth James Lo McGraw Washington Kaiser Fred Speed Washington Chevrolet William T. Lee Wayland Dariel Grosscup Crawfordsville Dodge
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W. E. Howell
Mildred Kauftman
Wellman
Chevrolet
W. H. Barnum
Kalona
Pontiac
John Downs
Washington
Fruehaut
William C. Ott
Bruce Lipscomb
Ford
Raymond Coffin
Plymouth
James Lo McGraw
Kaiser
Fred Speed
William T. Lee
Wayland
Dariel Grosscup
Crawfordsville
Dodge
Clyde Sanders to Open Tastee Freez Here in July
Clyde Sanders of East Moline Illinois says work on his Tastee Freez building will finish by late next week and hopes to open for business July first. The shop will be at the junction of highways 1 and 92 at the west edge of Washington. Harry Sowden is supervising the project.
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Clyde Sanders
East Moline
Ill
Tastee Freez
Sanders
Washington
Water Show Planned Saturday in Y Pool
Swimmers from the YMCA and YWCA present Aqua Antics a one night water show at the YMCA pool on Saturday June 28 at 8 o clock Admission is 25 cents The performers have trained for weeks and prepared a variety of wets for the performance
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YMCA
YWCA
Truman Warns Senate Against Any Cuts In Military Funds
President Truman urged Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Richard Russell to reject rumors of drastic cuts to the military construction bill. He warned a 50 percent cut would be a terrible disaster and noted the House approved about 2.758 billion for bases and facilities worldwide, including overseas bases to potentially strike Russia quickly. He stressed air bases and installations are vital to defense plans.
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Truman
Senate
Washington
Richard B Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Russia
Free
Washington Tad eo to Perform First Degree Work
The notice states that Washington Tadeoe No .R will present work in the first degree on Wednesday June 25 at 7 p.m. in the stated hall. It lists the event as a formal Masonic or fraternal degree ceremony with attendees expected.
Five Hundred UN Planes Attack Korean Power Dams
More than 500 UN planes hit North Korea, blasting hydroelectric dams including Suiho on the Yalu while leaving the Sobo Dam intact. The raid knocked out about 90 percent of NK power in one hour, as MiG-15s stood on the ground and offered no opposition. Navy and Marines supported the air strike with no losses.
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Short Korea
Seo
Srevest
Juel Suilho
Yalu River
U.S
North Korea
Suiho
Yalu
Antung
Vonehortan
Yula
Sobo
Yala
8Th Army
Russians Free 43 Kidnapped Germans
The Soviets freed 43 kidnapped West Germans and withdrew from a strip of British zone territory. Western Allies demanded patrol rights on the Berlin to Western Germany highway. The incident followed a raid by Soviet troops into Schoeningen, with East German police involvement.
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Berlin
Reds
High Commissions
Germany
Fhorty
Schoeneingen
Sune Auy
Weather bits MOVIESUP: Cloudy Showers North Warm South
Considerable cloudiness with occasional showers and thunderstorms in the north and partly cloudy warm conditions in the south. Highs 78 to 83 in the north and 85 to 88 in the south. Hot and humid Monday into Tuesday with most areas fairing mild. Lows 66 to 70 north and 70 to 75 south. Highs Tuesday 88 to 94 north east and 94 to 99 southwest. Further outlook shows continued hot humid Wednesday.
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Vrench
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Joseph O. Kamp
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Carlisle
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Wellman American Legion Post
Harry Sowden
Helen Harvey
Mara Skujins
Judy Lance
Nellie Kos
Karla Parcell
Alice Chorpening
Carol Lance
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