Meet the Dudes brings laughs in first home talent show
The 1950 Y's Men Home Talent Play Meet the Dudes opened at the high school auditorium before an audience over 350. Dave Elder directed the cast with favorite turns by Muriel Rider as Dixie and Harold Wehr as Joy January. Gaylord Grant’s Shakespearean bits drew laughs as the production impressed the crowd.
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Harold Wehr
Ewald Gustafson
Clinton Stewart
Logan Heilman
Harold Hazelett
Herbert Osincup
Wendell Rider
Don Shepherd
Jim Easter
Edsall Brown
Tom Gray
Dave Elder
James Reach
Muriel Rlder
Dixie
Hollywood
Mrs. Reach
Joy January
Fuchs Case Reveals Russians May Lead in H Bomb Work
London reports indicate Klaus Fuchs provided hydrogen bomb theory details to Soviet agents while leading Britain's theoretical division at Harwell. He confessed to passing secrets since 1942, was sentenced to 14 years with time off for good behavior, and authorities expect more arrests as investigations continue.
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Fuchs
Britain
Harwell Atomic
United States
Truman
Canada
Russia
Two Killed In Auto Crash In Council Bluffs
Two soldiers were killed and their girl friends seriously injured when their car skidded and struck a tree on Broadway in Council Bluffs. James Reding 22 from Roswell New Mexico and Ralph Kaufman from Kansas City Kansas died soon after at local hospital. Janet Newman and Carol Reise both from Omaha were hospitalized with multiple injuries.
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Council Bluffs
James Reding
Stanton St
Roswell
N. M
Ralph J. Kaufman
Bradish Road
Kansas City
Kans
Janet Newman
Carol Reise
Omaha
Jenny Edmundson Hospital
Offut Air Force Base
Broadway
Newman
Reise
This Week's Lucky Farmer Warren Donaldson Named
Warren Donaldson, who lives five miles south of Washington on route 2, will be presented on the State Theatre stage Friday night to receive his awards. He has resided on the rented farm for only two months.
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Warren Donaldson
Washington
Portland Theater Billing Mix Up Prompts Confusion
A Portland theater listed two plays in a double billing, showing A Farewell to Arms and The Hatchet Man in the downtown venue. The misprint caused audience members to question the lineup as staff worked to correct the schedule.
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Portland
Ore
Hatchet
Attlee and Cabinet Move to Halt Further Nationalization
London sources report Prime Minister Clement Attlee and his cabinet plan to end nationalization moves and repeal the steel nationalization act set to take effect January 1. A private member's bill or other steps may repeal the law as party divisions grow.
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London
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Labor Party
Labor
House
Aneurin Bevan
Commons
Herbert Morrison
Winston Churchill
Funeral Saturday for Mrs H A Engel
Funeral services for Mrs Harlow A Engel of Grace Hill will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Grace Hill Moravian church with Rev Arthur Peters officiating. Interment follows in Grace Hill cemetery. Survived by son Eugene Engel, siblings D B Romig, F T Schwalbe, Katherine Buxbaum, and one granddaughter.
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Harlow A. Engel
Grace Hill
Grace Hill Moravian Church
Arthur Peters
Jones
John
Mary Kohler Buxbaum
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Moravian Church
Ladies Aid
Brighton P.E.O
Eugene Engel
W H. Buxbaum
Ralston
Oklahoma
D. B. Romig
Bethany
Missouri
F. T. Schwalbe
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Katherine Buxbaum
Laura Miller Is Acquitted in Minnesota Murder Case
Glencoe Minnesota District Judge Joseph Moriarty acquits Laura Miller 24 a Minneapolis stenographer of first degree murder after ruling Gordon Jones 36 died accidentally during a struggle as she attempted death by own action The judge grants the defense motion for acquittal and dismisses the all male jury while spectators applaud and Miller sobs with joy
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Glencoe
Minn
Joseph J. Moriarty
Laura Miller
Minneapolis
Gordon Jones
Laura
Miss Miller
Moriarty
Allmale
Better Farming Institute to be Held at Legion Hall
The Washington District Soil Commissioners with the county extension office and soil conservation service sponsor a Better Farming Institute at the Legion rooms in the city hall on Wednesday March 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Featured speakers include Ralph Krenzen and Bob Gray from Ames and Mt Pleasant conservation experts. A local panel of Washington county farmers and homemakers will discuss soil conservation benefits with the theme Soil Conservation Does Pay. Clyde Spry of Des Moines will open the afternoon program at 1 p.m. followed by a local panel at 2 p.m. Corn acreage allotments for the year drive emphasis on reorganizing farming operations to maximize efficiency. Lunch plans were not made.
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Better Farming Institute
Legion Rooms
Joe Knotek
Washington District Soils Commissioners
Soils Commissioners
County Extension Office
Soil Conservation Service
Washington County
Mt. Pleasant
Des Moines
Ames
Herbert Campbell
Howard Anderson
James Birney
William Day
Ruth Foster
Homer Vincent
Washington District
Knotek
Clyde Spry
Iowa
Spry
Vincent
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Lowa
Defense Moves For Acquittal in Sander Mercy Murder Trial
In Manchester New Hampshire the defense of Dr Hermann N Sander moved for a directed verdict of acquittal after the prosecution rested in the mercy murder trial. The motion contends the state failed to prove corpus delicti and that the death was not caused by air or cancer.
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Sander
Manchester
W. H
Hermann N. Sander
Harold F. Wescott
Frank Henderson Dies Wednesday in Iowa City
Frank Henderson 68 of Ainsworth died at the University Hospital Iowa City Wednesday night after five years of ill health. Funeral services 2:00 Friday at Jones funeral home. interment in Ainsworth cemetery. Survived by wife Myria Moreland, three daughters, one son, a sister and a brother, with 12 grandchildren.
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Frank Henderson
Ainsworth
University Hospital
Iowa City
Jones Funeral Home
Ainsworth Cemetery
Alexander
Amanda Shaw Henderson
Myria Moreland
United Presbyterian
Clarence Booth
John Gamon
Washington
W. A Trotter
Robert A. Henderson
Crawfordsville
Germany Faces Claims Of Communist Agents In West
Lt. Gen. Clarence R. Huebner says Western Germany is honeycombed with communist agents after officer home documents went missing and a 22 year old Soviet National was arrested as a suspected confusion agent. Confidential reports say informants note screens of confusion agents targetting info handlers to misdirect counter intelligence.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Clarence R. Huebner
U. S. Army
Europe
Huebner
Army
Proposal for Meeting of UN In Moscow Considered by Officials
Lake Success NY UP officials report that Sen Brien McMahon proposed a special UN General Assembly session in Moscow to break East West deadlock over atomic energy and China representation. Lie and Security Council members discussed variants including full-dress meetings and high level talks. Moscow date shifts from 1955 to 1953.
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Moscow
Trygve Lie
Security Council
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Lie
McMahon
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao Tze-Tung
Winston Churchill
China
Jerusalem
Spain
New York
Paris
Europe
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Assembly
Carlos P. Romulo
Vishinsky
Judge Keech Clears Miners Union of Charges
Federal Judge Richmond B. Keech ruled the United Mine Workers not guilty of civil and criminal contempt, saying officers tried to comply with the no strike order. The decision comes amid a coal crisis as the government plans possible seizure action and the union prepares to appeal the civil acquittal.
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UMW Union
Judge Keech
Washington
Richmond B. Keech
United Mion Workers
Keech
Union
President Truman
Truman
Congress
Federal Treasury
Weather in Des Moines Iowa Forecast
Weather for Des Moines Iowa shows sunny conditions today with a high around 10 to 22. Increasing clouds and warmer tonight and Friday with a chance of light rain or snow west portion starting late tonight or early Friday. Tonight’s low near zero in the northeast and about 15 in the southwest. Friday high 32 to 40. Winds light today and southerly 20 to 25 mph Friday. Yesterday’s high 32 and low 12.
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Des Moines
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