Jury Name Hearing for Communists Proceeds in New York
Federal Judge Harold K Medina refused to dismiss the conspiracy indictment against 11 U S communist leaders and ordered jury selection to begin. The defense argued President Truman's “traitor” remark prejudiced the trial and sought the judge's disqualification, both motions denied. The defendants face up to 15 years and fines up to 19 000 if convicted. Foster and Dennis issued a statement defending their stance and arguing opposition to war should not be treason.
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New York
Maren
Harold K Medina
U. S
Truman
Medina
Harold R Medina
William 7. Foster
Communist Party
Eugene Dennis
Dennis
Foster
Lincoln
Jefferson
United States
J Leonard Davies to Speak at Joint PTA Meeting
J Leonard Davies of the College of Education at the University of Town will address a joint PTA meeting of Lincoln Stewart and St James at Lincoln School at 2 30 pm on Wednesday March 9. He will discuss Adult Education as part of nationwide studies on adult interests and abilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Leonard Davies
College of Education
University of Town
Lincoln, Stewart and St. James
Lincoln School
Davies
Washington
PTA
Way land Wellman Basketball Play by Play on WSUI KSUI FM
WSUI and KSUI FM will radio a play by play of the Way land Wellman basketball game Tuesday at 7 30 in the sub state tournament field house in Iowa City.
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WSUI
Ksui-Fm
Iowa City
Iowa Weather: Warmer today with strong winds and a cold week ahead
Weather report from Des Moines notes cloudy skies and warmer conditions this afternoon with southwest winds 20 to 80 mph and a high near 40. Tonight remains cloudy with 25 to 35 degree lows. Tuesday brings colder conditions with northerly winds and a high around 20 to 45, followed by a cold wave and near zero to 10 degree lows by Wednesday morning. Wednesday stays cold and fair with a high near 28.
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Les Moines
Mar
Iowa
Thirty-Six Farm Homemakers Start Tour by Chartered Bus
Thirty-six Washington county rural homemakers split into a tour group traveling through Missouri Kentucky Illinois by chartered bus. Sponsored by Mrs Richard Stephens and Mrs Joe Jones the trip runs through March 12 with visits to Hannibal Rolla Cape Girardeau Dix on Springs Paducah Hopkinsville Bowling Green Mammoth Cave and other sites.
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Washington County
Washington
Missouri
Linois
Indiana
Louisa County
Henry County
Kentucky
Illinois
Richard Stephens
Joe Jones
County World Relation
Farm Bureau
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Rolla
Cape Girardell
Dixon Springs
Paducah
Hopkinsville
Bowling Green
Mammoth Cave
Lexington
Vineinnes
Ind
Ilinois
Springfield
Iowa
Homer Vincent
John Davison
Faye Rowe
Lee Sehmelzer
Dave Winegarden
Wellman
M. M. Flynn
Ed Conrad
Keota
Ted Anderson
Robert Roberts
Cloyd Knapp
A. L. Duensing
R. J. Dawson
Elia Gordon
Homer Jarrard
Highland Township
John Knotek
Riverside
Troy Forinash
West Chester
Earl Galloway
Crawfordsville
Joe H. Jones
Ainsworth
Stroffman
Mt. Pleasant
Harold Swan
Mable Bailey
Byron Hattner
Rites Held in Kalona for Mrs Catharine Tice
Mrs. Catharine Tice 80 longtime Kalona resident died Sunday in a Washington convalescent home. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at East Union Mennonite Church with burial in the church cemetery. She was born May 7, 1868 in Johnson County, married Simon Tice in 1888, and is survived by two Kalona sisters, a daughter in Marion, three brothers, ten grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. one daughter Saide preceded her.
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Kalona
Catherine Tice
Washington
East Union Menonite
Emanuel Hochstetler
Peterseim and Sen
Tice
Johnson County
Ben
Elizabeth Hochstetler
Simon Tice
Johns. Yoder
Enos Yoder
Elizabeth Hat
Marion
Iowa
Joseph B
Emanuel
David
Saide
Plan Roemer Rites At Ottumwa Tuesday
Funeral services for L. S. Roemer of Ottumwa will be held Tuesday morning at nine o'clock in St Marys church in Ottumwa. Roemer was a salesman for the J W Edgerly company and was well known locally. He died Sunday following a stroke. Burial will be at Solon, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Roemer
Ottumwa
St. Mary's Church
Otumwa
Roemer
J. W. Edgerly Company
Solon
Towa
Road Fight Next For Legislators
Des Moines reports the Iowa legislature resumes after spring recess with a senate plan to challenge the house on road financing and a tax reserve fund. The road-use bill distributes $48 million annually for roads, with $7.2 million for farm to market routes and a 60-40 county area versus need basis.
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Senate
House
Iowa
Salt Lake City Hit By Early Morning Earthquake
An earthquake tremor struck Salt Lake City at 12 09 a m causing sleepers to wake. The waves centered west of the city cracked walls and toppled dishes in west side homes. A water main broke on Can yor Road and Lights flashed in hotels and houses as residents awoke.
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Salt Lake City
Tribune-Telegraph
West Side
Can Yor Road
More Bulgarian Pastors Detained
In Sofia on March 7 a government spokesman said security police arrested up to fifty more Protestant clergymen in addition to fifteen already awaiting sentence. He could not confirm exact totals, noting some witnesses in the ongoing trials were pastors under detention and others named in connection with a spy ring.
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Sofia
Europe
Hospital Plan Seeks Open Bed Policy Despite High Census
Washington County officials issue a statement describing a two week stay limit for admitted patients when beds are scarce. The Board of Trustees Medical Staff County Medical Society and the Superintendent pledge individual case review to assure bed and nursing care for acutely ill and accident cases, urging community cooperation.
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Washington County Hospital
County Medical Society
Christians urged to care and emote in Christian duty
Dr. Wallace Jamison of Indianola Iowa addressed the Washington United Presbyterian church audience in a sermon centered on Those Who Care to Care. He contrasted Stoic restraint with Christian use of emotion to follow Christ’s command to love enemies and neighbors. He urged Christians to be willing to look foolish for love and highlighted American aid to war‑torn Europe, with Pastor Dr. George Kerr presiding and local clergy taking part.
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Wallace Jamison
Indianola
Iowa
Union
Washington United Presbyterian Church
Jamison
Dr. Jamison
Europe
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
T. C. Polk
Fred E Miller
William J. Grossheim
Union Choir
Wendell Rider
Helen Harvey
Dorothy Brauninger to Speak at YWCA Luncheon
Dorothy Brauninger of Des Moines will discuss The Great Succession at a YWCA religious emphasis luncheon Wednesday noon in the community room east end. The event invites all women and girls, including employed women, ends by 12 50, no reservations, free will offering. Plans are led by the religious emphasis committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Brauninger
Des Moines
YWCA
Bulgarian Protestant Pastors Seized in Widespread Detention
Reports say more than one third and possibly more than half of Bulgaria's 138 Protestant pastors are in police custody. Authorities have raised concerns about religious groups amid investigations, triggering international attention and calls for transparency.
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Bulgaria
Mrs. Bishop 62, Taken by Death in Washington County
Mrs. Harry Bishop 62 of five miles northeast of Washington died Sunday at 8 20 after a two day illness. Funeral services Wednesday at 10 30 in Jones funeral home with Rev. T C Polk in charge. Survived by husband, one son Donald Bishop, two daughters Edna Cole and Mrs. Sfeven Rathmel, five grandchildren, two half brothers, one half sister, and five siblings. Cremains interment at local cemetery.
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Harry Bishop
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Rev
T. C. Polk
Louis Ellen Carl
Kansas
Theodore and
Nettie Wilkin Carl
Washington County
Ainsworth
Donald Bishop
Rubio
Edna Cole
Sfeven Rathmel
Brighton
Albert
Henry Carl
Kansas City
Myrtle Meier
Liberal
Everette Palmer
Bessie Armstrong
Divorces and Damage Suit Filed in Local Court
Three new cases filed in district court include one damages suit for injuries from an August 11, 1948 auto crash at West Van Buren and South Marion. Emma Richardson seeks 1181.82 from Harold Haifely. Roy Newton seeks divorce and division of real estate, car, and goods from Vivian Newton. Dale W Loeffler seeks divorce and custody of three children from Dariene Loeffler. they wed July 4, 1937.
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R. R. Noonan
Clerk of
District Court
Emma Richardson
Harold Haifely
Edmund D. Morrison, Jr
West van Buren Street
South Marion Avenue
Roy Newton
Vivian Newton
Coupe
Dale W. Loeffler
Dariene J. Loeffler
Local Committees Named for Event Planning
The committee chaired by Mrs. W. B. Dupuis includes Mrs. Art emas Brown and Mrs. Walter Smith. The hospitality committee is led by Elizabeth Dawson with Virginia Pettit Dorothy Turnipseed and Mary June Brooks.
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W. B. Dupuis
Artemas Brown
Walter Smith
Elizabeth Dawson
Virginia Pettit
Dorothy Turnipseed
Mary June Brooks
Ice Jams Reach Record Flood Levels on Missouri River Break
United Press reports Missouri Valley residents fought to save homes as the Big Muddy and its tributaries surged to record crests flooding 175000 acres across four states. Atchison Kansas hit 26.6 feet, a new high, while 400 residents fled near Hall and Rushville Missouri. Two deaths were confirmed in Missouri Valley with a levee breach near Nebraska City and Boyer River flooding the town.
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Missouri
United Press
Missouri Valley
Big Muddy
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Atchison
Kans
Nebraska City
Neb
Kansas City
U. S. Engineers
St. Joseph
Halls
Rushville
Red Cross
Boyer
George Johnson
ISU Employees Move to New Posts in Utility Firm
Henry A. Little of Washington is named acting district manager at Newton Iowa. Shrum Lewis, formerly local manager at Keota and assistant district accountant, will become local manager at Columbus Junction on March 16. Harry E. Turner of Washington is named assistant to Frank B. Miller in the Washington district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Little
Washington
Shrum Lewis
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
H. L Mann
Centerville
Little
Newton
Iowa
Washington Junior College
Columbus Junction
Davis
Dennis
Dana
Lewis
Keota
Harry E. Turner
Frank B. Miller
Miller
Court Upholds Closed Shop Ban
The Supreme Court ruled that the Wagner Act and the Taft-Hartley Act allow states to ban or regulate the closed shop. The decision broadened a prior ruling upholding union security provisions, with Justice Frankfurter delivering a 7 to 2 decision and Justices Black and Douglas dissenting.
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Washington
Uuup
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
Odom Flies Waikiki Beach on Ocean Crossing Attempt
William P. Odom completed a second attempt at the Honolulu to New York non stop flight piloting the Waikiki Beach heavy craft. He lifted off from Hickam Field at 7 04 p m HST and by 1 50 a m CST had logged 830 miles from Oahu and 4520 miles to go with an average speed about 128 mph. Odom reported a Sleepy spell and weather patches but remained on course about 28 miles off, with a mid ocean weather strip 450 miles ahead. He and his B 17 escort reported clear and moonlit skies between cloud patches.
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Honolulu
William P. Odom
New York
Odom
Waikiki Beach
Hickam Field
Oahu
Knepp Fined For Running Through Stop Sign
Edgar Ray Knepp was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor G B Mace after arraignment in city police court on a charge of running through a stop sign.
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Edgar Ray Knepp
G. B. Mace
Transfer of Pleuss to Washington office received
H. O. Pleuss of Leon Iowa will become assistant district accountant in Washington replacing Mr Lewis. He is to report for duty here on March 15 while time in Newton continues until Mr Little is permanently settled.
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Newton
Little
H. O. Pleuss
Leon
Iowa
Washington
Lewis
Indictment Sought Against Coplon and Gubitchev
Federal prosecutors asked a grand jury to indict Judith Coplon a 27 year old Justice Department worker and Valentine Gubitchev a 32 year old Russian engineer in a case accusing them of stealing government secrets. Raymond Whearty planned to present the government case and expected to call the pair as witnesses. Coplon may be released today if bail of 20000 is raised while Gubitchev remains in 100000 bail without counsel amid a demand for immunity.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Valentine Gubitchev
Raymond Whearty
Wis
Miss Coplon
Gubitchey
Barnard College
Gubitehev
United Nations
Rainbow Veterans elect new Iowa leaders at Waterloo reunion
The Iowa Rainbow Veterans closed its annual reunion with Mark Twinning of Des Moines elected president. He will succeed Harm Aries of Waterloo. Ralph Butler of Des Moines was named treasurer. Mrs. Leatha Simpson of Indianapolis heads the women’s auxiliary. Fred McCartney of Oskaloosa and others were named to the executive committee.
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Waterloo
Mar
Iowa Rainbow Veterans Organization
Mark Twinning
Des Moines
Twinning
Harm Aries
Ralph Butler
Leatha Simpson
Indianola
Fred McCartney
Oskaloosa
Early 40s frosts push strawberry frost hardiness research
Frosts in several spring seasons of the early 1940s devastated early strawberry crops. The losses spurred plant breeders to focus on frost hardy flowers as a highly desirable trait in strawberries.
Frog Essay Immortalized In Local Education Board Feature
The Chiease Board of Education preserves a playful essay about frogs written by a young Norwegian student. The piece humorously notes the frog’s actions and quirks with intentionally misused grammar and whimsy.
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Chiease Board of Education
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Catharine Tice
Plan Roemer
Mrs. Bishop
ISU
Norway
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
Eigel Nygaard
Sivert Nielson
Rainbow Veterans
Bill Melotyre
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