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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1950
Page
6
Rural Young People of Polk County organize a state meet with a closing noon service led by club members. The event centers on a program titled Moving Ahead Together and includes a discussion segment.
Eyewitness accounts of a Minneapolis plane crash are reported as investigations continue. The article details eyewitness observations and the ongoing search for answers regarding cause and outcomes.
Richland businessmen Jak Hendrickson and son George have redesigned their International Harvester dealership with new lines and modern fixtures including deep freezers and refrigerators. Local Bray improvements plans include roadwork in Richland township this summer. A North Iowa community records golden anniversaries, births, and birthdays alongside a tragic Northwest Airlines crash near Minneapolis as neighbor Joan Leighton describes the scene and the Doughty family's loss.
Riverside March 7. Mothers report the public school served noon lunches only as cook Opalera was sick and a substitute could not be found. The article also notes Mrs Forrest Gray's return home from University hospital and updates on local residents and new pupil Kenneth Murdock.
At least a dozen relatives and friends visited homes in the area last weekend and midweek. Ray Cress remains a patient at Oakdale sanitorium while Ed Horak is ill with pneumonia at Washington hospital. Milton Birka helps move Donald Birka to Cedar Rapids for work at Collins Radio. John Soukup Sr recovers from a major operation at Mercy hospital.
A sequence of livestock and farm equipment auctions and sales announced in various Iowa venues. Listings include Whittaker and Kalona sale barns, Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction, Ollie Livestock, Washington County Farm Stores in Kalona, and multiple smaller sales with dates and start times across March. Details name towns, barns, and auctioneers such as Olin, Stanwood, Keota, Winfield, and Earl Kelloge.
The CIO United Auto Workers refused John L. Lewis's offer of a $1 million loan to support the Chrysler strike. UAW President Walter Reuther thanked Lewis but said the union did not need a loan due to member and external contributions. He welcomed outright gifts for Chrysler strikers' relief, noting the strike was in its seventh week.
The House approved the oleomargarine tax repealer by 262 to 106 and sent it to the Senate with passage expected. Representative August H. Andresen opposed the measure, arguing it would hasten the dairy industry's liquidation amid stalled displaced persons debate in the Senate.
The new Highway Postoffice between Muscatine and Des Moines will make its first run Saturday March 11 in Columbus Junction from 2 46 to 2 55 p m The public is invited to inspect the new mail service Mail for the first run may be left at the Columbus Junction post office now.
Rep. Francis Case endorses Harold Lovre’s self financing price support proposal calling for full parity for domestic farm demand. Surpluses would feed needy families via food stamps or be sold on world markets. Case notes it mirrors McNary Haugen principles and would rely on farmer funded marketing quotas.
Mrs Vera Beaty owner of Beaty Beauty Salon has returned from New York City where she took courses in beauty shop work and attended the three day International Beauty Culture convention.
Garry Davis, former U S air force bombardier who renounced his citizenship to become a world citizen, awaits a visa to return to the United States. He hopes to sail March 17 from Europe and says the era of symbolism is over. He notes he may seek to reclaim citizenship, a process that could take five years.
The Business and Professional Women's club with local merchants will host Dollar Day in Columbus Junction on March 10 and 11. Specials and prizes will be offered. J L Stevens of Plymouth visited his wife at Restopia home for their 62nd wedding anniversary. Lloyd Stevens sent a turkey for the Restopia staff. Dr. Helen Johnston of Des Moines attended a family dinner in honor of a 60th wedding anniversary.
Iowa State College and Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station report experimental work shows light traps attract corn borer moths but do not effectively kill them. The summary says light traps are not recommended for Iowa farms and call for better killing devices and further research.
London scaled reports from Sofia say Bulgarian court will sentence Gide Mikhail Shipkov and four co defendants after he pleaded guilty to espionage. State prosecutor Petko Petrinski seeks a just but severe sentence for Shipkov and his Bulgarians associates.
The anniversary notice honors Mr and Mrs R S Johnston Life residents of the vicinity marking years together and their longstanding local ties.
Walter Ferry admitted verbally to killing his wife Myra Ferry 39 during a violent argument over divorce. He tore a telephone from the wall struck her, then used a kitchen knife to stab her in the left breast and left her body on the porch.
Defense lawyers in a Cold War espionage case admit guilt but seek mercy due to extenuating circumstances. Shipkov, 39, a translator for the American Legation in Sofia, and co-defendants faced charges of spying for the United States and Britain. A U S State Department affidavit attested to coercive interrogation methods used in iron curtain regimes.
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