House Group Votes Against Ceiling On Military Manpower
The House Armed Services Committee rejected caps on manpower and endorsed a three year limit for draft service while backing a plan to lower the draft age and create a post emergency universal military training program. Key actions include allowing Congress to halt inductions without the president and releasing reservists who are WWII veterans after one year.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Carl Vinson
Vinson
Rules County Officers Wage Increase Lawful Decision
Atty. Robert Larson ruled that state and local government wage boosts approved by the legislature are not bound by the federal wage freeze. He told Rep. Ernest Kosek that state legislatures may enact wage laws for state and local employees. Larson’s opinion responds to whether federal limits affect county officers pay legislation.
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Des Moines
Robert Larson
Larson
Larsen
Ernest Kosek
Cedar Rapids
Trial of Kitts Opens At Mason City Today
Five guards escorted Kenneth Kitts into federal court for the start of his trial over a $38 000 burglary of a Laur ens state bank last November. Kitts escaped Linn County jail January 2 and was recaptured in Omaha 17 days later. His accomplice Yancy D Hardy also faces bank robbery and transporting stolen money across state lines.
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Mason City
Kenneth Kitts
Laurens State Bank
Kits
Yancy D. Hardy
Kitts
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Hardy
Dapper Kitts
Des Moines Weather Forecast Outlook Friday To Saturday
Des Moines area reports partly cloudy conditions with northwest winds 10 to 15 mph this afternoon. Highs near 28 to 36 with thawing, then cloudy, milder Friday with highs around 38 to 44 and increasing cloudiness Friday night. Saturday looks cloudy and mild with 40 to 45 and possible snow in northwest Iowa by Saturday evening.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Holy Week Meditations at State Theater by Trinity Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran church sponsors a noon Holy Week meditation series at the State theater Monday through Friday next week from 12 80 to 12 55 led by Rev O H Moll. Short meditations on The Words of Jesus from the Cross will run with free venue and piano from Sorden Music Co and Trinity church choir providing music.
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Trinity Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran Church
State Theater
O. H Moll
Moll
Jesus
Sorden Music Co
Trinity Church Choir
Washington County Recovers From Record Snowfall
Washington county lifts snow burden with sun aid as road crews, power teams, and trucks clear business streets. Karl Little thanks Richards Construction for equipment support while central park fills with dumped snow. Rural schools reopen gradually as secondary roads improve. Main highways permit one way traffic and expect quick return to normal.
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Washington County
Washington
Central Park
Karl Little
Richards Construction Co
Lester B. Krabill
Softball Meeting Scheduled Friday Night
Managers of teams and sponsors, umpires and others are asked to meet at the Smart Implement company Friday evening at 7:80 o'clock. The Softball Association board will discuss plans for the coming year during the gathering.
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Washington
Smart Implement Company
Softball Association Board
Schoonover Elected National Angus Breeder Member
H. J. Schoonover of Washington has been elected to membership in the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association in Chicago. Secretary Frank Richards announces Schoonover among twenty five Iowa breeders joining the organization in the past month.
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H. J. Schoonover
Washington
Chicago
Frank Richards
Mr. Schoonover
Iowa
First Flight Of FD 1 Small Jet Fighter In Aircraft
A small experimental jet fighter plane the FD 1 flown for the first time by Group Capt. R. G. Slade chief test pilot for Fairey Aviation. The aircraft lands quickly and uses a built in parachute to slow descent and features sweptback wings with no tail structure.
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London
R. G. Slade
Fairey Aviation Co
Inflation Talk Fails To Halt Trend Says U S Fed
UP correspondent reports inflation has devalued the dollar to buy a 50 cent cigar as the Fed blames inflationary lending by federal agencies and government spending. It urges a federal budget and tax plan and notes GM data on rising taxes despite higher profits, highlighting government spending as a prime inflation factor.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
Congress
General Motors Coronation
Federal Reserve
Plan Rites Saturday For Mrs. Edna Parks
Mrs. Edna Ross Parks died Wednesday in Kansas City Missouri. Graveside rites are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Elm Grove cemetery here. Arrangements are handled by Sherman’s Funeral Home. She lived in the community about 85 years ago and operated the Colenso hotel. A service will be held as part of the rites.
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Edna Ross Parks
Kansas City
Missouri
Elm Grove
Sherman
Parks
Colenso Hotel
UN Forces Take Hongchong Base Drive Toward Chunchon
UN troops seized the Hongchong supply base in central Korea and pushed tank columns toward Chunchon as Seoul and wider front lines moved north. MacArthur said defenses along the parallel are impractical, favoring maneuver over static lines to defeat Chinese forces and unify Korea.
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Hongchong
Central
Korea
Tokyo
United Nations
Chunchon
Seoul
Hongdong
Douglas MacArthur
Hugh Baillie
United Press
MacArthur
Yalu River
Baillie
Yalu
Gordon Gammack to Speak at Washington High
Gordon Gammack, noted columnist and war correspondent for the Des Moines Register and Tribune, will speak Tuesday March 20 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. The event is sponsored by the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce with tickets from Jaycee members or the Skelgas store. He recently returned from Korea and will discuss life with the GI in Korea and include recorded interviews with armed forces members.
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Gordon Gammack
Washington
Gammack
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Washington Skelgas
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Korea
Mangold to Observe Sixteenth Anniversary
Harold Mangold marks his sixteenth year in Washington as a radiator tire and radio dealer. He began in 1928 with a half interest in J and M Tire Shop and opened his own tire radiator and radio venture in 1935. He relocated in 1942 and 1945, adding television and hearing aid sales, and recently his son Carlton joined as partner.
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Harold Mangold
Washington
Mr. Mangold
North Town Avenue
Brown's Courtesy Corner
Carlton
Funeral Friday For A J Riley In Coppock
Coppock resident A J Riley died Tuesday at his north Coppock home. Short services at 1 pm at his Riley home followed by a 1 30 pm funeral at Cottonwood church with Rev. Lloyd Patton in charge. Burial in Wayland cemetery. He was born August 18 1865 at Gravity Indiana and married Anna Griffin in 1893 who died in 1935.
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A. J
Jack) Riley
Cottonwood Church
Coppock
Riley
Coppoeck
Lloyd Patton
Wayland
Omar Hoskins
Mr. Riley
Gravity, Land
Anna Griffin
Marriage License Issued for Jobst and Davis
A marriage license was issued in the office of district court clerk R R Noon at the courthouse to Marvin Carl Jobst of Dexter and Martha Louise Davis of Washington.
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R. R. Noonan
Court House
Marvin Carl Jobst
Dexter
Martha Louise Davis
Washington
American Troops Enter Seoul Amid Sobs and Caution
American troops move into Seoul, greeted by sobs and thin cheers from an aged, ailing population living amid ruins. First Lieutenant John H. Hougen leads a seven-man patrol through the destroyed capital as civilians ask if the liberators will stay.
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Seoul
John H. Hougen
Minneapolis
County Officials Salary Measure Heads to State Senate
Iowa Senate committees reviewed county officers pay, subversive acts penalties, and college appropriations. Top salaries set at 5 200 with county attorneys removed. University of Iowa and state college funding adjusted. educators at Cedar Falls also funded.
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State Senate
DES Moines
Board of Education
Iowa State Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
William S. Beardsley
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
School For the Deaf
Iowa State Teachers College
State College
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Grape Vine Pruning Demonstration Scheduled Friday
The grape vine pruning demonstration will be held Friday at 1 PM at the Farm Bureau building despite snow. County extension director Tom Robb announced the event, inviting all interested persons to attend. The demonstration is sponsored by the extension service and the vocational agriculture department at the high school.
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Farm Bureau
Tom Robb
Extension Service
Vocational Agricultu Department
High Sea
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Shane C. Ross
RFC
Hubert Steele
Joseph Rosenbaum
Joseph Casey
Rosenbaum Law Firm
International Soundphotos
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U. S. 24Th Division
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A. J. Riley
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