Iowa Senate OKs Key Bill in 20 Year Road Plan
The Iowa Senate passed a major road program bill 45 to 0, sending it to the governor. The measure creates a road use tax fund funded by gas, auto fees and federal aid, totaling about 52.6 million annually for roads. Distribution splits: 42% primary, 35% secondary, 15% farm to market, 8% towns. Farm to market funds favor area over need. northern counties win a House amendment. Also sent to the governor is a retirement bill for state highway patrol, criminal investigation, and fire protection staff, similar to municipal police and firemen plans.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Northern
House
Senate
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Fire Protection
Public Safety Department
Honor Roll Awards At St James Parochial School
Eight students at St James parochial school earned first honors on the honor roll for the six weeks. Named are Dorothy Kos Janice Kos Sally Bruty Jarold Rogers Kathleen Mattes Frances Teiffer Kathie Gevock Barbara Minnick. Second honors go to Audrey Wittetoe Patricia Richardson Barbara Redlinger Rosalita Peiffer Mary Ruth Minnick Linda Lintz. Additional awards listed for greatest improvement and most awards to Sally Bruty Peggy Bruty and Mary Catherine Friese.
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St. James Parochial School
Axe
Dorothy Kos
Janice Kos
Sally Bruty
Jarold Rogers
Kathleen Mattes
Frances Teiffer
Kathie Gevock
Barbara Minick
Audrey Wittetoe
Patricia Richardson
Barbara Redlinger
Rosalita Peiffer
Mary Ruth Minick
Linda Lintz
Margaret Peiffer
Margaret Baker
Madeline Redeker
Jerry Sojka
Dick Hensley
Jerry Horak
David Flynn
Tommy Horak
Peggy Bruty
Mary Catherine Friese
Mrs Emil Ziegler Died in Illinois Buffalo Prairie
Word reached Washington today of the death of Mrs Emil Ziegler at Buffalo Prairie Illinois. She was a sister of Mrs Louise Reaney and had visited here several times. Funeral arrangements were not yet fixed. Mrs Reaney left this afternoon for Buffalo Prairie Illinois.
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Washington
Emil Ziegler
Buffalo Prairie
Ill
Des Moines Weather Summary for Friday Sunny With Cold Night
Generally sunny this afternoon with northerly winds and high temperatures in the mid 30s. Tonight will be clear and cold with lows from 8 to 14 north central and 15 to 20 elsewhere. Tomorrow brings increasing clouds and warmer temperatures with highs 36 to 42 as southerly winds 15 to 20 mph move into the state.
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Des Moines
Mar
Elk Dinner Planned by Chicaqua Chapter in Washington Club
Chicaqua chapter of the Izaak Walton league hosts an elk dinner Monday evening March 28 at the Washington Golf and Country club. Des Moines Register writer Reece Ruttle will speak. The full elk carcass is bought for the meal. unused meat will be auctioned. The program includes a progress report on the Izaak Walton Sports Show set for May 3 and 4 at the armory, chaired by Frank B. Miller and Bill Sitler.
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Chicaqua
Izaak Walton League
Washington Golf and Country Club
Reece Ruttle
The
Des Moines Register
Cresco
Iowa
Izaak Walton
Armory
Frank B. Miller
Bill Sitler
Legion Sponsors World Federalist Talk
David Stanley of Iowa City will speak at 8:00 p m next Monday in the high school auditorium on History Is Looking For You under the American Legion Americanism program. The event is open to the public with no admission, a voluntary offering to buy playground equipment for Sunset Park. Stanley is executive director for Iowa with the United World Federalists, a group seeking limited world government via the United Nations. He joined the movement after studying at the University of Iowa and has attended all national conferences since February 1947.
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The
American Legion
David Stanley
Iowa City
Iowa
Sunset Park
United Worldederalists
Stanley
State of
United Nations
Mr. Stanley
University of Iowa
Fire at Sidwell Ice Cream building on West Second
Washington firemen responded last evening to a fire in the Sidwell Ice Cream Co. building on West Second Street. Quick action by firefighters confined the damage to the electric motor which caused the blaze.
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Washington
Sidwell Ice Cream Co
West Second Street
President Hopes to Push Fair Deal in Congress
President Truman said he still hopes to push major parts of the Fair Deal through Congress despite opposition from southern Democrats and others. He noted a three party system in Washington and expressed optimism some opponents may change mind, while praising calls on the North Atlantic defense pact and readiness to consider developments.
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Congress
Key West
Fla
Truman
White House
DeMolay Members to Worship in Ainsworth
Ames DeMolay chapter plans a worship service at Ainsworth Methodist church on Sunday morning March 20 at 11 o clock. About 25 to 30 Washington county boys are expected for this year s visitation. Master councilor Richard Maxwell leads the group with Dads Don Maxwell and Edward Squire assisting. The church choir will sing In Joseph s Lovely Garden by Dickinson.
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Ainsworth
Mar
Ames Chapter
de Molay
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Washington County
DeMolay
Richard Maxwell
Don Maxwell
Edward Squire
Joseph's
Dickinson
St Patrick Social Draws Two Hundred At TOOF Hall
About two hundred people attended the Odd Fellow Rebekah St Patrick's day social at the TOOF hall. The program featured Irish songs and a court trial for those not wearing green, with guilty participants performing stunts. Cockayne orchestra of Winfield provided dancing music, and pie and coffee were served by Mrs G A Reinert and her committee.
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Rebekah
St. Patrick's Day
Toof Hall
St. Patrick’'s Court
Cockayne Orchestra
Winfield
G. A Reinert
Wade
Noted religious leader to speak at union service
Dr. Harris Franylin Rall of Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston Illinois, will address the union evening service at the Methodist church during Lent. The Washington Ministerial association arranged the event to feature outstanding religious scholars. Dr Rall has taught theology for decades and written widely, with his Christianity volume winning the 1940 Bross Prize.
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Dr. Rall
America
Methodist
Harris Franylin Rall
Garrett Biblical Statute
Evanston
Illinois
Union
Washington Ministerial Association
University of Iowa
Yale Divinity School
Halle-Wittenberg
Bross
Garrett Biblical Institute
Ball
Tickets by Mail for Y's Men's Club Play
The Y's Men's club launches mail order tickets for its fifth annual home talent play The Whole Town's Talking. Ted Brown notes the aim is easy access for fans in the country, with orders for performances on March 30 through April 1 received with payment and best seats allocated.
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Y’s
Y's
Journal
Ted Brown
Brown
Mystery Comedy Tiger Blouse staged by Washington Junior Class
Washington high school junior class presents Tiger Blouse a mystery comedy by Robert St Clair in the auditorium on Thursday and Friday March 24 25 The plot follows Erma Lowrie an heir in a murdered aunt tale with a ghost phantom tiger and eerie noises The cast includes Frances Milley Yami a Hindu Clair Davis Sophia Broderick Lovila Sojka Virginia Messenger and others Tickets are sold by junior class members with reserved seating at Phillips Drug Store or from cast members.
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Washington High School
Robert St. Clair
Erma Lowrie
Sylvia
Frances Milley Yami
Clair Davis
Sophia Broderick
Lovila Sojka
Murdock
Virginia Messenger MacIntosh
Paul George Arthur Hale
Dan Holland
Oswald Kerins
Jim Stone
Peggy van Ess
JoAnn Wilson Tromeso
Joel Strait
Sao
Louise Redlinger
Wendell Rider
Gordon McCreedy
Dick Tweeten
Harry Ramseyer
Arlene Knupp
Jane ‘Lanner
Don Gardner
Gerald Koch
Ronnie Gray
Phillips Drug Store
Seeds from California Grow Giants in India’s Himalayas
California seeds help plant giant red wood trees in India’s Himalayan region to boost forest wealth. The initiative aims to expand timber resources and local biodiversity, reflecting cross border cooperation in environmental restoration efforts.
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California
Himalayan
India
Atlantic Pact Would Pledge United States To Repel Red Attack
The North Atlantic treaty would bind the United States to defend western Europe for 20 years while reserving discretion to use only such force as deemed necessary. The pact creates a 20 year collective defense among the United States Canada and western Europe against Soviet aggression with armed attack on any member triggering aid. Ratification faces Senate hearings and debate with possible opposition. officials expect prompt ratification after signing in April.
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United States
Washington
Mar
Western Europe
Canada
Europe
Russia
Berlin
Ger
North Atlantic
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senate
Evangelist KF McPeek to Open Series at Christian Tabernacle
Evangelist KF McPeek of Montebello California will open a series of evangelistic services at the Christian Tabernacle Sunday evening March 7. He is a former railroad engineer who entered the ministry and has pastored several churches. Services will be at 7 30 each evening except Saturday according to Rev W J Stevens pastor.
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KF. Bk. Mcveek
Montebello
Calif
Christian Tabernacle
McPeek
W. J. Stevens
Arthur Brayton Address Delivers Chamber Dinner Message
A near capacity crowd at the YMCA heard Arthur Brayton executive secretary of the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Convention bureau speak on selling the world effectively and returning to core salesmanship. He urged focus on knowing merchandise presenting it well and following through.
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Arthur Brayton
Chamber of Commerce
YMCA
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Convention Bureau
Brayton
Increase List of Petit Jurors
A list adding 25 names to the Mareh term petit jurors is announced by R R Noonan district court clerk. Jurors must report Monday morning March 21 at nine as Judge Patterson presides over Swift vs Ainsworth State Bank.
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Mareh
R. R. Noonan
J. Go. Patterson
Swift
Ainsworth State Bank
Merle Allison
Fourth Ward
Tom Carter
Brighton
Raymond Dautremont
Iowa Township
Iris Durst
Franklin Center
Roy Flynn
Iowa
Val Fuhr
Robert Gage
Wellman
Virginia Gingerich
Aileen Gislain
Nira
R. B. Haight
M. A. Johnson
Kalona
Marjory Libe
Mary Loveless
Lloyd Marek
Jackson Township
Laura Orr
West Chester
Frederick Reid
Lawrence Romine
Indian Railways Operates 7 198 Stations Nationwide
The statement notes that India operates seven thousand one hundred ninety eight railway stations across its network. It highlights the breadth of the rail system and suggests widespread reach across states and regions.
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Hugues le Gallais
Luxembourg
E. N. van Rieffens
Netherlands
Baron Silvercruys
Belgium
W. M. de Morgenstierne
Norway
Acheson
Henri Bonnet
France
Hume Wrong
Oliver Franks
Great Britain
Senate Armed Service Committee
Mon Wiullgren
National Security Resources Board
St. Patrick Social
Miller
Union Choir
Pr. Harris Franklin Rall
Tom Connally
Senate Committee
William F. Knowland
Cal
Kenneth S. Wherry
Neb
Scott Lucas
Lucas
International Soundphoto
Mr. Brayton
Fred EB. Miller
L. J. Kehoe
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Washington Business Men's
Townsley Park
Chauauqua Grounds
Kehoe
Mr. Kehoe
Dale Booth
Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Ericcson
Theodore Timby
Ericcson
Quebec
James Wolfe
Marquis de Montcalm
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