No Cause for Fear if an Intimate Friend Stays Close
An editorial column from the March 26 1948 issue discusses fear of a new war, the need for strong national defense, and skepticism about the European Recovery Program. It cites Senator Harry Byrd’s stance on military strength, fiscal solvency, and avoiding long term foreign aid, plus reflections on education and public issues. It ends with a quip about relationships.
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Harry Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Russia
United States
America
Europe
China
Korea
Stalin
Washington guardsmen called to quell strikes in three decades
Three times Washington soldiers from the Iowa National Guard were summoned by governors to restore order during strikes. In 1911 the Muscatine clash led by Captain Charles A. Dewey saw Company PD, 54th Infantry deployed. in 1932 Troop F of the 118th Cavalry protected Tipton Burlington and Fairfield during the cow war. in 1925 the same troop guarded the Maytag plant at Newton. Jay Brown, Washington postmaster, served on all three missions, with Tim Dodd also present on all three calls.
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Washington
Iowa National Guard
Jay Brown
Muscatine
Tipton
Burlington
Fairfield
Newton
Maytag
54Th Infantry
Armory
Charles A. Dewey
LeRoy Schilling
Earl Hout
118Th Cavalry
Iowa
Captain Brown
Walter Cover
Harry Donaldson
Camp Dodge
Calvary
Dougall
Eldora
Iowa State Guard
Umbrella view and city life amid rain and recollections
The piece sketches a rainy day in a small city with scenes at the bus station, a theatre sign shift for Gone With the Wind, and locals like Barbara Moon and Mrs. Earl Bickford. It notes ducks northward signaling spring, a farm mother defending rural work, and memories of Washington soldiers in past state duties alongside a Mt. Pleasant hospital visit and a Washington Junior College octet performance.
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Golia Miller
Legion Auxiliary Project
Mt. Pleasant
Washington Junior College
Don’t choke on your spinach week winds down
Local residents report rising water in creeks and field low spots flooded. Residents discuss city life and community scenes as H Co Finney oversees his grandson David Ee of Massaena visiting. Robins spotted by Mrs Raymond Miller on South Avenue B.
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Merle Twinam
Crawfordsville
Wate
H. Co. Finney
David Ee
Massena
David
Raymond Miller
South Avenue B
Robins
Billy King Stars in Texas Trail at Fox Theatre
Billy King is spotlighted in the Hopalong Cassidy thriller Texas Trail opening Sunday at the Fox Theatre. The young rider displays outstanding riding skill, a skill that earned him thirty rodeo championships before age twelve, with William Boyd George Hayes Russell Hayden and Judith Allen in the cast.
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Billy King
Fox Theatre
Billy
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
George Hayes
Russell Hayden
Judith Allen
Dave Sellman
Robert Cummings Shifts From Acting to Directing After Fifty Fifth Role
Top star Robert Cummings, who has played a wide range of roles from westerns to comedy and drama, is now pursuing directing and producing. Having completed his fifty fifth portrayal co starring with Susan Hayward in Walter Wanger's The Lost Moment, he seeks new creative challenges.
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Robert Cummings
Susan Hayward
Walter Wanger
Washington Iowa newspaper subscription rates and staff list
The Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff roles including publisher editors and managers. It also outlines subscription rates by carrier in Washington and mail rates within and outside Iowa with several term options and advance payment requirement.
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the Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Elder, Shannon . Co
Publishers JR
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Washington
Gromyko Refutes Chilean Charge At United Nations
At Lake Success New York Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko counters a Chilean accusation of Soviet political aggression against Czechoslovakia. He denounces Czech delegate Dr Jan Papanek as a traitor and says the charges are invalid. Vladimir Houdek succeeds Papanek as Czech UN delegate.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Lake Success
N. Y
Jan Papanek
Vladimir Houdek
Papanek
Gromyko
Czechoslovakia
UN Security Council
Bob Cummings Plans Expanded Role in Career
Bob Cummings says he will never give up acting and plans to expand his work by directing and producing. He discusses balancing acting with new behind the scenes roles as he hits a career milestone at the Fox Theatre Sunday.
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Fox Theatre
Cummings
Bob
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Rus
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