Army Reserve Unit To Be Located Here In Washington
The Fifth Army orders establish a Headquarters and Headquarters detachment for a new Army Ordnance Reserve battalion in Washington effective February 1. The 872nd Ordnance Company remains here with Edsal Brown as its commander. Bob Hansen is battalion executive officer and Roy Fields leads Headquarters Detachment.
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Army Ordnance Reserve
Washington
Bill Perdock
Fifth Army
Perdock
872Nd Ordnance Company
72Nd Ordnance Company
Edsal Brown
Anti Stalin Drive Gains Momentum In Soviet Union
The drive to denigrate Stalin from a one man rule to collective leadership gained momentum after Khrushchev's Mos cow speech at the 20th party congress. Malenkov backed dissent outside the collective leadership at a London Labor Party banquet, signaling a shift in Soviet policy and public reaction.
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Josef Stalin
Red Saint
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Malenkov
Soviet Union
Des Moines Council Delays Action on Manager Ouster
Des Moines City Council voted 3 to 2 to postpone a motion to fire City Manager Leon ard Howell after an emotional debate. Mayor Mills and ex-councilwoman Ruby Holton spoke as Mills, wheelchair bound since a 1952 polio attack, faced personal strains during the session. The postponement keeps Howell in place while allies and opponents trade arguments over executive power and council authority.
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Des Moines
Leonard Howell
Howell
Ray Mills
Frank McGowan
Mills
Ruby Holton
Miss Holton
McGowan
Robert Conley
Conley
Allan Denny
Charles Hes
Denny
Women's Republican Club Meeting Planned for Thursday
The Woman's Republican Club will meet Thursday at 2 30 p m in Mrs Edith Beenblossom's home with Walter Kiesey county assessor speaking on official duties at the courthouse The group will plan the Republican rally set for Saturday April 14 at the high school All Republican women are invited and transportation calls go to Mrs Phil Weldin
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Woman's Republican Club
Edith Beenblossom
Walter Kiesey
Court House
Robert Day
Phil Weldin
One third of U.S. gasoline stations lack full time staff
A survey reports that about one third of all gasoline service stations in the United States operate without any full-time employees. The finding highlights labor structure in the industry and potential underemployment issues across regional markets.
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U.S
Red Cross workers thanked for layettes to air base and hospitals
Mrs. John W. Cherry of Washington County Red Cross reports praise from Goodfellow Air Force Base Texas Field Director for three layettes. Additional layettes are being prepared for Fort Crowder Missouri Army Hospital and outpatient dependents care. Volunteers knit spiral socks and afghans for the hospitals.
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John W. Cherry
Washington County
Red Cross
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Texas
United States Army Hospital
Fort Crowder
Missouri
Army Hospital
Cherry
First Day of Spring Arrives Amid Snow Across Regions
The calendar marked spring but a deadly blizzard paralyzed the eastern seaboard with at least 127 deaths from Maine to Virginia. Temperatures ranged from well below freezing in the south to near spring in much of the nation while Leap Day shifted the season’s start by one day. Capistrano swallows arrive on St. Joseph’s Day as they have for 142 years.
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Maine
Virginia
New England
Southland
Alabama
Massena
N.Y
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Equator
Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano
Calif
St. Joseph's Day
Basketball Banquet Highlights Ike Moon Talk at Washington High
Paul C. Moon, former Davenport coach and speaker, addressed Washington High School's first annual basketball banquet in the old gym. Chamber of Commerce sponsors. students from high and junior high attend as guests of honor. Moon urged goals, knowledge, action and stressed sportsmanship and hard work. Principal Paetz awarded Charles Morris a W monogram for his coverage work.
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Paul C. Moon
Davenport
Washington High School
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Harold Kerr
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Kerr
Tom English
al Fritz
Mr English
Glenn Drahn
Jim Knapp
Paul Strathman
Carl Paetz
Charles Morris
The
Evening Journal
Funeral Today for Charles E Brookhart in Elm Grove Cemetery
Military rites were held in Elm Grove cemetery this afternoon for Charles E Ned Brookhart. A native of Washington he died in Washington DC on Thursday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Smith W Brookhart and was reared in the Washington community. He had worked in the foreign service division of the United States Commerce department until his retirement in 1951.
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Elm Grove Cemetery
Charles E
Ned) Brookhart
Mr. Brookhart
Washington
Washington, D.C
Smith W. Brookhart
Foreign Service Division
United States Commerce Department
New England Struck By Weekend Storms Two Blasts
The northeast cold front brought two weekend storms killing at least 156 people across seven states. New Jersey 27, Pennsylvania 9, New York 8, plus 24 more in New England. Major coastal towns faced snow, closed schools, and transportation gridlock as crews battled the 1 to 2 foot snow cover and high tides.
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New York
Midwest
New England
Cape Hatteras
Cape Cod
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Knowland Doubts Farm Bill Will Pass As-Is
Senate GOP leaders say President Eisenhower would veto the farm bill unless a House Senate conference committee modifies it. The measure, approved 95 to 2, would raise farmers' income this election year with soil bank participation and modified price supports, and heads to the House for possible rewrite.
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
White House
Eisenhower
House
Knowland
Calif
Senate House Conference Committee
Conference Committee
Chicago arson suspected in 17 fires kill four people
Chicago police suspect arson in a wave of 17 fires that killed four residents and caused about 850000 in damage. Fires began Saturday night and continued with arson confirmed in some cases. West Side blazes on Monday, two near each other, prompted a police hero to save 12. fires set with burning newspapers and linked to other fatal blazes in South Side hotels and boiler rooms.
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Chicago
West Side
South Side
FBI Chief Blames Parents for Crime Upturn
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover blamed "softheaded" parents for the postwar crime wave calling it a youth problem. He urged families to instill respect for God law and others noting major crimes rose until 1954 and a rough pace persisted in 1955 with 2,255,000 offenses and property crimes mainly among those under 21.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
God
Hoover
Boy Scouts
House
Progress Report on Red Cross Campaign in Washington County
Mrs J Don Hazen, Washington County campaign chairman, reported about 1 400 members signed and $3 034 51 in cash contributed by residents. Riverside led outlying towns with 101 members and $151 35 toward 1956 quota. Hazen urged workers to finish quickly and donate amid after 1955 disaster needs.
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O'’Loughlin
Riverside
Mary Baschnagel
Rose M. Cress
Geneva Schnoebelen
Glenn Younkin
Miriam Heitzman
Marge Luckey
Hazen
Red Cross
Second Balloon Is Sent Aloft Today
In Iowa City scientists launched a large skyhook balloon with 170 pounds of research gear to study cosmic rays. The 23 mile high craft lifted at 6 30 a m CST and carries a timing device to drop the payload after nine hours.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Mount Morris
N.Y
New Postal Rates Would Cost Local Residents $20 500 Yearly
The proposed bill in Congress would raise postal rates by about 17 percent overall, boosting first class to four cents per ounce and air mail to seven cents. In Washington the annual local cost would rise from 112 000 to 132 500 dollars, a 20 500 increase. The plan aims to reduce post office deficits with higher charges on mail and second class items.
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New York
Congress
Washington
Arthur Summerfield
Eisenhower
Post Office Department
Des Moines Teachers Win Salary Increases
Des Moines teachers with college degrees receive pay raises from $200 to $330 after a 4.37 percent rise in the average salary of the city’s 1,255 classroom teachers. The school board approved the increases Monday following last week’s vote.
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Des Moines
Izaak Walton Meeting in Chicago Chapter Cancelled
The Chicagua Izaak Walton league dinner meeting scheduled for Monday night at Washington High School gym is cancelled due to the Harlem Globetrotters game. Corbin Crawford, chapter president, announced the regular dinner will be rescheduled for April per the schedule.
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Harlem Globetrotters
Washington High School
Chicagua
Izaak Walton League
Corbin Crawford
Candidate Would Give His Salary to Charity
Ernes t Bauwens a 37 year old Rock Island Democrat running for state representative in the 39th district says he will donate his salary to charity if he wins the nomination He is publisher of a Quad City television guide and one of five Democrats in the April primary.
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Rock Island, Ill
Ernest Bauwens
Rock Island
Bauwens
Lee Holland Named School Board Head
Lee A. Holland was named president of the Washington Independent School District board of education at the first meeting after elections. John Lee and William Perdock were sworn in as new or returning members, with Dr. M. J. Cruise and John Winga on the board as others. The session covered teacher contracts and pay scales with contracts to be offered soon.
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Lee A. Holland
Board of Education
Washington Independent School District
Holland
John Lee
William Perdock
M. J. Cruise
John Winga
Danville Feud Over Bawdy Houses Involving Air Force Chief
Danville and Chanute Air Force Base clash as Brig. Gen. A M Minton accuses local brothels of endangering 17 to 20 year old airmen after eight fall ill from venereal disease. Mayor Hicks accuses publicity stunt and calls for open talks to protect the command. Sheriff Hendrickson investigates alleged underage prostitution linked to the town.
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Danville
Chanute Air Force Base
Girth N. Hicks
A. M. Minton
Hicks
Minton
Georgia
William C. Hendrickson
Chanute
Hendrickson
Weather Iowa Five Day Forecast
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a cooler rest of the period. Wednesday brings scattered showers in the southeast, turning colder in the west. Lows in the 30s. highs 47 to 55, then 56 to 62 in the southeast. Thursday cooler after partly cloudy. Temperatures average 3 to 6 degrees below normal with normal highs 48 north 55 south. Showers eastern Iowa Wednesday and statewide Friday or Saturday, 1 to 2 tenths inch.
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Iowa
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Elin Hope
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Izaak Walton
Lee Holland
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