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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1950
Page
6
The Sport Shop Comets, playing without guard John Shepherd, fell 72 to 51 to a five from Iowa City in a Boy Scouts Troop 30 benefit. Denton 20 and Maxwell 15 led the Comets. Bob Wollers paced Iowa City with 25. Denton and Maxwell were the top scorers for the hosts.
New York's pig herd in 1949 reached 384000 head, a small increase from 1948. The national pig crop totaled 96301000 head, the third highest on record.
Keota's 1A conference squad placed three players on the all league team with two named to the first team. Dick Fuller and Ian Norenberg are forwards from North English and Keota respectively, while George Chambers anchors center for Keota. Guards include Duane Gingerich Kalona, Dick Shettler Wellman, Dave Green North English, and Marlin Aller Keota, with other guards appearing on lower lists. Honorable mentions include Driscoll Williamsburg Rampleberg Wellman Byrne Keota Hadley Richland and Miller Wellman.
Iowa City hosts the 1950 state high school basketball finals with six class B teams and five from each other class advancing to a unified finals bracket. Des Moines East, a class AA school, faces Winfield, a class B team, in the opening game followed by Sioux City Central versus Albert City and Dubuque Loras against Marion, then Melrose versus Ankeny. Semifinals set for Friday, with championship and consolation games Saturday.
Actress Joan Leslie and Dr. William Caldwell wed in Santa Barbara California with Reverend James Lyons of San Francisco performing the ceremony. The event drew news photographers as the couple posed after the wedding.
West Chester gym buzzed as the seniors defeated the freshmen 65 to 20 to win the intra class basketball title. Tucker led the seniors with 18 points while Neil topped the freshmen with six. discipline sidelined three freshmen players.
The Baptist YMCA senior church league defeated Methodist 35 to 23 to tie for first with St James as the regular season ends. A Thursday title game will determine the champion with a post season dinner on March 27 at 6 15 pm at the YMCA.
Federal, state, and city authorities targeted a ring selling horse meat as beef in loins across the country. About 12,000 pounds were seized in a Chicago southside warehouse. Leaders named but not yet arrested. meat moved from Kansas City to South Bend then labeled as tenderloins in Chicago. Minnesota owner connected to the meat with processing details disclosed by officials.
Washington's YMCA swimming pool will be reserved Wednesday evening for the sub district Youth Fellowship meeting of the Methodist church. No other swimmers will be allowed after 7 o'clock.
The YMCA will begin a men’s volleyball class next Monday evening announced by Art Brown the YMCA secretary. Sessions run 5 31 to 6 39 on Mondays and Thursdays and open to current league players and any interested men. YMCA team No 1 clinched the league trophy this season.
Eight people died when their auto swerved and collided head on with an oil transport on Death Curve in Rockton Illinois. The truck driver Willis Spring 29 of Monticello Wis survived with minor injuries. Firefighters battled flames as rescuers recovered victims. Coroner said deaths were instant or from impact injuries.
FBI to investigate charges that John L Lewis used secret signals to keep miners from pits during the coal strike. Assistant Attorney General Morison ordered the inquiry after Lloyd Sidener claimed complex signals countermanded two back to work orders from Judge Richmond Reech. Beasley denied Sidener’s statement. Morison cites only newspaper reports as basis.
The mung bean, used for sprouts in chop suey and other Chinese dishes, became a major American crop in World War II. Grown mainly in Oklahoma, it hit a 24.2 million pound peak in 1945, with demand dropping after the war to about one third of that level by 1949.
Sleepy Sam collapsed after one last cigarette and died, authorities report a fatal end tied to smoking. Witnesses say he appeared fine before the cigarette. The tragedy prompts family grief and a local health warning about tobacco risks.
Bruce Cowden notes spring arrival feels like winter with overcast skies and cool temps in eastern Iowa. He explains vernal equinox marks start of spring and recounts coal deliveries loosening after miners return, plus R. E. Brown’s Mardi Gras trip from Washington to Sioux City and New Orleans, including his first airplane travel.
The Washington Rotary club enjoyed a lively program led by Mel Hill as program chairman. High school pupils showcased skills while Stewart grade school children borrowed instruments to perform short, earnest pieces, hinting at future band participation under expert guidance from Mr. HY with Milo Sorden aiding.
Community Sais hosts Friday sales at Whittaker sale barn. Kalona Sales Barn and Midway Sales Company run weekly livestock sales on Thursday and Wednesday. Ollie Livestock Exchange holds Tuesday sales. March 24 features Dairy Heifer Public Sale at Purebred Sa Pavilion near Keota starting 1:00 PM. March 24 also marks a dissolution sale of Guernsey cows near Eldon starting 1:00 PM. March 25 sees a postponed Spotted Poland China gilt sale at Gibson Commission Company West Liberty Pavilion starting 1:50 PM.
The Stewart school group music program arranged transportation but the car borrowed from Mr. Hill ran low on gas. A passerby in a jeep towed the youngsters the rest of the way to the YMCA. They arrived late, yet high school musicians performed acceptably on scene.
Classified notices and advertisements from the Washington Iowa paper list various personal and business items. Subscriptions and mail options are noted, with pricing for in town and outside Iowa services and related publishing details.
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