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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1950

Page

4

East West clash in Iowa state basketball tourney quarterfinals

Eight teams spar in the state high school tourney quarters with East vs West matchups. Davenport overwhelmed Kirkwood 70 28, Shelby upset Keokuk 52 48, Dinsdale beat Montezuma 39 34, Atlantic ousted Holy Family 36 34, and Marion faced Ankeny while additional night games pitted Davenport, Shelby, and Dinsdale in the next round before 8348 fans.

Iowa City Winfield Henry County Iowa Sioux City Marion Ankeny David and Goliath Shelby Davenport Dinsdale Atlantic Newkirk Keokuk Little Dinsdale Montezuma Mason City Holy Family Newkirk Club Blue Devils Ottumwa Marvin Meserschmidt Cardinals Messerschmidt Ray Fontana Melrose Tama County Hawkeye Phil Vega Don Woolley

Local Optometrist Conclave Held in Waterloo

Dr. M. R. Van Orden of Ithaca led a three day conclave on corrective visual care at Hotel Russell Lam sen Waterloo ending Tuesday. John W. Lemmon, local optometrist, attended among 391 northeast Iowa visual training study group members. He cited new techniques to halt progression of nearsightedness, noting children reach reading readiness between ages four and seven.

M. R. van Orden Ithaca N. Y Hotel Russell Lamsen Waterloo John W. Lemmon Northeast Iowa van Orden The

Killers and Shooting Stars Win In YWCA Basketball Night

In the YWCA girls league on the YM court the Killers beat the Live Yers 36 to 22 as Jane Tanner led with 15 points and Donna Patterson scored 1 point. The Shooting Stars then defeated the Pepperettes 35 to 30 with Ruth Shaffer contributing 23 points.

The Killers Shooting Stars YWCA Jane Tanner Donna Patterson Charlotte Hutt Marie Lee Joy Davis Pepperettes Stars Ruth Shaffer Donna Hughes Joanne Krabill Jane Whitehead Marilyn Falk

Bomber lands safely after 10 hour radio silence

A B 29 Superfortress from Spokane base landed safely at 7 am CST after 10 hours without radio contact on a routine training mission. 12 crew members were aboard and Air Rescue units were en route from McChord to assist. Captain K D McFarland said pilot 1st Lt Robert Harris completed the Round Robin Radar mission to Denver without radio messages.

Spokane Wash Midwest McChord Air Force Base Tacoma K. D. McFarland Harris Denver Colo McFarland

B 29 Communication Fails During Round Robin Flight

A B 29 lost radio contact shortly after takeoff at 7 10 p m CST yesterday. Radar at Denver failed to detect the plane during its bombing run. The craft was part of a group of 23 B 29s conducting a Round Robin training flight over Great Falls Salina Utah Sioux City Fort Collins Denver Salt Lake City Walla Walla and back to Spokane.

Denver Great Falls Salina Utah Sioux City Fort Collins Colo Salt Lake City Wala Walla Wash Spokane

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