Patterson urges rapid ratification of Atlantic pact
Former Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Atlantic pact will deter Soviet aggression by giving the West greater power than Moscow can muster. He urged speed to influence the Paris meeting and argued for a firmer Atlantic Union after ratification.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Russia
Senate
Patterson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
West
Moscow
Atlantic Union Committee
Tom Connally
Tex
Germany
Atlantic Union
Connally
Dean Acheson
U. S
Paris
Politics blamed for deaths at Allen County old people home
Dr Noah Zehr and colleagues inspected the Allen County home after 29 deaths in 35 days. They found the facility clean and saw no need for grand jury action. Officials noted higher death rates in heat waves and influenza and cited cancer deaths among the 29.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Allen County
Noah Zehr
Paul Bailey
James Jackson
Indianapolis
State Health Board
Zehr
William F. Roussey
Allen County Board of Commissioners
Roussey
Des Moines Weather Forecast
Decreasing cloudiness in the north and west with cloudy southeast this afternoon. Temperatures in the low 60s. Clearing and cooler tonight with lows 40 to 45 north and 45 to 50 south. Tomorrow will be fair and cool with a high around 65. Northeasterly winds 15 to 29 mph this afternoon, light and variable tomorrow.
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Washington High School Music Students Sweep State Finals
Washington High School vocal and instrumental groups earned eight Division I and four Division II ratings at the state contest finals in Perry. However a clerical error initially listed the girls sextet as Division II. judges later corrected the record, confirming the sextet as top among their class. The sextet included Petty Tait and Marguerite Utterback among others, with additional Division I honors for the girls trio, madrigal group, mixed quartet, drum ensemble, and several soloists. Division II winners included Dan Holland in instrumental conducting, the trombone quartet, and Marilyn Caldwell in treble voice plus others. all entries from Washington earned Division II or I ratings. Supervisors were Wendell Rider and Melvin Hill. Charlotte Whitlow qualified in flag waving and baton twirling but did not compete.
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Washington High School
Perry
Washington
Sextet
Petty Tait
Marguerite Utterback
Barbara Dare
Mary Rita McLaughlin
Marilyn Cook
Arlene Knupp
Dan Holland
Patricia Weldin
John Winga, Jr
Audrey Steele
Marilyn Caldwell
Mary Stevens
Frances Miller
Ted Stewart
David Chilcote
Harold Gamon
Pat Brower
Marilyn Falk
Edith Miller
Dan Brindley
Ray Tweeten
Wendell Rider
Melvin Hill
Charlotte Whitlow
Mom and Pop's Shopping Guide Debuts in Journal
Beginning today the Journal presents a weekly feature titled Mom and Pop's Shopping Guide. Mop and Pop are regular locals who share humorous insights about area merchants. Each week a reader will win a $5 trade gift from a sponsor as a token of goodwill.
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Mom and Pop
Mop
Washington
Mrs. Whiting 92 Dies After Illness at Daughter’s Home
Mrs. William A. Whiting died at 5 45 this morning at her daughter’s home 402 East Seventh Street after a heart attack eight days ago Funeral services were pending Arrangements are by Jones funeral home She was a late Washington resident since 1903 and survived by four daughters one son a sister twenty grandchildren and twenty four great grandchildren Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery
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William A. Whiting
Harry Turner
East Seventh Street
Whiting
Jones Funeral Home
William H. Jones Attends School
William H. Jones, son of Mr. Hugh Jones, attends school as noted in the public notice segment.
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Nec
William H. Jones
Hugh Jones
Ford Refuses Mediation in UAW Strike at Key Plants
The Ford Motor Co rejects mediation offers as UAW President Walter Reuther seeks talks to end the strike against River Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plants. Ford insists negotiations should be union company led and warns of rising plant shutdowns across 16 states and Canada.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
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Walter Reather
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Henry Ford II
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Lincoln-Mercury
States
Canada
John Tugas
Pro
Speeduye
Three Children Die in Muscatine Fire
In Muscatine three young children died in a house fire caused by a kerosene stove explosion. Neil Haynes Jr Debra Dianne 4 Neil Jr 2 Dixie Kay 1 perished. Anthony 5 escaped and alerted his mother who could not reach the others.
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Muscatine
Neil Haynes
Debra Dianne
Neil, Jr
Dixie Kay
Haynes
Anthony
Washington Women Hurt in Crash Near Fairfield
Parsons college student Joe Levis faced $50 fine and costs for reckless driving after a collision five miles west of Fairfield that sent Tina Holt and Blanche Forfinash of Washington into a 30 ft embankment. Both women suffered cuts and bruises and were treated at Jefferson County Hospital before being released.
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Fairfield
Parsons College
Washington
Tina Holt
Blanche Forfinash
Missouri
Jefferson County
Joe Levis
Levis
Senior Class to Present Annual Play This Week
Phillip Barry's comedy The Youngest will be staged Thursday and Friday May 12 and 13 in the high school auditorium. Tickets cost 64 cents and may be bought from seniors or at Phillips Drug store with exchangeable reservations. The cast features nine seniors directed by Wendell Rider. Cast members include Charlotte Winslow Mary Stevens Richard Winslow Jim Dawson Augusta Winslow and others.
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Phillips Drug Store
Wendell Rider
Charlotte Winslow
Mary Stevens
Richard Winslow
Jim Dawson
Oliver Winslow
Cast and staff for two evenings of the play
Betty Tait, Ruth Wagenknecht, Joyce Montgomery, Ann Houck and Dick Powell are listed. Dorothy Tel lin heads ticket sales and Ted Stewart handles publicity. Curtain time for both nights is eight o'clock.
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Ruth Wagenknecht
Joyce Montgomery
Ann Houck
Dick Powell
Dorothy Tellin
Ted Stewart
Youths From County Attend Ottumwa Judging School
Rural youths from Washington County joined 4-H and FFA members at a livestock judging and grading training school in Ottumwa on Saturday. Frank Lee escorted Ronald Sheetz Gene Yoder Wilfred Mc Creedy Willis Longer and May Givans to the Morrell stockyards while Floyd Goodel and Gus Alsip led Glenn and Bill Rowe Duane Tadlock Ralph and Franklin Stout Jim Barnes to the event. The program covered judging of swine beef and sheep.
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Washington County
Ottumwa
Morrell
Frank Lee
Farmers of America
Ronald Sheetz
Gene Yoder
Wilfred McCreedy
Willis Longer
May Givans
Floyd Goodel
Gus Alsip
Glenn
Bill Rowe
Duane Tadlock
Wellman
Ralph and
Franklin Stout
Washington
Jim Barnes
Brighton
Spitting cobra venom spitting at close range risks
The spitting cobra poses dangers beyond biting, as some species can eject venom from a short distance, increasing threat to nearby humans and animals.
Truman Domestic Program Stalls as Congress Enters Week 18
Washington report notes little progress on President Truman's domestic agenda as Congress marks its eighteenth week. The piece cites divisions within the Democratic Party between northern and southern factions, with leadership backing civil rights and social programs while party bolters push back.
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Congress
Washington
Europe
J. Howard McGrath
R. J
The
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Democratic National Committee
House
John W. MecCormack
Mass
F. Edward Hebert
McCormack
National Committee
Democratic Congressional
Accuse Woman 88 of Shooting Boy in Detroit
Detroit police accuse Emma Arnold an 88 year old recluse of firing a .38 caliber revolver that critically wounded Donald Walsh a 14 year old boy who approached her ramshackle home after a picnic. The woman admitted the shot sobbing to officers who forced entry and disarmed her.
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Donald Walsh
Young Walsh
Miss Arnold
Ronald Larue
Mexican journalist lauds American papers as freest in world
Carlos Alvarez Cadena of Daily Estos in Mexico City praises U S newspapers as freer and more influential while noting Mexican press avoids censorship but with limited circulation. He visits Iowa on an exchange program with the Iowa Daily Press Association as Mrs Katheryn Metz travels to Mexico City to work on the Estos owned papers.
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DES Movnes
Carlos Alvarez de la Cadena
Estos
Mexico City
Cadena
Mexico
Ty Bickest
Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Association
Katheryn Metz
Lamoni, Iowa
Riverside Woman Struck by Auto Near Highway Junction
Riverside resident Lucile Alcorn, 58, was seriously injured Sunday at 6:15 AM after alighting from a bus and crossing Highway 218 near its junction with Highway 92. The car was driven by Carl Marion Higdon, a Iowa City student, who reported the incident to deputy sheriff Loren Robertson.
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Lucile Alcorn
Riverside
Carl Marion Higdon
Towa City
Veishea Celebration Visits Planned by Local FFA PFA
Washington Future Farmers of America chapter and Future Homemakers of America group will travel to Ames on Saturday May 14 to observe Veishea days. Tonight in Sunset Park a meeting will elect officers for the coming year and organize plans to enter 40 head of lambs in the Ottumwa show on June 21 and possibly attend summer camp.
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Washington
Keota Saxophonist Krause Wins Division I at State Finals
Keota high school saxophonist Bob Krause captured Division I honors at the state high school music finals in Perry on Saturday. Three other entries earned Division II ratings the saxophone sextet Nelda Williams cornet soloist and the chamber woodwind group all placing in Division II.
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Keota
Bob Krause
Keota High School
Perry
Nelda Williams
Thombe Family Reaches Eight Sons in Military Service
Morley Michigan report notes Sidney Thombe has joined the Army as part of a family pattern with eight sons serving in various military branches, reflecting a strong family military tradition.
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Morley, Mich
Ralph Thombe
Sidney
Army
Defense Attorney to Call Wife of Accused Doctor as Trial Witness
In Cedar Rapids AP. Defense attorney Walter Barngrover said he would call Mrs. Rutledge, 23, wife of Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr., to describe alleged advances by Byron Hartman and the ensuing events. Prosecutor Crissman said the state will prove Rutledge killed Hartman wilfully and not by accident or self defense, citing motives of revenge jealousy failed blackmail and robbery.
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Hitler
Germany
Patterson
Russia
Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
William Crissman
Rutledge
Walter Barngrover
Byron Hartman
Burnegrover
Barngrover
Hattman
Crissman
Hartman
Woman Struck as Car Swerves to Avoid Bus Passenger
A pedestrian was hit when a car swerved to avoid a bus passenger. The woman suffered severe shock, bruises, and abrasions after the right rear fender struck her. The car damaged as it went into a ditch while the driver tried to avoid the collision.
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Riverside
Seeds Sold Commercially in Colonial America
The first commercial sale of agricultural seeds in the United States occurred around 1747, marking a milestone in farming commerce and seed trade development.
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United States
Workers Strike At John Deere Plants in Iowa
Production halted at two John Deere plants in Ankeny and Waterloo Iowa as CIO United Auto Workers ballots were cast at Ottumwa on whether to authorize a strike. Ankeny and Ottumwa locals announced holidays while Waterloo workers planned a day off to protest contract demands.
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John Deere
Iowa
CIO
United Auto
Ankeny
Des Moines
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Bill Heasley
A. G. Slade
Lindberg to Speak at Wash ington YMCA Annual Meeting
Des Moines YMCA general secretary Robert W. Lindberg will be the featured speaker at the Washington YMCA annual meeting Tuesday evening. The program includes reports on the year's work, the election of five board members, and a dinner at 6 30 followed by his talk Leisure and Character.
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Robert W. Lindberg
Des Moines
Washington Ymca
Lindberg
YMCA
YWCA
Paul V. Shearer
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