McCleery Tells of Needs in Far Eastern Nations
R H McCleery spoke at the 25th annual Washington YMCA meeting on Drops in the Bucket. He shared highlights from visits to Australia Manila Singapore Hong Kong Nagoya Hiroshima and Tokyo about Christian work in the Orient and the need for YMCA support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleery
YMCA
R. H. McCleery
Washington Ymca
Orient
YMC
Australia
Manila
Singapore
Hong Kong
Nagoya
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Japan
Bob Arthur
Washington Y's Men's Club
Milo Sorden
John Yousling
Trapped Well-Digger Dies After Brooklyn Rescue
Dominick Attec, 45, died after 27 hours in a sand buried well in a Brooklyn garage. Doctor Harold Berson said death came from shock and exhaustion after a high‑risk 18‑foot dig and a crowd of more than 150 rescuers. Earlier, the trapped worker had endured third‑degree burns and mounting pressure from collapsing sand and rock.
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New York
Harold Berson
Dominick Attec
Berson
Brooklyn
Funeral Thursday For George Gerot Age 59
Riverside funeral services for George Gerot 59 who died at Mercy hospital Tuesday will be held at 2 30 pm Thursday May 11 at Trinity Methodist church with Rev Laurence Jones officiating. He is survived by his wife former Margaret Lemley and five sons and three daughters Claire Ardell Guy Lyle Glen Virginia Bette Faith all of this area. The McGovern funeral home of Iowa City is in charge.
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Riverside
George Gerot
Mercy Hospital
Trinity Methodist Church
Laurence Jones
Gerot
Margaret Lemley
Claire
Ardell
Guy
Lyle
Glen
Virginia
Bette
Faith
McGovern Funeral Home
Iowa City
Reds Arrest Three Women in Soviet Zone for Pictures
U S authorities report East German police arrested Anne Bennett Marilyn Scofield and Maria Douglas of the American Friends Service Committee for taking photos in East Berlin. The women rode in an international refugee group vehicle when stopped on Friedrich Street. police seized film and held them, despite protests. The Soviet commandant denied knowledge of the arrests.
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Berlin
U.S
American Friends Service Committee
Anne Bennett
Maumee
Ohio
Marilyn Scofield
Seattle
Maria Douglas
Northern Ireland
International Refugee Organization
Friedrich Street
East Berlin
U. S
Kommandatura
Tny
Des Moines River Floods at Eddyville Tracy Ottumwa
Des Moines river over banks at Eddyville Tracy and Ottumwa with rising levels. Tracy 15.4 feet vs flood 14.0. Eddyville 17.9 feet vs flood 15.0. Ottumwa 9.7 feet vs flood 9.0.
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Des Moines
Des. Moines
Th Weather Bureau
Eddyville
Tracy
Ottumwa
Thankful
Burglar Fulfills Sign to Loot 2 Cents at Cherry Blossom Co
In St Louis a burglar cleaned out 2 cents from petty cash at the Cherry Blossom Co after reading a sign directing that the safe dial be turned left to number seven. The sign was posted after the safe had been damaged by prior break ins.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Cherry Blossom Co
Missing Junction Girls Found in Elmhurst Ill
Two teenage girls from Columbus Junction who disappeared April 25 were found in Elmhurst Illinois by a highway patrolman and are being returned to Wapello for a juvenile hearing. Beverly Sill, 16, and Donna Mincer, 17, were the subjects of a countywide search ending after three weeks.
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Missing Junction
Elmhurst
Ill
Columbus Junction
Wapello
Illinois City
Beverly Sill
Dale Sill
Donna Mincer
William Mincer
Oppenheimer denies red meeting testimony in California
Atom scientist J Robert Oppenheimer rejected Senate testimony alleging he attended a Communist party meeting at his Berkeley area home. He told reporters in Washington he never joined the Communist party but had leftist associations and many communist friends.
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Oakland
Calif
J. Robert Oppenheimer
California Senate
Communist Party
University of California
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos
Washington D.C
Communist Section
American Activities Committee
Sylvia Crouch
Nebraska Flood Death Toll Rises to Ten Victims
Lancaster County Sheriff Myles Holloway reports the recovery of Forrest Kitch age 50 of Beatrice confirming ten dead in Southeastern Nebraska floods. Authorities count at least seven bodies, seek 14 missing, including four at Syracuse and one each at Auburn Lincoln and south of Lincoln. Berneda Meyer of Lincoln identified among bus crash victims.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lancaster County
Myles Holloway
Forrest Kitch
Beatrice
Nebraska
New Syracuse
Auburn
Berneda Meyer
Burlington Trailways
Little
Truman Train Not Affected by Strike Immunity Claim
The presidential train was not on struck tracks and was routed from Cheyenne to Spokane on Union Pacific, Spokane to Butte on Northern Pacific, Butte to St Paul on Great Northern, St Paul to Chicago on Northern Western, and Chicago to Washington on Baltimore and Ohio. The locomotive firemen and engineers union pledged to man the president’s train regardless of strikes.
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Truman
Striking Brotherhood of Locomotive
Union
Cheyenne
Wyo
Spokane
Wash
Union Pacific
Butte
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Minn
Great Northerner
St Paul
Chicago
Nortow Western
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Brotherhood
Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad Strike Could Idle Half Million Workers
Locomotive firemen and enginemen walked off five major railroads causing widespread disruption. The National Railway Mediation Board reported no settlement after 25 hours of talks with the railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. A White House report was promised as the strike threatened to idle up to half a million railroad, steel, and coal mining workers if extended.
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Chicago
White House
Francis O'Neill
National Railway Mediation Board
Truman
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Des Moines Iowa Weather Forecast Summary
Weather forecast for Des Moines shows sunny and dry conditions this afternoon with northwesterly winds 15 to 20 mph. Highs near 70, tonight clear with light frost in northern low areas, lows around 24 to 38 in southern zones. Thursday brings sun with light east to southeast winds and highs 62 to 72.
Grocery Stores Plan Customer Loading Zones this Friday
City endorsed plan creates two loading stalls per grocery in the square from 1 to 6 pm Friday and 8 am to 10 pm Saturday to speed loading of purchases. Signs read Customers Loading Zone No Parking. Zones are for loading only after shopping. other times parking resumes.
Plan Special School Vote at Riverside
Riverside School board votes to hold a special election around May 25 to fund a new boiler for the public school. Estimated installation cost is about $5,500 as heating facilities have been inadequate, with plans to complete the work before fall.
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Riverside
Riverside School Board
Kidnaper Sought After Highway Blockade In Garrison
Authorities blocked major highways in the Garrison area to capture a man suspected of kidnapping and shooting his former wife. Mrs. Robert Smette, 34, was found in a car with a gunshot wound and was in fair condition at Riverdale hospital. The suspect, her ex-husband, fled after forcing her to ride with him in Ada Minnesota yesterday.
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Garrison
N. D
Robert Smette
Riverdale
Ada Minn
U.S. Families Hold Over 191 Million Life Policies
The nation now has about 191 million life insurance policies held by households, averaging more than four policies per family, reflecting broad coverage across American households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Acheson Backs French German Coal and Steel Plan
Secretary of State Dean Acheson endorsed France's proposal to pool coal and steel resources with Germany as a step toward Western Europe economic integration. He spoke after meeting with Foreign Secretary Bevin, ahead of a three country conference with France's Rupert Schuman. The United States and Great Britain were studying the plan cautiously.
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London
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Rupert Schuman
France
Germany
Acheson
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Burglars Loot Home A Woman Keeps Cash Hidden
Mrs. Hattie Irving reported burglars stole cash totaling 2.8 dollars she had hidden in her room. They found a purse pinned to a locker bar and concealed it inside a dress in her closet.
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Chicago
U.P
Hattie Irving
Flash Floods Ravage Wide Area Leaving Nine Dead
Broad belt from Oklahoma to Canada endures devastating floods. Nine people died and seven missing as flash floods swept highways and wrecked a five car freight train over Wild Horse Creek in Oklahoma. In Canada the Red River flooded 200 square miles and Winnipeg faced isolation with emergency trains evacuated. Iowa Wisconsin and Nebraska also faced rising rivers and evacuations.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Canada
Wild Horse Creek
Nebraska
Red River
Grand Trunk Western
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Norwood Bridge
Iowa
Socialist friction stalls coal and steel pooling plan
Britain and Germany clash over a French proposal to pool coal and steel. The British labor government and West's public-ownership advocates react cautiously as Dean Acheson and Ernest Bevin confer. France’s Robert Schuman plans to join the Western Big Three talks with Konrad Adenauer and Kurt Schumacher weighing nationalization.
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London
Germany
Dean Achecon
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
France
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Kurt Schumacher
Schumacher
Resident Reclaims Lost Billfold After Months
Mrs. Lowell Harding of East Second Street recovered her billfold after three months. A neighbor boy found it in a wagon and returned the papers, though the $25 cash was missing. Mrs. Harding credits a good conscience and expresses gratitude for the return.
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Lowell Harding
East Second Street
Mrs. Harding
Stevie Norton
Investigation of Loyalty Records Examined by Senate Panel
Senate investigators studied 81 State Department loyalty files in the White House, led by Sen. Millard E. Tydings who said a full survey had been made. The panel sought to counter Sen. Joseph McCarthy by asserting the files include FBI investigations while not exposing raw informant data.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
State Department
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Joseph KR. McCarthy
Wis
FBI
Raw
Tydings
Administration
White House
Red
McCarthy
Ridiculous Day Parade Planned for June 1 in Washington
Chamber of Commerce Secretary Lester Hamil mails inquiry cards to Washington merchants to gauge interest in an annual Ridiculous Day Parade on June 1. If enough responses come in, the parade will begin at nine in the morning with prizes for outstanding costumes.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Lester Hamil
Navy completes move of 75 ton generator to MIT Cambridge
Officials say the operation is routine as a 75 ton 32 foot high 14 foot wide segment of a 12 million volt generator is moved from a Quincy shipyard to MIT in Cambridge. The mission is described as completed within 12 hours through suburban streets with Navy coordination.
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Boston
U.P
Navy
Quincy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
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