Chicago Clubs Raise Fans Hope For Better Days
New York reports say both the White Sox and the Cubs show improvement with recent winning runs. The White Sox beat the Yankees 7 to 4 and have nine wins in 11. the Cubs crushed the Phillies 18 to 9 on an historic day, matching strong team bursts.
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New York
Windy City
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Cubs
Paul Richards
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Reds
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Cardinals
Senators
Browns
Tigers
Athletics
Major Leagues begin with two games today
The schedule shows four matchups as St. Louis visits Washington Detroit plays Philadelphia Chicago hosts New York and Cleveland travels to Boston for early season action.
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Philadelphia
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Public Invited To Golf Exhibition At Country Club
Washington residents are invited to a golf clinic and exhibition Monday at the Country Club featuring the State University of Iowa varsity team and coach Bucky O Connor. An Iowa City lineup will face local men, starting at 4 PM, clinic at 6 PM. A dinner follows for club members. reservations with Mr. Wiele. Twilight league games are postponed to Tuesday due to the event.
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Washington
State University of Iowa
Bucky O'Connor
Iowa City
Wiele
Five Louisa County Men Inducted Into Service This Week
Five Louisa County men received induction into the army this Wednesday in Columbus Junction. The draftees named were Richard E. Grahame Columbus City Ephraim D. Gabriel Columbus Junction Richard D. Weatbrook Letts Dilly D. Ives and Billy Lyle Harris Wapello with Harris transferred from Muscatine County.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Richard E. Grahame
Columbus City
Ephraim D. Giabriel
Richard D. Weatbrook
Letts
Dilly D. Ives
Billy Lyle Harris Wapello
Muscatine County
KE. Aldershot
Pella
Mr. Aldershot
Holland
Mystery Man Contest Entry Instructions
Readers are urged to send or deliver this entry to the Washington Evening Journal. The drawing for Mystery Man winners will occur Friday evening May 25 at 9 oclock.
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Washington Evening Journal
Brighton Graduates Seventeen From Eighth Grade
Brighton eighth graders received diplomas at the high school ceremony last Wednesday evening led by Bonnie Cassidy. The class performed two plays, Johnnie Kept His Promise and Will Tell You Something, as part of the program. Seventeen students earned diplomas: Janet Hoover, Larry Day, Gail Zickerfoos, Orval Farrier, Robert Horton, Jean Sheets, Hazel Gier, Evelyn Farrier, Jean Stacy, Donna Farrier, Charles Nash, Benny Leeper, Joyvee McAfee, Beverly Miller, Larry Boison, Joyce Swick, and Dean Rich.
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Brighton Eighth Erauders
Bonnie Cassidy
Johnnie
Janet Hoover
Larry Day
Gail Zickerfoos
Orval Farrier
Robert Horton
Jean Sheets
Hazel Gier
Evelyn Farrier
Jean Stacy
Donna Farrier
Charles Nash
Benny Leeper
Joyvee McAfee
Beverly Miller
Larry Boison
Joyce Swick
Dean Rich
Emmetsburg Relatives Visit in Ashby Home
Over the weekend Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Ashby and three sons of Emmetsburg visited the Ralph Ashby home in Pilotsburg and visited other relatives. Several locals hosted callers for Mother's Day and farm life notes.
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Lee Colton
Faribault
Minn
John Hohenadel
Muscatine
S. Aldershot
Harold Rawhouser
Donald Story
Double Eight Club
Emmetsburg
Ashby
Frank Stransky
Pilotburg
Wilson Ashby
Ralph Ashby
Esther Hamilton
Charles Ashby
Wsther Hamilton
Jessie Brindley
Washington
Hamilton
Jonas Yoder
Kalona
Ella Hamilton
Wellman
Cy Bush
Wayland
Sam
Mary Oldfield
Fairfield
Carl Oldfield
Ames
Josephine
Carl T. Anderson
Livingston
Albert Maas
Richard Scott
Oryva Scott
Bob
Harold Klopfenstein
Glen Chalupa
Albert Stransky
First Holy Communion Attended by Pleasant Ridge Families
Pleasant Ridge families gathered for the First Holy Communion Mass at St. James Church as Carolyn Kauffman and Karen and Sharon Kauffman took their first communion. Relatives from Burlington and Crawfordsville joined the celebration. The day also included visits with Mrs. Ernest Woodyard and Mrs. Bert Hesseltine, plus a 4-H meeting at the George Chalupe home.
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Pleasant Ridge
Ernest Woodyard
Anton Kauffman
Helen
Ed Kauffman
Carolyn
Jim
Kenneth
St. James Church
Karen
Sharon
Wilmer Kauffman
Ben Jacoby
Larry Ze
Ronda
Burlington
Jim Marsh
Jo Ann Chalupa
Geo. Chalupa
Irvin Hesseltine
Karren
Connie
Linda
Lyle
Sue Ann
Mothe
Bert Hesseltine
Hesseltine
Crawfordsville
Orval Russell
David
Anton Kauffmay
Tom Lowery
Ed. Kauffman
Ed Nelson
Leonard Worrell
Billy
Stephen Frye
Lyle Hesseltine
Irvon Hesseltine
Gillette urges wider Atlantic Pact toward supranational government
Iowa senator Guy M. Gillette proposes expanding the Atlantic Pact from a military alliance to a supranational civilian controlled structure. He argues the world crisis demands an adequate democratic institution to oversee allied civilian and military policies and envisions an international convention to study forming a democratic superstate for nations around the Atlantic.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Gillette
United States
Atlantic Union Committee
Atlanti Ocean
Surprise Trip For Havre Pupils By Mrs Dare
Havre pupils were treated to a visit to Washington by teacher Mrs Warren Dare who bought drumsticks and cream cones, viewed high waters at a creek, and picked flowers in timber land before returning to school. The day ended with memories and appreciation for Mrs Dare. Nearby, families gathered for Mother's Day meals and visits to relatives in Monmouth Sunrise Acres Kalona and Mt Pleasant with friends and neighbors.
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Clara Fisher
Iowa City
Allan Stransky
Kalona High School
Chicago
Lupt
Mrs. Barnum
Havre
Dare
Wavre
Warren Dare
Washington
Everett Westen
Harry
Airs
Dave Richard
Newton Frey
Monmouth
Birthday Celebration in Georgia Town Hit by Surprise Guests
Bernard Ray and Charplett from Brighton joined Mr and Mrs Bernard Singleton and Ed Kauffman in Kauffman home Sunday evening to help celebrate his birthday with friends and neighbors from Enson Georgia and nearby Jeanette.
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Georgia
Jeanette
Bernard Singleton
Bernard Ray
Charplett
Brighton
Ed Kauffman
Kauffman
Gerald Boshart
Keokuk
C. C. Wyse
Lucy Boshart
L. J. Zehr
Ezra Wittmer
Zehr
Guy Brent
Ft. Madison
Kansas City
E. G. Bittler
Henry Beebe
Arlington
West Va
John Bradley
Colorado Springs
Colo
Sam Gaston
Mt. Vernon
Gastons
Willis Alliman
Ray McVey
Burlington
California
Births and Family News From Wayland Area
Wayland brief reports multiple births and family visits. Keith Charles born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zihlman, Larry Wayne to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Richard, and a May 7 birth for a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Miller. George Brooks welcome a daughter on May 14, joining three brothers. Also notes visits, travels, and a tonsillectomy for Eric Boller.
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Wayland
Robert Zihlman
Keith Charles
Lenore Wenger
Edd Witting
Des Moines
Warren Sherer
Oscar Richard
Larry Wayne
Kenneth Miller
C.C. Wyse
Eric Boller
Henry County Hospital
George Brooks
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W. Main
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Sunrise Acres
Lewis Herne
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Walter Mullen
Delores Mullen
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