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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1948
Page
8
The Church of the Nazarene reports rising attendance as Rev W Lawson Brown delivers sermons and songs. On Wednesday evening the service will feature recordings in the church voice telling of Uncle Bill Robinson hospital experiences.
Harold E. Stassen says he will pursue second choice votes of California delegates with Gov. Earl Warren's knowledge and consent. Warren, a California favorite son, may be involved as Stassen plans a west coast tour and speeches, including likely Birmingham, Alabama. Stassen and Taft resume their contest for delegates as they campaign across the south and border states.
President Truman and Mrs. Truman host about 1,000 hospitalized veterans for ice cream and cake, weather permitting, with Mrs. Woodrow Wilson (former first lady) also to be present. The event honors World War I veterans and reflects wartime reunion rituals.
Off the California coast the decommissioned Salt Lake City cruiser was sunk in training by guns, shells, and torpedoes from the U S Navy. The ship withstood five hours of bombardment before rolling over and sinking bow first, with Adm. Ramsey and ViceAdm. Murray witnessing from the St Paul.
The White House will host an annual lawn party for hospitalized veterans with Cabinet members and senior military and naval officials in the receiving line along with their wives, reflecting a longstanding hospitality tradition.
Linda Joan McNabb, months old, suffocated in Iowa City when she slipped from a high chair and her neck caught on the tray while her father Robert McNabb was momentarily away.
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