Memorial Day Parade Honors Washington War Heroes
In a solemn observance the Washington community honored war heroes, living and dead, with a Municipal band concert in Central Park and a parade to Woodlawn and Elm Grove cemeteries. About 475 soldiers and sailors were decorated as colors, veterans, scouts, and students followed, culminating in grave services led by Rev. John H Beiderwieden and Attorney Gifford Morrison.
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Washington
Central Park
Court House
Woodlawn Cemetery
Elm Grove
L. A. Jones
Navy
Woodlawn
John H. Beiderwieden
Gifford Morrison
Sailors Memorial Held This Morning
Navy veterans gathered at Crooked Creek Bridge in Southwestern Town for a Memorial Day ceremony. Robert Day led the service with Rev. T. C. Polk and Gifford Morrison speaking on navy burial traditions. Florence Rich cast a wreath as Harold Kerr led a firing squad and the color guard, with Radda sounding Taps.
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Navy
Crooked Creek Bridge
Robert Day
Rev
T. C. Polk
Gifford Morrison
Florence Rich
Harold Kerr
George L. Wilson
Dale Dettwiler
Blaine Hawkins
Howard Patton
Ralph Borman
Ralph Schilling
Clifford Steele
Don Hazen
Nebraska Heater Costs Dip Below Nation By Small Margin
The average Nebraska household monthly electricity bill is 6 dollars 40 cents, 52 cents under the national average. This indicates a modest cost advantage for Nebraska residents in cooling and lighting expenditures across the state.
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Nebraska
Large farms dominate U S land use since 1920 shift
More than half of U S farm land is held by farms over 500 acres, up from about a third in 1920. The trend shows consolidation and growth of large agricultural operations across the United States.
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United States
Memorial Day Address Honors Soldiers at Elm Grove Cemetery
Attorney Gifford Morrison delivers a Memorial Day sermon at Elm Grove cemetery praising veterans who sacrificed for liberty. He reflects on their wish to return home, uphold individual rights, and the American way of life amid wartime duty and temporary surrender under command.
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Gifford Morrison
Elm Grove Cemetery
Memorial day address at Woodlawn Cemetery quotes Lincoln tone
Rev. J H Beiderwieden opens Memorial Day at Woodlawn Cemetery with reflections on ideals, worship, and national character. He laments postwar materialism, calls for reverence to flag and grave decorations, and invokes the nation’s founding rights and religious freedom.
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Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Rev
J. H. Beiderwieden
Woodlawn Cemetery
Iraq Forces Drive Toward the Sea Threatening Tel Aviv
Arab reports say Iraqi army units from Tul Karm have moved west to the sea, creating a barrier toward the Jewish coast near Tel Aviv. Israel reportedly attacked toward Latrun and northern positions while UN mediation efforts by Folke Bernadotte proceed from Haifa.
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Plaves
Sayse
Tulkarm
Israel
Natanya
Tel Aviv
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Pal
Haifa
United” Tions
Bernadotte
Palestine
Amman
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Semalette
United Nations Security Council
Latrun
Jerusalem
Eneir
Armageddon
Jenin-Tulkarm-Nablus
Jenin
First Five-Cent Auto Fare Originated in Phoenix
Keith Wikoff of near Brighton survived a Sunday morning auto crash on a dirt road when the vehicle toppled and sustained about $300 damage. The article notes the 1913 Phoenix origin of the five-cent jitney bus and mentions 20 head of cattle per square mile in the United States.
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Keith Wikoff
Brighton
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
The
United
Memorial sermon fills St Pauls as Dr Bach preaches
Dr Marcus Bach of Iowa State University delivers Memorial Day sermon at St. Pauls Evangelical Reformed Church in Washington attended by Women’s Relief Corps and other groups. He questions progress toward world peace, urges international cooperation, and warns against reliance on walls of stone or paper. He notes pastor Milo J. Phillips recovering from surgery.
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Washington
Marcus Bach
Iowa University
School of Religion
St. Paul's
John A. Logan
Dr. Bach
America
Jerusalem
Bach
Milo J. Phillips
St. Paul's Church
Former Washington Teacher Dies at 37 in Waterloo
George Mohr former manual training instructor at Washington junior high school and assistant athletic coach at the high school died Sunday morning at Allen Memorial hospital in Waterloo He was about 37 Surviving are his wife and adopted daughter Marcia Jean two years old Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Davenport.
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George Mohr
Waterloo Hospital
Washington Junior High School
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Joe Duea
Dunkerton
Iowa
Washington
Marcia Jean
Davenport
Poppy Sale Sets Washington Record
Washington reported by Mrs Wayne Chamberlin and Mrs Jay Brewer that Saturday's poppy sale raised 463 25 dollars. The money surpassed last year by 60 and the 3150 nods were sold by five pm. Legion Auxiliary prizes went to Camp Fire Girls for top sellers including Patricia Ann Richardson Joyce Brewer and Sally Miller with 175 125 and tied 125 awards.
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Washington
Wayne Chamberlin
Legion Auxiliary Committee
Jay Brewer
Legion Auxiliary
Patricia Ann Richardson
Joyce Brewer
Sally Miller
Laurabelle Erwin
Sandra Jones
Nine From Washington County Graduate at Iowa University
Nineteen hundred students plus 14 hundred candidates for degrees are listed for Iowa University commencement on Saturday June 5 at 9 45 a m in the field house. Washington county is represented by David Wilbur Day Martin I Levy Paul Ray Arms Harold L Fastman Carroll P Steinbeck Rubio Dorothy Turner Lewers Norman F Schoonover Everette W Squire and Ira Fisher Morrison with degrees in arts sciences commerce and pharmacy.
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Washington County
Iowa University
Iowa
David Wilbur Day
Brighton
Martin I. Levy
Kalona
Paul Ray Arms
Harold L. Fastman
Carroll PD
Steinbeck
Rubio
Dorothy Turner Lewers
Washington
Norman FF. Schoonover
Everette W. Squire
Ira Fisher Morrison
Beardsley Delivers Park Address Aiming for Governor Nomination
William Beardsley of New Virginia, Republican candidate for governor, spoke in Central Park urging support for next Monday’s primary. He urged state aid to public schools from treasury funds, accelerated farm to market road work, faster relief of mental hospital conditions, removal of state tax from food, and cautioned against one man rule. Beardsley criticized Governor Blue for not filling a state board vacancy and pledged public service as a trust if elected. He was introduced by T. H. Huston of Crawfordsville.
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William Heardsley
New Virginia
Central Park
Heardsley
Beardsley
Robert Blue
State Board of Control
T. H. Huston
Crawfordsville
Washington County
Third Anniversary Of Moothart Station
The Ralph Moothart family celebrate their third anniversary at the Moot hart Sinclair Station on 7v2 East Washington. Ralph Mrs Moothart and their son Dick run alternating shifts in the family operation.
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Ralph Moothart
Moothart
Sinclair
East
Washington
Ralph
Mrs. Moothart
Must Keep the Nation Strong Says President on Memorial Day
President Truman and defense chiefs marked Memorial Day with prayers for peace and warnings that only a strong America can remain free. Truman spoke at Arlington tomb of the unknown soldier urging a peace-focused effort with power to enforce it. Navy secretary Sullivan and generals Bradley and Devers urged readiness and draft action as core to national security.
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Washington
Truman
America
Mr. Truman
Arlington National Cemetery
Navy
John L. Sullivan
United States
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Longmeadow
Mass
Arlington
Potomac River
Chesapeake
Funeral set for Mrs. Jos eph Klopfenstein
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 PM Wednesday at Sherman’s funeral home for Mrs. Jos eph Klopfenstein who died last night at the county hospital. Burial will follow at Elm Grove cemetery. She was born January 16, 1879 in Brighton township and lived on a farm near Washington before returning to town. Surviving are her husband four children fifteen grandchildren and five brothers with one daughter deceased.
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Joseph Klopfenstein
Sherman
Elm Grove Cemetery
South Fourth Avenue
Kopfenstein
Brighton Township
Lafayette and
Mary (Nichols) Stout
Bertha May Thompson
Washington
Edward Stout
Brighton
Ben Stout
Lafayette Stout
West Chester
Ames
Taylor Stout
Bessie Mary
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