Midwest Snow and Wind Storm Paralyzes Wide Area
A spring like storm battered the Midwest with rain wind and heavy drifting snow isolating Colorado Kansas Nebraska and parts of the Plains. Temperatures plunged with Fraser Colorado at nine below zero and many towns cut off by snow blocked roads and failed communications.
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Chest pledge payments due December first for 1948
Washington Community Chest subscribers were reminded that final payments on 1948 pledges are due December 1. Executive secretary Mrs. Panty Shearer said payments may be mailed or made at the Community Chest office on West Main Street.
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Washington
Colorful Wife Creates Kitchen Chaos in Long Beach
William H. Stewart painted his kitchen white then found his wife had painted yellow messages on the doors. Returning home, he allegedly painted her face yellow during a clash. Police helped remove the paint. she declined arrest as he smiled.
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William H. Stewart
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Mrs Barbara Kempf 101 Kalona obituary services set
Funeral services for Mrs Barbara Kempf 101 Kalona are announced for Saturday 2 p m at East Union Mennonite Church northeast of Kalona with Rev D J Fisher and Rev A Lloyd Swartzendruber in charge burial in Peter Miller cemetery. She died Thursday noon at her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs E D Hershberger home born Barbara Mishler January 28 1847 Holmes county Ohio came to Iowa 1859 married Samuel Kempf October 18 1868 survived by seven daughters, Nellie deceased, and daughters Mrs E D Hershberger Mrs G V Spry Des Moines Mrs D E Bontrager Kalona Mrs J D Miller Maxwell Alice Kempf Kalona Mrs S E Squires Mason Wis.
Harvest Window at Washington Market Display
A special Harvest Window decorates the Washington Fruit Market shopfront today. The display centers on garden vegetables and features a variety of foods and chinaware designed and built by Donald Palmer Benblossom.
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Donald Palmer Benblossom
Divorce Petition Filed by Rosemary Fullerton in District Court
Rosemary Jirsa Fullerton sues Harry L. Fullerton for divorce in district court. They wed in Washington County on July 23 1947. The petition seeks a decree of divorce, fair property division, and court ordered support as deemed fair and just.
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Rosemary Jirsa Fullerton
Harry L. Fullerton
Washington County
Broderson Brothers Harvest Flax Field Near Here
Einar and Didtrich Brodersons harvested a 270 acre flax field near Watford City valued at $26 000. The crop yielded about 17 to 18 bushels per acre in their first effort at flax farming.
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Broderson Brothers
Madame de Leon Sees France Key to European Peace
Madame Jacqueline de Leon of Paris spoke to about 200 at Washington High School on life in postwar France. She described scarce food, rationing, housing ruin, and a fading black market while praising the Marshall Plan and pressuring U.S.-France ties amid calls for European peace. The forum was sponsored by four civic groups led by the YMCA with County Attorney John C. Owen introducing her.
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Fred B. Miller
Vishinsky Attacks Armament Race at UN
At the United Nations in Paris on November 19 Andrei Vishinsky denounced the western powers as pursuing an atomic war against Russia and condemned the arms race. He warned that reactionaries still rely on the atomic bomb as their last hope while Dulles accused Russia of widening its military edge.
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United States
Europe
Hector McNeil
Great Britain
Britain
Washington junior college matinee play postponed to Monday
The matinee of The Queen's Husband at Washington junior college was postponed due to illness in the cast. Director Wendell Rider announced the delay, shifting the show to Monday afternoon at two o'clock, while tonight's performance remains on schedule.
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Musical Numbers Highlight Junior High Art Show
Three musical numbers by students of Melvin Hill will accompany the art showing at the junior high tonight. Principal Edward J. Kelly says visitors may view pictures from seven o clock with the program starting at 7 15. A clarinet quartet, a solo, a flute duet, and a drum duet are on the lineup. The showing ends at 7 50 to allow attendance at the junior college play.
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Maxine Crone
Donna Peters
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Keokuk Man Indicted in $34,000 Tax Evasion Case
Cecil A. Bottger of Keokuk was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of evading more than 34 000 in taxes on income from slot machines and juke boxes. He is jailed in Burlington on 10 000 bond. trial set for Nov 30 in Des Moines.
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Rev W R Yard to Speak at Baptist Church Sunday
Rev W R Yard of Iowa Falls and brother of Ar Yealia and FB Yard of Washington will speak at the Baptist church Sunday morning. A former pastor of large Iowa churches, he is retired and serves as president of the Iowa Baptist assembly. His sermon topic is Salvation From What.
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Thompson Snack Shack Adds Children’s Bar Feature
Proponents of the Thompson Snack Shack announce the addition of a children's bar. The setup mirrors the main bar with miniature stools and a small counter suitable for young patrons.
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Nationalist Victory Claims Halt Communist Advance in China
Nanking reports a decisive Suchow victory with Chiang Kai-shek forces claimed to have routed about 200,000 Communists as 490,000 Suchow residents celebrated. U.S. officials denied urging peace talks, while reports of American aid and potential evacuations circulated amid the crisis.
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Battle of the trees renewed in Oskaloosa avenue dispute
District Judge Frank Bechly set a November 29 hearing on the application by 28 property owners to enjoin widening of A avenue in Oskaloosa The group including housewives civic and business groups led by Ned P Gilbert seeks to preserve the shade trees and asks the court to determine how much the street should be widened 64 signatories and the chamber of commerce back the intervention.
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Radio Program Will Feature County Man
Herbert Campbell a Washington county farmer north of Ainsworth will be heard on the radio next week. The program covers the Keystone Wire and Steel soil conservation project with an interview by Med Maxwell. Stations include WHO WDAF KSD and WLS with times listed for November 23 and 26.
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U.S. Supplies Forty Three Percent of World Forest Products
A report states that the United States accounts for forty three percent of global forest products, highlighting the country’s dominant role in wood and pulp exports and timber processing.
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Talks on Peace Move at Shanghai Conference
Nationalist and Communist factions were reported pursuing each other while rumors persisted in Nanking that Stuart favored a movement for peace and a coalition government. Shanghai conferences included consular, military, and naval officials and high Chinese authorities.
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Seek Two Youths In Guard's Death
Tonmy Price, one of two state school escapees at Glenwood, sought in the guard's death, was arrested months ago in Washington county and returned to the Glenwood institution after being found in Walnut school house by Deputy Sheriff R. Fillmore.
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Inmates Escape From Iowa School After Fatal Beating
State police search southwest Iowa for two inmates of the state feeble minded school who escaped after night watchman E. B. Melinay was fatally beaten. Dale Clark 22 from Osceola and Tommy Price 18 from Des Moines fled through a dormitory window after Price attacked Melinay with marble mopboard. Six other youths in a misbehavior cell aided by Price reportedly planned the escape and later reconsidered.
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Iowa
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Osceola
Tommy Price
Davenport
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Moore
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Air express shipment mix by category shows varied shares
A Railway Express analysis reveals machinery at 25 percent of shipments, printed matter 11 percent, merchandise 13 percent, jewelry 9 percent, and other valuables 5 percent, illustrating the composition of express consignments.
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Des Moines Weather Outlook Tonight Through Tomorrow
Lows will be mostly cloudy and windy tonight and tomorrow with snow in the west and rain changing to snow in the east tonight. Rain is expected in the extreme east tomorrow forenoon. Temperatures fall today then drop to 20-25 west and 28-32 east tonight, with a high of 34-39 tomorrow.
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