Roth Brothers Cooperate On Turkey Farm Near Wayland
Ben R Roth and his six sons from Wayland coordinate a 761 acre farm operation raising 15000 turkeys for Swift Co gain. They loaded 1050 toms to markets, noting profit softness but value in soil building. They plan a pond with a 18 foot deep dam for water and a fish stocking plan for fishing leisure.
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Ben R. Roth
Wayland
Roths
Glen
Elmer
Edwin
Lester
Dan
Vernon
Swift & Co
Washington
Keokuk
Disinterment Battle Waged Over Oskaloosa Doctor
Widow Treme Jarvis petitions Iowa Supreme Court to overturn district order for disinterment of Dr. Fred J. Jarvis 77 who died after a car accident. Insurance group claims death from heart attack, widow argues autopsy needed for cause.
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Des Moines
Oskaloosa
Iowa Supreme Court
Fred J. Jarvis
Iowa City
Treme Jaryi
Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association of Ottaha
R. G. Yoder
Jarvis
Yoder
Iowa Toll Road Study Panel Finalizes Report
A toll road study committee named by Gov. Beardsley completed a final draft on whether Iowa should build super toll highways. Chairman Sen. Harry E. Watson said the panel will present its report to the governor on December 1, with recommendations to be kept confidential until delivery.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Harry E. Watson
R-Sanborn
Beardsley
Partly cloudy skies over Des Moines with weekend chill
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday in Des Moines with colder readings in the northwest and southeast. Lows dip to 16-22 northwest and 22-28 southeast, highs reach 34-42 Saturday, then a partly cloudy cold Sunday with a chance of light rain or snow in the southeast late Sunday.
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Dis Moines
Iowa
Fourteen Top Czech Reds Indicted For Espionage Big Purge
Vienna report notes John Foster Dulles named as a notorious spy in an indictment against fourteen top Red Czechs accused of espionage and treason. The Prague trial enters its second day as Redrich Geminder pleads guilty and Rudolf Slansky confesses to crimes from treason to murder. Former Czech Foreign Minister Vladimir Clementis is set to testify and likely plead guilty.
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Vienna
Austria
John Foster Duiles
Dwight D
Redrich Geminder
Kremlin
Redd
Vladimir Clementis
Adult Farmers Class Plans Monday Meeting at Washington High
The Adult Farmers class holds its second meeting Monday at 7 30 PM in the vocational agriculture room at Washington High School. Feeding beef cattle is the discussion topic. Public is invited to attend.
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Washington High School
Rosenbergs Scheduled for Jan 15 Execution at Sing Sing
Federal Judge Irving I. Kaufman set the week of Jan 12 for the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. The actual death date would likely be Jan 15 if no further delay occurs, with the couple in Sing Sing Prison deathhouse.
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New York
Irving I. Kaufman
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing Prison
New York State
Truman's Budget For Next Year Trimmed
Washington sources say President Truman's fiscal 1955 budget is about 80 billion pounds or 5 billion dollars lower than the earlier estimate. The reduction follows slowed defense spending, the largest budget item, and Truman will present the plan to Congress near January before handing over to President elect Eisenhower.
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Washington
CUP
Truman
Congress
Eisenhower
Gunman Out-Bluffed By Store Operator
A 25 year old man with incurable bone cancer attempted a robbery at a Des Moines gun shop but was out-bluffed by the unarmed owner Gerald D Parker. The man burst into tears, muttered a holdup, and fled after Parker seized an unloaded revolver and ordered him to the wall.
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Des Moines
Jack H. Hoskins
Gerald Dpd
Parker
Hoskins
Denver
Albert Lay Announces Plans For CROP Drive
Albert Lay Washington County Chairman of CROP urges local contributions to the Christian Rural Overseas Program. Marion George is County Treasurer, Rev T C Polk handles publicity, and township chairmen lead districts across Seventy-Six Lime Creek Cedar Washington Jackson Oregon Dutch Creek Franklin Clay Brighton Marion Crawford Highland.
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Albert Lay
Washington County
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Washington
Marion George
CRO
T. C. Polk
Howard Caldwell
Hugh C. Guy
Lloyd Walker
J. Russell Bell
Topping Johnson
Lime Creek
Earl Smith
Cedar
Ralph W Kleese
Joe Knotek
A. L. Duensing
Jackson
Willard Palmer
Oregon
Howard Mangold
Dutch Creek
Frank Kleese
Franklin
Joe Etzen
Julius Cline
Clay
Lyle Wilson
Robert M. Stabenow
Brighton
Wayne Wagner
Ralph Schoonover
Elmer Stalder
Marion
Howard Anderson
Walter Rich
Joe Rich
Crawford
Herbert Campbell
Highland Township
William Green AFL Chief Dies at 79 in Ohio Home
William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, died today at his Coshocton Ohio home at 12 22 p m He was 79 and had led the AFL since 1924 His death followed another heart ailment in a rival labor group two weeks earlier CIO President Philip Murray died in San Francisco on November 9 Green had returned to Coshocton from Washington in October
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Washington
William Green
Cochocton
AFL
Green
CIO
Philip Murrey
San Francisco
Coshocton
Dulles Vows No Taint on New State Department
Secretary designate John Foster Dulles told reporters at the Commodore Hotel that there will be no taint of suspicion about the new State Department. He said he has asked FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to deploy top agents to review his life record and report to President-elect Eisenhower. Dulles also cited hopes of ending the Korean War and emphasized thorough scrutiny from top to bottom.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
State Department
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Commodore Hotel
Dulles
Korea
Washington football banquet honors Cham ber of Commerce guests
Washington high school and junior high football players were guests of honor at the annual banquet sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Booster Club. Letters were awarded to seniors and underclassmen as coaches praised the squad after a turkey dinner and cake shaped like a football field.
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Washington
Washington High School
The
Chamber of Commerce
Booster Club
Brad Wilson
Des Moines Register
Y McA
Ralph Martin
Carl Paetz
Zeke Hogeland
Bob McLaughlin
Paetz
Washington's Ray Tweeten Named to IDPA All-State Team
All-State honors go to Ray Tweeten of Washington high school football as the center on the IDPA first team. Kay, a senior, was voted outstanding lineman in the Little Six conference by coaches and sports writers. Additional Washington players received honorable mention in the IDPA selections.
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Ray Tweeten
Washington
Iowa Daily Press Association
Kay
Wits
Little Six
IDPA
Today
Journal
Eisenhower Adds Two Cabinet Members and Stassen Post
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower named George M. Humphrey of Cleveland as secretary of the treasury and Herbert Brownell Jr. of New York City as attorney general. Harold E. Stassen will lead the Mutual Security Agency, succeeding W. Averell Harriman.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
Treasury
Herbert Brownell Jr
New York City
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Reepublican
Mutual Security Agency
W. Averell Harriman
Eisenhower Planned Korea Trip Ahead Of Campaign Promise
Senator Frank Carlson quotes President elect Eisenhower as personally conceiving the Korea battlefront visit about a month before it became a campaign pledge. Carlson disputes Life Magazine reports that editor Emmett J. Hughes devised the idea for a speech. The note also mentions U.S. water consumption figures.
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Washington
Frank Carlson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korean Battlefront
Carlson
Eisenhower
Times Report
The
New York Times
Emmett J. Hughes
Life Magazine
Hughes
Varsity and Junior Letter Winners Named in Season
Dick Gorham Rog er Stout Dean Wildey freshmen letters to Eyestone Gorham Hinshaw Long Minick Watson Williams Cochran. Varsity letters to Don Anderson Neil Augustine Dick Stout Bill Sherman. Juniors Don Libe Tom McKee ne Eddie Morrison John Iratt Dean Schmitt Hugh Walker Norman Benn Dick Fulr Lester Snow Doug White Phil MacCreedy Kerry Leeper. Seniors Jim Stattler Jim Sherman Rodney Prescott Dennis Crossett Bruce Campbell Jerry Johnson Dan Brindley Charles Luckenbill Bob Carter Jack Logan Ernie Beenblossom Bob Kennedy Ray Tweeten.
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Dick Gorham
Roger Stout
Dean Wildey
Bob Eyestone
Jim Gorham
Jim Hinshaw
Lee Long
Doug Minick
George Watson
Dave Williams
Larry Cochran
Don Anderson
Neil Augustine
Dick Stout
Bill Sherman
Don Libe
Tom McKeene
Eddie Morrison
John Iratt
Dean Schmitt
Hugh Walker
Norman Benn
Dick Fulr
Lester Snow
Doug White
Phil McCreedy
Kerry Leeper
Jim Stattler
Jim Sherman
Rodney L’rescott
Dennis Crossett
Bruce Campbell
Jerry Johnson
Dan Brindley
Charles Luckenbill
Bob Carter
Jack Logan
Ernie Beenblossom
Bob Kennedy
Ray Tweeten
Ned O. Haney Named to Illinois Pharmacy Advisory Board
Ned O. Haney of Macomb Illinois has been appointed to the advisory committee of the University of Illinois college of Pharmacy for a five year term. He is owner of Haney's Pharmacy in Macomb since 1930 and has held leadership roles in local groups including the Macomb Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and the McDonough County Orphanage. Haney is a 1927 graduate of the Iowa State University College of Pharmacy and received the American Druggist Citation for community service in 1946.
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J. E. Lemmon
Ned O. Haney
Macomb
University of Illinois College of Pharmacy
Haney
Washington
Lemmon
Ned
Oscar Hanes
Illinois Pharmaceutical Association
Macom Chamber of Commerce
Du Pont Subpoenas Ordered In Anti Trust Case
Chicago AP Judge LaBay grants government permission to subpoena 31 Du Pont family members to ensure their appearance at the antitrust trial. Willis Hotchkiss says some may be vacationing or yachting abroad. defense asks no objection.
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Chicago
Walter J. la Bay
du Pont
Willis Hotchkiss
du Ponts
Bahama
Mediterranean
Alexander Nichols
Three Directors of Chamber Are Named
Harold Miller Bob Roe and Bill Smart were elected as the new Chamber of Commerce directors this month. Balloting occurred at the annual football banquet with mail ballots used. Holdover directors are Dick Ross Chuck Hotle and Lil Perdock. Retiring directors are Irv Whiteman John Hedgb ere and George Stewart. The chamber announced Christmas receptions in Washington with decorations concentrated in Central Park.
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Harold Miller
Bob Roe
Bill Smart
Chamber of Comemerce
Dick Ross
Chuck Hotle
Lill Vperdock
Irv Whiteman
John Hedgbere
George Stewart
Ralph Martin
Chamber
Washington
Central Park
Fisher family featured in This Is You at Trinity Lutheran
Trinity Lutheran church hosts two action packed episodes of This Is You at 302 East Second Street on Sunday November 23 at 7 30 p m. The program profiles the Fisher family of Middleton as an example of faith through joy and sorrow in daily life with a nationwide telecast on more than 50 stations as part of a 26 episode series.
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M Dleburg
Trinity Lutheran Church
East Second Street
United States
Early 1890s Electric Lights Installed at White House
The White House first received electric lighting in the early 1890s marking a major modernization. President and staff welcomed the new illumination as a shift from gas lamps to electric power.
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White House
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