Rotary Banquet Hosts Washington Teachers at YMCA
Washington Rotary Club entertained teachers from the Washington public schools at the YMCA with a turkey dinner a music program and talks led by Dr Tom Hippaka Iowa State College Ames on democracy and self reliance The event drew about 201 attendees including teachers spouses school board members and Rotary members with musical interludes and medals presented.
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Washington Rotary Club
Washington Public Schools
YMCA
Rotarians
Board of Education
Tom Hippaka
Iowa State College At
Ames
Cloid Willits
William Grossheim
Thera Wis
Osineup
Marjorie Phillips
Raymond Reed
Leonard Tindal
Teachers’ Club
C. R. Wilson
Rotary
Willits
Murry McCreedy
Betty
Lee ‘Baird
Art Brown
Marr Schell
Boy Scouts Plan Waste Paper Drive Saturday Morning
Washington Boy Scouts will collect waste paper this Saturday starting at 9 AM under S W Kaster the project chairman. Trucks will depart from the Iowa Memorial office and tour the city seeking bundled papers and magazines placed where visible from the street for easy collection. One truck will also serve the West Chester community.
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Washington
S. W. Kaster
Iowa Memorial
School to Close Friday For Teachers Meeting
Public schools in Washington will be dismissed all day Friday as teachers attend a district meeting in Ottumwa. Due to the teachers meeting, this week's football game at Muscatine has been moved to Thursday night.
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Washington
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Manufacturers Invited To War Contract Clinic In Waterloo
All Iowa manufacturers are invited to a War Contracts Clinic on October 9 1950 at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds Waterloo. Washington staff from the munitions board RFC Department of Commerce and military procurement agencies will speak starting at 10 00 a m. Lectures roundtable discussions and floor questions will be part of the program with luncheon provided on the grounds.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Washington
Munitions Board
RFC
Department of Commercce
Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds
YMCA Hike for Boys Friday Morning
Boys interested in a YMCA hike should meet at the Y Friday at 11 15 oclock with a sack lunch.
Revival Services to Be Held Here Soon
Rev. Bob Sturz, new Calvary Baptist minister, announces a three week revival starting October 2 in Washington. Gospel preaching and singing from Iowa City will fill five nights weekly at the North Iowa avenue roller rink and two midweek YMCA services at 7 30 p m. Sturz, formerly in Arkansas and born in Brooklyn, says he was born again in Iowa City and will discuss his home missions work in Arkansas. He is a 14 514 year veteran of the U S navy.
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Bob Sturz
Calvary Baptist Church
Washington
Iowa City
Iowa Avenue
YMCA
Sturz
Arkansas
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rev
United States Navy
Judge Names Aides For Tall Corn Contest
Jim Walker head judge for this year’s Journal tall corn contest announces co judges and helpers for the event. Dwayne Redlinger Marion Swift Walter Zelinsky Darlene Garrett and Rose Taylor will assist with voting and selecting the tall corn queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Walker
Dwayne Redlinger
Marion Swift
Walter Zelinsky
Darlene Garrett
Rose Taylor
Believe Communists May Conduct Guerilla Warfare for Years
United Press analysis predicts Korean War could persist with guerilla campaigns by Communist forces in the hills rather than a formal surrender. It notes leaders like Kim Il Sung remain at large near the 38th parallel and discusses postwar accountability and extradition challenges.
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Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Russia
Sig
Kim Il Sung
MacArthur
38Th Parallel
Antung
Manchuria
Kim Il-Sung
United Nations
China
Voters Consider New Barn at Washington County Home
On election day November 7 Washington county residents will decide if the board of supervisors can spend up to 10000 dollars plus 1500 fire insurance proceeds to build a replacement dairy barn at the county home. Officials note legal authority allows 5000 dollars but require a vote for more. Contractors are scarce at current costs. If approved, funds would come from county surplus.
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Washington County
Board of Supervisors
Camera Club To Be Formed In Community
A preliminary meeting for forming a community wide camera club will be held Friday at 7 30 pm at the Journal office. Sponsored by the YMCA Young Men's committee the club will meet regularly at the YMCA building. James Kaster urged camera fans to attend to develop the club quickly.
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Journal
Young Men's Committee
YMCA
James Kaster
Riverside Man Faces Manslaughter Charge
Charles Yordi 21 Riverside indicted by Johnson county grand jury for manslaughter in the June 9 highway crash that killed Irene Crow 17 near Tiffin. He pleaded innocent in district court. The truck he drove overturned on Highway 6 one mile west of Tiffin.
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Iowa City
Charles Yordi
Riverside
Irene Crow
Yordi
Johnson County
Miss Crow
Tiffin
Famous Swimmer at YMCA Pool Tonight
Cealo Mohawk a 72 year old internationally famous swimmer performs at the Washington YMCA pool tonight at 8 with an underwater act that features roll overs spins and a mid pool nap. He claims world record pace in 1911 Barcelona and shows press clippings to prove his fame. Admission is free with a collection taken.
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Cealo Mohawk
Barcelona
Spain
Cealo
Sello
Washington
YMCA
United States
Ceale
Ministers Back Washington County Retirement Home Plan
The Washington County ministerial association approved a retirement home project sponsored by the Home Association of Washington. John Owen president and board members L J Kehoe and R B Shannon presented plans. The booklet Where Can I Spend My Retirement Years outlines the case and is available at the county recorder's office. Harriet Coulter serves as secretary.
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Washington County
County Recorder’s Office
Harriet Coulter
The
Home Association
Mrs. Anna Eicher 92 Dies in Cedar Rapids Nursing Home
Mrs. Anna Eicher 92 a longtime Wayland resident died Monday morning at 10 30 in a Cedar Rapids nursing home after a months hospital stay following a broken hip from a fall. Zehr's funeral home Wayland is handling arrangements with services planned for Wednesday October 4 at 2 pm at the Wayland Mennonite church. She was mother of the late Wilbur Eicher a former highway patrolman and survived by three daughters Mrs Jacob Roth Cedar Rapids Mrs Ella Shively Colorado and Mrs Alice Ballew Burlington.
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Wayland
Anna Eicher
Cedar Rapids
Zehr
Wayland Mennonite Church
Eicher
Wilbur Eicher
Jacob Roth
Ella Shively
Colorado
Alice Ballew
Burlington
Harmon Rahmiller Dies In Muscatine After Stroke
Harmon Rahmiller 78 of Columbus Junction died at 7 AM in Bellevue hospital Muscatine after a stroke last September 28. Born May 8 1872 south of Columbus City he farmed nearby and lived in Columbus City 15 years. Survived by son Charles Columbus Junction daughter Mrs Wilma Johnston Wapello and one grandchild. Funeral arrangements pending at Stacy funeral home.
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Columbus Junction
Harmon Rahmiller
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Mr. Rahmiller
Columbus City
Fred
Louisa Rahmiller
Charles
Wilma Johnston
Wapello
Plan Union Church Activities in City
Washington ministers meet at the YMCA plan two city events. A dinner meeting for Sunday school teachers and officers at the Methodist church on October 24 features Dr Elwyn C Smith of Dubuque university. A city wide father and son banquet is set for Monday November 15 with prior church dinners and a YMCA program.
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Plan Union
Washington Ministerial Association
Washington Ymca
Elwyn C. Smith
Dubuque University
Methodist Church
YMCA
Milo Philippi
C. Raymond Reed
Football Tickets On Sale For Thursday Muscatine Game
Washington fans are reminded that reserved seats for the Muscatine Washington game Thursday night are on sale at the Sport Shop or the high school office. Adults pay 1 dollar for reserved seats while general admission is 75 cents. The game has moved to Thursday with an 8 o clock kickoff.
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Washington
Muscatine
Defense Department and AEC Get First Priorities Under Mobilization
The national production authority issued a priorities system giving the defense department and the atomic energy commission first call on resources and raw materials. Civilian output may be diverted to fill military orders, with contractors compelled to prioritize government needs over automo biles and appliances. The system, effective immediately, covers nearly all materials for rearmament except power, farm equipment, fuels, gas, petroleum, and transport.
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Defense Department
The
Atomic Energy Commission
National Production Authority
Home Front
NPA
William H. Harrison
AEC
Uncertain Red Reinforcements Reported In North Korea
United Press dispatches describe Communist reinforcements moving from Manchuria toward Pyongyang while American air power hit a convoy of about 63 trucks five locomotives and numerous vehicles. South Koreans advance toward Wonsan recapturing Kansong as civilians flee.
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U. S
Pyongyang
North Korea
Wonsan
Kansong
Formosa
Lin Piao
Yalu River
Antung
Sinuiji
Shingishu
Chou En-Lai
United Press
Robert Bennyhoff
Weather in Des Moines Highs Reach The Sixties
Des Moines forecast calls for mostly clear and cool conditions with frost tonight. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy skies and temperatures from the upper 50s to around 60s with a cool night. Winds become northerly, and the outlook shows mostly fair skies and higher afternoon temps Thursday, then a cooler trend into Saturday.
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Paul Collins
Detroit
Seoul
South Korea
International News
Irwin Tress
International
Hippaka
Finland
Boy Scouts Planning
West Chester
Harry Ferguson
United Press Foreign News
Nal
Camera Club
Savior OF
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
International Radiophoto
Col
Lewis
Chesty) Puller
Edward Almond
Stacy Funeral Home
Tokyo
Tokhang
Bennyhoff
Yangyang
DES Moines
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