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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1950
Page
6
Reading through Cedar Rapids notes Mrs Ella Duncan and others from Washington visit relatives in Galesburg. The Ainsworth high school observed Freshman Day with students seen walking to the school in simple attire and onion necklace details.
In the evening the high school group visited Kalona for a skating party after wearing pajamas high tops overshoes and other themed outfits.
Senate crime investigators plan hearings in Chicago focusing on narcotics traffic. The push comes as Virginia Hill, wife of ski star Hans Hauser, is subpened and George White arrives as a key investigator in the city phase of the nationwide crime study.
The fragment shows publisher and staff roles for The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa, with affiliations and societies and a note on publication schedule and associations. It lists subscription terms and pricing fragments, indicating mail and carrier options and payment terms.
Miss Hill, once a companion of slain gangster Bugsy Siegel, is expected to testify before the crime investigating committee in Chicago about narcotics trafficking. Officials say she may hold information on national drug distribution and could be questioned on her knowledge.
Original notice in the district court names Sam Lemley Richards Lem and Wm L Spenner as plaintiffs against Sam Lemley and Bt 8h as defendants in Washington County Iowa. The document initiates civil proceedings with summons and required appearances.
A district court petition in Washington County Iowa seeks partition by sale of Lot E Block One Auditor Sub Division of Lot One Block One Snider Addition Whalona filed by Wm L Spenner and others. The listed owners include Albert Spenner Frank Spenner Dora Schmidt and multiple Meeks Lemley Gringer Hamilton and related heirs. The matter notes these properties cannot be fairly divided in kind and must be sold to settle interests.
A sequence of Friday beef and poultry auctions and midweek, weekend farm sales across Kalona, Columbus Junction, Ollie, West Liberty, Wellman, and Washington. Listings include dates from October with times such as 8:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., featuring sellers Gerald D. Nevins, Harry Dettwiler, Virgil Lewis, Penningroth Bros, and W. C. Anderson & Son.
Petition asks for confirmation of owners interests in real estate and a decree of partition with costs and attorney fees. It requests appointment of a referee to sell by public auction or private sale and warns appearance by October 26 1950 to avoid default and entry of judgment.
Baldriger and Bailey, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, located at 725 West Main Street, Washington, Iowa, file a petition on behalf of the plaintiffs. The document names the plaintiffs and outlines the filing with the court and legal representation.
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