Eisenhower Planning New Tour and Stevenson Speech in Florida
Adlai E Stevenson urged swift ruthless attack on political corruption in a Miami Bay Front Park speech linking crime investigations to a national syndicate. He praised Florida’s stance on rooting out graft and pledged similar action from Washington. Dwight D Eisenhower's two day rest stop in Denver preceded a busy campaign as he plans stops in Wyoming Oklahoma Louisiana Texas Tennessee West Virginia New York Delaware and New Jersey while criticizing Democratic labor policies.
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Miami
Fla
Adlai
Stevenson
Senate Crime Committee
Bay Front Park
National Criminal Syndicate
Illinois
Denver
Colo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Utah
Boise
Idaho
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
Tennessee
West Virginia
New York
Delaware
New Jersey
Kalona Amish Preacher Dies in Farm Accident
Edwin Elersh berger 59 of Kalona died at Mercy hospital from skull fractures after his team of horses frightened him while loading corn and approaching a gate on his farm four miles northeast of Kalona. Funeral arrangements are indefinite. Survivors include wife Esther Miller four sons four daughters and multiple siblings.
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Kalona
Edwin Elershberger
Mercy Hospital
Hershberger
Yoder Funeral Home
Esther Miller
Paul
Mark
Joseph
Iowa City
John
Hartville
Ohio
Jonas Beachy
Riverside
Rhoda
Dan
Joe
Ira Nissley
Lewis Ropp
Jesse Shetler
Ruth Hershberger
Lewis Won't Talk About Coal Strike
United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis avoided comment on reports he planned a coal strike this week if the government rejects the $1.90 per hour wage increase for soft coal workers. A union spokesman said 600,000 miners stand ready to strike if the Wage Stabilization Board disapproves the deal with operators.
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Cincinnati
CUP
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Blue Cross Welcomes Court Test on Hospital Contracts
Blue Cross and Hospital Services Inc. would welcome a court test of an Iowa attorney general opinion that city and county hospitals cannot enter Blue Cross contracts. Assistant AG Oscar Strauss ruled such powers are not expressly granted or implied in the Iowa code, challenging a state law that grants Hospital Services the express right to contract with all hospitals.
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Des Moines
Blue Cross
Iowa
Oscar Strauss
Hospital Services, Inc
Frederic Lattner
Hospital Services,, Inc
Public Invited To Dedication Sunday Band Structure
The public is invited to dedicatory services for the new band structure in Central Park. A 6 pm program includes a short band concert under Melvin Hill and former directors. Lee Holland will deliver dedicatory remarks.
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Central Park
Melvin Hill
Lee Holland
Nation's Farmers Harvest Record Crop
The Agriculture Department reports record farm output for the year with livestock and crops near 1948 peak. September warmth lifted prospects. corn and total crop figures approach historic highs, with winter wheat and rice also setting new records.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Truth Team Trails Truman To New York
The Republican truth team ends an eight thousand mile barnstorming tour with a one day air visit to northern New York. They plan stops at Buffalo Rochester and Syracuse for news conferences and a statewide TV broadcast. Senate members hope to slow President Truman and counter Eisenhower charges as election day nears.
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Truth Team
New York State
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Taylor Funeral Rites Held for William J Taylor
Funeral services for William J Taylor were held at 2 20 p m Friday at Sherman's funeral home with Rev Arthur Peters officiating. Pallbearers were Grover Custer Oscar Burham Harvey Waggoner Tom Harvey Wes Meyers and Ed Wiley Sr. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
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William J. Taylor
Sherman
Arthur Peters
Grover Custer
Oscar Burham
Harvey Waggoner
Tom Harvey
Wes Meyers
Ed Wiley Sr
Elm Grove Cemetery
Washington county bond issues on November ballot
Washington county voters will decide two bond issues totaling 45000 for county home repairs and a new courthouse roof. The bonds would raise taxes by under half a mill over three years. A third party summary appears in the Evening Journal.
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Washington County
Court House
Evening Journal
County Board of Supervisors
Two Victims in County Road Crash. Nine Dead This Year
In northwest Washington county a two car collision near West Chester at an intersection left four year old Jon Leslie Embree and 58 year old Rose Ann Marek dead. Driver Mrs. Embree and Floyd Green of Keota were hospitalized with injuries. Funeral services for Embree and Marek set for Monday.
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Rose Marek
Jon Embree
West Chester
Washington County
Jon Leslie F Bree
Robert Embree
Wellman
Rose Ann Mareek
Embree
University Hospital of
Iowa City
Floyd Green
Keota
Washington County Hospital
Greens
Crossroads
McQuire
Miller
Powell Feneral
Rose Ann Marek
Kalona
Frank
Anna Krejer Marek
Charles
D. C. Bissinger
Paul
John
Melak Marek
Earl Long
Bessie Peck
Elsie Mather
Oklahoma City
Okla
Blanchs Vitera
Louis
Texas
Jon Leslie Embree
Robert
Jean Marek Embree
Powell Funeral Home
John Giles
Legion to Oppose Federal Education Aid in Congress
The American Legion announced it will oppose federal aid to education and back legislation to improve disabled veterans care by creating a federal board of hospitalization. The region’s executive committee reversed its stance on education aid, opposing all types except school lunch, and called for firing entertainment stars tied to Communist organizations.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Man Burn To Death In Iowa Cornfield
Charles A. Lloyd aged 58 of McKenzie Alabama died in a hospital after suffering burns from a fire he started in a cornfield to keep warm. The accident occurred on a farm near Grandview Iowa when he apparently started the blaze and then fell asleep.
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Muscatine
Charles A. Lloyd
McKenzie
Ala
Grandview
Three Divorces Granted in District Court by Judge Yoder
Judge R G Yoder granted three divorces in district court on Friday. Cases include Margaret L Dixon and James C Dixon. Laird J Simpson vs Sonja R Simpson. and Maxine Loskosky vs Charles Loskosky. Custody of two minor children awarded to the plaintiff in the Loskosky case.
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R. G. Yoder
Margaret L. Dixon
James C. Dixon
Laird J. Simpson
Sonja R. Simpson
Maxine Loskosky
Charles Loskosky
Four Fire Alarms Sounded Here Today
Washington firemen responded to four alarms in a busy afternoon. A minor blaze at 901 North Marion was controlled quickly. Attic fire at 504 West Washington belonged to Dr. M. H. Sartor and was being battled at press time. An alarm at 621 North Iowa was extinguished before arrival. A fourth alarm sent Farmers Mutual to the Richard Scott farm five miles south of Wellman with damage undetermined.
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Washington
North
Marion Avenue
Sartor
Iowa Avenue
Farmers Mutual
Richard Scott
Wellman
Keyserling denies wife at Red meeting reports
Washington UPI Leon H Keyserling chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers denied published reports that an ex Communist identified photos of his wife as a girl seen at Red meetings in 1928 29 He said Paul Crouch testified under oath he could not positively identify Mrs Keyserling as the girl The Commerce Department said Mrs Keyserling has been on leave since Sept 7 and declined to comment on loyalty board investigations.
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Washington
Leon H. Keyserling
Keyserling
Red
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Paul Crouch
Crouch
Mastodon Skeleton Unearthed Near Monroe to Be Archived
The 20 000 year old mastodon bones found near Monroe New York will be housed in a special museum after excavation. When assembled the giant stands about 12 feet high and 23 feet long with a head weighing around 400 pounds.
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Monroe
N. Y
Gift to retirement home misattributed in Journal
A Thursday Journal item corrected an error crediting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Juezeler for a gift to the retirement home. The proper donor is record of a $2,000 contribution.
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Fred Juezeler
Scoreboard Campaign Still Short of Goal
Kiwanis club members in charge of Kid's Day button sales for a new automatic scoreboard used at Casefield last night report they are far short of the $1,500 goal. Some workers have not yet reported sales, but several hundred dollars more will be needed. contributions are welcome from anyone contacted during the drive.
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Kiwanis Club
Casefield
Kiwanis
Truman Winds Up Campaign Swing
President Truman finishes a 24-state whistle stop tour for Adlai Stevenson with two major talks in New York. He speak on civil rights to a Harlem crowd of over 10,000 after arriving by special train at Grand Central Terminal. He urged voters to support the Democratic ticket to keep the country safe for four more years.
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New York
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
New York City
Harlem
Grand Central Terminal
Man and Three Children Murdered Near Chester Calif
Sheriff reports a Chester man Gard Young 43 and three children found murdered after withdrawing 7100 from a bank. A fifth child girl survived and was taken to Westwood Hospital. Young's body showed his hands tied and a deep head wound on a lonely logging road.
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Chester
Calif
Melvin H. Schooler
Westwood
Took Money
Schooler
Young
Local heirs plan home development by Juzeler siblings
A proposed residential project centers on Fred Juzeler and his sister Lydia Juze ler. The plan seeks to establish a dwelling on the parcel and outlines the siblings as principal proponents.
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Fred Juzeler
Lydia Juzeler
Duffy at large in Cedar Rapids murder case looms
George Duffy 23 sought for shotgun slaying of Jimmy Hackman 49 at Cedar Rapids eludes posse moving toward Minnesota in a stolen 1951 Buick with plate 3352. Police haul the Allamakee and Houston County searches while Dorchester area and a gas station robbery link the fugitive to the case.
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Waukon
George Duffy
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Duffy
Allamakee County
Iowa
Minnesota Line
Church
CAA
Houston County
Minn
Dorchester
Rossville
Jimmy Hackman
Hackman
Shirley Arnold
Miss Arnold
Vivian Huffman
Washington Junior Chamber Meeting Change of Venue
Members of the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet Monday night at 7 o'clock in the VFW hall for the regular dinner meeting. Attention of members is called to the change in meeting place.
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Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
VFW
Churchill predicts US election will not alter allied ties
Prime Minister Winston Churchill said the United States will remain the leading free nation against Communist aggression regardless of the presidential outcome. He praised Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson as two of America's finest men during the Conservative Party conference.
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Churchill
U.S
Amenemen
England
Winston Churchill
United States
Free Nations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
America
Local Court Issues Three Marriage Licenses
Three marriage licenses were issued at the courthouse this morning. The couples are Donald James Dempsey and Janet Lee Simmering of Washington, Thomas Joe Skubal of Ainsworth and Georgia Ann Marshall of Washington, and Earl L. Malloy of Washington and Beverly J. Carlson of Davenport.
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Rge
Donald James Dempsey
Janet Lee Simmering
Washington
Thomas Joe Skubal
Ainsworth
Georgia Ann Marshall
Earl L. Malloy
Beverly J. Carlson
Devenport
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Carpenter
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