14 Oct 1953
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1953
Page
1
Investigation shows Wanzer, an employee of the Long Island Railroad, attempted to move two freight cars by placing a plank as a level against a wheel.
Phyllis Kriner, a Washington high school student, won first place in a Community Chest essay contest. The piece urges charity and explains the Chest's history from Denver to Washington Iowa and notes 1954 fundraising goals and local beneficiaries.
Readers request fixed features but daily needs and parade events require moving features. Journal staff explains that each issue is laid out anew by news and ad departments, then by compositors, making no two layouts identical.
YMCA committee members and friends urged to make reservations for the annual retreat at the Verle Gallagher farm. The event begins with supper at 6 50 p m and will proceed rain or shine with all members invited. Reservations can be made by telephone through the YMCA.
Ottumwa report says John Morrell Jr. 21, son of a John Morrell Co. executive, fell unconscious in critical condition after his car left US 34 near Ottumwa. Passengers David Simpson 19 and Mary Ellen Ostick 16 were treated and released. Sheriff Orman noted the car dropped 180 feet off the curve then overturned into a grader ditch.
Federal officials said a grand jury will be convened the week of Oct 25 to consider evidence in the Hall and Heady kidnapping slayings. U S Attorney Scheufler noted the delay due to jury selection from 65 western Missouri counties while investigators pursue leads on the missing 300000 ransom in the Bobby Greenlease case. The pair show no remorse in separate Jackson County jail cells as prosecutors pursue charges under the Lindbergh Kidnap law.
Washington AUPresented plan aims to shift focus from production to marketing within the Agriculture Department. Senator George Aiken praised the move as efficient with lower costs, while Senator Olin Johnston blasted it as harmful to farmers. Farm experts largely wait to assess impacts on programs and growers.
Leaders met in the Red Cross office to map the county program for the coming year. Enrollment of school children begins in November. Mrs. E D Miller of Wellman, a former Wellman schools superintendent, attended. Washington county delegates to the two day Iowa Junior Red Cross leadership conference in Cedar Falls were Mrs Miller Janice Gascho and Jeanette Choate.
The United Presbyterian Home in Washington hosts its annual homecoming on Thursday October 15 at 11 a m. A basket lunch follows in Sherman Hall with Rev. Harry Tuttle D D speaker from the United Church of Canada. New cottages added since last year will be dedicated and tours of the building and grounds offered to visitors.
South Dakota cattlemen backed by Congress pressed the Eisenhower administration to spend millions to curb the beef surplus. They urged government purchases of beef for shipment abroad using foreign aid funds, aiming to prop up sagging cattle prices. A chartered bus tour headed to Nebraska, stopping in Sioux Falls, before Norfolk tonight.
VANMUNJOM Korea UP South Korea pledged to behave as Red persuaders began to lure about 22 4500 prisoners back to Communism Dr H K Karl government spokesman said Indian guards would escort anti Communist North Koreans and Chinese to lecture booths built by American engineers The Communists planned to interview 1000 men Thursday with private talks later Sessions could last eight hours daily until December 24 armistice deadline Allies warned of possible trouble as captives faced coercive persuasion threats from South Koreans and Indians Karl said Cho Chung Hwan expressed personal views unbacked by government and raised fear of truce breakdown
Nancy Cain, 13, of Spirit Lake, is credited with saving a 24-year-old boy who fell into Spirit Lake while playing on the main dock. She dived in from the beach without removing her clothing to reach Sonny Erickson, who fell about six feet into the water.
A compact Diesel engine built to mount on a bicycle weighs 11 pounds and delivers a fraction of horsepower. The design emphasizes lightweight engineering for portable power on two wheels.
Secretary John Foster Dulles plans a London visit for a Big Three summit amid claims of a crisis in international affairs. He departs at 8 50 p.m. and will meet Eden and Bidault before returning Monday, despite State Department denials of urgency.
Mr and Mrs Jay Brewer will present colored slides from their Europe trip this summer at the YWCA rooms Thursday at six. The YWCA sponsors the program and the general public is invited to attend.
Lester Johnson, a 52 year old district attorney, defeated Republican state Sen. Arthur Padrutt in a special election to become the first Democrat in Congress from the rural Ninth District. With 400 precincts reported, Johnson led 27,715 to 21,357 as Padrutt admitted GOP farm policies harmed his campaign.
A Cedar Rapids mother, Betty Young, 1 year old in she was flown by military transport to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City for poliomyelitis treatment. She had been at University Hospitals since September 2, 1950, to be nearer her husband who works for a Reading, Pennsylvania newspaper.
A compact claim notes performance at 6000 rpm and an efficiency figure of 300 miles per gallon kerosene. The source provides no additional context to verify the figures or identify the engine or vehicle model.
President Eisenhower marked his 63rd birthday with a star studded Hershey celebration and a five state speaking tour. The event featured mass choirs, towering birthday cakes, a 7000 person salute, and a pageant with Paul Revere. The Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships were announced as his key gift. He urged young people and framed international friendship as core to future liberty.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy said top secret radar and defense documents from the Army Signal Corps laboratory at Fort Monmouth have surfaced in Russia and East Germany. Subcommittee members report 26 of 57 missing papers involved, with two former Fort Monmouth workers testifying about security issues.
An authentic Cheyenne Indian Medicine dance will be featured in the Boy Scout circus Saturday at 8 p.m. in the State University of Iowa fieldhouse. The Shi-ko-nah Indian dancers, Scouts trained in Red Man ways, perform in Indian regalia under spotlights. Washington Scouts Troop 237, led by Myron Salladey, join in the Pioneering segment alongside Glowing Wheels, Stars In the Night, and Congress of Clowns.
The Theodore Spurgeon family in Kansas City Kansas found 26 melons on a volunteer vine after an unlocated watermelon seed dropped last summer. The melons weigh up to 30 pounds each and are described as good eating.
Kansas Kalona district chairman E. J. Hesselschwerdt announced a one day fundraising drive for Friends of Scouting. The event aims to support Cubbing and Scouting reaching over 3,700 boys in the Hawkeye Area council and 1,000 boys in the Warhawk district covering Johnson Washington Iowa counties. The campaign follows an early bird breakfast on Tuesday October 20 to wrap up in a single day.
Falkland Islanders begin a seaplane linked bus service named bus connecting Stanley with isolated farms across the colony. The new aircraft replaces one of two older planes and carries goods passengers and medical cases to Stanley.
Fair and mild tonight with temperatures 42 to 50. Thursday daytime ranges from 75 to 80 with a fair pleasant evening following.
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