VFW Auxiliary Promotes Get-out-the-Vote Campaign
The VFW auxiliary names Mrs. Hysell, Mrs. Vauly, and Mrs. Koehler as GOP officials in charge of the Get-out-the-Vote drive. Volunteers will staff the VFW hall during voting hours on November 4 to assist with transportation and babysitting via a contact number. The group stresses nonpartisanship and urges all eligible citizens to vote, with special emphasis on first-time young voters.
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Truman Hysell
Herbert Vauly
George Koehler
VFW
Hysell
Veterans Invited to Join VFW Post in Washington County
Herbert Pauly, membership chairman for VEW post 19535, urged county veterans to join. Dues are payable now and delinquent after January 1, 1953. Washington Post No. 7508 has bought a hall for members. the local post plans no large drive this year but offers an active auxiliary and 18 member committee to assist. About 900 county men are eligible. Members should contact Pauly or any VFW member.
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Herbert Pauly
VEW
Pauly
Washington Post
VFW
Washington County
Bridge Marathon Invites Players From Washington Ys Club
Bridge players are invited to join a marathon sponsored by the Washington Ys Men’s club. Open to all bridge players, entry blanks must be filled and mailed promptly to enable the schedule of play to be drawn up by marathon officials.
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Washington Y
Kevehing Journal
Weather Des Moines Iowa Mostly Cloudy and Warmer Saturday
Mostly cloudy with occasional rain to night and Friday. Colder in the west. Lows 30s to near 40 in the southeast. Highs Friday about 40 north and 45 to 55 southeast. Cloudy with little temperature change Friday night. Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday.
Salvation Army Seeks Support In Community Chest Drive
The Salvation Army in Iowa, with 24 corps and facilities, seeks funds from the Washington Community Chest drive for 1955. Highlights include Booth Memorial Hospital, Sumner Camp Madrid, and programs in crime prevention, disaster service, and youth leadership development. Local donors are urged to include the Salvation Army in their pledges.
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Te Salvation Army
Salvation Army
Washington
Iowa
Community Chest
Booth Memorial Hospital
Sumner Camp
Madrid
Washington National Guardsmen
Mississippi River
Duffy Denies Guilt In Iowa Shooting
George C. Duffy 21 pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the slaying of rival James Hackman 19 at a Cedar Rapids home October 9. He was ordered held without bond for trial possibly in November term of district court.
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Cedar Rapids
George C. Duffy
M. C. Hamiel
Duffy
James Hackman
Junior High PTA Meeting Cancelled Monday
The Junior High PTA meeting at the school is canceled due to the Community Chest kickoff dinner scheduled for the same evening.
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Community Chest
Miners Idle as Wage Board Delay Triggers Walkouts
More than 48 150 United Mine Workers refuse to work amid Wage Stabilization Board delay on a 1 90 a day raise. About 82 000 idle in Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia, 4 500 idle locally, 14 mines closed, 8 000 idle in West Virginia. WSB meets in Washington with no decision expected.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Wage Stabilization Board
Pennsylvania
Appalachian
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Oshio
Illinois
West Virginia
Uniontown
Aeginner
WSB
Washington
Mrs. Marguerite Willits Dies in Des Moines
Mrs. Marguerite Willits wife of Bob Willits and former resident here died this morning in a Des Moines hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon October 18 at 8 35 at the Jones funeral home. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery. Mrs. Willits left Washington about twenty years ago.
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Marguerite Willits
Bob Willits
Des Moines
Jones Funeral Home
Elm Grove Cemetery
Willits
Washington
Revenue Office to Close Friday at Washington Post Office
The internal revenue office in the Washington post office will be closed on Friday October 17. Office director Mr. Workman reported the closure.
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Internal Revenue Office
Washington Post Office
Workman
Four Junction Girls Seek Queen Honors
Kay Ford Elaine Pine Gladys Rees and Peggy Hopping seniors at Columbus high school were named candidates for homecoming queen for Friday October 17. They will appear on a parade float at 2 30 p m and one will be crowned at halftime of the Lone Tree game at 7 45 p m on the local field. Attendants will be chosen from the remaining candidates and a dance follows the game.
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Columbus Junction
Kay Ford
Elaine Pine
Gladys Rees
Peggy Hopping
Columbus High School
Lone Tree
Swedish delegate denounces Soviet refusal to arbitrate
At the United Nations General Assembly Swedish Foreign Minister Oesten Anden accuses the Soviet Union of refusing to submit the Baltic Sea shooting down of Swedish planes to the International Court of Justice. He urges universal acceptance of arbitration and criticizes imperialistic great power mentality among Soviet bloc states.
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United Nations
N. Y
Sweden
Russia
Baltic Sea
Oesten Anden
United Nations General Assembly
Kremlin
International Court of Justice
Stockholm
Tts
U. N
Anden
Bank Manager Held On Embezzling $73,000 in Iowa
Ara F. Beauchamp a bank manager admitted embezzling $73,000 over seventeen years. He formerly lived in Wyman and was known by several Washington residents in his youth.
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Iowa
Ara F. Beauchamp
Wyman
Washington
Young Farm Wife Killed in Tractor Mishap Near Olds
Mrs. Kenneth Tolander, 3 weeks married to a local farmer, died in a tractor accident on the Raymond Hultquist farm west of Swedesburg. She lost control while pulling a wagon, tractor struck a tree, neck caught between tender and fence post. She was born Jean Foubert of North English.
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Kenneth Tolander
Olds
Raymond Whaltquist
Mrs. Tolander
Jean Foubert
North English
John Foubert
Mr. Tolander
Mr. Hultquist
Twenty Five Aboard Missing Airplane
An Air Force C-46 with 25 servicemen aboard disappeared on a 150 mile flight over mountainous South Korea. More than 20 Sth Air Force planes searched the area but found no wreckage, fate unknown. The crew consisted of four, passengers 21, all servicemen.
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Tokyo
South Korea
Sth Air Force
Sb5th Air Division
E.s.t
President Truman Campaigning in New England Warns of Disaster
President Truman on the campaign trail in New England warned that Eisenhower's election could spark the most disastrous war in world history. He urged voters that national prosperity and world peace depend on this year's election as he addressed a crowd in North Haven, Connecticut.
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Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New England
Richard Stephens Transferred for Polio Convalescence
Richard Stephens of Ainsworth was moved from University Hospital in Iowa City to Mercy Hospital in Burlington for specialized convalescent care. The transfer, the first of its kind this year, aims to assist families facing long term polio recovery with support from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
University Hospital
Iowa City
O Mercy Hospital
Burlington
John Phieger
Washington County
National Foundation For Infantile Waralysis
Stephens
Phleger
National Foundation
Taft Plans Nebraska Speech Campaign Stop
Sen. Robert A. Taft and former campaign manager David S. Ingalls fly to Hastings Nebraska for a campaign stop as Taft presses his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. He tours with Ingalls aboard a twin engined plane amid efforts backing Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nebraska
Taft
David S. Ingalls
Ingall
Hastings
Neb
Ohio
Remodeling At Fuhr and Cochran Revamps Washington Store
Dale Fuhr and Joe Cochran celebrate six years as partners after a facelift at Fuhr and Cochran food store. New paint, shelving, frozen-food case, and fresh produce area enhance the store, with cashier Mrs Crandall marking five years with the business.
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Dale Fuhr
Joe Cochran
Fuhr and Cochran Food
Washington
Dale
Joe
Benteco Food
Fuhr
Cochran
Piggly Wiggly
Albert Orcutt
Benteco
One Dead and 17 Hurt On U S Destroyer Off Korea
A Communist shell exploded above the destroyer USS Perkins in Task Force 77 off Korea killing one sailor and wounding 17. The ship was part of a screening group during a mock invasion off the Korean coast near Wonsan, with earlier casualties reported on another unnamed destroyer.
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Korea
Perkins
Navy
Korean
Wonsan
Funeral services for Howard Sigafoose held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for Howard Sigafoose were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Jones funeral home with Dr. C. R. Reed and Rev. Walter Smith in charge. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery. Pallbearers were Jake Earnest, John and Lester Wagner, Ross Van Nostrand, H. J. Schoonover and Sam Marsh.
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Howard Sigafoose
Jones Funeral Home
C. R. Reed
Walter Smith
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jake Earnest
John and
Lester Wagner
Ross van Nostrand
H. J. Schoonover
Sam Marsh
Speech Planned at Hastings This Evening
A speaker will address an audience at 8 p m in Hastings with remarks likely addressing local issues and community concerns. The event invites residents to attend and hear the message in person.
Bank manager charged with embezzling 73000 over 17 years
Ura F Beauchamp 53 a Grimes Des Moines Bank and Trust branch manager was held on a federal embezzlement charge totaling 73000 over 17 years. He admitted taking funds since 1935. Bond set at 5000 and he was jailed pending grand jury.
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Des Moines
Ura F. Beauchamp
J.L. Dalton
Beauchamp
Grimes
Des Moines Bank and Trust Co
Dalton
S. Lockwood
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal Grand Jury
Lockwood
FBI
Loran G. Denton
Eisenhower Seeks Support on New Jersey Tour After NYC Meetings
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, en route with his campaign, met Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in New York and planned a one day tour of northern New Jersey. He spoke with groups representing small business, Negroes, and labor in New York City. The AFL carpenters union chief Hutcheson endorsed Eisenhower, while noting one AFL unit did not vote for Stevenson. Hutcheson said peace is a major issue and predicted Eisenhower would pursue a clear foreign policy understood by Russians.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
New Jersey
New York City
M. A. Hutcherson
AFL
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
The
Carpenters Union
Adelai E. Stevenson
Hutcheson
Snow suit ad boosts sales amid limited stock
A 16 word Snow ad ran three times indicating snow suits were sold. Mrs Hammer notes she could have sold more. The item mentions vegetables and other sales or trades and invites readers to place notices in the Journal Want ad section.
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Pat’ Moberly
Riverside
Walnut
VFW Auxiliary
Marathon
Dr. High
PTA
East
Revenue Office
Andre! Vishifisky
Andre! Gromyko
Four Junction
Soviet Russia
Swedesburg
Adlai Stevenson
Troop 76
Milard Avenue Baptist Church
Executive Mansion
Chicago
Carol Greer
International Soundphoto
North Haven
Conn
Fuhr & Cochran
U. S
Sigafoose Funeral
Bob Hammer
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