Anniversary at U P Home Here Marks Fourth Year Progress
Delegations from Illinois and Iowa churches met at the United Presbyterian home to celebrate four years of progress and the annual home coming. Sherman Hall roof progress and new plaques were highlighted with introductions of new board members and cottage donors.
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Illinois
Iowa
United Presbyterian Home
Sherman Hall
C. R. Yeates
J. E. Simpson
8. A. Fulton
Fulton Hall
R. H. White
Roy Deniston
Newton
Will H. Holmes
Milwaukee
Zion Robbins
C. E. Hawthorne
Boydenia Cottage
Lena Bergman
Maud Jackson
United Presbyterian Church
Board of
Bostwick Jr. Funeral Held at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Bo F. Bostwick Jr. were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 50 in the Methodist church with Dr. C B Reed presiding. Jones Funeral Home directed arrangements. Pallbearers were George Breitenbach P L Etter His Statsman Frank Crone L A Jones and A W Crow. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Bo F. Bostwick Jr
Methodist
C. B. Reed
Jones Funeral Home
George Breitenbach
Po LL. Etter
Frank Crone
L. A. Jones
A. W. Crow
Elm Grove Cemetery
Hamburger Feed At YMCA Honors Local Youth
Grade school and junior high boys are invited to a hamburger feed at the YMCA Saturday at noon. The event honors boys who played in the YMCA softball league last summer. Trophies will be awarded to winners. Dinner costs 30 cents and includes hamburger ice cream and milk.
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The
YMCA
Diocesan Home and School Conference at St James
Father F J McMahan will give the principal address at the third annual diocesan Home and School conference at St James church this Sunday October 21 The theme The Child A Citizen of Two Worlds is set with Mass at 10 15 am and sermon by Father Maurice Dingman Reservations can be made through Mrs Paul Horak St James parish invites all to attend.
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F. J. McMahan
St. James Church
Father McMahan
St. Patrick's
Iowa City
St. Ambrose College
Catholic University of America
State University of Iowa
St. James ' Church
Maurice Dingman
Muscatine Catholic High School
Paul Horak
St. James Parish
High School Plans Annual Homecoming Parade
Washington high school prepares for its annual homecoming on Friday Oct 15 with a parade downtown at approximately 4 00 pm and a homecoming assembly to name the queen. Five candidates compete for queen: Eva Blattner Nadine Chalupa Pat Berry Mary Lou Robertson and Nancy Burham.
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Washington High School
Demons
Albia
Oop.om
Eva Blattner
Nadine Chalupa
Pat Berry
Mary Lou Robertson
Nancy Burham
Rioting Prisoners End Mutiny Today
In Moundsville West Virginia 1500 inmates at West Virginia State Prison ended a 22 hour mutiny by returning to their cells voluntarily after Warden Orel J Skeen promised they would be fed if they lined up and entered the cellblock.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia State Prison
Orel J. Skeen
Anti British Disorders Provoke Cairo Demonstrations
Hundreds of anti British protesters march toward central Cairo despite a police ban. Police deploy 250 officers with rifles and batons to guard the British Embassy while British troops and tanks enforce security in the Suez Zone amid earlier deadly riots.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Midwest plant plans massive bi coal stockpile
An electric utility plant in the Mid West outlines plans for a one million ton stockpile of bituminous coal. The report notes a prison scene where inmates move into cell blocks as doors open to begin a new period after noon.
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Mid-West
YMCA Seeks Community Chest Support For City Youths
The Washington YMCA depends on the Community Chest to fund most programs for boys and young men. Chest allocates 11 500 for the Y this year of a 19 000 goal. rest comes from dues, fees, room rental, endowment, and other income. The YMCA emphasizes self reliance yet offers many services below cost. The centennial of the national YMCA is noted as the local chapter marks 26 years, with programs starting at age six, and no boy denied membership due to inability to pay.
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Washington Ymca
Community Chest
Chest
YMCA
Isms
Herbert Hoover
Ymca In
America
Washington
Baby Bottle Found in Abduction Case Crushed on Road
A baby bottle found along U S 12 near Michigan City was crushed by a reporter's car. Police say the clue, linked to eight day old Lawrence Lyons kidnapped from St Anthony's Hospital, remains the best to date though leads include a woman in a green coat sighting.
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Michigan City
Ind
James Lyons
Francis
Lyons
Dorothy
U.S. 12
Tiny Lawrence Lyons
St Anthony's Hospital
Charles Hawke
Lawrence
Rev Suttie To Speak At Special Services In Ainsworth Church
Ainsworth U P church hosts a Thank Offering service by the Women’s Missionary Society on Sunday October 21 at 11 am. Rev Melvin D Suttie of Rock Island TI will be the speaker. he recently returned from ten years as a China mission preacher facing Japanese, then Communist forces, with rural and small town evangelism across multiple regions.
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Suttie
Ainsworth Church
Ainsworth
Woment's Missionary Society
Ainsworth U. P
Ainsworth P
Melvin D. Suttie
Rock Island
China
Mrs Francis McKim Dies In Oregon Home
Mrs Francis Zeck McKim died Monday in Buxton Oregon at her sister Milly Manly's home. She was sister to the late James K Zeck and had resided in Oregon since 1947. Her husband Francis Zeck McKim preceded her in death 26 years ago. Services are set for Friday with interment at Nevada. She belonged to the Journal Three Quarter Century club during her Washington years.
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Francis Zeck McKim
Final rites for Mrs R H Paul conducted at Jones funeral home
Final rites for Mrs R H Paul were held Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 o clock in the Jones funeral home. Dr Evert Haney officiated with Marion George the soloist. Pallbearers were Ronald Lewash Cloyce Rodney Paul Maxwell Frances Glider and Glenn Brees. Burial followed in the Ainsworth cemetery.
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R. H. Paul
Jones Funeral Home
Dr. Evert Haney
Marion George
Ronald Lewash
Cloyce
Rodney
Paul Maxwell
Frances Glider
Glenn Brees
Ainsworth Ceme
McArthur Blasts Leaders in Legion Speech
McArthur attacked national leadership in a Legion speech and urged compromise. Congressional tax talks resumed with a 2 p.m. CST meeting between Senate and House writers to craft a bill both chambers can accept.
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McArthur
Legion
Issic
Washington
Senate
House
Senate Conference Committee
Congress
MacArthur Urges Faith in U S Resilience Through Crisis
General Douglas MacArthur told the American Legion in Miami that the United States stands at a critical moment without leadership capable of rising above petty politics. He urged confidence in the American people to remedy the crisis and warned against risky colonial policies in Asia and the Middle East while supporting a strong atomic program and European allies. He also suggested avoiding a protracted Korea War and questioned plans to abandon Formosa to Communist China.
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Miami
Fla
Douglas MacArthur
United States
American Legion
MacArthur
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Formosa
China
Berge
Europe
Korea
Asia
Middle East
UN Breaks Through Koreas Front Near Kumsong
United Nations forces push within three miles of Kumsong as vanguards from three UN divisions advance another 1,000 to 2,000 yards along a 22 mile front. Reds offer light resistance southwest to southeast of Kumsong while U S cavalry gains are limited by entrenched Chinese bunkers near Yonchon.
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LTH
Korea
Kumsong
United Nations
Sth
38Th Parrallel
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Yonchon
1St Commonwealth Division
Sidney Hill
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Hill
International News
Fred Waters
International Soundphoto
Bethel Homecoming Draws 200 At Bethel Church Event
About 225 attendees joined Bethel church for homecoming services last Sunday. A cooperative dinner followed, with a planned afternoon program featuring musical numbers, readings, and Rev M A Robeson delivering the main address on The Church and the Community. Guests traveled from Des Moines Peoria Ottumwa and other towns.
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Bethel
White C
Wes Meyer
Marie Davis
Fairfield
Marvin Lambert
Winfield
Milan Thompson
Pleasant
Mr. Robeson
F. F. Fisher
Willise
Maurice Meyer
Benners cooking school cancels Thursday State Theatre matinee
There will be no matinee at the State Theatre on Thursday October 1. The usual Saturday matinee remains scheduled for October 20 at 2 30 pm.
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Benners Cooking School
State Theatre
Weather Des Moines Iowa Forecast Cool With Showers
Cloudy and cool weather continues through today tonight and Thursday with scattered showers or thunderstorms in the southeast half and light snow flurries in extreme northwest. Highs 45 to 55 today {38 to 42 in northwest} tonight. Thursday highs 41 to 45 northwest and 45 to 50 southeast. Winds NE today 10 to 18 mph turning easterly Thursday. Showers likely Friday then ending Saturday with cooler temperatures.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mrs. James W. Brammer Dies In Des Moines
Mrs. James W. Brammer, 34, of 685 Harwood Drive Des Moines died Tuesday afternoon at Iowa Methodist Hospital after a long illness. She was a daughter and granddaughter of local residents and active in Red Cross, Community Chest, and several clubs. Funeral services set for Thursday at Dunn's Funeral Home with burial in Glendale.
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James W. Brammer
Harwood Drive
Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Brammer
Fred H. Steck
Washington
O. K. Clapper
Accie Clapper
George Clapper
Dunn
Glendale Cemetery
Red Cross
Dismissal Won In OPS Case For Wayne Chamberlin Shop
Wayne Chamberlin of the Chamberlin Bros Sport Shop said their attorney won dismissal of the OPS charge in Davenport this week. The firm faced an injunction to stop business until pricing charts were filed, with L J Kehoe representing the defendants.
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Wayne Chamberlin
Chamberlin Bros. Sport Shop
Davenport
Chamberling Sport Shop
L. J. Kehoe
Wayne
Dallas Chamberlin
Savings Bond Sales Lagging In County
Don Maxwell of Washington county chair of the savings bonds division reports county bond purchases in the first half of the Defense Bond drive total $55,595, about 24.47 percent of the quota. He notes Iowa drives peak late, urges citizens to buy before November 8 to count toward the county tally.
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Don Maxwell
Washington
Washington County
Savings
Iowa
Perry W Beaty Dies This Morning at 72
Perry Willis Beaty 72 a long time Washington county resident died this morning at the home of his son Harold 449 South Seventh Avenue after a heart attack He had been semi invalid since a 1948 stroke Funeral services set for Friday at 2 PM at Sherman funeral home Rev T C Polk to officiate Burial in Elm Grove cemetery Beaty born August 9 1879 to Charles and Matilda Romine Beaty married February 25 1901 to Letitia Anderson who died November 12 1950 He was a Christian church member Survived by three sons Ralph Harold and Clifford two sisters Bessie Tucker and Georgia Cumming one brother Clair seven grandchildren one great grandchild and one sister preceded him in death
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Perry Willis Beaty
Washington County
Harold
South Seventh Avenue
Heaty
Sherman
Rev. T. C. Polk
Elm Cirove Cemetery
Mr Beaty
Angenuct
Charles
Matilda
Romine) Beaty
Letitia Anderson
Christian Church
Ralph
South Bend
Ind
Washington
Clifford
East Moline
Ill
Bessie Tucker
Georgia Cumming
Berkeley
Calif
Clair
City Halloween Party Plans Underway
Artemas Brown, YMCA secretary, reported plans for the annual city wide Halloween party to be held the evening of October 31 are well underway. Service clubs in Washington sponsor the event, providing workers and financial help to entertain all the youngsters that evening.
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Artemas Brown
YMCA
Secrtary, Today
Washington
Evangelist Rev B L Howse Opens Tabernacle Services
Rev B L Howse with 23 years gospel experience opened a series of services at the Christian Tabernacle Tuesday night before a large audience. He will preach each night except Saturday and Friday will feature special prayers for the sick. He has pastoring jail work six months at Chanute field in World War II and ongoing evangelistic work.
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B. L. Howse
Christian Tabernacle
Rev. Howse
Chanute Field
Tabernacle
West Chester Trojans Host Richland in Last Home Game
The West Chester Trojans host Richland for their final home game. Kickoff is 7 45 p m with officials Joe Orman PD L Figman and Merle Wilson of Ottumwa in charge as the Trojans aim to extend their 22 game winning streak.
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West Chester Trojans
Richland
Trojans
Joe Orman
PD. L. Figman
Merle Wilson
Ottumwa
Change Location Of Y Committee Meet
The annual YMCA committee meeting has been moved to the YMCA building here. The picnic dinner will be at the Y at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Attendees without reservations should contact the Y at once.
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YMCA
L. A. Jones
The Case Of The Missing Flare Returns
A car contractor reported a flare stolen from a barricade on Washington Street Monday night. He found the missing flare returned Tuesday morning with an extra flare beside the barricade, suggesting the contractor’s role in the recovery.
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Washin Street
Evening Journal
Funeral services for Mrs Katie Bales held in Sherman’s home
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie Bales were held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Sherman's funeral home with Rev. Milo Phillips in charge. Pallbearers were Ed Soverell, Dale Garrett, Ray Walton, Howard Mangold, Harry Hutt, and Charles Mayer. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery.
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Katie Bales
Sherman
Milo Phillips
Ed Soverell
Dale Garrett
Ray Walton
Howard Mangold
Harry Hutt
Charles Mayer
Elm Grove Cemetery
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