First Reports On Community Chest Drive
Robert Day reports the Washington Community Chest drive has a $2,500 start toward a $25,000 goal with weather delaying progress. Billie Young notes $2,500 received at YMCA headquarters as workers in business blocks begin pledges, with the drive running through Thursday and a lighted red feather indicating donations.
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Robert Day
Washington
YMCA
Billie Young
Community Chest
Mr. Day
Y's Men's Club
Milo Jorden
John Yousling
Keith Vetter
Lost Clothing At Washington YMCA Prompt Appeal
YMCA personnel urge children and parents to return misplaced garments to avoid mix ups. Mr Brown asks that kids who took home the wrong clothes bring them back for rightful owners. Several garments remain from last winter and families missing coats or overshoes should call at the Y building.
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YMCA
Brown
Jarvis and Greiner Bag Deer in Canada Hunt
Carl Greiner and Harold Jarvis arrived in Weshington with two deer on their car after a Canada hunting trip. They went to Kenora then flew by seaplane to Tito Lake for their expedition HQ. They returned with two deer and a total of 10 wild ducks and 22 grouse.
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Carl Greiner
Harold Jarvis
Weshington
Canada
Kenora
Tito Lake
Continue Services At Christian Tabernacle
The revival at Christian Tabernacle enters its second week with large crowds. Evangelist B. L. Howse will speak Tuesday on Sinning Against the Spirit and address Christ the Conqueror and other topics throughout the week. Sunday features The Cords That Held Christ to the Cross. Flannelgraph illustrations will be used.
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B. L. Howse
Christan Tabernacle
Howse
Christ the Conqueror
Christ
Marriage License Issued to Kirby and Lytle in Oskaloosa
A marriage license has been issued at the court house to Elmer C. Kirby and George K. Lytle both residents of Oskaloosa.
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Elmer C. Kirby
George K. Lytle
Oskaloosa
Just A Start GOAL and Cpe 815000 S64 40000
An unclear note referencing a goal amount 815000 and a price 40000 with mixed terms. No identifiable people organizations or places are readable. The fragment lacks coherent context or events to summarize.
Earthquakes Devastate Hualien on Formosa Island
Violent quakes on Formosa killed at least 120 and damaged Hualien city heavily. The island logged 12 shocks since 1 a.m. with hundreds registered yesterday. half of Hualien’s 4,000 houses collapsed and 60,000 residents live in the open amid rain.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Island Observatory
Plan Youth Rally At Prairie Flower Church
Prairie Flower church plans a youth rally next Monday night October 29 starting 7 45 p m Registration at 7 15 Singing instrumental renditions and special vocal numbers will be provided Guest speaker Rev Merle Hull pastor of Walnut Street church Muscatine The rally will be followed by refreshments in the church basement Everyone is invited.
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Prairie Flower Church
Merle Hull
Walnut Street Church of Muscatine
Five Face Charges of Bank Robbery
Federal charges filed in Green Bay name Mrs Kisther Amelia Whiting 41 her son Charles French Jr 24 daughter Patsy Whiting 14 and two men Wilford Joseph Smith 52 and Albert Curtis Small 20 in the $11554 Laona Wisconsin State Bank robbery. The crime featured disguises a getaway car and three employees forced to the floor. Heavily involved is the recovered $9930 found buried at the Whiting home with remainder unrecovered.
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Green Bay
Wis
Laona
FBI
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FBI Office
U.S
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Kisther
Amelia Whiting
Charles French, Jr
Patsy Whiting
St. Green Bay
Wilford
Joseph Smith
Sturgeon Hay
Albert Curtis Small
Appleton
Murphy
Whiting
French
Smith
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Airport Club Reschedules Meeting to Wednesday Night
Attention airport club members a change in meeting date is announced the gathering will be held Wednesday night at 7 30 o clock at the municipal airport confirming the new time and place for members to attend at short notice
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Airport Club
UN Jets Claim Biggest Victory Over Korea Battle
In the largest air clash of the Korean war, 14 to 17 Communist jets were shot down or damaged by American B 29s and escort fighters near the Manchurian frontier. One B 29 and a Thunderjet were lost as 250 to 280 aircraft clashed with 150 to 180 Mig 15s over Korea after Patton tanks struck near Kumsong.
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Tokyo
Manchurian
Korea
Kumsong
Junior Hi Y Sponsors Party At Y Saturday
Washington junior high activities led by YMCA staff member Robert Wartinbee include a square dance at the Y on Saturday evening with Artemas Brown calling. A large group of junior high and grade school boys joined a hamburger feed at the YMCA Saturday noon.
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Washington Junior High School
Robert Wartinbee
YMCA
Artemas Brown
Rubber Medals Awarded When Experts Bend The Truth
Washington dispatch reports a Burlington Wisconsin Liars Club annual contest awarding rubber medals for flexible truth. Sample tales include a man claiming a horse raced a storm, a bear hunter misusing glasses, a night hunting method with a tele sight, and a rattlesnake rescuing a burglar, all labeled as fiction by the club.
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Washington
Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
O. C. Hulett
Mighty Fast Joe Rajcsanyi
Columbus. C
Joe
Washington and Chester Sit Out Fall City Elections
Most towns in the area vote November 6 under a new nonpartisan state law moving municipal elections to odd years. Washington and West Chester skip this fall vote. others list candidates for mayor and council with offices opening in 1954 or 1963, depending on terms.
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Washington
West Chester
General Assembly
Apel
Cousecil
Boettcher Speaks At Izaak Walton Meeting
Paul Boettcher of the Soil Conservation Service spoke at the Chic agua Izaak Walton league meeting in St. James social hall. He presented soil conservation results and discussed local soil building work. A dinner meeting was planned and committees for the next membership drive were named.
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Paul Boettcher
Soil Conservation Service
Washington County
Chicagua
Izaak Walton League
St. James Social Hall
Eli J. Stutzman Dies in Kalona at 78
Eli J. Stutzman died Monday night at his Kalona home after four weeks of illness. Funeral at East Union Mennonite church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Dan J. Fisher officiating. Burial in East Union cemetery. Yoder funeral home in charge. Born December 5, 1869, near Kalona to Joe and Gertrude Stutzman. Widower of Drusilla Gingerich, who died in August 1948. Survived by one foster Kalona and one brother Joe. daughter Mrs. Chester Kauffman of Iowa City.
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Eli J. Stutzman
East Union Mennonite Church
Dan J. Fisher
East Union Cemetery
Yoder Funeral Home
Mr. Stutzman
Joe
Gertrude Stutzman
Drusilla Gingerich
Foster Kalona
Chester Kauffman, Stutzman
Iowa City
Corn side dressing increases per acre noted in county tests
The Evening Journal corrected a Monday story on corn side dressing values. Test plots at Don Sheetz farm Leroy Huber farm and Vittetoe farm showed increases of 10.2 19.5 and 28.3 bushels per acre respectively, mislisted as percent.
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Evening Journal
Don Sheetz
Leroy Huber
Vittetoe
Funeral rites for Mrs Maida Sloan held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Mrs Maida Sloan were held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Jones funeral home with Rev Earl Longfellow in charge. Pallbearers were Otto Lamansky Ralph Fra ze y Leland Horton Neil Whisler. Burial was in Brighton cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Fisher held in Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Fisher were held Monday morning at 9:50 o clock in the Jones Funeral Home with Dr. C. R. Reed in charge. Pallbearers were Lee Jones Emil Zwicki Ray Bell and Marion Stransky. Burial was in Iowa City. Mildred Benson of Chicago is visiting the Dave Benson home.
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Clara Fisher
Jones Funeral
C. R. Reed
Lee Jones
Emil Zwicki
Ray Bell
Marion Stransky
Iowa City
Mao reiterates Chinese terms for Korea cease fire
Mao Tse tung says Red China will accept a cease-fire only on its terms and will press on against the United States and UN forces. He urged increased Chinese effort and insisted on talks along the 38th parallel, noting the anti US and pro Korean movements will continue until peace is achieved. Observers doubt imminent progress as talks stall.
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Peiping
United Nations
United States
City Hal loween Party Planned by Local Organizations
City wide Halloween activities are planned with the YMCA Rotary Kiwanians Chamber of Commerce Jaycees and Y Mens Club aiding. Parade starts 6 30 p m from the YMCA around the square then younger children head to the Y for a program and refreshments by 8 p m. Older students from fourth grade to junior high enter the corridor to the haunted chamber and gym for events ending about 10 p m. Prizes for the parade will be run by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Kiwanians
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Y's
Hallowe’en
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tony Cap 74 Dies Plan Burial in Riverside
Tony Cap aged 74 died Sunday night at University hospital in Iowa City after illness. Graveside services are set for 1 30 pm Wednesday at Riverside cemetery with Rev Lawrence Jones in charge. Peterseim Funeral Home of Kalona handles arrangements. Cap was born in Czechoslovakia came to the United States in 1914 and worked for Alois Musil who brought him here. He had been living with Joe Hula in Riverside with no survivors.
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Tony Cap
Riverside Cemetery
Lawrence Jones
Peterseim
Kalona
Cap
University Hospital
Iowa City
Czechoslovakia
Alois Musil
Mr Musil
Joe Hula
Thirteen Citizens Fined in Mayor's Court Here
Thirteen individuals paid fines in the mayor's court. Speeding fines included James D. Davison Leslie Zillman Roger Dean Meyers John Albert Hemingway Loren C. Bush Vaughn R. McArtor and Homer Lowry. Other penalties covered improper parking failure to stop at a stop sign consuming beer on a public street driving without headlights and intoxication with a second offense resulting in three days hard labor on city streets.
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James D. Davison
Leslie Zillman
Roger Dean Meyers
John Albert Hemingway
Loren C. Bush
Vaughn R. McArtor
Homer Lowry
Charles Reed
Manual Junior McKune
Kenneth W. Long
James Dixon
Francis X. Beliel
Joe Roth
Weather Report for Des Moines Iowa
Mostly cloudy and cool with rain in the southeast this afternoon and evening. Tonight is 25 to 30 northwest and 36 southeast with a high of 50 to 55 on Wednesday. Winds vary from 10 to 20 mph, turning variable by Wednesday.
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Des Moines
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