American Legion Plans September Meeting with Surprise Presentation
The Leon Beatty post hosts a Monday evening session featuring a surprise presentation by a local member. Commander Marion Rapp urges strong turnout for the first September meeting as state convention reports are shared and slides from the parade are shown. Purdock and Blecha discuss summer encampments, with district meeting plans in Muscatine on September 1.
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American Legion
Leon Beatty
Marion Rapp
Purdock
Blecha
Bill Purdock
Kenneth Blecha
Muscatine
Septemeer
Preston Wolf
Probabilities of First Killing Frost Across Iowa
The Weather Bureau estimates frost odds for Iowa crop regions. It shows average first frost dates Sept 30 to Oct 15 with percentages by quadrant for two dates: by Sept 30 47% northwest, 39% northeast, 25% southwest, 20% southeast. by Oct 20 90% northwest, 82% northeast, 78% southwest, 73% southeast.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Kept Cool Under Fire and Got Hot With Firemen
Minneapolis cabbie Jack Murtaugh stayed calm when his taxi engine ignited. He headed toward a fire station and, finding it occupied with another blaze, ended up using the department’s phone to summon help.
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Minneapolis
Jack Murtaugh
Murtaugh
Guard Battery A Drill Rescheduled To Tuesday Night
The weekly drill for Battery A of the national guard moves from Monday to Tuesday night at the Armory.
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National Guard
Battery A of
The
Armory
Truman pledges 3 million man armed force against Reds
President Truman vowed the United States will raise an armed force of 3 million men to block further Soviet aggression. He urged unity for peace and freedom, warning would be aggressors not to repeat history. Diplomats questioned UN limits and the Korea situation but he avoided details on broader war scope.
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Truman
Washington
United States
Free World
Voice of America
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Hitler
Tojo
Congress
America
Far East
Formosa
Asia
United Nations
38Th Parallel
China
Dean Acheson
State Department
North Korea
Truman to Exercise New Control Power
President Truman announced in a radio address that he will use the new emergency economic control powers to reshape living and working patterns. He signaled broad wage price and rationing measures to boost defense production and warned of inflation restraints as the nation shifts resources toward defense.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Congress
White House
United States
Letter From Mexico Excerpts From Charles Morris August Visit
Charles Morris recounts a Y's Men’s convention trip to Mexico City with boat rides through the Floating Gardens of Xomil icho chapultepec castle detours rain and a bullfight scene. He notes vendor boats commerce during the tour and a missing wallet incident. The piece ends with reflections on the trip as adventurous and hospitable.
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Mexico
Chapultepec Castle
IOOF Minstrel Show at Corn Fiesta Feature
The IOOF minstrel show, popular this spring, will perform at the Corn Fiesta free act platform at 7 30 this September 14. Interlocutor Doyle Jarrard with script by Forrest Walker, cast includes Kenneth Peters Frank Janecek Keith Williams and others. business committee Elwyn Gardner Myron Salladay Kenneth Peters. accompanist Mrs Lee Baird.
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IOOF
Doyle Jarrard
Forrest Walker
Elwyn Gardner
Myron Salladay
Kenneth Peters
Lee Baird
Frank Janecek
Keith Williams
James Hotchkiss
Cloyd Garrett
Max Lee
Rex Lee
Harold Brock
Charles Murdock
Jesse Stout
Harold Swailes
Ernest Green
Charles Swift
John Beenblossom
Luther Cram
Ted Givans
Ray Gidley
Carl Schneider
Last rites for J J McKeone at St James Church
Last rites for J J McKeone were held at 9 o'clock Thursday morning at St James church with Rev R J Kinnavey conducting the service and burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Escort provided by the Knight of Columbus. Casketbearers were Everette Swift Charles Swift Hubert Walker William Bruty Frank Casey and John Ryan.
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J. J. McKeone
St. James Church
R. J. Kinnavey
Elm Grove Cemetery
Knight of Columbus
Everette Swift
Charles Swift
Hubert Walker
William Bruty
Frank Casey
John Ryan
Lake Darling to Be Dedicated in September Ceremony
Formal dedication of Lake Darling is tentatively set for Sunday September 17 with a planning meeting Tuesday at the lake site. Governor Beardsley may attend as a guest, and prominent figures in politics and conservation are expected to join a large regional crowd in southeast Iowa. Frank B. Miller of Iowa Southern Utilities Company heads the Washington committee and will lead the Tuesday planning session.
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Lake Darling
William Beardsley
Iowa
Frank B. Miller
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Washington
General Arrangements Committee
Three GIs Stand Trial for Murder in Canal Zone
Privates first class Gerald C. Thomas 18 of Somerset Pennsylvania Melvin D Alloway 19 of Columbus City Iowa and Gustave H Smith 18 of Moorestown New Jersey face a first degree murder charge after confessing to beating to death Sewell Codrington YMCA night clerk during a burglary at Christobal YMCA in Panama Canal Zone. Police say $18 was missing from the clerk’s funds. The trio were held without bail as the Army CID and Canal Zone police traced them.
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Canal Zone
YMCA
Gerald C. Thomas
Somerset
Melvin Dpd
Alloway
Columbus City
Gustave Fh. Smith
Moorestown
N. J
Sewell Codrington
Warmed Services Ymca
Christodal
Colon
Army
Criminal Investigation Division
Letters From Korea By GI Robert Kelley
The two letters printed in Friday’s Journal from a GI in Korea were sent by Robert Kelley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Kelley of Washington.
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Korea
Robert Kelley
Carl Kelley
Washington
Municipal band practice canceled for Monday night
The announcement states there will be no Municipal band rehearsal on Monday evening, informing members to note the cancellation and avoid gathering at the usual venue.
The Problem Drinker and Early Alcoholism Signs
An editor notes early symptoms of threatened alcoholism. The piece stresses identifying marks such as blackouts, loss of control, extravagant money behavior, constant drinking, and morning compulsion, urging family and employers to act before full dependence develops.
Communists Launch Heavy Attack Across Korean Front
Allied forces face a major Red offensive as four to five enemy divisions press the Taegu area and Naktong front. UPI reports tanks near Lake Upo and 15 tanks in the area while American counterblows recapture Masan and Yongsan as MacArthur presses air and ground assaults.
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Changnyong
United Press
Jack Burley
Naktong River
Taegu
Lake Upo
Naktong Hine
Douglas MacArthur
Masan
Naktong
Yongsan
Soutern
Pohang
Naktong Bulge
Reds
Des Moines Weather Outlook Through Sunday
Partly cloudy weather continues in Iowa with a chance of scattered light showers near the southern border. Temperatures remain steady with highs in the upper 80s, lows in the 50s to 60s, and winds mainly from the east at 10 to 14 mph.
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Iowa
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