Labor Day highway deaths total 440. 1951 record surpassed
Across the nation Labor Day weekend traffic deaths reached 440, 21 under last year’s 461 record. Total accidental deaths numbered 374 with 47 drownings and 14 plane crashes, while violence deaths reached 625, including 400 traffic fatalities. California led with 9 road deaths. New Hampshire and others reported none.
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Michigan
Ilinois
Georgia
New York
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
District of Columbia
Safety Council
Miners Return To Jobs Amid Fear Of New Strike
In Pittsburgh a 10 day memorial holiday ends as 475000 United Mine Workers return to coal pits amid pessimism. John L Lewis ordered the layoff to honor 334 miners killed in seven months, raising concern of another work stoppage before month’s end.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers of America
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Benjamin Curtis Dies at 62 in Muscatine
Benjamin Curtis aged 62 died at 6 15 this morning in Bellevue hospital Muscatine after illness since August 1951 He was born March 7 1880 in Louisa County and married Alma Diehl in 1915 and Bertha Whitmire in 1928 Survivors include son Robert daughter Melba Mead two brothers Robert and Carl and sister Mrs Pierson The body lies at Stephens funeral home pending services.
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Columbus Junction
Benjamin Curtis
Bellevu Hospital
Muscatine
Frank Pierson
Fredonia
Stephens Funeral Home
Curtis
Louisa County
Edward
Mary Newell Curtis
Alma Diehl
Bertha Whitmire
Kansas
Robert
Melba Mead
Arkansas
North Carolina
Carl
Nevada
Iowa
Pierson
Funeral at Riverside for Lawrence Brown
Funeral services for Lawrence Ralph Brown of Wellman will be held Wednesday at 9 in St Marys Catholic church Riverside. He will be buried at St Vincents cemetery with full military honors. Brown died Sunday evening after a heart attack while traveling to Vinton from the state fair with his wife and her two sisters. He was born May 15 1911 in Owa City and married Naomi Dautremont December 2 1950. He is survived by his wife three brothers Lewis Leo Harold two sisters Marion Christianson Helen Stahl and Julia Brown. The body rests at Sorden Adams funeral home Rosary is at 8 this evening.
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Lawrence Ralph Brown
Wellman
St. Mary's Catholic Church
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St. Vincent’s
Mr. Brown
Vinton
Owa City
Joseph
Mary Hendrickson Brown
Dee
Naomi Dautremont
Iowa City Knights of Columbus
American Legion
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Lewis
Cedar Rapids
Leo
Harold
California
Marion Christianson
Helen Stahl
Iowa City
Julia Brown
Sorden & Adams Funeral Home
Fair judging yields numerous honors at Iowa State Fair
Washington county entries dominate as 4-H and open classes crown winners. Keith Korn of Washington wins two blue ribbons and reserve champion in Duroc market pigs, plus second best pen. Ken Greiner of Keota takes a white ribbon and two blue ribbons in Hampshire market pigs. Larry Shalla of Riverside shows top eight and thirteen among registered Hereford heifers. Knotek Brothers of Riverside claim reserve champion and best pen in Duroc market barrow, with top three pens and high placements in 210 to 250 pound and 180 to 210 pound classes.
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de Moines
Keith Korn
Washington
Ken Greiner
Keota
Ken
Hampshire
Larry Shalla
Riveside
Knotek Brothers of
Riverside
Duroe Market Barrow
Knotek Bros
County Republican Women Plan Meeting
The County Republican Women will hold a business meeting in the Legion rooms at City Hall this Thursday at 2 PM. Officers will be elected and plans for a social gathering later will be discussed. all interested women are urged to attend.
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Legion Rooms
Truman Attacks Eisenhower's Advisors on Campaign Train
President Truman assailed Dwight D. Eisenhower from the Parkersburg platform accusing him of serving as a Republican mouthpiece for self-serving politicians. He criticized Dulles and Republican foreign policy talk as risking war and urged a stronger stance toward Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Etsenhower
Parkersburg
W. Va
Eisenhower
Dulles
Hull Shows Slight Improvement Today
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull remains in critical condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after suffering a stroke and a subsequent more severe attack. He is 80 years old and was secretary of state from 1933 to 1944 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Hull
Franklin V. Roosevelt
Nine Die In Iowa Accidents In Labor Day Week
Nine persons died in Iowa in Labor Day accidents. Rickey Fliger, 5, New Hampshire, died after being struck by a Des Moines driver. Clyde King, 37, Lake Park, fatally injured racing at the Iowa State Fair. Ava Rowland, 6? from Missouri, died of injuries from a Red Oak two car crash. An inquest cited excessive speed by Dean Richter of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
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United Press
Iowa
Rickey Fliger
New Hampton
Gerald F. Sheehy
Des Moines
Clyde King
Lake Park
King
Ava Rowland
Kahoka
Red Oak
Dean Richter
Manitowoc
Wis
Richter
St James School Opens for 1952 53 Term
Students returned to St James parochial school for the 1952 53 term with 115 registering. Sisters in charge include Sister Mary Angelique as principal Sister Mary Ann Roselle upper room Sister Mary Verone middle room and Sister Mary Verna primary.
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St. James Parochial School
St. James School
Mary Angelique
Mary Ann Roselle
Mary Verone
Pickets disrupt UA C hearing on Communist infiltration
About 150 pickets, largely from the United Electrical workers, marched into Chicago’s Federal Building and interrupted a hearing of the House Un American Activities Committee on alleged Communist infiltration into defense industries. They carried signs and sang solidarity forever as some leaders were expected to testify.
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Chicago
Federal
Solidarity
House Un-American Activities Committee
United Electrical Pfarm Equipment Union
Nine New Vehicles Registered Last Week
Eight new cars and one new truck were registered in Washington county during the past week. Registrations issued by the county treasurer's office went to Paul and Pauline Long, Washington, a Chevrolet Celesta and Harold Mass, Wellman, a Pontiac Florence Crowl, Washington, Louis Horak, Riverside, a Chevrolet Jack KR. Hotle, West Chester, a White truck Walter L. Jones, Washington, Woodrow Crone, Washington, a Pontiac Daniel K. Pence, Washington, and A W.S. Britton, Kalona.
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County Treasurer's Office
Paul and
Pauline Long
Washington
Chevrolet
Celesta
Harold Mass
Wellman
Pontiac
Florence Crowl
Plymouth
Louis Horak
Riverside
Jack KR. Hotle
West Chester
Walter L. Jones
Woodrow Crone
Thye Denounces Brannan Over Farm Program Criticism
Sen. Edward J. Thye charged that Charles Brannan’s neglect of his powers caused heavy losses to hog raisers in Minnesota and the Middle West. He called Brannan’s Sunday Lake Bronson statement false and blamed declining hog prices, five to six cents below parity, for the pain.
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Brannan
Minnesota
Middle West
Loveless Seeks More Aid To Schools And Welfare
Hersche Loveless, Democratic candidate for governor, urged higher state funding for education and extended welfare aid in a Labor Day speech in Iowa City. He also called for flood control improvements and broader soil conservation, and earlier criticized Iowa’s highway system as the worst in the nation.
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Iowa City
Hersche Loveless
Des Moines
Loveless
Snow begins 15 day jail term for reckless driving
Kenneth Snow aged 19 is serving a 15 day jail sentence in Washington county jail on a reckless driving charge. An additional 90 day sentence will be served after revoking a parole issued in 1950.
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Kenneth Snow
Washington County
Snow
Air Attacks Wreck 25 Korean Cities
The United Nations air campaign in August shattered 25 pre warned Communist cities and threatened 53 more in coming days. Allied Air Force aimed to hit 78 cities with heavy assaults on Red supply and troop targets, as Far East Air Forces logged over 24 000 sorties in August.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. N
Far East Air Forces
Attendance at Iowa State Fair tops 511000 in 10 days
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Fair drew 511,008 visitors over ten days. Monday’s attendance reached 3,308 as officials compare 1951 and 1952 metrics. They expect 1952 profit to approach 235,000 dollars, nearly matching last year’s result.
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Des Moines
Gillaspie and Bauer Granted Marriage License
A marriage license was issued today to Robert Eugene Gillaspie of Keota and Joy Elaine Bauer of West Chester.
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Robert Eugene Gillaspie
Keota
Joy Elaine Bauer
West Chester
Quad City Bus Strike Halts Public Transit In Iowa Illinois
Workers in the Quad area walked off at midnight in a dispute with two National City lines subsidiaries. The AFL Amalga mated Association of Street Rail way and Motor Coach Employees union seeks a 40 hour week with no pay cut. About 40,000 riders lose service. taxicabs fill gaps in Davenport Moline Rock Island and East Moline.
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AFL Amalgamated Association of Street Railway and Motor Coach Employees Union
National City Lines
Moline
Rock Island
East Moline
Al Ledger Named as Lindsay Dealer Here
Al Ledger has been appointed Lindsay franchise dealer for Washington County. The Evening Journal carries further advertisement announcing the deal in today’s edition.
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al Ledger
Lindsay
Washington County
Evening Journal
Plan Services For Lem Guy at Brighton
The body of Lem Guy will be taken to the Presbyterian church in Brighton at 1 15 o clock Wednesday and will be in state until time for his funeral service at 2 p m. Mr Guy died in Brighton Sunday evening. His three sons are Daniel Laurel and Robert. A stepson Earl Young of Connecticut also survives. The Omar Hoskins funeral home is in charge of arrangements.
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Lem Guy
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Laurel
Robert
Earl Young
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Omar Hoskins
Kenneth Kos of Riverside Victim of Polio
Kenneth Kos of route one Riverside is the latest polio victim in Washington county. The 30 year old father of three was hospitalized at University hospital in Iowa City after illness began Friday. Doctors report both legs affected by the disease.
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Kenneth Kos
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Washington County
Stevenson Tackles Taft Hartley Critics in Labor Tour
Gov. Adlai Stevenson lauded Michigan crowds after a five speech swing and outlined a new labor law to replace Taft Hartley. He urged presidential seizure powers, bans on coerced court injunctions and jurisdictional strikes, and proposed settling disputes by private bargaining with targeted unions cleaned of racketeers and Communists.
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Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Michigan
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Stevenson
West
Detroit
Cadillac Square
White House
Wilber Jackson Found Dead At Farm Near Washington
The body of farmer Wilber Jackson living one mile northeast of Washington was found at his farm today. County coroner Dr. W S Kyle had not finished the inquiry but it was believed he took his own life by hanging. The body was taken to Jones funeral home pending arrangements.
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Washington
W. S. Kyle
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Jones Funeral Home
Young Republican Blasts Federal Mismanagement
Alec MacKenzie state chairman of the Young Republicans accuses the Democratic administration of gross mismanagement and red tape causing deficit spending. He says the federal government spends more than twice its receipts.
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Mount Pleasant
Alec MacKenzie
Young Republicans
Miles
MacKenzie
Legion Post Meeting Tonight With Smorgasbord
Members of the Leon Beatty American Legion post will meet at 8 o clock in the Legion hall. After a brief business session a smorgasbord will be served.
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Leon Beatty American Legion Post
Legion Hall
New Ocean Depths Found Near Guam by Challenger
British surveyors aboard H.M.S. Challenger measured a depth of 35 640 feet in a vast undersea canyon south of Guam in the western Pacific, refining the record for the deepest point on Earth.
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Guam
Pacific
Eisenhower’s Southern Swing Attacks Washington Mess
Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a two day Southern tour targeting the Truman administration as a “top to bottom mess.” He accuses Democratic bosses of corruption and vows a wholesale clean-out, urging the South to abandon party ties and back his Nov 4 bid for decency and honesty in Washington. He speaks in Atlanta Jacksonville and Miami with further stops in Tampa Birmingham and Little Rock.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Tampa
Birmingham
Ala
Little Rock
Ark
Washington
Record polio surge in Iowa exceeds 1950 totals
Des Moines Iowa health officials report 267 new polio cases in one week raising the year’s total to 1515, far surpassing 1950’s 1399 total. The polio fatality toll reaches seven with two small children and a young woman dead.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ralph H. Heeren
Division of
Wousan
Des Moines Weather With Warm Wednesday and Cooler Weekend
Weather forecast for Des Moines Iowa calls for fair and cool tonight then fair and warmer Wednesday with a high around 75 to 80. Overnight lows 40 to 46. Further outlook shows fair and slightly warmer Thursday. Five day temps average two to five degrees below normal with normal highs 86 to 83 and lows 55 to 59. Warmer Wednesday followed by cooler Friday and Saturday with precipitation of about one quarter to one inch Friday.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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