Editorials on gifts, politics and public life in Washington
The editorial page urges gratitude for community gifts shaping culture and civic pride, lauds Fort Sherman and other benefactors, and discusses Jakob Malik’s UN Security Council tenure. It condemns vigilantism and labor-management tensions while defending freedom of speech amid rising Cold War rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakob Malik
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
Kremlin
Malik
Jacob Malik
Rider From Tucson Western Action Delights Tim Holt
Tim Holt stars in a brisk RKO western filled with fast chases gunplay and frontier justice as he rides into danger in a new adventure. The review highlights Holt’s spirited performance and the film’s punchy tempo.
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Tim Holt
RKO
Rider From Tucson at Fox Theatre Opens
The radio drama set in Colorado mining country follows a young prospector whose gold strike is menaced by claim jumpers. Holt and Richard Martin play cowpunchers drawn into a deadly struggle as Elaine Riley shines as heroine. Leslie Selander directs a tense, action paced production.
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Tucson
Fox Theatre
Colorado
Holt
Richard Martin
Holt and
Martin
Elaine Riley
Douglas Fowley
Veda Ann Borg
Robert Shayne
William Phipps
Harry Tyler
Luther Crockett
Lesley Selander
Herman Schlom
Ed Earl Repp
Farm Bureau Moves Into Former Calvary Baptist Church
Washington county Farm Bureau and affiliated agencies relocate from the bank building to the former Calvary Baptist Church at South Second Avenue and East Jefferson Street. Thomas A. Robb and Ruth Foster will move in, with 1,288 members awaiting the new quarters. Gup Alsip departs youth extension duties as the staff shifts to the new, spacious 16 room building suitable for meetings and extension work.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Washington County Farm Bureau
South Second Avenue
East Jefferson Street
Bureau
Thomas A. Robb
Ruth Foster
Washington
Wayne Edmundson
Farm Bureau
University of Illinois At Urbana
State Bank
Bank
County Farm Bureau
Gup Alsip
County Extension
Gus
County Boys
Chautauqua
Letter From Mexico Returns to Brownsville
Charles Morris describes the family’s hot land travel from Victoria to Brownsville, noting dusty roads, sagebrush, and intermittent showers. They recall Mexican officials inspecting for livestock and plant diseases and crossing the Rio Grande by a hand-pulled ferry. They crave American hamburgers and malted milks on arrival, and look forward to Iowa.
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United States
Loveless’s
Morrises
Rio Grande
Brownsville
Valles
Victoria
Monterrey
McAllen
Mexico City
Texas
States
International Bridge
Mexico
Iowa
Park Plans and Elm Tree Preservation in Washington Property Sale
Mr Robb and Mr Edmundson discuss future work while the Farm Bureau outlines a rear parking area and expansion onto the Alcorn lot adjoining church property. The front lawn and large elm at the rear will be preserved, respecting the tree's century plus presence in town.
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The
Farm Bureau
Alcorn
Bureau
Washington
August Weather Figures Show Unusually Cool Month
An August summary notes cooler than typical conditions with a high near 92 degrees and a low around 40 in the current year. Rainfall measured 1.06 inches, with a historical comparison to August 1949 of 94/49 and 1.66 inches, and mentions Des Moines labeling the 1950 August as the coolest since 1915.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Journal
Washington
Annie Get Your Gun Lights Up Buffalo Bill Show on Screen
The article notes the challenge of adapting a Broadway hit to film with full spectacle. It describes the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show’s grand on screen set pieces, costumes, and a 12 month rewrite and production prep for Annie Get Your Gun. Indians, horses, and a large cast were built for the epic. State Theatre shows the film now.
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Buffalo Bill Wild West
Missouri
Annie
Sitting Bull
Annie Oakley
Howard Keel
Frank Butler
Annie Get Your Gun
State Theatre
Sherman
Chicago
Fabulous Blackhawk Cafe
Michigan Avenue
State Street
Marshall Field
Local Residents Travel and Birth Noted in Cedar Rapids Area
Mrs. Edyth Jones of Manhattan Kansas returned home Saturday after visiting in the Ray Gidley residence and after prior stops in Detroit Michigan. Mr and Mrs Marsh Atkinson were weekend guests in the Allen and Charles Atkinson homes in Cedar Rapids. The Atkinson couple welcomed a son named Stephen Ray on August 2. Ruth Humston is remembered in Washington as the Atkinson son’s mother.
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Edyth Jones
Manhattan
Kansas
Ray Gidley
Marsh Atkinson
Allen
Charles Atkinson
Cedar Rapids
Allen Atkinson
Stephen Ray
Atkinson
Washington
Ruth Humston
Hadacol Claims Boost Vitality In Nervous, Sleepy Man
Francis C Hood of Kansas City testifies that Hadacol corrected his vitamins and iron deficiencies B1 B2 Niacin and iron and restored sleep and energy. The LeBlanc Corporation promotes Hadacol with a money back guarantee and trial sizes priced at $1.25 and $3.50.
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Francis C. Hood
Wabash
Kansas City
Mr. Hood
The
LeBlanc Corporation
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Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
Fort Sherman
Y.M.C.A
United Presbyterian Home
Fort Best
Sunset Park
Central Park
Ralph Smith
Abcs
Department of Commerce
Gromyko
the Duce
Reahrer
Boone News-Republican
From
T. W. Harwood
General Insurance Agency
Coca-Cola Company
Burlington
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Bruce Cowden
Mr. Robb
Miss Foster
Charles Morris
Tom
Earl Bush
Winfield
Jomn Duncan's
House OF Flowers
ATA Tos Hotel
TT VE
Windy City
America
Gour
Illinois
MR. Halamka
Hal
Harding
Servel
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