04 Sep 1953
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1953
Page
1
Five year old Marsha Mon ard leaves school after finding kindergarten offered only blocks and sand for the kids. Her mother retrieves her, lamenting the teaching.
The hurricane sits 1,000 miles southeast of Miami with top winds near 150 mph. It moves northwest at about 15 mph and may curve northward over the next 12 hours. Closest land is Puerto Rico, 425 miles away, while gale winds extend up to 200 miles from the center.
Washington county 4-H members displayed strong results as judging began for club entries at the Iowa State Fair. Keith Horn won the champion Duroc boar and led the champion Duroc litter with fourth and fifth Duroc gifts. Other placers included Don Palmer Bernard Bartholow in Duroc, Dick McNeill in Tamworth, and Ken Greiner and Lloyd Stout with Hampshire entries.
Ottumwa 13 year old Mike Oliver suffered critical injuries in a head on collision with a truck near Ottumwa as rain fell. Police said the youth rode with his head bent over the handlebars and did not see the oncoming truck.
Saomi Deal a 15 year old from Peoria ill died when a car she rode in skidded on rain slick pavement and plunged into a ditch five miles west of Mount Pleasant. Her brother John Jr. was in serious condition and another sister Theola was treated for injuries. The family was returning from Drake University in Des Moines after the son auditioned for a music scholarship.
Ruth Witthort, a Washington county 4-H girl, placed runner up in best dressed at the state style revue during the state fair. She earned county top honors at Townsley park achievement show in August to represent Washington at the state fair. The 1924 state winner was Marilyn Schweitzer from near Or tumwa.
Weekend crowds build at the Iowa State Fair with 295 735 visitors by Thursday night. Officials anticipate sales and attendance could approach the 1951 peak as 4 H and FFA livestock judging proceeds and events including car racing and a rodeo draw the public. Dairy honors go to Curtiss Candy Co. of Cary Illinois for grand champion and to Burton Lane Farm for Guernsey winners with earlier Holstein and Jersey top awards noted.
Commissioner T Coleman Andrews defended the Bureau of Internal Revenue door to door tax delinquents sweep in New England. He argued the drive upholds fairness and deters dishonesty, noting $350,000 total collected from visits and follow ups.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has begun tax checks in Boone Scott and Woodbury counties to verify payment of federal income taxes. Director Frank Halpin says the random checks target businessmen professionals and farmers and may be extended statewide if evasion patterns emerge.
Dr. C B Hamilton D D S of Iowa City rents rooms in the Havel building Riverside and decorates for a new office. A 1954 University of Iowa Dental College graduate, he studied pediatric dentistry in Boston and served as a major in the army. He has four sons and resides at 1187 West Burlington Street.
Pearl V. McClain a 37 year old Waterloo woman faced preliminary hearings on illegal possession of narcotics after a Tuesday night raid at Leroy Smiths home yielded morphine. The warrant followed a deputy sheriff and police raid connected to the investigation.
Shows Guernseys owned and exhibited by Willis Longer earned several ratings at the Iowa State Fair livestock judging. Longer's entries placed sixth in the bull calves class born after June 30, 1952 and over four months old, fifth in the junior yearling bull class, sixth in the two year old bull class, thirteenth in the heifer calves class born after June 30, 1952, and fifteenth in the senior yearling heifer class.
President Eisenhower visited an osteopath for a sore right arm that has troubled him for a month. The White House offered few details, noting the aim to accelerate recovery from a bruise suffered in Washington before arriving in Colorado on August 8. He was accompanied by Dr. Howard M. Snyder and planned to golf at Cherry Hills Country Club.
Weather changes force the Bunny Hop dance indoors in Washington. The event sponsored by the Washington Y Teens will be held at Lincoln gymnasium instead of the tennis courts. Washington high school students and recent graduates are invited to attend Friday evening at 7 p.m.
Today’s polio report from University hospital notes Mrs. Phyllis Gott, 28, of near Richland, has been discharged. The report mentions 90 polio admissions to date.
Washington and nearby midwestern areas welcomed rain ending a drought and heat wave. Official gauges show .37 inch of moisture in Washington and temperatures dropped to a low of 50 degrees Thursday night easing uncomfortable conditions.
The Socialist opposition denounces US Secretary of State Dulles for backing Chancellor Adenauer as a foreign intervention ahead of the West German election. Adenauer says Dulles spoke for and to the American people. Observers doubt the remarks will alter voting as polls near.
Pipe Stores in Washington will observe Monday September 7 by holiday hours. Most business activity will stall as merchants take a weekend holiday. Restaurants theaters and some business houses will operate part time or all day Monday. Washington schools will have the first holiday of the term with classes dismissed. Evening Journals edition will be published at noon.
Funeral services for William D. Simpkins were conducted at Ainsworth Methodist Church Thursday at 2 p.m. Rev. Walter A. Smith led the service with soloist Mrs. Larry Trotter and organist Mrs. Charles Rada maker. Pallbearers included John Rath, Hugh Hazelett, Paul Hazelett, Ben Fitzgerald, Harold Nichols and Frank Trotter. Sherman's Funeral Home arranged the services.
A massive cold front from Canada sweeps the U S, ending a 11 day heat wave in the Midwest and East. Temperatures drop to 70s and 80s as rain benefits crops. several cities report record highs earlier, and a small Tulsa tornado causes minor damage with no injuries. Three heat deaths in Washington D C raise the national toll to over 120.
First moisture in a month or more brings relief to powder-dry fields where corn has suffered badly, signaling potential recovery after a prolonged drought.
The Salvation Army truck will be in West Chester Tuesday at noon on September 8 to receive papers and magazines clothing shoes furniture canned goods and other usable items for those in need.
Frank Roth of Kalona, a Moorman Mfg Co salesman, was identified as the owner of the diamond pin described in the Evening Journal. Bernard McCarthy, district manager, said the pin matched those given to Moorman salesmen for achievements and was found after Roth lost it at a sales meeting in Sunset Park.
Panmunjom reports Maj. Gen. William F. Dean return from 37 months in captivity. The Communists announced 275 more Americans to be repatriated Saturday, the largest single‑day total yet, lifting overall returns to 3,486 with possible further releases on Sunday.
Three Richland students earned third place in the state finals at the State Fair on Thursday. The Richland team included Donald Walker Karen Reinier and Dennis Kelly coached by Mrs. Roy Ward and Supt Don H King.
Mrs. J. J. Hare of Grand Island bought a dozen eggs and found a double yolk in each one. The discovery was noted at a local store in Grand Island Nebraska.
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean described Communist interrogations lasting 68 hours and 44 hours then 32 hours, the solitary confinement that tested his sanity, and his release after more than three years as one of 95 Americans freed from Korea. He spoke at length about Taejon last stand, escape, capture, and reception by officials including President Syngman Rhee.
Funeral services for Mrs. George J. Norman were held at 4 p.m. Thursday in Sherman’s funeral home with Rev. W. J. Stevens and Rev. Robert Stevens in charge. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Steele Sr. provided special music. Pallbearers were Dale Fritz, George Westen, Joe West, Mike Dayton, Earl Chorpening and Milo Steele Sr.
Fair and cool tonight and Saturday with a low around 44 to 60 and a high near 70 to 75. Sunday turns warmer with afternoon clouds and showers likely in the extreme north late afternoon. Temperatures average near normal to a few degrees below normal with a warming trend into next week.
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