Battery A defeats LO0F in seven innings to close non league season
Battery A beat the LO0F nine 6 to 3 in seven innings as Boileau opened the scoring with a double and Norris drove in three runs. Four Battery A runs came in the second frame, while LO0F managed two in the first and one more in the fifth. In the nightcap, Cubs outslugged VFW 15 to 10 with Lowe homering to spark the VFW rally. Ross pitched for the Cubs. Orr took the loss.
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Meyers Stars In Phils 4-3 Win Over Dodgers
Philadelphia gains first place lead after Russ Meyer silences Brooklyn with a 4-3 victory. Granny Hamner delivers a two run single and key fielding plays as Duke Snider homers for the Dodgers. Detroit edges Chicago 3-2 as Dizzy Trout earns win. other AL results include Cleveland, New York, Washington, and Boston games postponed by rain.
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St Louis Splits doubleheader with Cleveland in MLB action
In a pair of games the St Louis team defeated Cleveland 5 to 4 and then shut out Cleveland 6 to 0. Detroit routed Chicago 8 to 2 and Washington defeated Philadelphia 10 to 4.
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Chicago
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Demons Practice Under Lights At Case Field
Washington high school Demons under Coach Ed Ver Steeg will practice Monday at Case field with a 7 o clock scrimmage under the lights. Thursday night will feature a lighter workout as six junior college freshmen assist the squad lift the pace for the younger players.
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Case Field
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John McConnell
Paul Brock
Jack Tanner
Don Earll
Dick Schmitt
Bob Nardy
Dick Tweeten
Poison Gas Delays Rescue of Miners
In Cumnock Scotland a pocket of black damp gas halted a rescue effort for 116 miners trapped by two days of mud and rock. Canaries collapsed signaling danger as engineers warned the eight trapped by the mud may already be dead.
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New Cumnock
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Canaries
White Tower climbs to peaks in Alpine romance
The White Tower stars Glenn Ford Val Li Claude Rains and Oscar Homolka in a Technicolor adventure filmed on Mont Blanc and in Chamonix. Six international climbers pursue a ascent as personal motives clash amid romance between a young American pilot and an Italian girl.
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RKO Raio
White Tower
Glenn Ford
Valli
Claude Rains
Oscar Homolka
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Miss Valli
Rains
Homolka
Cedric Hardwicke
Lloyd Bridges
Chamonix
Mont Blanc
Paul Jarrico
James Ramsey Ulman
Sid Rogell
Ted Tetzlaff
June Clayworth
Lotte Stein
Hardwicke
Steel industry to spend 750 per worker on facility upgrades
The sector plans to invest about 750 per worker this year to improve and expand plant facilities, aiming to boost capacity and efficiency across operations.
Flower Show Exhibit Lauded by Local Post
Local post editor R. E. Shannoi submitted a strange exhibit to the Fortnightly flower show: bright yellow and red tomatoes on a cherry branch. A poem by Fannie E. Gilbert accompanies the display, praising the entry and its gardener’s weather and acreage reflections.
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Local Post
R. E. Shannoi
Evelyn Carney and Charles Woodruff wed at Evangelical Reformed
Evelyn Faye Carney daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark Carney of Conesville and Charles F Woodruff son of Mr and Mrs Glen Woodruff of Columbus Junction were married last Sunday at 4 pm in the Evangelical Reformed church in Columbus Junction.
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Evelyn Faye Carney
Clark Carney
Conesville
Charles F. Woodruff
Glen Woodruff
Evangelical Reformed Church
Labor Day at Pleasant Ridge Farmers Put In Hay
Labor Day amid chores on Pleasant Ridge farms as farmers worked haying and women canned. Local families including the Swift and Woodyard households hosted visitors from nearby towns and states. Social plans surfaced with a Wiener roast at the school Friday evening while relatives traveled to see the State Fair in Des Moines.
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Pleasant Ridge
Mary
Cora Ruth Swift
Fern Woodyard
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Linda
Lyle
Sue Ann
Ernest Woodward
Irvan Hesseltine
Des Moines
Jack Swift
Hammond
Ind
Washington
Cora Ruth
Broomfield
Marjorie Mae Schmidt
Edward Kibling
Burlington
Orval Russell
David
Wedding in Conesville Unites Couple in Double Ring Service
Reverend W L Sanford of Independent Bible church Columbus Junction officiated the double ring ceremony at Conesville. Attendants were Janet Coffin Conesville and Kenneth Bird Fairmont Minnesota. A reception for 150 followed. After a wedding trip the couple will reside in Columbus Junction where Mr Woodrut is employed.
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W. L. Sanford
Independent Bible Church
Columbus Junction
Janet Coffin
Kenneth Bird
Fairmont
Minn
Woodrut
Lightning Strikes Hit Empire State Building Repeatedly
A historian notes that lightning has struck the Empire State Building in New York City multiple times in short spans and at high annual frequencies, with documented bursts of 12 strikes in 20 minutes and totals reaching up to 50 times in a year.
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Empire State Building
New York City
Hot Action With GI Advance Party in Korean Fight
H. D. Quigg reports near Somewhere in Korea as American 105 mm artillery pounds a hilltop. GI troops battle the hillside amid shell bursts and mortar fire while a wounded lieutenant is ferried out by South Korean soldiers. Master Sgt. Lemuel Britton, injured earlier, steadies with a beer after the action.
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Waynesboro
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Ainsworth School District to Sell Bonds Sept 25
The Board of Directors of the Ainsworth Consolidated School District in Washington County Iowa will offer for sale at the school house in Ainsworth bonds totaling 65000 dollars. Bonds bear interest not to exceed 24 percent and mature with 4000 dollars due November 1 1951 through 1965 and 5000 dollars due November 1 1966. Secretary S Fred Orris signs the notice. The district reserves the right to reject all bids.
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Washington County
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Chicago
Illinois
S. Fred Orris
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Leads in Lumber Oregon Tops National Production
Leads in Lumber Oregon has led all states in lumber production since 1948, maintaining a long standing edge in timber output and regional industry prominence.
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Oregon
Weekly and Special Livestock Auctions Listed by Local Barns
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales on Thursday at Kaloona Kalona Iowa. Midway Columbus Junction Iowa Tuesday 1 00 p m Ollie Iowa Purebred Tamworth Hog Sale September 11 at Keota Highway 92 12 30 p m E L Conrad Sons September 13 Machinery Horse Sale Oskaloosa Pavilion September 14 Public Sale 514 miles South of Winfield Starts 1 00 Walker Evans September 18 Tamworth Boar Gilts Sale Winsworth US 218 3 miles East 12 00 noon J H Jones
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