Local Community Notes From Iowa City and Nearby
Mrs. Leo Mangold admitted to Mercy hospital in Iowa City for observation. Sergeant Jack M. Manary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo L. Embree, Iowa City, promoted and serving with Eighth Army Replacement Training Center at Camp Drake, Japan. He attended Washington High School in Washington, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde A. Pratt returned from a three month Europe tour visiting Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, France and Holland. Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Livesay and others attended a golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Etzel in Herschel, Illinois. over 200 attended. Jean McKinney left for Mt. Pleasant to attend Iona Wesleyan College at Hershey Hall Annex. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Logan drove Betty to Monmouth, Illinois to attend Monmouth College at Windigler Hall. Lola Hughes, supervisor at Milwaukee Teachers College, returned from six weeks visit. Several local families, including Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Neal and others, spent Sunday with Mrs. Minnie Hazen. Mrs. William J. Grossheim led Presbyterian Church Board conferences in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City on Sunday school material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack M. Manary
Leo L. Embree
Iowa City
Iowa
Far East Command
Manary
Eighth Army Replacement Training Center
Camp Drake
Clyde A. Pratt
Europe
F. G. Livesay
Everett Chorpening
Philip
Herschel
Ill
William J. Grossheim
Cedar Rapids
Board of Christian Education
The
Presbyterian Church
Grand Jury urges safety and infrastructure fixes in county
The Grand Jury recommends raising prisoner meal costs to reflect living costs, praises Sheriff Snyder and Deputy Robertson for humane inmate care, commends Washington County Home staff Virgil Bell and Hazel Kelly, and urges continued movies for residents. It also calls for a hospital fire escape, exterior fire exit, and safer evacuation for bedridden patients, plus Highway 92 warning signs and Milwaukee Railroad crossing height alerts. It asks the State Highway Commission to act immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Virgil Bell
Hazel Kelly
Washington County
Board of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Rea Smith Corner
Washington
West Chester
Milwaukee Railroad
Highway Commission
Grand Jury Foreman Orders Copies to Officials and Papers
J H Jones foreman issues order that a copy of the report be given to the Board of Supervisors of Washington County Iowa and mailed to the State Highway Commission. It also directs publication in all county legal newspapers dated September 11, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Iowa
State Highway Commission
S/J. H. Jones
Grand Jury
Labor leader urged to overcome prejudice for peace
Austin F Finnessey, public relations director of the Iowa Federation of Labor, told a Washington Rotary Club meeting that both labor and management must overcome prejudices to achieve industrial peace. He noted some workers and managers have flaws, urged higher regard for workers’ ideas, and predicted a new world shaped by atomic energy with new challenges and a push for stronger community recreational programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin F. Finnessey
Iowa Federation of Labor
Washington
Finnessey
War against communism urges unite for democracy
The speaker urged all to join the fight against communist inroads seen as a major danger to democracy. He named Fred Stover of the Farmers Union in Iowa as leaning toward the Communist line and defended the attack by Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire. Dr. C A Boice led the program and Ed Kelly was recognized for becoming a father Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Stover
Farmers Union
Iowa
Styles Bidges
New Hampshire
C. A. Boice
Ed Kelly
Increase in all food products in the United States
Government officials cite rising harvest prospects as evidence food will stay free of controls. The agriculture department projects the 1950 harvest as the fourth largest on record, with a near all-time high feed grain supply including a 3.16 billion bushel corn crop, supporting meat and livestock output while meat prices remain controllable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Charles F. Brannan
Hurricane Batters New England Coast
A 100 mile per hour hurricane whirled along shipping lanes off the east coast battering New England with high tides and gale winds. At least five people died and three were injured in the storm’s wake, with damage in New England expected to exceed 500000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
New England
Caribbean
Nantucket Island
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Nantucket
Queen Mary
Liberte
New York
Carolina
Middle Atlantic
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List
Admission notes show W. Dol Johnson in Brighton for surgery with Sandra Lay at Ainsworth, plus medical cases for Mrs. Lester Nichols in Washington. Today Flr Plank in Washington undergoes surgery. Dismissed today is Mrs. Clement Chalupa from Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Dol. Johnson
Brighton
Sandra Lay
Ainsworth
Lester Nichols
Washington
Flr Plank
Clement Chalupa
Wellman
Sweater Queen of the Theater Crown for Helene Stanley
Helene Stanley is photographed during rehearsals for an upcoming Broadway musical after being named 1950s Sweater Queen of the Theater by Central Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helene Stanley
Central Press
Death of Field Marshal Jan Smuts Shocks Commonwealth
Pretoria South Africa Field Marshal Jan Smuts died at Irene near here aged 80 from a heart attack following pneumonia and sciatica Doctors said age and overwork contributed He had finished dinner with family when stricken He is survived by his widow four daughters a son and 16 grandchildren Premier Malan asked for two minutes of silence and ordered flags at half mast
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
South Africa
British Commonwealth
Jan Christian Smuts
Irene
Here
Sybella Smuts
D. F. Malan
Dr. Malan
Health Museum A Western Hemisphere First
The Health Museum in Cleveland Ohio becomes the first organization of its kind in the western hemisphere. It teaches health through knowledge with visual demonstrations of the human body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leo Mangold
Mercy Hospital
Pan
Sgt. Manary
Washington High School
Jean Mckinney
Mt. Pleasant
Iona Wesleyan College
Hershey Hall Annex
Clarence Logan
Betty
Monmouth
Monmouth College
Windigler Hall
Lola Hughes
Milwaukee Teachers College
Milwaukee
Elmer Wells
Arthur Neal
Dwight Hazen
Des Moines
E. D. Crossett
Grinnell
Minnie Hazen
Charles C. Snyder
Loren D. Robertson
White Tower
David
Sal
Hank
SPORT
PLUTO
Wolf’s Flower Shop
Avenger
FOX
Aoa
Jon Hall
Sim Ellison
Ser Hayden
Funiy Knight
Raymond Hatton
South Side Square
Hopalong Cassidy
Rogers AA
Thornton & Minor
McDaniel Drug
General Electric Heralder
Royal Companion
U. S
New England Coast
Jan Smuts
Gen. Smuts
League of Nations
United Nations
Health Museum
Elizabeth Brown
Mace Motor
Ford and
Mercury Sales & Service
Pella Wizard
Hallmark
Brylcreem
Sargents
Farmers Store
North Iowa
R. G. Wead
Jack Snodgrass
Washington Junior College
Waterloo
Richard, Hudnuit
Arei
Richard
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