Field of Seed Corn Yields Around 100 Bushels Per Acre
Mr Wolfe and his son Edward planted corn in one week last spring starting Monday and finishing Saturday. The seed company expects to finish picking in similar time. Mrs Wolfe helped in long field days. Seed supply included anhydrous ammonia fertilizer and seed. The crop was power checked at two grains per 24 inches with 40 inch rows. An early variety is used in southern Iowa due to frost risk.
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Iowa
Joe Wolfe
Reinbeck
Earle
Leo Marie
Washington county awards honor 15 at Farmer Appreciation Night
At Washington Sept 21 15 special awards will be presented to county youths and adults for notable achievements. E Howard Hill Iowa Farm Bureau president will present the trophies at 7 pm from a stage near the square by the Jay Gould Circus arriving Sept 20.
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Washington
Washington County
E. Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Jay Gould Free Circus
Robert Greiner
Keota
Townsley Park
Bernard Bartholow
Peggy Stewart
Karla Parcell
West Chester
Barbara Westen
Carol Lance
Jolly Jokers
Hal Colliver
Janet Ross
Terry Greiner
Donald Lukavsky
Jim Drayfahl
Wellman
Bill Durian
Ainsworth Teachers To Be Honored Monday
Ainsworth teachers will be guests of honor at a reception Monday September 16 at 6 30 p m in the Ainsworth gymnasium. A basket supper will open the evening s activities. The public is invited to attend.
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Ainsworth
Iowa City Council defers action on city manager Roan
The Iowa City Council held a closed session with City Manager Peter F. Roan who faced drunken driving charges after being arrested in Fort Madison. With Mayor Leroy Mercer absent, the panel postponed any action until his return from Chicago. Roan remains free on a $410 bond and the case was continued to Oct. 11.
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Iowa City Council
Roan
Iowa City
Iowa
No Campaigning For McCarthy This Year
Sen. Joseph McCarthy said he will not stump for GOP candidates this fall and will focus on his Red Inquiries. He cited backlogs from Army McCarthy and censure probes as delaying campaigns and pledged three speeches plus radio and TV appearances. Democratic Chair Mitchell dismissed McCarthy as harmful to candidates.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin Republican
McCarthy
84Th Congress
GOP
House
Senate
Army-McCarthy
Stephen A. Mitchell
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Russians asked to quiz Rostvorov on defection
United States told Russia that former diplomat spy Yuri Rostvorov remains available for direct questioning about breaking with Communism and seeking freedom in the United States. The Sept. 8 note to Soviet Ambassador Zarubin disputed Moscow’s claim that Washington coerced his defection.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Russia
Yuri Rostvorov
Rastvorov
Georgi N. Zarubin
U.S
State Department
Rostvorov
Humboldt to Host New Fertilizer Plant in Iowa
The American Agricultural Chemical Co. of New York announced plans to build a modern fertilizer plant on a 56 acre site three miles north of Humboldt on U S 169. The facility will produce about 60 000 tons annually and serve farmers in northwestern Iowa and southern Minnesota.
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Humboldt
Iowa
American Agricultural Chemical Co
New York
U.S. 169
Minnesota
DeMolay Members Plan Church Service Outing
Amos DeMolay chapter members meet at the Masonic Temple Sunday morning and will attend worship at the Christian church as a group. All members must be at the temple by 10 30 a m. After the service they proceed to Marston's cabin for dinner and an outing.
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Amos DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Christian Church
DeMolay
Temple
Marston
Keokuk Woman Indicted in Murder Case
Keokuk, Iowa Vera Mae Wright 44 was indicted by a Lee County grand jury on second degree murder for the May 20 stabbing of Virgil Pickett 53 in the woman’s home after a drinking bout. Police said she claimed Pickett became quarrelsome.
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Keokuk
Vera Mae Wright
Lee County
Dulles Eden Agree on Speedy West Germany Rearmament
Dulles and Eden reached a compact on rapid rearmament of West Germany signaling Western Europe defense unity. The accord follows consultations between the United States and Britain on postwar security measures during the ongoing Cold War era.
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Dulles
Eden
West Germany
Dulles Bypasses Paris To Talk With Eden On Defense
U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles met British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to press for rapid West German rearmament amid France opposition to the European army plan. Eden and Dulles discussed alternatives as Mendes France protests echoed in Paris.
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Wilbur Landrey
United Press
London
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Europe
Dulles
France
European Defense Community
Eden
Winston Churchill
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
European Defense Alliance
Pierre Mendes- France
Paris
Adenauer
Churchill
Pierre Mendes-France
Italy
West Germany
Benelux
Britain
Franoir
Premier Mendes-France
Mendes-France
le Monde
Washington
Roundup Of Mexican Immigrants Expands Across Four States
United States border patrol and immigration inspectors launched a large scale roundup of Mexican immigrants in Chicago. District Director Walter Sahli said 20 000 to 35 000 would be affected as operations extended into Wisconsin Indiana Michigan and northern Illinois with an airlift planned to return migrants to Mexico. Those who agree to depart will be given time while others will be shipped to Texas and then to Vera Cruz. Three Air Force borrowed C46 aircraft will assist the airlift. Migrants will be housed temporarily in a staging area and possibly jails while preparations continue.
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Chicago
United States
Immigration District
Walter Sahli
Milwaukee
Wis
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Sahli
Mexico
McAllen
Tex
Port Isabel
Brownsville
Vera Cruz
Studebaker
Farmers Prep for Washington Corn Show and Contests
Farmers from DeKalb McAllister Moews Lester Pfister and Pio enter a corn show during Washington Farmers Appreciation Days. Entries must register by 9 a.m. Tuesday Sept 21 with prizes funded by five seed companies and local dealers. Harold Montgomery will judge and a chamber committee will oversee. The event includes five ear and longest ear classes with substantial prize money.
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DeKalb
McAllister
Moews
Lester Pfister
Washington
Fruit Market
Jarvis Appliance
Harold Montgomery
Johnson County
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Ashby
Howard Benn
Art Duensing
Bill Perdock
Lloyd Walker
Bob Wiley
Washington County
Rust College Singers At Wayland Tuesday
The Rust College Singers of Holly Springs Mississippi perform at Wayland Methodist Church Tuesday September 21 at 8 pm. The ensemble of four men and three women will present spirituals semi classical and specialties with a free will offering for Rust College.
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Rust College Singers
Holly Springs
Miss
Wayland Methodist Church
Negro College
Rust College
Regional TB Meeting Highlights Washington County Attendees
Fifteen members of the Washington County Tuberculosis and Health Association joined 74 participants from 12 counties at one of nine regional gatherings sponsored by the Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association at a Methodist church. Washington County members listed include Mayme Squire and Lester Krabill among others. Squire presided at the noon luncheon. Workshops covered tuberculosis and heart health education, program development, and the Christmas Seal campaign with state staff consultants present.
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Washington County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Methodist Church
Washington County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Mayme Squire
Lester Krabill
Eileen Jeffrey
Millard de- Lashmutt
Mae Davis
Wilson Putman
Harriet Coulter
Carl Paetz
Charles Davisson
Keith Stewart
Herbert Nicholls
Lloyd Marek
Wayne Knupp
A. K. Stoutner
Delbert Holmes
Washington County Association
State Association
Policeman Guards Busy School Crossing At Madison and Second
Washington school authorities and city officers plan to station a policeman at the corner of Madison street and South Second avenue each morning and afternoon for several weeks to aid Lincoln school children crossing highways 92 and 1. The measure follows a request from parents after one child was struck but not seriously hurt. The post is temporary while officials study the problem and seek a school crossing signal light option for active hours.
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Madison Street
South Second Avenue
Lincoln School
Ray Stalder Named Acting Police Chief
Ray Stalder has been acting chief of city police following the vacancy created by the resignation of Loren Robertson. Mayor William Smart announced the move and said the council will consider a permanent replacement for Robertson.
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Ray Stalder
City Po
Loren Robertson
William Smart
Weather Forecast Iowa Five Day Outlook
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers tonight and Saturday. Low temperatures range from 52 to 58 in the northwest and 64 to 68 in the southeast. Saturday highs reach 70 in the northwest and the upper 80s in the extreme southeast. A cooler Sunday follows. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal in the north and near normal in the south. Normal highs 73 north 77 south. lows 49 north 53 south. Cool Saturday through Monday and warmer Tuesday. Rainfall about half an inch, with weekend showers and another expected midweek.
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United Press
Iowa
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