Proclamation authorizes Buddy Poppy sale in Washington
Mayor I G E Mace proclaims 2808 Post VFW and Ladies Auxiliary May to sell Buddy Poppies on Sept 23 1950 to aid veterans and orphans. The notice urges Washington citizens to contribute to the drive honoring war service and support the veteran community. City Clerk John Sowash attests.
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E. Mace
City of
Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladies Auxiliary
V.F.W. Buddy Poppy
America
G. E. Mack
Marshall Sworn in As New Secretary
Gen. George C. Marshall was quietly sworn in as secretary of defense at 7:45 am CST in the Pentagon. The 69 year old statesman took over the defense program and conferred with the joint chiefs of staff.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Melix Larkin
Defense Department
Pentagon
Defense
Stephen T. Early
Marshall
Twenty Four Boys Enter Hi Y Club
Twenty four high school boys were inducted into the Washington Hi Y club at a candlelight ceremony. Robert Ferrer named advisor. New members include Harry Payne Jack Logan Charles Luckenbill Ernest Beenblossom Bob Kennedy Dennis Crossett Dick Anderson Ray Tweeten Frank Miller Jim Sherman Jim Freshwaters Bruce Campbell David Horsey Robert Carter Ralph Knotek Dan Brindley Nick Gevock Jerry Tellin Leonard Renoux Dean Meyers Don Frakes Charles Kallaus Dennis Simpson Ronald Crawford.
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Washington Hi-Y
Robert Ferrer
Harry Payne
Jack Logan
Charles Luckenbill
Ernest Beenblossom
Bob Kennedy
Dennis Crossett
Dick Anderson
Ray Tweeten
Frank Miller
Jim Sherman
Jim Freshwaters
Bruce Campbell
David Horsey
Robert Carter
Ralph Knotek
Dan Brindley
Nick Gevock
Jerry Tellin
Leonard Renoux
Dean Meyers
Don Frakes
Charles Kallaus
Dennis Simpson
Ronald Crawford
Marek Couple Return From Kansas and Nebraska Trip
Mr and Mrs Charles Marek returned Monday from a trip through Kansas and Nebraska visiting several towns and noting road conditions and local sights.
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Charles Marek
Kansas
Nebraska
Cancer Institute at Y Here Wednesday
Seventeen doctors and three nurses from southeastern Iowa attended the cancer institute held at the Washington YMCA Wednesday afternoon and evening. The event was sponsored by the Cancer Control division of the State Department of Health, the Iowa Division of the American Cancer Society and the speakers bureau of the Iowa State Medical Society. Speakers included Dr. Donovan FEF Ward of Dubuque Dr. Titus C Evans of Iowa City and Dr. Nathan A Womack of Iowa City. Dr Noble Irving of Des Moines read a paper prepared by Dr. Jack J. Spevack of Des Moines.
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Iowa
Washington Ymca
Cancer Control Division
State Department of Health
American Cancer Society
Iowa State Medical Society
Donovan Fef
Ward
Dubuque
Titus C Evans
Iowa City
Nathan A. Womack
Noble Irving
Des Moines
Jack J. Spevack
Campfire Girls Aid Poppy Sale At Washington Skelgas
Campfire Girls assisting in the VFW auxiliary poppy sale are asked to report at 9 AM at poppy headquarters in the Washington Skelgas store. Wear uniforms if available. Mrs. Harold Kerr notes veterans risk injuries from action and funds from buddy poppies support disabled veterans and families.
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VFW
Washington Skelgas
Harold Kerr
Final rites for Enos Davis at Federated Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Enos Davis were held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Federated Presbyterian Church in Crawfordsville with Rev. Earnest Smith presiding. A quartet provided music including Clarence Moorhead Frank Gault Kenneth Kilpatrick Wallie Evans, with Mrs. Marion Waters. pallbearers were Em ry Davis Howell Davis Robert Howell Alfred Davis Joe Johnston Claire Holmes. Burial followed in Cambrian Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.
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Enos Davis
Federated Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Earnest Smith
Clarence Moorhead
Frank Gault
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Wallie Evans
Marion Waters
Emry Davis
Howell Davis
Robert Howell
Alfred Davis
Joe John Howell
Joe Johnston
Claire Holmes
Cambrian Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
New Members Added To Kiwanis Club Here
Dale Booth reported two new members joined the Kiwanis club at the regular noon meeting. Clarence Logan of Klein Klothing Co. and Everette Stewart of Stewart Auto Co. were welcomed as new members. Dr L B Kicher introduced two State University of Iowa professors who spoke on the cay program. Prof Arthur K Miller from geology and Prof M Boyer from engineering were the presenters.
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Dale Booth
Kiwanis Club
Clarence Logan
Klein Klothing Co
Everette Stewart
Stewart Auto Co
L. B. Kicher
State University of Iowa
Cay
Arthur K. Miller
M. Boyer
Unusual Siamese Canteloupe Grown Near Conesville
Conesville melon grower Frank Gooch reports a four pound fourteen ounce cantaloupe or pair joined at top and bottom. His wife Mae tends the melons at their farm and brought the oddity to the Journal today.
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Journal Today
Frank Gooch
Conesville
Gooch
Mae
Announce Hike for Boys at Y Saturday
YMCA hike planned for Saturday at 11:15 a m. Boys should bring a sack lunch and be ready on arrival. The group will return to town by mid afternoon. Marvin Van Metre, boys work director, announced readiness and participation details.
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Marvin van Metre
Dr. Leroy Tripp Dies. Longtime Physician Remembered
Dr. Leroy R. Tripp 64 of 419 West Washington Street died at 2 45 AM after two months of ill health. He practiced in Sioux City 36 years and was active in medical and civic organizations. Survived by wife Lena, daughter Mrs. A H Hartung, sons George and Richard, two grandchildren, and one sister and brother. burial in Elm Grove cemetery after funeral September 22.
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Washington St
Washington
Sherman
W. J. Grossheim
Elm Grove Cemetery
Dr. Tripp
George L. and
Frances (Stewart) Tripp
Washington High School
State University of Iowa
Lena Maxwell
Sioux City
George Maxwell
Tripp
Lawton
Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa State Medical Society
Woodbury County Medical Society
American Medical Association
American College of Ophthamology
Otolaryngology
Kiwanis Club
Knife and Fork Club
Business & Professional Men’s Club
Izaak Walton
Abu Bekr Shrine Temple
The
Elks
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Linda Tripp
Michael Hartung
Nellie Tripp
Clarence Tripp
Washington Bowling Club Gets First Meeting Friday
The Washington Bowling club will hold its first meeting at 7 30 p m Friday night at Sitler's Auto Parts store announced by Bill Sitler Team captains are urged to attend and others interested in joining a team are welcome.
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Washington Bowling Club
Bill Sitler
Sitler
Auto Parts
Allied Thrust to Enter Seoul Slowed by Fierce Red Defence
U S Marines launched a two pronged drive toward Seoul but faced stiff resistance from communist forces. The northern prong secured hills near a railroad northwest of Seoul while fighting raged in Yongdungpo. Artillery and air strikes focused on Yongdongpo as Marines and Seventh Infantry pressed the outskirts, with Seoul being probed rather than entered.
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Kimpo
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Hoenju
Pyongyang
Red
Missouri
Inchon
Han
Seoul
Tokyo
United Press
Rutherford Poats
Yongdungpo
Yoat
Twe
Korea
Antung
Manchuria
T. H. Moore
Tactical Air Control Squadron One
5Th Regiment
Poats
Yongdongpo
Pusan
Seoul Battlefront
Seventh Infantry
City Workers Stay on Strike in Washington
Washington city employees remain on strike with no backup staff hired. City Clerk John Lowash reports work at a standstill and no employees have returned or been replaced as officials warned of prevailing wage rate hiring at seven cents per hour if the strike continued.
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Washington City
John Lowash
Mrs. Millie Pence Dies In Osceola
Dan Pence, manager of the Gamble store in Washington, traveled to Osceola on Tuesday for the funeral of his mother Mrs. Millie Pence. She had been ill for over a year. The funeral will be held in Osceola Friday afternoon. Surviving are two sons and two daughters.
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Dan Pence
Gamble
Washington
Osceola
Millie Pence
Jaycees to Meet at The Pines Monday
Washington junior chamber of commerce members will meet Monday at 7 p m in The Pines. All members are urged to attend. Next week's meeting will feature several state Jaycee officials announced today by Don McClure the local president.
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Washington
Women in Aviation Honored This Week
Mrs. Fred Minden wife of the airport manager is invited to appear on a WHO program at 10 20 this evening as part of Women in Aviation week proclaimed by Governor Beardsley. She is the local Ninety Nines member and will attend the Des Moines dance with her husband at the VFW club near the municipal airport.
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Fred Minden
Beardsley
Minden
International Organization of Women Pilote
The
Ninety-Nines
VFW
Des Moines
Mrs. Minden
Fighting Continues In Indo China Area
In Tonkin province heavy fighting erupts between French Legionnaires and Viet Minh troops. French sources say they inflicted heavy casualties on a Viet Minh battalion near Thaibinh and wiped out another east of Hanoi, while communists threaten Phatdiem. French paratroopers push north from Dongkhe in pursuit and patrols monitor Caobang Moncay Loakay and Dinhlap for new outbreaks.
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Indo-China
Tonkin Province
Thaibinh
Tonkin
Tanoi
Hanoi
Dongthieu
Phatdiem
Hanio
Dongkhe
Caobang
Moncay
Inhlap
Invasion Rumors Shake Communist World Reactions
The article reports that word of the Inchon landing reached Moscow Peiping Bucharest Prague and Pyongyang and claims MacArthur invasion was repulsed twice by a Pyongyang broadcaster. It notes communist controls on information and outlines staged escalating actions from Berlin to Korea and Indochina as diversions while democracies debate and vote.
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Peiping
Bucharest
Prague
Pyongyang
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Inchon
MacArthur
Radio Moscow
South Korea
Pohang
Cold War Tension High in Berlin
In Berlin tensions rose after two American military policemen were seized by the Russians and later released. Western authorities questioned possible Communist plans to push the Western powers from the city as British and Russian troops faced off near the sector boundary.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Germany
U. S
Potsdam
Des Moines Weather With Windy Cool Drizzle Expected
The Des Moines forecast calls for cloudy windy conditions with drizzle or rain in central and east portions. Highs range from 60 to 65 in the northwest and mid 70s in the southeast, tonight lows 45 to 50 north and 50 to 55 south. Friday clears and warms to 60 to 70 with northeast to north winds 20 to 25 mph.
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Des Moines
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