Congress Leaders Expect to Adjourn Session by Nov 1
Washington leaders say Congress plans to adjourn by November 1 or sooner with bills on arms aid pay and displaced persons. Senate and House leaders outline possible action dates and mention education aid and civil rights legislation as potential items before adjournment.
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Congress
Washington
Legislative
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Sam Rayburn
House
John W. McCormack
White House
Lucas
Rayburn
Tom Connally
Tex
Connally
Chicaqua Izaak Walton League Opens Fall Season Meeting
Members of the Chicauqua Izaak Walton League plan the fall season start with a regular meeting Monday at 8 pm in the VFW hall. Reports on the state convention and a special film will be presented. Paul R. Horak urged members to attend for important business discussions.
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Chicauqua
Izaak Walton League
VFW
Izaak Walton
Paul R. Horak
Boosters Plan Pep Meeting After Oskaloosa Game
Boosters urge attendance at a Friday afternoon gathering beginning at 3 o clock at the YMCA and proceeding to the high school for a short pep meeting following last week’s successful event before the Oskaloosa football game.
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YMCA
Fiesta corn show offers seven cash prizes
Seven cash prizes totaling 50 will be awarded to winners in the tall corn show held in connection with the first annual Washington Tall Corp Fiesta. H F Freshwaters, chairman, announced today. Wayne Simerman and Charles Hotle assist. Definite location not announced. County farmers invited to display their best 10 ears of corn.
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Washington Tall Corp
H. F. Freshwaters
Freshwaters
Wayne Simerman
Charles Hotle
Dr Buxton to Speak To Church Workers Recognition Dinner
Washington church school workers from Methodist Presbyterian United Presbyterian Christian Associate Presbyterian Baptist and Evangelical and Reformed churches will be honored at a potluck dinner Monday Sept 26 in the Methodist church parlors. Dr Howard P Buxton pastor of an Ottumwa Methodist church will speak. High school music groups directed by Melvin Hill and Wendell Rider will provide entertainment. Decorations are arranged by the Presbyterian church.
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Washington
Howard P. Buxton
Ottumwa
Melvin Hill
Wendell Rider
Presbyterian
United Presbyterian
Christian
Associate Presbyterian
Baptist
Evangelical
Reformed
Presbyterian Church
County Men Help Plan Boy Scout Roundtable
Washington county men join Iowa River Valley Council leaders in planning the Crusaders Roundtable to be held in Iowa City September 28. The event aims to inform and inspire area adult Scout leaders with six regional meetings planned across eight states. Over 500 new leaders are expected, with attendance from counties including Washington and Wellman.
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Washington County
Iowa River Valley Council
Crusaders
Iowa City
All Scout Worker
Region
Low
New
Polk
William J. Grossheimm
Washington
Naller
Wellman
Wesselschwera
Kaloaa
National Catholic Day For Children Planned
Mrs. Tom Healy of Dallas announces the First National Catholic Children's Day observance to honor Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. Dubuque's Mrs. Hugh Stuart named Iowa state chairman and will lecture across the middle west with Fatima films.
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Dubuque
Tom Healy
Dallas
Texas
Hugh Stuart
United States
Fatima
Portugal
Iowa
Healy
Stuart
Middle West
Workmen Begin Concrete Pour on East Washington Street
A Rock Island based construction firm starts pouring concrete on East Washington Street with heavy machinery placed along the curb. The plan covers half the street as the machine advances east, then the remaining half as it returns toward the city hall corner.
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East Washington Street
Quad City Construction Company of
Rock Island
City Hall Corner
State Highway Commission
Merchants Back Girls in Tall Corn Fiesta Bathing Beauty Contest
In Washington, sponsors from J C Penney Co to State Bank back a bathing beauty contest during the Tall Corn Fiesta on Thursday Sept 29 at 4 pm. With 75 entries received and hopes for up to 100 sponsors, prizes total 35 25 and 10 dollars. Entry fee is 1.50 with proceeds returning as prize money.
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Washington
Wilson
J. C. Penney
Alice Morrett
Morrett
J. C. Penney ¢Co
Chamberlin Bros
Western Auto
Fern's Bakery
State Bank
Wittmer «& Witting
Ledger Appliance
Thomoy
Iowa Memorial Company Celebrates Fourth Birthday
The Iowa Memorial company marks its fourth anniversary since purchasing the Neiswanger monument business. Manager S W Kaster receives flowers as the community’s patronage is acknowledged. Owner R H Little runs the firm located in the Neiswanger building on South Town Avenue sharing the room used by the former owner.
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Iowa Memorial Company
Neiswanger Monument
S. W. Kaster
Kaster
R. H. Little
Memorial Company
Neiswangfer
South Town Avenue
Fire at shed roof in Weady residence area
Firefighters responded at 11 o clock to 417 Fast Main street where a roof fire in a shed behind the Robert Weady residence began when sparks from a trash burner ignited shingles. Most of one roof side burned before crews controlled the blaze.
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417 Fast Main Street
Robert Weady
CIO Steelworkers extend truce as coal strike rages
The CIO United Steelworkers delay a steel strike to Oct 1 following a Truman request while wage talks resume. coal miners face renewed violence with police and mine openings blocked. Ford Motor Co talks show cautious progress amid broader labor unrest.
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CIO
United Press
United Steelworkers
Final Plans For Buddy Poppy Sale
The annual VFW Buddy Poppy sale is set for Saturday September 24 with Mrs Raymond Glasgow announcing helpers Clarice Buck Pat and Nancy Pehler and Camp fire girls. Workers meet at 8 45 am in the Modern Appliance store to prepare. Money from the sale supports veterans and their dependents and dependent survivors.
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VFW
Raymond Glasgow
Clarice Buck
Pat
Nancy Pehler
Washington
Glasgow
Teachers Attend Meet In Muscatine Today
Public school students in Washington county enjoy a day off as teachers attend a tri county meeting in Muscatine. The annual session, sponsored by the Department of Public Instruction and county superintendents, is part of a statewide fall series with classes resuming Friday morning.
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Washington County
Muscatine
Department of Public Instruction
YMCA To Screen Free Film For Boys This Saturday
Arte mas Brown, secretary, says the YMCA will show a free film for boys at 10:30 Saturday morning. The program features “The American Portrait” as this week’s featured movie.
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YMCA
Artemas Brown
Weather Update Des Moines Forecast
Fair and windy conditions continue tonight with a cooler feel. Friday turns fair and cooler with highs around 65 to 72 depending on zone and winds shifting from northwest to north. Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph today, then north to northeast about 20 mph Friday.
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Des Moines
Meet The New Teachers At Lincoln School
Louise Rouse arrives in Washington as a first grade teacher with five years of experience including Marengo Iowa and Barnes City. Her sister Doris also joins Lincoln School as a new teacher. The pair, drawn to Washington by its description as the Cleanest City in Iowa, settled after a search for housing at 426 E Jeffer son.
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Louise Rouse
Lincoln School
Miss Rouse
Washington
Marengo
Iowa
Barnes City
Mrs Rouse
Doris
Moravia
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Louise
Albia
Ottumwa
Kletzing College
University Park
Oskaloosa
Penn College
Town State Teachers College
Oscar Fetters Testifies In Own Defense In Murder Trial
Oscar Fetters took the stand to say he believed he was not truly part of his family and that schoolmates’ taunts affected him. He described mental strain, a late 1930s shift in self view, and revealed a life of instability linked to a skin disease and attempted suicide in 1908. Proceedings show defense stressing his insanity at the time of the Hugh Dougall Jr. slaying. multiple family members testified to his troubled youth and health.
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Oscar Fetters
Adust
Fetters
Tno
Hugh Dougall
Washington
Anamosa State Reformatory
Dougall
Sarah Dougall
Arizona
Mary Dougall
R. R. Noonan
District Court of
Washington County
Department of the Criminal Insane
Anamosa Mens Reformatory
W. L. Pearson
Jones County
Anamosa
G. K. Thompson
Albert Simpson
South Second Street
Oscar
Des Moines
Robert L. Parker
Charles W McLaughlin
Helen McCarty Cold
McLaughlin
Mary Walton
Brighton
Osf
Ing
Osca Fetters
Arthur Fetters
Arter
Miller Funeral for Mrs. Martin Miller
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:00 PM at Jones funeral home with Dr Fred E. Miller officiating. Pallbearers included Charles Gay Jack Weil Martin Alexis Peter and Fritz Miller. Burial followed in Elm Grove cemetery.
Snipe Hunt Planned by YMCA Scouts After Hike
Don Wilson announced today that snipe orders are being accepted at the YMCA. The hunt can begin after the grade school hike planned for Saturday at 11 o clock. Boys meet at the Y Saturday morning with sack lunches and head to the snipe grounds, returning by 3 o clock.
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YMCA
Don Wilson
Entries Open for Washington County Tall Corn Contest
Jess Radda, chairman, urged farmers to enter the Tall Corn contest to be held next week. Deadline is 10 o clock Wednesday morning, Sept 28. Judging and the Tall Corn queen election will occur by parade time with Jim Walker supervising judges and Rose Taylor and Darlene Garrett assisting. Rules appeared in Wednesday's Journal and photos of the six girls publicity stalks are in the Pioneer drug store window.
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Jess Radda
Washington County
Radda
Kadada
Jim Walker
Rose Taylor
Darlene Garrett
Pioneer Drug Store
Tall Corn Fountain Planned for Fiesta Centerpiece
Washington's First annual Tall Corn Fiesta advances with a 32 ft tall corn fountain under construction in Central Park. Workmen integrate the corn sculpture with the lighted fountain to enhance nighttime effects while keeping the fountain operational. Donors and builders include Harry Sowden and Donald Palmer Ben Blossom.
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Washington
Central Park
Harry Sowden
Donald Palmer
Ben Blossom
Lemmon Featured In Northwestern Druggist Magazine
J. E. Lemmon, a Washington pharmacist of sixty years, is highlighted in the September Northwestern Druggist. The feature covers the history of his Washington store and his long career, accompanied by a photo and three quarters of a page.
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J. E. Lemmon
Druggist Magazine
Washington
Northwestern Druggist
Mr. Lemmon
Jane Neill Appointed Editor at Washington High School
Jane Neill has been named editor of the Washington high school newspaper for the current term, with Shirley Stewart as business manager. Other officers include Martha Gaumon copyreader Bill Casey advertising Sam McConnell sports Betty Brooks humor Don Duncan art Rodney Woods photos and Mary McLaughlin De Light Davison as typists.
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Jane Neill
Washington High
Shirley Stewart
Martha Gaumon
Bill Casey
Sam McConnell
Betty Brooks
Don Duncan
Rodney Woods
Mary McLaughlin
DeLight Davison
Wilkinson's Widow Play Aids Central Park Fund Drive
In 1893 a Washington home talent production titled Wilkinson's Widow drew encouragement from prominent locals to raise money for Central Park improvements. The event showcased community participation and civic spirit in the capital.
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Sorden Music
Lytle Grocery
Lemmon's Jewelry
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Brown's Shoe Fit Company
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Iowa Memorial
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Hattie's Coffee Car
Farrell Office Supply
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D-X
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Hotel Washington
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