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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1950

Page

6

Texas Longhorns Set For Key Weekend With Purdue Ohio State

Texas hosts Purdue and Ohio State on Saturday as two Big Ten foes visit Austin. Ohio State is favored to beat SMU in Columbus while Purdue faces a rough day against a high powered Longhorns squad. Illinois shows strong offense and Indiana enters the season as an unpredictable question mark team. Nebraska opens at Lincoln as the first test.

Purdue Ohio State Texas Longhorns S.M.U. Mustangs Boilermakers Austin Texas Buckeye S.M.U Columbus Corral Indiana Nebraska Lincoln

LouisCharles Heavyweight Bout At Yankee Stadium Tonight

Joe Louis and Ezzard Charles meet for the world heavyweight title in a 15 round bout at Yankee Stadium. Louis seeks history and money as fans expect a large gate and substantial TV rights, with Louis at 2 1 odds to regain the crown in a high profile return from retirement. Charles, seven years younger, aims to upset the veteran champion as both fighters wager purses and TV revenue.

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Yanks and Phillies Face Potential Pennant clinchers Today

Phillies and Yankees held chances to clinch pennants as the National and American league races tightened. Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak for the Yankees, while Detroit faded but fought back in a doubleheader. The Phillies beat the Braves 8 7 to keep pace, and the Dodgers stayed in striking distance with a 4 2 win over the Giants.

New York Phillies Yankees Cincinnati Reds Giants Brooklyn Braves Senators Joe DiMaggio Yankee Mickey Vernon Nats Gil Coan Hank Bauer Yogi Berra Phil Rizzuto Gene Woodling Detroit Browns George Kell Hal White Hal Newhouser Sjoston Little

Iowa Hawkeyes Fly to California for USC Opener

The University of Iowa football team departed Cedar Rapids by chartered plane for a 1950 opener against the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Coach Len Raffensperger named Bill Greene and Lou Ginsberg co-captains for the USC game and led a 39-man squad with 30 lettermen and eight sophomores. Nordman did not travel due to a knee injury and may miss the Indiana game on Oct. 7.

Afuo Raffensperger Los Angeles Jowa Hawkeyes CAS. Trojans Raff Cedar Rapids University of Iowa California University of Southern California Len Raffensperger Bill Greene Iowa_ City Lou Ginsberg Southern California Rafffensperger Iowa Hawkeyes Los Angeles Coliseum Jerry Nordman J. Louis Ratfensperger Nordman Indiana

Early Roman white lead and first ready mixed paint

Pliny notes white lead manufacture by Romans around 430 B C. Centuries later ready mixed paints emerge with a patent claim by D R Averill of Newburg Ohio in July 1867.

Pliny D. R. Averill Newburg Ohio

Unified Korea plan and UN role outlined in council statement

A UN backed plan calls for a unified Korea with free elections under UN supervision. It favors a stronger UN commission with more Asian representation to aid reconstruction. The General Assembly would back Security Council provisions to restore peace and provide for UN forces until stability is secured.

38Th Parallel Korea UN Commission General Assembly Security Council

Britain Calls UN Led Elections for Korea Unification

Britain circulated a UN General Assembly resolution urging elections supervised by a UN commission to unite North and South Korea. The measure, likely to be presented to the main political committee by Friday, is expected to gain co sponsors from several nations. The United States, heavily committed in Korea, is not expected to publicly back the resolution during its presentation.

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First American bricks traced to Virginia early colonists

The note claims bricks were first made in America in Virginia around 160 percent, a claim reflecting early colonial manufacturing.

America Virginia

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