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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1940
Page
1
Mason City man Richard Alberston, manager of a local Goodyear service station, pleads guilty to giving a gasoline rebate without proper notice and is fined 190 dollars plus costs in justice court.
Alfred Nordaker, 57, of Soldier and a state highway employee, was crushed when a gravel truck backed over him on Highway 87 east of Onawa. After ripping a gravel box, Nordaker lost his balance and fell beneath the truck. He was taken to a Sioux City hospital.
Prof Benjamin F. Shambaugh 64 head of the political science department at the State University of Iowa is reported as progressively worse after cerebral thrombosis. He has been in University hospital since Sunday.
The Iowa state health department warned of increasing scarlet fever cases though not at outbreak levels. During the last three weeks 182 cases were reported across 48 counties, with cases scattered.
A frame building housing Mahaska Beverage Co. on a block south of Marshalltown's business district burned after a lighted match set a gasoline soaked floor ablaze. The structure valued with contents at about 2500 dollars was destroyed and a gasoline barrel exploded, shattering a wall in an adjacent lumber yard.
Mrs Karl Roadman wife of the president of Morningside College in Sioux City urged Dickinson County Federation of Women’s Clubs to stop trying to “keep up with the Joneses.” She said members should choose activities more possible with new freedom from housework.
State Auditor Chet B. Akers filed a supplemental report with Atty. Gen Fred Everett that lists the final verified shortage in the driver's license department as 2006.30 dollars. The verified total is 84 dollars less than the amount cited in Akers first audit from August 1939. The report was filed with the attorney general for action as deemed appropriate.
Search for Carl Markhen, 50, bachelor farmer near Clear Lake, Iowa, after he was last seen January 31 with about $2,000 from Ventura. Two men visiting his acre farm five miles southwest found the house locked and a barn containing a cow, ten sheep, and four calves that had starved.
Newsomers Mr. and Mrs. Leonard McDonald of St. Joseph Missouri are new Washington residents living at 602 West Main Street in the J. M. Kelly apartment. Mr McDonald is a trading salesman for Hillyard Chemical Company, selling building maintenance and janitor supplies with a territory covering twenty three counties in southwestern Iowa. The McDonalds enjoy golf and belong to the Baptist church.
Citizens sign a petition to place a June 3 1940 election question on funding a hospital addition. The plan envisions a 48000 dollar expansion funded by a four tenths of a mill annual tax for five years to relieve overcrowding at the Washington county hospital in Iowa.
The cemetery road right of way is being adjusted for a landscaping project. Space remains for several more trees including two red oaks three burr oaks two Dougas firs one Austrian pine and several flowering crabs. Ground work proceeds to prepare planting sites and enhance the drive’s beauty once completed.
Burial services for Mrs. Alice McCormick Johnson, who died in Omaha, will be held at Elms Grove cemetery at four o'clock Friday afternoon. The L. A. Jones funeral home is arranging the grave service. Mrs. Johnson formerly lived here and the family left Washington about 45 years ago. She was about 71. Her sister was brought here for burial from Omaha two years ago.
N. D. Anderson announced redecorating the interior of the Anderson hotel on South Marion avenue and adding a dozen new mattresses. He continues to operate the hotel as a deal for its disposition with Jim Conners fell through. Glen Zaring of Kankakee is in Washington handling business interests.
Federal agents and state police hunted two men identified as Ted Cole and Ralph Roe after they escaped Alcatraz in December 1937. A taxi driver, George Colvin, was shot as the pursuers followed leads across highways in Tulsa Oklahoma and other areas. Authorities expanded the search with a flying squad and road stations as they pursued the fugitives.
The first Iowa district Democratic leaders will meet Monday evening April 8 at 7 30 in the Washington courthouse court room. Will Hart district chairman and Mrs Jay Baxter district vice chairman plan to attend. John Walsh Riverside and Mrs W L Gates Washington organize the gathering to map 1940 campaign plans. The Vine district includes Muscatine Cedar Johnson Iowa Washington Louisa Jefferson Henry Van Buren Des Moines and Lee counties.
A staged false alarm drew 1368 telephone calls in 19 minutes at the city’s offices. The test involved the fire department city council and the telephone company to observe switchboard activity. Most callers asked where the fire was as officials watched the drill. Next Wednesday the firemen?
Mrs Harriet Coulter county recorder announced fishing and hunting licenses are on sale from April 1 at multiple locations besides her office. Available at Montgomery Ward Washington J J Fleig Rubio R H Heitzman Riverside Stair Kalona J W Swartzendruber Wellman People's Savings Crawfordsville and F E Dunbar Brighton.
City leaders and fire officials will meet to design improvements for fire fighting and telephone service during alarms. Key figures Chief Hat Reister Manager LL KK Travis Mayor Lloyd Lytle and council members plan a remedy to reduce call overload and street congestion during fires.
The Lincoln high school assembly reports the Board of Education will review the possible ten day period to reconsider keeping coach Fred Maasdam. Francis Mangold and Richard Stewart led discussions with the student committee and board about maintaining Kimberlin, Maasdam’s status, and summer school options. An all‑hands meeting followed, with assurances the board will deliberate before hiring a new coach.
London April 4 Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared he is ten times more confident of victory than at the war's start. He said Britain is ready for a long intensified war and that the blockade will drain Germany's lifeblood. He blamed Hitler for missing the bus, noted seven months of breathing space, and warned allies will secure European security regardless of Germany's moves.
Early morning streets near the southeast square corner buzzed with worry as residents heard a burglar alarm ring. Investigators found no break in as the alarm was accidentally triggered and quickly reset.
A two car collision on primary road No 22 near Riverside injured three people shortly after 12:50 a.m. Ferdinand Skola, 27, of Kalona, suffered severe scalp wounds and was hospitalized in Iowa City. Kert Kron, 42, Riverside, and George Krebs, 45, Riverside, received minor bruises and cuts and were discharged to home.
News from Victor Westphal at Northern Illinois Optometry College in Chicago reports Vie being promoted to a junior associate role for the spring. If he maintains his current grades this term he will complete the optometry course with a straight average.
The acclaimed technicolor film opens Friday at the State Theater in Washington. It runs three hours forty five minutes with reserved seats, prices 1.12 for evening and Sunday matinees, 10 AM weekday matinees, all constrained by producer control.
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