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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1941
Page
5
A five year masquerade ends as Albert James Hawkins, alias Miss Dorothy McArdle, is arrested in Pittsburgh for stealing 35 dollars from a roomer. Hawkins admits many dates and reports that men believed he was a girl. A mine foreman reportedly pressed marriage.
A Dublin hackney driver rigs a gas bag on the roof to run his cab during petrol rationing. He logs about 25 miles for one shilling sixpence worth of illuminating gas as gasoline restrictions bite.
Leaders who ended the threatened strike by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee against U. S. Steel are Philip Murray, CIO chieftain, and Benjamin Fairless, president of U. S. Steel. The CIO and Big Steel extended the current contract by one week.
Italian bombing planes strike Corfu, the ancient Greek seaport on the Ionian island, leaving the city littered with wreckage. The historic center, with dark narrow streets and arcades, reflects centuries of Venetian rule.
The article notes that during seasonal hot winds in the plains and deserts of South America, South Africa and Asia, the bitter gales heighten nerve strain and lead to criminals, including murderers, often escaping punishment.
John W. Ross of Erin Tennessee believes in a heavenly afterlife and will crown his tomb with an 80 pound meteorite that recently fell near his home. The American Magazine reports his certainty about this unique mausoleum centerpiece.
In War Zone Lincoln MacVeagh, above, is the U. S. minister in Athens, Greece. Latest reports from the embattled Greek nation indicate heroic Greek defense in the new battle with Nazi Germany.
Captain Charles Hamilton, Iowa Civil War veteran and Story County's last survivor, died at home in Anes Tuesday after a long illness. He would have turned 102 in June and had lived in Anes for 73 years.
Captain James Roosevelt, son of the president, plans to marry Romelle Schneider a nurse who cared for him during a Mayo Hospital illness in Rochester Minnesota. The ceremony is set for April in Hollywood. Roosevelt was previously married to Betsy Cushing and later divorced.
In the fiercest Royal Air Force strike of the war bombs hit central Berlin destroying the Berlin State Opera and the Prussian State Library on Unter den Linden. The State Opera house was among Hitler’s favorites, with the Brandenburg Gate visible in the scene.
The U S battleship North Carolina, launched three months ago and now commissioned, is shown at Brooklyn navy yard after ceremonies. It is the first new U S battleship in 18 years, displacing 35 000 tons with a crew of 1500. Thick armor decks of nine inches or more may make it unsinkable.
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