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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1941
Page
1
Des Moines Des Moines airport windstorm damaged nine planes, three beyond repair, with peak speeds of 64 miles per hour. Losses estimated at 6000 to 7000 dollars, motors may have unseen damage. Civil aeronautics authority ordered inspection and grounding of about 30 planes.
Waterloo police said an apparent attempt to wreck a Rock Island passenger train was thwarted when two men, Verne Hinds and Robert Franklin, were arrested near a pile of ties on the tracks. Both men, from Waterloo, admitted drinking and claimed to be John Deere Tractor Co. workers at the scene. They are held for investigation.
Coroner Rodney C Wells of Marshal County says six year old Max Campbell, son of Mrs Ruth Campbell, died in a yard accident when a windstorm hurled him into a shed that collapsed. He was found dead with a skull fracture in the wreckage.
In Dubuque Iowa marriage spotters persist despite a new health law. About 25 people have offered guidance to couples from Wisconsin and Illinois seeking marriages without tests. Spotters say Illinois and Wisconsin couples will still come, so they’ve contacted northern Missouri justices of the peace for a $15 fee to steer couples to Missouri towns.
William Erskine Mitchell 48 a member of the Tinley Mitchell Ross Everest and Geiser law firm died in his sleep of a heart attack after an evening with friends at his club He was a 1921 Creighton Law graduate and served as a first lieutenant in the 451st Infantry in World War I.
Commander Howard Miller of Leon Beatty post announces a Wednesday night legion meeting replaces the usual Tuesday due to a district conference at Mt. Pleasant. The Mt. Pleasant session is joint with the Auxiliary with 2 PM meeting, 6:30 PM dinner, and 9 PM dance, with State Commander Robi J. Shaw speaking.
Large crowds filled local churches for Easter services as decorative palms and lilies brightened sanctuaries. Rev George Kerr led readings at United Presbyterian with a Messiah Hallelujah finale, while multiple choirs and soloists performed across congregations including Baptist and Methodist churches.
Senator George W. Norris, veteran Nebraska independent, warned that American efforts to convoy materials to Great Britain would lead the U S into war. He said convoys can mean nothing else but war even if undeclared and that they would require shooting back at attackers.
Six families were driven from their homes beyond Waterloo's west limits when a fire of undetermined origin leveled three small frame cottages and a small apartment building. Water supply failed at the scene causing spectators to taunt firefighters, with one fireman struck. Two companies fought the blaze but had to draw water from a small well, insufficient to stop the flames.
Frank Coles a violin instructor at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant played Londonderry Air on request from a congregation member. The Irish melody drew interest from attendees during the service.
Pittsburgh April 14 United States Steel Corp and the steel workers organizing committee CIO reached agreement on a new contract granting ten cents an hour wage increases but cancelling a walkout set for Tuesday midnight in large steel plants. The basic agreement was signed by the union and five major subsidiaries and may extend to other units in the steel empire which employs 261000 workers on defense contracts.
R. R. Noonan, clerk of the Washington county district court, reports Judge P. J. Siegers is ill at home in Newton and cannot hold a brief court session here on Thursday. He also cannot open a linew term at Sigourney. Siegers plans to come for a day of court during the week of April 21 and will notify Washington attorneys of the exact time later.
Arthur H. Salter Canadian secretary for European Christian Fellowship will address Prairie Flower church Wednesday at 7 45 PM. He will discuss conditions in Europe and share his experiences and pictures.
The United States said it would continue to recognize Henrik De Kauffman as Danish minister in Washington despite Copenhagen's demand he return. Secretary of State Cordell Hull assured De Kauffman of U S support, noting pressure from the German-occupied regime toward certain acts.
A Stewart School sixth grader extols democracy as the United States’ framework for free speech and worship, daily learning, and lawful justice while noting wartime pressures elsewhere and the need for courts to punish wrongdoing. The passage ends with an incomplete thought about telephone conversations.
A speaker asserts that despite foreign agents not heeding every word, radio broadcasts can be listened to without interference from propaganda. The message extols democracy and the United States.
Croat separatists led by Dr Ante Pavelic seize power in Croatia with a swift fifth column uprising. German army enters Zagreb amid cheering crowds as Pavelic, longtime Balkans figure tied to King Alexander's 1934 assassination, rises to prominence.
Two cars crashed into trucks parked on East Washington Street Saturday night prompting officials to draft an ordinance regulating truck parking. Flare warnings were used to alert motorists. EK L Conry of Ainsworth, and Allen Atkinson of west of Washington, were the drivers in each collision, both causing dented bodies and broken glass.
Occupants of the Mrs Char les Hebner residence on East Second street near the Baptist church were awakened by smoke shortly before midnight Saturday. Firemen arrived quickly, extinguishing a basement fire with minimal water damage using the booster tank on the truck.
Government weather observer notes Yesterday likely the warmest Easter since records began. Easter fell about ten days late with temperatures reaching 84 degrees, 82 at the day's high, 76 at noon, and a night low of 62 degrees. Ideal conditions for Easter clothing and services with little rain.
Famous film Gone With the Wind returns for a Washington engagement at the State theater running Wednesday through Saturday. The uncut Technicolor epic lasts about four hours. Admission is 40 cents adults 25 cents under 18 before 4 30 pm and 51 with taxes after 4 30 pm. Performances start at 12 00 noon 4 00 pm and 7 30 pm doors open 11 30 am.
An election at the high school will choose three boys to attend the annual boys state at Des Moines, sponsored by the Iowa American Legion. The selection follows formal nominations and will be decided by schoolmates.
Two Sing Sing inmates Joseph Riordan 26 and Charles Magale 42 escaped after killing guard John Hartye and patrolman Frank Fagan and were captured seven hours later in Rockland County. Joan Waters 30 was killed in the gunfight. the trio fled via a hospital tunnel to a railway gorge beyond the prison walls.
The community will send three boys to the camp again with expenses paid by the Legion post the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary club. The state government will run the event with officers elected for sub divisions. It will be held at the state fair grounds June 15 to 22. Boys who have previously attended are not eligible.
German radio said British and Yugoslav planes attacked Sofia with insignificant damage. In North Africa, Tobruk siege and Sollum fighting continued as Axis and Italian forces pressed toward Egypt and Suez. The Nazi agency claimed 14 British tanks broke from Tobruk, eight destroyed, while Tobruk harbor faced air strikes.
At least seven people died violently in Iowa over the weekend. Names include Max Campbell a 5 year old boy from Van Cleve Elmer Dagenhart 35 of East Dubuque Samuel McCalester 45 Ottuas wa William Shilling 19 Anita Donald J Allen 9 Waterloo George Burkhardt 70 Cedar Falls and Fred J Cassiday 46 Anamosa. Causes vary from storm accident drowning and self-inflicted harm.
The 1941 reunion of Company K the Washington unit that served in World War I and on the Mexican border will be held Sunday April 27 in the American Legion rooms at Columbus Junction. Invited are all men who served in the old company including those who joined after the outbreak of the war from Junction Fort Madison Mt. Pleasant and nearby. A catfish dinner will be served at noon. Harold Edmondson is captain and Harry Church chairs the arrangements. Several men from Washington are expected to attend.
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