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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1940
Page
1
Chambers has been re elected superintendent of the Letts Candis as a salary increase ottumwa. Herbie Pricer a poultry employee suffered a mangled hand when he slammed a door shut on his hand at the cells jail where he had been taken up an intoxication charge.
Edward Sayre of Des Moines and Lyte Tatum of Burlington will represent Iowa State College in a debate at the campus about whether the United States should build a navy second to none with a loan from Stanford University in Palo Alto California.
Clarinda high school's mixed chorus and concert band will not participate in the University of Iowa music festival at Iowa City on May 2 3 4 and 5 due to transportation costs.
Mrs Ide Smith aged 66 died in a local hospital four hours after a stroke in her apartment. Neighbors Clarence Miller and John Rasmussen forced entry by breaking down her door to reach her.
Don Marek of Washington is managing editor of the US College Bomb. Ames students Billy Cash Glen Eilyn Hill and Jacl Fuller of Cedar Falls serve as business manager and editor respectively Miss Cash becomes the first coed to hold the business manager post at the publication.
OSKALOOSA Bruce Harles of Oskaloosa and Mildred Coffi of Pleasant Plain are named as William Penn College Oskaloosa senior students. Harles won a fellowship at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and Coffi received a scholarship at Bryn Mawr.
Ottumwa Wapello County supervisors plan talks with city officials on aiding a rock pile for punishing certain prisoners at the county jail. The grand jury urged that a rock pile be maintained for discipline.
The unemployment commission is expected to appeal a district court ruling that restrained Peter J. Kaus owner of the United Cab Co from collecting unemployment insurance assessments. Kaus says his cab drivers rent cabs from him and are not employees.
James J. Burrier, 67, jailed on two breaking and entering counts for allegedly stealing horse collars and harnesses from two farms north of Ottumwa. Former Fremont farmer Burrier had been linked two years ago to a murder case in Oskaloosa involving Hol Windahl, which the state dropped for lack of evidence before trial.
Dr. Eugene A Gilmore president of the State University of Iowa confirms his appointment as dean of the law school at the University of Pittsburgh effective for the coming academic year. His resignation as U I O president takes effect July 1 after a January submission.
A folk festival featuring BOOHER BOLES and GANEOS and many pupils from the Stewart Grade School. The event includes scenes songs dances with boys and girls in costumes from around the world. Performances list named students and local participants.
United Presbyterian church dedicated new pulpit furniture during morning service. Mrs. B. M. Pulver gifted a communion table and offering stands in memory of her husband. Gifts from the late Miss Flo Stewart and John and George Stewart included a baptismal font, communion table runner, and cross.
Martin Casey aged 71 died in his Los Angeles home this morning after a period of illness. A longtime Washington resident, he was brother to James Casey Jr and Mrs Harry Whitaker of Washington. A full obituary will be published soon with funeral details not yet available. Burial is expected to be in California.
Mrs. Kate Klepfer, 78, mother of Clarence Klepfer, died last evening at Keokuk after a year of poor health and a major operation a week ago. Funeral services set for Keokuk tomorrow. surviving children number nine with several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Cedars Falls relatives plan morning visit. past August visit noted for Centennial.
John Gretter aged 79 died at 2 50 pm yesterday at his home one half mile north of Keota after a year of illness. The funeral will be tomorrow at 9 am at St Marys Catholic church Keota with burial in St Marys cemetery. He is survived by his wife three sons Bernie Edward Budley of Keota and Edward Lorack of Minneapolis and Thomas Dwyer of Fairfield. A special sermon on The Sacraments of the Church was delivered.
Farmers and city egg producers are urged to bring eggs Tuesday April 16 to Washington produce houses and stores paying two cents above market price. Extra money is offered at firms listed in Saturday’s Evening Journal. Refer to Saturday’s Journal for city wide bargain news and the first in a series of special early week events.
President Roosevelt told the Van American Union board on the 60th anniversary that the 21 republics must be ready to meet force with force if peaceful relations are challenged. He expressed hope war would be avoided but asserted collective strength would defend their way of life. He did not mention Norway or Denmark directly.
Chairman Carl W. Klein invites Washington organization representatives to a meeting at the Y Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock to organize a Festicorn commission similar to last year's centennial group and oversee arrangementsfor the event.
Washington County board approves a county road program listing 18.65 miles of grading and 53 culverts on township roads including McGrath Kephart Lee Hanna Noble John Griffith Harkin Wolcott and Whitaker roads with bids to open April 26 at the courthouse. County trunk projects Coppock West Chester and Watsonville roads will also be bid for grading bridging and surfacing.
Rev. Carl W. Klein pastor of Washington and Valley congregations was picked as an Iowa synod delegate to the general synod gathering at Lancaster Pa for ten days starting June 19 He was among eight delegates chosen at Ackley meeting attended by Klein and Roy Finke The Iowa synod covers 80 charges and 63 pastors with over 16000 communicants and saw membership rise by about 800 last year A student pest er position was created for young people at the State University of Iowa
John Custer drove Parmners' Mutual fire truck to two grass fires early this afternoon and prevented spread with the apparatus. Several acres burned in each blaze. The first fire occurred at the Bell place northwest of town and the second at the Booth farm near Ainsworth.
Millicent Johnson starts today as maternity nurse for Washington county health unit replacing Aila Hiltunen who moves to Johnson county nurse duties in Iowa City. Johnson trained at St Luke's Davenport and Columbus Junction High School. She did public health work at the University of Minnesota and studied at the University of Chicago. She served six years as a clinic nurse with the Scott County Medical Society in Davenport.
Allied forces land in Norway in several places as Germany warns it will use the Norwegian coast for attacks on Britain. Royal Air Force and Allied ships bombard German ports, while Berlin asserts Norway may serve as a base for retaliation and strikes on the British Isles.
Gerald Chance won first prize with 14.80 dollars at a Saturday tag sale organized for the Iowa Children’s Home Society. Carl Little took second with 13.61, Dale Fritz third with 6.86, and Clara Falk and Dorothy Pratt earned fourth and fifth prizes. Movie passes rewarded other workers as sponsors thanked donors and helpers.
A car driven by Loretta C. Fowler a Kalona school teacher and another driven by C. C. Hotle sideswiped on road No 22 two miles east of Kalona. Fowler suffered shock and minor injuries while other occupants escaped serious harm.
The Washington Chamber of Commerce seeks five to ten acres of suitable corn land near Washington to plant colored seed corn for a crop to showcase at next fall’s festival. Persons with a rentable tract are urged to contact County Agent J. W. Chandler.
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