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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1950
Page
1
Local postmaster Oral Brown announced a Monday shift to single daily home delivery and collection, with business district mail still collected thrice daily. Directory service will end for most mail except for special delivery, registered, insured, C O D, and high value parcels, urging correct addresses to avoid returns.
President Truman urged Congress to extend federal rent controls until June 30, 1951 to avoid sharp increases. He argued the housing shortage remains acute and abolition would harm millions, while allowing landlords justified raises. He noted landowners received increases for over 900,000 units last year, averaging 18 percent, and warned premature removal has caused up to 50 percent jumps.
Weather notes for Iowa report sunny afternoon with high 58 to 65. Tonight increases clouds and warmth with low near 42 east and near 45 west. Saturday mostly cloudy with scattered showers in northeast. cooler in west. Highs 55 to 60 west and 60 to 65 east. Winds southeast 12 to 18 mph today shift to northwest 20 mph Saturday.
Washington and Keokuk area papers report a near full house as the Dixie land Minstrels of the Odd Fellows lodge staged a two hour show in Washington. Interlocutor Doyle Jarrard and a cast including Ken Peters Frank Janecek Keith Williams James Hotchkiss Cloyd Garrett Myron Salladay delivered jokes dancing and musical numbers with a jazz band and two pianos enhancing the performance.
Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 41, Canadian physician, gives up medicine after acquittal as a mercy slayer and license revocation by the New Hampshire Board. He is dropped from Hillsborough County General Hospital in Bluffstown and Elliott Hospital in Manchester.
Lester Hamil secretary of the Chamber of Commerce announced a program to control solicitors in Washington. All itinerant photographers peddlers magazines and charitable solicitors must appear before the mayor and city clerk prior to campaigning and obtain a notarized solicitor questionnaire and permit card. The chamber seeks public support reporting infractions while noting permit cards do not imply endorsement.
Atlantic City officials announced there will be no Miss America 1950. The Miss America 1951 title will go to the September winner, with Jacque Mercer of Arizona stepping down to Miss America 1949.
First American troops to land in Cuba during the Spanish American War are U S Marines who secure a beachhead at Guan tanamo bay in June 1898 as part of early invasion efforts.
State music contest held at Centerville awards three division one ratings to Washington high school students. The girls sextet includes Shirley Blattner and Marolyn Fenn. division one piano players Mary Rita McLaughlin Carla Benell. division one bassoon Pat Nicola. others earn division two. Finalists proceed to Boone for state solos. many ensembles compete tonight.
Washington county launches its 1950 cancer drive starting Monday and running to May 1, county chairwoman Mrs. G. E. Montgomery announced. Last year cancer claimed 28 local lives and town chairmen across Brighton Rubio West Chester Wellman Kalona Riverside Ainsworth Haskins Crawfordsville led volunteers. no city drive in Washington due to Community Chest allocation, though private donations are welcome.
In Racine Wisconsin an attorney J Lester Johnson kicked his client during a courtroom exchange after the defendant ignored the judge. Johnson later asked if the kick was felt and the defendant joked he must have used his wooden leg.
The Second Annual Washington County Hobby Show at the YMCA features about 100 entries across seven divisions from homemaking to woodwork with prizes in three levels. Superior prizes include embroidery crochet quilts and various crafts by local residents including Genevieve Redeker Mrs. Walter Kyle and Norman Humble with items such as paintings figurines and leather purses.
Two grade school boys tell police they killed an elderly miner and robbed him to fund a Chicago trip. Jimmy Chatman, 9, and Donald Simmons, 14, were captured at a bus station buying tickets for Chicago. They described entering Benjamin Pannier’s home, stealing a rifle and other items, then shooting him as he unlocked his door. They took about 40 dollars, abandoned the car when it overheated, and led police to the body. In Peoria, Washington Junior College plans to continue service next year amid a surge of interest from seniors across 20 high schools, with 55 seniors already committed and expects a record enrollment. State Dept. of Public Instruction warned of possible discontinuation without higher attendance.
Washington High showcases a special sculpture panel at the state art conference hosted by State University of Iowa from April 20 to 22. Dr Ziegfield of Columbia University speaks on teachers responsibility in developing art appreciation. Ben Sholin of New York discusses his work. The exhibit runs two weeks from April 17 in the main gallery with weekday evenings 7 to 9 and Sunday 2 to 5.
Reports say a drunken Gurka soldier hacked 22 wedding guests to death in Nainital India. The victims were untouchables of the Hari jan caste and the attacker was enraged after a low caste Money tender married a Brahmin teen girl.
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. reports net sales of 19.37 million for the year ended Feb 28 down 13 percent from the prior year while net profits after taxes rise to 2.705 million. Dividends per common share increase to 2.25 from 1.50 and profits per share reach 3.34 versus 5.08 last year. Profit sharing hits 2.54 percent of employee earnings, up from 1.8 percent.
By order of Henry VII the war was exterminated in England early in the 16th century.
Chicago reports a potential railroad strike by the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen next Wednesday over the addition of a second fireman on diesel engines. Alvanley Johnston orders crossing picket lines while engineers pilot trains with supervisory firemen. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen vows to respect picket lines, framing the dispute as jurisdictional over who mans the diesel fireman role.
Mrs. Rita Hein Schiffers filed for divorce claiming she learned of her husband's infidelity by checking baseball schedules. She alleges Joseph K. Schiffers Jr. told her on April 7 he would attend the Pittsburgh Pirates game, but no game was scheduled that day.
A playful claim describes a rabbit with a bulging curved tie that supposedly lets it see behind. The quirky assertion fuels discussion about unusual animal adaptations and imaginative storytelling.
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