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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1944
Page
2
Local items report transfers and training for servicemen in San Antonio and Kingman. Families visit Iowa relatives, a birth announced in Rochelle, and marriages of servicemen with notes from Des Moines Des Moines and Davenport. Letters urged to accompany troops, while others attend clubs and national federation events.
Continuous rain forces abandonment of a dual meet between Muscatine and Washington high schools. The event shifts to Muscatine on the cinder track at Casefield with about 15 Muscatine athletes planned. Time trials were not possible. a Mt. Pleasant meet Friday remained uncertain.
Detroit edged Cleveland 4 3 in the second game after a 2-3 start, while St. Louis routed Chicago 5 2 in the first and 4 3 in the second. Boston swept Philadelphia 5 0 and 3 0, Cincinnati hosted Pittsburgh with Walters 6 1 facing Butcher 0 0, and Washington New York games were postponed.
Ketty Bishop of Lorimer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arth ur Bishop, has graduated from the State University of Iowa. She will spend a few weeks in Lorimer before starting work. Art Jr Bishop, a Washington Junior College alum and Army Air Corps pilot, is stationed in North Carolina. Mrs Don Johnson of Chicago, daughter of the late Clint Scranton, visited the Glenn E Mace home. Mrs Louis Rath of Davenport vacationing with her mother, Mrs F J Salladay, plans a Burlington visit with sister Mrs John Martindale.
At the hospital Mr and Mrs Paul J Hazlett Ainsworth welcomed a seven pound eight ounce daughter born 11 10 Saturday. Mr and Mrs Keith Karr Wellman a daughter born 11 20 weighing eight pounds twelve and a half ounces. A son born to Mr and Mrs Charles Ramsey 714 North Iowa Avenue at 9 15 this morning weighing six pounds twelve and three quarters ounces. Mrs Glenn Thompson and son Robert William route two Mrs Jack Hotle and son Daniel Ray West Chester discharged yesterday Joe Shalla Wellman admitted this morning as a medical patient.
Iowa reports March milk production at 597 million pounds, a fifteen year high and 2 million pounds above last March. First quarter milk total reaches 1.613 billion pounds. Egg production in March hits 514 million, an all time March record, with 34.3 million layers and 1507 eggs per 100 layers.
Wayland. David Rich 64 dies after months illness at his farm home four miles southwest of Wayland. Funeral services at Stacy funeral home at 1 45 pm then 2 30 pm at Green Mound church with Rev Burris Moore. Burial in Green Mound cemetery. Survived by wife Naomi Kinney and ten children including Earl Ray Max Velma Messer Don Holt Ada Kendig Minnie Bain.
Mrs Coffey described as mother of eight with ties to Iowa and Arizona. Helen Coffey Arnold 37, music teacher in Lower Miami Arizona. Kathleen Coffey Morrison 35, Coe College graduate and noted vocalist, wife of E D Morrison Jr a Washington Iowa attorney. Lt jg Trubert S Coffee 33 PhD in psychology and naval medical corps officer in Jacksonville Florida. Jean Coffey 31 Red Cross social worker stationed Italy. Francis Coffey 30 University of Arizona graduate in Navy awaiting commission. Diana Coffey Halda 25 Coe College graduate, newspaper advertising worker, wife of navy ensign. James Coffey 24 junior medical student at University of Iowa, Phi Beta Kappa.
Chicago April 24 Congress faced with a full rewrite of the income tax code to achieve true simplification, says Senator Arthur Capper Kansas. He cites widespread citizen complaints over complex forms and multiple credits, urging Treasury cooperation to ease payment and filing for 50 million taxpayers.
Smolensk occupied a pivotal position beside the Dnieper linking the Baltic and Black seas and connecting western Europe with Moscow. In its peak in the 16th century the city boasted an estimated population around 200,000.
Mrs Georgia Imhoff Mrs Freida Linn and Mrs Lola Bow er of Wayland survive with a son Glen deceased and three brothers and sister Chris of Salem Sam and Phillip and Mrs Fannie Christner of Wayland.
Mrs. Harry Burmeister of Ainsworth announces the marriage of her daughter Wilma Acheson of Montgomery Alabama to Lt James R Simonton of Cincinnati Ohio. The double ring ceremony took place at Maxwell Field Post Chapel with relatives and intimate friends.
In the ghost town of Rhyolite Nevada the Bottle House was constructed in 1205 using about 51 000 beer bottles as building material.
Peat moss serves as a fine mulch for late planted hardy perennials. It sheds moisture well and helps prevent damage from thawing and freezing.
Local notes report Jerry Duea of Dunkerton turning 8 today along with Richard Dean Donaldson who marks his fourth birthday. Other well wishers include Stanley Wallace in the navy, Gerald C. Fisher, Albert Maas, Harry E. Schneider, Elizabeth Dea of Ainsworth, Virginia Meyer of Keota, Mrs. Harold Booth, and Mrs. Howard Hazen. Helen Falk at high school received greetings, and Mrs. Fred D. Stewart observed a birthday yesterday.
The War bolts were seen heading for France this afternoon. U. S. 9th air force Marauder medium bombers yesterday completed their heaviest six days of the war, in which they dropped more than 2,750 tons in ten missions.
More than 60,000 Japanese troops were reported advancing westward in a three prong push through central Henan. A communique suggested Chenghsien may have fallen, a Chinese stronghold at the Lunghai and Peiping Hankow rail junction.
The James Birka Family expresses heartfelt thanks for neighbors and friends' sympathy and the beautiful floral offerings received after their loss.
The Presbyterian morning prayer meeting will gather at 9 30 Wednesday morning at the church.
The guide advises brushing corduroy with a whiskbroom or clothesbrush while drying to fluff the nap. When fully dry, press lightly on the wrong side, padding the ironing board with a terrycloth towel. Brush in one direction as the final step.
Callanisetta, Sicily’s largest inland city, houses over 50,000 residents and serves as the hub of the island’s principal industry sulfur mining.
Mrs Ida Hough hosted the W C T U gathering at her West Chester home with nine members in attendance. Lucy Leet led devotions from Luke 2 40 a and reflected on being about our Father's business. The program, led by Mrs H W Munster and Mrs Karl Pearson, discussed youths and social drinking with emphasis on home church school and community shared responsibility. The May meeting will be a missionary tea with special invitation to missionary women.
Mrs Milt Wollrab hosted the S and C club April meeting with guests Mrs Harry Jirsa and son Larry Mrs Don Wollrab and son Larry Mrs Harry Wollrab and daughter Nancy. Prizes were won by Mrs Don Wollrab Mrs Ernest Bowman and Mrs Ed Kucera. Mrs Howard Fisher will lead the next meeting May 4.
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