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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
2
Pravda reports a countrywide drive against corruption in Soviet industry with many local officials sent to prison for long terms as part of the purge.
At the hospital Mr and Mrs Bernard Tho waun Riverside are parents of a nine pound one ounce son born at 4 24 yesterday afternoon. Howard Hays 733 South Eighth avenue was admitted this morning as a surgical patient. Dismissals today included Mrs Orie Roth and daughter of Wayland Mrs Frank H Olvey and son of Keota Mrs Doyle Spears and son of Columbus Junction Mrs Eli Knepp 1100 North Sixth avenue
Shirley Brown and her uncle Jay Brown visited relatives in Des Moines and the Hill home through Sunday. Spencer and Rolfe residents arrived for Elizabeth Sherman’s funeral, with others from Iowa City and Monmouth visiting or returning home. Seaman Keith Cook came home for a week before discharge at Minneapolis, then college in Iowa City.
National League standings show Brooklyn leading with a .615 mark, Cincinnati second at .547, and Boston at .479. Wednesday results include St. Louis 10 Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati taking both games from Philadelphia, and Chicago and New York splitting with other wins. American League lists Boston atop with a .707 pace, New York at .682, and Cleveland at .402. notable results include Chicago 8 Philadelphia 2 and Detroit 6 New York 3. Night games feature Washington at St. Louis, New York at Detroit, and Philadelphia at Chicago with various pitchers listed.
Mary Ann Kauski seven, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Kauski of Matherville, Davenport Iowa, died at Scott county isolation hospital from infantile paralysis, marking the second polio death of the year in the county.
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov moved two compromises to widen small powers' role at the peace talks. One lets any delegation add peace items to the agenda. the other allows all nations to attend commissions without voting rights. Evatt, and British and French support backed the moves, despite initial opposition from the Dutch plan.
The piece notes J. C. Buenneke now runs a hardware business in Battle Creek Iowa and continues to contribute to the column. It includes a humorous outtake featuring a "Wailing" husband who jokes about chores and not dressing the baby in ribbons. A customer asks a laundryman to read Chinese characters for a name but is met with a description rather than a name.
The narrator recalls a Sunday morning event where an ice man kissed him as he opened the door. He attributes the kiss to a shared robe scenario with the ice man’s wife, imagining a comical chain reaction and a bald, cross eyed man.
A collection of brief, humorous exchanges across domestic and public scenes. Characters include Browser and Wife, Salesman, a boy with a lie, a Congress man, and a reporter, each delivering quick ironic twists.
Phillips and Hebner hire Mt. Pleasant bookkeeper Hattie Fry starting this morning. Families send cables and plan visits as Deane Rinner returns from Africa and Moore family travels for a two week Green Lake vacation with Cedar Rapids and Des Moines connections.
A fragmented exchange shows a playful scene with lines about a classified ad, a bill, a bartender as a spirit contact, and a humorous license form moment. The dialogue hints at a lighthearted miscommunications between characters labeled V.O.1.
A new Veterans of Foreign Wars post is being organized in Wellman. Overseas veterans will meet Friday August 2 at 7 30 p m at Wellman city hall with temporary chairmen Chas Allen Jerry Fountain and Bill Duitweiller urging all vets to attend. Past VFW members are expected to join.
Des Moines August 1 UP Gov Robert Blue reviewed the 1st regiment of Iowa state guardsmen at Camp Dodge in a governor's day ceremony. About 800 guardsmen from southern Iowa paraded before the governor as they near the end of a two week summer field training, set to conclude Saturday.
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