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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1942
Page
2
Local news items list weekend visits in Davenport with the Duea and Bates families. Charles Eagle and Clement Fagle visit relatives in Iowa, while Mae Maytag machine sale and Penney’s 18th birthday event are announced. Navy coaching school attendance and summer leaves affect several residents, with multiple trips to Iowa City and Muscatine noted.
Phil Antonoff the defending champ faces T. R. Phillips in the final match after semi final wins. Phillips defeated I. W. Schenefelt while Antonoff beat Stanley Smith. Finals for remaining flights slated next Sunday at the country club as delays are resolved.
The Sunday baseball game planned for Williamsburg between the Washington Indies and Williamsburg was canceled due to hard rain earlier in the day.
Yesterday's results feature Brooklyn defeated Chicago in 10 innings 5 to 6 and New York beat St Louis 7 to 1. Boston won 7 to 2 over Cincinnati, Pittsburgh edged Philadelphia 4 to 3, and New York scheduled games today include matchups with St Louis and Detroit.
A masked gunman fired through a social hall doorway in midtown New York early today killing two board players identified as Robert Greene, 49, and Morris Wolen, 44. The shooter remains at large as police investigate the incident.
The United States Supreme Court was established as part of the new Constitution in September 1789. It introduced a federal judiciary with six initial justices and set the framework for national judicial power.
At the hospital Phyllis Jean Tucker Winter set was dismissed yesterday. Mrs Clarence Booth and son Richard Henry Ainsworth and Arthur Van Dyke Muscatine were discharged yesterday morning. Peter Krabill Wayland dismissed yesterday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Richard Johnston 414 West Main are parents of a daughter born at 3 45 yesterday morning weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces. Mr and Mrs Dwane Shalla Riverside are parents of a daughter born at 8 15 yesterday morning weighing 9 pounds 4 ounces. Cornelia Keyser admitted yesterday afternoon for medical attention. Ivan Little Keota R 2 admitted for emergency appendectomy last evening. Richard and Jean Koenig Riverside underwent tonsillectomies this morning.
Washington moves irreplaceable pieces from the Smithsonian and National Gallery to bombproof shelters. Books and paintings from the National Museum and other galleries are sheltered or hidden in secure depositories. Magna Charta, Independence and Constitution artifacts are stored in secret vaults with others, while primary objects are packed to protect against air raids.
The bollworm pest, moving from Mexico into the U S cotton belt, is countered by a Mexico United States agreement. Agriculture in the Americas explains the moth’s life cycle from night flights to cocoon stages and the need for synchronized planting and post harvest field cleanup to curb damage.
First Lieut. Frank Potter a 26 year old army bomber pilot from Rock Island Illinois experienced rapid life events after parachuting to safety from a stricken bomber near Hanna Wyoming. He had landed at Moline Airport just hours earlier to visit his wife who had given birth to a daughter in a Rock Island hospital. Potter and seven crew members parachuted to safety when the four engine bomber crashed in a snowstorm.
In St Louis a 54 year old World War I veteran John R Carrow forfeits his $30 monthly pension to President Roosevelt to aid the United States in the current conflict. Declared permanently disabled by arthritis in 1934 Carrow works part time as an engine service man for Missouri Pacific Railroad.
Sweden allocates the entire 1941 brown bean crop to the armed forces. Civilians receive beans from older crops and imported supplies as an alternative to rationing yellow peas. Immediate rule requires 5 percent potato flour or flakes mixed into all baking flour.
Soviet airmen report the discovery of eleven previously unseen Arctic islands. The findings expand mapped geography and may influence future exploration plans in the polar region.
Mrs Delbert Wilson of Iowa City visited Frank A Wilson home. Richard R Jonston's couple named daughter Julie Katherine born yesterday morning. Brock family moving to Baraboo Wisconsin for government project work. Dorothy Humston begins work in W Crull insurance office replacing Mrs fd Muck. previously with Ted Bailey law office.
Mrs J K Dunn of Wyman and Mrs Mary Trumbell Wilson of Morning Sun plan a six week visit in Los Angeles Calif to visit Dunns brother and other relatives. Supt and Mrs A E Rankin of Hampton left after a brief visit with Mrs Brinton to visit their daughter in Des Moines before returning home.
Mr and Mrs Carrol Warford depart for a two week vacation visiting Des Moines and Panora. Ed Chalupa reports son Set Eugene Chalupa arrived safely in England. Maurice Putnam and family visited in Iowa City. Howard Hazen takes a two week Journal office vacation. Pvt Harold Rathmel returns from Milwaukee to visit family and attends ground school at Gen Mitchell. Ted Kiesey returns from Colorado Springs to Iowa. John Dusenbery in Chanute Field visits home. Mrs O L Blake travels home after visit with Delbert Maxwell family. Dale Gilbert visits Brinning Farm in Iowa. Mrs F Taylor of Sterling Kansas visits Albia and Tedford family. Elmer Karnes and Delbert Maxwell visit Grandview area. Hazel Pease and son Jimmy depart Iowa City for a Colorado vacation ending near Estes Park.
Ruth Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Cook Beckley West Virginia wed Arthur R Bell son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Bell Buffalo Iowa former Columbus Junction residents on June 7 in the First Presbyterian church San Diego California Attendants were Lorraine Bryant and George Sullivan Bell served in the U S Navy six years as an electrician's mate first class and is enrolled in the Naval Gyrd Compass school in San Diego
The text contrasts fox eye structure with a dog’s, noting foxes have catlike eyes while dogs exhibit rounder, distinct ocular features. It explains general differences between canine and feline eye forms.
Sunday marked multiple birthdays including Eugene Wade Chalupa Rodney Davis Harold Briley and Jimmy Rich son of Ed Rich Mrs Don Bishop of Pilotburg Barbara Jane Redlinger Myrtle Brannen and Hilton Coon. Rob ert John Chorpenning and his aunt Mrs Ralph Chorpenning share today as do Mrs Ralph Zeck Lois Sartor Betty Cunningham Evelyn Mineart Virgil Owens Florence Zieglowsky Raymond Mike Crone Bette Schlatter and William Eugene Zieglowsky son of Cloyee and Mr. Zieglowsky.
C F Timmins of Lexington celebrated his 89th birthday yesterday, sharing the milestone with family and friends in the Lexington community.
Floyd Tucker and his men repaint the Colenso Hotel front on the northeast square corner. The Hollingsworth estate owns the building once known as Bryson house, with a storied past including famed colored cook Barney and multiple name changes before the Hollingsworths acquired it. The hotel portion has been unused in recent years while Walter Oetjen operates a seed store in two eastern rooms.
Harry Guilbert, safety director of the Pullman company and veteran eye safety crusader, told an OCD conference that industrial accidents destroying eyesight totaled 3,300,000 man hours last year. The figure equates to time that could have built about 100 fighter planes.
Like Washington North Carolina’s capital Raleigh celebrates its sesquicentennial this year. The town’s origin traces the site’s selection and the city’s layout as a capital.
Mrs. A. C. Brown hosted a Washington bridge club member for a dinner bridge at her New London home. A fried chicken dinner followed at seven. Clarice Meek won high score at two tables of contract. Washington guests included Mrs. Lemmon, Mrs. McCleery, Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Brindley, and Miss Meek. guest Elizabeth Fogey attended.
Robert Chorpenning son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Chorpenning was honored on his twelfth birthday at a potluck dinner yesterday at the Chorpenning home, 1021 Fast Second street. The meal began at one thirty with a twelve candle cake as the centerpiece. Attendees included Earl and Mildred Chorpenning and others with several Chorpenning relatives present.
The I G White Woman's Relief Corps No 45 met in regular session at the G A R hall. President Mrs O E Schmitt led eight officers at roll call. Secretary and treasurer reports were given with relief totaling 6 25 dollars. A report on Mrs R D Page who has been ill was favorable.
A farewell party was held at the McCreedys’ Riverside home with about twenty guests. The event featured cards and dancing followed by a buffet supper and a gift presentation as the honorees plan to move to southern Illinois. Attending were Clement Mottet, Fred Kron, John Yeegy, F W Schoebelen, Harold Cress, Ivan Shradel, Gerald Cress, Herman Heitzmar, Joseph Quinn, Evangeline Shradel, and William H Cress of Iowa City.
In Dublin a boy and a girl, survivors from a set of quintuplets born Friday to Mr and Mrs Thomas Laydon, remained in an air locked incubator to shield them from infection and cold. Two girls died at birth and another boy died last night, the five weighed 12 1/2 pounds at birth.
Speed Bird shows remarkable quickness in short bursts. Researchers compare the tiny bird to larger species to explain acceleration and maneuverability in dense habitats.
A listing of weekly social events and gatherings across clubs and churches. Details include dates, hosts, and venues such as U P church, Grace Hill Ladies Aid, Pilotburg, West Chester, and the J. W. Baker home. Activities feature dinners, roll calls, sewing for Red Cross, and guest days with 10 cent social.
The Romine family reunion is set for Sunday, August 4 at the Keota park with a noon picnic. ES.U. workers will meet at Sunset park Thursday evening August 6 due to a defense school. The Town White Shrine picnic will be at Riverview park in Marshalltown on Sunday noon August 9. all White Shrine members invited.
The Presbyterian prayer meeting will convene Wednesday at 9 30 in the morning at the Presbyterian church located at 14412.
In Washington eight would be saboteurs tried before a special military commission were told their fate would be announced later by President Roosevelt. The commission met for two minutes and informed the defendants they would not receive a decision at this time.
The Aztec term te acentli translates to food of the gods, reflecting corn’s sacred status in their culture and daily life. This name highlights corn as a staple and revered sustenance in ancient Mesoamerica.
The fifteenth Oswalt reunion met yesterday at the Washington home of Mary E. Johnson with Ja Batterson presiding. Officers will serve another two years as members list attendees including Mrs Haber, Mrs Stieckard, Keith Rea, Burlington’s Marion Nickerson, Ottumwa’s Johnsons, Davenport’s Streen, and many Battersons and Nickersons from multiple towns.
Members of the Country era and their families will hold an August dinner Thursday evening at the clubhouse. Entertainment will be provided by R. F. Shannon and T. Bitley. Mrs E Shannon is general chair, with Mrs E B Hammer handling member contact. Committee members include Mrs Theodore Bailey and Mr and Mrs L H Lewentzen.
In Ottumwa an historic Free Methodist institution is revived with a camp meeting at Birmingham from August 1 to 16. The Iowa conference will join the event, with an estimated fifty tents at the grounds and memories of past crowds of 7,000 to 8,000 attendees arriving by horse and buggy on Sundays.
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