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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
2
Reynolds 11 7 and Smith 5 2 start for Cleveland against Ross 1 5 and Detrich 17 7 for Chicago in today's schedule.
The schedule shows Chicago and Brooklyn facing off with Erickson and Chipman providing scoring for Chicago. St Louis visits Pittsburgh as Wilks and Butcher lead the teams.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Wittrig and their daughter of Oxford plan to return home Sunday after visiting his mother Edna Wittrig. Mr. Wittrig will serve as principal of Charter Oak School this year.
A church scene shows Deacon Jones responding to a request for a tenth with humor by offering to give twenty percent not just ten. The note adds a tag line about flowers and the giver’s soul, ending with a flower gift slogan.
The ad notes Stark Bros. trees for fall planting, Fenn 594 M. A rental offer lists 30 acres of blue grass pasture by Leo Shelangoski. Military notices mention Pvt. Nordyke on a 20 day furlough from Midland Texas, Lt. Burham and Pfc. Reim from Enid Oklahoma visiting Ottumwa, and Reim’s aunt Mrs. Steele.
A softball tournament is scheduled at the field west of the armory for Sunday August 6 featuring eight teams from Muscatine Conesville West Liberty Columbus Junction and the American Pearl team of Washington. First round games start 9 00 a m with Carver Pump Muscatine vs Columbus Junction Ina Maes Case Muscatine vs American Pearls Bisesis Muscatine vs Conesville and Figg The Company Muscatine vs West Liberty. Semifinals begin about 2 15 with a final around six o clock. Admission is 35 cents for adults 10 cents for children good for all games.
Relatives and friends attended the Tuesday afternoon funeral for Ben Coppock. Attendees included Ralph Coppock of Houston Texas and many Coppock relatives from Whiting Indiana Moravia Shenandoah Lansing Rock Island Fairfield Wayland and Keota along with Mrs Betty Coppock and two children. Also noted were Maurice Meyer on furlough from Camp Shelby Mississippi visiting with family and Delmar Yoder and family moving to 921 North Sixth Avenue.
Happy 14th birthday to Franklin James Rich son of Mr and Mrs E P Rich living near West Chester. William Eugene Zieglowsky turns four, son of Mr and Mrs Cloyee Zieglowsky. Robert John Chorpening and his aunt Mrs Ralph Chorpening celebrate birthdays today. Best wishes go to Mrs Ralph Zeck Betty Cunningham Evelyn Mineart Virgil Owens Crawfordsville Raymond Mike Crone and Bette Schlatter.
Military families report furloughs and moves to posts in Alabama and Iowa. Gwendolyn Ramseyer and Mary Jewell Holbert attend a Girl Reserves camp near Boone. Nadine Bailey and Bette Bebe Bailey return to Cedar Rapids after a short visit. A district conference on price controls called by labor and agricultural advisory committees featured panels on consumer issues and postwar conversion. Resolutions urged continued price controls for at least five years after the war and opposed trade-in requirements for autos and farm equipment under price ceilings.
Several hundred delegates and visitors from all 64 counties gathered in Des Moines for a cost-of-living conference. The group endorsed price control as the principal means of preventing inflation and debated its application across sectors.
A reader requests information about a free scholarship offered by the newspaper and asks for the application form. The message notes the sender is a graduate seeking details.
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