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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1944
Page
6
Russell Griggs of Hancock reports a theft of honey combs from his truck parked at his parents home on West Monroe street. The missing combs weighed about 18 pounds of strained honey from supers loaded for travel to the Griggs apiary. The visitor took a poorer quality super.
Front dispatches claim Germans deploy secret weapons as 1st White Russian army tightens siege around Warsaw from north and south. Frydlow falls to the 1st Ukrainian army, widening the Soviet wedge across Poland while the Sra Baltic army cuts rail and road lines in Latvia and Estonia to split German forces.
Minnie Weaver aged 58 daughter of the late Harmon and Emma Tucker Weaver died Monday at Mt Pleasant. Funeral services will be at Stacy Funeral Home in Wayland Wednesday at 2 30 p m with Rev E J Shook of Delta in charge. Singers Mrs Clara Wenger and Mrs Pearl Clark with Mrs Orus Boshart at piano. Burial at North Hill beside her parents. She leaves four nephews as pallbearers and three brothers plus several sisters.
An alligator about five feet long owned by L Bourne of the Conoco hotel in east Ames escaped or was released. Searchers followed it through fields until it slid into the Skunk river. Police issued a caution that the animal is dangerous not a pet and residents in southern towns were urged to watch for it as it may head toward larger streams.
Staff Sergeant Francis Mangold on leave after twenty months in Alaska and the Aleutians shared experiences with the Rotary club. He described a harsh island 250 miles from Attu 35 miles from Kiska and 1500 miles from Japan with sun visible only 28 minutes in six weeks and praised pilots facing extreme conditions. Also present were Travis Jones of Southern Pacific and Albert Harrison of Storm Lake Rotary.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced an examination for substitute railway postal clerks covering Alaska and 32 states including Iowa. Applicants must pass general and mail routing tests, be at least 16, and can earn 2464 dollars yearly for a 48 hour week. No closing date given. Apply via the Civil Service Commission in Washington DC or from local secretary Fred S. Downing at the post office.
Aug 8 Des Moines reports about 120 drivers in the city from seven firms were off work as the nationwide walkout spread. Sioux City Waterloo Dubuque Creston Ottumwa and Marshalltown also reported at least one company unable to operate due to the strike led by drivers for Midwest operators associations.
A newly captured German officer told Allied questioners that he informed his troops in France that Heinrich Himmler, the Gestapo chief, was dead to raise morale. The statement was part of interrogations revealing German strategy.
The Central Chinese news agency reported American B-24 bombers attacked Shanghai at noon causing great devastation in the harbor area. Shipping in the Whampoa river was severely bombed and the harbor and river city were described as disastrously hit.
Funeral services for Charles Parcell age 70 will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m in the Brighton Methodist church Rev E E Voss to conduct with burial at Hillcrest cemetery The F A Hoskins funeral home in charge of arrangements He died yesterday at 4 30 p m at Jefferson county hospital Fairfield after a lingering illness He had been a patient at University hospital Iowa City and Washington county hospital He was born on a farm west of Brighton son of Philip and Mary Ann McCarty Parcell one of seven boys Married Ora Atkins 37 years ago He spent most of life in Washington county except for a few years in Fairfield They lived on a farm about three miles northwest of Brighton Survived by wife five brothers Frank Fairfield Horace Davenport Pearl Washington John Addison near Brighton Parent and a brother Ray are deceased
Wayland announces its opening staff for August 28 led by Superintendent J. Wesley Pritchard and principal Elgar Eehey with teachers Mildred Gisel Charlotte Jarvis Eunice Fricke Carter Raxies Vivian Jear Myrtle Elder Florence Johnson Jean Smith Grace Hebel and others. Local items include bakery closure to source sugar, property sale to Paul Widmer, and several family visits and health notes among residents.
A BBC broadcast captured by FCC monitors quotes a prisoner infantry officer admitting he spread misleading information "for want of other good news" to lift troop morale.
Two War Production Board statistical experts resigned in protest against the army suppressing a report they believed showed an overly optimistic view of ordinance production.
Col. Edmond W. Starling, 69, retired head of the White House detail, died in New York City. He served 25 years protecting five presidents Woodrow Wilson Warren G Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover and Franklin D Roosevelt while on active duty.
The Crawfordsville union service at the Methodist church featured Joe McCoy student of Iowa Wesleyan College singing sacred songs. He accompanied by Mrs. Ristine on piano, McCoy a baritone who teaches school and band music. his Iowa roots highlighted his parents Frank McCoy and Nina Moorhead.
Wednesday evening concert led by Herbert Osincup features God Bless America Strike Up the Band Americana favorites Desert Star Spangled Banner and more with pieces arranged by Yoder Bennett Texidor and King in a program for the public.
A heavy duty tire plant near Des Moines is set for $4,000,000 in estimated total cost. The Defense Plant Corp will spend $1,750,000 to buy facilities to be leased to Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. The site lies between Second and Sixth streets near the city limits and aims to start production in 1941 to help with tire shortages. About 500 to 600 workers will be employed, drawn from nearby rubber operations.
Internal Revenue figures show 227 248 retail liquor dealers holding federal licenses. This tally reflects licensed outlets across the nation and emphasizes tax and regulatory oversight by the department.
The first session of Canada's first Parliament convened in Kingston Ontario in 1841 marking a historic moment in the young nation. Leaders and delegates gathered as governance began under the colonial framework.
Practical tips for easing diaper rash include keeping the area clean and dry, using barrier creams, and applying medicated powders or medicator powder as directed. Seek pediatric advice for persistent redness or pain.
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