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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1942
Page
2
Local brief notes include Stu Bell describing a navy hammock sleeping technique and a choir practice schedule. Reports cover military moves, promotions, and家庭 news such as visits, letters, births, and relocations of residents connected to Great Lakes and nearby communities.
Yesterday's results include Pittsburgh 6 over St. Louis 4 and Brooklyn 6 none Philadelphia 0. Today's schedule lists St. Louis at Chicago New York at Boston Cincinnati at Pittsburgh and other regional matchups with Detroit Boston Washington and Philadelphia in various slots.
Bob Clark spends the week in Cedar Rapids with uncle Griff and Virginia Clark. Keith Hardy travels to Des Moines with sister Marguerite and will enroll at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington Missouri. They plan return where Miss Hardy visits her mother Emma Hardy. Marie Landau visits Strawberry Point then Strawberries Point to see Carl and Elsie Buls and Webb Cross family in Waterloo. Delbert Badham promoted to corporal based at Alamogordo NM. Floyd Tucker and Harold Tucker visit Ozarks and St Louis. Glenn Robertson and Eddie Martin visit A. J. Robertson home in St Charles IL and Aurora NL. Don Orr plans a few days at Clear Lake and La Crosse. Wise Jimmie Orr stays with grandparents Bey while parents vacation. Mrs. W M Conner and daughter Grace of Minneapolis visit Walter G. Conner’s family. Jean Conner, student nurse, spends day at University Hospital Iowa City.
Clarence Fulton of Crawfordsville and three others were discharged yesterday afternoon. Mrs Dwane Shalla and daughter Lana Kay of Riverside, and Mrs Keith White and son Terry Leroy of Washington were also discharged yesterday. Lawrence Howell and spouse of Crawfordsville welcomed a daughter at midnight weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces. Earl Coffman of South English had an appendectomy this morning. Linda Ann Brindley of Washington and Cleo Stagner of Wellman underwent tonsillectomies.
Mary Beard national director of Red Cross nursing calls for urgent nurse enlistment for army and navy. She cites monthly targets of 2500 for army and 600 for navy and urges newspapers to urge qualified nurses ages 21 to 40 to join Red Cross in war service.
Mrs John Chance and her daughter Dorothy visited relatives in Rubio last week. Mildred Oaks of Keota was a business visitor here yesterday. The Three Quarter Century club lists Mrs J F Simpson as a charter member though her home was not published.
Splendid gospel sermons by Miss Mary Kimmer attract growing crowds at the Tent behind the Christian Tabernacle on South Town avenue. She is described as a young but experienced evangelist whose meetings run each evening except Saturday with topics including Sin the Lep rosy of the Soul and Human.
Chicago reports new adjustments to V-1 and V-7 naval reserve programs for college students. V-1 now allows freshmen and sophomores 17 to 26 to pursue commissions with aviation and engineering paths, with eye requirements altered for specialists. V-7 remains for deck or engineering officers but opens to college graduates under 28. Navy recruiting offices will explain opportunities as joint Army Navy Marine boards visit campuses to inform undergraduates.
Charles Archibald Owen professor of English at Monmouth College appears in the 1942 Who's Who in America. Born in Kansas, he taught in Egypt and Asiut College, earned a Yale PhD in 1921, and later held a Sterling fellowship. His wife Mary Margaret Corette also studied at Monmouth College.
Jeering visitors to the Shel don museum in Middlebury Vermont find a display of more than 100 hats and bonnets dating 1815 to 1915. The collection includes many amusing examples of masculine headgear reflecting changing fashions.
A brief feature highlights "Peal of Great Price" alongside other intriguing topics. The piece surveys varied subjects of interest and notes notable discussions or works mentioned in the column.
Levy Harry scrap dealer listed with 1 retread truck and 1 tire. Junk Miller W H trucker had 1 tire and 1 tube. Tracy R H trucker 1 tire 1 tube. General Trucking Adams Keith 1 tire 1 tube. Brinton Lyle trucker 2 tires 2 tubes. Crawford Omar farmer 1 passenger retread. Jackson Clarence farmer 1 Christner EK A. trucker 3 retreads. Davison Edith farmer 3 retreads. Berdo H B farmer 4 retreads. Marshall Grethel H blind pension investigator 2 retreads. 15 new applications and 48 pending applications.
Secretary of War James Mc Henry ordered blue coats red vests and blue breeches for marines called to serve on American ships in 1797. The directive standardized dress as ships prepared for duty.
In Ames this week residents note Faith Adams McKee’s Arizona ties, new house paint on South Iowa, a glass porch enclosure, and a temporarily closed service station. Frank Wells’ Colorado Springs visit follows a fire on South Marion Avenue. The State cafe shows charm with flowers from Moore gardens. Kings Row at State theatre receives praise. The Civilian Defense Corps mentor van Norton returns as instructor. The Health Unit opens in the Anderson building with new rooms, staff, and equipment. 50 men are examined for selective service.
Army press agent L. P. Patterson reports from Carolina maneuvers after an incident where a soldier failed to notice a yellow jacket on a toast. The ensuing praise he writes about will fill the typewriter for days.
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