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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1941
Page
5
State fire marshal report shows most farm fires could be prevented by removing common hazards. Emphasizes that fire prevention is everyone’s duty and that carelessness drives most fires. Encourages constant care, forethought, and diligent prevention to protect homes and barns.
In Washington County Iowa a real estate quiet title suit opens with numerous defendants and unknown claimants. The case warns default if not answered by September 1941. Also bids invited for additions and alterations to Washington County Hospital with separate contracts and a 5 percent bid bond due August 21 1941.
A fragmented forage of district court party names and a mix of rail and bus schedules appears, listing defendants and plaintiffs and a long roster of individuals alongside railway and transit timetables. The page includes references to Masons meetings and a Jersey travel note about bus routes and ticketing in Washington.
Four inmates initiated a break from McAlester State Prison in Oklahoma. Warden Jess Dunn and a visitor were taken hostage as convicts fled in an automobile. Deputy Sheriff Bill Alexander stopped two suspects, leading to a firefight that left Warden Dunn and Deputy Ford dead along with two desperadoes Claude Beavers and Roy McGree.
Clifford Hayes pleaded guilty to murder in Aberdeen and conditioned his plea on being allowed to seek the death penalty. South Dakota lacks an electric chair due to budget gaps since capital punishment was reenacted in 1939 without funding for the device. Hayes, who has spent 16 of 30 years in prison, said he preferred death to life behind bars.
The District Court of Washington County Iowa lists defendants including A N Nebergall Mrs Elsie Nebergall and others in a probate action concerning the East Half of the South Half of Out Lot No 4 in East Washington now Washington City Iowa. Unknown spouses heirs and claimants are named as potential parties in the estate of Matthew Y Wallace who is deceased.
The petition in the N Y Buenos Aires Race County case claims the plaintiff is the absolute owner in fee simple of the described real estate and asserts unknown claimants have no validity. It instructs defendants to appear before noon on September 8 1941 at the District Court in Washington County Iowa or a default will be entered. Attorneys for Plaintiff are listed.
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