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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
1
A column notes Iowa events and reports Mrs Mary Carter of Ottumwa severely injured by a frightened horse entering a barn. She was treated at Ottumwa hospital where her right eye was removed after the attack.
A Waterloo Junior Chamber of Commerce resolution endorsing compulsory military training as essential for national defense was passed and forwarded to Senator Gillette Senator Herring and Congressman Gwynne for action.
State Car Dispatcher George Hesalroad reports the 265 state owned automobiles averaged 2.18 cents per mile for operations from November 1, 1939 to June 30, 1940. The 2.15 cents figure includes depreciation and operating costs.
The Polk county auditor’s office was notified that West Des Moines will levy no city taxes for 1941, funded by municipal waterworks revenue. Elkhart in northeast Wolk county also reports no city tax for the third year, using income from its municipal light plant to cover city expenses.
John Baxter Newton and his wife Louise were found guilty in Mayor A. M. Miller's court of violating city peddling license laws. They were fined 25 dollars plus costs for distributing Jehovah's Witnesses literature here Sunday.
Emil Liers of Momer Minnesota known as the otter man will bring trained otters to the Nature School in McGregor for a hike along Bloody Run creek where the animals will fish. The day ends with theater films about otters and the life of their trainer who calls himself a reformed trapper and fur farmer.
United States marines secured control of the central international settlement in Shanghai after a dispute with Japan. They were set to take over the British defense section, while Japan eyed dominance with British troop withdrawals.
In Mexico City August 15 two people were dead and most of the executive committee of the National Unification Party were under detention as the electoral college opened to choose a successor to Lazaro Cardenas.
A squadron of 30 German bombers reportedly bombed London's outskirts as air raid alarms sounded. British anti-aircraft fire and RAF fighters tried to repel the raid amid a day of aerial blows along Britain’s coast.
Mrs. W. G. Eversole 36 wife of a State University of Iowa associate professor of physical chemistry died at University hospital. She had been in an iron lung built by her husband and chemistry technicians. Eversole was formerly Shirley Blanch Sutherland of Washington Iowa and a former university student.
Austin Sutherland, of the area north of Washington, reports funeral plans not yet set. The decedent had been ill for a long time and hospitalized at University Hospital for six weeks. Born near Brighton, she married about twelve years ago and is survived by her husband, two children aged nine and six, four sisters, and one brother. Elizabeth Clark of Washington and Vera Potratzy of southwest are among the relatives mentioned.
George Scalise former president of New Yorks building service union is shown entering Manhattan general sessions court facing charges he stole sixty thousand dollars from the union. The indictment includes forty nine counts of grand larceny and eleven counts of third degree forgery in Manhattan.
Fifteen dirt track drivers from Iowa and Missouri will race at Mount Pleasant fair grounds on Sunday August 18 sponsored by Bob Tribby post of the American Legion. Legionnaires will guard the track, 2000 grandstand seats available, admission 36 cents. Time trials begin at 1 50 P M.
Dean Mead urged eager youths to register early for a proposed aviation program at Washington junior college. Kenneth Kimberlin seeks to contact prospective students as the college weighs adding the course next school year. The class would admit one girl in every ten. approval hinges on sufficient interest and early action to fund a flying field and hire an instructor.
Mrs Barbara Losena of Burlington Mrs Avis Bunceo of Cedar Rapids and Henry of north of Washington are listed among residents mentioned in a local notice.
Washington officials said the navy will protect British French and Dutch territories in the Caribbean with the aim of preventing base sites from falling into German hands. Secretary Frank Knox warned that seizure would occur if Britain’s fleet is defeated.
Secretary Henry A. Wallace submitted his resignation to President Roosevelt during a luncheon conference. He indicated the return from the cabinet would occur when the 1940 presidential campaign begins, with an acceptance address planned for Des Moines on August 29.
Mrs. Justine Owens of Richland died this afternoon about 2 30 at her home. She was the mother in law of Warren Morgan of the Washington County Soil Conservation Office. Funeral arrangements are handled by L A Jones Funeral Home.
Washington Aug 15 House leaders announced a recess from today through Monday so republicans may attend the notification ceremonies for their presidential nominee in Elwood Indiana on Saturday Senate leaders considered a similar pause but Majority Leader Barkley questioned interrupting debate on the conscription bill.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor left Hamilton Bermuda today for Nassau where he will assume duties as governor general of the Bahamas.
Dollar Days sweep Washington from Thursday to Saturday with city wide bargains in nearly every store. Shop early for the best selection and note the ads from Wednesday evening’s Evening Journal for the needed bargains and prices.
Nine 4-H boys led by county agent J. W. Chandler traveled to the All-Iowa fair in Cedar Rapids for a livestock judging contest. They will judge baby beeves purebred beef heifers dairy cows from 9:00 to 11:30 and two classes of Clydesdale horses from 12:30. Bill Maas and Marion Timmins placed first and second in Ames last Saturday and are expected to be top competitors again. The Cedar Rapids trip lists Bill Maas Marion Timmins Stanley Chabal Jedward Chabal Cleo Metoy Raymond Bell Thomas Walker Everett Miller and Robert McLaughlin.
Iowa July liquor store sales totaled 832647 dollars, down from 1074380 in June by 241273. Fairfield store accounted for 55670 dollars of July sales as reported by the state liquor control commission.
Vice Presidential Candidate Henry Wallace plans to speak August 29 at the Des Moines Coliseum as the same night the University of Iowa football "ironmen" contest in Chicago ends. The article notes crowd expectations, possible park-and-fair conflicts, and attention from both major parties, with emphasis on questions about how funds are used and the danger of personality-driven campaigning.
The U S House voted 210 to 110 to authorize use of the National Guard and organized reserves to repel aggression in the western hemisphere and rejected an amendment to limit Guard use to continental US and possessions. Senate debate continues on defense policy and conscription with a possible postponement to 1941.
Des Moines August 15 Harry B Swan of Atlantic state republican chairman and I A Grantham secretary of the party state central committee will fly to Elwood Saturday morning to attend the Willkie notification ceremonies. It was estimated about 5000 Iowans will attend the ceremonies at Elwood.
The West Chester Telephone Company will install 1590 feet of underground cable from the telephone exchange to primary road 92. The project aims to modernize the system, reduce storm damage risk, and replace aging equipment. The firm, a local corporation led by President Erk y Nevins and Secretary Mae DeLong, serves 210 telephones in Chester and nearby areas.
Justice of the Peace R. V. Millmore of Brighton sentences Earl Grady of Grace Hill to thirty days in Washington county jail after pleading guilty to assault and battery against a Brighton resident. Grady was returned from Vin ton where he had recently completed a thirty day sentence.
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