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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
5
Officials report the A F L machinists strike at Curtiss-Wright propeller plant in Caldwell New Jersey has halted warplane deliveries to Britain and the United States. Agencies seek settlement as 800 of 1493 workers walk out. Pickets guard the gate to deter entry.
Des Moines reports that the printing board awarded the state salary list job to World Publishing Co. Shenandoah at 5.95 per page, undercutting Wallace Homestead Co. Des Moines by 10 cents. Board favors wider state printing distribution where economical and sensible, while Republicans name Jake More of Harlan as state chairman amid mixed reaction.
Westbound and eastbound trains on the Davenport to Kansas City and Kansas City to Davenport lines list depatures and connections. Burlington Trailways local buses from Washington show westbound routes to Omaha and Chicago with departures at 8:02 pm 7:?? pm and other times, while tickets are available at the bus depot and North Side Square.
Eighty-two descendants of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Painter and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Williams attended a reunion at the Wes Corey home near Marsh, with many attendees from surrounding states.
In Seaside Oregon a logger named Don Dixon climbed a 65 foot wire during a northwest carnival. He slipped and fell landing on a car, was rushed to a hospital, and about ninety minutes later walked out uninjured.
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