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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1942

Page

6

Saboteur hailed as powerful Hitchcock revelation

Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur opens at the State theatre with Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings. The drama follows a falsely accused Glendale worker chasing saboteurs, culminating in a climactic fight on the Statue of Liberty and a Radio City sequence.

Alfred Hitchcock State Theatre Priscilla Lane Robert Cumings Hollywod Uncle Sam Eforts Hitchcock Miss Lane Cummings Glendale Calif Norman Lloyd Otto Kruger Alan Baxter Clem Bevans Alma Kruger

Orris Families Go To Annual Reunion

The Orris reunion was held Sunday at Sunset park in Crawfordsville with strong turnout. Local attendees included S. K. Orris and family, A. B. Orris, Clarence Hering and family, Dwight Brown and family, plus Dorothy May Virgil Viola and others. A children’s musical program followed the dinner, and officers elected for the coming year were president Mrs. Clarence Hering and secretary treasurer Clarence Hering.

Crawfordsville Orris Sunset Park Washington S. K. Orris May Dorothy Ralph A. B. Orris Clarence Hering Virgil Viola Dwight Brown Shirley Carol Jean Frank

Name Officers at Wehmeyer Reunion

Columbus Junction Iowa officers elected Sunday August 16 at the Wehmeyer reunion vice president Mrs Victor Kasten Burlington secretary and treasurer Services attended by sixty one persons Wehmeyer family settled in Port Louisa township around 1854 six of their 13 children survive The 1943 reunion will be at Port Louisa township on the third Sunday in August.

Columbus Junction Wehmeyer Victor Kasten Burlington August Wilhelmina Wehmeyer Port Louisa Township

Bruce Hanna Family of Waterloo Visits At Crawfordsville

Bruce Hanna and daughter Connie of Waterloo visited relatives in Crawfordsville on a weekend trip. Also mentioned are Vivian and Ethel Booth of Haskins and Olive Moore, with other local households hosting or visiting across the area.

Bruce Hanna Waterloo Crawfordsville Mary Manners Connie Bruce Rath Packing Company Vivian Ethel Booth Haskins Olive Moore Earl Monson Donald and Russell Norfolk Nebr Howard Craig Urbana Ill Rose Moorehead

Victory gardens face tomato crop losses from viruses

Iowa Victory gardeners report major and minor tomato losses due to virus diseases. Franklin County school garden project lost all its crop while peppers were also damaged. Pathogens spread by infected plants, insects, and wet conditions. Preventive steps include direct seeding, burning diseased plants, spacing for ventilation, copper spray, and late-season vigorous plantings.

Victory Franklin County

Washington Masons Meet and Local Train Bus Schedules

Washington Lodge No 26 regular meeting first Friday Richards Stewart W M A W Yard secretary transit notes list daily local and California train stops with times east and westbound routes East bound No 2 Local No 44 Californian No 430 and others with discharge and pickup details O M ST P & P R R Co Westbound Davenport Kansas City local No 58 departure 9 58 a m No 25 Southwest Limited 1 45 a m 5 14 p m Bus schedules show No 3 7 9 departures from Washington with times across routes

Washington Lodge Richard A. Stewart W. M A. W Yard Washington Pleb California Golden State Limited Oskaloosa O.M Davenport Kansas City Southwest Limited Rodetis Podatir W. C. Bell

Tomato plants show bacterial spot on fruits

Bacterial spot has appeared on the fruits of many tomato plantings. The issue threatens yield and quality for gardeners and commercial growers in the area.

First Catapult Takeoff from Warship In Flight

Lieut Alfred Cunningham of the U S Marine Corps aviator made the first catapult takeoff from a warship underway marking a historic aviation milestone for naval operations.

Lieut Alfred Cunningham U. S. Marine Corps

Chloe in Wahilla to New York as entertainer and secretary

Chloe Cameron arrives at Samuels Bureau seeking work but becomes secretary under Miss Jepson. She dreams of singing her own cow boy and Indian songs and revisits Wahilla Oklahoma, her mother’s death, Nate Barlow the banker, and a campus romance as she contemplates a bigger future in entertainment. The tale follows her birthday reflections and promises from Wahilla to distant ambitions.

Chloe Cameron Samuels’ Bureau of Entertainment Bureau Miss Jepson Chloe Rann Sturgis Wahilla Oklahoma Nate Barlow Tennessee Nate Rose Emily Robins Rose Emily Tulsa Rose Emily’s Taps Kennedy Court House Husky Hunky Svendsen Margaret Bell Houston King Features Syndicate Ing

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