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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1943
Page
1
At Quebec Roosevelt and Churchill reportedly decided to prioritize air power to crush Germany quickly. The plan aims to shorten campaigns while warning Germans to abandon the war or face relentless bombing. A landing date remains possible, with further reviews by Hull and Eden on policy implications.
Pastor F W Eastwood of the Presbyterian church will deliver the sermon at the evening union service in Central Park next Sunday. Washington pastors join, with special music by a community young people chorus directed by Boyd White. The service is near the end of the park union Sunday night series, which ran through January and August.
The Commerce Department predicted a national income of 147 billion dollars for 1943. Based on this figure, income payments to individuals would total about 140.5 billion dollars, with the higher figures including undistributed corporate profit.
Iimer L. Keith son in law of Mr and Mrs L C Willits promoted to major in the army air corps stationed at San Antonio Texas He entered service as a lieutenant two years ago and has since held the rank of captain Formerly a high school athletic coach at Wapello and well known in Werhinsion
Pvt. George Davis stationed at Camp Butner North Carolina spent Wednesday and Thursday at the J Rabenold home. The soldier is on a ten day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Price Davis of Geneseo Illinois.
The OWI cites a Berlin newspaper Nachtausgabe denying rumors of a full government move but confirms some supply and welfare documents were removed for safety. A Bern dispatch relayed by UN radio in Algiers said German government offices had left Berlin.
Mrs. R. A. Frink head of Red Cross surgical dressing work visited Brighton Wednesday evening to start a four by eight sponge project. Thirty-two women attended as community interest grows. Mrs. McGaffey of Washington assisted.
Des Moines notes mark 27 years since Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, Iowa adjutant general, enlisted for Mexican border service. At the same downtown station he now sent his son Charles Phillip Grahl, 18, on the interurban to Camp Dodge for voluntary induction.
The War Department announced a contract for a prison camp near Algona Iowa to house about 3000 prisoners. The project was disclosed in Washington and marks a wartime expansion of prisoner housing.
In charge of the packing work, the supervisor also attended the Brighton meeting to instruct in that department.
London reports Sir Samuel Hoare met with Franco at Coruna amid Spain’s internal external policy crisis. Hoare to report to Britain next week as Mediterranean military moves and potential Italian internal collapse influence Spain. Franco had shifted toward neutrality but privately may lean toward the Allies.
Russell George Eberle 22 of Harper was arraigned before Justice W. S. Eldridge on larceny charges. He waived preliminary hearing, was bound over to the grand jury, and faces possible sentence after admitting guilt. He stole shelled corn sacks from Albert Maas on the Maas farm twelve miles northwest of Washington, moving 20 bushels at a time by car, and sold to four people totaling about 194 bushels. Sheriff Putnam and Deputy Kiesey arrested him after an investigation. The county jail housed its first inmate since August except for a brief prior case.
The record notes the address for Sgt Henry C Zieglowsky ID 36073651 care of postmaster New York City New York indicating official mailing details for active duty personnel.
A Park program honored 4-H members with awards as hundreds of quarts of canned foods were taken home to stock shelves. The event, themed Food Preservation and 4-H Victory Gardens, drew several hundred visitors to the Methodist church basement displays. Leaders and county 4-H officials received praise for club activities as J W Chandler and Ruth Foster presided. Esther Stewart read a farmers fable and Lee Stephenson spoke on Farm Bureau actions and policy development.
The county 4-H livestock show featured about 35 farm club members including four girls with superb baby beeves and hogs. Judge W C Anderson praised the quality, noting none in the white ribbon class and all blue or red ribbon animals. An auction the next morning saw top prices around 16 per hundred pounds for Angus and Hereford cattle, with bids from Wilson & Co Chicago packers and Washington States Bank among buyers.
Allied reports indicate strategic gains as Liperi and Stromboli surrendered to U S naval forces and Kharkov’s Red Army advances tighten German escapes. Signs point to a possible second front in Europe with potential landings in Italy or France within weeks. Air raids against Foggia and Berlin continue as underground groups are urged to ready for aiding landings.
Relatives report Pvt Donald Dunbar U.S.M.C. and M.D. U.S.N. Hospital 103 in San Diego, California. He suffered a fractured leg in a blackout incident while climbing from a truck.
On September 20 a contestant will win a $50 War Bond in the third and final Merchant's Thrift Club contest. One thousand nine free votes are given to each entrant who submits an entry blank by Saturday evening August 28. Full details are on page 4 of today's Journal.
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