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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1939
Page
6
Hudson dealer L C Willits reports the 1940 Hudson line introduces sweeping improvements across all models. The entry level Hudson Six features new fabrics upholstery and engineering advances in front end suspension and ride. A wholly new low price straight eight offers high power to weight and enhanced performance and economy.
The article notes a forthcoming Hudson Super-Six identical in features to current models except for the power plant. It emphasizes parity in design and performance while signaling a different engine configuration.
Brighton notes a string of visits as Mr. and Mrs. Will Berry and family travel from Lone Beach California to visit relatives. Many residents including Mrs. Ellen Parks and Miss Jilsie Mullen of Iowa City, and others from Des Moines to LeRoy, spend time with kin across several towns.
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Ralph Tracy and Friday’s hosting by Bessie Myers for the Felt ing Hand club appears in the social column, listing resident activities and host details.
Columbus Junction residents report multiple travels and visits as B H Shearer and family return from Yellowstone. Others share visits to relatives in Davenport Council Bluffs Sargeant Bluff and Kirksville area while attending reunions and touring post travel.
The United Council for Civilian Relief in China will launch its second annual appeal in late October led by Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The drive funds Bowl of Rice parties in about 2000 communities to aid Chinese women and children refugees facing war famine and flood.
Mrs. L A Meridith compiles a sequence of short visits and guest appearances. Chas L McGill stays with grandparents in Davenport while Clara Byers returns from Des Moines. Various families travel to visit relatives in Wapello Muscatine North English Hillsboro Madison and other locales.
Merrimac, Aug. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Shafer and daughter Thelma travel by motor to Casper Wyo to visit Mrs. Shafer’s sister Mrs. Iva Edwards and family. Waldo Van Winkle assists his brother Telford drilling a well for Olde school. Junior Kientz drives a Chevrolet coupe. Also reports of local gatherings and Sunday visits with neighbors and relatives.
In Town, Aug 22, Mrs. Calvin Henry of Blenecoe traveling from Frankfort Kentucky to Lincoln Nebraska learned that her aged father J A Hopkins had been killed in an automobile accident here Saturday The funeral will be delayed as long as possible to locate Mrs Henry.
A Wayland man lost his billfold and ten dollars after pockets were picked during a circus parade on the east side of the square. The item loss included a driver’s license. Additional notes cover local travels, hospital stays, and community events across Wayland and nearby areas with multiple families mentioned.
The article lists numerous families visiting for the Orendorf reunion including the Lloyd Roth family A J Roth Milton Roth Clarence Roth Henry Widmer Daniel Orendorf and Christian Orendorf J A Taylor and four daughters also left for Superior Wisconsin. Several other relatives and guests from Cedar Rapids Oskaloosa Ogden Rantoul Wayland Danville Newburg and Tiskalwa appeared with extended visits and picnics plus trips from Toledo to Washington DC and the New York World's Fair.
Des Moines reports the annual Iowa art competition closed with 42 entries for the $500 in prizes. Fifteen Des Moines artists entered and 25 others from across the state. Only four artists entered sculpture, while landscape, still life in oil, watercolor, and pastel drew the largest groups.
Tama Brave, a Mesquakie Indian from Tama and three time western Indian dancing champion, retained his title at the Mesquakie pow wow. Edward Cloud of La Crosse, Wisconsin, a Winnebago, finished second and Jessup Lasky, a local tribe member, placed third.
A Des Moines dispatch lists governor salaries across 47 states, noting New York at 25 000 and South Dakota at 3 000 with many mid range figures. It cites an average salary of 7 775 and compares New York’s total to the combined three western and midwestern states' pay.
Frank Priebe notes at the World's Poultry Congress that packaging chicken for ready to cook use could reshape consumer habits. He describes how birds are singed cleaned wrapped and frozen in cartons, with Bib prizelike efficiency appealing to shoppers and potentially increasing poultry demand.
The Iowa Supreme Court was asked to revisit its decision upholding the eight year manslaughter sentence for Creaser Norton of Ottumwa. Norton killed his cousin Alva Carder during a dispute over a coal mine.
In a concise comparison, the piece contrasts two approaches, noting that the man with a backbone achieves progress more swiftly than the man who relies on a smile. It explores character differences and practical outcomes.
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