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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
1
L. A. Gluenken, retired Fairfield high school coach, was named assistant football and head basketball and track coach at Parsons college. He will do no teaching.
Edward J. Flynn, new chairman of the Democratic national committee, will spend three to four days in Des Moines next week for notification ceremonies for Harry A. Wallace. In Iowa City, agents raided four taverns at Oxford, 15 miles west, seizing 12 slot machines, a punch board and a dice game. devices taken to the Johnson County courthouse.
Adjt. Gen. Charles H. Grahl says 4,770 guardsmen may be called for a year of field training. Federal call timing hinges on Congress passage, with expected call around October 1. Tentative plans set training in Louisiana under the call.
North Western and Rock Island railroads filed suits in district court against the Webster county board of supervisors to recover taxes claimed as illegal from 1934 to 1937. Equitable Life Insurance of Iowa has a similar suit over property in Webster county. The railroads contend the county auditor did not include certain assessments on moneys and credits when fixing tax levies.
Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends members from three states resolved to campaign for protection of conscientious objectors from obligatory military service. Telegrams were sent to President Roosevelt and Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota senators protesting the conscription bill as destructive of religious liberty and urging absolute exemption for proven objectors.
Unusual corn varieties grown by Mrs J A Hawthorne and Miss Eva Smeltver on East Main street feature green and white striped leaves and a red white and green striped variety. Observers call them the most unusual of Washington corn crops.
Mrs June Stone and Everette Hallock of Wayland pleaded guilty to intoxication before Justice of the Peace EB Bovee. Each was fined $10 and costs for the Ainsworth incident that led to Worrest Schirmer being bound over on a motor vehicle operating while intoxicated charge. Mrs Joe Cochran and children are guests of relatives at Lockridge for the week.
Troop F of the 115th Cavalry reports at Camp Ripley for a three week exercise with 40 000 troops. Reds mainly National Guards face Blues mostly regulars as 900 000 acres of training ground unfold and an umpired mock battle tests captured units and winner decisions.
Des Moines reports official Aug 1 estimates showing Iowa will yield 92.3 million bushels of corn in 1940 with a 14.5 bushel per acre average, and potential farm purchasing power around 215 million dollars. Illinois is second with 299.48 million bushels. Iowa cropland heavily devoted to corn, livestock sales boosting farm income.
Des Moines grain farmers hear optimistic projections as weather supports strong yields. Officials report favorable conditions across fields and anticipate higher production this season.
Governor George A. Wilson awarded Don Radda of Washington Iowa the Iowa Daily Press association’s 75 prize for growing the state’s tallest corn at 20 feet 3⁄4 inch. Jesse Radda took 2nd with 17 feet 1⁄2 inch and Peter Lamp 3rd with 16 feet 4 inches as crowds gathered in Oskaloosa.
Jean Arlys Schantz nine daughter of Wilbur and Marie Schantz of Crawford township died at Washington county hospital at 7 20 last night Funeral services set for 10 30 Saturday at Eicher church near Noble with Rev D E Welty officiating Burial will follow in Eicher Cemetery She was born April 18 1881 a triplet with one brother dying at birth and a sister Joan surviving Also two grandmothers noted She had been ill two weeks and hospitalized since Monday for three years she attended the state school for the deaf in Council Bluffs.
A large group of Republican women met in the G A R rooms at the courthouse with Mrs R J Dawson presiding. Lola Dittmer sang God Bless America and election of officers followed while the club adopted the Willkie slogan and planned county subdivision groups.
The Washington Municipal band will headline in the Iowa music festival at the state fair from Aug 23 to 30. It joins 29 ensembles including bandas orchestras choruses and drum corps for eight days and nine nights of performances during the 1940 exposition. Officials call the lineup the most elaborate in fair history. A top feature is six national radio network orchestras performing nightly dances on the fair plaza.
Fifteen Washington county 4-H club boys travel to Des Moines with County Agent J. W. Chandler to compete at the Iowa state fair. Girls representing the county include Marjorie Walker Ethel Darlene Sojka Mary Ellen Duensing Dorothy Daniel and Bertha Flading. Show stock from the achievement show was sold at private sale with average prices around 11.29 and 10.88 per hundred pounds.
News of the death of Charles Root formerly of Washington came from Waterloo where he had lived about three years. Rev. W. J. Stevens will conduct the funeral at Waterloo tomorrow at 1 30 p m with burial there. No cause of death reported. A daughter Mrs lone Witter is mentioned.
Last evening Wellman hosted a large pageant in the park titled The Romance of Thanksgiving depicting the holiday's global and American history. A cast of 150 locals presented scenes while a Wellman high school band provided music and a large crowd enjoyed tap numbers and ceremonial acts.
A Waterloo man survives an incident as Mrs. Root deaths occurred only a few weeks ago, indicating recent family tragedy.
German guns from Calais to Boulogne bombarded a British convoy in the Dover strait as Germany sharpened its assault on British waters. Twelve dive bombers attacked further up the coast, two shot down by British defenders. The convoy suffered no hits amid smoke screens and air patrols. At Tobruk and El Adem, RAF strikes damaged oil tanks harbor works and naval jetties, with three planes damaged. In Athens Britain pledged aid to Greece if attacked following Metaxas talks.
In Mexico City August 23 Mexican workers and intellectuals gathered as Leon Trotsky lay in state. President Lazaro Cardenas ordered funeral expenses paid by the government. Arrangements slated a 4 p.m. burial at the Spanish cemetery with Mrs Trotsky contemplating reburial elsewhere within two years.
Funeral services for Nora M Easley who died at her Sabina Ohio home will be Saturday at 4 PM at L A Jones funeral home with Rev H C Boyd former pastor of Washington AME church in charge. Burial follows in Elm Grove Cemetery. Mrs Easley formerly lived in Washington.
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