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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
2
Sgt. William Smart is discharged honorably after service at the Augusta arsenal in Augusta Georgia. The discharge is tied to the role of the implement business as essential to the Food for Freedom movement.
Alice McDaniel resigned from her instructor post at Mt Pleasant High School a few weeks ago and now assists her father at Mc Daniels Drug Store.
New York defeats Detroit 7 to 5 in the first game and 5 to 1 in the second. Cleveland beats Boston 8 to 3 and 4 to 1 in the rematch. St Louis tops Washington 7 to 4 and Chicago defeats Philadelphia 4 to 0. Pitchers listed: Flores at Chicago, Humphries at Boston, Terry at Cleveland, Bugby at Cleveland, Wynn and Candini for Washington, Muncries and Sandra for St Louis. Only games scheduled.
The National League table shows Brooklyn 6 4 over Pittsburgh, St. Louis 2 0 over Boston, with Chicago at Pittsburgh in the only scheduled game. Passeau 13 3 for Chicago and Podganyi 4 8 for Pittsburgh are noted as pitchers.
Leo and Sophie Kunick visit at Julius Kunieck home while Mrs. Jim Laubaugh travels from Boise to Woodchester Nebraska? No. Mrs. Laubaugh stays with Mrs. Catherine Null and her daughter Mrs. Hatton then heads to Idaho. Mr. Reed and Mrs. Booth visit Des Moines and Dallas. Lytle and House are on leaves in New York and New Orleans. Birka family travels to Phoenix. Martha Birka returns to Des Moines beauty school. Donald Boyer of Great Lakes arrives on convalescent leave to Iowa City. Stevie Boyer recovering from pneumonia at Children’s Hospital. Harold Jarvis family visit Fairfield parents.
Coach John Harp announced a meeting of the high school football squad with parents at the school Friday at eight pm. He will outline expectations, and discuss training while parents and players meet. Iowa Nebraska game footage will be shown to boost local football interest.
The Iowa state commerce commission ordered condemnation of several parcels to relocate about 12 miles of Rock Island railroad track from Perlee to Libertyville in Jefferson county after a hearing on August 20. The $1.5 million project, to take about a year, will build new track to ease grades and curves, allow 5 000 ton loads, enable speeds up to 100 mph, and save about $250 000 annually. The stretch sits on the Chicago to Santa Rosa main line.
Mrs. C C Owen moved yesterday afternoon from 621 North 2nd Ave to 400 South Marion. Her phone number is 182 M S/Sgt Oscar Wilson is on a fifteen day furlough visiting his mother Mrs Bell Wilson and siblings. He is stationed at Salinas California air base.
Births and military updates from Enid Oklahoma to Amarillo Texas include Pfe See and Mrs Max See welcoming a son Robert Carroll at University Hospital Enid after a 7 pm birth weighing eight pounds and Pvt Ira Morrison at Fort Benning listed with corrected address. also homecoming for Pvt Ernest Moothart from Miami hospital leave and various visits and furloughs among Bell families and Tucker relatives. local drugstores announce early closing due to staff shortage starting Aug 30 with on call pharmacists listed. travel notes from Mrs Harvey Waggoner and Anna after Wisconsin visit.
In a county meeting Chairman Mace urged full cooperation for the war loan campaign. He noted over 9 million dollars in Washington county bank deposits and a 2 million rise in deposits in the past year and a half. The drive lists 21 district leaders and stresses a 400 dollar quota per resident to boost bond purchases.
Mr and Mrs Robert Vincent of Keota welcomed a son born at 8 10 last evening weighing six pounds five and three quarter ounces Virginia Eckels of West Chester had a tonsillectomy this morning Mrs Clifford Chamberlin of Winfield was discharged at noon today
Dorothy Ann Patridge, five, daughter of Mildred Patridge of Sioux City, died Wednesday from injuries believed caused by a fall from a horse Sunday. She had been treated for a broken arm and was thought to have no other injuries. Her father died in a 1939 elevator accident.
The Maple Crest plant processes about two cars of crested turkeys daily with roughly half a car eviscerated and frozen. The poultry goes to submarine and destroyer services due to compact packaging and low prep costs. The workforce numbers around two hundred, with women making up over half as they perform duties once thought unsuitable. An automatic feather-removal machine reduces labor needs, though more men are still required. Farmers cooperate to meet food production needs, sometimes birds are dressed early, with grower returns improving over last year, averaging two dollars per bird or more for an average luck.
Boyd White announces a community young people's chorus rehearsal Friday at eight in the high school gym. The session prepares for the union service in Central Park Sunday evening, the final event of the summer series. All past singers are urged to attend and others including high school pupils may join to prepare for the school's mixed chorus this year.
Attendance for Red Cross surgical dressings classes has fallen with only nine women present yesterday and an average of 14 or 15 recently. The program is far behind its sponge quota for army hospitals, hindering the war effort.
Miss Hennon on leave from Cedar Falls Iowa will visit the Washington post office Friday August 27 between 1 and 2 PM to discuss WAVES recruitment. Eligible women aged 20 to 26 without young children and with two plus years of high school are urged to apply. a navy recruiting officer will be present and exams will be offered in Burlington Saturday August 28 during the naval examining board’s stay.
Mrs. R. A. Frink in charge of the classes noted some participants suggested buying war bonds as their contribution. She said war bond investment profits differ from the surgical dressings work, highlighting the distinct purpose of aiding the war effort.
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