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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1941
Page
6
Original notice in the district court names numerous defendants and associated parties including J Jungbluth plaintiff and various Washington County officials and residents. The list enumerates commissioners, trustees and heirs with multiple spellings and variants of surnames.
The final amateur contest features eight contestants and is scheduled for Thursday evening September 4 at 8:30 in Central Park. Real entertainment. Plan to attend.
A long roster of individuals associated with Washington County Iowa Territory appears, including Moore, Lu B. Lewis, Caroline J. Parks, Hattie E. Parks, Mrs. Julia A. Pratt, Simon P. Teeple, Richard Moore, and numerous other families and merchants. The names span board members, executors, and local residents connected to land, business, and governance.
The petition seeks to quiet and establish fee simple title to a parcel in Washington County Iowa described as East one third of Lot 3 and West fourteen feet of Lot 2 in Block 18 Original Plat Washington City. It names M A E Woodstock and others as defendants and unknown claimants. The court is asked to bar all claims adverse to plaintiff C J Jungbluth and to grant general relief. Proceedings set for September 1941 term. failure to appear results in default and judgment.
The C. L. O. Drivers union in Ottumwa says it will file unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Witwer Wholesale Grocery Co and Burlington Transportation Co. The complaints allege Bush and Handley were discharged for union activity after leaving the A F of L to join the C I O. A F of L spokesmen say their drivers union is nearly complete and has more members than before the affiliation switch.
Gaetano Mammone terrorized travelers on Italy’s roads. He fed on fear and drank the blood of those he fatally harmed, exalting in the dread he caused among his mistreated victims during his greed for gold.
About 100000 men are employed in U S mines producing 50000000 tons of hard coal annually.
A California inventor creates a wall hanging device for cinema lobbies that displays which portion of a program is in progress, estimates its duration, and indicates when it will end. The device aims to help patrons gauge show length and plan ahead.
Nineteen years after Queen Marie of Romania attended a Kansas City party that netted $5,000, the park board now uses the money plus $1,998.15 interest to build an outdoor stage and band shell.
Limes stay fresh longer when washed and wiped dry before storing in a covered fruit jar in the refrigerator.
Copper luster is a metallic glaze effect on pottery and porcelain created by a copper wash. The technique yields iridescent surfaces and distinctive color shifts under light.
A car carrying Mr and Mrs George Lyland and their three month old daughter from Audubon collided with a truck at a highway junction west of Knoxville early Thursday. The Lylands and the infant were killed instantly. Mrs Dallas Davis, who held the baby, survived with minor injuries. The party traveled to Unionville Missouri for the funeral of Mrs Davis sister-in-law Mrs Donald Davis who died in Ottumwa from ptomaine poisoning. Dallas Davis was in Ottumwa hospital with his brother Donald, seriously ill from poisoning. The truck driver escaped unhurt.
David Farland stalks Kurt Helm's cabin seeking Jane and her mother while a tense confrontation unfolds over a now missing envelope and a hunting knife. Sweitzer eyes murder as Grouch the dog lies strangled, and Givens arrives demanding Helm's cooperation to escape danger.
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