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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1940

Page

6

Cotter High School News Highlights Thanksgiving Vacation

The Cotter school calendar marks Thursday and Friday as Thanksgiving break. Reports show improved overall attendance and high marks in six weeks. Basketball results: Cotter Blue Devils beat Wayland 26 2 in junior game and 21 18 in varsity, winning the Tri County trophy race. Honor roll lists and class notes detail student achievements across grades.

Cotter Riday Jack Duncan Barbara Jones Gladys Boyd Jean Jones Margaret Orr Ha Rees Roberta Hauenstein Edith Hays Mildred Orr Clara McGuire Cotter Blue Devils Wayland Rich Wayland Guard Little Blue Devils Quick Edwards Kaufferwen Sodergren Blue Devils Yarmouth Columbus Junction Christian Endeavor Sun Maxine Wehr John Gilpin Billy Owens Betty Robeson Donna Boyd Ronald Skubal Dorothy Ann Hedger Josephine Owens Keith Peters Billy Joe Podaris Bobby Stapp Keith Duncan Marion Jones Leona Mae Stapp Hawaii United States Donald Orris Raymond Hendrickson Russell Dunsmore William Jones Kenneth Dunsmore Geraldine Quick Alvin Lee Wehr

No Top on Hogs Today Weather Outlook

Partly cloudy conditions persist tonight and Sunday with no major weather events. Forecast calls for light winds and mild temperatures across the region.

Plainsmen 4H Club Leader Meet Beauchamp

Ten Plainsmen 4H members and leader Carlos Watson plus county agent Esteg Pilgrim met with Leo Beauchamp Tuesday evening. Light refreshments were served by his mother after the business meeting and games.

Milton H. Coffin WEO Plainsmen 4H Carlos Watson Esteg Pilgrim Leo Beauchamp

Washington Lodge No. 26 Regular Meeting Notice

Washington Lodge No. 26 A F and A M announces regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Worshipful Master Howard McBride and secretary A W Yard preside.

Washington Lodge No A .F A. M Howard McBride W. M A. W. Yard

Kinfolk Visit Over Thanksgiving Weekend

James and William Willis of Pomona and Joel Willis of Pleasant Plain with a sister Mrs Hulda Laurance of Caldwell Idaho and Mr and Mrs Orland MelIntire of Albin Wyoming visited relatives in this community and Richland over Thanksgiving. Frank Baker sawed wood for Elmer and Everett Coffin and for Mrs Verle Beauchamp. Roy Finch of Fairfield called on Elmer Coffin Sunday evening.

James William Willis Pomona Calif Joel Pleasant Plain Hulda Laurance Caldwell Idaho Orland MelIntire Albin Wyo Richland McIntire Kkiverette Coffin Frank Baker Elmer and Everett Coffin Verle Beauchamp Dave Wentworth Brighton Veo Roy Finch Fairfield Elmer Coffin

Indians Keep Beaver Trapping Rights in Quebec Extended

The text notes that Indigenous people retain a limited right to trap beaver in Quebec, a privilege unique to them amid a white-dominated land, and states that this trapping right has been extended for five more years.

Quebec

Harold Edmondson Becomes Custodian of New Postoffice

Columbus Junction posts Harold P. Edmondson as custodian of the new post office building after acceptance by the U S civil service commission in St Paul Minn. Robert J. Kulp named assistant. Both men are American Legion members. Mr and Mrs R S Johnston Columbus City report return from Des Moines visit with daughter Dr Helen Johnston.

Martha Butler Columbus Junction D. 6 Nettie Lewis Harold PP. Edmondson U. S. Civil Service Commission St. Paul

Russia Maintains Large Active and Reserve Military Forces

Russia fields an active military force of 848,600 and reserves totaling about 18 million trained men. The military represents roughly 11.4 percent of the population.

Russia

Westbound and Eastbound Train Schedules and Bus Routes

Rail lines list daily schedules for the Westbound No. 8 Golden State Limited No. 1 Local No. 43 Californian and Eastbound No. 2 Local No. 44 Californian No. 4 Golden State Limited plus Knoxville Branch No. 430 and No. 429. Also shown are Davenport-Kansas City local No. 3 and Kansas City-Davenport local No. 8, with Southwest Limited Nos. 25 and 26 and bus routes Nos. 6 and 10. Tickets available at the Cantonil depot and nearby depots for cross country travel.

Golden State Limited Californian Washington Golden State Stanitee California Knoxville Kansas City-Davenport Southwest Limited W. C. Bell Candy Kitchen North Side Square Cantonil

American Pilots Fly US Bombers to Britain Defying Neutrality

George R. Hutchinson reveals that about forty American pilots are ferrying U S built bombers to Britain in defiance of U S neutrality laws. The flights cross the North Atlantic in roughly ten hours while facing Nazi threats.

U. S Britain George R. Hutchinson

Farmer Loses Arm in Grinnell Grinding Accident

Fred Oltrogge, 38, a Grinnell area farmer living eight and a half miles northeast of Grinnell, lost his right arm at the elbow in a grain grinding accident when his coat reportedly caught in a belt as he operated the tractor connected grinder. He lay unconscious for about an hour before family found him, unable to explain how the mishap occurred.

Grinnell Fred Oltrogge Erain Oltroges Oldtrogze

Howe Moves From Halifax To Launch New Campaign

General Howe sails from Halifax to begin a British campaign against New York after Washington fortified the city. Despite preparations, Washington cannot hold New York as the Royal Navy dominates waters around Manhattan. By September Howe occupies the city.

General Howe Boston Washington Halifax New York Manhattan Island Howe

Wrecked Interior of Airliner Claims Several Lives

Wreckage from the U A S plane crash near Chicago airport on a flight from the east killed Captain Philip Scott and co pilot George Young. Passenger Jane Selby of Chicago died in hospital and Pau Ryan of Cleveland, head of the National Refining company, was injured.

Chicago Philip Scott George Young Jane Selby Pau Ryan Cleveland National Refining Company

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