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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1949
Page
1
Washington Community Chest enters final cleanup to contact last minute donors with $3200 needed to reach the 1949 goal of $25 045. Survey shows some gifts cut this year. coordinators urge restoring amounts and ensure all reports are filed. Pledges may be paid now or any time in 1950.
Harold Kenneth Sellars Jr. of Oskaloosa is indicted by a Polk County grand jury on embezzlement. Arrested in September after a Kansas City woman reported he took 200 dollars before fleeing. Also named is Margaret Mathews of Detroit charged with illegal narcotics possession.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 pm Tuesday for Clara Daub at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. W L Currier presiding. Pallbearers were Ban Waters Harry Miller Delbert Thayer and Richard Francis. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Julius Kunik proprietors announce the stand opening of their remodeled and enlarged Washington Fruit Market on the square corner. The store adds a meat market frozen foods and refrigerated produce besides groceries. The Kuniks moved to Washington in 1932 and expanded via a 1944 acquisition forming a self service store.
Douglas County Attorney James Fitzger hild said Lyman H Elefson 22 held at Sidney Ia for the murder of his grandmother and investigation in two other deaths refused to permit an autopsy on his mother who died in Omaha The doctor treating Mrs Elefson sought permission to perform the post mortem to confirm death from complications of an appendectomy Elefson has been charged with murder in the death of Alonzo L Rhode 75 of Tabor Ia while authorities investigate the deaths of his mother Mrs Lucy Rhode 72 and his grandmother in a 15 month span Poison was found in the grandfather's body and pathologists are studying Mrs Rhode's body The Omaha physician said Mrs Elefson did not respond to treatment for appendicitis after being brought to Omaha by her son and died after an operation
Waterloo reports a fatal gas stove blast in a Parkersburg kitchen. Mrs John Viet, 48, died at St Francis hospital after clothes ignited in the explosion. Her husband was treated for shock at the Waterloo hospital.
Jesse Stout won the noble grand post succeeding Jobe Anderson at IOOF lodge 101. New officers include Walter Stout as vice grand Lloyd Plecker financial secretary Maurice Libe recording secretary and Lou Baker trustee. Five new members were admitted in the first degree and nine visiting brothers attended along with 55 locals. The second degree is planned for next Tuesday and a regional meeting will be held Thursday.
Voters in the Washington Independent School District will decide on a 350 000 bond for additions at Lincoln Stewart and the high school plus a gymnasium and extra classrooms. Polls open noon to 7 pm at a single voting place with absentee ballots already used by some residents.
Washington High School Concert Band opened its season with a full program in the high school auditorium. Wendell Rider accompanied a piano solo, guest conductor E. J. Timm led one number, and Wayne Brock conducted. The event featured letters and chevrons for band members and a reception for parents afterward.
Linn county attorney William Crissman elected president of the Town county attorneys association at its convention. He succeeds Ralph Bastian of Webster County. Other officers named include John Budd of Atlantic as vice president and Ted Cline of Burlington as secretary treasurer.
United Mine Workers reject anthracite operators bid to restore five day work weeks for 78,000 Pennsylvania hard coal miners. Thomas P. Kennedy says no change in the three day schedule and notes no report on talks, with negotiations paused for a luncheon and to resume later.
A cold wave sweeps the Midwest driving readings below zero as snowstorms lash the upper Great Lakes and East Coast. Temperatures fall to four below in Minot and five above in Fargo while forecasts warn of much colder weather into Illinois and Indiana.
Schmidt and Blatter celebrate their first business anniversary this week at the House of Flowers. The firm opened its new greenhouse a mile east of Washington on highway 92 on December 7, 1948.
Funeral services for Jacob Wenger 84 will be held Thursday afternoon at 7 o'clock at the Eicher Mennonite church with Rev. L. D. Fast presiding. Wenger died Tuesday morning December 6 after a short illness. A native of France he had long resided in the county. Surviving are eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Jones funeral home in charge.
Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves testified before the House committee that Soviet spies linked to the Russian embassy sought atomic secrets during his wartime A bomb project tenure. He cited uranium compounds as the only batch he knew shipped out, while licensing later exports allegedly never left U.S. soil.
All members of the Camp Fire board and council are urged to be present at the meeting Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the Camp Fire room.
In St. Paul nine ex sailors from the destroyer Ward pledge to locate the dismantled four inch gun that fired America s first WWII shot at a Japanese submarine off Pearl Harbor on Dec 7 1941. Karl Lasch and C W Fenton are named for sighting and firing the historic shot.
A report notes that Japan has reached a total of 8,000,000 radio receiving sets in use. The milestone highlights rapid consumer adoption of radio technology across the country.
Hubert Lehrer Frank Shep herd and Charles Murdock were named to the nominating committee for the Washington Knights of Pythias lodge at Monday night’s meeting. The committee will report next week before the annual election.
Canvassing in Washington county for the Sister Kenney Foundation to combat polio is nearing completion for 1949. The drive closes December 10 with county chairman Mrs Edna Bushek reminding residents that contributions are welcome though no canvass is conducted in the city. Local treasurer Mrs Maynard Brown will accept funds and donations may be left at several local shops.
Weather bulletin reports a bitter cold night with near zero temperatures in the north and 19 above in the south. Clearing tonight with Thursday fair and cold. highs 20-26 north and 28 south. Winds from north to northwest 20-30 mph this afternoon diminishing tonight and becoming variable Thursday.
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