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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1941
Page
2
Art Prail earned multiple honors at the Iowa Poultry Industries exposition in Des Moines, including champion bantam categories and best display awards as the event closed yesterday. Swedesburg hosts a Friday Smorgasbord. Local moves and health notes follow with Ferguson and Sigafoose families mentioned alongside community events and a funeral in Morning Sun.
Walter Jackson of Kalons was admitted as a surgical patient and Ralph MacClean of Brighton underwent a major operation. Mrs. Harry Lamansky of East Pleasant Plain was admitted as a medical patient last night.
Coaches Bill Bates and John Harp spoke at the Ys meeting praising their high school and junior college basketball squads. Harp, new athletics director, called his Demon team the finest he has coached. Bates lauded his group’s spirit despite weak fundamentals. Douglas Smith was elected a new club member.
The report lists scores for multiple players in a handicap bowling event. Key entries include Lloyd, Frank Crone, Vic Trosky, Bill Smart, and Hip Monroe with frame totals such as 508 and 493. Other noted participants are Parrish, Rusty YKnott, Chas Neill, Jim Stewart, Mike Flenner, Paul Moore, Tucker Chevrolet, DeWitt, Claud Tucker, Les Long, Alvin Walker, and Carl Martin with corresponding series and final totals around the 400s to low 800s.
Olds beat Ainsworth 86 to 43 with Anderson leading Olds at 16. Crawfordsville topped Wyomin 53 to 28 led by Jones with 20 and Long with 18. Wayland defeated Mt. Union 42 to 19 with most players scoring in double digits. Cotter edged Yarmouth 29 to 20 in the other league game.
Chicago report notes major league star Bob Feller aged 23 from Iowa, who rose with the Cleveland Indians, exchanged a $40,000 yearly baseball post for a Navy role paying $99 monthly. He took the oath from Lt Commander Gene Tunney and will serve as chief boatswain's mate and physical instructor.
United States exports of wheat increased from 17,000,000 bushels in 1938 39 to 45,000,000 bushels in 1939 40 signaling a strong growth in shipments abroad.
Kalona defeated Brighton 32 to 16 in a Ke-Wash league opener at Kalona. Brenneman led Kalona with high points as Brighton rallied in the second half after a 16-3 Kalona edge. Richland beat West Chester 21 to 6 in West Chester with Mourer scoring 7. Columbus Junction coach Jack Pence replaces Dick Williams as Chester leader. Keota edged Wellman 21-19 at Keota after Wellman led 13-5. Swartzendruber scored 9 of Wellman’s 13 in the first half. Thirty-two fouls were called by the referee.
Eight U.S. presidents were born in Virginia and seven in Ohio, highlighting regional origins of the nation's leaders.
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced 2 2303 Japanese nationals and a total of 2 303 axis nationals were taken into federal custody. The seizures occurred in Hawaii and the continental United States within hours by FBI and other agents. Naturalization applications of German and Italian immigrants will be held for the war’s duration.
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown completed the first nonstop Atlantic flight in 1919 aboard a Vickers Vimy, accompanied by two black cats carried for luck. The milestone marked a historic aviation achievement and aided postwar air travel advances.
Members of the Methodist church choir will present a Christmas cantata The Babe of Bethlehem by Hamblen at 7:30 Sunday evening under Elouise Rice Sorden. Edna Klein is organist. Soloists include Elma Rice and others with several instrumental and choral numbers.
Mezzo Soprano solo And They Came With Jesus Frances Sartor Chorus in a humble cattle shed Alto solos Ione Steele and gift items Gifts for Lord Jesus featuring Jean Applegate Martha Jean rossett Lois Mace Julia Zeck Bonnie Jean Simpson Frances Sartor Maryin Bell Blaine Thomassen Genevieve Baker Leona Yousling Ione Steele Tenor solo And Being Warned of God Marion Timmins Chorus for Men Princes Three Their Mission Done Chorus Once Again The Bells Are Ringing Chorus Hallelujah Chorus Candlelight service scheduled for Dec 21 evening service.
The modern AB brake activates at 930 feet per second, enabling brakes to be applied along the full length of a mile long train in under six seconds.
A statistician estimates that the average housewife cleans an acre of dishes, a mile of glass, and five miles of floor each year, illustrating the scope of domestic labor.
Melvin HK Howe, accused by his wife of threatening her and their young daughter with death, is jailed. Mrs. Howe, owner of three beauty parlors, had sued for divorce. Police said Howe locked himself in, warned officers he would shoot, then surrendered a loaded .45 pistol.
The term honorificabilitudinitatibus appears in Love's Labour's Lost as a famous example of Shakespeare's longest word. It showcases linguistic play within the play. Scholars note its rarity and humorous effect on stage dialogue.
Mr and Mrs Harry Ramseyer and relatives spent Sunday in Des Moines for the Iowa Poultry show. In Fairfield last evening Mrs Paul Snakenberg and others attended a White Shrine Christmas ceremonial. Also Mr and Mrs T G Lee and Mr and Mrs R C Pleury moved to a duplex at 623 West Main Street from 409 West Madison Street.
As of January 1 1941 the United States had about 16 100 000 electric refrigerators in daily use.
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