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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
1
Des Moines with Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl adjutant general will host discussions with regimental commanders Lieut. Col. Gerald V. Coughlan of Council Bluffs and Lieut. Col. Otto I. Ronningen of Ames. The move aims to establish a state guard to relieve regular army personnel at key posts.
Arthur R. Goodall, secretary of the Iowa Fire Prevention council, warned Des Moines that three fire threats loom: carelessness, possible sabotage, and long range bombing. He spoke at a Fire Prevention Committee meeting of the Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Savery, noting 85 percent of fires arise from carelessness and stressing the enemy could view such fires as a compliment to bombs.
Ottumwa Iowa Wapello county employees did not receive pay on Monday due to a shortfall in the county treasury, with officials signaling pay unlikely before the new year.
Grinnell College president Dr Samuel Jevens announced that seniors who have completed the first semester and can pass a comprehensive exam will receive degrees as selective service calls them. The first exam is set for January with further tests as men are called.
DES MOINES four branches report a large enlistment day with 102 joining and 276 visiting the navy information desk. Navy tallies 71 enlistments, 13 in the army, eight coast guard, and 10 marines. Two brothers sought enlistment. one was accepted while the other was rejected for physical disability.
Simmons Engineering Co. of Davenport will have its 50 workers add an extra day this week. Wages earned from the additional day will be combined into one check and sent to the treasury in Washington for a workers bomber fund. Other Davenport firms may follow suit.
Chairman Martin Dies of the House Committee on Un American Activities alleges the government was urged in September by President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull to halt investigation into Japanese espionage in the United States. He says the panel had data as early as last September indicating a planned attack on Manila and Pearl Harbor.
S W Easter county chairman of the civilian defense volunteers urges public participation and urges names and addresses of capable residents. He notes Washington lags behind other county towns and emphasizes the need to register for emergency work at the Red Cross fund headquarters office on the square.
Two cars collided on a dirt road crest a half mile east of Highway 218 six miles north of Haskins. Sydney Coon of Riverside and Emery Kleinschmidt of Iowa City drove the vehicles. damage estimated at about 140 dollars. No injuries were reported.
License figures show 1 135 cars licensed in Washington County for 1942 up from 895 a year ago, with 240 more on the date. Through the month 155 trucks licensed for the new year versus 129 last year. Fourteen new cars and trucks were registered at the county treasurer’s office this week with owners listed, including A C Kuipers Wellman Ford Tudor Co R Oldfield Wellman International pickup Paul F Mayer Washington Mercury sedan Russell Lillard Washington Nash coupe Dwane Shailla Riverside Chevrolet sedan Bari Smith Washington Ford pickup Dr W L Alcorn Washington Buick sedan George Bartholomew Washington Chevrolet sedan Gail Trier Kalona Plymouth sedan Ira Saunders Brighton Pontiac two-door Irvin EB Coffey West Chester Plymouth sedan Dr N J Lease Crawfordsville Ford Tudor I N Schenefelt Washington Ford Tudor Lee Emry Brighton Chevrolet truck.
Collet Sitler 86 died last night at 8 45 in the Wellman home of his son Ray after years of declining health. He was born March 24 1855 in New Jasper Ohio and moved to Iowa at age five. He married Catherine Stump in 1880 and Emma Shaw in 1887. He retired from blacksmithing in Daytonville 19 years ago and lived with Ray Sitler in Wellman. He was survived by his twin sister Patience and several sons and daughters, with funeral arrangements pending for a grandson abroad at Fort Sill.
On Sunday evening December 21 at seven o clock the Methodist church will host a candlelight service. The choir will sing Christmas hymns and carols, a Nativity pageant will be presented, and the chancel will be set by Owen Hayes. Candles will be distributed and angels of light will light remaining candles before Silent Night closes the service.
The Washington Rotary club marked its 21st anniversary with a decorated cake at the weekly luncheon. A visiting speaker criticized Rotary, prompting members E E Stutsman Frank Miller Louis Jones and Ralph Shannon to defend the club, announce Institute of International Understanding plans, and offer four lecture tickets for a public jubilee. The quartet of Henry Bailey Charley Davis C R Wilson and Fred Stewart sang Home on the Range as part of the event, and Clarence Woodrow Sorensen will speak January 13 on Our Neighbors Around the Caribbean.
Washington January 15 report notes the House approved ahead of schedule legislation to use all shipbuilding capacity for 150,000,000 tons of war vessels next year and sent the measure to the Senate unanimously.
The Leon Beatty post of the American Legion holds its regular meeting this evening at the Legion rooms in the city hall.
Readers note the practice of quietly leaving church after the benediction with a lighted taper. If the candle goes out, it should be rekindled at home to symbolize the Christ child’s presence there.
Governor George Wilson announced a plan to form home guard units in towns that once had a national guard. Eighteen sites chosen. he met with Brig. General Mathew Tinley and Lt. General Ciugh Jin, with Adjt. General Charles Grahl. Lt. Col. Otto Ronningen of Ames will command the northern regiment and meet leaders later this week.
President Roosevelt urged the Senate military affairs committee to draft legislation registering all males from 18 to 64 and to subject those 19 to 44 to military service. The proposal would give the army 7.5 million available for induction versus 6 million under a 21 to 44 plan.
City officials announce signs will prohibit auto parking on East Third Street and North Second and North Third avenues near the Iowa Southern Utilities plant in Washington. The NYA is producing the signs as a defense measure ordered by the regional federal power commission office in Chicago.
In Washington, President Roosevelt invited Wendell Willkie to the White House, a historic meeting between former rivals. Roosevelt shared details of Hawaii events and the Pacific strategic outlook, signaling Willkie’s renewed role and trusted status in the administration.
The state department announces the United States will take over the French luxury liner Normandie in New York with the understanding that adequate compensation will be paid to the owners.
Noah A. Yoder and Catherine Milley of Kalona received a marriage license here today. The license marks the county’s 98th issued this year.
Washington county selective service reports three new volunteers in the past week. Raymond J. Miller of Washington aged 19 and Clarence Leo Farrier of Brighton aged 25 are listed, with Farrier’s order number 1928. They may join the next call after final physicals. Eight registrants head to Des Moines for pre induction exams, including Jack Lytle, Omer G. Bopp, George W. Miller, Ernest C. Fink, Charles H. Ralston, Orin B. Carr, Dale P. Edmondson, and John A. French.
Donald P. Smith was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated at the September term of the Washington county district court. Judge Frank Bechly sentenced him to five months in the county jail and to pay the costs with Deputy Sheriff Wait Kiesey in charge and County Attorney John C. Owen prosecuting.
The Knight of Pythias lodge held a dinner at 6 20 PM in the K P hall with grand lodge officers present. Forty one members and guests attended as R R Hibbs and R O Hendergast spoke and Randolph Kelsey presided. Roosevelt telegrams and lodge aid to Hawaii were noted with Franklin D Roosevelt named among members. Local benevolent association and lodge speakers outlined their functions while a high school quartet performed.
The annual YWCA Christmas tree party for underprivileged children will be held Monday at 3 PM in the Y.M.C.A. lobby. Chairwoman Mrs. Leland Carris leads the committee with Mrs. A E Atchison and Mrs. Stan Kiesey assisting. Girl Reserves and Boy Scouts will help run errands and collect toys, with toys due by Saturday evening due to doll shortages. John Custer repairs donated toys with help from fire station workers. Tickets for attending children will be distributed Friday afternoon from the YW rooms. toys may be left at city hall or a committee member can call for collection.
American and Philippines field forces repelled repeated Japanese landings on Luzon as the U S high command indicated the initial Japanese offensive had been broken. Reports from Tokyo claimed Japanese troops landed on Hong Kong and penetrated parts of the island.
Allied forces repelled Japanese offensives against Singapore and Hong Kong and seized the initiative on three fronts Luzon Libya and Russia. British and Soviet talks in Moscow hint a unified war direction with possible American discussions in Washington.
Finnish dispatches from Stockholm report a general Soviet advance east of Lake Ladoga toward Ostash. Finns are estimated to have at most two divisions totaling about 30 000 men plus two German regiments. Paris reports also note two attacks against Germany including a Gestapo HQ bombing with six Gestapo killed.
In Ankara reports that Adolf Hitler has departed for his Berchtesgaden retreat on medical orders to take a thorough rest cure. German sources say he has overstrained his physical capacity in recent months and doctors advised the pause.
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