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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1949
Page
3
A rain slicked night in New York sees John, a newsboy, witness a fatal sequence as a green hat suspect shoots Judge Silas Berry and Moe Consolett. Officer Clancey and a crowd converge. John confesses to the killer, then is rewarded for information with a thousand smackers.
YWCA mixers at 6 30 potluck in YW room election of officers special program gift exchange members urged to be present Damascus Shrine No 10 WSJ 230 p m Masonic Temple Rosemary club 7 50 p m Mr and Mrs George Horn Wednesday Bethel Missionary Society 200 D A Gracehaw Just Us club 200 p m Mrs Pearl Parcell Navajo club December meeting postponed indefinitely Presbyterian Prayer service 900 a m at church Thursday PEO special meeting 130 p m Mrs Harold Stephens OBS pinochle 200 p m Masonic Temple
Mary Jewell Holbert entertained three high school and college friends at a Monday dessert gathering. The guests included Justine George Kathryn Huber and Mareia Masson as they shared games and conversation.
The share of Americans with college degrees tripled from 1.2 percent to 3.6 percent across the interwar period. This shift marks a significant expansion in higher education access and completion, reflecting broader social and economic changes of the era.
Rev. John A. O. Brassard, 35, rector at Our Lady of Guadalupe New York, receives permission to travel to Moscow for spiritual needs of American Catholics. He plans to visit relatives in Leominster, Massachusetts, before flying to Moscow in the week of January.
On December 2 I Cleveland area readers sent birthday wishes to Mrs Godfrey Juzeler Mrs F G Livesay Gladys Mace and her mother Mrs M A Mace and Howard Gier The Ted Bailys twins John Theodore and Jean Eleanor are nine Gloria Jean Harland eleven Max Stransky five and Mrs Bert Booth and Invan Hesseltine also observe the day.
Henrietta Schwarz of Cortland, New York, guests of cousin Mrs. Robert Day this week. Vincent Krabill and four children from Heston Kansas arrive to spend about 10 days at L. B. Krabill home. C R Gallagher of 720 South 12th Avenue celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Lester Nichols leaves for Warsaw to visit mother-in-law.
Pie bakers in the United States annually use about 7.3 million pounds of strawberries and 15 million pounds of other berries like blueberries and blackberries. They also use over 4.6 million pounds of coconut and 34 million pounds of cherries in pies each year.
The annual meeting for policy holders in the Farmer's Mutual Insurance Association of Washington Iowa is set for Friday January 6 at 6 00 p m at the association offices. Directors to be elected represent Cedar Crawford Dutch Creek English River Jackson and Oregon townships. Charles Kennedy secretary. 265 12 Dec 27-Jun
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