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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1943
Page
1
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler in a New Year address claiming 1948 brought heavy setbacks and asserting Britain and the United States must invade Europe. He says world Jewry and Britain started the war, warns only the bolshevick menace would prevail if Germany falls, and claims invasion coasts are fortified beyond surprise.
Feature lists eight supreme Allied commanders and their deputies across theaters from the Southeast Asia to the Western Front, naming Mountbatten MacArthur Chiang Kai-shek Nimitz Eisenhower Vassilevsky Wilson Paget and others with their aides and roles in directing battle plans.
In Sioux City two elderly brothers, C. W. Earl, 738, and William Earl, 99, were found dead Thursday afternoon in their small home as police reported gas fumes issuing from an open kitchen stove jet.
The Polk County grand jury released its year end report and took no action after their special investigation into assault and perjury charges against former state highway patrolman Charles F. Woods. Sam Glumac testified Woods broke his arm and jaw during an arrest last July, but Glumac’s driving while intoxicated case was dismissed by Judge C Edwin Moore.
Mrs. John P Hansen, 72, of Breda Ja died in a Carroll hospital Wednesday night from burns suffered December 24. While alone at a farm home she ran to a neighbor for help after her dress hem caught fire warming herself at a heating stove.
In Seattle Washington the 138th naval district reported a Grinnell area lieutenant missing after a large oval plane vanished after takeoff from Whidby Stand naval air station in Puget Sound on December 26. Four other service members from two officers were listed as missing and search efforts were abandoned last night. Lieut Joseph Robert Cranny of Grinnell Iowa was among those unaccounted for.
London dispatch says only 86 of Scharnhorst crew survived the sinking off North Cape, revising earlier Vichy counts. Moscow reports Russian mobile units bypassing Zhitomir and advancing rapidly toward Novoiak Volynski near the Polish frontier, 20 miles from pre-war borders.
Allied air forces launched a major bombing raid across northern France targetting naval defenses near the Aris area. Reports from Algiers cite a forceful crossing of the Garigliano river aiming at the key junction of Minumno. The action marks a substantial aerial offensive in the Italian campaign with heavy bombers striking German communications hubs.
Washington D C Dec 31 The 15 non operating railroad brotherhoods turned down President Roosevelt s proposal to arbitrate overtime pay with a sliding scale of straight wage increases four to ten cents an hour Union leaders had earlier resisted arbitration on overtime but signaled they opposed a straight time award by sliding scale and would prefer separate terms
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports that American assault forces pushed within 1000 yards of San Vittore, the Cassino defense outpost. Bari radio said San Vittore fell after days of stubborn defense, signaling a possible U S victory.
The new mailing address for Pvt. Harry D Dusenbery is 8168 406 T.S.S. Box 323 at Keesler Field in Mississippi in the updated military records.
Moscow reports capture of Zhito mir rail junction in northwest Ukraine as Red Army drives westward through a 185 mile gap and threatens collapse of German lines. Allied air forces strike Pas de Calais and Ludwigshafen areas with heavy bombers targeting rail hubs and chemical centers.
In 1948 Washington county saw fewer highway accidents than the prior year with two fatalities. Tom McAvoy died in March in a car crash and Wilbur Crawford was killed after being struck by a car. Accidents totaled 59 county reports and 33 city reports. Damages neared $18,000 with 64 injuries.
L S Patterson 82 longtime Washington resident died yesterday at Fort Dodge Iowa home of his daughter Mrs Glenn Laffer after a two week illness from a heart attack. Body to return to Washington for funeral services at Kim Grove cemetery with Dr F W Eastwood presiding. He was active in the Presbyterian church and a founder of a former east side store later H I Ward. He leaves a son Chester Patterson and a granddaughter Mrs Florence Otteson plus two great grandchildren. another son Everette was killed in action.
George ID Umphrey of Fairfield becomes secretary treasurer of the National Farm Loan association. He will work Thursdays and Fridays in the Washington office and will govern offices in Jefferson Van Buren and Washington counties. Pettit of Fairfield steps down after 11 years.
The White House announces President Roosevelt’s head cold has developed into grippe. Rear Admiral Ross McIntire orders him to remain in bed after a fever reaches half a degree. Friday press conference and cabinet meeting are canceled. he is expected to stay through tomorrow.
AUSTIN Texas nearly 1000 chiropractors about 98 percent of eligible practitioners have filed applications to take exams and obtain licenses as Texas adopts a new law recognizing chiropractic profession under regulatory oversight.
A brief note recalls an automobile accident in Florida from earlier years. It also references the Patterson home on West Main Street north of Sunset Park in Washington.
Mrs Jennie Hearne Brookhart widow of former Senator Smith W. Brookhart died aged 74 in Prescott Arizona after a sudden heart attack following two days of illness. A Washington resident for most of her life she was active in education and relief work and will be brought to Washington for burial with services planned for early next week. She is survived by her husband three sons Major Smith W. Brookhart Jr Captain Joseph W. Brookhart and Charles J. Brookhart and a daughter Dr Florence H. Yount plus two brothers and a sister.
Opal B Kern of Riverside files for divorce from Arthur James Kern in Washington county district court. They married December 6 1919 at Iowa City and separated in September 1942. They have four children two of whom are under 21. She seeks custody of the minors and child support. attorney George F Morrison represents the plaintiff.
Chas. Churchill of West-Chester reports his nephew Vensil Voigtlander missing in action in Italy since November 23. Mrs. Voigtlander was formerly Viola Churchill. The Voigtlander family resides in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Wayne Chamberlin, a local resident who joined the Marines September 21, 1942, appears in Guadalcanal Diary at the State theater Sunday through Wednesday with close ups of his scenes. His wife Mrs Simons Chamberlin and Mr and Mrs Harry Chamberlin still live here. He worked at Rukkaber's hardware before enlistment and is now stationed at Pendleton Field Oceanside California.
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