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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1941
Page
1
Patrick, 33, formerly Jasper county old age assistance director, pleaded guilty to embezzling over 3000 dollars while in office. He received one year in Fort Madison prison and a 250 dollar fine, the maximum penalty.
Zeno Smith departed Sioux City for Fort Madison prison to serve a year for assault on the mother of his estranged wife. Ethel Smith argued before District Judge A. O. Wakefield that a man cannot legally rob his own wife.
OSKALOOSA Peter Notar, 85, and his wife, 75, of Beacon, were buried after a double funeral at St. Mary’s Catholic church. Mrs. Notar died Friday and Mr. Notar died twenty four hours later. Four children survive.
Woodbury County motorists and truck owners paid 449,294 dollars for 29,702 license plates during 1940. County Treasurer Van W. Hammers trom announced.
Story County selective service will send 32 men to Fort Des Moines induction center in February. On February 6 fifteen volunteers are set to depart. The second call will be February 18 and men will be sent in numbered order.
An NLRB supervised election will be held in Muscatine for employees of the Mississippi Valley Grain & Feed Co. to decide if they want representation by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs Warehousemen and Helpers union affiliated with the AF of L.
Ottumwa man Guy Edgington 46 at Ottumwa waterworks suffered a severe foot injury at work when a jack hammer slipped and the tool's point crushed the bone. He was taken to Ottumwa hospital.
The Supreme Court today upheld the federal wage hour law in a unanimous ruling affecting a Georgia lumber company and southern cotton mills. Justice Harlan Stone delivered the decision.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill raising the national debt limit from 49 billion to 65 billion dollars with Republicans voting against. The measure also taxes future government security income and removes a four billion dollar defense debt category. The Senate unanimously passed and sent back a separate measure authorizing 313.5 million dollars for 200 cargo ships for the merchant marine.
State Senator Fred Cromwell works on a bill to tax families who live in mobile homes to fund schools. Burlington shell loading plant creates a new school funding problem for the district.
State Senator Fred Cromwell and L L Woodruff study options to tax trailer families for Iowa public schools amid new Des Moines county shell plant construction. They consider California and Florida laws, potential pupil numbers, and strain on nearby districts plus Burlington and Augusta implications for school funding and facilities.
Britain on alert for an early all out attack on the British Isles as Hitler’s forces mass in France. Franco German tensions rise with Petain posting Darlan to Paris and Lavall’s potential return to power. US Ambassador Leahy discusses with Flandin as Japan eyes rights in French Indochina. In North Africa and the Balkans, Libyan defenses near Derna, Benghazi prep, and Italian actions in Albania jockey for position. The Greek front reports end of major counter attacks and footnotes Valona Bay vicinity activity.
The high school annual band concert, directed by Maurice Brayton, features 85 pieces in a one hour event Tuesday evening February 4 at eight o'clock. Three small groups perform Brass sextet, Clarinet quartet, and Saxophone quartet with named players. six flag throwers and six twirlers join the finale with the full band. The program includes Red Cross March, panella works, Stradella Overture, Panther March, Ballet Egyptien, medleys, and several marches and overtures.
Corporal Bob Lewis reports Camp Bowie Texas January 31 Troop D settles into army life at 72 000 acre camp housing thirty six tents with six per tent mess halls and bath houses in each troop Stables house about 180 horses per troop and daily church services fill the crowded chapel Soldiers leave Brownwood by 7 30 pm M P patrols enforce curfew Guard duties rotate in three shifts with six guards per shift and morning drills follow tent cleaning and cleanup routines
The piece features Yoder and Twirlers and Flags in a performance titled American Arr. at Finlandia Home on The Range, highlighting drumline and flag routines by an ensemble led by Yoder.
Dr. Hugh C. Stuntz, longtime South America resident, speaks tonight in Washington at the high school as the third talk in the 1941 Institute of International Understanding. About 450 tickets were sold, with R. C. Keagy presiding and John Appllegate arranging ushers.
Washington county reports 315.75 raised for the infantile paralysis fund led by county chairman Mrs. Nels B. Westermark. Towns Riverside and Kalona yet to report, with additional gifts expected. Crawfordsville clubs and schools contributed 22.80 plus 10.30 from students, and Wellman lead gifts totaling 35.60 with rotary support.
The House debated the British aid bill amid demands for an explanation of Viscount Halifax’s Capitol visit. The bill passed its first House vote by voice and Senate Foreign Relations opened its second week with opposition witnesses including La Follette who warned the measure could crown one man with war decision authority.
Kenneth Lovelett and Ed mond Bower of Washington depart for Fort Des Moines to join the national army as draftees from Washington county. The draft board prepares for February 20 calls while preliminaries list Norman Schooney and Donald Schrabaugh as potential inductees. Elmer Ellsworth Cram may be reclassified, with his removal possible if changed status occurs and farm duties pull him away after his father’s Missouri death.
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