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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1944
Page
8
Riverside note: St Marys school children sponsor an annual card party at St Marys Hall on Monday evening February 21. Plans underway with student volunteers. Mrs Amy Walter of Riverside leads the project. mentions of local families and residents in the gathering.
A Stockholm paper reports a plan to court Himmler with 4,000,000 smiling picture postcards to soften his image as part of a campaign. It notes Goering remains the top successor candidate should Hitler be removed.
News notes report a new daughter born in Mercy hospital Iowa City on Feb 11 to Cpl Joseph T Corcoran and Mrs Corcoran formerly Velma Tobin of Riverside. The couple’s family and others from Clarke college and Riverside share greetings as Corcoran serves with the Army Air Corps in England. Mary Jane Quinn of Clarke College Dubuque visited with her father Joseph P Quinn and sister Marjorie Quinn.
Lawrence Grossecup of Jewett visits his brother Clarence in Brighton. Mrs. Leslie Turnipseed stays with son Loran and family near South English to assist with new granddaughter Irene Jones. Des Moines visitor Irene Jones weekend with Lloyd Jones family. Richard Hoskins moves into Willis Horton’s house and works for Robert Wead.
The statement notes that more than half of the world’s flowering plants exhibit red shades, reflecting a broad pattern in floral color distribution across species and habitats.
A letter from Mrs. Bess Scofield Maas of Palo Alto expresses nostalgia for Washington's memories and aging gracefully. The Austin paper reports Camp Swift's convalescent training center aiding soldiers back to duty, with Captain John C. Lytle in charge. Washington readers note the program’s military discipline, study classes, and supervised diets as recovering troops return to units.
Three ranking Argentine cabinet members were removed from office in a bloodless coup claimed by a nationalist army group to avert a war declaration against Germany and Japan.
Among the languages taught on college campuses to prepare men for duties abroad are Amoy Annamese Fanti Haussa Kurdish Mandarin Panjabi Pushtu Swahili and Thai.
The article notes that nearly one third of gasoline produced east of the Rockies in the second half of 1943 will be diverted to military use. For 1944 an estimated 37.6 percent will be similarly allocated.
Cpl and Mrs O A Gauthier stop in Riverside on wedding trip to visit bride’s father Charles F Strabala and relatives. Vivian Strabala wed Cpl Gauthier Feb 5 at Camp Phillips Kansas in a double ring ceremony. Bride a St Marys high School graduate and former teacher, groom with Co B 804th medical battalion Camp Phillips.
Crawfordsville residents report Staff Sergeant Maurice Maxwell returned to Deming New Mexico after furlough at home. Corporal Richard Lease sailed back to Fort Jackson South Carolina following a 15 day home visit.
Waterloo Police Chief Crumline announced the arrest of three youths, two aged 13 and one 16, who confessed to burglaries of four downtown offices and a barber shop. They stole 350 dollars in cash from a delivery truck and 116 checks. about 382 dollars in cash was recovered.
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