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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1941
Page
4
Citizens of the Washington Independent School District face spring elections with seven candidates for seats on the school board. The piece praises volunteers, notes rare political stakes, and reflects on local concerns from labor, relief fraud, and wartime policy to public health and highway issues.
The Winner Bridge club met at Mrs. Charles Durian Jr. home on Feb 18 for a potluck dinner and bridge at three tables with high score prizes to Mrs. Guy Moothart Mrs. J. J. Ward and Mrs. Frank Wilson. The Happy Hour club met at Mrs. Ralph Bringman's home for needlework and visiting with a short business meeting and mystery sister announcements. Seventeen members attended with guests including Mrs. Leonard Novak Mrs. Frank Wilson Ruth Marner Muriel Schlabaugh and Loretta Disney. Refreshments were provided by the committee.
A reader laments Washington's weak gym facilities for schools and notes newer gyms in Fairfield Muscatine Burlington Keokuk Fort Madison Ottumwa and Kalona Winfield and other towns. The piece blames lack of sectional or district tournaments here and says multiple squads share the high school floor, limiting practice time.
The article argues that conditioning suffers because teams play in a cramped Wellman gym and will not reach full potential until a new high school gym is built, alongside demands for a hospital annex and a new jail. It notes bright local prospects for high school and junior college athletes but fears the small facility wastes talent. The piece lists community leaders and groups urging improvements.
A seven year study of 1 262 Centre county farms by J E McCord from Pennsylvania State College finds households adding conveniences. Furnaces doubled, radios up 20 percent, running water up 5 percent, and electricity access rising from 41 percent to 55 percent.
The document details how soybeans serve as human food, not just forage, with rich protein and fat content and low carbohydrates. It describes two methods to make soybean milk, soybean curd by fermentation or vinegar, and various culinary uses, plus instructions to obtain Leaflet No. 166 from the Bureau of Home Economics. It also notes sheep of a Karakul-influenced breed imported to the United States for lambskins prized for ladies coats.
New York last year killed nearly one million more sheep and lambs than Chicago, highlighting New York’s large packing industry. The report contrasts regional slaughter levels and identifies New York as a major center.
The 34 year old liner George Washington, built in Germany and seized at Hoboken, is recalled from retirement by order of the U S Navy to bolster transport capacity. It previously made 18 Atlantic crossings before and after the 1918 armistice and carried President Wilson to France before being laid up in 1931.
Funeral services for Mrs. O R Knott 84 of Loretto Nebraska and former Columbus Junction resident were held here Sunday. Burial followed at Indian Creek Cemetery. Rev C I Hiller officiated. Mrs Knott died after paralysis at her home Thursday. She was born March 25 1855 near here formerly Miss Melissa Jane Wright and married Oliver Rosso Knott in 1881. Surviving are five sons two daughters a brother and many grandchildren.
The public library adds twenty two new non fiction titles led by Dr H F Ball's Christianity Winston Churchill Rene Kraus lowa Land of Many Mills and Families Post Children Are People. Other new works cover history democracy biography travel religion and economics with titles from the State Historical Society and notable authors.
Funeral services were held at Fairview church for Marcus J. Chandler who died Friday after a heart attack. Interment followed in Fairview cemetery. He was born June 11, 1863, married Phoebe Alice Davis in 1897, and was a member of the Fairview church and Kinross Masonic lodge. Surviving are his wife and one sister Rhoda Clinton of Oklahoma City.
A San Francisco hotel offers a flat weekly rate of nine dollars covering a room breakfast laundry and pressing service. The deal mounts curiosity as guests receive full board and amenities for one low price.
Bus No 3 leaves Washington at 6 08 a m Bus No 9 leaves Washington at 8 32 p m Bus No 7 leaves Washington at 9 53 p m Also notes westbound trains arriving Missouri with the Golden State Limited and the Californian daily trains and a local stop schedule by number 1 43 429 and 10 4 L Goodlander referenced for timetable context.
Canada hosts about 4 billion dollars in American investments and nearly two thousand American controlled companies including many manufacturing plants across the country, reflecting strong cross border industrial presence.
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