Lowered CPT training requirements expand pilot class
Washington reports loosened rules for Class to join civilian pilot training at a junior college and airport. Students with one year of college may enroll, scholarships cover only if they pass a physical exam. Participants pledge to continue flying in army navy or civil training. Local officials urge eligible applicants to apply this week to form a new class with federal funds available.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Supt
Ik. A. Ralston
Lloyd Scott
Moeurs M.L. hybrids show field in Jackson township photo
Frank Patterson of Moeurs M.L. hybrids presents a Feb 20 view of Im proved hybrid M.L. 523 on the Ray Soixsa farm in Jackson township 94 miles northeast of Washington. Sojka delayed harvest due to illness and bad weather leaving a 7 acre field near the buildings hogeed down yet standing sturdy despite severe winter conditions.
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Frank Patterson
Moeurs
M.L
Washington
Ray Soixsa
Jackson Township
Enlists in Navy Five Minutes After Divorce
Sioux City report states Oran Wells 21 joins the navy five minutes after his wife Ida 19 files for divorce. The brief item notes the rapid enlistment following marital dissolution and identifies the pair by name and ages.
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Navy
Sioux City
Oran Wells
Ida
Ashby Funeral Services Set for Friday at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. J. A. Y. Ashby are announced for two o'clock Friday afternoon at the Methodist church. The body remains in state at L. A. Jones Funeral Home until the service. A funeral service was held today at a Des Moines funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Y. Ashby
Methodist Church
L. A. Jones
Des Moines
Youthful Killer Hopes for Death in Electric Chair
Clarence McDonald, age unknown, says he hopes for the electric chair after killing Dorothy Broz as he kissed her in a downtown theater balcony. He faces grand jury charges for murder with Dorothy described as a Morton High School student. Family objections and religious differences were noted as factors in the case.
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Chicago
Clarence McDonald
Dorothy Broz
Morton High School
McDonald
Dorothy
Newton Cecil 65 Dies Near Junction
Newton Cecil about 65 died at his farm home four miles northwest of Columbus Junction after a heart attack. Funeral services planned locally, with time to be announced. Survived by wife Beulah (deceased 1929 first marriage), name another four sons and two daughters from first marriage, plus two sisters.
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Columbus Junction
Newton Cecil
Here
Richie
Lavigna Cecil
Beulah Singleton
Pearl Preston
William
Winfield
Lloyd
United States Navy
San Diego
Jack
Clement
Margaret Sanders
Chicago
Merle
Sioux City
Alma McKee
Davenport
Dollie Cecil
Divorce Granted for Cruelty. Custody Granted to Wife
Wells won the divorce on grounds of cruelty. He walked from the courthouse to the recruiting station. Mrs. Wells was awarded custody of their unborn child.
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Wells
Patrolmen Report Big Shift in Driving Habits
Patrolman John Rhynsberger notes a wartime shift in highway use with slower driving and fewer cars. He cites Governor George Wilson’s guidance and fuel concerns, adding fewer nighttime trips and a stable level of truck traffic, correlating with reduced accidents and fatalities.
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Pate
John Rhynsberger
State Highway Patrol
Deorge Wilson
Mr. Rhynberger
Rhynsberger
Mr. Rhynsberger
To Retire From Education Board
A. E. Atchison who has served on the Washington board of education for 15 years will not seek re election at the annual school election on March 9.
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A. E. Atchison
Washington Board of Education
Air raid alert in Los Angeles stems from enemy planes
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said up to 15 aircraft, likely enemy operated, caused the Los Angeles air raid alarm. Anti aircraft batteries fired 1,4230 rounds as authorities timed the 13 minute alert and authorities praised civilian defense efforts amid worries of demoralization.
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Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Navy
District of Columbia
Grand Jury Charges Car Use Tax Evasion
Polk county grand jury returned three indictments charging evasion of Iowa use tax on new automobiles by Ralph Norman Anderson. Revenue agents testified. liens filed for 2660 dollars use tax and penalty on three cars. Liens for 2800 dollars state income taxes back to 1934 also filed. Ninety seven affidavits of non residence were submitted to evade the tax.
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Des Moines
Ralph Norman Anderson
Polk County Grand Jury
State Tax Commission
Anderson
Police Find Transient With Excess Clothing In Car
Frederick Olsen, 29, a transient in Waterloo, was jailed after police found six suits and four pants in his car along with several pairs of women’s silk stockings, suggesting over preparedness against clothing rationing.
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Waterloo
Frederick Olsen
Olsen
Draft Registration In County Reaches 1085
Washington county selective service board reports total county registrations now 1,085 after accounting for 29 nonresidents and 80 registrations from other counties and states. The original county total was 1,034 before transfers and incoming cards.
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Washington County
May Redeem Corn At 61 Cents a Bushel
The Washington County AAA Committee reports that two year loans on 1988 and 1939 corn may be redeemed at 61 cents per bushel net to the Commodity Credit Corporation from February 22 to April 30, 1942. Borrowers can redeem at the price that would apply on August 1, 1942. Livestock producers are expected to use this provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Aaa Committee
Albert J. Loveland
Iowa Agriculture Conservation Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
Two for School Board Downing And Bostwick
Nomination papers filed for two Washington board of education candidates Frank Bostwick Jr and Fred Downing to succeed themselves and A E Atchison. Election is March 9 at city hall with filing deadline noon Feb 27. Downing and Bostwick join veteran members Stewart Bamseyer Baldrige and Kos seeking continued terms.
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Washington Board of Education
Frank Bostwick, Jr
Fred §. Downing
A. E. Atchison
Don Boyer
Bostwick
Atchison
Downing
Board of Education
Frank Kos
Richard A. Stewart
Harry Bamseyer
A. E. Baldrige
Washington Iowa Featured In 8th Annual Greater Washington Edition
The Journal highlights Greater Washington’s active market and expansion across sectors including trading, entertainment, education, and religion. Washington Iowa is presented as a regional hub with departments covering food, clothing, hardware, autos, services, and local industries plus notes on war effort and community facilities.
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Greater Washington
Middle West
City of
Washington
Iowa
Explosives License Agent Appointed for Washington County
R. R. Noonan, clerk of the Washington county district court, is named explosives licensing agent for Washington county. He may issue vendor’s purchaser’s and foreman’s licenses under the federal explosives act and related regulations. The designation lasts until the end of the present war or until revoked by R. R. Sayers, director of the Bureau of Mines. Licenses cover civil uses such as road work quarrying blasting stumps and similar needs, not war purposes.
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R. R. Noonan
Washington County
Washingstoh County
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Mr. Noonan
Six Soldiers Die as Bus Is Hit by Freight Train
Six enlisted soldiers were killed and 26 injured when a bus carrying them was struck by a Rock Island freight train near Brid, Oklahoma, during a blinding snowstorm early today.
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Said
Okla
Brid Okla
Marriage License Granted to Burkett and Tinkle
Mildred Irene Burkett of Wellman and Richard Columbus Tinkle of Iowa City obtained a marriage license in Washington with civil service authorities. The license regulations will not prevent his participation in the local election of this character.
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Mildred Irene Burkett
Wellman
Richard Columbus Tinkle
Iowa City
Washington, D. C
Tank resigns as Walcott postmaster to become rural carrier
Richard P. Tank, postmaster since 1933 in Walcott population 440, resigns to take a rural mail carrier position from the same post office. His assistant, Lillian E. Gasseling, is named acting postmaster, Tank noting the rural route pays more than the postmaster job.
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Walcott
Richard P. Tank
Scott County
Tank
Lillian E. Gasseling
Baldrige Leads County War Bond Drive and Fire Rationing Panel
Attorney A. E. Baldrige, chairing the county committee, organizes the defense bond sale in the county and also heads the county fire rationing group, directing wartime relief and fiscal measures.
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A. E. Baldrige
Allied and Axis War Fronts See Major Global Slugfest
United States and British forces deliver heavy blows in the Pacific Atlantic and Mediterranean as Japanese invaders push toward Burma and Java. U S subs sink transports and a warship while MacArthur blasts from Bataan, Burma fronts see air battles with 21 Japanese planes downed, and Rommel’s supply lines face new Mediterranean losses.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Burma
Java
United States
Bali
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Sittang
Rangoon
Mandalay
London
Admiraltty
A. V. Alexander
Norwegian
RAF
Scharnhorst
Coaensenau
Keil
Wilhelmshaven
United Nations
Far East
Stimson
Archibald Wavell
Singapore
Alexander
House of Commons
Brest
Kiel
English Channel
Trident
Trondheim
Norway
Southwest
Erwin Rommel
African Corps
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Main Street
National Bank
Ashby
Methodist
Education Board
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State Guard
Kaun
Town State Guard
Harry J. Donaldson
Howard Pp. Miller
Maynard L. Brown
Washington Board
Downing and Bostwick
INDE
Washington County Physicians
Washington Ministerial Association
Toe Ae Industrial Mattress Factory
Credit Bureau
Washington Junior College Jewelry Optometrists ‘Hotel
Niccola & Harmon
Eclipse Lumber
Washington Laundry
Scott Furniture Co
Funeral Homes
Neiswanger
Sordens’ Music Company
Osteopath
Lowa
Ria
Southern Utilities
Timers
Wolf Floral
Farm Bureau
Reister’s ~Hatcheries
Armour & Company
Veterinarian Seed Company ‘Land Company
Jacob's Tire & Radio
McLellan’s Simpson Finance
Montgomery Ward ‘Lemmon's Pharmacy
Taxi Service
R. RR. Noonan
MacArthur
Vances
Japa
United Press
Seven Seas
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