Local News Highlights From Washington Area Community
S W Kaster arrived in Washington ten years ago with his wife and son Jim now three. The Kasters moved from Sperry Iowa where Ford V 8 cars priced at 770 210 are noted. Virginia Steck heads home to Owosso Michigan after a visit with grandfather C K Clapper. Attendees plan to study New tax laws at Des Moines sessions. Several locals travel or host visitors, and fresh eggs sell at 17 cents per dozen. Various residents visit relatives, attend church events, or enroll in colleges. others attend social gatherings and note military deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Kaster
Washington
Jimmy
Des Moines
Theodore Bailey
Carlton Wilson
al Baldrige
Eardley Bell, Jr
Wellman, Jr
J. Kehoe
T. A. Michels
Coffee consumption figures and A&P share revealed
A report shows per capita coffee use in the United States reaches 538 cups annually. It notes that 70 billion cups are consumed each year and that the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company supplies one seventh of this total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Hospital Updates From Washington Families
Eleanor Bond ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Bond of Washington underwent an appendectomy this morning. Mrs K W Fillmore Brigh Underwent a major operation this morning.
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Eleanor Bond
Walter d
Washington
K. W. Fillmore
Brigh
Demons and Cardinals Set for Out of Town Games
Demons meet Ottumwa Bulldogs on a tall front line while junior college Cardinals resume after a holiday layoff with a Tipton game. Kept height gap, Frank Dea and Bill Edmondson back, Norval Norris and Norbert Norris to start for the Cardinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demons
Ottumwa
Bulldogs
Purlington
Cardinals
Tipton
Ken Kimberlin
Collegians
Frank Dea
Bill Edmondson
Iowa County
Norval
Norbert Norris
Ainsworth
Dea
Midmondson
Ellis Finke
Marvin Ginzerich
Charlie Thrapp
Dick Longer
Milo Steele
Bill Longer
Award Cardinal Grid Leters Coach Kennth Kimberlin
Cardinal Grid letters awarded by Coach Kenneth Kimberlin to fourteen members of Washington junior college six man football team. Recipients include Galen Bitl Wellman Marvin Gingerich Kalona Bill Edmondson Sigourney Ellis Finke Bob Lewis Dick Longer Bill Longer Jack Mace Don Morrison Earl Richardson Milo Steele Bill Steele Charles Thrapp Harold Wolfe. Finke and Gingerich also received sweater jackets for two years of football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kimberlin
Washington Junior College
Camp
Bowie
Texas
113Th Cavalry
Galen Bit
Wellman
Marvin Gingerich
Kalona
Bill Edmondson
Sigourney
Ellis Finke
Bob Lewis
Bill Longer
Jack Mace
Don Morrison
Earl Richardson
Milo Steele
Bill Steele
Charles Thrapp
Harold Wolfe
Finke
Gingerich
Dividend Checks and Meetings In Columbus Junction
Dividend checks of 3.50 per share mailed by the Columbus Junction Store bank. Annual stockholders meeting set for Jan 14 at the bank. Local residents attend gatherings and trips with multiple noted visitors and moves. Zephyr-Rocket trains to pass through Columbus Junction starting Jan 7 between Minneapolis and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
K. M. Arrington
Kenneth
John Arington
Florida
Ainsworth
R. L. Singleton
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Langer Sworn U S Senator Faces Senate Probe
Former North Dakota governor William Langer was sworn in as a U S Senator amid a pending investigation into his continuation in office. C R Verry of Minot protested the seating citing irregular financial transactions and absentee ballot irregularities in Langer’s behalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
William Langer
U.S
C. R. Verry
Minot
N. D
Langer
Admiral Towers Says Navy Adds Many Warplanes
Rear Admiral John H Towers told the House Naval Affairs Committee the Navy expects to add 40 planes this year and have 6300 modern planes in hand four years hence. He criticized slow expansion and delivery delays due to tool shortages as he testified at Vinsons inquiry into naval air program logs.
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Washington 1
John H. Towers
Naval Aer Pautics
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Tower
Admiral Tower
Vinson
Naval Air Program
Boy Dies of Burns from Highway Flare
DES MOINES Charles Oliver, 3, died at Broadlawns General hospital after contact with a flare lighted by his father, a Work Projects Administration employee, near the Oliver home. The flare caused severe burns during an operation at Belle Vue hospital in Muscatine. Mrs Will Allen of Columbus City is recovering from bruises after a fall at home. Will Reitz of Genoa Nebraska visits his sister, Mrs Arnold Edwards.
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Des Moines
Charles Oliver
Broadlawns General Hospital
Work Projects Administration
Oliver
Ing
Belle- Vue Hospital
Muscatine
Will Allen
Columbus City
Will Reitz
Genoa
Neb
Arnold Edwards
Coeds Accused of Carelessness By Ohio State Janitor
An Ohio State University janitor claims coeds are more careless than boys, citing that nine of ten coeds walked past new mats and tracked mud indoors while few boys overlooked the mats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State University
Institute Talks At Rotary On International Understanding
Tickets are on sale for the third Washington county Institute of International Understanding with Lloyd E. Riggs as the first lecturer. He will discuss What’s Ahead for Business Agriculture Labor at the high school auditorium January 26. Tickets available at the Evening Journal Y M C A and through Rotary and community organizations. A four lecture series costs 54 cents with 25 cent reservations from January 10 at the Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Lloyd E. Riggs
Hugh McCleery
Rotary Club
McCleery
Riggs
Evening Journal
Rotary
19Th Century Club
American Legion
Phalanx Fraternity
Chamber of Commerce
County Medical Society
County Ministerial Association
Y's Men's Club
Wellman Rotary Club
Farm Bureau
Knights of Columbus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
M.C.A
Notes From The Air Over Florida And War Plants
Jack Snodgrass flies from Atlanta to Vero Beach noting Army Air Corps activity at Orlando with new planes and bases. He mentions Valdosta camphor trees and pine slash for turpentine, Virginian captain and a woman piloting the Bell Airacuda, and a Mono-Coupe plant visit. He ends with disdain for the Swanee River and war wastelands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Army Air Corps
Army
Virginia
Bell Airacuda
Shaw of Bedford Chosen as State Printer for New Year
L. M. Shaw of Bedford was appointed state printer for the coming year by the state printing board, succeeding David K. Brown of Harlan. Shaw edits the Taylor County News and is brother of Robert Shaw, Sigourney state commander of the American Legion. Brown’s term expired January 1.
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Des Moines
U.P
State Printing Board
L. M. Shaw
Bedford
David K. Brown
Harlan
Shaw
Tylor County
Robert Shaw
Sigourney
American Legion
Brown
Knights of Pythias Installation of Officers Notice
Notice that K of P installation of officers will be held Monday evening. A large attendance is desired and refreshments will be served.
Leahy Says U S Stands Firm on Aid to Britain
Ambassador William D. Leahy in Paris declares the United States will not dull its war effort for democracy. He notes the fifty destroyers given to Britain still have combat value and rejects the view that the U S traded only scrap iron in exchange for aid to Britain.
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Leahy
U. S
Britain
Vichy
William D. Leahy
United States
France
America
Europe
Daylong Lenox minister Dr Davidson leaves estate to colleges
Dr A L Davidson who died last week in Lenox Iowa bequeathed his sizable estate to Tarkio College Missouri and planned to leave a library to Sterling College Illinois. He served as pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church for more than four decades, was a longtime synod clerk, and oversaw a church remodeling that accompanied a 344-member congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Davidson
Lenox
Iowa
Hugh Meclesty
First United Presbyterian Church
Tarkio
McCleery
Sterling College
Sterling, Ill
United Presbyterian Colleges
Davidson
Synod of
Towa
United Presbyterian Church
Washington Church
Washington
Redecorated Rooms for Morrison Beauty Shop
Miss Reed owner of Lucille's beauty shop and assistant Miss Twila Oakes redecorate rooms in the Morrison building on West Washington street. The shop now has two hair dressing booths a shampoo booth a drying room and a street facing reception room. Minor upgrades planned include a Venetian blind in the reception window and fresh paint at the front entrance.
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Morrison
Washington Street
Lucille
Miss Reed
Twila Oakes
Plan State Meeting of Willkie Clubs in Iowa
Shenandoah publisher Williard D Archie, last campaign state chairman, issues call for statewide Iowa Willkie clubs meeting January 16 in Des Moines to decide the clubs status and organization direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Williard
Archie
Ex Moines
Seven Cars Licensed In Week As 1941 Totals Climb
Seven new cars and several trucks were licensed this week, bringing the year’s total to 1 967 cars and 287 trucks in the county, compared with 2 310 cars and 304 trucks at the same date last year. Owners listed include Harold McFarland of Washington with a Ford Tudor and Mrs. Wilford Thomann of Riverside with a Dodge sedan, among others from Kalona Wellman and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McFarland
Washington
Ford Tudor
Wilford Thomann
Riverside
Dodge
G. C. Bender
Kalona
Plymouth
Omar Hochstetler
Wellman
Stewart & Crone
Pontiac
Roy Buckwalter
Chevrolet
W. CC. Hedges
Ford Fordor
Breitenbach Family Thanks Amid Illness and Death
The Breitenbach children express gratitude for kindnesses shown during their father Eugene L. Breitenbach's illness and passing. The note notes appreciation and mentions family continuation or disbandment as a point of reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene L. Breitenbach
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