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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1944
Page
2
Captain Joe Brookhart recounts a U S Air Force pilot who, landing on a Pacific island, spent five tense minutes trying to speak the native tongue before the native asked, Say Bud how fast do those darned things go.
The Republican National Committee unanimously selected Chicago as the site for the 1944 GOP national convention. The two day meeting adjourned after voting to hold the convention in Chicago beginning June 26.
Berlin reports the winter battle on the eastern front has entered its third week with no signs of a climactic turning point. The German press offers only guarded hope that Russian offensives, despite setbacks, must eventually fade.
Ann Clark Brokaw daughter of Representative Clare Booth Luce was killed in a traffic collision at an intersection in Palo Alto California. The Stanford senior had been visiting her mother in San Francisco who had arrived the previous weekend on a Republican party speaking tour.
Mr and Mrs Armeine Erwin and family visited the Will Erwin home in Washington on Tuesday. Several couples shared dinners at nearby homes, and Everette Plecker aided Stanley Fishburns during illness. Neighborhood women met Tuesday at Lexington church. Flu cases appear to be recovering. residents frequent local visits and gatherings around Washington Crawfordsville and Iowa City.
Don Voorhees is transferred to the U S Navy Preflight School in California. James C Campbell visits from Farragut Idaho while awaiting next assignment. Walter Wells reports to Duke University Army Finance School in Durham North Carolina. Clayton Bear and Arnold Tucker relocate to the Bear farm and 611 East Washington street. Charles Brown ships horses to Goshen Indiana for arrival by train from Iowa City.
Mrs. Paul Evans of 1051 West Main Street was discharged yesterday afternoon. Warren Stewart of 212 West Sixth Street and Ivan Yoder of Wayland were admitted for surgery. Mrs. Harold Gilliand and her daughter Georgia Kay of route four were discharged this afternoon.
Friends report Rev G W Hanna of Harrisburg North Carolina suffered a stroke and is slowly improving. A former United Presbyterian pastor in Crawfordsville he served 1919 to 1927 before moving to North Carolina where he has since resided.
Mr and Mrs Lisle Maxwell and daughters Jane and Joan attended the wedding of Mrs Maxwell s nephew William Gilkey in Chicago. Mabel Anderson visited Dayvenport to see her uncle Charles Anderson. Kenneth Rhea leaves soon for New York to enter the army. Relatives Gather with J C Rhea family for a dinner honoring Kenneth. Death reported of Mrs N B Lease in county hospital. missionary and Bible class leader previously in the community.
Louis Graber returns home on a fifteen day furlough with family. Emery Liechty supplies ice for local delivery trucked from J C Wenger. J J Rich shells corn delivered to Olds elevator and Raymond Rich. Families including Widmers Davisons and guests visit neighbors in the community during the week.
News wires report Count Galeazzo Ciano former Italian foreign minister and Mussolini son in law was executed in northern Italy for high treason. The German DNB agency carried the confirmation. Nearby notes list local visits and family gatherings among the Widmer, Rinner, Roth, Krabill, and Hulmes households with small-town social details.
Riverside dispatch reports Miss Baschnagel noticed smoke from the roof and called her brother Francis who put out a small roof fire with a bucket of water before firefighters arrived. The blaze started from a chimney spark and caused little damage.
June Lindner daughter of Mrs. Violet Lindner Chicago and Daryl H Dodder Glenview Ill were married at a Methodist church. Rev Fred E Miller performed the single ring ceremony attended by relatives and few friends. The couple were joined by Ernest and Mrs Wagner. After the ceremony the bridal party visited the Durst home for a steak dinner with a decorated bride’s cake.
Win Minnesota residents and relatives assisted Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walton in celebrating their twenty fourth wedding anniversary in Iowa City with a noon dinner and social afternoon. Guests included Donald Walton and baby, Darlene and Richard Walton, and Mrs. Richard McAllister of Coralville along with other family members and friends.
The passage lists belladonna from Central Europe, senna from India and Egypt, peppermint for medical use from Japan, henbane from Egypt and Central Europe, and stramonium from Central Europe, highlighting diverse geographic sources for botanicals.
Local clubs and churches announce meetings and socials across town. The schedule lists Ann Judson Circle events, Pythian Sisters, VFW Auxiliary, K C hall activities, Helena Hellman Johnson notes, P.T.A. at Lincoln School, New Haven Ladies Aid, D.A.R. and W.S.C.S. unit meetings, Rural Woman’s Club dinner, and several co operative suppers with dish to pass. Details include times 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and venues such as Masonic temple and K.C. hall.
A wounded conscious soldier takes sulpha tablets and dusts the wound with powder to ease pain and prevent infection until a hospital corpsman reaches him for transfer to lines for surgical treatment.
The January meeting of the Literature department evening division of Fortnightly club met at the YWCA. Leila Anderson led the session with Ruth Foster presenting a book review of George Washington Carver by Holt. Bernice Hall attended.
Mrs W C Van Ness of Centerville marks her 85th birthday as family members honor her today. Four candles glow for Larry Dean Knight, son of Clyde Knight and his wife. Jack Foster, son of Lloyd and Mrs Foster, is five. Mary Ann Bauer turns 14, daughter of Walter and Mrs Bauer of West Chester. Vida Casper, Gladys Sheetz, and Mrs Charles Brown observe birthdays today along with Helen Fisher and Joan Griggs, who turns 13.
Mrs Lloyd Neiswanger and Mrs Ernest Wagner hosted a Pansy Hill group and families at the Neiswanger home for a pinochle party. Five tables competed with Mrs Gri rhompson winning the session and Von Kephart taking low. Refreshements were served later in the evening.
Seven members of Chapter T.T.T. attended the business meeting last evening with His Glassburner. Mrs. Glenn L. Wilson, head of the chapter, presided the session. Afterward the hostess served light refreshments.
News at Nira reports the death of Mrs. Adam, a longtime neighbor and pioneer in the community. She lived a quiet life, had many friends, and faced her loss with grace, leaving a deep sense of loss among those who knew her.
At year end 1942 the United States operated 547 fewer trucks than at the end of 1941, reflecting wartime reallocations and production shifts.
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