Local News Highlights From Washington and Surrounding Areas
Mrs. M. J. Cruise visited Washington guests at Charles Long home after revolving trips from Camp Meade and Marengo. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Rapp plan Los Angeles trip to visit parents for two or three weeks. Ford V-8 priced at 770 delivered in Washington Iowa. Boone family welcomes nine pound son Philip Bruce born Feb 3. Page family and Jolly Thirty club socialize at Shebeck home with birthday observances. Mae Townsley travels to Iowa City. Hunt family visits before camp. Birthday dinner marks Janice Marie Faulkner Vir B. Hasty and Raymond Hasty with pink white cakes.
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M. J. Cruise
Washington
Charles Long
Marion K. Rapp
Los Angeles
Calif
R. G. Rapp
Max Boone
Towa City
Philip Bruce
Philip
Karen Kay
John Shebeck
Raymond Hasty
Alfred Faulkner
Clara Faulkner
Faulkner
Janice Marie Faulkner
Vir Bzinia Hasty
Hospital Admissions And Births Noted In City
Lorel Garrett of 414 South Ninth avenue was admitted as a medical patient last evening. Mr and Mrs Verne Moss of Washington route 3 welcomed a daughter born at 10:25 weighing seven pounds six ounces. Mrs A B Schmoeller of 109 West Madison street was admitted as a surgical patient. Fox of 1019 North Sixth admitted as medical patient from Riverside last evening.
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Lorel Garrett
South
Ninth Avenue
Verne Moss
Washington
A.B. Schmoeller
West
Madison Street
Fox
North Sixth
Fukup
Riverside
Little Six Scrambled As Midseason Conference Race Heats Up
Keokuk prepares for a possible league lead after last week’s scores. Fairfield, Ottumwa, Muscatine, Burlington, and Mt. Pleasant compete for second as Washington eyes the top spot. Highlights cite Burlington’s height and Muscatine’s Kochneff while Fairfield rises, amid upsets and tight standings battles.
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Little Six
Burlington Beas
Fort Madison
Wegr
Ih Saas
Washington
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Madison
Burlington
Ft. Madison
Grayhounds
Trojans
Ottumwa Bulldogs
Keokuk and
Merchants Schedule Wednesday Game With Cit ies Service Team
Manager Bob Marshall of the Washington Merchants announced a Wednesday evening game at the Y against the Cities Service team. The opponent includes former Washington high school and junior college players.
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Bob Marshall
The
Washington Merchants
Cities
Washington
Cardinals Cancel Road Game Due to Icy Roads
Washington junior college Cardinals called off their scheduled game at Maquoketa this morning because of icy road conditions. Dean Harland Mead said there is no essential reason for the risky trip and any rescheduling will occur in the second semester. The next card game is set with Bloomfield here Friday night.
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Washington Junior College Cardinals
Maquoketa
Harland Mead
Bloomfield
Moeller Elected Coffee Club President in Cedar Rapids
Armand D. Moeller of Cedar Rapids was elected president of the Coffee club this morning with George Baker named vice president. Visitors included Mrs. Sam Stephens of Ainsworth and Mrs. W. H. Lloyd of Brighton. Roy Estes of Des Moines and Roy Belser of Dubuque arrived to open the Western Auto Associate store on the square, with Belser assisting for about three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armand D. Moeller
Cedar Rapids
LeRoy Pratt
Coffee Club
George Baker
Dew
Sam Stephens
Ainsworth
W. H. Lloyd
Brighton
Roy Estes
Des Moines
Roy Belser
Dubuque
Western Auto Associate
Mr. Belser
Mr. Estes
Young Man Killed in Tractor Accident
REMSEN Irvin J. Schmidt, 22, died from injuries after a tractor ran over him at his father's farm. He was thrown from the tractor while backing up to hitch a mechanical corn picker and succumbed several hours later.
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Remsen
Irvin J. Schmidt
Here
Actress Brenda Joyce to wed Owen Ward in Ottumwa
Hollywood actress Brenda Joyce plans to marry Los Angeles accountant Owen Ward this Saturday. The ceremony will be performed by Rev Harold Roberts of Ottumwa, with Joyce’s mother Mrs Rosalie Leabo and Alpha Delta Pi housemother from UCLA in attendance alongside about 25 friends and relatives. Ward and Joyce were UCLA classmates before her film career.
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Ottumwa
Brenda Joyce
Hollywood
Owen Ward
Los Angeles
Larold KB. Roberts
Rosalie Leabo
Alpha Delta Pi
University of California At
Ward
Migs Joyce
U.C.L.A
Concert Program Washington League Evening
The second Washington Concert League program features Kate Havas and Joan Neher in a 8:15 p.m. concert at the high school auditorium. The Hungarian violinist and bass-baritone are praised in musical circles and perform pieces by Verdi Mozart Moussorgsky Mendelssohn Hubay and others with Dorothy Scott as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Concert League
Kate Havas
Joan Neher
Washington county reports 14 new car licenses in week
Fourteen new cars and trucks were licensed in Washington county in the past week, keeping January totals similar to last year. By month end 1940's total reached 59 for the month and 9,454 car license plates were issued to date, compared with 2,674 a year ago. 345 trucks have been licensed, twelve fewer than the same date last year. Owners registered include Margaret Moothart Wellman Chevrolet sedan and seven other individuals with local addresses and vehicle types.
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Washington County
Margaret Moothart
Wellman
Chevrolet
Russell Griggs
Washington
Benj Swartzendruber
D. G. Yoder
Ed Wenger
Wayland
W. Kleineberg
Fred Radda
H. L. Whitaker
T. RR. Phillips
Ralph Romine
Keota
Dorothy Durian
Mrs
Mae Roth
Ed Vittetoe
The March Family and the Portable Phone Evolution
In austere times the March family keeps a kitchen wall telephone as a lifeline while Henry March grows his Hacking and Expressing busi ness into March's Long Distance Trucking. As wealth rises the decorator suggests moving the phone to a living room table prompting Mrs March to resist the loss of a family symbol.
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March
Henry
Pop) March
Pop
Old friendship sparked by a telephone reunion
An aging couple recalls messages carried by the telephone. Their son Terry, away in the navy, returns with his wife and baby, prompting a heartfelt homecoming. A faulty post office theft once hid letters, but reconciliation follows as Terry calls from a neighbor’s house to check on his sleeping child.
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Terry
Mom
Pop
Matey
Farm Income in Iowa 10 Percent Above Year Ago
Iowa farm income in early 1941 shows a 10 percent gain over the prior year driven by stronger farm marketing returns while government payments lag. Prices paid by farmers rose little and demand indicators suggest favorable cattle and lamb prospects into 1941 with dairy and poultry markets tightening into winter.
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Iowa
Ames
L. K. Soth
Iowa State College Agricultural Economist
Soth
Corn Belt
Seek Control of Paregoric Sale to Opium Addicts
Des Moines Iowa January 14 1930 The Iowa Pharmacists Association proposes amending the uniform narcotics act to regulate paregoric as a regular narcotic The drug currently sold over the counter in up to two ounce quantities would require a nonrefillable physician prescription to curb its use by opium addicts The move accompanies tightening narcotics laws and targets the last legal source of opium for addicts
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Des Moines
Iowa Pharmaceutical Association Today
State Pharmacy Department
Review of Stong's Book Featured by Evening Literature Dept
Mrs T R Gillespie reviewed Phil Stones Hawkeyes at an Evening Literature meeting held last night at Ruth Fosters home The presentation is part of a Forty eight biography series by state authors The group approved revisions to the Fortnightly constitution and by laws voting to skip February meeting due to an international understanding lecture Hostesses served refreshments Twenty four members attended
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T. R. Gillespie
Phil Stone
Ruth Foster
Stong
Martha Sidles
Miss Foster
Virginia Morris
Margaret Applecate
Flora Dodds
Hole in one by 79 year old Alfred Morse at Bramhall Club
Alfred Morse achieved a hole in one at Bramhall Golf Club in Cheshire England at age 79. He used a wooden driver on a bogey three 180 yard hole amid a soggy green and poor visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Morse
Bramhall Golf Club
Cheshire
England
One Native Antelope and Forty Kinds at New York Zoo
The article notes that the United States has only one native antelope while the New York zoo displays forty different kinds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York Zoo
Governor Wilson urges economy plan in Iowa assembly
Governor Wilson urged the legislature to form an organization to promote Iowa resources and opportunities and to expand farm ownership. He reviewed the farm to market road program with 510 contracts across 99 counties, detailing miles graded and surfaced and costs. He called for fair labor balance, cautioned against weakening schools, and urged funding and curriculum upgrades. He suggested planning for Iowa’s 109th statehood anniversary five years away.
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Iowa
Wilson
Evovernor
Correction for Rocking Chair marriage and home notes
Mr and Mrs Clayton Nicholson were married last Saturday not last Thursday. Mrs Julia Cavender is at Hammond Rest Home 603 North Marion Avenue not at Pierce home 993 North Iowa Avenue. Mrs Cavender wishes to see calling friends and asked for this correction to be published.
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Clayton Nicholson
Julia Cavender
Hammond Rest Home
Pierce
Hammond
North
Marion Avenue
Iowa Avenue
Syphilis Rate Low in Iowa Youth Says Lab Director
Iowa City report from Dr M B Barnes director of the state hygiene laboratory notes the syphilis rate among young adults stays under one percent. He cites year end figures and says 158 738 specimens were tested last year at the University of Iowa facility.
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Iowa City
Iowa
M. BE. Barnes
State Hygerienie Laboratory
University of Lowa
Barnes
Iowas Laboratory
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