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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
4
A condensed column reflects wartime public sentiment, warnings on lighting cuts, civic finances, and births. It cites Iowa measures lowering voting age debates, utility policing of energy use, church finances, and growing birth rates, plus broader notes from Cherokee Times and national papers on diplomacy and leadership. It notes Roosevelt’s potential cabinet choices and an industrial X-ray breakthrough.
Stauffer family visits in Wayland as Vernon Stauffer moves to the G. Widmer farm purchased last fall. Brooks family relocates to the Emma Boshart estate. Kuhn Jr of Davenport moves to the Good acreage vacated by the Brooks. Langley Field transfer for Lt. Charles Richer. brothers Dan and Frank noted. Local illness and births referenced among area residents.
Funeral services were held for Pvt. Claire Schenk at Sharon Methodist church after he drowned aboard an amphibious tractor unit in Moss Beach California. He entered the army June 9 1944 and graduated Kalona high school last May. Survived by parents four sisters and a brother. he served in Co A of the 64th amphibious tractor group.
Classified notices reference Shem Swartzendruber and relatives in a reader’s notes page. The list mentions names and possible family notices, with hints of local ads and community items. The readable fragments show compact listings oriented toward kinship and neighborly notices.
J K Latta of Morning Sun learns of his brother Major E Latta 73 who died January 11 in Fullerton California after a short illness. Funeral held in Fullerton. E Latta, born 1871 in Linn County Kansas, lived in Morning Sun as a printer, married Jennie Parks, worked at Waterloo Courier and government printing, later sales for Inland type foundry. Survived by widow Dorothy daughter of New York City two brothers J K Latta Waterloo area Fred Latta and two sisters Jennie Stewett Albuquerque and Nina Jones St Louis plus two nieces and two nephews.
Universal’s all star film Follow the Boys opens tonight at the State theatre. It features Hollywood names such as George Raft Vera Zorina Orson Welles Marlene Dietrich Jeanette MacDonald Dinah Shore W C Fields Sophie Tucker Donald O’Connor the Andrews Sisters and Maria Montez among others in a high entertainment value production.
Producer Charles K. Feldman provides a human angle on the evolution from Vaudeville to today, weaving a broader history of the show world beyond wars and milestones. The piece highlights Feldman’s wisdom in choosing a storytelling approach.
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