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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1945
Page
6
Street talk on a Ward case ruling in Chicago mixes with cautions about wartime elastic and a roundup of local doings. Faithful church services, remembrances of Rev. Fred Palmer, and moves by Shaf fers and Dee Lees frame a day of community notices and small town changes.
The Lexington community mourns as Donald Richard Fladung is reported killed in action in Belgium on Jan. 9. A memorial mass was held at St. Mary’s church in Keota, with sympathy extended to his family. The note reflects shared grief among neighbors who recall his childhood in the Flading homestead.
A study finds that sixty two percent of all mileage run by the average passenger car is spent on business uses. The report notes that commuting and personal trips constitute the remaining share and highlights implications for fuel costs and tax considerations.
Prairie Flower reports a series of social visits and local events. Families from Morning Sun, What Cheer, and Richmond gather for dinners and showers while clubs meet, boxing out a January H. J. club session and a Prairie Flower Snowball social. Cpl Ella Smith’s wartime letters arrive as Christmas boxes bring cheer.
Frank Miles recalls meeting Iowa natives stationed at an 8th Air Force base in England. He notes personal connections with Lt. K J Burke and many Hawkeyes, describes London bombings, fog, and a Christmas Eve Nazi bombing that killed and maimed children, and quotes a British war correspondent with a personal loss.
A plastic one piece valve automatically blends oxygen with air from ground level to 20 000 feet. The device provides flyers with the correct breathing mixture in response to changing air pressures without any adjustment by the wearer.
American Ninth Army units seized the last four mile Siegfried Line sector while British forces cleared the Roer River west bank from Holland to near Duren. Generals predicted an imminent Ruhr offensive with enough troops and materiel for a major push as Nazi forces withdraw eastward, signaling a likely collapse of the Nazi industrial region.
The Russell Lumber Company completed their move from the Schofield timber northeast of Brighton to New Boston Illinois leasing 500 acres where farm land will be cultivated alongside sawmill operations. Approximately 3,000,000 feet of lumber were shipped from Brighton, with twenty eight workers employed during the move and several families relocating.
1st Lt. Wm. F. Fry departed Iowa City by plane for San Francisco after a 380 day leave with his parents Dr. and Mrs. P. L. Fry. Ward Ahrenfelt left for South Carolina after a 30 day visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Ahrenfelt. W. D. Berkey, who has been seriously ill, returned home from the university last week.
Fragmentary note mentions Mrs Judy and Saturday in Washington with references to hospital care and lawn maintenance. No clear event, date, or full names to verify.
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