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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1945
Page
1
In Des Moines a local note says Rep. D. A. Donohue of Tipton may grow a fancy beard if the house delays local beer option debate. He has not shaved since last Friday and pledges to keep it until the bill votes.
Sergt. Paul C. Harris died at the Sioux City army air base after accidentally walking into a revolving airplane propeller. Col. Downs E. Ingram, base commander, announced the fatal incident.
Tests given to 69 500 Iowa school children across 336 school systems and rural schools in 19 counties conclude today. Sponsored by the State University of Iowa college of education, the exams cover reading writing study methods and computation to give administrators a more objective basis to evaluate their schools offerings.
The Iowa Farm Serum Co and the Iowa Farm Mutual Insurance Co re elected all directors whose terms expired. Directors named include A Fletcher Aitchison Cascade Harold Shoemaker Hawarden Lawrence A Beckett Boone Richard Stephens Crawfordsville F A Klopping Underwood Mrs Sayre and G Howard Ill Minburn.
The senate military affairs committee approved the promotion of Col. George Olmsted of Des Moines, an insurance man, to the rank of brigadier general.
Farmers and others in Ottumwa area can bid on a large stockpile of used equipment from the navy. Lieut. Com. EK. E. Sleet, supply officer at Ottumwa naval air station, announced the sale. Hundreds of items include farm machinery boilers tools and construction equipment going to the highest bidder.
A semi-trailer overturned west of Newton spilling ten tons of dressed chickens. Driver Lee Schmitt, 24, Mitchellville, was listed as the operator. The Dick Produce Co. of Colfax owned the truck and the load was bound for a Marshalltown canning plant to be processed for the armed services.
Des Moines report notes Allan B. Kline of the Iowa Farm Bureau says a fill-rate income tax draw helps industry locate in Iowa. During a Farm Bureau dinner, Gov. Robert D. Plue cites General Mills choosing four soybean processing mills after reviewing taxes and state policy.
Soviet forces were reported advancing toward Berlin from the northeast east and southeast on a broad front. Zhukov’s army reached near Soldin and Landsberg with major rail junctions falling to the Red Army as Stalin praised the fourfold victory and called captured towns strongholds protecting the approach to Frankfurt.
Statement notes the prominence of bean production in Iowa and local farmers' emphasis on beans as a core crop. The speaker stresses domestic cultivation and potential benefits of expanding bean-related enterprises in the region.
Two airplane engines released by the government for demonstration in University of Iowa aeronautics courses. A 1000 hp Allison engine used in Mustang fighters and P-51s and a 1409 hp Pratt and Whitney double row motor. Dean Dawson said engines not fit for actual flight but valuable for instruction. Additional equipment may follow.
Albert Dayton Thompson 77 died at University hospital Iowa City after illness. Funeral 2 pm tomorrow at Ainsworth Methodist Church Rev Fix officiates with burial Riverside cemetery. Marner and Adams in charge. Survived by brother Robert eight nieces and four nephews.
John Morrell & Co begins a biweekly ad feature in Ottumwa and partner papers to spotlight prominent cattle hogs and sheep shippers who supply the firm. The campaign acknowledges the producer’s role in supplying raw materials for military and civilian needs, with about three fourths of each sales dollar returning to the producer.
American troops from the 1st Army push into the Siegfried line east of Monschau crossing the Roer and advancing 1 to 3 miles in 14 hours. The 3rd Army under Patton widens the Our River bridgehead to five miles wide and two deep, with German counterattacks repulsed near Schiebach.
J. B. Erhart a missionary at large for the Lutheran church has relocated his family from Pueblo Colorado to Washington.
Immanuel Lutheran held a dinner and reception for Pastor J B Erhart and family at Rev Wendland’s home. The Erharts, moving from Pueblo Colorado, will reside at 332 East Washington Street while beginning missionary work near Sigourney. 380 guests heard welcome remarks by C H Anderson Walter Oetjen and Rev Wendland.
Des Moines January 31 The Iowa House approved by 69 to 39 the amended local option bill allowing communities to vote on beer sales locally with a provision delaying elections until after wartime hostilities end between the United States and Germany and Japan.
Washington store windows will go dark after midnight as part of WPB fuel conservation. Outdoor lighting in most displays will be prohibited to save fuels, though street lighting in Washington remains unaffected. Central and Sunset parks will have their large lights turned off tonight as the order takes effect.
Allied troops move from the Bataan peninsula toward Manila as Liberator bombers pound targets around the capital. Gen. MacArthur’s forces, led by Gen. Eichelberger, cross into Luzon advancing through Castillejos and toward Subic Bay while Bombers strike Corregidor and Cavite.
Speaker Sam Rayburn led the administration drive to pass limited national service legislation. He urged defeat of amendments from Rep. Barrett and others, warning revisions could derail the bill and threaten its passage.
Sad Parents Claim Bodies reports a fire at a war workers children boarding house in Auburn Maine killed sixteen babies and one adult. Eva Lacost operator survived with five other children. the fire began with a kitchen stove explosion and burned for two hours as rescuers retrieved victims from flaming rooms.
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