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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1942
Page
1
Paraphrase of wartime column notes Iowa doctors enlistment for armed forces and a July Fourth program. Lieut Col Robert Shane announces Iowa to furnish 32 physicians to the army between age 21 and 31 by August first. Medical profession aims to support civilians and military needs.
Three weeks remain for Journal Carrier Boys to earn United States Treasury Department awards by selling War Stamps and Bonds. The Journal urges purchases from the boys within the period and lists each boy’s remaining sales to reach his next highest award. Credit goes to the specific boy if bought at the Journal office. purchases at banks or post offices credit the buyer’s chosen carrier, not the other boy.
Des Moines reports Decorah areas flooded as Upper Iowa River rose to a record height. Rainfall measured 6.4 inches Sunday with western Winneshiek County seeing higher water. Highway 2 bridge at west Decorah washed over and roped off. Fifth Avenue flooded for blocks with water reaching car running boards. North area near the business district remained submerged for about a half mile.
Des Moines reports a survey of equine encephalomyelitis and sleeping sickness in Iowa shows 28 cases through June 27 with seven deaths. About 7,454 horses and mules have been vaccinated, indicating case and death numbers roughly match those of the previous year per Dr. J A Reer of the federal bureau of animal industry and Dr. Co banks of the state department of agriculture animal industry division.
Memorial services for Prof D Paine 56 head of the general engineering department at Iowa State College will be held. Paine joined the teaching staff in 1912 and rose from instructor to professor of electrical engineering by 1919. He also served as Ames mayor from 1938 to 1942.
The Kansas City region 1 office of the Department of Labor reports $11,870 in restitution paid to 60 employees of Des Moines Lee Kuel Co. Total back wages of $1,28 were paid to 154 employees in Des Moines. Fort Dodge received $1,142. Payments cover wages owed under the federal wage and hour law, not severing disputes.
In Decorah Iowa two 21 year old hitchhikers in army uniforms robbed a man of 345 dollars and took his car after abducting 16 year old Margaret Rollie north of Decorah on Highway 62. Orville Salveson 30 and Margaret Rollie reported the incident to Sheriff George Harns.
Washington county home changes leadership as Mr and Mrs S G Bell assume duties next Monday replacing long time steward Mr and Mrs R D Van Dorin who resign after eight years They came to Washington in 1934 and will move to Salem Iowa for now Bell and his wife previously ran the Keokuk county home at Sigourney for about twelve years and bring a strong record to the Washington post
Two stores named Washington compete in a July war bond sale contest. J C Penney in Washington Iowa challenges J C Penney in Washington Indiana, which has accepted. Census figures show Washington Indiana with 9 512 inhabitants and Washington Iowa with 6 227.
Postmaster M. C. DeLong announces no holiday on the coming Saturday for city mail delivery. City carriers will operate their normal Saturday schedule and the post office will remain open. Rural carriers may observe a different schedule under the new postal order.
A Washington Patriotism Committee announces a short notice Fourth of July parade and program. The parade forms at 9 30 at the courthouse corner and moves at 10 00 through business streets with Whittaker as parade chairman and A E Palmer as assistant. Local civic groups are being asked to participate.
Thirty marriage licenses were issued in Washington county during the first six months of 1942, with half of them recorded in June.
Washington County reports 234,858 pounds or 117 tons of old rubber collected over two weeks. Chairman Earle Libe credits Ralph Martin and the county salvage committee, with oil companies aiding the campaign. A Rooseveltable campaign continues ten more days with a special Fourth of July truck on parade day and at the square for drop off.
Thirty applicants for the summer civilian pilot training class at Washington airport and nearby areas will take a three hour and twenty minute standard aptitude test tonight at the high school. Kenneth Freeman supervises, with Principal W A Erbe assisting. Tests are to be forwarded to Rochester New York for scoring and may be followed by further mental and physical examinations before entering the program for army air corps reserve pilots.
Boyd White will direct a vocal chorus for the union service in Central Park Sunday evening. Rehearsal moves to Thursday at 7 30 PM at the high school to build a group of up to 50 singers from high school and junior college ages.
A Washington civilian defense school program centers on reviewing past lessons and examinations. A motion picture titled The Warning highlights England's defense measures shock and urgency. Attendance rose from 243 to 264, with graduation set for Thursday at eight o'clock when Governor George A Wilson will speak.
Axis forces pushed deep into the Russian and Egyptian fronts as British defense of Suez and Soviet counterattacks inflicted heavy losses. Hitler aims all out pincers in Egypt and Ukraine with possible moves toward Manchukuo and the Soviet Union. U S carriers reinforced Malta to aid the hard pressed garrison as Axis nears El Elim 69 miles from Alexandria. A Cairo dispatch reports a decisive battle starting.
Washington county measured 820 eligible youths aged 18 to 20 in the fifth registration, below the county estimate. Town totals were Rubio 9, Kalona 30, Brighton 17, Wellman 48, Crawfordsville 15, Ainsworth 16, West Chester 14, Washington 126, Riverside 41. The selective service board will reassign names if needed and assign order numbers on June 21 without a lottery. Names will be published after numbering.
A large transport plane with American Airlines markings crashed in the southern West Virginia mountains and burned today killing at least ten people. War department officials declined comment on reports it may have been an army plane.
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