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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1943
Page
1
UPI reports American warships battered the Japanese naval force in the Kula gulf near the Solomons. The United States destroyer Strong was sunk in a previous action. US forces took some damage but inflicted heavy harm on enemy warships, and the Kula gulf battle appears to be over.
County ministers held a county wide church day on Sunday July 4 marked by good regional attendance despite wartime factors. The afternoon program at United Presbyterian church included devotionals a youth panel discussion and an address by O T Wilson urging moral and spiritual renewal and Sabbath observance. Evening services were hindered by rain shifting plans to the United Presbyterian church with strong choir and youth participation.
Ottumwa's naval air station open house attracted about 35 000 attendees as crowds clogged the 12 mile Fremont Ottumwa highway for two hours. Vehicles from Iowa and out of state including Chicago and Indianapolis registered across the crowd.
Transportation issues were resolved for a group of Boy Scouts bound for Camp Fort Dodge when Gov. Rourke B. Hickenlooper offered a ride back to Des Moines from a victory celebration. He stopped at the camp and spoke to about 100 in attendance for a week’s outing.
More than 1,000 youths in 18 Iowa towns lose NYA industrial training as the program closes. They had been learning welding, machine shop practice, woodworking, aviation sheet metal work, farm equipment repair, auto mechanics, and radio repairing and code.
Red Oak reports 8 year old Charlotte Roof daughter of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Roof is in hospital with first and second degree burns to right body and arm after clothing caught fire while attempting to build a bonfire with newspapers. Physician says condition was fairly good Monday afternoon.
Motorists who strayed from home over the triple holiday will hear from their gasoline rationing boards. A, B and C card holders with automobiles appearing out of bounds were checked by OPA investigators in Iowa Saturday Sunday and Monday. Cars without stickers and commercial trucks with T stamps were also surveyed.
DES MOINES Inductees at Camp Dodge receive a three week furlough after induction to settle personal affairs. The order, effective July 1, replaces the prior schedule of two weeks, then one week, as announced by Lieut. Col. Orson B. Powers, commander at the camp. Men inducted at the reception center are affected by the change.
Leet and his wife Harold Leet formerly of West Chester have moved to Passaic New Jersey where he works as a chemical engineer in the cathode ray department of the Allen hi Dumont research laboratory. He earned a B S in chemical engineering from Iowa State College on June 4 1938 after attending West Chester High School Parsons College and Ames.
Mrs. Lucy Arnold Sloat, formerly of Washington, died in Capps Arkansas after a stroke on June 29. She was 57, daughter of Kimerson and Eliza Arnold, and widow of Charles Sloat. She leaves son William of Wichita and several brothers and sisters including Mrs. Wilber Miller and Bert Arnold. Burial is set for Capps tomorrow.
Six practice aerial bombs damaged the Baptist church a nearby garage and a hole in the sidewalk near the courthouse in Boise City Oklahoma. No casualties reported as FBI army officials and highway patrol investigated the incident. The home field of the plane was not learned at noon.
Mayor R L Lytle yesterday evening fined Walter Kempf $25 and costs on a charge of dis. The incident occurred during a municipal court session, with the defendant entering no plea as the case proceeded.
Washington July 6 The Senate reversed after initially approving and then defeated a plan to cap administration food subsidies at 525 million dollars through year end. The measure passed 32 to 31 before falling 33 to 31 on a second vote.
The American Legion will convene this evening at :00 for a regular meeting. Election of officers will be held, so all members are urged to attend.
Turbuing the peace session was held at city hall and the mayor will conduct a further police court hearing this evening to address disturbances reported Saturday night on the streets.
The War Labor Board summoned President James C. Petrillo and leaders of seven transcription firms for a Friday hearing to decide if the union ban on transcribed music forms a labor dispute within the board’s scope. Secretary Frances Perkins referred the issue to the board yesterday.
The article notes inductees placed on the reserve list with out pay after induction and before furlough. Most receive the furlough, while some complete their affairs and remain after passing their final physical examination.
Sheriff H. M. Putnam reports 7,114 county residents who drive cars received three year license extensions after four weeks of clerks work. Some applicants were turned away as no word from state authorities on further extensions. Expires are for licenses issued in the two year period ending yesterday. Nearly all county drivers appear licensed. armed service members were exempt.
Lloyd Oldaker of Oskaloosa is jailed awaiting hearing for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a crash that damaged a city electrolier and a hydrant near Sunset Park. He appeared before Justice W Eldridge who reset arraignment.
The Washington city council met Monday evening to dispatch routine business including approving bills. An adjourned session this morning granted Hugh Dougall a license to sell cigarettes.
Funeral services for Frank Birka age 80 will be at 2 pm Wednesday at L A Jones funeral home in Washington county. He died Monday at his son's home after a stroke in March. Burial in Riverside cemetery. Survived by six children and several relatives. born in Bohemia October 10 1862. married Francis Kkoroush in 1884. moved to America at 13.
A service flag bearing 67 blue stars and one gold star in a cross shape on white with a red border was dedicated at United Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. The flag, a gift from the Women's Bible class, was designed by Don Benblosom and made by Mrs. Mabel Gray. The banner honors church members serving in the world war and hangs on the west wall. Communion services were conducted yesterday morning by Rev. George Kerr with a large congregation.
Midwestern motorists who violated gasoline regulations on holiday trips will be asked to explain actions to local ration boards. Regional Price Administrator Raymond McKeough said enforcement officers questioned motorists and checked out of state plates. Boards will compare dates with mileage records to determine violations.
Harvard Nebraska July 6 Mayor Nels Torgenson broke his silence in the battle for the town jail admitting Robert Pinckney won ownership of the lot and building. The 16 year old youth bought the jail in this town of 764 people at a delinquent tax sale.
Emma Bush Wright 90 longtime Washington county resident dies in Bettendorf Masonic sanitarium. Funeral at L. A. Jones funeral home Wednesday at eleven. Burial in Elim Grove. Survived by four children Arthur Davenport Frank Moline Glenn Iowa City Florence Davenport. Member of Methodist church and several fraternal orders.
Rain fell Saturday night for about four hours totaling 1.60 inches with an additional 0.40 inch on Sunday evening, bringing the weekend total to two inches. The downpour overwhelmed some sewers causing basement floods in business buildings and homes, as temperatures reached 89 Sunday and 85 Monday.
Des Moines July 6 thousands of motorists may be delayed in receiving new A gasoline ration books. R E Walters district director urged that applications must be mailed to the motorist s own war price and rationing board. Many applications still go to Washington Chicago or Des Moines district office.
Soviet dispatches say the Red Army halted a first phase German assault on a 165 mile southern front. They claim to have wiped out 10,000 enemy troops and destroyed 738 tanks and 203 planes in 36 hours as they reestablish lines around Orel and Kursk. Allies press air assault on Sicily and Italian outposts with 45 Axis planes downed. Axis ports from Gibraltar to Cyprus report heavy Allied naval activity.
A freighter rammed and split a workboat at Halifax near Bedford Basin mouth. Sixteen men are missing and feared drowned after twenty seven shipyard workers were aboard the work boat when the collision occurred about a mile from the city center.
Due to the 4th of July holiday the Journal did not finish tabulating all votes yesterday. Final standings for the $50 war bond will be printed in Wednesday's Journal.
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