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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1941
Page
1
Dr. M. G. Davis, superintendent of Lake Forest schools, urged at Drake university forum that intelligent planning, not money alone, makes good school buildings. He told about 150 teachers and students that school heads should plan extensively while architects do less.
A Sioux City Milk Producers Co operative association held a hearing on raising prices for farmers in the area by amending a marketing agreement. Requested changes seek higher Class 1 and Class 2 milk rates while keeping Class 3 lower, with Class 2 at least 25 cents above Class 3. If approved, consumer prices would rise.
Mrs George Moser of Kingston aged 37 gave birth to a 714 pound boy in the front seat of a car in Burlington. A woman companion and two policemen assisted, then a physician attended in the hospital driveway. Both mother and baby were reported in good condition at the hospital.
In Sioux City Charles Ulven, aged three, lost his right hand when he fell under a horse drawn mower operated by his father at the Ulven home. He is hospitalized with severe injury.
The maritime commission announced it has taken title to 16 more Danish vessels under the ship requisitioning act. This follows prior actions that placed 39 Danish ships in protective custody and confisticated 1 German and 6 Italian axis ships for defense material transport. Owners will be compensated.
Washington youths strongly engage in community playgrounds this year with four weeks completed. Lincoln and Stewart sites were closed Thursday due to rain, but four sampling days yielded 109 average with 117 Monday, 96 Tuesday, 115 Wednesday, and 108 Friday. Total for the four days 436. Assistant staff Frances Sartor and Margaret Ragan lead scrapbooks and younger games. Junior high students practice kittenball daily and seek an outside game.
A well dressed robber in Tolono Illinois held up the Citizens National Bank and imprisoned the cashier and three others. He then forced the cashier to open the vault and took $1108. The bandit held the banker's son John Lewis 17 as a hostage and forced him to drive to Champaign and back in 20 minutes. He apologized saying he hated to cause inconvenience before the vacation trip.
Des Moines reports the Iowa tax commission faces municipal power systems over taxation of lines serving customers beyond city limits. Assistant Attorney General John Mulrooney says injunctions were secured at Muscatine and Webster City to stop fines assessments, with up to two dozen similar actions expected statewide. The commission argues such fines are taxable like private utilities.
Byron E. Evins, Mahaska county auditor, submits resignation to the board of supervisors claiming the truth will emerge. Evins and deputy Paul Stutzman were indicted on embezzlement charges after state auditors reported a shortage over 4000 dollars in the auditor’s office. Both men are free on 28000 dollar bonds.
A group invites men from organizations like the fire department Legion post Rotary or Y's Men's club to arrange an evening softball game next week and match up with a local team.
Cairo reports satisfactory progress in armistice negotiations with Vichy French forces in Syria while hostilities stay suspended. In London, Dentz reportedly accepts armistice terms as a basis for talks and is near Acre meeting with British commander Wilsom. Ankara notes a 96 hour acceptance window.
Following talks with President Roosevelt on the international situation, 1940 Republican candidate Wendell L. Willkie departs the White House and says the United States should establish military bases in Northern Ireland and Scotland to form a semi circle of stepping stones across the North Atlantic.
Clyde Fisher 34 dies after seven and a half years illness. Funeral services 2 PM Sunday at Sherman's funeral home with Dr F W Eastwood of the Presbyterian church officiating. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Born June 21 1907 in Birmingham Iowa, son of William L and Susanna Hill Fisher. Survived by his mother in Washington and two brothers Ned DeWitt IA and Gale Denison IA.
Berlin reports a jolting offensive against Nazi ground forces backed by the main Russian defenses and air force. A German bomber sank a British submarine southwest of Plymouth and a 2000 ton freighter off Portreath. An Italian British air battle over Malta involved 100 planes. nine British planes were claimed destroyed. La Linea near Gibraltar was bombed, killing five and wounding eighteen.
Iowa City reporters note the fifth annual State Peace Officers School at the State University of Iowa where 360 delegates attended five days of training. Forty instructors led sessions including a closing talk by J. L. Dalton, FBI Des Moines field division chief, on Nazi and Communist control methods.
The 1940 census tallies 13 521 tourist courts and camps in the United States with 136 173 cabins and 159 632 rental units. Total receipts run about 36 786 000 dollars annually and employment reaches 8 455 people with a payroll of 4 226 000 dollars.
George H. Jones of Columbus Junction died at home after a period of failing health. He was born in 1861 in Lawrence New York and moved to Columbus Junction as a child. Surviving are four sons and five daughters with many grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Monday at the Stephens funeral home with burial in Columbus City cemetery.
A 5 45 pm crash on road No 92 east of Ainsworth injured five in two Ottumwa cars. Mrs. Orman and Travis Mosby faced charges. Mosby fined 14 90. Pringle and Merrick collision caused truck ditching and minor car damage.
M B Clinard resigns as sociology instructor at the University of Iowa. He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago this summer and will move to Washington D C to become assistant statistician in the census bureau.
The rush for driving licenses by those who missed the July 5 renewal deadline prompted examinations yesterday. 88 licenses were issued for those who passed, with 4 failing and eight chauffeur permits granted. State Highway Patrolman Cummings led the tests, noting overtime to meet demand.
Olivet Nazarene College President A L Parrott will be guest speaker at an educational rally Saturday evening July 12 at the Church of the Nazarene. Rev Jay S Phipps announces the event as part of a district series led by Hardy Powers. The college quartet will perform and Parrott will discuss Christian Education. Public invitation is extended.
President Roosevelt convenes congressional leaders and military committee chairmen to push legislation to keep existing army units in service and lift geographical restrictions. General Marshall supports maximum force readiness and nonexpeditionary use outside the western hemisphere. Nazis blame Roosevelt for aggression over Atlantic bases.
No marriage licenses have been issued at the courthouse since July began, yielding one for the first twelve days of the month. For the first half of 1941 the county total is 59, down from 64 in the same period last year, with June totals 12 versus 15 in June 1940.
Census data show blacksmith shops fell by 3,500 units from 20,225 to 16,797 between 1935 and 1999. Receipts dropped 3.9 percent from 23,454,000 to 22,567,000 dollars, despite the shrinkage.
Representative Paul J. Kilday of Texas announced in Washington a plan to seek a congressional inquiry into the punishment of 350 soldiers from the Thirty-fifth Division for whistling at shorts clad girl golfers on a Memphis course. Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear, Second Army commander, who witnessed the event, defended the 15 mile march as not unjust or severe.
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