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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1945
Page
1
A Des Moines ordnance plant will cut employment from 10 800 at closure to 2 300 by August 11 with further reductions weekly through July and August. Officials expect 2 600 workers after August 4 and 800 more to depart next week, with full turnover to the Army by December 1.
Lynn Walker of Crawford County Farm Equipment Co posts 2500 bond to face three charges of selling farm machinery above OPA ceilings. He will appear in October term federal court in Sioux City seeking interpretation of OA implement business regulations, first local defendant to resist OPA proceedings.
Des Moines Iowa ranked second nationwide in the share of E Bond quota reached in the seventh war loan drive Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau announced Iowa trailed Montana by only two tenths of one percent Official top four states were Montana 119.2 Iowa 119 Alabama 118.89 Wyoming 118.85 Iowa forecast E Bond sales to exceed 97 million dollars with previous drives totaling 112 124 105 and 118 percent of quotas.
William John Doyle seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Doyle drowned Thursday afternoon in the municipal swimming pool. It was the first drowning since the pool opened in 1931.
Washington officials say no immediate plans for soap rationing despite shortages. A soap official cites lack of a workable ration scheme and notes voluntary distribution is considered fair, with supply use varying by city size.
Washington County fixes its 1945 War Fund quota at 15 265 dollars after a planning meeting in Iowa City. Robert McFarlane returns as county chairman with Richard A. Stewart and Mrs. Coulter among committee members. Campaign dates run September 15 to October 15 with local leaders to be named later and city workers led by W G Shannon.
The Smart Implement company of Washington delivered a self propelled combine by International to Walter Stout yesterday. It is the first of its type in this section and will be used on Stout farms southwest of town and for local custom combining of small grain. 1945 yields are projected 15 percent below last year and 26 percent under pre war levels. The yellow laundry soap shortage remains acute as the armed forces buy 85 percent of all production.
Rev Thomas Polk of the Christian church will preach at the union service in Central Park Sunday evening with the theme A Joyful Life. If bad weather, service moves to the Christian church at eight o clock. Special music includes Eleanor Tucker Bonnie Simpson and June Fulton performing Evening Hymn and Lift Thine Eyes. Rev Alfred Trenerry Mendelssohn will give the invocation and benediction. Rev W A Smith reads the Scripture and Rev George Kerr offers prayer. Mrs Boyd White plays piano for hymns and numbers.
John Foster Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that ratifying the United Nations charter without reservations preserves Allied unity and peace. He argued Germany and Japan threats first drew nations together and that the charter offers new tasks for lasting peace. AFL and CIO leaders backed prompt ratification, while Norman Thomas urged ratification despite doubts that it’s perfect.
Joe Conrad a farmer living near Ainsworth was injured yesterday while working in a field with a team and cultivator. He was unhitching the team when a horse became fractious and he was thrown against the machine sustaining a serious injury.
A man sustained a facial gash in the incident though authorities report the injury as not serious.
Mrs and Mrs G E Mate received a telegram from the war department stating their son Staff Sergeant Glenn K Mace Jr was killed in action on Jan 28 over Germany. The officer had been reported missing before and the telegram, signed by Acting Adjt Gen Edward F Witsel, conveys war department sympathy and notes a confirmation letter would follow.
Application forms for the Washington housing program are being prepared under federal housing authority procedures and will go to the regional office in Des Moines for action. A meeting at the Y discussed the plan to erect several houses this year to ease housing shortages, signaling local effort and federal support.
Ralph C. Scott 55 prominent Washington business man and airport developer dies at county hospital after pneumonia complications. Funeral at L A Jones funeral home with Dr Hastwood to officiate. burial Elm Grove cemetery. Survivors include wife Bessie McDonald Scott and children Evangeline Myers Joan Scott and Lt Lloyd Scott.
Two Hart Cecil Lewis of North English on furlough drove his car into a ditch on highway 22 about a mile west of Wellman at 1 30 this morning. He received some bruises and his passenger Elaine Foss, also of North English, had a leg cut.
Hollywood buzz centers on Mme Alla Nazimova one of the world’s foremost actresses and a top audience draw for two decades. Her status and appeal linger as theater and film circles await her next project and appearances.
Air forces under General Kenney report 39 Japanese cities gutted by B 29 incendiaries in the Pacific war as 24 hour attacks become reality. The strike built on a shift of command to join bomber groups in the final phase of the campaign near Honshu and Shikoku.
The House voted 140 to 58 against Rep. John Taber’s bid to cut the Office of War Information appropriation in half. The 1946 War agencies bill, carrying funds for 17 agencies including OWI and FEPC, was set at 35 million after conference. Taber argued waste and urged restoring the lower figure.
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