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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1943
Page
8
Susan JoAnn Jones daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russel Jones of Ainsworth celebrated her first birthday on Wednesday July 14. Her mother hosted thirteen guests for the afternoon inclusion. Susan received many gifts and refreshments included cake ice cream kool aid and suckers as party favors.
Seventeen members and five guests of the Ann Judson Circle of the Baptist church enjoyed a picnic supper Tuesday evening in the country home of Isabelle and Rosalie Combs. The gathering featured devotions, a reading from Romans 12, and a discussion of the Home Mission Book We Who Are America by Kenneth P. D. Miller. The circle adopted a prayer plan for forty three servicemen and dedicated Youth Hymnal books with a piano recital by Carolyn Marsh.
In St Louis James A Beard Jr expands a 16 by 25 foot basement shop into a wartime manufactory. He turns hobby into a precision parts plant making tiny gasoline airplane motors for models and war machines, working minimal weekly hours yet delivering minute components.
Private Victor S. Flynn son of Mr and Mrs William F Flynn West Chester Iowa started recruit drill at Keesler Field in Mississippi. He will undergo four weeks of orientation researching gas mask bayonet drill target practice and physical training before assignment to duty or to a welfare school for special training.
July 15 report from Des Moines quotes a U S Army recruiting rep praising army engineers who built the Alaska highway in record time. They emphasize building and fighting to aid victory and say more work is ready worldwide including an air field in the South Pacific. Eligible men 18 to 38 for induction and 38 to 60 for enlistment may volunteer.
Leard runs Ultima Precision Products Co which produces five eighth inch long pinion blanks for airplane direction finders. He notes that the last 25,000 blanks have been accepted without a single rejection.
A Washington reader recalls a sticky incident involving a Mound candy bar melted under a pillow and a sleepless night. The tale contrasts a bygone era of bulk candy with a humorous misadventure and a casual chat about Carl Guther and his family.
A neighbor’s bulletin notes Lee Dusenberry and family as his wife visits Davenport to see their son and daughter in law and newborn grandson. Nate Black improves after a hospital stay and friends including Fracas Frazier and Leon Motts keep him company while Elizabeth Fisher from Washington, D. C., appears in town.
The article notes Theresa Wheelan Lohberger’s seventieth birthday observed quietly, with family including daughter Catherine and son Larry active at the Lohberger home. It mentions Brigade friend Mike Robinson sick in Iowa City, and Mary Porter Porter visiting from Clinton, Wis. Also covered are local visits, a reunion for Manley families planned for Aug 1, and changes at the town telephone office with Mrs. John Kiley succeeding Mrs. M. O. Blair.
Abner Davis formerly of Columbus Junction died Saturday night in Omaha Nebraska and will be buried at Cambrian cemetery southwest of Columbus City. He is survived by a son in the U S Army. The late H A Davis Col was a brother. William Ohlsen on furlough from Fort Lewis, Wash, and Davenport residents ill with scarlet fever.
John E. Griffith formerly of Washington Iowa now stationed at the Albuquerque air depot training station has been promoted from corporal to sergeant He is assigned to the 43d Depot Repair Squadron as an engine mechanic Before entering the Air Forces on August 4 1942 he farmed at Washington Iowa
Washington county service man James Bidwell receives promotion to private first class from Great Bend army air base Kansas where he serves in the medical detachment. He is the son of Ona Bidwell of Wellman Iowa and is married with his wife residing at Kendon apartments in Great Bend Kansas.
The San Antonio aviation cadet center opens a new preflight training class with 131 cadets from Iowa. The program trains volunteers for primary, basic, and advanced flying schools to earn army pilot wings. Included are Kenneth J. Blecha and John L. Yousling from Washington, Iowa.
Margaret J. Hennon, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hennon of Washington Iowa, has enrolled in the Naval Training School for the Women's Reserve at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. She will study shorthand typing naval correspondence records and forms and current events to meet petty officer yeoman third class standards and be assigned to a shore station in the United States.
Chicago reports its Federal Reserve Bank reaching five billion dollars in total assets on July 9 as war driven business activity boosts bank deposits throughout the Seventh District. The rise in deposits allows a larger Federal Reserve bank to hold its members' required reserves.
The text notes marked increases in cash reserves to 2.72 billion and security holdings to 1.047 billion. Heavy purchases of U S Treasury bills from member banks boosted holdings. It compares Chicago’s resources to the pre WWII era and tracks year end totals from 1939 to 1942, showing rapid growth.
Alfredo Toledo son of Mr and Mrs Jose Toledo ofR A 4 Washington has been promoted to technician fifth grade in the army air forces at Stout Field the headquarters of the 1 Troop Carrier Command under Brig Gen Fred Borum. He is a general clerk at Stout Field. His wife is the former Miss Antonio raneoso of Whiting Indiana living in Indianapolis.
Milne Bay again comes under aerial attack as ten Allied planes sweep the coast of the eastern tip of New Guinea. The strike penetrates about 20 miles inland and seven miles along the shore. The China Strait serves as the bay’s gateway while reefs and islets complicate navigation. The Japanese have long relied on Pearl fishing to know these waters.
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