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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1943
Page
1
George Lloyd, secretary of the Iowa petroleum industries committee, is appointed Iowa state salvage chairman by Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper to fill the vacancy left by Bernie Baker’s resignation. The position is a salaried post.
Joseph Mathias of Chicago was arraigned before Police Judge Harry H. Johnson on intoxication and disturbing the peace after alleged harassment of women at the bus station. He was fined 25 dollars and costs. he asked for a reduced fine, and the judge increased it to 50 dollars and costs, then suspended the extra 25 after an apology.
Judy Kay Edwards, 16 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orrin M. Edwards, strangled after entangling in a window curtain. The infant, learning to walk, reached the window to watch her mother when Mrs. Edwards, briefly sane, found the body hanging.
Clyde Herring told reporters that retailers bear responsibility for soaring vegetable and fruit prices and argued producers should receive greater profit incentives. He spoke after a conference with grower representatives from Florida, Texas, Arizona and California seeking guidance from the Office of Price Administration on future price ceilings.
In Sae county 100 Italian war prisoners arrive from Camp Clark Missouri to relieve a labor shortage at the 6400 acre Adams ranch. An army captain four corporals and eight privates accompany and guard the inmates. They will use a separate mess hall and tents for sleeping with guards on duty around the clock. Length of stay is indefinite.
Evelyn Lucille Coulter, 14, of Davenport, drowned in the Mississippi River. Companion Jonnie Williams, 15, also of Davenport, was rescued after attempting a rescue.
Mrs. Rose Reid leads Washington county effort to salvage fats and greases and tin cans for the war. She stresses every drop saved aids explosives for Sicily campaigns and daily Allied bombing, urging households to deliver at least a pound per visit in wide-mouthed tins to meat dealers.
Services for Joseph J. King 24, son of Mr and Mrs Frank King, will be at the Catholic church in Delhi. He was fatally bitten while guiding a mower on the farm and found unconscious by his family. He died at Monticello la hospital.
Mrs Reid calls for immediate tin can donations. Citizens should leave prepared cans at the bin across from the post office or notify salvage authorities to arrange pickup. Wash cans remove labels. bend tops and bottoms flatten by stepping, then place in a box ready for collection.
In 1942 American forces stationed in Australia and New Zealand received through reverse Lend-Lease 80 million pounds of fruits and vegetables and 30 million pounds of beef.
Washington July 17 The War Food Administration and Office of Price Administration will keep corn and hog prices steady until October 31. WFA to extend $13.75 per hundred pounds support for lighter weight hogs, while floor of $12.75 set for 240 to 270 pound hogs may apply to hogs 220 pounds and up. Lighter weights aim to save feed as hogs gain slowly beyond 220 pounds. Midwestern farmers hold large corn stocks. corn fed to hogs returns about $1.30 to $1.44 per bushel in meat.
A Central Park union service features hymns including Love Divine All Love Maxcelling and Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. Rev Alfred Trenerry leads a duet Open the Gates of the temple by Virginia Me Laughlin and Mary Bordwell. Scriptural reading Psalm 60 and pastoral prayers follow, with Anthem Out of the Night by Sioan High School Chorus and a sermon Where To Go When Trouble Comes by Rev Milo J Philippi and Benediction by Rev Philippi.
John L. Lewis summons the United Mine Workers sixty-man policy committee to Washington for a meeting to discuss the general situation amid ongoing coal mine controversy speculation of a new break. The committee was recalled to discuss actions after Lewis' press spokesman outlined the agenda.
Work begins on the Washington Y M C A community room second floor to redecorate furnish and modernize as a memorial to Captain Robert Shannon killed in Iceland May 3. Project cost about 2000 funded by Y's Men and supporters. Local labor led by Albert Simpson with decor by Harrison Dodder and design by Don Benblossom, with new panels draperies and leather furniture.
A drying and brining meeting at the West Chester Methodist church basement on Wednesday July 21 begins at 2 PM. Ruth Foster county home economist will show drying methods and storage plus sauerkraut and vegetable brining. 4 H girls Mary Ellen Duensing and Margaret McCall present "Lets Eat Vegetables" focusing on proper vegetable cooking.
Moscow reports the Red army captured a tactically important village on a river bank and pressed toward Orel from three sides. Soviet forces cut a German railway, while heavy artillery and air strikes pounded the city, 200 miles south of Moscow, as Berlin acknowledged a furious threat of a breakthrough.
Schedule lists selective service examinations in the office Monday at 1 30 p m. Child health conferences in the office Tuesday 1 00 to 3 30 p m. and Wednesday 10 00 noon, 1 00 to 3 30 p m in Kalona.
Two young men who claimed to be British airmen of the ferry command were picked up by the FBI in Phoenix, Arizona and will be returned to Canada as alleged AWOL air force trainees. They used alias names, spent funds freely, and were tracked by authorities for months after Armistice Day in Washington.
London July 17 reports American Flying Fortresses attacked Amsterdam and northwest Germany despite heavy cloud cover. The comm unique said fifty enemy fighters were shot down and two bombers failed to return. Weather disrupted one of the largest operations, with formations failing to reach targets due to cloud banks.
Allied forces push toward Catania crossing the Banss and Simeto rivers and seizing vital road junctions including Caltagirone as German and Italian troops defend the eastern Sicily sector. Gains reach up to ten miles amid hard combat.
Bee Line Transit announces a new schedule for buses between Washington and Iowa City and Washington and Knoxville effective next Monday. Morning service to Iowa City departs at 6 45 rather than 6 5 and the evening run leaves Washington for Iowa City at 5 50 instead of 6.
The account notes raiders favored by a cloud opening at Amsterdam as they scored hits there and cleared their bombs.
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