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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1946
Page
8
In Belgrade at dawn, Draja Mikhailovitch and nine co defendants were executed by firing squad for treason after a military court verdict. The executions occurred at Topoider and were carried out with witnesses present and newsmen barred.
Mostly cloudy with showers tonight. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thunder showers tomorrow night.
Plans were made for executions behind Belgrade prison walls after sunrise. Mikhailovitch's bid for life was rejected by the Yugoslav supreme court presidium along with eight others. Death sentences must be carried out within 48 hours after imposition at the Belgrade military academy trial.
Rioters clash in San Severo near Foggia leaving two dead and scores hurt amid labor clashes and grenade incidents. In Perugia and Milan workers protest for higher pay, while UNRRA warns food distribution may falter as gasoline for relief trucks is cut. Draft rules tighten with Hershey ordering 25 000 inductions in September and new deferment limits.
Selective service officials announced they were placing machinery in motion to end the draft holiday on September 1 and begin inducting about 155,000 men into the armed forces. Telegrams were sent to all state directors as the plan moved ahead.
Michael F. Killeen 36 of Des Moines West Side pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in district court here. He was fined 1000 dollars and his license revoked for one year. Patrolman John Flynn said this was his third arrest and second conviction on the charge since 1942 after he drove into a circus crowd Saturday.
Amos Jones, 21, fell from a building while attempting to climb a drain pipe in Omaha Nebraska. He told police he was trying to find his wife and was booked for drunkenness.
Government officials forecast federal inspected meat output more than doubles in the coming days, excluding non inspected packers. They attribute the surge to market dynamics after the end of OPA controls, with production figures showing large gains in pork and lard and substantial rises in beef and veal.
Prices for livestock hit new peaks at Chicago and East St Louis as top steers sold around 26.25 to 26.50 dollars. Tupelo grocers boycott milk after a 5 cent rise. Memphis distributors delay a 2 percent increase awaiting OPA decision. In Connecticut CIO groups mobilize for a mass petition campaign to keep Congress in session to enact a strong OPA. Lincoln patrons prepare an effigy protest at a save OPA rally led by the American Veterans committee.
A Saturday morning cartoon circus and comedy roundup premieres at the State Theater at 10:00 AM. Tom and Jerry Bugs Bunny The Three Stooges Popeye Mighty Mouse and more headline a two hour program with Community Sings and Speaking of Animals. Admission is 20 cents for children under 12 and 35 cents for adults.
Budapest reports the Hungarian government, amid rampant inflation, issued a note of one thousand trillion pengoes, claimed to be the highest denomination in the world. The move signals extreme currency devaluation as the economy faces inflationary pressures.
Russian naval Lt. Nicolai G. Redin was acquitted by a federal jury of one count of conspiracy and four counts of espionage in Seattle. He was arrested last March for allegedly attempting to obtain radar and fire control plans from the destroyer tender USS Yellowstone. Redin thanked the jurors after the verdict, expressing gratitude for the fair trial in America.
Prody A Borkoski reports on Frank Clark in Wayland Thursday afternoon. Mrs Goldie Turnipseed visited son Loran and family near South English. Mr and Mrs Edwin Wanerus and son from Cedar Rapids spent the weekend with the Andy Oswalt family.
Six Class 1 railroads won the National Safety Council contest for 1945, reporting a 31 percent drop in accidental deaths among employees and a 42 percent decline in all employee casualties. Despite a slight fall in accidental death rates for the group, total casualties rose modestly due to wartime pressures and demobilization.
Coal miners now use about 180 different permissible brands of a safety standard approved by the Bureau of Mines or an accepted testing agency, a shift from World War I when black powder or dynamite dominated mining.
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