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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1945
Page
1
A Des Moines column notes Iowa faces a bleak corn crop as frost could ruin at least half the state’s yield. Late planting and a cool June, with July running 4.5 degrees below normal, jeopardize any recovery and could affect meat supplies for over a year.
Des Moines district OPA files suit for $1,000 plus costs against Floyd Tower and R J Blythe operators of the B & T tavern Tama for twenty sales of cartons at over ceiling prices. Cedar Rapids federal court action seeks $56 per sale. Separate Cedar Rapids case targets Culver Motors Co. for $2,101.95 plus costs in alleged auto repair overcharges of $700.65 with treble damages.
Davenport Dale Petersen 19 a medically discharged serviceman charged with manslaughter in the July 2 automobile death of Marion Munn 53. Bound over to the Scott county grand jury by Police Magistrate John J. McSwiggin after advisement since arraignment on July 2. Petersen free on 1000 dollar bond.
Governors Dwight H. Green of Illinois and Robert D. Blue of Iowa will appear in Fred Maytag park Newton for a chamber hosted event. Green arrives by plane to Des Moines this afternoon and will speak on The Pioneers of Tomorrow after Blue is introduced at the Newton Country Club dinner for about 50 guests.
Police report sugar and cash stolen from the Sycamore Fruit Co. thieves entered through a rear basement window. Stolen items include 800 pounds of sugar four 160 pound bags of sugar and 40 dollars in cash.
An armed bandit slugged P. R. Stotesberg at the Federal Discount Corp. loan office in Marshalltown and escaped with $691. The robber, described as a well dressed handsome man about 35, may have been accompanied by a woman outside the ground floor office.
Washington D C July 18 U P Rubber Director John L Collyer predicted some A card holders may receive new tires by February or March if production targets are met. He noted 25 million tires planned this year and urged securing 75 000 tons of natural rubber from liberated Far Eastern areas. Production chief J A Krug announced Robert S Wilson will succeed Collyer.
Five year old Jimmy Walsh died after a tractor ran over him at the Fesler farm southwest of Riverside. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon as he accompanied his uncle and aunt Louis and Marie Walsh. He was born February 13 1940 in Riverside to Joseph Walsh and the late Marie Frank Walsh. Surviving relatives include his father a brother Dean and his grandparents John Frank Emma Frank and Mrs Odelia Walsh. Funeral services set for Thursday at St Marys Riverside with burial at Mt Olivet.
Gen Yasuji Okamura, supreme commander of the Japanese expeditionary forces in China, said withdrawal from China is inadvisable as it would force an armistice with Chungking and the United States. He warned the U S 14th air force could block any withdrawal by destroying transportation in China, making a full pullout take at least two years and possibly longer if U S airpower widens damage.
Rev. Trevelyn S. White of Dubuque Iowa will preach his first sermon as pastor of Washington Presbyterian Church on Sunday June 22. He and his family plan to move to Washington late July and will fill the pulpit July 29 before attending the Seneca Hills Bible conference in Butler Pennsylvania.
Iowa counties were listed by the State war finance headquarters. Washington County ranks seventh with 90.89 percent of its bond quota. The tabulation covers 101 units across 99 counties, noting divisions for Pottawattomie and Lee. Several southeastern counties exceeded or failed to meet quotas, with multiple names and percentages provided.
At Potsdam Truman pushed for defeating Japan as the war’s first priority. The Big Three opened talks with preliminaries, while censorship obscured details. Truman, chairing, urged swift Pacific victory to underpin a lasting peace. US, UK, Russia eyes focused on Japan, with talks continuing.
Members of Leon Beatty post yesterday evening consumed large quantities of fried chicken at Sunset park and inducted the new officers of the Legion. The 132 attendees included more than 40 World War II veterans, guests of the Legion. Alvin Rommel became commander. other officers include Cloyce Stewart, Rooney Arnold, Howard Miller, Merritt McDaniel, William Graft, Rev Basil McBee, Jay Brewer, Preston Walt, and George Rudiger, with Paul Fulton conducting the installation.
A dedicatory service is set for tomorrow evening at the country club to unveil a plaque by the flag honoring Raymond Bear son of Mr and Mrs Clayton Bear a club member killed in the European theater. Martin Whittaker and a firing squad from the American Legion will lead the ceremony at about 7:30 after the cooperative dinner with entertainment and bridge to follow.
The Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved raising the Export-Import Bank lending cap from 700 million to 8.5 billion. Chairman Robert F. Wagner announced plans to bring the bill to the Senate after Bretton Woods proposals are ratified. Leo Crowley testified the bank may lend Russia about 1.0006 billion next year and seek 2.8 billion more in the 12 to 18 months ahead. The measures tie to the administration’s foreign economic policy and Bretton Woods discussions.
Robert David Fish of Washington and Lois Lea Stout of Des Moines obtained a marriage license at the courthouse yesterday afternoon.
A welcome to men of the second world war was extended by local Legion members. Fred Downing presented a gavel carved from orange wood to the new post commander on behalf of A. B. Macreadie of Daytona Beach, Florida. The giver is a former Washington resident and Spanish-American War veteran.
Albert Orcutt buys the Dougherty K of C building on West Second Street from Mrs. Ralph Dougherty for 12 500. The two story brick block, built in 1918, houses Sidwell Ice Cream and L C Willits Motor on the ground floor with the Knights of Columbus and Veterans of Foreign Wars using the upper floor. Orcutt plans use after Willits moves to Lie Congress hotel building, with no immediate changes and possible relocation of his North Iowa avenue market. Mrs. Dougherty has sold three nearby Dougherty properties, two to Humble Produce Company and John Patterson.
Ruth Hill filed for divorce from Arthur E. Hill in district court. They wed April 7 and separated June 10. She accuses him of bad faith annulling proceedings to ruin her reputation and humiliate her, seeks support for their child and costs, with attorney L. J. Kehoe.
Enough tungsten wire to span from New York to Cincinnati airliner miles apart is produced each 16 hour workday at the Westinghouse lamp division plant in Bloomfield New Jersey.
Allied forces pressed a major campaign with carrier planes and battleships bombarding Tokyo and surrounding airfields today for the second day. U S Fifth and Seventh Air Forces dispatched hundreds of fighters and bombers from Okinawa, while Halsey’s task force shelled targets along a 50 mile stretch of Honshu coast. Japanese defenses remained largely silent as the assault intensified, with additional strikes reported against Kyushu Shikoku and Shanghai.
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