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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1950
Page
5
Editorials reflect on peaceful living, postwar thrift, and responsible behavior. Notes on religion, shopping sprees, fuel rationing fears, and a skeptical view of critics of America while praising honest daily virtue and community among Americans.
A compilation of editorials cites Hoover Commission doubts on reform usefulness, fears over federal offices, and high holiday traffic fatalities with Michigan leading at 31 deaths, followed by Texas 29 and California and New York 27. It notes rising cynicism among youth about work and governance.
The postwar film unit for The Third Man, led by director Carol Reed, faced challenges filming in Vienna near the Iron Curtain. Thirty-one technicians worked from the Hotel Astoria in the International Zone while shots occurred in American British and French sectors. access to the Russian zone was barred.
Bruce Cowden investigates ownership of Washington Iowa central block 13 known as the public square. Records show no clear city or county title. the 1839 plat notes the square and streets as donated public highways with the public owning the square while the city maintains care and improves the area. County and city officials review archives but lack conclusive deeds.
On August 18 1839 county commissioners chose the site to be named Washington. They secured Baker's claim and recorded it Oct 15 1839 with Simon P. Teeple and Richard Moore in Burling ton. First town lots were to be sold and Joseph Adams built the initial log house and blacksmith shop in October 1838 at South Iowa avenue and East Jefferson street.
In Carol Reed's new production a small set shows meticulous attention to detail as filmmakers avoid errors like the Queen of Sheba wearing a wrist watch. The piece suggests a broader shift toward period precision in cinema.
The Third Man stars Joseph Cotten Orson Welles and Trevor Howard and opens Sunday at the State Theatre. The Vienna cafe set was built on site with a recreated Austrian phone for a brief shot, illustrating meticulous production.
Parse mount's sensational Western drama El Paso features towering leads with giants of the screen. John Payne stands six feet three inches in the lead as a Charleston lawyer turned Texas outlaw with co stars Gail Russell, Tex Hayden, Gabby Hayes, Dick Foran, Eduardo Noriega, Mary Beth Hughes, Henry Hull and H B Warner as the cast arrives at the Fox Theatre. Noriega is six two and 180 pounds while Hayden clocks six four and 210 pounds.
Keota reports final rites for Major Gerald Carris on July 27 at 10 am in Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minnesota. Carris, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Carris, Keota, was killed in action July 28 1944 on a bombing mission near Merseberg Germany. He is survived by his parents and two brothers Warren of
Keota residents including Herbert Keota and sister Mrs. Bayliss of Chicago will drive to Minneapolis accompanied by relatives from Keota. J W Helscher, Keota bank president, had an operation in Iowa City Mercy hospital. Harris sisters Tillie Pringle and Mrs. John Harris joined Mrs. Harris in Keota recently.
Mrs. Mae Sturgeon and her sister Grace Vincent left Tuesday July 18 for a trip visiting their sister Mrs. Nell Wymore in Cumberland Iowa and a brother at Guthrie Center. Mrs. Pringle is recuperating from illness and Mrs. Haring accompanied her in Washington.
Detroit reports Michigan women protest rising food costs led by the CIO auxiliary council urging a coffee boycott to curb price spirals. Local organizers say grocery bills and cafe prices strain household budgets.
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