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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1945
Page
1
Two mainline Burlington trains diverted Sunday afternoon after seven cars of a special freight derailed eight miles east of Fairfield. The accident at 4 42 p m damaged about 2000 feet of track as workmen filled the line. Derrick crews from Ottumwa and Galesburg cleared one of the double tracks.
Coroner B W Jones said three soldiers were held for questioning Sunday night in connection with the death of William Ostercamp a 39 year old farm hand of Round Lake Minnesota who was fatally kicked and struck in downtown Arnolds Park. Ostercamp died from head injuries on the way to Spirit Lake hospital. An inquest likely to be held today with witnesses reporting the assault was witnessed by several persons. No charges had been filed and the soldiers names could not be released yet.
Gerald Moses Worth of Ottumwa, a discharged World War II veteran, faced charges for leaving the scene and failing to aid an injured person after Ottumwa man Earl Townsend was struck by a Swift & Co. truck. Townsend suffered a leg fracture and abrasions. his condition was listed as fair at Ottumwa hospital. Milesworth was released on a $1,000 bond.
Iowans endured the hottest day of the summer with Des Moines recording 101 degrees. Readings statewide topped nine ties with little relief expected, though a cooler break was forecast in the northwest later. Thunderstorms were possible in the far north and west. one Des Moines drowning and a Sioux City death were linked to the heat.
Wesley Carrothers, a farmer living five miles northeast of Manchester, was shocked when a lightning bolt hit a pine tree near his home. The strike followed a radio antenna to the house where Carrothers was resting on a porch swing.
Rev. S R Ferguson longtime Iowa Presbyterian Sunday school missions superintendent dies at home after seven year illness. He served as moderator of the Synod of Iowa, retired 12 years ago, born in Ireland, came to U S at 19 and Iowa 52 years ago after graduating Hartford seminary. He first lived in Marion Iowa.
Congressional leaders in Washington forecast heavy government spending and higher taxes after the war, signaling a period of fiscal strain and policy challenges ahead.
Paris July 23. Marshal Henri Philippe Petain testifies at the French high court of justice on treason charges. He says signing the 1940 armistice with Germany aimed to save France and aid Allied victory. Demonstrations erupt, court clears, then hearing resumes as Petain gives his defense.
The Senate opened debate on the United Nations charter with leaders predicting ratification by week’s end. Tom Connally cited the charter as a step in international relations, while Stettinius attended from the gallery. Democratic and Republican leaders voiced expectations for swift approval with little opposition.
Rev Basil McBee of the Associate Presbyterian church spoke at a union service in Central Park on Sunday evening. He argued that Christianity remains a living institution amid world sin and suffering and referenced Hitler’s vow to wipe out Christianity as a contrast to the current regime.
Captain George Baker and Washington's headquarters company left Sunday for Camp Dodge to join the first regiment of the Iowa State Guard in a two week training encampment. The unit, headed by Col. Ger, includes companies from Burlington Davenport Iowa City and Fairfield and draws many guardsmen from southern Iowa with 785 men on rosters.
Sheriff H. M. Putnam said two boys who burglarized the George Bartholomew farm home west of town last Monday afternoon had earlier carried out thefts in town. They were traced to Muscatine where they occupied a hotel room, leaving some belongings and a bunch of keys behind.
A course on the range focusing on rifle competition will be a feature of the training period. Regular army officers and men will supervise the training at the camp led by Ald V. Caughlan of Council Bluffs.
The Earl Little building on South Marion Avenue now housing Little furniture store and former Leet market has been bought for Modern Appliance store. The room will be ready March 1 1946. Corporal Harold W Jarvis, owner, is in the Army Air Corps at Boca Raton Florida. The business formerly on East Washington Street operates at 1117 East Main Street during his service.
The burglary at Franklin Waggoner’s garage last Sunday night left the cash register empty save for about 50 cents in pennies. Keys were taken and the search continues for the two youths believed responsible, suspected of other thefts in the vicinity.
DDT Director J. Monroe Johnson told Senate war investigators that the army is responsible for its own railroad traffic. He said the army landed 60,000 troops in three days with no notice and that he is not being told what he should know despite a letter from Fred M. Vinson asking for needed information. Johnson's testimony clashed with Senator Kilgore who said Johnson had told him the army was providing the data on returning soldiers.
Washington county opens Crooked Creek Farm Camp on the Hotle farm near West Chester allowing city boys to stay on rural grounds. Directors Anton Hotle and Mr and Mrs Keib Gills, Elmhurst school principals, oversee the program as a summer experiment to replace lake camps in Wisconsin and Michigan. Tony Hotle recalls football days at Washington high and junior college.
Unseasonably warm conditions in June and July bring relief to eastern Iowa corn as temperatures reach the high 90s and nights stay hot. Farmers see rapid plant development and near-term detasseling of hybrid seed fields, with Washington county likely to begin next week pending field inspections.
Rev Trevelyn E White began his first sermon as pastor of Washington Presbyterian Church after accepting a unanimous call. He plans to preach next Sunday and will travel to Pennsylvania for a Bible conference before August vacation with duties to resume September first. His family will move to Washington this week.
Washington holds a weekly salvage drive with Veterans of Foreign Wars leading pickup Friday afternoon. Residents should have waste paper bundles ready on steps by one o clock and place in town bins or with VFW Auxiliary helpers distributing binder twine this week. Everett Burham and Dale Atkinson oversee the VFW pickup.
Allied destroyers under Admiral Halsey struck toward Tokyo bay and the Bonin Islands in a security blackout. A Japanese battleship Nargate suffered heavy damage, and a Yokosuka base strike targeted Honshu with fire bombs as U.S. planes pressed the offensive.
Joe Link a longtime Washington resident and prominent cattle feeder died suddenly last night or early this morning at his home 1205 South Iowa avenue He would have turned 74 next week Links life included service on the Washington National Bank board later the National Bank of Washington He worked as a buyer for Kolrs packing in Davenport and previously ran a meat business with A B Carr and George Barrett Surviving are two daughters Nellie and Ejla Link a son A J Link a sister and a brother and one grandchild Funeral plans await word from a son in Indianapolis Ind He was born July 31 1871 in New Vienna Iowa and was a member of St James Catholic Church
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