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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1942
Page
8
Judge Frank Bechly sat in Washington yesterday for a day session of the county district court and granted a decree of divorce in the case of Lucy Knauss against Floyd.
The decree was filed with the clerk of court. Judge Bechly plans to return to Washington for more court work on July 14.
The county tire rationing board reports favorable action on multiple requests last week. Names include Wolrab Verlie Farmer. Gamon William. Nash Co John. Miller John E. Patterson Robt. Humble Produce. Kalona Oil Co. Washington County. Shantz D C. Maas Milton. Jenkins Chas. Graber P P. Zieglowsky Charles. Hays Cloyce. Railway Express Co. Cochran V W. Mast G W. Bishop Meredith. Requests cover tires tubes and retreads for farm, trucking, express delivery, coal and ice, produce, fuel oil, and mail delivery.
Mr and Mrs Harold Speidel celebrate their wedding anniversary today after marrying in 1934. Mr and Mrs Homer Martin of Crawfordsville mark their tenth anniversary this year. Manton Hebner also celebrates a birthday today.
Fifty varieties and 100 model airplanes completed by W F Bickel and 15 students are sent to the U S Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and a naval reserve base in Illinois. Certificates issued for various plane completions. many youngsters receive lieutenant and cadet designations.
George L. McDaniel reports by telegram that he caught a thirty three pound muskalonge on a northern Wisconsin lake. He and T. L. Brookhart had traveled for a week of fishing near Winchester Wisconsin. His wife says the fish is being mounted for display for future generations including his new grandson George L. McDaniel II.
Oliver Todd shares that he is now a grandfather after Floyd’s son and daughter in law welcomed a baby girl named Susan Marie. He describes the joy of the newborn, weighed six and a half pounds, and notes family travels to visit. Ed and Hiram Johnson discuss local cinema and wartime updates, while tributes to Frances Micher appear. The page recalls wartime sentiment, Sevastopol, and oil fields in the Cauca sus region. Velda Brown Thom and Charley Brown visit for Fathers Day, as Hazel Porter stops by from Center Iowa. Harlan Miller prepares to pause his “Over the Coffee” column for a World War I veteran’s service timing.
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