Local Residents Entertained and Commerce Notes Across Town
Local items report Mr and Mrs Loyal Febinger visiting Denver relatives at the Palmer home. Montgomery Ward advertises dresses and juniors cottons with prices and store location. Otto Bell moves to the County Home cottage to serve as house man. Ice cream social at St James School lawn on Wednesday June 25 at 5 pm. Charles Carlson of Winfield shops in town. Tom West and Mrs. Glen Wicmer with children visit from Wayland while Judy Putnam returns from Ohio. Janet and Linda Jones visit grandparents Fred Jones in Cedar Rapids. Repair dept at Witting's Harness Shop to close after June 28. Clara Faulkner to Syracuse for vacation time with Cleon Noffsinger family. Charlotte Whitlow visits near Riverside. Harve Wilson buys Ben Miller house on North Iowa Ave. Sheriff H M Putnam attends peace officer short course in Iowa City through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Raymond
Crawfordsville
John McNeil
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Lillian Holmes
Laramie
Denver
Alice
Albererque
N. M
Howard Anderson
John Foster
Iowa City
Guy Shaner
Los Angeles
Calif
William Heyes
George Shaner
Winfield
Everett Mitchell
Larry
Judy
Waterloo
John Mitchell
Leah Anderson
Boston
Mass
Miss Anderson
T. J. Riordan
Cambridge
State University of Iowa
Manchester
Iowa
Washington Evening Journal Publication Details
The Washington Evening Journal publishes in the afternoon except Sunday with R E Shannon as managing editor and W J Shannon as advertising manager. It is a second class matter under the 1879 act and is part of the Inland Daily Press Association and Iowa press associations. Subscription rates are listed for local carriers and out of town zones with all payments in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Evening Journal
Washington - News
Elder, Shannon & Co
R. E. Shannon
Dave R. Elder
Bruce C. Cowden
W. J. Shannon
Max Marble
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press
Audit Bureau of
Washington Junior Team Falls to Kalona in Loosely Played Game
Washington's junior Legion squad lost 17 to 6 to Kalona in a game marked by ragged play and poor fields. Pitcher Billy Putman debuted with 12 strikeouts while Jack Hamm caught in place of Thornton. The team travels to Wayland tomorrow at 1 PM for the tournament during the homecoming celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Legion
Kalona
Billy Putman
Jack Hamm
Thornton
Wayland
Aternoon
Wayne Chamberlin
American Pearl Beats Cargills In Close Softball Contest
The American Pearl softball team won another game yesterday evening defeating Cargills by a score of 9 to 1. Art Edmondson and Dale Hyde were the Pearl battery with Charles Durst and Dick Dawson handling pitching for Cargills and Soda Scowash catching. The Pearls collected 19 hits to Cargills eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cargills
Art Edmondson
Dale Hyde
Pearl Battery
Charles Durst
Dick Dawson
American Pearls
Gunfire During Kidnap Attempt Targets Palestine UN Liaison
In Jerusalem three Jews tried to abduct Allen Major, Palestine government's UN liaison officer, escaping after gunfire as a military patrol arrived. Major, wounded and hospitalized, was not with the UN committee at the time. The incident followed a late meeting between Emil Sandstroem and Menahem Bergin in Tel Aviv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palestine
United Nations Palestine Investigating Committee
Allen Major
Palestine Chief Secretary
Major
Emil Sandstroem
Menahem Bergin
Zvai Leumi
Tel Aviv
Funeral Services for Ralph E Flynn Planned
Funeral services for Ralph E Flynn will be held Friday at two o’clock at L A Jones funeral home with Dr Fred B Miller in charge and burial at Elm Grove cemetery. The son and daughter from Seattle are expected here Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Flynn
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Fred B. Miller
Elm Grove Cemetery
Seattle
Lottie
Sampson
St. James Catholic Church
East Seventh Street
Classified Ad Reveals Admissions and Dismissals
Part of the sessions notes admissions and dismissals from a hospital. Admitted yesterday were Frank Wood of Ainsworth for medical reasons and Marion Everett Dillon of Keota for an appendectomy. Dismissed were Clarence Work of Ainsworth Karen Baker of Richland Mrs Derald Edwards and son Michael Dean of Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wood
Ainsworth
Marion Everett Dillon
Keota
Clarence Work
Karen Baker
Richland
Derald Edwards
Michael Dean
Brighton
Dr Albert Shaw Dies Noted Writer at 89 in Hastings on Hudson
Dr Albert Shaw, renowned editor and political writer, died at his Hastings on Hudson home. He led the American Review of Reviews from 1891 to 1987, edited the Minneapolis Tribune 1883 to 1890, and later the Digest after a merger. Born 1857 in Shandon Ohio, he earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins in 1884 and won the John Marshall prize in 1895 for municipal government studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings-On-Hudson
N. Y
Albert Shaw
Shaw
American Review of Reviews
Minneapolis Tribune
Digest
Review of Reviews
Literary Digest
Shandon
Iowa College
Grinnell
Johns Hopkins University
John Marshall
John Hopkins
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Levee Watch and Community News From Stringtown
Harry Suter and Crawfordsville men helped reinforce levees near Oakville to hold back flood water. A list of local weekend visits includes Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Widmer and Dianne at the Chris Roth home and Elmer Graber’s family at the John Zeiglowsky home near Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rich
Stringtown
Harry Suter
Crawfordsville
Oakville
Marvin Widmer
Dianne
Chris Roth
Elmer Graber
John Zeiglowsky
Havre
John Keith Rich
Raymond Rich
Roberta
Washington
Ethan Books
Rex Swan
Herbert
Bill Deaton
Glen Yoder
Iowa City
Peter Widmer
Glen Klopfenstein
Effie Leiehty
Elmer Roth
Ezra Freyenberger
Arnold Rinner
Marvin Rinner
Noah Widmer
Norma
J. J. Richs
War Assets sale offers 250,000 surplus cotton bags
Minneapolis June 25 The War Assets Administration offered for sale 250000 surplus eight inch bleached cotton bags mainly for holding small parts. Uncle Sam ended the bag duty today as part of postwar disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Sam
War Assets Administration
Buddhist Funeral Service for Iowan Walter F Wier
Buddhist funeral services will be held today for Walter F Wier 23 Des Moines Iowa who died June 20 after a short illness. He was a former language officer with allied headquarters cultural resources section and attended Iowa State and Iowa universities. He came to Japan in October 1945 and returned to the United States early this year before going back in March. His mother Mrs Waldo Nibel consented that his personal effects be given to his Japanese friends who hope ashes remain in Japan and erect a monument here. About 100 Japanese attended the Christian services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Walter F. Wier
Des Moines
Iowa
Wier
Allied Headquarters
Iowa State
Japan
United States
Waldo Nibel
Hinckman Rd
Havre Social Notes From Mrs. Lewis Hering
Havre June 24 social column lists visits by Ernest and Eisele family and grand daughter. Sammie Wittmer staying with Martin family. multiple gatherings with Zieglowsky Westen and Kephart households. several calls and friendly visits noted across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hering
Havre
Ernest Eisele
Fred Hisele
Lee
Darlene Stover
Lloyd Stover
S. C. Wittmer
John Martin
Sammie Wittmer
Samuel Wittmer
Sammie
Martin
William Freyenburger
John Zieglowsky
Evert Westen
Albert Rinners
Emden, Jr
Martin Westen
Walter Westen
Harold Wilson
Albert Zieglowsky
Fred Kephart
Charlie McKay
Dave Richard
Roger
Grandma Frey
Charlie Wetzel
Chicago
Evert Westens
Marilyn
Ruth Ann
Elmer Graber
John
John Zieglowskys
Lisle Hering
Judith Ann
C. C. Swartzendruber
Larry
Mary Jo
Kermit Klopfenstein
Gerald
Erma
Karen
Bernard Kephart
Indianapolis businessman dies in Iowa crash near Red Oak
Roy Wilmut a 52 year old Indianapolis business man was killed when his car sideswiped a semi trailer and overturned several times south of Emerson Iowa. Bruce Hulbert also of Indianapolis was injured not seriously and the truck driver Robt A McGranahan of Omaha was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
Iowa
Roy Wilmut
Indianapolis
Ind
Emerson
Bruce Hulbert
A. McGranahan
Omaha
Wilmuth
Gasoline Explosion Critically Wounds Lee Weikman at Red Oak
In Red Oak Iowa on June 24 a gasoline service station blast left 37 year old Lee Weikman in critical condition. Officials cited vapors from a leaking underground tank ignited by a motor, damaging two cars and shattering shop windows. Passerby Ellen White was treated for cuts from flying glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
Owa
Lee Weikman
Air Congressor
Ellen White
Regional board orders election at Fairfield Metal in Iowa
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a bargaining agent election at Fairfield Metal Products Inc in Fairfield Iowa for June 26. Employees will decide if they want representation by the International Moulders and Foundry Workers Union AF of L.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Polishing Furniture Cleaning Steps and Techniques
The article explains that repeated oily polish dulls furniture and requires a thorough wash. Wash one section with lukewarm suds, wipe with a nearly dry lintless cloth, then dry. Polish only after the wood is completely clean and dry.
Easy Peeling Tip For Kids Lunch Boxes
Home economists suggest scoring an orange from stem to blossom in eight sections through skin only. Pull back the skin about half an inch, wrap the fruit in waxed paper, and serve with ice cream and strawberries.
Residents Warn of Speed Dangers in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on June 24 residents report near misses and property damage from speeding vehicles, urging strangers to slow down. The piece also notes ongoing sidewalk construction and local travel to the Four-H convention with Patricia Davis earning a blue ribbon at the state event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Davis
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Anes
Patricia
Town Purchases Parking Space in Columbus Junction
Town of Columbus Junction buys triangular land on Second Street West near the stock yards from the Iowa Highway Commission. The site will be rocked and used for parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Iowa Highway Commission
Second Street
Stock Yards
Funeral services for Zelda R Fread held at J A Jones
Funeral services for Zelda R Fread were held yesterday afternoon at the J A Jones funeral home with Rev Robert Stahmer of Ainsworth presiding. Pallbearers included Clyle Mason Francis Roth Manford Wilcox Farl Buck William Kolesick and William Smylie. Burial followed in the Ainsworth cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelda R. Fread
J. A. Jones
Robert Stahmer
Ainsworth
Clyle Mason
Francis Roth
Manford Wilcox
Farl Buck
William Kolesick
William Smylie
Ainsworth Cemetery
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Ruth Gibson
Ft Madison
Esther Wilkin
Storrs
Conn
T. R. Phillips
Tom Berdo
Just
Montgomery Ward
C. Vv. Grall
John W. Les
Brown's
Geraldine
Aeynth
Birman
Tan
Wiaian
Moore’s
Bootery
East Side Square
Loyal Febinger
Colo
Febinger
Wilma Palmer
Mr. Febinger
Bessie Palmer
Otto Bell
Mr. Bell
St. James School Lawn
Charles Carlson of
Bemberg
Eod
Tom West
Glen Wicmer
Janet and
Linda Jones
Cedar Rapids
Mrs
Fred Jones
Witting’s
Clara Faulkner
Syracuse
Mr. and MyYys
Cleon Noffsinger
Charlotte Whitlow
Riverside
Gingham
Harve Wilson
Montana
Ben Miller
Iowa Avenue
Wilson
Frank Wilson
Haskins
Navy
Alaska
Cloud Willits
H. M. Putnam
Iowa Sheriff's Association
Wai Elon Peeteeee
Iowan
George Dowell
Washington Camp
Ottumwa
Dowell
Carter
Johnson’s
Lady IN Waiting
Rothschild
Mr Eitner
Raymond
West Walnut Street
N. C. Anderson
Pleasant Grove
Salem
Churches of God
Ft. Scott
Kansas
William K. Moore
Billings
Mont
Joseph C. Schoch
Miss Fread
America
Burlington
Oo. F. Mangold
Nicola & Harmon
Libbey “Safedge
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