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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
2
Local notes tell of taxes due and travels this week
Community items report March 31 as last day to pay first tax installment without penalty. Dr Charles C Brown prepares to depart for Lincoln Nebraska due to his father’s illness. Mrs Brown aided in Lincoln prior. The office will close March 30 until further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion George
Charles C. Brown
Lincoln
Nebr
Chas. C. Brown
Hospital Discharges and Newborns Reported
Mrs. Joe Augustine Rubio was discharged yesterday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Charles Keller route one welcomed a son at 4 28 weighing six pounds eight and a half ounces. A son was born this morning to Mr and Mrs Frank Kos 72 South Marion Avenue at 2 01 weighing seven pounds nine and a half ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Keller
Route One
Frank Kos
South Marion Avenue
Kalona Sharon and Washington Win First Round Tourney Games
Kalona, Sharon and Washington won first round games in the amateur independent basketball tournament at the Y. Kalona beat Cotter 52 47, Sharon defeated Grandview 53 41, and Washington beat Wapello 45 43. Second round opponents set for Crawfordsville Conesville Sharon Washington Morn ing Sun Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun
Winfield
Crawfordsville
Conesville
Kalona
Sharon
Washington
Ainsworth
West Chester
Letts
Cotter
Grandview
Wapello
Louisa County
Gingerich
Epperly
Grandview Grandview
Johnson County
Grady
G.ngerich
Jirsa
E - Lahey
Shalla
Duncan
Lereevenstein
S Mines CE
Teters
Roberts
Collins
Teck
Stineman
Williams
Bridges
Kunnison
McBride
Wietiandle
Nelson
Mhitehead
L ‘Crull
Bob Marshall
McCormic
Dick Marshall
Alirens
McClure
Boileau
Ae Hardsock
Crilfen
Jerrick
Lj Pogermiller
Knapp
Krhiner
Em Wee
Slevens
Bielefeldt
McCarmick
Harp
Community Notes From Dayton Grove District
Lloyd Phillips Herman Schultz Wm Carr and Ernest Crawford helped Charlies Thrapp cut wood. Mrs Irena Oldfield visited Mrs J B Moore. Mrs Fred Ladehoff and her mother Mrs Ernest Horton of Onslo visited in Denver and western Nebraska. Mrs Ladehoff returned home. News of the death of Mrs Walter Stewart in New Buffalo Michigan brings condolences to the Schultz family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Lloyd Phillips
Herman Schultz
Wm. Carr
Ernest Crawford
Charlies Thrapp
Irena Oldfield
J. B. Moore
Fred Ladehoff
Ernest Horton
Onslo
Denver
Colo
Nebraska
Ladehoff
Walter Stewart
New Buffalo
Mig
All State Team To Be Announced In Papers Friday
Des Moines reports the 1944 all state high school basketball team will be named Friday in The Journal and 31 Iowa Daily Press Association papers. Three forwards, three guards, and two centers will make up the first team with pictures and sketches. Second and third teams receive pictures and sketches on subsequent days. The team comes from ballots by over 1,600 coaches and officials to a committee of eight sports writers and editors across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IDPA
lIn
The
Journal
Iowa Daily Press Association
Caster Stein
Sioux City Journal and Journal- Tribune
Chalmers Green
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Walter van Zyle
Muscatine Journal
Max Gordon
Cherokee Times
Roger Rosenblum
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Fred Hawks
Council Bluffs
al Ney
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
Emmett Mowery
Ottumwa Courier
Family ties anchor long-settled neighborhood sorrow
The narrative recalls Mrs. Stewarts relatives as early settlers. Two great uncles arrived in 1837 while the great grandfather and his wife plus others came in 1840 and stayed years. In 1849 five male relatives and the grandfather went to California. Legend says the grandfather was last seen with a bucket of gold nuggets before his disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
California
Romanian Premier Antonescu in secret conference over war crisis
Ion Antonescu and war minister meet with King Mihai as German aims press southeast Europe. Plans reportedly include withdrawing Romanian forces from Russia behind the Prut and renouncing Bessarabia while Hungary under a unified German command advances. Bela Imredi resists leading a Berlin coalition in Budapest as Kallay is arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Hungary
Bela Imredi
Adolf Hitler
Bulgaria
Europe
Antonescu
Mihai
Russia
Prut River
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Imredi
Berlin
Nicholas Kallay
Budapest
International
Sugar for Canning: Applications Now Open Across Communities
Local war price and rationing boards announced that applications for home canning sugar may be filed in person or by mail at any time during the canning season. Coupon 40 of Ration Book 4 covers five pounds of sugar until February 28, with a possible 20 extra pounds per book as the board’s discretion. The goal is to conserve sugar amid nationwide shortages while supporting home canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Community Happenings in Merrimac This Week
Merrimac notes from March 28 report Mr and Mrs John Baldosier assisted Carl Amrine the butcher on Tuesday. Mrs Alvin Beale announces baby chicks arrival and received 500 Thursday. The Shuppy and Crile families with daughters attended a dinner at the Lester Kientz residence in honor of Cp!
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Amrine
Merrimac
John Baldosier
Alvin Beale
Ross Shuppy
Thelma
Delmar Crile
Sharon
Elizabeth
Lester Kientz
War Update From Northwest Germany Front
A daylight assault on Germany occurred in the Muenster Bielefeld Osnabrueck region in northwest Germany. The attack marked the 15th such strike this month, despite German air force defeats to Allied fleets. Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair warned in Parliament that Nazi fighter strength remains formidable and many hard battles lie ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgian Forest
Muenster- Bielefeld-Osnabrueck
Germany
Archibald Sinclair
Pushing Nazis Toward Odessa Motto Prompts Edict
Moscow based Izvestia warns Bulgaria and Romania to choose quickly between breaking with Nazi Germany and joining the Allies or becoming a battlefield and sharing Germanys fate. It cites Hungary as a warning and notes Bulgaria is the only satellite not yet at war with Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Izvestia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Germany
Hungary
Finland
Russia
Local Residents Share Sunday Visits Across Families
Mr and Mrs Junior Kienty of Kinsman Mrs Dave Baldosier visited with Mrs Mary Amrine and Mrs Cor Amrine Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Max Baldosier and daughter Joyce and Mrs John Baldosier spent Sunday afternoon at Kenneth Criles. Harole Amrine called on Earl Smith and Frank Smith Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Baldosier
Mary Amrine
Cor! Amrine
Max Baldosier
Joyce
John Baldosier
Kenneth Criles
Harole Amrine
Earl Smith
Frank Smith Sunda
Allied Troops Withdraw From Cassino Mountain Slopes
Allied forces retreat from the mountain west of Cassino as heavy artillery barrages pound the town’s eastern approaches. German flares and machine gun fire bedevil the area while marooned troops slip downslope unseen, within yards of the enemy amid shell bursts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassino
Pork Products Lead U S Lend Lease Purchases In Iowa
Des Moines Iowa March 29 War Food Administration reports January purchases in Iowa show pork leading food commodities with 31 596 309 pounds. Other items include beef 433 000 pounds lard 21 412 060 pounds dried skim milk 6 000 pounds evaporated milk 13 500 cases and dried whole eggs 1 466 180 cartons. Much of the buys will be shipped to aid Russia and the British Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
War Food Administration
Towa
George B. Sieehe
Iowa
Office of Distribution, War Food Administration
WFA
Russia
British Empire
Sheehe
Wrights Report Successive Flights Near Dayton in 1904
In 1904 the Wright brothers conducted numerous flights near Dayton. They improved aircraft design and engine performance and refined take-off, landing, banking, turning and gliding techniques reaching top speeds around 50 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrights
Dayton
Wilted Spinach Recipe Instructions
Wilted spinach is an old fashioned favorite with families. Follow the method used for wilted lettuce or dandelion greens. Use mild vinegar and add minced onion, parsley or chives for extra flavor if you wish. Cover and cook until the vegetable is wilted, avoiding overcooking.
Social Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Events
The Valley Ladies Aid hosts an all day Red Cross sewing session led by Mrs. Mary Frederick. Thursday features a family night supper at 7:00 p.m. at the Methodist church and Fleur de Lis Club luncheon at 1 p.m. Co hosts include Mrs. Rex Crandall and Mrs. Homer Birney. YWCA book review at 7:45 p.m. in the Pearl and YW rooms with East entrance. Mrs. George Morrison reviews Fairchild’s Garden Islands of the Far East. Surgical dressings class all day in Red Cross rooms with sack lunches provided. Friday includes Paul’s Woman’s Guild meeting at church with bake sale money. Emma C Anderson mission study at 2:30 p.m. Neighborhood Coffee Club meet at 2 p.m. hosted by Mrs. Orville Unzicker. Saturday features WER C Grand Army day dinner at noon in Legion hall with meat, potatoes, rolls, coffee and dessert. bring Gish to Jass, table service, and cushion covers for hospital gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everette I. Stewart
Rex Crandall
Homer Birney
Y.w.c.a.’S
Y.W
George Morrison
Fairchild’s
Garden Islands
Far East
Red Cross
Paul's Woman's Guild
Klmma C. Anderson
Hebner
Orville Unzicker
W.er.c
Grand Army Day
Legion Hall
Jass
Rosemary club hosts bridge evening at R. Moore home
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Moore entertained Rosemary club members and their husbands last night. Bridge was played at three tables with high scores awarded to Mr. and Mrs. George Horn. Keith Horn attended as a guest of Jack and Jerry Moore and refreshments followed the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed Moore
Rosemary Club
Ay Kridge
George Horn
Keith Horn
Jack and
Jerry Moore
Grandchildren Honored at Dinner Hosted in City
Mr. and Mrs. John Wheelan hosted a dinner honoring their grandchildren Roberta and Lee Blaine of Kansas City who are visiting for a few weeks. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Mack of Reynolds, Clarence Wheelan of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Theresa Vastine and grandchildren Mickey and Fatty Vastine of Davenport, Mrs. Charles Ragan, Evelyn McCutchen, Mrs. C. C. Wilson, and Catherine Swirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Blain
Kansas City
Blaine
Esther Wheelan
Roberta
Lee Blaine
John Wheelan
M. H. Mack
Reynolds
Clarence Wheelan
Cedar Rapids
Theresa Vastine
Mickey
Fatty Vastine
Davenport
Charles Ragan
Evelyn McCutchen
C. C. Wilson
Catherine Swirt
Do not lubricate your rope for safe operation
A rope should be lubricated by the manufacturer to ensure proper performance and service life. avoid added lubrication by users as it can alter rope integrity and safety.
Birthday notices across towns celebrate many
Larry Davis Woods turns four as the third birthday for Joyce Adell Steele, both children of local couples. A parade of birthdays includes Dean Cox in service, Delano Watson, Richard Fisher, Wilmer Sheets, Robbie Fisher, and Stan ley Miller. Mrs A Keith Droz and Mae McCulley mark birthdays, Harry Murphy’s day is noted with his wife’s upcoming honors, plus A L Duensing and Anna Tedford in Ainsworth. Edward Engle and his wife observe a Dublin area wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Davis Woods
Claude Woods
Joyce Adell Steele
Mia Steele
Dean Cox
Delano Watson
Richard Fisher
Haskins
Wilmer Sheets
Keota
Robbie Fisher
Stanley Miller
Hollywood
Calif
Dead plant remains in garden rotation guidance
Dead plant remains may be buried or plowed under in fall or spring depending on their value as organic matter or in holding snow and soil in the garden. To make rotation effective they are best turned under where grown.
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G. EK. Frey
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Cy Bush
Washington St
Joe Augustine
Rubio
Little’s Furniture
Wapello Boys
Harold Ahrens
Crull
Demons
Earl L. Richardson
Washington High
Bombardier
Fer
Vent
Magnesia
C. V. Gcrull
Merrimac News
Odessa
Junior Kienty of
Kinsman
Aunz
U. S
Life CO
West Side Square
Valley Ladies Aid Society
Mary Frederick
R. Moore
A. Keith Droz
Los Angeles
Mae McCulley
IoWa City
Harry Murphy
A. L. Duensing
Anna Tedford
Edward Engle
Dublin
Marvere
Neerest
Drett
Eg&s
Doz
People’s
Iowa Ave
America
New Hampshire
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