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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1944
Page
1
The War Department announced 498 officers and men were lost in a Mediterranean troop ship sinking hit by enemy action. Next of kin have been notified, marking the second heaviest U.S. loss in a troop ship disaster.
OPA announces retail pork prices stay steady despite a cut in heavy hog weight limits. Hogs over 210 pounds will be taxed heavier, with live weight reductions from 75 to 210 pounds. The ceiling for hogs over 240 pounds drops to 14.00 per hundredweight, while pork prices remain unaffected.
Allied air strikes across the Pacific target Japan’s bases from the Carolines to New Guinea. American bombers and naval vessels pounded Wakde and Biak areas, sank enemy ships east of Wewak, and raided Truk and Ponape with hundreds of tons of bombs.
A massive May Day offensive by up to 1,000 American, British, and allied bombardment aircraft launches from dawn, targeting military installations in northern France. The raid, part of a third week of continuous action, prompted coastal towns in England to watch for armadas and invasion signals.
A naval training plane crashed near Agency late Saturday, killing Aviation Cadet Robert C. Saverkrubbe 19 of Fort Calhoun Nebraska and seriously injuring Franklin H. Chidester 18 seaman second class of Canton Ohio. The plane piloted by Saverkrubbe was on a routine training flight from the naval air station.
Theodore Nicolls aged 33 died late Saturday after his head and chest were crushed when the jack slipped while he worked under his car at his home in Sioux City. Neighbors pried the car up with a plank to assist. Nicolls had just been discharged after two years in the army.
Iowa State College authorities say the revised Pamphlet No 5 in the farm and food policy series is being printed after a year of nationwide debate over butter and oleo margarine. Contents will remain secret for a few days before official release to the public.
Relatives sought Seaman Lucien Thomas stationed in New York after a fire damaged his Estherville home Saturday afternoon. Mrs Thomas was visiting him in New York. Four Thomas children away at the time. Fire department faced delays due to location outside the city fire protection area.
Mr and Mrs Charles Sehucke living near Wellman received a war department message Sunday that their son Private First Class Aarold D Sehucks was reported missing in action as of April 20 in the African theater. It is presumed he was aboard a troop ship whose sinking was reported today. he had been en route overseas since late March and had not reached his destination. He served on a ground crew in the air service.
Trinity Church in Washington votes to call Rev EE Wendland of Immanuel Lutheran to lead the congregation. Wendland is considering the call as Immanuel members must approve a merger with Trinity formed from two closely aligned Lutheran bodies. If approved, the merged church would sit on East Second Street with the parsonage at Trinity. Nearby, Mr Stuempfig departs for a Detroit suburb pastorate this month. The Immanuel church has used a shared parsonage on E Washington Street. Also noted are 27 certificated airlines in Mexico and 3000 tons of waterproof paper used by the Army in 1943.
Iowa trout season begins at 5 p.m. with flycasters chasing fish across streams. Fishing hours extend before sunrise and all day until Sept. 20, with 89 000 legal size trout stocked in state waters including Grannis Creek, Cedar Creek, Pleasant Creek, and Spring Branch of the Wapsipinicon.
Japanese troops launched a fresh major assault in eastern Anhwei toward the Peiping Hankow railroad on May 1 with spearheads several thousand strong advancing from the Huai river valley near the Honan border. The drive supports other columns moving west and south along the northern Jienan railway line.
Chicago May 1 The Federal Reserve reports that deposits surged due to large purchases of government securities boosting 1943 earnings of Seventh District banks to a peak not seen since 1930. Total earnings reached 252.97 million with 71.10 million net, a 19 percent rise.
Gov. Hickenlooper will be the guest of honor at an outdoor review and graduation exercises at the naval training school for yeomen in the women's reserve at Cedar Falls.
It is the seventh anniversary of W M Tweeten in Washington dairying and he has merged the Charles George dairy with the Washington Dairy. The combined operation will run from the East Washington Street store doubling the business and include the George pasteurizing plant at the downtown location. George, who had wholesale and home delivery, sold his dairy as he prepared for pre induction examinations and entry into the navy. Tweeten, formerly of Independence Iowa, modernized the Washington Dairy and added a soda fountain and ice cream store.
Affidavits from heads of major war agencies were filed in federal court to support Montgomery Ward & Co being essential to the war effort. Judge William H. Holly heard arguments on the injunction restraining government seizure of Ward's Chicago plant. Marvin Jones of the War Food Administration and William I. Davis of the War Labor Board cited risks of interrupting Ward’s farm supplies and potential labor disputes spreading to other war plants.
A car driven by Dale Palmer, 18, carrying six youths, collided with a Rock Island transport truck driven by Clay ton A Young of Ottumwa on highway 92 near Washington. Palmer pleaded guilty to operating without a license, fined five dollars plus costs. Nellie Horak, 17, injured with a shoulder bruise. x rays showed no broken bones. Damage estimated at 75 dollars to the car. the truck sustained heavier damage.
Moscow May 1. Premier Stalin urged combined Soviet, American and British action to finish Germany from its base and on its own soil. He said victory must come through joint blows from east and west and warned against any allied divergence on a western front. A new Soviet air strike on a central front hinted at a possible breakthrough near the Baltic approaches.
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