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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1941
Page
1
Des Moines detectives search crews for the young mother described as well dressed who abandoned a two week old boy on a lawn. The infant was found crying beside a trellis between the house and a side street after the mother, about 18 to 20, sought to leave the child at the Des Moines Children's Home but was refused due to lack of references.
Iowa legislators on three special between sessions committees will not be paid immediately for services or expenses. Atty. Gen. John Rankin advised withholding bills for the 1943 January session, citing a constitutional provision that bars legislators from increasing their own wages during their term.
Lawrence Goodey twenty age oldest of Iowa City youths arrested for counterfeiting nickels to use in slot machines was fined fifty dollars and costs by Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey. Other youths face juvenile court. Clifford Leroy Graham Nevada farm youth given six months and probation after pleading guilty to pasting hand drawn twenty dollar symbols on a five dollar bill. Gordon Chambers thirty three formerly of New York an attorney fined five hundred dollars for impersonating a federal officer in a bid to defraud Ryan of Council Bluffs by offering a spy job.
State Senator Dewey E. Goode and brothers seek permanent injunction against revocation of their cream buying license contending the cream grading law is unconstitutional. Court in Davis county continued to a later date as the state asked for time to study a proposed amendment. Judge Edward Simmons presides in Centerville.
Webster County Sheriff Joe L. McMahon is investigating the shooting of Frank Blaha a 60 year old farmer near Fort Dodge in Mercy hospital critical condition. Deputies found Blaha with two bullet wounds to the head and a pistol with two bullets fired in the house. Blaha and his family gave no information about how he was wounded.
Washington city officials weigh a large scale street surfacing project for the coming warmer months. If enough residents show interest, the council may draft a plan covering four miles of streets with rock and asphalt or other cheaper surfaces, balancing material and labor costs, legal steps, and bid advertising to secure a good contract.
Iowa health officials foresee another surge of measles later in 1941 and possibly 1942 as Dr. Carl J. Jordan notes the disease spiked in April with 1,479 cases and a high annual total persists since 1937. He cites decade-long declines in measles fatalities despite widespread illness and warns of trouble in November and December.
Official circles report ongoing fighting between Iraq troops and British forces in Iraq all day. Iraq units opened fire on British forces at Habbaniyah airfield 65 miles west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River this morning.
British reports say forces moved into Iraq repelled an artillery strike on Habbaniya by pro Axis elements linked to Nazi agents. Berlin claimed Iraq troops secured Basra port while Tobruk held against German Italian attacks in North Africa.
In Chicago on May 2 194? changes in federal agricultural policy during the rearmament period were compiled into a formal program for presentation to an emergency meeting of 200 farm leaders.
Earl Cummings a state highway patrol member since 1937 will be the driving license examiner visiting Washington every Friday. He plans to start next week and will replace Ben Bentziger who left to join the U S civil service as an electrician. Don C Braden conducted today’s examinations in Washington.
In Oskaloosa on May 2 diversely placed Wellman high school earned a division one rating for the bassoon solo in class B-CD. Wellman also received a division two rating for the B-flat clarinet solo and a division one rating for the baritone euphonium solo in class B-C-D schools.
The U S Department of Justice anti trust division announced a farm to market probe into meat packing pricing and marketing practices to be heard before a federal grand jury next Tuesday 100 subpoenas were served to packing firm officials with records back to 1936 The aim is to ensure farmers and livestock raisers receive a fair share of the consumer dollar with processors and distributors taking about 60 percent.
Private advices report former King Carol of Romania boarded the liner Excamption at Lisbon bound for New York in transit to Chile. He will reside in Chile and proceed to South America, with New York as a transit point.
Reports from the Crawfordsville area and Coppock say a heavy rain drenched the southern county yesterday afternoon. The shower improves crop prospects there, while Washington community saw only clouds and warmth with no rain. A larger rain is needed to restore moisture.
Washington May 2. The War Department awarded Priester Construction Company of Davenport Iowa a contract for 196900 dollars.
Washington junior college students under Harry Bowles will survey elementary pupils with Dr Stroud of Iowa State University psychology. The aim is to link home background to school achievement through parental cooperation and interviews with families in grades one through six.
The United States circuit court of appeals affirmed the conviction of General Motors and three affiliated firms for antitrust law violations in a Chicago ruling dated May 2.
A 25 year sentence was imposed on Paul Hayward 41 for robbery with aggravation after he kidnapped and shot at a Des Moines taxi driver and beat a Jasper county farmswoman. He pleaded guilty before Judge Frank Bechly. Hayward, from Marcell Minnesota, admitted drinking heavily and came to Des Moines last Tuesday.
Iowa mortality fell in 1940 with 26,362 deaths down from 26,468 in 1939 as births climbed to 45,433 from 43,942. Degenerative diseases led by heart ailments rose, cancer deaths edged higher, while pneumonia and tuberculosis declined. Auto accidents, though, increased to 564 deaths.
President Roosevelt directed the Office of Production Management to run defense manufacturing on a seven day, 24 hour basis. He urged pooling and relocating tools and recanvassing skilled workers to support an all out mobilization. He warned the demand for munitions and ships requires rapid production.
Elmer Bush of the Bush farm north of Washington died at 12 23 today in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a stroke. He was born October 19 1879 and had long been a familiar figure in Washington Kalona and Richmond communities. Funeral services will be Sunday afternoon at 2130 at L A Jones funeral home followed by burial at Elm Grove cemetery.
Speaker Sam Rayburn said he will take up with President Roosevelt the plea from Ways and Means members to trim the 3.6 billion tax bill by at least 1 billion in nondefense spending. He noted no renovation was reached but would relay the committee’s views at the first favorable opportunity.
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