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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1944
Page
2
Local Navy Nurse Heads Back From Great Lakes Visit
Ensign Helen I Simmering a navy nurse at Great Lakes Ill left Sunday night for her hospital base after spending Saturday and Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Edg e Simmering. A new address for Pvt Donald M Beranek and for Pvt Santos J Hernandez is given with transfers from Bozeman Montana to Sioux Falls and from Fort Meade Maryland to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen I. Simmering
Great Lakes, Ll
Mrs
Edge. Simmering
Donald M
Beranek
T.S.S
Sioux Falls Army Airfield
Sioux Falls
Bozeman
Mont
Pvt. Santos J. Hernandez
Co. D
Fort George G. Meade
Major League Pitchers Set for Today’s Games
League games include Philadelphia versus New York with Schanz a 1-1 pitcher facing Voiselle a 3-0. Boston at Brooklyn with Andrews 1-1 meeting Wyatt 0-1. St Louis at Pittsburgh pitting Cooper 0-1 against Roe 1-1. Only games scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Schanz
New York
Voiselle
Boston
Andrews
Brooklyn
Wyatt
St. Louis
Cooper
Pittsburgh
Roe
Major League Baseball Day Recap Scores and Matchups
Washington defeated Boston 11 to 4 while Cleveland beat Chicago 9 to 3. New York visits Philadelphia as Johnson remains 0-1 and Newsom is 1-6 for Philadelphia. Washington meets Boston with Niggeling 0-0 and Woods 1-0 for Boston. Chicago eyes Cleveland with Dietrich 0-2 and Harder 1-0. Detroit travels to St. Louis with Trout 1-2 and Sandra 2-0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Johnson
Philadelphia
Newsom
Niggeling
Woods
Dietrich
Harder
Detroit
Trout
St. Louis
Sandra
Philadelphia Ey
Nondas Richardson House Empty. Booths Move In Downstairs
Dale and Virginia Booth occupy the downstairs apartment while Nondas Richardson is in Texas with a good job. Her belongings remain upstairs, and friends are relieved she is well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nondas Richardson
Dale
Virginia Booth
Nondas
Texas
Local residents relocate and join family
Mr and Mrs Tom Duncan move with son Larry to 9238 South Third Avenue from a west side apartment. Mrs Dale Gallagher and daughters Sanda and Nancy relocate from 923 South Third Avenue to Mrs Gallagher's mother Mrs Frank Maccon's home. Velma Henningsen departs Iowa City for Smith College Northampton Mass to join WAVES officers training. she has led Washington county department of social welfare since January 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Welfare Board
Payne Marshall
Velma Henningsen
Washington County
Tom Duncan
Larry
South Third Avenue
Dale Gallagher
Sanda
Nancy
Gallagher
Frank Maccon
Mr. Gallagher
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Des Moines
Iowa City
Northhampton
Mass
Smith College
Miss Henningsen
Washington woman joins Air WAC in support role
Martha Hines twenty of route three Washington Iowa has enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps and is assigned to supply and stock duty at an air force base. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hines and a Washington high school graduate who formerly worked at McLellan and Montgomery Ward stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Das Moines
Des Moines
Women’s Army Corps
Martha Hines
Route Three
Washington
Iowa
Miss Hines
Air Wac
Army Air Force
Joseph Hines
Washington High School
McLellan and
Montgomery Ward
Hospital Discharges and New Baby in Riverside Washington Area
Discharges include Roberta Wieland Riverside Mary Jane Crisman Brighton and Jessie Gentzler Columbus Junction. The Schantz family at 824 East Madison welcomed an eight pound two ounce daughter born at 2 39 this morning. Keith Karr Wellman and daughter Shirley Jean along with Mrs. William Merle Crawford and son John William Washington were discharged this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Wieland
Riverside
Mary Jane Crisman
Brighton
Jessie Gentzler
Columbus Junction
Dillon Schantz
East
Madison Street
Keith Karr
Shirley Jean, Wellman
William Merle Crawford
John William
Washington
Court weighs Ward seizure power in first Montgomery Ward case
In Chicago the government seeks an injunction to run the Montgomery Ward plant during wartime. Judge Holly will rule next Monday after hearings where Ward counsel challenged presidential authority to seize private property. Harold Smith argues the move violates the Magna Carta and Fourth and Fifth Amendments, while Francis Biddle defends President Roosevelt as commander in chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Harold Smith
Montgomery Ward
Francis Biddle
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Smith
Ward
Submarines Sink Japanese Destroyers and Vessels in Pacific
U S submarines scored further hits against Japanese shipping, sinking two destroyers, a light cruiser and nine combatant vessels. Total Japanese losses reach 695 hit by submarines, with 544 sunk, 36 probably sunk, and 115 damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
U.P
United States
U. S
Pacific
Far Eastern
Palau Island
Mrs. Blanche Stapp of Junction Dies at 73
Blanche Blair Stapp, 73, lifelong Columbus Junction resident, died at her daughter’s home near Columbus Junction after a period of illness. Surviving daughters Price Davis of Genoa Illinois, Frank Hauenstein, and Walter Kauffman, and six grandchildren. Son Chancey died in 1936. Funeral arrangements are pending word from a missionary grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Blanche Stapp
Walter Kauffman
Here
Stapp
J. C. Richie
Blanche Blair
James K
Mary Ogier Blair
Blair
Junction
George B. Stapp
Cotter
Price Davis
Geneseo, Ill
Frank Hauenstein
Chancey
Social Calendar Listing For Week In local groups
The community social calendar lists events from Tuesday through Friday including Pythian Sisters meetings at 8 p m and a special mother’s day gathering by D A R at 510 S Iowa Ave. The schedule notes O E S chapter meetings and a variety of clubs with activities from dessert luncheons to pinochle parties and church group gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weuesday
Pythian Sisters
K. P. Ball
D.A.R
R. S. Wartfel
Iowa Ave
C.C.C
West Cheaster
Merle Eckers
Lee Craig
Pleasant Hill Ladies Aid Society
Just Us Club
William Beggs
Dibeiaemie Masonic Temple
P.B.D
W. J. Masson
Friendly Circle Club
RAF Night Raid Strikes France Belgium In Wide Front
Allied aircraft swept across a 3850 mile front hitting Lyon Tours Toulouse Chambly Malines St Ghislain and Ludwigshafen as night operations continued. Ten planes were lost in the raids which aimed to cripple German air power and disrupt railway and supply lines ahead of the western front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A.F
France
Lyon
Tours
Toulouse
Chambly
Paris
Belgium
Malines
Brussels
St. Ghislain
Mons
Air Ministry
Allied Air Command
Two Little Girls Share Candles On Birthday Cakes
Today marks the second birthday for Janet Louise Varney and Bennie Lee Kelley, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Varney and Mr. and Mrs. Kelly. Richard Francis Ward also turns 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Louise Varney
William Varney
Bennie Lee Kelley
Leighton Kelly
Richard Francis Ward
Carl Ward
Drexel Hill Woman Receives Birthday Congratulatory Wishes
Frances Keesey of Drexel Hill and Peana, granddaughter of Mrs. C. W. Stewart, along with Mary Welch a kinder garten instructor in the Stewart and Lincoln schools, Mrs. James Schmoeller of Burlington, Alice McDaniel, and Mrs. O. M. Himmelreich, accept birthday greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Keesey
Drexel Hill
Peana
C. W. Stewart
Mary Welch
Stewart and Lincoln
James Schmoeller
Burlington
Alice McDaniel
O. M. Himmelreich
Birthday twins mark Duncan and Lambert milestone
Shirly May Duncan turns 17 as Arlene Lambert also reaches her 18th birthday, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Duncan and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirly May Duncan
Gerald Duncan
Arlene Lambert
Clyde Lambert
Birthday List Features Local Residents
Othhrs observing birthdays today include Walter L. Rukgaber and J. E. Long of Brighton alongside Shirley Mae Lemley of Wellston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othhrs
Walter L. Rukgaber
J. E. Long
Brighton
Shirley Mae Lemley
Wellston
Conclude Club Year At Hamburger Fry In MecCleery Yard
A spring evening farewell for the Music department club year held in R. H. Mc Cleery yard with 21 members and hosting by Mrs. McCleery. An outdoor business meeting led by Carolyn Hamilton planned National Music Week observances and thanks were extended to Mrs. McCleery. New member Mrs. Oakley Payne performed two Godard piano solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MecCleery Yard
R. H. McCleery Yard
Co-Operative
R. H. MccCleery
Richard A. Johnson
Edna Klein
McCleery
Carolyn Hamilton
Sergeant McCreedy Missing in Action
Mrs. J. R. McCreedy of this community received a letter from her son Ralph McCreedy of West Point Iowa stating the war department has reported Staff Sergeant Robert D. McCreedy missing in action since April 2 over Yugoslavia. The message from the acting adjutant general expresses the secretary of war's regret and promises further notice if details arrive.
Family Birthday Dinner Hosted by Statlers
Mrs. Minnie Statler and daughter Mrs. M K Rapp hosted a family dinner Sunday for four birthdays this week. Honored guests included Merle Statler and his children Dale and Mrs Lloyd Polson along with Mrs Roy Sowash who has a May 6 birthday. Also attending were Mrs Merle Statler, Roy Sowash, Mrs Minnie Corpman and Chris Dittmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Statler
M. K. Rapp
Junior Fortnightly Tea Hono rs Mothers at YMC A
Members of the Junior Fortnightly Club honored their mothers with a tea in the YMCA Community room lounge. Nine members and their mothers attended a program led by newly elected president Marjorie Thompson after Jean Walker left for the WAVES. A high school junior sextet sang two numbers with a Miller solo, and Esther Hayes read a clipping. A picnic is planned for June with prospective members as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Marjorie Thompson
Jean Walker
Wave S&s
Sara Lu Miller
Henrietta Stewart
Frances Whisler
Shirley Brown
Gwendolyn Ramseyer
Marcella Boileau
Miss
Mrs Clow Reviews Markham Book At Fortnightly Club
Mrs R E Brown hosted the May meeting of the Literature 4G department of the Fortnightly club. Sixteen members attended the concluding meeting of the year as officers were elected with A W Clow as leader and E K E Stutsman as assistant leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Clow
E. KE. Stutsman
J. &. Kunath
Clow
Markham
England
America
Africa
County Line Club Holds May Meeting and Adds Members
The County Line club met with ten members and guest Mrs. Floyd Edmondson. They voted to donate $2 to the Red Cross and to hold meetings year round. Mrs. Raymond Sayre spoke, Farm Bureau notes were shared, and Marjorie Wagonknecht gave the third Farm Bureau lesson. One new member joined. The next meeting is set with Carrie Zager on May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Line Club
Anna Wagenknecht
Floyd Edmondson
Red Cross
Carrie Zager
Farm Bureau Women
Muscatine County
Raymond Sayre
Indianola
Farm Bureau
Marjorie Wagonknecht
Marjorie
Marie Wagonknecht
Lila Holden Elected Worthy Advisor in Rainbow Girls
Lila Holden was elected Worthy Advisor of the Order of Rainbow Girls at the regular Masonic temple meeting last evening attended by about forty members. Lois Mace presided. officers include Shirley Dunlap, Bette Snakenberg, Shirley Brown, Frances Whisler, with Holden to appoint others ahead of installation in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Holden
Order of Rainbow
Order of Rainbow Girls
Lois Mace
John Harp
Shirley
D U V Delegates To State Meeting
Twenty members of the Coar ters of Union Veterans met at Legion hall with president Mrs Eva Blake in charge. They voted to send funds to the department for love gifts to soldiers and discussed the department president’s Gift Plans for Memorial day. Delegates to the department convention in Fort Dodge next month were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coarters of Union Veterans
Legion Hall
Eva Blake
Department
Pearl Whistler
PR. S. Warfel
Mary Shields
Vernon Crull
L. L. Lemley
Marie Ross
Mae Stokes
Frank Gobble
Fort Dodge
Besseraham
Whistler
Shekes
Lloyd Swift
Shields
Crull
Presbyterian Morning Prayer Meeting Notice
The Presbyterian Morning Prayer meeting will convene at 9 30 Wednesday morning at the church. 6612
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Knights of Columbus Regular Meeting Set for Thursday
The Knights of Columbus announce a regular meeting at 8 30 Thursday evening at K C Bei. 67tS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Knights of Columbus
K. Cc. Bei
Tenderizing Meat Text Lacks Clear Report
Cooking guidance notes that less tender cuts should be cooked with water and can be tenderized by pounding or using acidic ingredients like tomato juice or vinegar.
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Leland White
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Duane Dana
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ottum
Elizabeth Bell
James Cunningham
A. C. Rugg
Wellman
John Flanders
Keota
T. H. Hudson
Crawfordsville
Vera Yeager
A. C. Peterson
Robert E. Arthur
Joe Picken
Neal
Loriene Spanier
Picken
Augustana Hospital
School of Nursing
Joy Ellen Picken
Ella Warren
Chi- Caezo
Shirley Peterson
Torrance
Canif
Roberta Wheelan
California
Pvt
Everette
Eng
Bn. Co. Co
Fort Leonard Wood
Rodney Davis
Little’s Furniture
U.S
PAT
Cincinnati
Rocking Chair Brigade
Stephen Washington
Action Despotic
Wm. H. Holly
Join Stewart
William Keggs
O.E.S
Braden Club
Myral Smith
Snowball
Don Cave
Harmony Club
T. M. Harvey
Elizabeth Dawson
Up and I Club
Elizabeth Schulty
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
St. Paul's Women's Guild
Rebekah Lodge
C.F. Hall
Masonic Temple
Presbiyerian Ladies Aid Society
Emma CC. Anderson
Fred Mauthe
T. L. Brookhart
J. KE. Kunath
Woman's Missionary Society
U.P. Church
Germany
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
City Council
Regu
Sergeant McCreedy
R. E. Brown
D.U.V
Rothschild’'S
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