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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1943
Page
1
Washington county mobilizes 1500 volunteers in trucks and cars for a one day scrap material drive. County officials praise cooperation and note value of the collected salvage amid war effort.
The Washington area gathered 49,990 pounds of scrap including rags rubber and tin in a coordinated salvage effort led by Mrs Reid. Communitys Wellman Kalona and others contributed large cans while truckers garages and acetylene crews ferried prepared junk to loading sites.
Helen Harvey, piano instructor, presents fourteen pupils in a recital tomorrow at 4:30 PM in the United Presbyterian church lecture rooms. The program, part of National Music Week sponsored by the Fortnightly club music department, lists duets, solos, and varied pieces by Thompson, Williams, and others.
Captain Robert H. Shannon of Washington aged in the war air corps was aboard the army bomber carrying Lt General Frank M. Andrews when it crashed in Iceland Monday. The report notes Shannon’s aviation career from training in California to wings earned in 1942, combat service in Europe and Africa, awards, and a recent promotion to captain. He leaves his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shannon, a brother William J. Shannon, and a sister Mrs.
A historic un announced blackout was observed Tuesday night across six counties in the Davenport district Clin ton Cedar Dubuque Jackson Muscatine and Scott. Rodney Q Selby Des Moines secretary of the Iowa industrial and defense commission announced the action on Wednesday. L B Hoopes Muscatine county defense head said Muscatine saw near total failure in residents turning off lights and warned prosecutions for non cooperators. Fireworks aerial bombs used as a signal for the blackout reportedly worked in Davenport.
Fredrik Butcher of War Hemp Industries says hemp will be a lasting postwar crop with Iowa as the main producer. He notes Iowa has the most suitable acreage and Iowa State College has a $70 000 federal grant for hemp research. He is in Mason City to select managers for 11 planned hemp plants in the state.
Des Moines Chief A. Knee of the Iowa highway patrol said many Iowa motorists have defective lights. Patrolmen found 52 of 203 cars with faulty lights in a check at the junction of Highways 65 and 92 in Indianola.
Rain in the area reached 0.45 inches last night as part of a sustained late spring precipitation. Despite the rainfall, unseasonal winds dried the soil, reducing the visible impact of the wet spell.
Des Moines reports Governor Bourke Hickenlooper vetoed his first bill, the last on his desk from the 1943 legislature. The measure would have required the state comptroller to supply a state employee safety schedule for the January 1 preceding each session. He said the information is already provided from three general sources.
Sporadic gun battles between Jews and a German SS execution squad have raged day and night since April 20 in the Warsaw ghetto where thousands of Jews are segregated behind stone walls and barbed wire according to Polish sources.
The board of supervisors rejected all bids to furnish coal to the county for the coming year after confusion over bid opening. Bids must be in by 1 30 p m on May 15 for coal supplies to the courthouse jail county home county yard and the poor in Washington city.
An American Liberator bomber carrying Gen. Frank M. Andrews and 13 others crashed in Ireland amid bad weather near Grindavik Iceland. The plane went down after Andrews reportedly refused to turn back, likely at the controls, with one enlisted man surviving and the tail gunner also alive. The RAF assisted in locating wreckage.
Robert Harwood Shannon, son of Ralph E. and Fannie Shannon, was born in Washington on February 12 1916. He passed his 27th birthday in Africa while serving as a pilot of an American bomber. He attended local schools and graduated from Washington High School in 1934. He studied at Washington Junior College and the State University of Iowa for two years. He was engaged in the war effort for three years.
The Iceland plane crash killed Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews and Brig. Gen. Charles H. Barth among 14. The list includes officers from general to captain, one civilian Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, with Staff Sgt. George A. Eisel as the lone survivor. Identified crew include Captains Shannon and Gott, and Sgts. Wier Jeffers and McQueen. Details of the crash remain undisclosed.
Allied forces push toward Bizerte in a full scale assault aiming to expel the Axis garrison from the major Tunisian naval base. American infantry seize high ground west of the base while armor advances from the southwest toward Ferryville.
Virginia West of Adel and Mrs J A Harwood of Washington mourn the death of Bob Shannon a well known local youth. He studied at the state university where he belonged to Sigma Nu and led Hig club in high school. He was active in the Methodist church and Y s Men's club. His name will bear the first gold Star on the Y s Men service flag.
Funeral services are planned for Thomas W. Brown who died yesterday shortly before noon. The service will be 9 30 Friday morning at St James Church. A rosary will be held tonight at nine at L A Jones funeral home. Son Sergeant Arthur Brown was unable to attend from Florida.
Sheriff H M Putnam warns boys to stop taking rifles to Crooked creek area south of town on Sundays and hunting on farmers land without permission. Several complaints reached the sheriff after a farmer lost a horse last Sunday to a .22 caliber bullet. Hunting on others land without consent is a violation of state law with possible prosecution and fines or jail, plus liable for any livestock damage.
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