09 May 1941
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1941
Page
1
Ed Smith aged 56 was struck and killed while plowing on his farm 25 miles southwest of Dubuque as a thunderstorm moved through northern Iowa. He released his team and headed toward the barn carrying an iron pin when a dust cloud formed where he disappeared. The horses lay dead and Smith was hurled about 70 feet from the animals.
Washington business leaders heard Wells Lamont Smith Corp seek a southeastern Iowa style plant in town to produce gloves for 125 to 250 workers with a payroll of 55 000 to 200 000 annually. The company favors smaller cities to avoid labor strife and would build a brick or concrete facility once local cooperation provides space.
Complete authority to go ahead immediately with the reconstruction of the agricultural engineering building at Iowa State College, Ames, has been given by the state board of education. The legislative committee on retrenchment and reform appropriated 125,000 for restoration, and authorized the board and college to obtain plans and specifications for 105,000 and to contract for 20,000 of equipment.
In Muscatine the McKee Button Co. plant is closed after a strike called by the local Amalgamated Clothing Workers union. Union representative Ed Schultheis said workers seek a wage increase and a closed shop as negotiations on a new contract have been under way since last October, affecting about 200 employees.
Dr. John Owen Gross resigns as Simpson College president to head the department of institutions for the Methodist church board of education. Headquarters in Nashville, he will supervise all Methodist educational institutions except those in Negro schools. He joined Simpson in 1988 succeeding Dr. Earl Ek Harper at Iowa University.
Harry Frye 12, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Fye, was fatally struck by a car south of Fort Dodge while retrieving a cap blown off by the wind. Mrs John Higgins, driver, fined $25 for driving without a license and her husband fined $10 for permitting it.
Harold Salisbury 18 and Kenneth Johnson 20 of Sioux City are jailed locally awaiting word from federal authorities after being absent without leave from Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Detective Tom Brown arrested them last month for AWOL and they reported serving 18 days in the guardhouse and a 72 hour pass. They were to return to camp four days ago but returned to Sioux City.
Siiney Smith veteran of the Spanish American War, tapped to oversee Memorial Day events in Washington, calls a preliminary meeting for next Wednesday evening May 14. Legion rooms city hall invitees include all patriotic groups and youth leaders to appoint committees and map the program.
At a Washington Chamber of Commerce meeting Dr. C A Boice and Chair Floyd Lett argued health improves commerce. Boice noted epidemics disrupt business, cited hospital births, graduate nurse attendance, and shrinking maternal and infant death rates.
A committee has worked weeks on a factory proposition for Washing ton. President Rukgaber says a real effort will be made to attract the glove factory and that Washing ton has the best chance among towns. A meeting will be called soon to pursue the proposal more concretely and he expects strong community interest.
A collision occurred on No. 92 near Ainsworth involving Otto Frey of Noble driving and K V King ofGrinnell driving. Frey turning into a driveway and King attempting to pass the truck led to the front of Kings car striking the left rear of the truck box. radiator and fenders damaged. No injuries were reported.
Sioux City former detectives Perry L. Davis and Claude Bledsoe, sentenced to three years in Fort Madison, filed a motion to rehear the appeal denied by the Iowa Supreme Court. They were convicted last year of conspiring to shield gambling and prostitution rackets through a payoff and have remained free on bail.
The Air Ministry said 300 to 400 bombers attacked Germany's northern ports and shipyards, creating smoke plumes up to 10 000 feet above Hamburg and Bremen. About 900 to 1 000 tons of high explosives and tens of thousands of incendiaries were dropped on Nazi targets, including the Blohm Vosse yard at Hamburg and the Atlas and Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau yards at Bremen.
Twenty seven United States merchant ships will be sent into the Red Sea despite axis threats to sink them. The move accompanies a German protest over ship seizures and a cabinet address urging convoys. American flag ships with American crews will carry war materials to Britain within weeks.
Mrs. Leslie Dunlap lists Howell Neighborhood House youngsters seeking host families in Washington County for the summer. Names include Delores Schubert James Janda Janice Kubicek Robert Garsi Carol Battistoni Dorothy Sostarich Danny Klibecka Steve Stigle and Tony Kulis with his brother's prior visits noted. Local families are invited to host and contact 302 East Madison street phone 629-1 for arrangements.
Washington May 9 The Agriculture Department reported 1941 winter wheat production at 653 million bushels up from 589 million last year.
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