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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1940
Page
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Neal Binnall 23 Dow City died and Vic Feddersen 24 Charter Oak suffered two broken ankles after a motorcycle left Highway 5 near Denison. Feddersen hospitalized with injuries.
Washington’s Festiorn celebration push includes a tiny corn project. Joe Falk grows a foot‑high stalk in a Klein Klothing window while Frank B Miller pretends to advise. Secretary FE. Sehmitt started the effort by planting speckled corn in city soil.
Eighteen seniors will graduate from the Iowa School for Deaf at class exercises in Council Bluffs on Friday May 11, announced Sept L Berg.
Col Norman Ramesey of the Rock Island arsenal said no persons were under surveillance there and dismissed reports that the FBI had arrested a spy taking photos from a plane and sending them to Germany.
The Cedar Falls city council voted to close the local power plant bathing center following a state health board warning that the municipal pool water was unsatisfactory for swimming and that city officials bore responsibility for its condition.
Marie Hultman, 48, wife of Adolph Hultman, was found dead near Munterville after an all night search. She lay under the car she drove to the Hultman gardens and likely sustained neck and internal injuries. Coroner Gordon Traul indicated the wheel of the car probably passed over her neck.
Spencer and Clay county officials and business men, dressed in bright red felt hats and carrying canes, travel on a Milwaukee train to Sioux Falls as guests of the chamber of commerce. They carry handbills advertising the Clay County Fair September 9 to 14 in Spencer, the American Legion convention at Lake Okoboji August 25 to 28, and the ninth district husking contest at Hartley this fall.
The Iowa Board of Education motions to dissolve a writ of certiorari obtained by Cedar Rapids Community School District last December 8. The panel includes C. Fred Porter State Comptroller UW Akers State Auditor W G Shagley State Treasurer. They fault the district for expanding its general fund budget to 900 575 and tax levy. After a hearing October 4 the board trimmed the request by 28 555 believing the reduction could be covered by existing accumulated surplus Cedar Rapids district contends such surplus does not exist.
West Liberty holds a funeral service at the Methodist church for Mrs. Sarah F. Thorp 100, Civil War veteran widow who died at her home after a stroke. She celebrated her 100th birthday on March 9 with an open house. Born in Indiana, she traveled across the country in a covered wagon at age 13.
National Red Cross arm requests Washington county to raise 720 dollars toward a 210 million war relief fund for civilians in Holland Belgium and Luxembourg invaded by Germany. Norman H. Davis urges rapid mobilization as a local headquarters will be set up within days to collect contributions by mail or in person.
Fourteen hundred seed corn packages, filled by Camp Fire Girls, will be distributed to 1400 Washington homes Saturday by Boy Scouts led by Donald Orr from Brown & Orr station. The plan starts early morning with some crews joining in the afternoon, each package including planting suggestions to encourage original displays to attract attention.
Jurors hear final arguments in the damage suit Greiner versus Hicka before Judge J. G. Patterson. Attorneys Bailey and others argued legal points barred from the jury as the trial nears its end after nearly a week of testimony.
Chicago May 15 A late wave of selling pushes wheat prices lower ending a trading session marked by a broad downturn in grain futures with traders noting renewed demand concerns and supply pressures.
Howard Nichols of Moberly Missouri, 28, tied to thefts in several Iowa towns, was bound over on an embezzlement by bailee charge in Keokuk county after arranging a car swap and fleeing with two used cars. Authorities tracked him via state police radio and sheriff warnings, with arrests in Oskaloosa and commitments to Sigourney for trial.
OTTUMWA District Judge H C Taylor sustained a defense motion for a directed verdict in the 25000 dollar damage suit of Valeria Hitchcock of Kansas City against Iowa Southern Utilities Co. The case stemmed from a train auto crash south of Abbia in August 1937 in which Ralph Hitchcock, the plaintiff's husband, was killed. Counsel for Mrs Hitchcock was allowed until June 1 to file a motion for a new trial. C G Sehmoeller went to Lee Summit Missouri for two days on business.
The market shows renewed liquidation with corn down about three cents a bushel and oats rye and beans also finishing lower. Trade gains a ten cent move cap but ends with a weaker overall tone.
A U S Army inspector from Atlanta was to investigate a fire that destroyed the Alabama National Guard arsenal in Kilby prison. Estimated loss was about one million dollars, including tents blankets machine guns cats S85 rifles and 16.4 pounds of wire. Adjutant General Ben Smith withheld comment on sabotage rumors.
The Ontario Supreme Court outlawed the Communist Party of Canada and sentenced three men to prison terms of two and a half to three years for distributing anti war pamphlets. They were fined one to two thousand dollars each. Justice Edgar Chevrier outlawed the party in all provinces.
Washington May 15 The House Appropriations Committee reported a 1 111 754 916 relief bill for 1941 including 975 650 000 for the Works Progress Administration WPA The bill authorizes WPA to spend this money July 1 for eight months The total relief fund is 543 075 084 less than the current year and WPA appropriation is 501 350 000 less than last Congress The committee expects WPA monthly spending to resemble this year and notes work for about 1 950 000 jobless in eight months versus 2 000 000 this year
The article describes a sudden cold snap after a warm spell with Monday’s high near 92 and a low around 67. Over 24 hours the temperature ranged from 71 to 37 degrees, with steady drop and a trace of rain overnight. Today remains cooler but fair, with warmer and brighter conditions expected tomorrow.
Albert Huff Camp No 26 announces a meeting at the North Side cafe private dining room at 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday May 21. All comrades in the vicinity are urged to attend for lunch and an interesting program led by Commander Hugh Homecleery.
Rev. W. Klein spoke to the Yu Men's club on Washington's Festicorn set for early October. He described it as a dual corn show with competitive contests and special displays. The organizing committee has rented twelve acres for colored corn used decoratively during the event.
Music contest report from Kansas City credits Al Bridger son of Mr and Mrs F Bridger of Richland with first place in the clarinet solo at the regional high school event. About 7,000 contestants competed in this division. Bridger studies under Carl Lundquist of Fairfield, a former Sousa band member, and is a high school senior with six years of clarinet study.
Lucian T Wilcox a Cedar Rapids businessman faced a United States Board of Tax Appeals hearing over an alleged $5000 1932 tax deficiency and a $29000 fraud penalty. He reportedly told officials he would rather go to jail than keep income tax records after filing a blank 1933 return with a ten dollar check.
Washington High School principal George H. Fields releases the tentative 1940 graduation roster. The class of 118 students will receive diplomas at the May 29 commencement. The list includes Frances Adams, Marjorie Ahrens, Elsie Amlong, Ruth Anderson, Richard Baker, and many others.
Mrs. John D. Jones of Crawfordsville and Raymond Whistler of Washington R R 3 tied for first in the Journal's April Information Please contest. Four others tied for third. the top duo submitted perfect lists on the anniversary questionnaire. Checks are being mailed today to the prize winners.
Mrs. Russell Roberts found two dead hens in nests and a live raccoon in the third. The raccoon had been released by the game reserve board, making the scene part of a documented release incident.
Rudy Schmidt of 1621 East Main street is at Washington county hospital with facial and eye burns after ammonia splashed during transfer from a drum to a smaller receptacle. Doctors report potential seriousness but hope for recovery as treatment continues.
The Board of Education in Council Bluffs reconsidered the dismissal of Willibald Nowak, band instructor at Abraham Lincoln High School, as 150 parents and pupils protested. Nowak was among four instructors not renewed. the board sent his case to the teachers committee and action was expected this week.
Sheriff H M Putnam seeks information on a 1929 Chevrolet with Iowa plate 70 1764 stolen in Muscatine and possibly abandoned in or near Washington. The suspect also used a similar scheme in Washington and Sigourney and was arrested in Oskaloosa today. Notify the sheriff if seen.
Berlin asserted German forces breached the Maginot line at Sedan and claimed Dutch capitulation was signed, creating bases for a potential attack on Britain. News agency said Maginot penetration shows German striking power cannot be resisted and that Dutch bases favor an assault on the British Isles.
May 15 reports say German forces bombarded Louvain as the battle for Brussels began. Belgian and British mechanized columns retreated toward the Yser river amid fierce fighting as German armies pushed west across Belgium.
French troops pour into the Meuse sector to dislodge a German foothold near Sedan as battle rages along a 200 mile front from Antwerp to the Luxembourg corner. Allied air units engage German armor and pontoon crossings while divisions rush to cut German advances and restore French fortifications.
Hugo Gublitz of St. Ansgar Iowa drowned when the boat he rode in capsized on Clear Lake on opening day of fishing season. His companion Dr A K Allen a St Ansgar dentist was rescued.
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