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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1948
Page
5
The Y and YWCA offer free learn-to-swim classes for boys and girls eight and older in Washington. Sessions run May 21 to June 5 with half hour lessons daily, mornings for boys and afternoons for girls. No membership needed, bring towel, suits/caps, and registration form.
The Board met with Supervisors Felton Morrow and Welte present. Bids for moving buildings at Soethout Farm Franklin Township awarded to H W Mineart as low bidder. A 50 foot I beam bridge bid was rejected. Thornton and Schmidt and Hanson bid. Adjourned subject to call of the Chairman.
Bowling season ends May 14 at city hall alleys with doubles handicap tourney pairings released. In earlier play Peters Hardware beat Carson Plumbing 2220 to 2090. Mills Auto fell to American Legion 23838 to 2202. Schedule lists teams for Tuesday to Monday matchups with twenty names.
Mt Pleasant and Washington urged a rule change at a spring Little Six meeting to allow dropping Ottumwa and Burlington from football schedules in 1950. The motion was tabled until fall. The gathering focused on Little Six track drawings and a sportsmanship campaign to improve crowd behavior. Washington won the season basketball sportsmanship trophy.
Washington High School finished seventh at the Little Six track meet in Ottumwa earning 16 points from four events. Keokuk and Mt Pleasant trailed, while Burlington won the team title with 112.17 points. Ray Carter took second in discus behind Vargus of Fairfield. Andy Hayter was fourth in the mile as James of Fort Madison won in 4 54.7.
Keokuk Iowa. May 14. An election contest over the March 29 mayor vote was adjourned until May 27 to allow the election court to consider a motion to dismiss. Former mayor John Bierman, defeated by 37 votes by Frank Willmering, had sought a recount.
Waterloo Iowa May 15 CIO United Packinghouse strikers at Bath Packing Co received letters suggesting possible return to work soon. The 4000 member Waterloo local will meet Sunday night or Monday to hear Chicago national strike committee outcomes. Rumors of Monday return fade as district leaders await final word. Des Moines official Stephens notes possible progress from bargaining. Willmering's attorney seeks dismissal amid voting irregularities claim of rails and bribes.
Gov Robert Blue calls fire prevention conference with five committees to draft measures consolidating clarifying and strengthening Iowa fire laws. Proposals include reporting all fires to local departments, shifting fire inspection powers, and penalties for hotel and apartment violations. Past proposals from 1947 seek township taxes for fire protection equipment and broader enforcement. Des Moines fire losses rise in early 1948 prompting action.
A state study panel led by J. J. T. Dykhouse of Rock Rapids considers a joint department with the highway commission to handle county level road issues. The Des Moines meeting is set for June 17 as sub committees draft legislation and review the primary road program cost totaling 482,282,105 dollars. Charles K. Martin urges teachers to back school friends in the June GOP primary while ads by Gov. Blue and Rep. Beardsley appear in a district publication reaching 22,000 members.
Leslie W. Thompson of Bloomfield pleaded to stealing 92,148 from an interstate railway express shipment in Des Moines. Federal agents arrested him in Ottumwa after he allegedly admitted the theft and recovered all but 709 dollars buried in a coal mine.
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