Man Electrocuted Inspecting Transformer in Washington
Paul James Deimerly a 40 year old employee of Iowa Southern Utilities was electrocuted around 8 25 this morning at the sewage disposal pumping station west of Sunset park. He died after contact with a live 2300 volt wire while inspecting a transformer to change system from tower to three phase. Dempsey and Sharpe tried to help with artificial respiration. an inhalator and ambulance aided but he died after an hour and a half. Deimerly, born February 10 1909 near Keota, had worked for the utilities since 1946 and leaves a wife Vera Harvey and his mother Mary Deimerly plus two sisters and a brother. Funeral plans tentative for 2 30 Wednesday at Jones funeral home pending word from relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul James Deimerly
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Sunset Park
Lewis Dempsey
Wendell Sharpe
Washington
Deimerly
Mr. Dempsey
Mr. Sharpe
L. A. Jones
Utilities Company
Frank B. Miller
Jones Funeral
Keota
John C
Mary (Neuhart) Deimerly
Armed Services
Vera Harvey
Mary Deimerly
Harold Harrison
Hanover
Ill
O. D. Palmer
Harold Deimerly
Rockford, Ill
Izaak Walton Group To Meet At VFW Hall Tonight
Izaak Walton League set for eight o'clock meeting at the VFW hall. W R Kime of Richland organized the program featuring movies from a recent northwest trip. Paul R Horak reports on the annual Sport Show and Walton Life School plans for June 3 4 and 5. Other items include a proposed carp fishing contest and a Hayes timber tract project update by A E Baldrige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Isaak Walton League
VFW
W. R Kime
Richland
Paul R. Horak
Walton League
Wild Life School
Winton
A. E. Baldrige
Hayes
Washington Softball League Delays Games on Wet Diamond
Washington softball league officials say Greenfield remains too wet for tonight's games. If the field dries sufficiently, Tuesday games will proceed as scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Softball League
Greenfield
Des Moines Weather Forecast Mixed Clouds and Chance Frost
Mostly cloudy and cooler this afternoon with showers in extreme southeast. Tonight partly cloudy and cooler with a chance of local frost in the extreme north. Tomorrow partly cloudy and cool with highs of 55 to 64 and lows near 35 to 45. Winds northerly 15 to 20 mph this afternoon diminishing tonight and becoming light and variable tonight and Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Agnes McCleary 1864 1946 Crawfordsville native dies
Agnes McCleary aged 82 and a Crawfordsville native dies of apoplexy at Mercy hospital Iowa City after a long illness. She lived in Keota with daughter Mrs. J B Randolph. Survived by two daughters Mina Randolph and Florence Kongable, a son Bruce McCleary, 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Burial in Crawfordsville cemetery after services in Washington and at Federated Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes McCleary
Crawfordsville
Keota
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Town City Hospital
Sherman
Washington
Federated Presbyterian Church
McCleary
Agnes Bentley
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Solomon and
Eleanor
Thompson) Bentley
John S. McCleary
J. B. Randolph
United Presbyterian Church
Mina Randolph
Florence Kongable
Winfield
Bruce McCleary
Des Moines
State Theater draws largest Sunday crowd to date
Reported today the State theater hosted the biggest Sunday crowd in its history as the film Ma and Pa Kettle drew large audiences. The picture plays tonight and Tuesday at the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theater
Ma and Pa Kettle
New Principal Robert Everetts Named Washington High Leader
Washington Independent school district directors appoint 39 year old Robert Everetts as high school and junior college principal for 1949 1950, replacing Roy Minnis who moves to the State University of Iowa. Everetts is a Western Illinois graduate with a Master’s from Wyoming, taught nine years, previously Danville Iowa high school principal, married with one child 24% years old, and holds roles in Kappa Delta Phi and local education organizations.
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Robert Everetts
Washington Independent School District Board of Directors
Roy B. Minnis
State University of Iowa
Mr. Everetts
Western Illinois State Teachers College
Macomb
Ill
University of Colorado
University of Wyoming
Washington
Danville
Iowa
Kappa Delta Phi
County Council of Education
Schoolmasters’ Club
Hatchery earns top awards at Ames turkey poult show
Don Stutsman of the Corn Belt Hatchery in Washington announced that the local hatchery won the grand sweepstakes and took first and second places in the turkey poult section at Ames during the Midwest egg chick and poult show last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Stutsman
Corn Belt Hatchery
Washington
Ames
Defense rests in Rutledge hotel room murder trial
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge faced a 100 hour direct and cross examination as the defense concluded its case in the Cedar Rapids murder trial of Hartman. Rutledge denied stabbing Hartman in a Cedar Rapids hotel room on December 14 claiming extortion over Hartman’s alleged seduction of his wife. Sydney Rutledge testified Hartman forced himself on her in St Louis July 31 after drinking with her husband gone. The defense shown Hartman estate details and Rutledge noted bloodstains in the room with blood from his nose during the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge
Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Hartman
St. Louis
Hattman
Last Runs Announced for Washington Des Moines Trains
At Rock Island station this morning it was announced that passenger trains Nos 474 and 475 between Washington and Des Moines are making their last runs today. The original May 7 removal date was changed and service will end now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Washington
Des Moines
Jury verdict in Swift vs Ainsworth Bank overturned
A Journal report says the trial ended with a jury verdict for the defendants in the case of Thomas Swift versus the Ainsworth State Bank and R. M. Whitehead. The plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was denied in district court Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Swift
Ainsworth State Bank
R. M. Whitehead
Mrs. Dayton 78 Dies in Hospital in Washington County
Nancy Louella Dayton wife of C O Dayton died at 4 15 Sunday at Washington county hospital after hip fracture on December 18 1947. Funeral Tuesday at L A Jones funeral home with Dr Fred B Miller. burial in Keota cemetery. She was born June 1849 near West Chester and taught rural schools. Survived by husband two sons Raymond of Des Moines and Kenneth of Lemont Calif and sister Mrs Co Davis. Also notes steel and non ferrous metal price context.
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Nancy Louella Dayton
C. O. Dayton
Washington County Hospital
West Seventh Street
Mrs. Dayton
West Chester
Craig and
Lydia
Blaise) Davis
Washington Academy
Keota
Washington
Series of Tornadoes Leave 43 Dead In Midwest States
A wave of tornadoes across Missouri Illinois Indiana and Iowa caused at least 43 deaths nearly 400 injuries and extensive property damage. Cape Girardeau suffered the worst with many homes wrecked and hundreds homeless as two tornadoes struck in sequence. Shelburne Indiana and other towns reported multiple fatalities and injuries with wide devastation across 17 communities.
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Shelburn
Indiana
Midwest
Cape Girardeau
Wood River
C. EB. Fry
Terre Haute
United Press
Acros
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Abilene
Tex
West
Southwest
Mississippi River
Walter Fora
National Guard
Ford
Ind
Ill
Palestine
Tous Deal
Bessville
Clarksville
Cyrene
Keosauqua
Who Is She Big Ridiculous Day Observance
Washington hosts a Thursday May 26 Ridiculous Day with local merchants and contests sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The Talking Woman mystery offers prizes of 25, 15, and 10 dollars. A jingle hints at identity with clues about a wonderland realm, beauty in speech, Highland Fling ancestry, possible royalty, and a legendary blue favorite color. Entry blanks appear in today’s Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Brighton Woman Taken By Death
Mrs. Clara Mc Clintie aged 75 died at 7:20 AM at the Logan rest home in Washington after years of ill health. She was born in Brighton on April 27, 1874 and lived there all her life. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at Omer Hoskins funeral home in Brighton with Rev. BE. B. Voss officiating. Burial will be at Hillcrest cemetery. Surviving are three daughters Mrs. Earl Neal of Brighton Mrs. Joe Supalla of Pleasant Plain Mrs. Max Benda of East Pleasant Plain two sons John and Max at home eight grandchildren one sister Mrs. Gene Kisor of Galesburg Ill and two brothers Fred and Philip Wanerus of Brighton and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer Hoskins
Brighton
BE. B. Voss
Hillcrest Cemetery
John
Magdalena Woit" Wanerus
Robert McClintic
McClintic
Earl Neal
Joe Supalla
Pleasant Plain
Max Benda
East Pleasant Plain
Max
Nationalist forces reopen Lunghwa airport near Shanghai
Nationalist reports say Lunghwa airport reopened after Communist shelling halted. Ten planes took off with more planned as nationalist ships patrol the Whangpoo to block Shanghai exits. Communists reportedly suffer heavy casualties while being held five to eight miles from city limits.
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Shanghai
Lunghwa Airport
Lunghwa
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Peace Pact Study Sought by Russkan Envoy at Big Four Meet
At the Big Four session in Paris, Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky proposed studying a Japanese peace treaty. John Foster Dulles relayed the idea, while Bevin and Bevin’s aides handled questions. The ministers planned to reconvene tomorrow for further talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
Germany
Japan
Andrei Vishinsky
John Foster Dulles
Republican Party
Dean Acheson
Vishinsky
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Acheson
Robert Schuman
France
Funeral services for Lou Bauer in West Chester church
Funeral services for Lou Bauer were held Sunday afternoon at 2 50 in the West Chester Methodist church with Rev. R Vernon Pike in charge. Music was provided by Mrs. Keith Stewart and Mrs. Edgar Stewart. Pallbearers were Milton Ross Row, Lloyd, Walter, Ralph and Pavil Bauer. Burial took place at Elm Grove cemetery, Jones funeral home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Bauer
West Chester Methodist Church
R Vernon Pike
Keith Stewart
Edgar Stewart
Milton Ross Row
Lloyd, Walter, Ralph
Pavil Bauer
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Ten Die In Weekend Iowa Mishaps Across Rail Crossings and Fires
Weekend accidents across Iowa killed ten people including the Holstad family of Northwood four and a Liedal girl. A Rock Island train struck the Holstads at a crossing near Northwood. Mrs Barker died after walking into a Danville train. Johnson drowned near Clarion while fishing. Claussen died from smoke in Davenport fire. Hemminger girl hit by taxi in Des Moines. Coroners to set inquest dates. view was reportedly clear at crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unite! Press
Iowa
Marvin Holstad
Northwood
Fern Holstad
Marilyn Holstad
Monti Lou Holstad
Dona
Holstad
Hemminger
Richard Frank Sillet
Winterset
Des Moines
Chicago Transit Flow Attracts Thousands Daily
The Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry reports about 85,000 transients pass through Chicago every 24 hours on weekdays, highlighting the city as a major crossroads for travelers and commerce.
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Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
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Paul J. Deimerly
ISU
Izaak Walton Group
Stutsman
Dayton
Clara McClintie
Logan Rest Home
China
Forrestal
James V. Forrestal
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Russ
Ference
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