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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1941
Page
2
Dr. W. R. Sawhill of Seattle, a former Washington minister, left today for Des Moines to visit a brother then travel to the Sawhill home near Winterset for Memorial Day and the following Sabbath. He will proceed to South Dakota to visit a sister before returning to Seattle.
Marjorie Walker home for summer from Kirksville plans work at P and H drugstore soda fountain. Carl R. Meek leaves Iowa City for Detroit after visiting his father M R Meek. Dr and Mrs Fred Moore of Cincinnati announce son Fred II born yesterday in Cincinnati hospital. Dr E E Stutsman and Fred L Moore return from Cincinnati. Mrs Moore to stay two or three weeks. Jane Stack and Harry Montgomery Jr of Chicago to visit Memorial Day weekend with Montgomery family. William Thompson and Mrs George Reisier of Des Moines and Mrs Nellie Keister Boyd plan Memorial Day stay with Roy Stewart family and Dr and Mrs J A Marshall of Morrison Ill to spend weekend with H A Peendlessom relatives.
Major league standings show American League leaders were the Tigers with 21 wins and 16 losses and the Browns at 18 20 with a .474. National League leaders included St. Louis at .379 and Brooklyn at 6 0. Tuesday results featured Detroit over Cleveland 9-6 and New York over Washington 10-8 with other games noted.
University of Town students Richard H Johnson Audrey O son and Stanley MaccClean of Chicago stayed with Richard A Johnsons during a weekend visit. The American Legion post and auxiliary held a social at K C hall with thirty attendees. Mr and Mrs Tave McGaffey led the event with card games and visits. Mrs W S Eldridge visits Downers Grove before traveling to Charleston S Car to see Wayne Simmerman Jr a Cadet at The Citadel. Albert R Spangler Jr in Marine Corps Base San Diego writes of a knee injury recovery and asks for letters.
Tillman B. Asking, a farmer near Goldfield, is in serious condition at Mercy Hospital with burns from a house fire. He spilled kerosene on his clothing while carrying a blazing stove from the building. He is the father of ten children.
Dusting work uses a painter’s brush to remove dust from rattam furniture. The method suggests gentle sweeping motions to avoid scratches and preserve finish while cleaning.
Nate Crawford of Ainsworth was discharged this morning along with Mrs William Chmelor of Washington and her daughter Elsie Ann. Kathleen Godfrey of 1051 West Madison also left the hospital today.
The Washington County Farm Bureau will sponsor a 10 acre corn yield contest in cooperation with the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association. Entries are due by June 25 with a 50 cent fee and must meet minimum standards including 5 entrants, 10 acre rectangular plots, 15 percent moisture yield calculations, and 36 inch row spacing. Awards include a Master Corn Growers Medal and county prizes from local sponsors.
Three workers using a tractor drawn one row planter covered three acres and set out 7500 tomato plants in one day near Columbus Junction. The device marks rows feeds water per plant and helps two boys place each plant as wheels firm soil around stems.
Memorial day services require members of the Legion firing squad to assemble at City Hall in the Legion rooms at nine o clock Friday morning to prepare for their part in the program.
Iowa crop bulletin reports early planted corn up to a good stand while much later planted corn remains ungerminated in dry soil or has emerged unevenly. The weather bureau notes moisture conditions affecting germination across the state.
Winfield and Kalona residents greeted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Carlson and Mrs. Schultz, while Judy Jackson visits grandparents. Red Cross sewing room seeks safety pins and supplies as clubs and students contribute garments. G B K Frey to oversee May 31 visit. Miss Randle and others connected to educators and welfare offices.
Red Oak eighth grader Scott Cram placed seventh in the national spelling bee, earning $509. His final misspelling came on the word absorbent, where he ended the last syllable with an a.
Dorothy Dix, created by Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, launched as a syndicated column on April 6, 1896 in the New Orleans Times Picayune, becoming a long running feature.
Dean Harland Mead announces a summer pilot training program at the junior college and Washington airport. The class requires two years of college, age 19 to 26 on July 1, with 12 prospects, ten instructors and two alternates, no women in the class. Inspectors Thurnell Traumbar and Kress tested six students. about 20 prospects exist. program could start June 15 then finish by September 1.
Columbus Junction public notice reports the first band concert of the season set for Wednesday evening May 28 on Main Street. Columbus High School band, under Washington directions, will perform each Wednesday thereafter. Also announced is the tenth annual Columbus Junction Volunteer Fire Company ball at Hiland Palace on May 29.
A science note explains that the planet’s equatorial bulge comes from spin. Without rotation the Earth would assume a more perfect sphere as centrifugal forces vanish.
Memorial Day activities outline a parade with veterans groups, Scouts, Campfire Girls, and school children. Roger Sherman guides guests to appropriate cars for Elm Grove cemetery, with Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and Auxiliary assembling at specified locations. The parade moves at 7 PM and volunteers arrange transport for the Municipal band.
In the modern army, Scott Field in St. Louis has replaced the traditional bugler with a public address system and wax records. Reveille at 6 25 a m and taps at 11 p m are now issued via phonograph records played over loudspeakers across the field, controlled by a corporal.
C Gordon Lewis founder of the Lewis School for Stammerers in Los Angeles notes most stammerers show problems before age five. He estimates over 80 percent are male and says mental factors, illness, fright, heredity, mimicry, self consciousness and association are main causes.
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