29 May 1940
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1940
Page
1
In Muscatine the roadhouses run by William Figg Ed Dietrich and Charles Thayer were shut down by Sweetland township boards of trustees for operating without licenses after recent complaints.
Mr and Mrs W E Bean receive a letter from their son Robert 22 who was in Oslo at the time of the German invasion. The note says he left Norway May 9 and has been in Italy since then and will sail from Naples June 1.
More than 1,000 Iowa high school students will compete at the University of Iowa in the Brain Derby scholarship contest set for June 4 and 5. Top entrants from across the state test mental prowess in a two day event.
Ames Iowa State College will host a one day short course for hail adjusters on Friday May 81. The program responds to requests from hail insurance companies. Jess Alton Des Moines senior administrative officer of the Federal Crop Insurance Corp will explain the government crop insurance program.
A Black Hawk county coroner's jury found that Mrs H B McMullan of Waterloo was driving at excessive speed in a reckless manner and that her car had faulty brakes in the April 5 crash near Waterloo. Walter R McClain of Harland Kansas died from injuries, as did McMullan's husband, 21.
The army seeks a 0.5 billion dollar air expansion and a War department request for more funds to mobilize forces. President Roosevelt is expected to ask Congress for major defense spending soon. Henry Ford claims the River Rouge plant can produce 1000 airplanes daily and is ready to commit plant resources to national defense without new buildings.
Attorney General Robert H. Jackson urged Congress to enact national defense firearms registration to curb subversive groups. He spoke as Congress weighs measures to strengthen government control over aliens while the Civil Service Commission bars communists and German American band members from future federal employment.
The eighth grade citizenship awards by the American Legion were presented in a junior high assembly at 1 PM. Shirley Dunlap and Everette Prebyl were chosen by students and faculty for qualities of scholarship leadership character and service. Boice Kurtz, commander of the
Two men die as trucks collide with a Burlington freight train at a highway 92 crossing in fog near Princeton Iowa. The eastbound poultry truck driver from Douds and the Selma resident perish. a Fort Des Moines driver suffers minor injuries. In Minnesota, a Great Northern collision at Cass Lake kills a locomotive engineer and a transient after dense fog derails a moving eastbound train into a stopped westbound unit.
Washington poppy day sales totaled 191 41 with Ans worth 14 42 for the local auxiliary unit. Marjorie Bower led with 11 58 in sales, followed by Mary Voorhees 10 31 Eleanor Swift 9 43 and Mary Lou Barth 7 50 among others aiding the drive.
John Wingler 70 a former Richmond Kalona resident died suddenly at his Spooner Wisconsin home Monday evening. Funeral services and burial will be held there Thursday Will Senting a son in law and Martin Kern attend from his community. He is survived by his wife Martha eight children and one step daughter.
William Elliott, 65, of Grinnell, died and five others were treated for injuries after an automobile collision near Grinnell. Leon Hearty American Legion post spoke, introduced Fred Downing district commander who presented medals, Ralph Schilling presided, and students saluted the flag at the close.
Mayo Tolman director of vital statistics for the state health department spoke in Washington on birth and death registration. He announced Washington will cut local registrars from multiple to one per county starting July. Miss Edna Purvis will oversee the entire county with registrar duties shifted to morticians in towns and doctors mailing records directly.
Harold William Cole of Brighton was to be taken to Oskaloosa for arraignment before Judge J. G. Patterson on operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He was expected to plead guilty. The car owned by Homer Brinton Jr. was wrecked southwest of town two weeks earlier while driven from West Chester by Ruth Reighard, 16, who faced a separate charge of driving without a license before Justice Rn. W. Fillmore of Brighton.
Secretary Leigh Soule announces the Y building will open at two o clock tomorrow Memorial day with access for visitors and members.
Memorial Day events in Washington honor soldiers buried in Woodlawn and Elm Grove cemeteries. The 10 o clock parade forms downtown in two sections led by school and municipal bands, with hundreds of students and veterans, including Troop F 11th Cavalry. L. F. Sigatoose expected to attend part of the morning program and review the parade from Central Park.
Cars near the square should be moved by nine Thursday morning to not block the Memorial Day parade route. Owners are urged to park elsewhere than around the square and on West Main and West Washington streets within nine blocks to keep the preserved area clear until the parade passes.
Dr C A Boice presents a statement to Washington County citizens about adding to the county hospital. He notes the building is taxed by rising admissions and many patients come from across the county, with 50 percent from outside the territory. In 1934 there were 622 adult admissions, in 1939 there were
Three Mediapolis residents suffered minor injuries when their car rear ended a Hollis Whiting truck from Crawfordsville on Highway 218 north of Haskins near the William MacGinnis farm. The Whiting vehicle, driven by 21 year old Robert Whiting, was struck after passing corn cribs and another car approached. Mrs Klindt, her two passengers and Mrs Caldwell sustained minor injuries. the car damage topped about 10 dollars in value.
President Roosevelt reappointed Edward Ficher of Iowa to the Securities and Exchange Commission for five years and Albert Black of Iowa to lead the Storm Credit Administration for six years, announcing the moves in Washington on May 29.
Laborator y tests rose from 2112 to 7196 while surgical cases grew to 662 and medical cases to 285. X ray visits reached 753 as the county hospital seeks to add space to keep mothers and babies separated and improve service. Trustees urge voters to support the enlargement and convince others to vote likewise.
Paris dispatch reports French and British naval forces massing on the Flanders coast to cover the retreat of allied armies. British commander Gort assures King George the army is striving to uphold its tradition as German quarters claim a near-stalemate and imminent collapse. Hull says talks on resettling European refugees in the United States are under way.
United Press reports German air and ground forces slash at remnants of the Allied army of the North as Flanders battles end in a purported German victory. Ostend Bruges Dixmude Lille Ypres Hemmingal cited as captured towns with Dunkirk under threat as Allied resistance is described as stiff but diminishing.
Reports from Rome on May 29 claim a new ravenous grasshopper variety is being tested. It allegedly could be released over the British Isles to starve the population, though details remain unclear.
The Journal will be issued at noon Thursday in observance of Memorial Day. This follows the long standing custom on May 30 observed in earlier years.
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