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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1939
Page
1
Mrs. wari Coulson aged 30 died in her husband’s arms after a choking spell in Blencoe Iowa. Funeral services are planned for Sunday at Blencoe. She leaves three sons as survivors.
Frederickson, 67, a farmer near Livermore, died at Lutheran Hospital from lockjaw contracted after stepping on a nail two weeks earlier. He was the father of 14 children.
Lee Boyd of Clear Lake, administrator of Fred C. Boyd's estate, sues H. A. O'Leary secretary of Indianhead Farms Corp for $6,000. Boyd died from injuries after being struck by O'Leary's car on June 8.
DES MOINES Floyd Melntire age 26 attempted to guide a drag-line scoop into a truck when the crane boom touched high tension wires. The 44,000 volt arc knocked him down and set his clothing ablaze. He was treated at Methodist Hospital for first second and third degree burns.
Nineteen Iowans will go to Moffet Field California seven to Hamilton Field California and three to Hawaii as they depart Des Moines to join the United States Army Air Corps and bolster air defense of the Pacific coast and the Hawaiian islands.
Two hundred forty high school journalism students attend the Iowa High School Press Association meeting on the Grinnell college campus. George Yates of The Des Moines Register and Tribune spoke on "The Romance of Journalism" at the banquet. Welcome speeches were given by President John S. Nollen of Grinnell College and Professor John Ryan.
Hamburg Arthur Boatwright, foreman on a Missouri River snag boat crew, drowned when a boiler explosion on a pile driver hurled him and two others into the water. Crews searched the river for the body as investigators sought the cause of the blast.
Iowa lawmakers pressed the state board of control to install floodlights at the Fort Madison penitentiary to quell riots. Senator L H Doran stated he would spend 19000 dollars if needed, and asked why a survey and cost estimate hadn’t been presented at the July meeting.
Ottumwa police announce Clair Swank 26 of Kirksville Missouri will be brought to Ottumwa for arraignment on a first degree murder charge in the holdup slaying of Arthur Geifman 22 an Ottumwa shoe merchant. Police Chief W M Hicks disclosed the expected appearance.
Mr and Mrs Edward Schlapkeh of Lone Tree and Sheriff George Oakes of Louisa County traveled to St Louis Missouri to seek a fortune teller who vanished last month with 5500 dollars she had blessed at their home The woman allegedly described as slender good looking and about fifty had promised luck if directions were followed She lost the money then required sleep for four nights before repayment to the bank
Vaudeville star Gladys Ahearn, now in America, details conditions in war torn Europe in letters to Mrs. Russell Frink. She and her partner discuss food shortages and dangers faced by performers amid upheaval in Germany and neighboring countries.
Will and Gladys Ahearn, famed performers, return to New York on Sept. 26 after fourteen months touring Europe with stops in Germany Austria England Ireland Scotland Norway Sweden Switzerland Denmark and a near-cancelled Warsaw Italy tour. Mrs. Frink reports a letter from Fairfield Conn and hopes they visit Washington between bookings. They endured a sea crossing with 1000 extra passengers and took refuge in Deauville when war broke out.
Wayne Norman was named chairman of the county agricultural conservation committee at a morning meeting. Carl Oldfield was elected vice chairman with W. Morgan as the third member and H. L. Witting and Charles Kennedy as first and second alternates.
Harry Dougherty reports the Graham store placed second in its division and third in the chain for selling the most Holeproof hose in the nine day contest closing last Saturday. Participants included assistant manager Art Lanning and several staff members.
Gas masks scarce in Detuvité spur improvisation as locals rally to support their government. In Deauville the Ahearns flee air raids, ride in a tunnel at Les Moins, and endure five weeks of blackout. They meet Monaco celebrities and face Germany's wartime strains while recalling 1928 Berlin unrest and Munich era food shortages.
Isolationist senators readied for a major clash over ending the arms embargo backed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh who urged a modified embargo and unlimited defensive weapons exports. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg called the plan potentially humane, while others called it impracticable to distinguish between offensive and defensive arms in neutrality policy.
The Cotton Blossom Singers from Viney Woods School Mississippi will perform at West Chester Methodist church on Monday Oct 16 at 7 80 PM. Four young men will mix dialect readings negro spirituals and southern melodies with laughs and moments of beautiful harmony. Proceeds benefit the school.
Washington County plans to restart the WPA program after a lapse of several weeks. About 40 men will work on county highways clearing brush and related tasks starting Monday October 23 with Les Small as foreman. The move comes after a curtailment that affected the county's relief projects.
The Washington county Methodist group opens activities on Wednesday October 18 at 7 30 p m in the Washington Methodist church with Steadman Aldis missionary as speaker Dr Guy J Fancher Mount Pleasant district superintendent will attend the event The public is invited Dr and Mrs McKinnie Phelps of Cincinnati Ohio will arrive that morning for the funeral of Mrs Phelps uncle Dr Howard Hamilton
Judge J G Patterson sentenced Howard Dawson to eight months in Washington county jail. Five months already served bring total to more than a year after conviction for obtaining money by false pretenses over a horse sale. Defense motion for new trial denied.
R K R Noonan announces Mrs Marietta Workman is the new deputy court clerk succeeding Hilma Dodds who resigned to become secretary to a member of the Iowa State college faculty. Workman has nearly two years in the court clerk office and is deemed fully qualified for the role. Noonan will not yet disclose who will replace Workman in her prior duties.
Theft of a 1936 blue Chevrolet sedan with yellow wheels and license 62 8234 occurred last night near a Wellman dance scene. Sheriff H. M. Putnam is investigating for owner A. M. Gardner. State police radio broadcast issued. no trace found this morning.
A compact note describes a workplace pattern where a single staff member dominates interactions, shaping conversations and decisions while others provide support and quieter input. The piece flags efficiency and dynamics as key themes in modern offices.
The British admiralty says the 29 150 ton battleship Royal Oak was sunk likely by a German submarine with over 800 feared dead. So far about 370 of roughly 1 200 aboard have been reported safe. It follows the sinking of the carrier Courageous on Sept. 1 with 578 lives lost.
Paris reports authoritative French sources say the allied fleet has sunk 17 or 18 German submarines since the war began with several others attacked and fate undetermined. Weather caused near standstill on the western front as German patrols appeared and shelled a French position. French sources confirm Germany’s claim that three Rhine railway bridges were blown Thursday morning.
Stephen T. Early asserts no mediation request from Germany is before President Roosevelt. He rebuts a New York headline claiming the U S is considering mediation pleas, saying such reports contradict official statements from the president and State Department.
Helsinki, Oct. 14. Foreign Minister J. E. Erkko told United Press Finland seeks quick peaceful settlement with Russia. He stressed a strong defense line on the soviet frontier and said Finland is determined to preserve peace. Erkko said a defensive alliance with any power is out of the question.
Washington residents woke to a sharp move toward winter with a 25 degree reading and heavy frost. The past day stayed cool with a high of 52 degrees. Sunshine returns and October days continue, though leaves fall without the usual brilliant colors due to the dry hot spell in September.
An official Chinese statement reports three Chinese bombing aircraft destroyed Hankow airfield and nearly 100 Japanese planes. The Chinese planes then engaged Japanese pursuit aircraft over about 200 miles toward Iechang, with three Japanese planes shot down.
British soldiers abroad will broadcast to home listeners for the first time. The British Broadcasting Company has shipped gear to army headquarters and plans to relay actual battles on the French-German front. Soldiers will also describe incidents from pill boxes trenches and with heavy artillery.
Berlin reports the Reich health leader called on German women to give birth at home to preserve hospital rooms for urgent wartime cases. The appeal is framed as aiding war operations and freeing hospitals.
Police Inspector Arthur Wallander barred a blackout at the New York World's Fair for tomorrow. He feared some attendees might not realize the gag was meant in fun.
Moscow reports Russia and Turkey are close to concluding a friendship treaty. The accord aims to protect Turkey under a broader agreement with Britain and France and may address the Black Sea status and relations with Balkan nations.
Nazi quarters report German Russian and Italian leaders may meet in Italy to discuss allied rejection of Hitler’s terms. No meeting decided yet but diplomacy channels discuss the insult to Hitler’s bid as the issue.
Eight drivers passed the automobile license tests conducted yesterday by B. Bentginger of the state highway patrol. Two failed on written exams and two received instruction permits. Four passed chauffeurs tests with one failure. Licenses were issued to William Noll Muscatine H Steiner D Butterbaugh Mrs D McCrabb E Wenger H Watson Joan Brown Dp Brophy Riverside. Instruction permits went to Mrs Helen M Etter and Mrs D L Wershberger of Washington. Chauffeurs licenses granted to William Phillips LL Marsh of Washington Mr Glenn Lord of Ainsworth D Me Crabb of West Chester.
In Waterloo seven Black residents charged with taking part in a numbers racket had their cases dismissed in municipal court. Bond money totaling 190 dollars was returned to each defendant.
A wartime statement described the engagement as the war’s longest air battle and emphasized its extended duration and strategic impact.
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