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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1939
Page
2
Dal e Duncan and family visited Mrs. Duncan in Dubuque as others attended a wedding in Ames where Lieut Earl Kindig and Ora Adell Clark wed. Des Moines trips, college Dad s day at ISTC, and various visits and dinners are listed along with local ads and upcoming church supper at St Paul s.
At the hospital Frank Lillig of Keota was admitted for treatment of injuries from an accident. Donald Rhoades was dismissed. Mr and Mrs Merle Edwards of Washington welcomed a daughter born yesterday at 1 50 p m weighing seven pounds one ounce.
Tucker Chevrolet and Stewart Crone won two of three games each in opening night bowling at the city hall alleys. Watson’s Winders defeated Tucker team while Ross Motors fell to Stewart Crone.
Reports from Emden describe heavy explosions after Nazi air raids on Allied sea power. Observers could not positively identify the bombers from the high altitude but suspected British aircraft returning the raid. Sightings also noted planes heading north toward Borkum island and the coastal naval stronghold.
The Norwegian ship Lorentz W. Hansen en route from Canada to England was sunk in the north Atlantic. All twenty one crew members aboard were saved. Reports originate from Bergen, the vessel’s home port.
Gustav Andreson, travel bureau operator from Evanston who rode the Athenia during its sinking on September 3, filed an affidavit with the state department stating the ship carried guns. He quoted Chief Officer Copeland as saying there were many guns on board, stored in the hold for coastal defense at Halifax and Quebec.
Berlin's foreign office spokesman said Germany plans to repatriate all German minorities in Europe as soon as possible. Unofficial estimates put those minorities at over 2,500,000. Germany will not target Germans in the Americas, seen as not a closed national group like Baltic and other European minorities.
Lavern Moser, 10, son of Mr and Mrs Sumner Moser, attended school after a hunting accident left him peppered with 16 shotgun pellets. He stepped from behind a rock into a squirrel hunter Joe Moreland’s line of fire, receiving shot to back and head but only skin punctures.
Mt Pleasant residents hosted and visited relatives during weekend gatherings. Travels included a six week trip by Raymond Humston to Salt Lake City Los Angeles San Francisco Bremerton and World’s Fair with John Butler and E L Butler. Rev I Fredmund attended a Baptist convention planning meeting in Davenport and Mrs Cy Bush and Mrs William Sickels visited Ed Grayson in University Hospital Iowa City.
A caravan of 80 soil conservation leaders visited the soil erosion project near Norwich in southwest Iowa. Twenty Washington men from various agencies on land use joined H. R. Tolley of the division of economic planning, touring through several states before disbanding in Ames.
Crawfordsville notes report Mr and Mrs Frank McCoy of Martelle visiting relatives Saturday. Mrs McCoy's mother Mrs Rose Moorhead returned home after a week in Martelle with granddaughter Helen McCoy. Ruth Fletcher joined sister Mrs Marie Ross for a weekend in Winfield. Nearby families and travel to Oelwein Pellville Ottumwa Keota Beresford appear in regional social notices. Elizabeth E Johnston of Council Bluffs clinic to join Canadian war department service after 16 years in physiotherapy.
Gracehill report notes Mrs. Nelson Woodford visiting sister Mrs. Francis Romine and attending a club as guest. Several local families are listed with visits, meals, a dinner shower, and social gatherings including a Sunday outing and a hospital update after a Saturday wreck injuring Francine Mills.
A note states a western Iowan is anticipated to join the war effort, marking her as possibly the first from the region to enter service.
Esther Lenninger and friends visited in Davenport. Numerous families shared weekend visits across Ottumwa Silvie Columbus Junction Keota Rock Island Des Moines Ainsworth Havre Marshalltown Fairfield and Des Moines reflecting a busy social stretch. Grandchildren and relatives joined gatherings at multiple homes including Lauder man and Crawford households.
Grace Moore, renowned opera and screen star, is ill in Chicago and has postponed her Shrine Auditorium engagement in Des Moines. The illness is not critical but prevents continuing the tour as scheduled. If she recovers, she may sing in Des Moines before month’s end.
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, notes history tends to reward bold errors when the missteps are large and spectacular. He argues that the scale of failure can illuminate lessons, shaping future choices and cultural memory.
J Eichelberger in Los Angeles turns 80 as a Three Quarter Century club member. Mr and Mrs John Timmer celebrate their thirty ninth wedding anniversary. Marsha Bailey turns six. Others with birthdays include Mrs Frank Carson of East Highland Ellen Rowe Warren Stewart W S Eldridge Mrs Ruby Dankwardt newly moved to Muscatine and Gerald Dean Hoyle of Franklin district.
The W. Co. T. UC. will meet Thursday at 2 36 p m in the home of Mrs George Brinton at 322 East Washington street. Ella Gordon will be leader.
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The Laughters of Union Veterans met in the G A R room of the courthouse for a regular session with good attendance. They scheduled a 6 30 p m potluck supper as a farewell for Mrs Pearl Whitler and Mrs Lillian Hayes who will travel south for the winter, followed by a business meeting.
The Washington county Meth odist group will hold a meeting at the Washington Methodist church on Wednesday evening at a noted time.
Reverend Steadman Aldis, a missionary, will speak at the event and the public is invited to attend.
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