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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
8
Four New York sailors including Lt. Bert Schwarz are freed after two and a half years as Japan's prisoners in the Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his pledge with eighty three officers and men released and sent to Australian hospitals for care.
Riverside remembers Corporal Clair Kucera with a memorial service at St. Mary’s Church. Monsignor Jacobsmeier presided, the St. Mary’s High School choir and organ accompanied, and Rev. J. J. Fath gave the memorial address. Local groups Holy Name Society American Legion and Ladies' Auxiliary attended, and Riverside businesses closed in respect.
Mary Dewees Patterson has been granted a divorce and keeps two children. She and the kids stay with her parents this winter while selling household goods. Neighbors note outdoor work and visits at homes as a sociable pastime.
Mr and Mrs William Kucera of Riverside learn their son Staff Sergeant Donald Hotka has had his body recovered in the Pacific. The report comes as other family updates note flights home and relatives visiting. A baby born to John and Mrs Mellecker at Mercy Hospital Iowa City is also reported.
Gray residents share weekend visits at multiple homes including the Leeper Spangler Longer and Givans households. Church events at St Pauls and Valley church feature a Cooperative dinner with Bach’s topic Faith and Prayer. Various residents mended wood duties and bean gathering, with trips to Rock Island Davenport noted.
Katharine Williams came home from Philadelphia to Crawfordsville after months away due to her sister Mildred Milton s illness. Also returning is pharmacist Kenneth White from San Jose California on a thirty day leave, welcomed by the White and King families and other relatives.
An advertisement promotes FASTEETH improved powder to secure upper and lower plates for comfort. The product claims firmer fit with no paste taste, remains alkaline, does not sour, and reduces denture odor. Available at drug stores.
About 75 poultry workers at the JOH Neil creamery went on strike after an arbitrator refused to let them withdraw from the Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butchers union. Local members used a contract escape clause to resign from the union amid dues and payroll deduction disputes.
Two people were rescued from a Seymour blaze that damaged the theater and Windsor hotel above it. The fire began in a rear furnace of the first floor theater and trapped C M Black in an upstairs apartment before Mrs Birdie Caldwell woke him. Miriam Mickey was rescued via ladder after smoke and flames trapped her on a higher floor. The incident followed a bout of flu illness affecting Thomas Holmes, who is improving.
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