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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1940
Page
1
A Crawfordsville woman died in a crash near Riverside today. Fire losses from the incident are estimated at $18,000 as authorities investigate the scene.
Fire swept the Home Lumber Co. sheds in Crawfordsville Saturday night, destroying new lumber stored there and causing estimated losses of 15 000 to 18 000. Fire began from a truck left in gear, neighbors and nearby fire units fought the blaze for hours as surrounding homes and structures were spared.
Dr Edward W Spessard 70 of Ainsworth died at Washington county hospital after a stroke suffered August 24. He had long kidney and heart ailments and had just returned from Minnesota and California Arizona travels. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Ainsworth Methodist Church with interment in Ainsworth cemetery. He served as mayor, school board member and was a Mason. He was survived by his wife Mae and two daughters Mrs Ariene Kurtz and another.
Iowa City attorney Herbert J. Ries will speak at the Women's Republican club meeting in the G A R room at the courthouse Wednesday at 2 30. Mrs F W Eastwood leads the devotional. special music will be provided. A follow up Washington county committee meeting aims for full participation.
Wallace starts a 2000 mile scouting tour through five or six midwest states over the next two weeks. He plans brief talks in Illinois Iowa Nebraska Minnesota likely Wisconsin and Indiana before returning to Washington around Sept. 18. He is to speak briefly at the Afro American Congress in the Chicago Coliseum where his resignation as secretary of agriculture becomes effective.
President Roosevelt vows expansion of public resources as he dedicates the $36 million Chickamauga dam on the Tennessee River. He links the project to national defense and compares public development to Willkie’s private utility stance. His remarks were broadcast on radio networks during the Tennessee Valley Authority ceremony.
War department officials plan to induct sixty thousand five hundred National Guard troops from twenty six states into the army on September sixteen for one year of training. President Roosevelt issued the call late yesterday. The article also notes a funeral in Hagerstown for an An, Stanley who died in 1907 and mentions relatives traveling for the service.
Howard Shriver boasted of rubber band powered model planes. A model he launched was discovered six weeks later lodged in a tree southwest of Ogden about ten miles away, found by a woodcutter. Howard’s name on the fuselage confirmed ownership.
In Washington a Labor Day concluding service of a Sunday evening union church series drew large audiences outdoors. Pastor Claude Breidenthal preached on "God, the Workman," stressing that discoveries are God given and urging support for the church as God’s instrument in the world.
The report notes Labor Day violence deaths surpass 200 nationwide. A Pennsylvania Central Airlines crash in Virginia kills 25 including Sen. Ernest Lundeen during DC to Pittsburgh flight, marking the first fatal airline crash in 17 months. A hurricane along the eastern coast causes five deaths and widespread disruption.
Rushville Indiana September 2 Wendell L Willkie pledges to win labor management and farm support to end stagnation and resist government control He aims for collective bargaining based on goodwill conciliation and voluntary cooperation He plans a Labor Day conference with National Chairman Joseph W Martin and Republicans from 22 states to map campaign strategy
News from New Jersey reports damage across railways and highways after bursts in dams. Officials assess impacts on transport and safety with crews dispatched to stabilize affected areas.
Rev M C Carstensen, former pastor of Washington Baptist Church, begins a new pastorate at Mt Pleasant Baptist Church. He previously led evangelism for Baptists of Iowa and Nebraska and resided in Washington. His son Gordon will enter Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt Pleasant as a sophomore this fall after attending Washington Janitor College.
Reports from CLUG and Bucharest state nine Romanian gendarmes were killed or wounded when Hungarian forces crossed into Transylvania. Hungarian troops reportedly withdrew from the area, while police in Bucharest prepared for stern measures against potential street demonstrations after German warnings.
Sioux City Governor George A. Wilson told a Labor Day audience that industry should guard both its own freedom and that of labor. He rejected dictator theory of labor control and warned against a government monolith wielding power, stressing that in America labor and industry retain freedom and neither controls the government.
Iowa City firemen battled an unde termined origin blaze at an A. and P. Supermarket causing about 35000 dollars in damage. Fire crews used six hose lines delivering 250 gallons per minute for two hours as a large roof section collapsed and heavy black smoke filled the sky.
Angry demonstrations spread across Italy as protests against Romania ceding Transylvania to Hungary intensified. Guards at German and Hungarian posts and at the Italian consulate were doubled while soldiers guarded streets and Jewish quarters. The interior ministry banned all public demonstrations until further notice.
A high school band concert highlights cornet soloist John Perdock performing La Grace and a program of overtures including God Bless America Sousa Bizet and Chenette Fillmore Safraunek speaks Corvers Berlin featuring performances by Cornet soloist and band members.
Mrs. A A Vodicka of Downey Iowa dies at Mercy hospital after a collision at the junction of highways 218 and 22 east of Riverside in Washington County. Sheriff Putnam and County Attorney Stewart order an inquest with possible criminal charges pending.
Alma Gertrude Goodwin born May 23 1881 in Thornburg Iowa died August 31 at her Hayesville Iowa home aged 59 years 3 months and days she taught 15 years in several towns and married William I Martin July 30 1914 in Washington Iowa funeral at Hayesville Community Church September 2 interment Beth el Cemetery west of Hayesville
Join Hansen of Davenport national president of the National Denmark America association and Danish Brotherhood urged a postwar Denmark relief fund at the state Danish Brotherhood and Sisterhood banquet. He outlined a plan to raise between 500000 and 1000000 dollars to aid Denmark after the war.
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