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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1949
Page
1
United Press reports Labor Day travel surges nationwide with 38 holiday deaths by 12:30 p.m. EDT including 36 in traffic. Heavy airline activity, anticipated jams, and record highway use mark the holiday period. President Truman and Vice President Barkley are among expected travelers.
Henry Manden, 72, of Luverne, sewed about $4000 into a crinkly pocket after a fall. Hospital staff recovered $4010 in $100 $50 and $20 bills. Welfare officials from Hawarden intervened, noting he had signed an affidavit of little prior funds and he later turned over $675.10 he had received from the county.
Madam Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit India's first woman Ambassador to the United States was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Howard University in Washington DC this month.
Mostly cloudy and mild with scattered showers or thundershowers this afternoon and Sunday. Cooler in the northwest portion Sunday. Highs reach 76 to 86, then 78 to 85 with southeast winds 15 to 18 mph turning northerly in the north Sunday afternoon. Yesterday's high 81 and low 46.
Mrs. L. R. Baker and Mrs. Lester Lauback returned Friday evening from Indianapolis where they attended the National G A R encampment. Mrs. Baker was the first district delegate of the W R C to the encampment. The Iowa candidate Harriet McCullough of Des Moines was elected national president of the W R C.
A C 82 flying boxcar crashed two miles north of Collinsville California after a flight from Lowry Denver to Alameda. The pilot and co pilot were killed while six crew members parachuted to safety. The six survivors and the wreckage were recovered near the scene. Names of the victims were withheld.
Washington county 4-H girls Dorthy Guy and Dorothy Schnicker of the Busy Bee club won blue ribbon honors at the Iowa State Fair. Ruth Foster, county home economist, says the team also earned a special demonstration spot for 4-H girls statewide after triumphs in the county achievement show.
Friday afternoon R R Noonan district court clerk issued licenses to Marvin R Glandon and Lois Arlene Garrett both of Washington and to James Francis Nolan and Margaret Jane Ragan both of Denver Colorado. A third license was issued this morning to Edward Fiebig of Moline Illinois and Naomi M Bell of Washington.
In Bristol Indiana a 17 year old well digger Eugeen Sanders was trapped 22 feet down for six hours after a cave in. Firemen and a Elkhart firm crew built a 20 foot rescue tube, split it to fit, and lifted Sanders to the surface amid a cheering crowd. Gus Peterson, 51, owner of the farm, escaped the cave in and aided the rescue by freeing Sanders head and clearing dirt after Peterson descended back into the well.
Washington Iowa based McCleery Cumming Co Inc trades in advertising and religious calendars. It owns exclusive rights to James J Tissot paintings and plans for full color religious calendars. The firm began in 1905, expanded from basement rooms to a 70 by 140 foot plant and now employs a payroll around 207000 annually. it serves 48 states plus Canada Mexico Australia and South Africa.
The Men's Brotherhood of the United Presbyterian church will hold its first meeting of the year on Monday evening September 5. Ray Cunningham, secretary of the YMCA at Iowa State College, will be the speaker. Supper will be served at seven o'clock. In Mysore State India education consumes a quarter of revenue with about 4 450 new schools opened and 9 000 adults made literate.
Maj Vernon A. Ford flew an F-84 Thunderjet in the Bendix Trophy transcontinental race finishing at Cleveland with an average speed far above the 1943 record after refueling in Salina Kansas. He reported flying at 25 000 to 30 000 feet with headwinds 20 to 30 mph and a refuel time of about 2 minutes 8 seconds. Joe C. De Bona of Hollywood won the propeller division in a separate dash from Rosamond California to Cleveland in about 4 hours 1 minute, challenging the existing all time speed record set by Paul Mantz in 1947.
Darbyshire of Washington county sold 38 head of 865 pound Angus heifers at the Chicago Stock Yards for 28.00 per cwt the top price of the day. Ira Schaefer sold 21 head of 900 pound steers and heifers at 26.50 per cwt. Officials announced a new hog unloading dock to improve safety and speed at the yards.
Mrs. H M Dodder reports a child studied in Washington schools for 28 years. Mrs. M D Lee says her child has attended since Sept 1919, youngest now in seventh grade. The See family lists multiple siblings from 1919 to 1941 plus grandchild Linda Rae See in fourth grade. Mike and Max See delivered newspapers.
Wellman Iowa began as an unincorporated town after the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railway was built in 1879. It developed for six years before incorporation.
Horace Mann is noted as the father of the American public school system, recognized for shaping educational reforms and the modern approach to public schooling. His advocacy helped establish state-supported schools and standardized curricula across the United States.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey ordered all available state police to monitor a Paul Robeson concert aimed at 20 000 pro Communist supporters amid an equal number of war veterans planning a highway parade in protest. Federal Judge Clancy rejected an injunction request to stop the veterans, calling the move cheeky. Eleanor Roosevelt urged restraint and avoidance of provocation ahead of the meeting.
Hal Rodney of West Chester escaped injury Thursday at noon when his truck overturned in a ditch four miles south of Kalona. Damage to the truck was estimated at 400 dollars. Loren Robertson investigated the crash noting the vehicle struck loose gravel left in the highway center by state road maintainers.
Judge R G Yoder will open the September term of district court in Washington on Tuesday Sept 6 Grand jurors meet Sept 8 and petit jurors report the following Monday Oscar Fetters murder case from 1914 will be heard with a dispute over a certified indictment copy resolved as the original indictment was found The paper had been sought since Fetters was returned last fall.
Cathedral film And Now I See to be shown Sunday after worship at the Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church in the basement. Dr William E Littlewood announces a public invitation to attend.
Classified note rejects direct contact for a Schwinn bike in good condition at 15 dollars with a phone number. The ad claims a ready buyer and cash, urging more want ads in the Journal to sell unwanted items quickly.
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