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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1941
Page
6
The Iowa Homes and Farms Buildings Foundation promotes a small versatile farmhouse suited for mild climates. The design emphasizes a central heater location near the chimney and flexible rooms including a dining area that can serve as a third bedroom. For details contact 1912 Grand Avenue, Iowa.
XENIA Sept 14 A crew of 18 men filled a silo at the Dewey Stephens farm to store feed for a large cattle herd this winter. Community notes record a weekend visit by Julia Wood and various local movements and visits. Markets report 20 cattle sold at 11.75 per cwt.
Nile Kinnick, all American football star, will speak at the Columbus high school Lone Tree game on Oct. 2. The athletic department and Community club arranged the event with Henry Little directing the ticket campaign. John P. Jones buys 185 acre Kerr farm. Hershel Hintermeister is tenant. John Sehafer buys 160 acre Mossberry farm, possession March 1. John McSweeney assigned to CCC camp at Oakville after leading Red Oak camp.
A mother’s plea to Governor Culbert Olson spares William Young from execution for 30 days. Young, a burglary inmate who helped build the gas chamber, was convicted of killing Mrs. Ruth Lugo, a widowed mother of five. Mrs Young appears with the governor in the photograph.
Inspired by Edna Gladney founder of the Texas Children’s Home and Aid Society the film stars Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. It follows Edna Gladney from 1906 through Texas adoption reforms and help for 2000 babies as they move to Fort Worth. The cast includes Felix Bressart Marsha Hunt Fay Holden and others.
The South Prairie school group used the community room for their picnic Saturday noon. The Hi Y membership drive continues with the first meeting next Wednesday. Rotary and Y's Men members hosted programs and talks, with Don Kiesey, Dick Marshall and Shrum Lewis on desk duty. Several boys passed swimming tests as the gym floor nears winter readiness.
Marsh Home visited by Mr and Mrs Emer Rushiey of Fairfield and sister Mrs Sam Marsh Monday morning. Fue Sehoonover returned from Iowa Methodist hospital Des Moines. Sigafoose family guests from Rock Island visited Pleasant Plain area. J F Sigafoose weeks with daughter near Fairfield. Carter and Carter family guests at Sigafoose home. Mrs Benson of Washington staying with niece Mrs Sam Lambert. Sam Lambert and Donald visited Stephen Nicholson at Columbus City. Mrs J L Tucker of Washington visiting granddaughter Mrs Harold Beenblossom.
Gene Autry stars as a ranch youth in a western romance at the Fox Theatre through Tuesday. He and Frog Millhouse clash with lumber baron Drew over aiding reforestation to save valleys below Mount Warner, as Asa Wentworth wrestles with his granddaughter Billie and her romance with the ruthless manager.
Shrum Lewis, active in the Young Men's Christian Association, serves on the young men's committee and directs a younger boys club. A member of the Phalanx Fraternity and former president, he has attended state, area, and national Y.M.C.A. conferences and works with the Iowa Southern Utilities staff. He is regarded as a leader in the community and prizes betterment for youth.
Phil Coppeck, recently released from the navy, leaves Shiloh to enroll at Ames College for a forestry course. He plans to study and pursue advancement in woodland management after enrollment.
Regular meeting of Westbound Washington Lodge No. 8 starts on the first Friday monthly with Lee Holland as W M and A W Yard as secretary. Train timetable lists Golden State Limited arrivals and No 1 Local, No 43 Californian, Eastbound No 2 Local, No 44 Californian, and No 4 Golden State, plus Knoxville Branch No 430 and No 429 departures, with agent L Goodlander noted.
The report estimates that an average driver consumes 683 gallons of gasoline and 35 quarts of oil per year, highlighting typical automotive fuel and lubricant usage.
Daily Omaha to Chicago schedule lists Bus No 2 leaving Washington at 8 45 p m and Bus No 1 at 12 10 a m with night departures. Bus 10 departs Belriya at 11 23 a m and all eastbound buses head to Chicago. Tickets bought at Bus Depot Candy Kitchen North Side Square and valid for entire coast to coast trip. Al Gantoni Agee
Explorers in the Arctic and Antarctic use either the time zone of their home country or Greenwich Mean Time. Since meridians converge at the poles, any time may be observed there.
Gale joins Tommy Olmstead for a late night ride to escape thoughts of the Smiley affair. They stop at a moonlit country house, share a supper, and return to Gale’s apartment where a confrontation with Senator Jeffr ay and assemblyman Olmstead ends with a fight and an unconscious victim as Elaine arrives to assess the scene.
A disclaimer frames a forthcoming story as fiction with invented characters while acknowledging possible accidental similarities to real people. It discusses the blurred line between authentic background and imagined events, setting reader expectations for narrative boundaries.
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