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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1949
Page
1
Preparations near completion for Washingtons Tall Corn Fiesta a two day event with parade starting Wednesday at 10 30 am. Royal United Shows arrives Wednesday and a 82 ft fountain centerpiece will be lit at night. Tickets for final drawings due by noon with 1000 in prizes across four drawings.
Yugoslav Foreign Minister Edvard Kardelj warned the United Nations that Tito’s break with the Kremlin risks war and urged Russia to mend ties with Belgrade. He endorsed Vishinsky’s five power peace pledge but urged open participation for all nations. The note highlighted Yugoslav efforts in the UN to join the Security Council. A separate item reports Marion Dunbar presenting a 4.14 pound puffball mushroom from Indian Creek.
Mostly cloudy tonight with scattered showers and cooler air in the west and extreme north. Partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday. High today around 68, low tonight 47 to 52 northwest and 44 to 58 southeast. High Tuesday about 68 to 74.
Gus Alsip announces a greased pig contest in Central Park on Wednesday at 4 pm for grade school and junior high entrants. Two pigs will be released in the southeast enclosure and winners receive the captured pigs. John Knotek helps organize this Tall Corniesta event.
Washington's 1949 Community Chest drive will begin Monday evening October 24 with a kickoff dinner. Officials announced campaign dates and budget figures are expected to be released soon. Campaign chairman Glenn E. Mace leads a committee including Mrs. Frank Miller and others to coordinate activities through the week.
Interest in the Evening Journal's 13th annual tall corn contest grows as chairmen announce local merchants donating prizes for the queen. Judge Jim Walker asks farmers to place stalks by 10 am Wednesday, with six entrants and one vote each.
Larry Williams a 16 year old Washing ton high school student escaped injury Saturday morning at 1 o'clock when he lost control of his car just east of the Rex Smith corner five miles east of Washing ton on highway 92. Sheriff Charles Snyder investigated the accident reporting the driver tried to steer back after a right front wheel left the pavement and the car went into a ditch stopping against a tree.
Moscow reports say Soviet possession of the atom bomb greeted calmly by Russians with no anti American sentiment. Tass issued a 56 line statement defending the weapon and explaining explosions abroad were from construction blasts. Foreign observers expect renewed UN discussions on outlawing atomic warfare.
Robert Day of Washington has been named Washington County Representative for the Junior Bar Section of the Iowa State Bar Association. The appointment was announced in Des Moines by Robert B. Throckmorton, president of the Iowa State Junior Bar Association, who said the role includes promoting the Public Information program.
A first annual parade for Washington's Tali Corn Fiesta is scheduled Wednesday at 1 am forming on the east side of South Marion Avenue led by the Washington high school marching band. Ken Peters and Bill Perdock released the lineup including American Legion, Montgomery Ward, Peters Hardware, J.C. Penney, and many merchants from 300 to 800 blocks of South Marion with community groups following.
Police chief Carl Hancher announced Washington Square will open to traffic Tuesday with parking restricted to curbside spots. The square and a half-block radius must be car free by midnight Tuesday. carnival rides go up at 2 AM Wednesday.
The first speech centers opened in Washington and Henry counties under the State Department of Public Instruction to aid pupils with speech difficulties. Centers in Washington Mount Pleasant and Wayland will serve rural students, with nine week sessions and 15 lessons per child, plus possible followup. Miss Hymans notes many tests were done but only the most serious cases admitted.
James Venore Turner 77 of 725 West Madison died at 8 45 Sunday after two years of ill health and a month bedfast Funeral services 1 30 p m Thursday Sept 29 at Sherman s funeral home Rev W J Stevens in charge with burial Elm Grove cemetery He born July 1872 in Des Moines son of George W and Sarah Griffin Turner married Dec 20 1899 to Fila Jane Hale Survivors include wife five children Catherine and Robert Turner both of Chicago Gene Turner Washington Mrs Josephine Blakey Yankton SD and Richard Kansas City MO three brothers Fred Theodore Washington Willis Saginaw MI step mother Eva Turner Washington six grandchildren one great grandchild
The White Shine received an invitation to a Cedar Rapids ceremonial on Oct. 28. A dinner will precede the meeting and reservations should be made by Oct. 6 with Mrs. Palmer Schillings to attend.
The state finishes rebuttal testimony in the Fetters murder trial of Hugh Dougall Sr after psychiatrist Dr Wilbur R Miller testifies Fetters knew the nature and consequences of his act and that he was doing at the time He had been declared insane in December 1914 and confined at Ana mos a mens reformatory before recent release into Washington county custody.
Nic McCleery, chairman, says entries for the children's novelty and pet parade are arriving. Registration offices are Nicola Harmon Store and Atchison Shoe Store with Jim Gallagher in charge. The parade starts Thursday at seven with children, pets, bikes or costumes and prizes for best entries.
Receipts from VFW buddy poppy sales in Washington reached 510.37 dollars, a new high. Top sellers were Deidre Miller Clarice Buck and Carol Zelinski who received cash awards. VFW and auxiliary thanked all who helped raise funds for disabled veterans and their families with many helpers listed and theater tickets awarded.
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