The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune from Muscatine, Iowa • Page 12

12 MUSCATINE JOURNAL AND NEWS-TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1942 Span of Old Bridge at Oakville Drops; Truck Submerged In River Wapello-Two men, riding escaped with minor injuries ville bridge over the Iowa Wednesday hurtling the machine Blodgett, cousin of Jack Blodgett, was driving the machine, and escaped from the cab of the A car following aller the truck was stopped with one of the front wheels structure. over the The end of name the of brok- the en driver of the machine was nol learned. Louisa county had been planning for the construction of a new road in that area but demands for steel for defense work had held up the project. The bridge was constructed 46 years ago and had served as a major linic in a county graveled roud. County Engineer A.

W. Hinderman said no repairs would be planned until a state inspector arrives to determine whether the and bridge can be salvased. The submerged truck was loaded with 250 bushels of corn, county officials said. Cuban Crop of Sugar Will Be Bought By U.S. Washington -(A)- The government took concrete steps Wednesday tu protect American consumers against any possible sugar shortage and sky-rocketing prices by arranging to buy the bulk of the 1942 Cuban sugar cane crop.

The transaction, to be handled by the government-owned Detense Supplics was anpounced at a time when war in the Pacilic clouded prospects of getting further supplies from the Philippine islands, normally a source of about 14 per cent of United States sugar requirements. Government authorities said the deal would make available to the United States upwards of half its annual needs. In recent years, this country has depended upon Cuba for only about 30 per cent of its requirements. Trial of Moscow Bridge Action to Resume on Jan. 12 Trial of the Moscow bridge injunction suit of Henry D.

Camp against the Muscatine county board of supervisors the Bluscatine Hide and Metal Co. was continued until Monday, Jan. 12, after recessing Wednesday afternoon. Judge W. W.

Scott of Davenport is to be here at that time for the wind-up of the case which has been before him in district court here since Monday. Issuance of License Plates Nearing 2,800 Close to 2,800 Muscatine county car owners procured 1942 license plates for their machines during December, with registrations just short of this mark Wednesday afternoon at the office of County Treasurer A. J. Nicholson. Registrations totaled 2,796 by that time, representing an increase of more than 400 over figures for the same month a year ago.

Considerable, work lies ancad for January, however. for employees in the motor vehicle division of the treasurer's office if most of the cars in operation in the county in 1941 are to be licensed before the Jan. 31 deadline. Motorists have the month of January remaining in which to secure their licenses without payinent of any penalty. Fishermen might try their luck at Trout, Louisiana, Or' Trout, West Virginia.

Before and After. Tire Retreading Here's the change that conies over an old tire. during a retreading treatment. A New York tire shop attendant exhibits before-and-after samples. Mrs.

Lachner Is Named Director of Hospital Group A department of public relations has been set up by Hospital Service, of Iowa, a message from Des Moines. reports. Mrs. Anne L. Lachner of Island has been named director of the new department.

Mrs. Lacheer has been QuadCity representative of Blue Cross, a non-profit free-choice hospitalization plan, since September 1940 and has her offices at 404 Fifth avenue building. Moline. Several Streets Designated for Young Coasters Youngsters of Muscatine arc enjoying their first real opportunity to try out thehir new Christmas sleds. Acting.

quickly to safeguard the sieds and their passengers from accident, the police department this morning announced that several streets had been set aside for coasters. Streets designated by the police as being blocked off for coasters include Gilbert south from Hershey avenue: Busch West south from Hershey avenue; Fifth from Baby Bow Shoots Baby Panda Two eye-catching youngsters are Baby Bow Lum Lee and a baby panda, presented by Chinese government to the New York Zoological Society and United China Relief. Baby Bow tries photographic skill, Broadway to Linn street; street from St. Mary's cemetery to Newel! avenue; East Ninth, street from Grand avenue to the railroad tracks and East street from Iowa avenue to more street. Boy's and giris were urged today not to play with their sleds on any of the public streets cx- License Suspended for Iowa Operator -The communi-0 in a truck loaded with corn, when the north span of the Oakriver collapsed about 11 a.

m. into the river bed. A Mr. owner of the truck, who Glen Taylor, also of Oakville, truck. Divorce Decrees Granted Here in Year Decrease Divorces showed a decline from 1940 during the past year, according to records at the office of Clerk of Court Ballard B.

Tipton. Ten decrees marked the maxgin of difference, as the number of separations granted in Muscatine county district court dropped from 126 in 1940 10 116 in 1941. Eight divorces and one annulment were granted during December. At that, the record for the year represented an average of one divorce about each two and a half marriages performed in the county. Robert S.

Cook Called in Death; Rites Saturday Robert S. Cook, former resident of Muscatine, died Wednes-1 day night at Mt. Pleasant, Mr. Cook formerly worked in the Cook and Musser bank, predecessor of the Muscatino Bank and Trust company, and later was employed by a firm in Chirago. He was born in Muscatine on May 1,,1873, and was the son of S.

B. and Seny Chaplin Surviving is one daughter, Mrs. H. P. Fritjofson of Cody, The body was brought to Muscatine by the Fairbanks Home for Funerals and private rites will be held at the funeral home Saturday afternoon with the Rev.

W. B. Milne, pastor of the First Congregational church, officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. Des Moines -(P) William Polson of Des Moines was in a "satisfactory" condition today at Des Moines general hospital where he was taken after an assailant in the back: seat of his car reached forward and cut his throat, Police took into custody a man they identified as the attacker.

In order to operate legally under "contact flight" regulations, planes flying 1000 feet or less above the ground must have a minimum 'daytime visibility of one mile-two miles at night. Smashing Every single Coat in Wards stock PRICED TO GO! Sipe Sio for dress, apporto for or casual GIRLS' $4.98 and $5.98 COATS Just 14: Hurry! Some or wool with rayon. Sizes with fur trim. AIl wool. 350 7 to 14.

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TIME PAYMENT PLAN! (SMALL DOWN PAYMENT; LOW CARRYING CHARGE) WEST SECOND' ST. TELEPHONE 336 1 Fish Story Wins Championship of Liars Club, Inc. Burlington, -A story of Dish with hankering to be well groomed today won the 1941 national championship of the Burlington Liars' Club. Wis. for Roger C.

Cross of Wausau, trants Competing the with count 6,259 other Otis en- C. (Now I'll Tell One) Hulett, club president, the new champion won his fishing crown "in the with old this days tale in about the "One the natives accidentally spilled a bottle of hair tonic in the river and all beards." startgrow long Their beards got so long tho: after a while all we had to do catch them was to stick up a red and white barber poic on the bank. hang out a. copy of the Police Gazette and holler One of the few Wisconsin men win the honor in 12 years the club has operated on a national scale, Cross is manager of a cheese company plant in Wausau. He succeeds Howard Amberson of Three Forks, as "world champion liar" and will receive what Hulet: describes as a "diamond studded gold medal." Hulett said about 50 per cent of the entries had a war angle such as that of Francis Pesek, cations commission said Wednesday it.

had suspended the amateur radio operator's license of Eugene Seevers, of Clinton, for communicating with a 0 foreign station. Officials explained that the. contact did not involve subversive activity but merely was a technical violation of rules during the war. They declined to name the foreign station. 11th Victim of Blast Identified Burlingion, la, -(P)- A body identified as of Dwight Strawhacker, 20, Burlington, was recovered Wednesday in de ruins of the melt lood building at the Iowa ordnance plant here, scene of a disastrous blast Dec.

12. Coroner R. O. Giles announces. This brings the number of identified dead to 11.

Two others are' still missing. cept those especially designated and to refrain from hitching behind cars or using their sleds in any other dangerous form of sport. also were advised to be on the alert against unexpected emergencies as a result of the slippery blanket of snow falling on the city during the night. East Jordan. "Last week my cousin.

Doris, attended a party. She come home wearing arnkleis. The anti-Japanese sentiment was So strong that her silk stockings shrank from fright.".