03 Apr 1937
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1937
Page
1
The town of Lansing nominates Frank Riser after his election as mayor, touting him as "The State's Heaviest Mayor" with a reported weight of 323 pounds.
Gov N G Kraschel will be the commencement speaker for Clinton County rural school eighth grade pupils. The announcement noted the event will honor students and mark their transition to high school.
Heads of all Iowa colleges are expected at the Association of Iowa College Presidents annual meeting to be held at Iowa State College on April 16 and 17.
Beginning next term Drake University students may substitute extra academic work for physical education. President Alfred J Pearson announced the option, expanding curricular choices for male liberal arts students.
Des Moines announces 168 box seats will be sold for the Drake Relays on April 23 and 24. Business manager BK. C. Lytton confirms the ticket price at 3.30 dollars.
Stephen Vincent Benet author of John Brown's Body will meet student writers at the University of Iowa from April 11 to 21. Prof Norman Forester director of the school of letters announced the visit as part of the campus literary program.
Mr and Mrs A C Wilson of Indiana seek to thank the unknown stranger who pushed their daughter Lola from a car path and was injured himself in the act. The couple describes the rescuer as a kind stranger who proved a hero.
Des Moines reports 1937 may set a yearly receipts high for the state department of agriculture as March collections reach 53,107.98, a 47 percent rise over February and 11 percent over March 1936, with total year receipts hitting 551,000. Twenty nine items make up the funds, led by oleomargarine tax.
Des Moines report shows over half of seed samples from dealers mislabeled or adulterated. State chemist Harry Irwin cites low germination seeds and seeds with illegal levels of noxious weed as chief issues in the campaign.
Dr E L Walsh succeeds Dr R M Sorensen as chief of the Washington County Public Health Unit this week. He studied at the State University of Iowa and the University of Minnesota and recently moved to Hawkeye with his wife. Public health engineer R J Schnekelman has been in charge since Sorensen resigned last month.
W. A. Anderson, a Washington banker, becomes the focus of reports from Clinton Des Moines and Davenport about the collapse of several enterprises he was connected with. He recently served as president of a large Clinton bank and had roles in multiple firms now in financial trouble. The bank itself was not affected.
Clinton reacts with mixed feelings to a report on financial manipulation linked to W. A. Anderson, former Clinton banker. The piece notes the death of Oral M. Sweet tied to Tjon Finance, cites Anderson’s absence for comment, and mentions City National Bank deposits near seven million dollars and Pointer Brewing interests managed by Frank Verbest.
The Journal failed to reach Mr. Anderson at Clinton for a direct statement on stories about the collapse of several business ventures. Washington associates of the former local banker believe publicity stems from a bitter Davenport newspaper war that ended with a morning paper failing, backed by Anderson and run by Charles J. Hinkle of Winfield.
Washington's two approved public works projects face collapse under a new PWA rule requiring 100 percent sponsor financing before approval. The junior high addition and related project, though approved by exam divisions, are stalled as amended applications must prove sponsor ability to fund, with relief payments funding only if government bonds or loans cover the rest.
A sales meeting of the South Eastern Iowa district North Western Mutual Insurance Company is held today in the American Legion room. James H. Copeland of Davenport, general agent, attends with district agent George Rudiger of Washington and many agents including Mrs. H. L. Ward Washington John Gibb Grinnell Henry J. Leoning Fort Madison H A Wylie Keokuk Woodrow A Krebill Donnelson8 W Easter Washington C V Grooms Davenport Raymond Walton Martinsboro R H McDowell Davenport J Andrew Davidson Muscatine Warren E F Weeks Davenport Sophie Kohrs Davenport E C Jones Wellman Louis Tietel Ross Speer Atbia Olive Bratz Crawfordsville Reagan Adams Kalonu Max Robertson Letts.
Shoppers from Brighton visited with N. E. West and family and J. W. Mc Clelland among the locals seen in town today.
L Grimes spent yesterday in Ottumwa visiting relatives.
The Washington NYA council met to outline a program using government funds to employ youths for playground supervision this summer. District NYA director William E. Holt joined local leaders to consider engaging 10 to 15 young people and to present the plan to the Parent-Teacher Association next Monday evening.
Judge J. G. Patterson granted two divorces to Washington County residents. Paul Marek divorces Edna Bell Marek, and Goldie Noel divorces Harley B. Noel. Goldie Noel retains use of her former name Goldie Vinton. Patterson begins a new term at Sigourney Monday and will hear Thursday’s motions and probate cases.
Marleyn Johnson six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Johnson died this morning around 6 o clock after a week long scarlet fever illness Burial is private Monday at 1 pm at the family home southeast of Brighton Rev W I Noland will conduct the service Burial will be in Brighton cemetery She was born March 26 1931 and lived all her life in the community She attended Brighton elementary school first grade Surviving besides her parents is one brother Ward age 2
A one day shutdown in the soft coal industry ended with a wage increase agreement between the United Workers of America and mine operators. Hundreds of thousands vow to return to work, with Iowa to renegotiate before 5,000 miners resume. The pact keeps a 35 hour week and grants time and a half for overtime, while dropping a two weeks vacation demand.
Journal representatives plan interviews with city and rural subscribers using Gallup methods to assess reader interest in features. The survey aims to guide future policies on news and entertainment offerings and relies on cooperative participation from readers.
Senator Arthur Capper aged 72 and a veteran of 19 years in the Senate was taken to surgery for an emergency appendectomy today in Washington. The operation was reported successful with the lawmaker resting after the procedure.
Loyalist troops repelled rebel drives from the north and south and halted the effort to encircle Madrid as fighting persisted around the city.
In Lemmons drug store window a bronze plaque displayed by the Washington chapter D A R will mark the old military road between Dubuque and Keosauqua near Crawfordsville. Similar markers are being placed in other sites where the road passed through the state.
Frank Chalupa of Pleasant Plain is described as a Washington shopper in today’s brief. The item notes his connection to the city and his shopping trip status.
Last weather report by D P D Sherman notes a .75 inch rainfall with sleet at the start and light snow later. Instruments will be moved to the Wolf greenhouse with Preston Wolf as cooperative observer by appointment of federal meteorologist Charles Reed for Iowa.
Mrs. Margaret Cummings from Davenport completed a WPA survey of Washington County assessing unemployment conditions. She will report to the federal Works Progress Administration in Washington DC, with Miss Helen Creswell assisting. The county is one of seven in the state chosen for detailed investigation to guide future WPA development and relief planning.
Estherville clerk Irvin Nichols said his office bore no responsibility in the marriage of 12 year old Virginia Deremer to 27 year old Ernest B. Johnson of Mankato Minnesota. The mother claimed 16 and Iowa law allows 14. Minnesota authorities seek annulment.
Funeral services for Warren Fetes were held yesterday at St James Catholic Church with Rev Henry J Corcoran presiding. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery with casket bearers Russell Davison John Wagner William Marie Stephen Wolfer Clark Wagner and Robert Potraty.
Fresh developments threaten to extend sitdown tactics as workers press for union recognition and higher wages. At Albert Lea Minnesota a near complete victory for strikers followed a riot, with 1500 to 2000 mobbing the jail and 600 occupying Ford’s Kansas City plant. Portland etc.
Iowa City April 3 Walter Dusty Rhodes enjoyed a respite from testimony as Judge Gaffney adjourned court until Monday. Prosecution plans to call more witnesses in a plot to kill his wife with a dynamite loaded shotgun to marry Mabel Scriver. defense will present about 206 witnesses after the county attorney and special prosecutor finish. Rhodes plays banjo in jail during the delay.
A marriage license was granted yesterday to Daryl J. Tucker of Washington and Vir ginia Edith Neff of Wayland.
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