04 Apr 1939
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1939
Page
1
Iowa City announces Frank Burns, a nine year veteran of the police force, as chief replacing W. H. Bender who had led the department for the past four years.
Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins was elected trustee of Grinnell College for a six year term at a special board meeting.
The Newton city council named Frank E. Hill as secretary to the council to oversee city administration. Hill is a local real estate and insurance agent who previously served five terms on the council, with a salary of 250 dollars per month.
Detroit witness fails to appear in municipal court as the sole witness in a March 19 traffic summons case against Walter Passmore 16 of Runnells. The incident involved a left turn but no penalty was imposed. The Detroit witness was reportedly at home.
Anton Christensen of Christensen Hardware Co. pleads guilty in municipal court to selling a gun to 17 year old Glen Kidwell. Kidwell later became a suspect in a hitchhiking murder of A. L. Lowe in Des Moines.
Paul Koag Jr. burned to death in a large barn at his parents farm near Muscatine. The body was found in a corner after the fire when extinguished. Cause of the blaze is unknown and the disappearance was not noted until flames were well underway.
Fort Dodge resident Mrs. Clynthia A. Larson named several beneficiaries in her will. The Sarah Porter Beckwith home and the First Presbyterian church here receive shares, including life insurance and stock valued around ten thousand dollars, with at least six and a half thousand left to the church.
A larger force works on the North Second avenue underpass as steel girders arrive for upper track supports. Excavation continues with forms set and concrete poured, with end digging planned to shape the section under the tracks.
James Bowens began work yesterday as assistant manager of the McLellan store. He and wife Mrs. Bowens relocate from Cedar Rapids where he was floor manager in a McLellan store. They live in a temporary room while seeking an apartment. Bowens enjoys golf and bowls, though he can’t always post high scores.
New York April 4 Jack Benny admitted smuggling jewelry into the United States and received a suspended one year and one day prison term plus a 10000 dollar fine. The comedian faced United States District Judge Vincent Leibell after changing his plea from not guilty under advice of counsel. Benny was linked to partner-wife Mary Livingstone and to Albert N. Chaperau, a confessed master smuggler, in the case.
The United Presbyterian, Methodist and other churches announce a Pre-Easter series. Rev Vernon Carter opened with In the Shadow of the Cross from Luke 18 31. Rev Arthur Atack leads devotions at 7 20 tonight with The Man of Sorrow. Later services include Wednesday and Friday events.
Washington churches announce Easter programs with cantatas and special anthems. United Presbyterian presents The Resurrection at 7:30 p m Sunday and offers three Easter anthems in the morning. Methodist features solos by Mrs Warren Loren Sutherland and others in a morning anthem. Baptist choir directs The Resurrection and Delight with Edith Reister at the organ and Harold Swanker on piano. Thora Reynolds performs a solo while the Christian church hosts a pre Easter program of music.
At last night’s adjourned session Mayor R L Lytle and the council completed work for a new municipal year. New members R F McFarlane and Clarence Jacobs were sworn in. Committees were named for fire water and light and other areas. Salary levels for officers were left unchanged. Band hired for summer concerts at 1600.
The council announced city posts including clerk solicitor health officer and police chief. The Municipal band offered 24 summer concerts for 1600 dollars annual, with Washington Concert band bidding 500 dollars for midweek shows, while cemetery road work resumes around April 15. Fire department officers and members were confirmed, with C C Reister as chief alongside assistant chiefs and truck drivers.
A musical pageant The Answer of the Cross will be staged Thursday at 7:30 with the choir and youth performing parts followed by communion. The Presbyterian choir presents Du Bois cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ Friday at 9 o clock with out of town soloists. Easter morning services will feature special music, and St James Catholic Church plans related musi.
Justice of the Peace RL W. Fillmore of Brighton sentenced Merlin Lemons to ten days in the county jail for passing a bad check. He is accused of cashing four bogus checks and may face hearings on three more after completing the initial sentence. Sheriff H. M. Putnam moved Lemons from Wapello, where he had finished a previous sentence for the same offense.
Washington Iowa city council adopts resolutions honoring J. H. Squire and W. C. Hedges for sixteen and six years of service. The documents praise Squire for impersonal, diligent efforts improving the city and will place copies in minutes and deliver authenticated copies to Squire. Hedges is noted for six years of public service and cooperative administration.
Rivalry between county officers and city hall contenders unfolds on the State Theater stage April 12 as a six part program highlights community groups. County team includes Noonan Putman Gorge Krabill. city lineup features Orr Boller Jacobs Krabill Dupuis. Admission set at thirty five cents with prizes to attract audience.
In Des Moines the state executive council approved two lease agreements totaling 22100 dollars for building space. The action sets the terms and rental payments for the facilities involved.
Four high school boys escaped with bruises after a Ford of ancient vintage plunged down the end of West Main street, overturned, and left two pinned briefly. The occupants were Bill Brown, Jack Mace, Francis Ralston, and Don Burger, the driver trying to avoid a rut near the recently filled street end.
Des Moines reports the Iowa House approved a two million dollar annual increase in old age pension funds for two years. The plan would raise total annual pension spending to about fourteen and a half million dollars with seven and a half million from state funds and seven million from the federal government.
Holy Week at St James Church features Wednesday evening sermon and Benediction, Holy Thursday 7 pm mass and Blessed Sacrament procession with acolytes and students, all day adoration ending 7:30 pm, Good Friday Tre Ore from noon to 3 pm with Rev Pascal Barry C C P, seven last words and stations of the cross, Holy Saturday 7 am mass and Easter Sunday 7 and 9 am masses with High Mass and Benediction, Mrs George Bell of Wellman visited.
The state board of assessment and review leases quarters in the Des Moines building. The annual rental is set at $22,100 under the year lease.
London reports Britain weighing a system of strategic military consultations with France Poland and other nations to form a stop Hitler bloc. Josef Beck and Romanian foreign minister visit London with fresh information as talks continue. Italian war ministry says Alpine corps HQ moved to Trento near borders signaling mobilization readiness.
The Iowa supreme court suspended six months’ jail sentences for three CIO officials tied to the Maytag Newton strike. They must pay $500 fines. if unpaid, five months in jail each. Justice Bliss and Stiger dissented, urging review of contempt proceedings.
In Oskaloosa Judge J G Patterson found that a deed from the late Vancal Vesely to his son James Vesely should be set aside. The case, brought by Bessie Stout and others, was heard in a prior term with costs taxed against the defendants. The matter concerned a farm transfer made before the father's death and contested by other family members.
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