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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1929
Page
3
A week summary recalls the Forty third general assembly adjournment set for April. Prohibition arrests rise as Federal agents add four prisoners. Iowa events include Arbor Day date, a Clarinda monoplane push, Des Moines gambling raid, and Keokuk flood signals. Major items cover state taxes, road bills, park requests near Centerville, university funding cuts, and weather records.
Local notes recount Washington's 1910 election events with Mayor Bovee and council, cleanup day plans, and hotel committee data. 1919 items cover families awaiting soldiers, German relics from the Argonne, and letters home from France. Notables include John Bidwell, Victor Crone, and Rolce Kurtz with Army service updates.
Numerous local events mark the day as Washington begins a new municipal era. Frank Carter sold his clothing store on the northeast corner of the square to J E Curl of Wellman. William McConaughey takes over as manager of the fall Fisher of Washington high school team. Des Moines Register honors Washington high school with its second all state basketball team selection.
Brander Matthews, renowned author and critic, dies in New York at 77 after over two years of illness. A Texas court finds Loys Wilson guilty of killing Rev. Fount Wallace. Paris mourns the death of a French diplomat. Chicago suffers a riot at a dance palace. 12 arrested after an assailant targets a man’s companion. Snow blankets the northwest after a severe Easter storm disrupting traffic and power. Amanullah of Afghanistan advances with 30,000 troops toward Kajul. Wall Street fluctuates as credit concerns spark hysteria. Hoover says production limits depend on state action unless new laws are passed. The University of Chicago hosts a major interscholastic tournament. Congressional committees take up the marketing bill. Chicago Great Western picks new board members as national guard patrols guard a factory after a near-riot. National waterways receive early development support to aid farmers. Curtis gains public support for social recognition of the VP and wife. Prohibition deaths total 189 from 1920 to 1928 per treasury figures. Abyssinian raid threats reach Lake Rudolf area as UK patrols monitor the scene. Wisconsin votes on repeal issue. perjury charges loom in Aurora, Illinois. Foreign nationals and Americans mix in scattered incidents across the nation. Two young couples are killed in an accident amid ongoing communist rioting between the Rockies and the Atlantic.
A noisy program page notes Fox Theatre features including Why Be Good with Colleen Moore and Flaming Youth, plus Wolf Song with Gary Cooper. It mentions budding romances at a department store, two flights to the South Pole in a monoplane, and nonlocal items such as funeral notices and ambassador Herrick’s death.
Old papers reveal the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union Light Artillery of Washington Iowa, organized to study military tactics and respond to calls for duty. The document lists officers, election rules, quarterly meetings, and fines for nonattendance and misconduct, signed by numerous local men.
Miss Gene Doll, 24, lies near death in a local hospital after an alleged Lysol poisoning at the home she recently joined from Riverside. Household members say she drained a bottle, corked it, then collapsed in her room.
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