14 Apr 1936
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1936
Page
1
The Davenport American Legion post will take possession of its new $10,000 home, Snug Harbor, tomorrow. A four day celebration will mark the occasion with a marine motif and ship wheel lights.
The University of Dubuque will launch a campaign to raise 15000 dollars from April 27 to May 1. The funds will cover current fiscal year expenses and partly delinquent salaries for the 25 faculty members.
Otis Johnson, a paroled former convict from Mount Pleasant, filed as a Republican candidate for sheriff saying he knows crooks. Johnson served seven months in prison on a forgery charge.
The Luther College band of 72 members will perform five concerts this week in Humboldt Shenandoah Nevada Radcliffe Lake Mills and West Union. They depart in June for an extended tour of the east and Europe returning next autumn.
Fannie Foster a Cherokee high school senior wins the state D A R contest and is elected most representative girl. She will travel to Washington D C for the D A R pilgrimage carrying the best wishes of her fellow students.
Early arrivals find lobby placards covered with Hoover Back on the Job 1937-40 stickers. The prank likely occurred at night. Head Janitor John Hinnenkamp removed them with a sponge as Republicans claim ignorance and Democrats show no objections to Hoover seeking the grade again.
Four months after a missing package of marriage certificates from the Little Brown Church in the Vale, Rev. William Kent learns a Minneapolis police visitor claimed the papers were held there. The package surfaced among possessions of two hitchhiking girls taken into custody.
Fifteen year old Clyde Reynolds, a sixteen year old youth near Tron Hill, Maquoketa, ascended a barn hayloft platform and bound a three quarter inch rope around his neck. He then used a public safety item to shoot himself, the bullet entering his head and the impact causing a fall that snapped his neck when the rope broke.
Des Moines officials explain a cartoon misled readers about an orphan bridge. Public Works Administration engineer P F Hopkins notes the bridge cited by Robert Ripley sits in Des Moines Washington, not Des Moines Iowa, and has no roads or approaches.
London ministers weigh embargoes or sanctions as Italy presses toward Gallabat and Lake Tana. Newspapers warn of Italian advances along the Sudan frontier while Mussolini pledges water rights. In Rome Ethiopian tribes resist with air droppings of propaganda over Addis Ababa.
Members of Troop F, 113th Cavalry, will meet at 2 15 pm on Wednesday south of the Methodist church to attend the funeral of Charles Libe at 2 30 pm in the church. Captain Brown says the service will be semi military and asks for uniforms.
Iowa cattle feeders rose 21 percent in the past year, the state agriculture department statistics division reports. The increase is widespread except in the southern third where corn supplies run below normal.
The Washington county Amateur night sponsored by the Y's Men's club offers $80 in prizes split into a studio group with $40 and a novelty group with $40 to diversify talent. Entries in both classes may overlap in appeal, preserving variety and fairness. Deadline notices encourage readers to clip the application blank from the Journal today.
H. C. White of the state board of control attacked the old maids involved in administering the Iowa child welfare bureau. The remarks targeted Mrs Tyler as part of the broader critique of the bureau's management.
Iowa study by I H W Hart shows subsistence wages for teachers fading as salaries rise after 1931 to 1936. The survey, based on superintendents' reports, traces a drop in 1932 33 and 33 34 followed by increases in 1934 35 and 1935 with 1936 37 expected to rise further.
Delegates from eight states gather in Sioux City to discuss curbing American food imports amid an agricultural panic. Speakers include George W. Peak and H J Gramlich as the Sioux City Chamber of Commerce hosts the eight state farm meeting.
Dr. John Timothy Stone president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago will give the baccalaureate address at the University of Iowa's seventy sixth commencement on April 14. A leading Chicago clergyman for over twenty five years he will speak May 31 and holds honorary degrees from seven institutions. He led the 1920 22 committee that reorganized the Presbyterian church boards and authored many religious books and articles.
The report notes that salaries were roughly consistent from 1926 to 1932, according to Hart's computations, with the average used in his analysis remaining stable across that period.
The Washington Y M C A schedules its annual meeting for May 6 in the community room with a dinner at 6 30 p m and a business session to follow. Five directors will be elected from terms expiring including Winfield Smouse Ralph Livingston Charles W Davis Claude Tucker and Harry Ramseyer. A nominating committee was named and the boiler room stokery upgrade and pool heating were reported as functioning well. Delegates to the Des Moines area Y meeting April 25 26 were announced with participants from Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas.
The Square Deal Mutual Hail association held its southeastern Joowa district sale meeting at the Congress hotel banquet room. Frank S. White presided with Ira Coon and G Fred Morgan among speakers. Morgan noted about 600 agents statewide, over 5 million in business, a 58 thousand surplus, and no debts. He cited growing public interest in hail insurance. The eighth such meeting this month planned four more.
Sheriff H M Putnam reviewed a crash in Wellman where a car driven by Carl Ruegsegger collided with a horse and cart. E I Coffey reported the incident and noted Ruegsegger’s driving license suspension due to epilepsy concerns. Coffey was bruised. the horse fled after the impact.
Lee Riley a 31 year old from Sioux Falls S D pleaded guilty to larceny before Justice J E Bovee and received fifteen days in the county jail. A witness saw him on a railway track with a new pair of trousers under his coat after taking them from J C Penney where they had not yet been missed.
The Crawford home, barn, and shed at Haskins were destroyed by a fire yesterday around 4 pm. Officials say a bonfire not fully extinguished sparked the blaze, starting in the shed and spreading to the house and barn. Mrs. Corbin and children were at home. some contents were saved and the house is insured. The property is owned by Mrs. Ethel Booth of Davenport and rented to the Cra wford family. The family is staying with Miss Pearl Gardner in Wastingleu.
B F Miller 73 of 439 East Van Buren street died at 1 45 PM at Washington county hospital after a long illness. Former Pleasant Hill resident and church member. Survived by wife and two sons Golia near town and William in Pleasant Hill. Funeral 2 30 PM Thursday at Pleasant Hill Christian church led by Rev Vernon H Carter with address by Dr S P Telford. Burial Pleasant Hill cemetery. Body to Sherman's funeral home.
Cal Statler, 83, a former Brighton resident, died last night in Walker Minnesota. His body will be brought to Brighton Wednesday noon for funeral arrangements pending arrival of the funeral party. He was married to Laura Donovan in Brighton, later remarried. survivors include children Aldine Hubert Glen Earl and Verne of Walker. siblings W L Statler of Brighton and Mrs Mary Madison of Portland and Mrs Francis Nettlership of Fayetteville. one brother Chris preceded him in death.
Calvin Meyers, age 10, died after being struck by a car on a Keosauqua street. The death marks the 94th automobile-related fatality in Iowa for the year.
Maquoreta Iowa April 14 three personal crisis reports in Jackson county in the last 24 hours shook the community. On the heels of the death by own action of Clyde Reynolds 16 high school honor student came the death of Harry Miles in another case.
Chicago dispatch reports violent clashes and ballot theft claims between Horner and Kelly Nash Bendesen factions as Cook County votes loom for 1936. Washington coverage notes Illinois as key indicator for Borah Knox and Landon races with massive expected turnout.
Two young men faced Justice J. ky. Bovee after Saturday and Sunday collisions near Washington and Kalona. Luther Cram pleaded guilty to reckless driving in the South Iowa avenue and East Jefferson street crash injuring Mrs. Smith. Burt Max Boone admitted reckless driving in the Kalona crash injuring Mrs. Christner with facial injuries.
A report notes a 66 year old man shot himself last night and later today Minor J Bullock aged 60 also died by suicide. The brief cites the events in a local context with no further details or names.
Dale Kiesey who won the state high school javelin title in 1931 still holds the event record at the Oskaloosa Relays. The 1931 meet also saw an Oska loosa record of 168 feet 6 inches.
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