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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1925
Page
1
A federal state crop report says April rain softened a prolonged drought in Iowa. Oats winter wheat and barley stands are generally good with seeding near completion in northern counties. Corn plowing advances, acreage ready for planting, and home gardening and potato planting progress, though farmers wait for a safe date to plant.
Eugene Breitenbach of Washington Iowa a Grinnell College senior majoring in political science and economics earns the Charles Elliott Perkins Graduate Scholarship at Harvard Law School for 1925 He is named a Grinnell Scholar member of the debating track and Forum society He is the third Grinnell student to receive the Perkins graduate scholarship at Harvard in two years Following 1924 recipients George Jiarnagel of Des Moines and Mahlon Palmer of Charles City both Grinnell graduates now studying at Harvard institutions.
Three adults are dead and a 15 year old boy is badly burned after a two gallon kerosene can exploded at Wallace Brown home in Sandy Morrelton Arkansas. The victims are Wallace Brown 45 Mildren Brown 18 and Milburn Brown 18. Ira Brown 15 is seriously burned and may not survive according to physicians.
The gasoline tax act is published in the Winterset Madisonian and becomes law. Tax collection begins at midnight as Iowa implements the new levy starting tomorrow.
Wm. Crosson, 190 years old, died today in Oskaloosa. He organized John Fletcher college, donated heavily to the institution, and was a prominent figure in the Methodist church.
Chicago April 15 General John J Pershing used a circus ticket to bribe Vice President Charles G Dawes to suppress a story about the retired commander The exchange occurred at a dinner with eighty sixth division officers Pershing recalled ordering Dawes to discard a cigar and button his overcoat but Dawes did not repeat the remark before departing with Pershing to the circus
Final preparations for the Wheeler trial proceed in Great Falls. Senator Walsh will decide if Blair Coan will be called as a witness while prosecutors marshal 37 witnesses. Federal Judge Dietrich arrives to preside. Edwin S. Scott arrives amid potential testimony.
The Brand Fleet, 127 ships strong, steamed from the Golden Gate today for a Pacific mission akin to wartime operations. Radio silence and darkened ships were planned as airship reconnaissance checked for enemy subs, with minesweepers leading the formation.
Officials from Grinnell and Tabor colleges discuss uniting the two institutions under one management. Charles I Tower of Sioux City representing Tabor spoke at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Shenandoah Iowa.
Special dispatches from Chihuahua report that Mr and Mrs J Reynolds British subjects and Mr and Mrs W J Cooper Americans from Milwaukee were kidnapped Saturday while traveling by auto from Lobo Quilla to San Francisco Conchos. They were released and are en route to El Paso after a bullet shattered the windshield and caused injuries. When ransom efforts failed the kidnap party of three men with horses released Mrs Reynolds and Mrs Cooper.
Lake County Prosecutor August Bremer announced that Anna Cunningham of Gary will be formally charged with two counts of murder based on a coroner chemist report finding arsenic in the bodies of her sons Harry and Walter. The killings relate to exhumed remains near Valparaiso Indiana as of Monday.
The United States Weather Bureau predicts a light frost in Iowa’s low lands tonight but says crop damage is unlikely. The advisory was issued from Des Moines on April 15.
President Coolidge pursues economy while taxes absorb public wealth. Interest and sinking fund costs impose about $100 per family annually, with total debt propping households to about $1500 per family if prorated. C. M. Keys of Curtiss Aeroplane Co. urges municipal landing fields and gradual government support for air transport before commercial lines emerge.
In Sofia on April 15 King Boris narrowly escaped a gun attack as bullets struck the royal car. A museum director M Itcheff was killed along with a servant. the driver was wounded. Attendants and the king tried to fire back but the car failed to start. Separately General Gheorghieff, a veteran political figure, was assassinated in the capital.
W V Hughes of Fairfield Iowa to be taken to Cleveland to stand trial under the Sherman act along with several other manufacturers. Judge Wade Hughes presides. The group is accused of conspiring to fix prices of iron products.
Washington April 15 Civil service commission advised President Coolidge that government department payrolls in Washington fell by 1 902 names in March Dismissals reached 2 918 while additions to the rolls stood at 1 514 The War Department led with 508 clerks removed as part of the economy program reductions across agencies
Samuel Goldwyn and Frances Howard, the flapper actress from The Best People, are reported to marry after a four week acquaintance. They met at a Conde Nast dinner. engagement kept secret as Goldwyn travels to Los Angeles where the marriage is planned. Howard has six years on stage and recently signed a five year contract with Players-Lasky.
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway wins ICC approval to abandon sixteen miles of track from West Davenport in Scott county to Stockton in Muscatine county Iowa. The commission found the line uneconomical while two trunk lines and the Clinton Davenport and Muscatine interurban serve the area.
A Honolulu military court sentenced Private Paul M. Crouch to 40 years for enlisting to promote revolution in Hawaii. Witnesses linked him and Private Walter M. Trumbull to plans against the government before service, prompting a War Department review and expected term reduction.
Jacob Johnson city clerk of Denison was elected trustee of the Bank of Denison by creditors. Bond set at 100000 dollars. Creditors meet in Council Bluffs next Monday to consider selling the bank to a syndicate led by former governor Leslie M Shaw, a Denison resident and creditor of 35000 dollars.
Canada possesses forests covering more than twice the area of Europe, highlighting the extensive expanse of timberlands across the country. The comparison underscores the continent’s vast woodland resources and ecological footprint.
The text notes an actress who played the princess in Ference Molnar's The Swan and co starred with Richard Dix in Too Many Kisses. It states she lives in New York City. It also mentions Mr. Goldwyn's former marriage to Blanche Lasky, their daughter Ruth, and his founding of Goldwyn Pictures where he served as first president.
Ex Premier Paul Painleve agreed to form a cabinet with socialist participation. Three socialists will join the ministry including Paul Boncour and Alexandre Varenne while Painleve takes foreign affairs, Briand potentially excluded. Caillaux expected in Paris amid cabinet speculation.
Robert A. Bahnsem a Rock Island junior at the University of Iowa jumped fifty feet from a bridge into the Iowa River to fulfill a wager. He was fully clothed but an expert swimmer and reached shore safely.
Saskatchewan reports a six generation living family headed by Mrs. Odell, age 938, who married at 16. Her line includes a great, great, great, great granddaughter aged 6 months, with each generation beginning with a daughter who married between 16 and 18.
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