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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1939
Page
1
George W. Smith a farmer living southwest of town was in critical condition after being crushed against a barn wall by an excited horse. His injuries were described as serious and require medical attention.
Solomon Mu rad, 22, began a 30 day jail sentence in Sioux City for stealing an empty purse. He was free on parole from a 10 year reformatory term for larceny.
Twenty nine local high school seniors depart Indianola for a two day trip to Chicago. They are accompanied by high school instructor Harry L. Grange and Mrs Grace Browne.
A walnut gavel carved from the old state capitol at Iowa City was presented to Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper. Reuben Grell of Ventura made this and other gavels given to Governor Wilson and Speaker John R. Irwin.
Don Hunt notified the Sioux City council he will sue the city for 50000 dollars for the loss of his right leg. His injury occurred three months ago during W P A flood control work on the Floyd River project when a 15 ton crane crushed his leg.
About 150 to 200 history and social science teachers from midwest colleges and high schools gathered in Iowa City for the nineteenth annual conference on education in those fields. The meeting continues through today with Prof. Wallace Note stein slated to speak on History and Character.
Carl French, 46, died at the Sioux City Gas & Electric Co. plant when the jack he operated to unload a boiler slipped from his hands and struck his jaw, breaking his neck.
Miss Alice Rossing of Humboldt crowned queen of the annual Pep Jamoree at the State University of Iowa. She was chosen from ten candidates with attendants Betty Pentland Webster Groves Mo Catherine Bradley Newton and June Hyland Traer.
An auto accident near Grinnell killed Colleen Curtis age 10 and Mrs. Antonio Daguanne 27 of Brooklyn, partner of a Brooklyn husband wife dance team. Five others injured were taken to St Francis Hospital.
Fort Madison Warden Col. Glenn C. Haynes wired the state board of control denying charges that sex offenders were assigned to work at Davenport or Toledo juvenile institutions. The message was read in the Iowa Senate after Senator Charles B. Hoeven’s floor remarks.
Memphis April 15 Joe Battle UT dental student set a novelty record by eating a single grasshopper and winning a dollar bet. Cambridge April 15 Harvard student L. P. Marlin visited a market with Radcliffe group and counted 133 fish saying kissing coeds bores him.
Two nurses Pearl Olson and Aila Hiltunen recount a night trek seven miles south of Washington where floodwaters stalled a delivery party. A wagon crossing, a gasoline lantern, and an obstetric kit carried by Olson led to a dawn delivery at the Emry home.
The Iowa House approved a general appropriations bill totaling about 20.8 million dollars. The largest cuts fall on the state education system, mainly the University of Iowa and Iowa State College, with a 519,500 dollar reduction across five schools and the University of Iowa Hospital. The Rockwell City reform school budget is trimmed by 8,000 dollars from 48,000. Other requested increases for state hospitals and charitable institutions remain in the bill.
Four people were taken to Washington county hospital after a highway accident four miles west of the county line on primary road No 2. Geraldine Erdahl 24 of Mt Pleasant sustained severe back injuries with four broken vertebrae and a partially dislocated neck vertebra. Verne Wright of Mt Pleasant had minor injuries. Two New London residents in the wrecked car had only bruises and were released.
Funeral services for William Dennis Stafford of Waterloo, 67, will be Sunday at 2 PM at Sherman's funeral home with burial in Elm Grove cemetery. He died at his home Thursday evening four miles east of Waterloo. Survivors include wife Eliza and children Aaron and Velma, plus siblings in Washington and grandchildren. Born April 29, 1872 in Havre, he was married to Eliza Tucker in 1897.
The Washington Centennial commission chaired by Fred Downing decided to hold a three day celebration on August 8 to 10. J. W. Chandler and the Farm Bureau plan a 4-H show and a large picnic to end the event. A fountain in Central Park will be dedicated the night before opening, with financing arrangements led by Mrs. Rose Reid. The open day features farms southeast of Washington and a former church member related to the Ray mond Methodist church.
The United States fleet was ordered to depart for the Pacific coast as soon as refueling allows. The move cancels plans to appear at the New York fair opening and a grand review before the navy secretary and Norfolk congressman next week. The fleet had been on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal since January due to war tensions in Europe.
About 150 agricultural leaders and business figures gathered at a Washington event hosted by county AAA committees to discuss the farm benefit law. Speakers traced farm legislation from pre Civil War times to the present, stressing soil conservation, income support, and consumer safeguards.
The 15th district’s state Christian Endeavor field tour gathers at Washington Christian church Tuesday evening April 18. Maurice L. Meyer chairs with John McCaw and Howard Daven as principal speakers. The program features movies of Christian Endeavors and a look at the recent state convention. Washington, Keokuk, and Johnson counties will be well represented as young people are invited to join.
Ed Hotle of the Washington County Farm Bureau has been appointed as a member of the state planning board. He represents a district covering eleven counties in southeastern Iowa, with the Farm Bureau noting the appointment today.
Temperature range from 41 to 61 degrees with 0.40 inch rainfall in the last 24 hours. Event list includes Organ Prelude by Mrs Ver non Carter at 7 20, Song Service led by John McCaw at 7 30, Special Music Bethel Presbyterian 7 48, Brief Devotional Period District Officers 7 50, Special Music Washington Christian 8 00, District Announcements 8 05, Field See y Period John McCaw 8 15, Movies Youth in Action address by Howard Daven state president, and closing moments.
Donations totaling 239 were reported by Supt. B E A Ralston and school nurse Eileen Jeffrey. A long list of organizations and individuals contributed to the public school milk fund, with 14,376 bottles served from Oct 1 to Apr 1, including 6,189 bottles in a March period.
Paris reports show France and Britain outlining to Russia a three power military and air alliance. President Roosevelt in Washington urged Hitler and Mussolini to pledge ten to twenty five year peace and to avoid crossing European frontiers, while seeking world disarmament talks with U S participation.
Instrumental soloists from Washington High School competed in the district music contest at Mount Pleasant. Milo Steele earned a rating of one on tuba. other ratings include multiple divisions across Burlington Davenport Keokuk Fairfield Iowa City Ottumwa and Washington with solos in violin flute trombone and ensembles in woodwind and brass sections.
The article notes that 8,187 dollars were paid by donations while the rest came from children. Milk is described as the most satisfactory food for children and should form the foundation of every child's diet, with donations enabling the school program to provide milk to those lacking it.
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