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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1932
Page
6
Ward School reports spring may bring renewed energy as students engage in various activities. First graders celebrate perfect attendance and plan a story party while other rooms cover geography readers, animal studies, circus crafts, and handwriting.
Miss Mildred Craig and Miss Eleanor Tucker lead opening exercises as Barbara Gordon serves as flag bearer. The second grade begins a classroom project with a hen, eggs, and corn, while grade three studies Japan and plans seed collecting and flower gardens.
New York April 19 1930s report highlights veteran hurlers rebounding with strong showings. Babe Phelps Brooklyn Mountaineers Huck Betts Boston Braves Ray Kolp Cincinnati Reds deliver notable comebacks boosting their clubs.
Senate subpoenas to the New York Stock Exchange reveal hundreds of dummy accounts in the first 14 000 short selling records. Investigators did not find cabinet officers or prominent politicians named among the accounts and could not rule out officials using fictitious trading names.
London April 19 The new British budget presented by Chancellor Neville Chamberlain omits any provision for this year’s installments on the war debt to the United States and for reparations and European debt receipts. He said the items should balance and that Britain’s future depends on the Lausanne reparations conference.
By writ of special execution the sheriff will offer at public sale in front of the Washington County Court House on May 21 1932 the described lands of Ward Essley and Zella Essley to satisfy an execution from L A Andrew Receiver of Commercial Savings Bank. Sale begins at 2 00 p m terms cash. Sheriff R H McCarty April 9 1932. Also school notes for fifth six weeks report perfect attendance and honor roll students and a note on stamp collecting among girls.
London reports from April 19 indicate Prime Minister J Ramsay MacDonald may retire from active politics after an eye relapse and delicate operation. Intimates say his impaired vision will limit documentary reading, essential for premier duties, making resignation likely in due course.
Enrollment stands at thirteen pupils across six grades. Several pupils achieved perfect attendance or high averages this six weeks including Irene Murphy and Robert Houseal with no absences, and Billy Hotuseal Elaine Whetstine and others posting ninety or above. Visitors and new enrollments noted along with class activities, tests, book reports, a polar bear fountain, and a March birthday for Mrs Beiter.
Nellie Wiley reports eighth grader Donald Smith won third in the county spelling contest and sixth place overall. Elsie Ivan and Robert Gier moved away. Fourth and fifth graders make farm history booklets with personal covers. Merrill Johnson and Richard Hattie visited. Easter egg hunt held with Ethel Hotle hiding eggs. Donald Smith found the most eggs and Mary Elizabeth Wells won a prize. Play Day practice scheduled. Dorothy Jean Dunbar returned after illness.
Winnie Belter reports that Phyllis Crayne Neva Robertson and Helen Hobbs were never absent or tardy this six weeks. Mary Carris visited from Washington. Butterflies for the window were made by Margery Van Sickle and Neva Robertson. The PTA planted a tree in George Washington’s honor. Artwork and glass painting are popular, with many pictures produced. The school placed second and third in the township contest with Gale Robertson winning second and Phyllis Crayne third in penmanship.
Wanda Pence tops first grade with new scholar status and Helen Huber earns perfect attendance. Richard Huber takes second in township spelling, later spelling at Washington. Easter features bunny border and candy eggs. Maynard Bauer marks birthday near Palm Sunday with candy bars.
Vivian Bridges notes attendance by Alice and Ivan Liukavsky and explains March events. Alice Lukovsky placed second in the upper division at the county contest on March 19 after the March 11 township spelling at Franklin Center.
The six week record shows Ward Wetrick Lois Jeanne Tuff man Loretta Ossman Doris Booth Marjorie Ossman Ray Echardt Harold Ossman Wallace Yoder Dorothy Ossman were not absent or tardy during the period.
Margerite Scranton notes end of school year with tests completed and several students averaging B or higher. Baseball is a school favorite as Up sides are set to reveal the highest score by week’s end. A snow storm caused some absences and confusion on the way home. Martha Harvey earned third place in the county declamatory contest. Ruth John mentioned.
The report notes seventh graders working on hygiene notebooks and fourth and fifth graders completing geography notebooks. A tragic event states Miss Emanuel was found dead by her father, with authorities labeling her a conscientious student and suggesting temporary overwork drove derangement. A foreign affairs snippet references tensions between Russia and Japan over Manchuria.
Fairfield Iowa April 19 Helen Trene Emanuel 19 Parsons college student died by her own action after drinking carbolic acid at her home last night following a written note or statement discovered earlier
An official Soviet statement issued in Moscow condemns Japan, escalating the Russo Japanese tensions. The release, dated April 19, accuses Japan of aggression and outlines Soviet policy in the growing conflict.
Sioux City reports the Farm Board will start distributing wheat to farmers with starving livestock this Thursday and will begin distributing flour to needy families next week as part of a relief effort.
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