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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
1
Ottumwa readers learn a local crime tale in which KE R Fisher discovers thieves robbed his home and took $132 hidden under a rug. The incident highlights street crime affecting residents of Iowa.
Only one of fourteen Des Moines laundries sent a representative to a meeting called by the federal labor conciliator during a sit-down strike. Other Mundry owners sent regrets or did not reply to the invitation.
Nearly every public waterworks superintendent in Iowa is expected at a three day conference at the University of Iowa starting today. Hydraulics experts will lead sessions and on Saturday the group will inspect the Cedar Rapids water treatment plant.
Depositors of the Rossie Savings Bank posted a 200 dollar reward for information leading to the capture of Clyde R. Cate the missing cashier. Hjelm a Rossie implement dealer gave the offer to Sheriff Fred Erickson of Clay County. Cate is charged with embezzling bank funds.
Hulda Moen and Decorah Produce Co. candling workers investigated a black moving spot found in an egg. Upon breaking the egg a bright silver quarter rolled out, prompting questions about how the coin ended up inside the hen’s egg.
President Hart A. Roadman of Morningside College told the Social Workers club that co ed marriages tend to be happier and more successful than those influenced by maiden aunts. He said couples can study each other daily, improving compatibility and life prospects.
A four day old girl in Marshalltown is being kept alive after doctors find her stomach upside down and positioned in the chest, with intestines displaced and the heart pushed to the right. The infant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thompson of Green Mountain, is Hopeful for survival as physicians note the condition may be unprecedented.
Dr H H LeMare announced he resorted to sedatives to stop a hiccup attack plaguing 11 year old Phyllis Charline Bockhold for nine weeks. The child has slept 86 hours and will remain under sedation for about 12 more hours.
A new law authorizes counties to pay a bounty on starlings effective July 4. Citizens and auditors seek a description to identify the bird. The state conservation commission defines it as a black bird with a yellow bill, about two inches shorter than a robin but weighing the same.
Iowa votes to use about 10,000 acres of marginal land in southern and eastern Iowa for forests. Funds come from a conservation appropriation from the last session to support CCC work and future reforestation efforts.
Milwaukee April 22 strike by waiters and cooks alliance and AFL affiliates halts 20 hotels including the Schroeder eight teen story hotel. Workers seek shorter hours and higher wages while owners dispute the arbitration pledge and operators cite a pending negotiation agreement.
Craw County's Jane Graham leaves for Des Moines to join the state spelling contest after winning the county title. Accompanying her are Superintendent Lester Krabill, Mrs. W. C. Rauscher of Crawfordsville, and her teacher Willis Wittmer. The banquet for top spellers and guests is planned for tomorrow night.
Faithful Mary, described as first lieutenant of Father Devine, travels to New York to oppose the fugitive self proclaimed God. Police search for Devine continues without leads as authorities scan for his whereabouts.
H. G. Richardson reports 45 sanitation units erected in Washington county under WPA. About 60 percent went to independent school districts, 40 percent to private homes city and rural. Each unit costs 21.75 dollars, built and placed countywide with WPA labor and ten workers. Plans from Iowa State Health Department. Information at County Health Unit, Journal Building.
The eleventh district conference of Rotary International with 65 clubs and 2200 members meets at the Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids April 25 26 27. Albert C Fuller current district governor will serve from May 1 to June 30 1938 and Arthur H Sapp famed Rotary leader will speak and represent Rotary International. Relayed speakers include Edward F Flynn Robert L Hi Willard L Johnson Stoddard Laine Robert Walsh Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer Rabbi Louis Binstock and Bruce Williams. Women guests have luncheon style show party banquet and informal luncheon at the Roosevelt hotel plus Cedar Rapids Country Club events.
The church calls a conference Friday night at 8:00 PM. All are asked to attend. Pastor W. M. Berry issues the notice.
Mayor and city officials announce dogs found damaging gardens will be eliminated from the race of life, regardless of license, after multiple complaints about nuisance behavior.
Last evening Cowboy Kellogg delivered a sermon on United States in prophecy and tonight he sermons on The Brand of Hell 666. Services continue nightly at the Foursquare Gospel tabernacle with a full house expected and readers asking when he will preach this sermon again.
Leaders on the House appropriations committee said Harry L. Hopkins head of the WPA and Harold Ickes interior secretary and a TWA administrator will be summoned within ten days to justify the proposed relief program. They predicted the committee will refuse WPA appropriations of 1.5 billion dollars down to 1.0 billion unless convinced it is the minimum.
London reports that Europe will spend about 5 million dollars annually to prevent the Spanish civil war from becoming a wider fascism versus communism conflict. Nations plan a limited initial contribution of 300,000 dollars toward a new non interventional sea and land control scheme, with Britain France Italy Germany and Russia among the leaders. Germany caps its share at 50,000 dollars, aligning with others and risking the scheme’s closure if further contributions aren’t pledged.
Venice reports a meeting between Mussolini and Austrian chancellor Schuschnigg begins talks to decide Austria’s future. Discussed topics include Austrian German and Austrian Yugoslav relations. Goering heads toward Vienna for a conference as Italy maintains opposition to alliance with Germany.
King George prepares for a dress rehearsal of his first public address as monarch. He will unveil a memorial to his father King George V at Windsor and aims to calm long standing speech impediments before a global broadcast.
Judge J. G. Patterson of Oskaloosa is in Washington to attend court matters. He will remain in the capital daily or every few days through the coming summer for business tied to the March term of court.
Jack Gaskill alias Spike to undergo a mechanical lie detector test in Fort Madison on April 22 as part of his lie sentence for the murder of a Des Moines railroad agent. The test costs him 100 of his soldiers bonus.
Titanica W J Madole, age 71, shaved his fifty year mustache as wager after his wife got a permanent wave. He told her he would shave if she did. She accepted, he did so after supper and did not return home until after others slept. Grandchildren barely recognized him the next morning.
Emergency funds totaling $639,411,012 have been released in Iowa from March 4, 1933 to December 31, 1936, according to J. J. Hughes state director of the national emergency council.
The report notes that cent of the 22 other nations contributes to an overall pool totaling approximately 300 dollars to support the operation.
In Des Moines legislators anticipate quick House action on five Senate welfare measures. The package would create a state department of public welfare and fund aid to the blind, dependent children, child welfare, and administrative costs totaling 1,453,000 dollars annually, with federal aid components and broad administrative reform.
In Los Angeles a federal jury heard two letters from Violet Wells Norton to Clark Gable in which she asks for aid for her daughter Gwendolyn and hints that a relief agency will act if money is not provided. The defendant waited nervously as evidence was presented and the state rested.
Official weather observer reports last night’s data with a high of 59 degrees and a low of 33 degrees, just above freezing by one degree.
Mrs. H. G. Richardson, who suffered severe burns, is much better but remains in the hospital for several days of treatment and observation.
In Des Moines the house approved a bill by 69 to 28 to strengthen beer laws and shift dancing restrictions to taverns with 1000 square feet. The measure limits class B permits by city population, tightens booth sizes, allows private citizens to file complaints, and sends the bill to a senate committee for review.
Six Washington county boys enrolled in the CCC camp at Sigourney for six months, announced by Miss Helen Creswell of the county welfare office. The enrollees are Edward Lester, Harold Fountain of Welkman, Mike Dayton of Kalona, Ernest Whiting of Ainsworth, William Waldschmidt of Riverside, and Robert Edward of Brighton.
Iowa Health Department publishes an editorial based on the National Tuberculosis Association call to heed four danger signs cough fatigue weight loss and indigestion. The piece urges immediate medical consultation for early detection and treatment to save months or years of life.
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