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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1937
Page
8
A young doctor torn by medical oath faces a moral test when a grateful patient offers money to enable love. Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea headline the State Theater drama as the couple confronts trust, sacrifice, and a hidden child from a previous marriage.
Shenandoah hosts a May 7 meeting for 200 southwestern Iowa bankers to hear Phil S Hanna editor of the Chicago Journal of Commerce. Fort Dodge residents push for a new post office building via a petition to the U S Treasury. Ottumwa reports request to delay trial in embezzlement case involving Mildred Walker. Cedar Falls man sues over a fatal car crash. Decorah officials seek peaceful settlement as chicken workers strike for higher wages.
The passage explains that the symbols £ 5. d. derive from the Italian lire soldi and denari and from Latin libra solidus denarius. It notes Lb. stands for libra a pound and English plural should be absent.
Lloyd Nolan leads a gang to tame a social problem in this romantic comedy era film. Stanwyck and McCrea star as the couple, with Ridg es, Bowman, Macolum, Bacon, Nace, Holden and others. Directed by Alfred Santell.
Mr and Mrs Julius Conger traded their home on South Iowa Avenue and intend to relocate to southern California. Top hog price listed at 10 90 per hundredweight. Weather outlook shows mostly cloudy conditions with probable showers tonight.
A large Pleasant Hill crowd attended a 10 cent church social on Friday where Miss Nellie Anderson was honored with a miscellaneous shower. She received many useful gifts as part of the event planned by Mrs. Karl Kephart and others. Refreshments followed.
The Iowa high school music festival at the University of Iowa May 6 to 8 will be rated by fourteen expert judges. The roster includes Forret L. Buechtel Philip G. Clapp W R R Colton Stanley Deacon N DeRobertis Hugo Fox Fdeny B Gordon Victor Grabel Mark Hig Hindsley Harper C Maybee Arthur Shepherd Fowler Smith Herman F Smith and Lestoy Wetzel. Three judges per contest will rate without conferring to determine final group results.
Nearly 2,500 musicians will form a checkerboard quilt on Drake Stadium greensward for the Relays massed band concert. The 70 piece Drake organization leads 43 bands in a 25 minute performance with three drum and bugle corps before. Guest conductors include Karl King Alonzo Leitch C J Tesar Ed O Neill and Gordon Bird.
The Trusted Outlaw stars Bob Steele and Charly King in a brisk Republic Western playing through Saturday. King, a 200 pound bodyguard, clashes with Steele amid barrooms, cowtown cafes and rugged western scenery with a $10 000 mining payroll as incentive. Kar Dwire Bud Buster Dick Cramer and many veterans support the duo while Loly January and Joan Barclay appear as love interests.
In Stone Lake Wisconsin heavyweight champ Jimmy Brad nicknamed Chief Che Me Ge Ga Ze We Ne Ne was christened by Laccourte Indians visiting his camp as he trains for the Joe Louis fight.
The concept states that though human affairs cannot be forecast with certainty, trends can be estimated arithmetically by deriving averages from statistics related to the event.
Ancient well like shafts called deneholes appear in Kent and Essex England and in the Somme valley France. They are probably sunk to reach chalk and flint beneath the surface.
Honus Wagner appoints F. H. Flip Fleming of Oxford Junction state commissioner for Iowa semi pros. Tournament planned for July with state winner earning 20 percent of gross gate receipts and four-team prize pool. winner advances to five game series vs Wisconsin, national finals in Wichita in August with a 5000 prize. National player contract system to take effect in Iowa immediately.
Bill Brown expects the Congo rilla from South America to face a five on one assault in the Ragsle Royal at City Hall tonight at 8 15 as part of the VFW shows. The opposition includes Al Bowers Otumwa Herb Jeffries Louis Finney Cyclone Finney Roughhouse Kappa and Jack Sampson.
George B. McClellan, once relieved of command of the army of the Potomac, ran for president in 1864 on an antiwar platform. Lincoln won the election with 250 votes to McClellan's 226 as troops weighed in.
Philosophical aphorism urging self reliance and mastery over chance and destiny with a decisive stance on personal agency.
Fragmentary notes from a Sandiot baseball page recall past troubles and conflicts surrounding local clubs. The readable text highlights issues of misconduct, discipline, and organizational response within the team stories.
South Bend hosts the Studebaker Red and Gun Club Outdoor Show in a four day event at the Studebaker Athletic Association. Exhibits include wildlife from red Indians to fish birds and flowers with rifle and pistol matches archery and band ecHarts. Thousands of Hoosiers and visitors attended as school groups toured the plant and educational wildlife displays.
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