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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1930
Page
9
The 1929 annual report of the National Society of Penal Information brands the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus as the nation’s most overcrowded prison. It notes the historic plant cannot handle a larger population and requires steps to relieve crowding even after new construction.
A request to work on grounds to protect embryo chicks was granted. The chicks are to peck through their shells Friday and the tree will be felled immediately.
Des Moines reports from the safe board of control note no danger of disaster similar to Columbus. Iowa’s three main institutions Fort Madison Anamosa and Rockwell City are fireproof. Overcrowding exists at Anamosa, where prisoners sleep on cots in corridors. a new cell block is under construction. Prison population at Anamosa is 1216, up from 663 in 1920.
After a breakfast with President Hoover Senator Watson remained hopeful for the confirmation of John J. Parker of North Carolina as associate justice. The President has not signaled withdrawing Parker though Republicans pressure for withdrawal continues amid retirement speculation by Senator Goff of West Virginia.
Evansville Indiana April 24 two brothers fought over a brush pile on adjoining farms. Henry Carson 41 died from bullet wounds in a hospital. The other brother was dying from unspecified injuries.
Pierre S. Du Pont urged the house judiciary committee to repeal the eighteenth amendment, arguing one third of voters are under thirty and should decide the issue. He spoke as chairman of the executive committee of the association, advocating a bill for repeal.
Wood Lake Nebraska reports farmer L L Fry shipped two carloads of horses purchased nearby to Rockford Illinois to be daughtered canned and sent to foreign markets as food. In another item Charles Carson and Henry Carson fought over a shotgun during a confrontation. Charles was stabbed and Henry fell when the gun discharged.
Fire Chief Al Niece testified at the Columbus inquiry into the penitentiary fire that killed 320 inmates. He said guards were too anxious to keep prisoners penned up and that every man could have been saved if they had been released earlier.
In Columbus the state Attorney General Bettman rules that school janitors will hereafter be called custodians as part of a modern trend to elevate job titles.
Fire at Payons Manor in Lincolnshire destroys part of the historic estate. Iron armor once worn by knights is described as red hot from the blaze, drawing attention to the aged castle remains and the damage caused.
Mrs. Margaret Preston of Bolton, Lancashire, bequeathed a fortune of 350669 pounds entirely to her brother. The will, consisting of 141 words, settles the distribution of the estate.
Northampton English report notes Cecil Malone MP could not attend the Northampton Irish association dinner and instead sent a phonographic record of the speech he would have delivered.
The article notes Washington's rising reputation as a shopping hub drawing visitors from wider areas, with local stores offering weekly incentives. Despite road work, residents welcome tourists and traders, while county shoppers increasingly favor Washington. Fifteen hundred extra copies of the issue are mailed to Sigourney and nearby towns to attract Keokuk County shoppers.
A Hungarian woman, Mar a Wed, becomes the first woman in Hungary to be appointed a full university professor. An analogist by training, she previously directed Budapest's national museum and now serves as professor of the same subject at Debrecen University.
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