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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1939
Page
1
Charles Bowes Jr aged 13 was struck in the abdomen by a stray bullet while chopping wool in the rear of his home in Council Bluffs. His condition is serious.
John Lanzendorff of Oyens was taken to Le Mars for treatment of burns after striking a match on his gasoline saturated trousers. He is recovering.
Marshalltown city council approves issuance of 19000 in sewer bonds awarded to Security Savings Bank of Marshalltown. Bonds carry interest at one and three quarters percent.
Mrs Oscar Weid enfeller reports a White Leghorn hen that lays e285 eggs. The eggs are long slender and pointed at both ends signaling unusual streamlined production for the flock.
George Fienup, 42, died when a tractor ran over him on a farm between Shenandoah and Coin. Authorities believe a heart attack caused the loss of control leading to the fatal incident.
Senator George M. Hopkins, 72, Republican from Guthrie, announces the forty-eighth Iowa General Assembly will be his last. He was elected state representative in 1926, 1928 and 1930 and first joined the senate in 1932.
CRESTON The Phillips Petroleum Co. reduced the staff of its lease office here from 12 to two persons. Six western townships of Union county have been covered by lease men of Phillips and other companies. Early arrival of seismic graph crews to search for drilling location is expected.
DES MOINES Francis A. Radnich a 34 year old Des Moines Electric Light Co lineman died after contacting 2300 volts on a power line He was rescued by two co workers and the fire department and taken to hospital with severe burns and shrapels Coroners A EB Shaw ruled death due to burns and shock.
Atlantic judge Whitney Gilliland ruled no case existed against the Iown theater in the suit filed by Mrs Karl Smith Wieca who sought to collect a 450 dollar bank night prize after her name was drawn but she did not appear to claim it in the theater.
Herman Vanvort and Alvin and Adam Eich of Matlock are charged in Otter Creek with dynamiting fish. They face seven charges in Rock Rapids including six counts for fish killed and one for fishing without a license. Alvin and Adam Eich go to juvenile court. Vanvort held on $1,500 bond.
In Cadar Rapids F W Bibe bert of Minneapolis Minnesota heard urgent meows under his car hood after stopping. He lifted the hood and a black cat burned by exhaust leaped out. The animal was turned over to the Humane Society and may have ridden with him from Minneapolis.
David West a Dunbar School teacher was found unconscious along the railroad right of way in Marshalltown with head and leg injuries. He partially recovered consciousness in a local hospital but the cause of the injury remained unclear as friends reported he had gone for a walk along the tracks.
About 400 high school students gathered for forenoon sessions of the KOO junior college guidance conference with 350 seniors attending the general assembly. Iowa State and University of Iowa figures led talks on trends in occupation and college guidance, with multiple concurrent conferences across subjects.
Congressman Thomas E. Martin during floor debate on a war material purchase bill pushed an amendment to require all buys follow the buy American act of 1933. He argued the military affairs committee has lost its proper function and faced applause for the stance.
Brigadier General Vladimir Kokkinaki and Major Mikhail Gordienko flew from Moscow toward New York in a nonstop 4,600 mile mission. They reported sighting Labrador and were two-thirds of the way, with Floyd Bennett field expecting their arrival by midnight if current speed held.
The bicycle court will hold a session Saturday afternoon at 1 80 at the Y. Several defendants are slated for appearance before the bar of justice.
A Washington junior college company staged Sutton Vane's Outward Bound in the high school auditorium. The play presents dead travelers aboard a ship bound for heaven or hell, each character facing judgment by an examiner, with performances noted for their emotional depth and variety.
Superintendent E A Ralston announces the board has elected teachers for Washington independent schools. Contracts are due by May 15 and some have already been signed. Elementary teachers await definite building placements while sixth grade moves reduce junior high staff. Ruth Miner transfers from junior high to high school to teach commercial subjects. High school and junior college staff are chosen with placement details pending.
The 1940 Iowa state Sunday school convention closed with officers named Rev. Thomas Foglesong as chairman Rev. Carl J Spieker as vice president Miss Alma Egan as secretary and Marion D Woods as treasurer The new general secretary of the Iowa state council of Christian Education is O G Herbrecht with duties across several councils and committees. Dr Roy C Ross spoke on the outlook for Christian Education urging renewed effort to build a broader program and home outreach.
A compiled list of names including ter Bickel Maurice Brayton Ruth Flood Meda Fisher Melvin Gin gerich Jeannette Kyle Kenneth Kimberlin Walter Lussky Ralph LeMoine Fred Maasdam Edna Mercer Lillian Minick Ruth Miner Althea Montgomery Della Patton Thomas Parsons Grace Randell Edith Shields Lucy Stahl Martha Sidles Marjorie Stivere Helen Wilson junior high Ethel McCreedy Guy Carlton Joe Duea Margaret Christensen Frances Eicher Helen Kamerow Lois Moore George Mohr Catharine Kaney Marion Cover Marie Landau Frieda Cornelius Anita Tellin Elsie Glassburner Dorothy Kammeller Helen Wylie Grace Fern Mary Welch Martha Timmerman Carol Forgey Helen Thompson Helen Levis Ruth Lemley special LaDeema Wood art Ruth Stewart music Eileen Jeffrey school nurse Evelyn Eyertone junior high secretary Elizabeth Irwin secretary to superintendent
Rev. J. W. Zerbe of Batavia, pastor of the Methodist church, is highlighted for his long devotion to Sunday school work. He attended 28 of the last 80 state conventions, served 30 years on the county council of religious education, logged 25 550 miles in a decade, and kept 1 951 consecutive Sundays in church and Sunday school. He has preached 37 of his 66 years and previously led schools at Wayland and Winfield.
Tributes flowed at a memorial service for Walter Hutton, leader of Sunday school work in Iowa. Rev. Thomas Foglesong presided, with messages from Dr. Roy G. Ross and Ww. R. Johnson praising his devotion, humor, and lifelong service to Christian education.
Edwin S. Thomas 69 died in Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield after three weeks illness. Funeral services planned for two o'clock Sunday at L A Jones funeral home Washington. He was born January 24 1870 in Roscoe township Des Moines county and lived much of his life in Washington and Jefferson counties. Surviving: daughter Leona Thomas teacher at Aztec New Mexico. brothers E Thomas Pasadena California and Charles S Thomas Washington. sister Mrs W A Phillips Washington.
Dr C A Boice was re elected councilor from the eighth district at the Iowa State Medical Society meeting yesterday. The three day convention of the society closed yesterday.
Dave Elder organizes display of 20 prize winners and honorable mentions from the Y M C A international photo contest held in New York. Prints will be available for viewing before and after the 6:30 dinner next Tuesday at the Washington Y. Tickets are 45 cents from board members Y's Men or the Y M C A office. Logan requests attendance committee members report tonight.
A check for 10231.10 was received by Tunis Van Pelt, clerk of the district court in Adams county, in payment of a judgment, interest and costs in a suit by the city of Corning against the Iowa Nebraska Light and Power Co. The judgment related to delays in building the Corning Municipal Light and Power plant due to injunctions.
In Berlin on April 28 Chancellor Hitler rejected Roosevelt's peace note, denouncing Britain and Poland treaties, demanding Danzig return and a German corridor to East Prussia. He warned of no negotiations with unarmed nations and suspended all German activities during the address.
United States officials believe Hitler's speech will likely heighten global tension and note it does not address the definite questions posed by President Roosevelt.
Paris observers fear Hitler's denunciation of the German Polish pact and his reference to Danzig signal possible German action. They debated whether the speech foreshadows a move against Poland.
President Roosevelt dozed through Adolf Hitler’s reply to the president’s peace message as it was delivered to European dictators. Officials expect to receive the speech text from the State Department but will not comment on the address. Roosevelt dismissed a New York Times dispatch about a sea peace conference with Mussolini and Hitler as untrue.
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