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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1936

Page

6

Backstage in Iowa Politics HEGIEA

A Sioux City delegation led by Special Assistant Attorney General Fred Free plans a trip to Des Moines to meet the executive council. The aim is for the council to reimburse Free’s expenses from the latest Sioux City investigation while alleging rotten conditions and seeking continuation of his state payroll role.

Hegiea Sioux City State House Des Moines Fred Free Lowal Executive Council Attorney General’s Free Iowa

Aesop Motto On Iowa Conventions For Candidates

Aesop would advise not leading on the first ballot in Iowa conventions. Dave Murphy led the Democratic field but lost the senatorial nomination to Guy Gillette while J R Rhodes led for the G O P first roll call but Berry Halden won the nomination. Ed Sager swept to victory on the second ballot in the judicial session. John Mitcherly survived as attorney general nominee.

Aesop Iowa Dave Murphy Guy Gillette J. R. Rhodes Berry Halden Harry Garrett Ed Sager John Mitcherly

Iowa WPA Stance Seen Favoring Utterback in Primary

Report notes that the Iowa WPA organization built a reputation during the last primary campaign for backing Judge Utterback for the senatorial nomination over the Governor.

Iowa State WPA Judge Utterback

Governor Herring heads east after WPA payroll copy

Observers question why Governor Herring took a WPA payroll copy on his plane trip east on Thursday. He defeated Utterback and traveled to Washington to confer with national officials on drought relief for Iowa and other issues. The day before the vote, Sager of Waverly faced questions about recognition and visibility as a Democratic supreme court nomination moved forward.

Sager Waverly Supreme Court Landon Cleveland

GOP state committee funds rise across three conventions

Financial records show easier fundraising at the first G. O. P. State delegate convention, with a summer meet drawing $1,850, another collection just over $0, and totaling about $4,850 across three conclaves including polar February and two summer sessions before expenses.

Halden

Iowa State allocates 11.55 million for county tax refunds

Iowa State officials plan 11 550 000 to be returned to counties from three point tax collections to reduce real estate taxes. The amount exceeds the state levy for property and the soldiers bonus, with drought and weather conditions influencing the final refund. Senator Dickinson was to attend Knox notification ceremonies in Chicago last week, but attendance was unclear.

Iowa Dickinson Knox Chicago

Senator Skips Topeka Event Amid Chicago Absence

A senator avoids public visibility by not attending the London notification function in Topeka and choosing not to appear in Chicago, citing secrecy and personal reasons. The move aims to prevent being conspicuously absent at Topeka while avoiding conspicuous attendance in Chicago.

London Topeka Chicago

Secrets of medieval stained glass art rediscovered

Researchers reveal renewed details about medieval stained glass methods noting the original glass paints and a technique to reproduce copper ruby glass similar to the earliest production. The findings illuminate historic color crafting and glassmaking traditions used by medieval artisans.

Swiss Electric Coverage Expands Across Nation

Swiss municipalities connected to an electric system reach ninety eight percent with widespread lighting. A British Royal Air Force medical officer reviewing two thousand candidates says heavier individuals tolerate prolonged physical and mental stress better and are less prone to disease than underweight counterparts.

Switzerland Royal Air Force

King O King O Bona ae Hearts Chapter XXXV

Jack faces a love triangle with Lynn and Dotl as he seeks Lynn northward while Dotl shifts from rivalry to acceptance. Doll discovers her own fading hold on Jack as Lynn’s letter prompts decisions about a future with the Merchon family.

Jack Lynn Dotl Doll Merchon & Thorpe Avery Dillon Jacky Dad Iia Vannaya Takta Doti Merchan’s Doni

Mystery disappearance of cedar posts in cow pasture

Middleboro Massachusetts police investigated the sawed off cedar posts that formed a fence around a cow pasture. About 100 posts vanished and were found to have been cut close to ground level, prompting an inquiry into the loss.

Middleboro Mass

New York fruit station foresees change in varieties

Fruit specialists at a New York experiment station say varieties change so completely that 60 years hence likely no standard small fruit grown in the state will be planted as a major variety.

New York

Slavery figures tied to plantation size in speech

In a South Carolina reference noted by IS4 Martin W Phillips the estate is described with 1,168 acres, 66 enslaved people, work animals, and equipment. The owner reports planting 270 to 280 acres in cotton and 125 acres in corn with a carpenter and a cook for the field hands.

Martin W. Phillips South Carolina Weenan

Visitors observe Bonaventure Island birds and Perce Rock

Scientists and ornithologists from around the world join with Americans to view the Bonaventure Island bird sanctuary where murres and razorbills dwell with about 200,008 other seabirds. The site shares interest with Perce Rock and its 60 foot sea-worn arch, the sea eroding hundreds of tons of rock annually.

Bonaventure Murres Perce

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