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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1931
Page
6
On Friday evening July 21 eleven young people from Pleasant Hill church and four guests attended a birthday surprise for Lloyd Anderson at the Anderson home. Music filled the evening as ice cream and cake were served.
Mrs. C. F. Rathmel hosted the Fleur De Lis club with nine members present. Mrs. Palmer Babcock reviewed current events. The afternoon featured posters for achievement day, a pot luck noon meal, canning rhubarb demonstration by Margaret Stewart and Marie Donaldson, and plans finalized for the event.
The Johvy 4-H club gathered at Rosalie Combs home on Tuesday afternoon with roll call about gardening. They planned Achievement day and reviewed canned fruits and vegetables. An open discussion on care of feet and shoes occurred. The next all day meeting will be at Eleanor Augustine residence on August 10. Refreshments of cherries olives ice cream and cake were served after music and adjournment. NORTHERN STAR 4H CLUB HELD ALL DAY MEETING AT Francis Stewart HOME
Aug 6 Louisa threshing nearly finished as farmers celebrate season end. Oats average 40 bushels per acre, wheat 20 to 35 bushels, corn in excellent condition. Tomatoes ripen rapidly and local canning factory to start within days.
Louisa county Four-H club boys plan to exhibit a carload of livestock at the Davenport fair August 16 to 22 and the state fair in Des Moines August 26 to September 4. The display includes about fifteen baby beeves, two purebred beef heifers, and one Chester White litter. Exhibitors include Carl Weber, Duane Richards, Carlyle Rees, Rex Hanft, Kenneth Buffington, James and Robert Pierce, Columbus Junction, and Max Schomberg plus Vernon Hafner of Letts. Buffington and Hafner will show purebred beef heifers at both fairs, and James Helmick Jr. will show a litter of Chester White pigs.
United Press reports antics and warnings from New Jersey to Chicago. Detectives guard Holland tunnels amid claims of communist bus convoys for strikes. a Shoshone reservation faces vast horse damage. a St Louis clerk confronts a ticking package revealing a jumping bean. an air freight flight will haul live stock. a Chicago man fined for domestic quarrel details a wild assault on furniture and feathers.
Agnes Samuelson Iowa state superintendent of public instruction writes to school officials reiterating the preference law from the last session requiring use of Iowa products. The law favors domestic goods if marketable, suitable, and no extra cost compared to foreign options.
The superintendent stresses that coal cost depends on freight rates and that quality affects a school's suitability. He asks boards to consider deep vein Town coal and its adaptability, appealing to boards to decide in line with the law and best judgment.
George O'Brien leads the cast in Holy Terror at the Fox outdoor venues this Friday and Saturday. Sally Fielders gains notice for charm in the new Our Most Million movie. Notables include Bogart La Roy Kirkwood and Warwick in the east. Cooper returns to a role after three years in Children of Divorce with a new wardrobe. Also Betty Street stars in City Street, starting Friday at State theater. In Dubuque, Mississippi River traffic slows as water runs very low, hindering Federal Barge Lines despite ongoing schedules.
A State AG opinion says cities or towns may buy materials for street repair without bidding and perform the work by day labor. The ruling, written by AAG Carl J. Stephens, responds to a query from State Auditor J. W. Long.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98 BE S Regular meeting second Thursday monthly Ida McDaniel WM Ernestine Denison secretary Visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 WS Regular meeting fourth Tuesday monthly Mawnie Temple rooms Mrs Chloa Spies WP Hazel Haven Worthy Servant Washington Lodge No 26 A IF AM Regular meeting first Friday monthly Wary C Ward WM A W Yard secretary Cyrus Chapter No 13 RO ALM Regular meeting second Friday monthly J W Enslin Pi A W Yard secretary
Railway timetables list daily and weekly services with local passenger trains and mixed trains. Key routes include Golden State Limited and Apache services, various locals, freights, and California passenger connections. Agents L Goodlander and J McKay coordinate departures and arrivals with daytime and evening slots.
Iowa Attorney General issues multiple opinions. The governor alone may offer cash rewards for crimes in state parks. The cigarette tax law affects permits and stamp sales for dealers. Embalming costs limited to indigent hospital deaths. Death certificates in accidental deaths may be filed by attending physicians. Transcripts must accompany promissory notes moved to district court. No warrants for exhausted soldiers relief funds without levy. All opinions by Gerald O. Blake.
Arkansas Pass Texas August six Two men face murder charges in the death of 18 year old dormitory singer Dorothy Doris Symons whose nude body was found in a shallow grave of sand and seaweed. Tom Conner and Newton Yardberry are linked by testimony before a grand jury. Conner says he was with Symons the night she disappeared. Yardberry had a date with the girl the night of her disappearance. Conner was arrested on a complaint by Yardberry’s father.
State Health Commissioner D C Steel smith reports a week of communicable diseases in Iowa. Whooping cough leads with 28 cases, including Linn county eight Black Hawk seven and Woodbury six. Smallpox has 11 cases, tuberculosis 10, scarlet fever nine, and one infantile paralysis case in Story county. Steel smith warns physicians about reporting injuries connected to crimes and the temporary suspension of certain confidentiality rules to aid law enforcement.
A Clinton owner holds the August 20 1773 issue of The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser containing George Washington’s advertisement offering patents and claiming more than twenty thousand acres available on the Ohio and Great Kanawah.
A fall festival offers a free doll to the girl who brings in the most shoes for repair before the final day. Credits apply as repairs are settled, with prizes and bargain repair prices for all customers. Pete the Shoe Doctor at Family Shoe Store displays the doll window next to the Journal Building in Washington Town. If we can't fix them they can't be fixed.
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