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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1939
Page
4
Mars life debate and tragic Chicago murder
Observers in 1939 discuss Mars proximity and possible plant and animal life with Mars to be closer again in fifteen years. A Chicago refugee mother killed her two children by leaping from a hotel top story, a brutal act amid hope for a world with room for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Europe
Chicaro
Population, policy, and the road to recovery
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column argues for higher US population and open doors to productive newcomers to boost domestic demand, noting foreign trade loss from price controls. It criticizes New Deal delays and praises constructive jobs for eight to ten million idle people, urging bipartisan leadership regardless of party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rex Tugwell
The
New Republic
Mrs. Roosevelt
Noble news notes from Frey family and friends
The clipping lists numerous Sunday and weekend gatherings. Mr and Mrs J A Frey and Roy hosted guests. J M Rich and Faith visited Wayne Caldwell near Salem. Frances Wittrice and Ervin Graber traveled to Donnellson for youth retreat planning. additional visits span Winfield Ottumwa Cedar Falls Muscatine and Washington union meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Frey
Noble
Aug
Roy
A. Rich
Winfield
Floyd Reschley
Everette Weston
Olds
Pave Richard
Ben
John
Richard Mare
South Dakota
J. M. Rich
Faith and
Wayne
Ner
Wayne Caldwell
Salem
Frances Wittrice
Ervin Graber
Donnells
Eicher Church
C. A. Rich
W. BE. Nicholson
Fairfield
Richard Nicholson
Sunny Slope
Ottumwa
Myrtle Rateleff
Cedar Falls
C. BE. Roth
Ethel
Margaret
C. F. Frey
Orlan
Vernon
Muscatine
Washington doctors resist beard mandate at centennial event
Physicians Alcorn and Mast refuse to wear centennial beards citing youth as the reason. The dispute stalled over the beard requirement as Washington marks its bicentennial celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alcorn
Mast
Fisherman reels in 168 pound sucker on Cedar
Leo Severt recounted a bizarre Cedar fishing tale. His line tangled in a tree and a hooked nose mouthpiece drove a large hook through his nostril. After minutes of filing with a pocket file he removed the hook in two pieces. He invites skeptics to inspect his nose and the hook fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Severt
Leo
Befo re leaping and other wordplay
A humorous exchange uses a dentist appointment misheard as tooth hurty. An auntie remark about long timelines in courtship follows, ending with a quip on trusting a man who boasts about being the boss at home.
Quips and Quotes Gathered From Various Readers
A column of witticisms and humorous lines on money luck love and daily life includes quips about smiles credit laughter and influence. It notes anecdotes from Mrs B and mentions travels to Washington and a Ladies Missionary meeting among Iowa Mennonite churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
California
J. A. Frey
Orlan Epend
Washington
F. Frey
Vernon
Iowa Mennoni
Pulaski
Donal Wayland
Noble
McKinley Home in California stars in Hell's Kitchen film
California's McKinley Home for Boys appears as a New York shelter in the Warner Bros. film Hell's Kitchen now at the Fox Theatre. The Dead End Kids play inmates while real McKinley Home youths appear in school scenes. The Kiwanis funded home sits twenty miles from Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, aiding orphans with trades and education. Cast includes Stanley Fields Margaret Lindsay Ronald Reagan and Grant Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
McKinley Home
Warner Bros
New York
Fox Theatre
McKinley
Kiwanis Club
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
Stanley Fields
Margaret Lindsay
Ronald Reagan
Grant Mitchell
Renny Film Opens With Gags Gals and Dances
The comedy with music Man About Town opens Tuesday at the State Theatre. Jack Renny stars in a romantic farce with Dorothy Lamour singing and Edward Arnold threatening the heroine’s plans. Binnie Barnes and the Merriel Abbott Dancers headline a lavish harem sequence and a Rochester screen debut brings two eccentric dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Renny le
Dorothy Lamour
Edward Arnold
Jacck
Charming Binnie Barnes
State Theatre
Rochester
Merriel Abbott
Jackson 4-H Boys Meet for August 17 Rally
The Jackson 4-H club boys met Thursday evening at Raymond Bell’s home with twelve members and leader Lloyd Marek. They planned the upcoming achievement show and enjoyed balloon blowing contest and scavenger hunt. Mrs Bell served refreshments. Next meeting set for August 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson 4-H Club
Raymond = Bell
Lloyd Marek
Quieting Title Case in Washington County Iowa
In the District Court of Washington County John A Greiner files a petition claiming sole ownership in fee simple of real estate described as the northeast quarter of section 14 and the southwest quarter of section 10 in township 76 north range 9 west. He seeks to quiet title against defendants and unknown claimants and warns that failure to appear by September 11 1939 will result in default and judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tiordan
Jessie S. Riordan
Washington County
Iowa
Township 76
Range 9
District Court of
Washington
Notice of Application for Administrator for John Kirkpatrick Estate
In Washington County Iowa the District Court docket shows Amanda Kirkpatrick Peiper seeks appointment as administrator for John Kirkpatrick absentee. The petition notes seven years of absence with no spouse or issue, a $510.73 fund in county treasurer, and Frank Beehly as judge setting a hearing for 2 PM on the fifteenth Iowa. If no appearance and resistance by then, the court may grant the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kirkpatrick
District Court
Washington County
Iowa
Amanda Kirkpatrick Peiper
Lavonia Adell Sweet
Amanda Kirkpatrick Pelpers
Frank Beehly
Sixth Judicial District of
Washington
Dayton Grove Social Notes Aug. 5 194_
Hetty Miees of Estherville visits this week with Betty Leet. Mrs. Al Huber and Helen Swanson visit J. R. Moore and Pearl Chamberlin family. Ruth Irene Miller born last Thursday to Walter and wife, daughter of Walter Leet. So and Sew club held a gathering at Sunset Park with a noon dinner. Alvin Shaw guests at Harry Dusenberry home. Leo Kuiser and relatives visited Moore family then Cedar Rapids to see Kendall family. Billy Meyers and Bobby Meyers of Chicago join families for dinner. Mrs. Mahoney of Rock Island and others at Lyall Moore home. Gayle Blumenstein visiting Charlie Thrapp family. Robert Stephens family visited Morrison home near Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Grove
Hetty Miees
Estherville
Betty Leet
al Huber
Helen Swanson
J. R. Moore
Pearl Chamberlin
Mahoney
J. B. Moore
Walter Miller
Miller
Walter Leet
Ruth Irene
Sunset Park
Alvin Shaw
Harry Dusenberry
Wee Aroney
Shaw
Leo Kuiser
Corydon
R. C. Ferguson
West Chester
Art Rigenhagen
W. P. Hicks
Keota
James Stancer
Rigenhagen
Harold Griggs
Betty
Carol Dean
Parker
Rock Island
Lindenmeyer
C. O
I. E. Coffey
Coffey
Wellman
Washington
Chicago
Scott Craig
Marshalltown
Lee Craig
Methodist Sunday School
Methodist Church
Fish
Muscatine
Mia
J. D. Dayton
John Rittenhouse
Stancer Family Moves Off Far
West Chester notes describe the Stancer family relocating from south of town to the Hicks residence, while the Rigenhagen family moves out. Other items include church events, reunions, visits from relatives, and community activities at the Methodist church and Sunset park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stancer
Stalactite Growth Under Des Moines Bridge Predicted
Des Moines on vacation science teacher Rickabaugh of Technical High School Omaha reports stalactites forming beneath the Court Avenue viaduct. He notes the longest piece is about six and eight inches and predicts it will take until 2043 to reach three feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
P. M. Rickabaugh
Technical High School
Omaha
Neb
Rickabaugh
Indian Royalty Mountain Chief Adopts Queen as Tribal Member
Big Brave the oldest living Blackfeet chief adopts Ramaisia’s late queen as a member of his tribe. The queen was painted and dressed for the ceremony by Julia Wades in-the-Water who later sold her beaded buckskin dress to the royal initiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Chief
Big Brave
Ramaisia
Julia Wades in-the-Water
First Air Mail Contract Connects Boston to New York
The Boston to New York mail route began July 1 1926 with T. O. Freeman flying Boston Hartford and H. J. Wells piloting Hartford New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Air Mail
Boston
New York
Hartford
T. O. Freeman
H. J. Wells
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