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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1924
Page
1
Reports from Iowa indicate small grains and corn suffered heavy losses after a major storm. Crop damage crews, including Director Charles D. Reed, assess Colfax as a severe-affected area while full estimates await Monday.
American light heavyweight Tom Gibbons defeats English challenger Jack Bloomfield by KO in the third round at Wembley Stadium London. Bloomfield was floored multiple times with a decisive uppercut ending the bout after a strong sequence. Gibbons escapes with no visible injuries.
The Iowa La Follette campaign will file petitions after August 16 to place La Follette electors on the November ballot. J C Lewis says 500 signatures are required for each of the electors at large and 25 for each of the eleven district electors, aiming to prevent any legality challenge.
A strong earthquake in Ferghana Province causes 41 deaths and destroys 3100 homes. Landslides add damage to 1200 houses in the Ferghana mountains, with Pokrovekeia hit hardest where only four of 600 homes remain intact.
The week begins with generally fair conditions in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Monday brings partly cloudy skies with occasional local thundershowers later, temperatures rising, then cooling midweek.
President Coolidge plans a short trip from Washington to Plymouth Vermont for ten to twelve days with Mrs. Coolidge and their son John after accepting the Republican nomination. He will leave Friday and reach Plymouth Saturday, following encouragement from party leaders about a vigorous cross country campaign with state tours and a new synchronized radio cinema display for mass addresses.
A heavy rain and electrical storm hit Fort Dodge early Friday, breaking after 2 am. Wires were down, steam trains delayed, and the Fort Dodge and Des Moines electric line was out of commission. Rainfall totaled 2.17 inches, one of the season’s heaviest. Over six hundred telephones were out, rural lines hit, and toll lines to Des Moines Omaha and Sioux City cut.
Heavy rain caused five washouts on the Illinois division flooding tracks between Moline and Chicago. All Rock Island line trains were detoured via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul route with no service on the Illinois division today.
The Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad requests a perpetual injunction in federal court to stop the Peoria and Pekin Union railway from imposing discriminatory charges totaling nearly 200 000. It alleges the defendant refused ICC rulings and threatened to drop M and St. L business unless payment is made, seeking to restrain such actions.
Former Iowa Governor B. F. Carroll and Dubuque’s John T. Adams both deny consideration of an independent Republican bid against Senator Smith W. Brockhart. Carroll stated he is not a candidate nor contemplating such a movement. Adams likewise announces he will not run.
The Danish government steamer Gertrud Raek, supply ship for the east Greenland station of the American flight party, is trapped 65 miles south of Angmagsalik as ice drifts. It cannot free until the ice thaws, then will attempt to reach Angmagsalik. Lieutenant Locatelli plans to fly Atlantic routes and hopes to rendezvous with American flyers near Greenland and join them to North America.
John W. Davis arrives in Clarksburg amid a warm welcome from friends and neighbors as he returns to his home state. He is formally notified of his Democratic presidential nomination aboard the St Louis Express and plans visits to Grafton Fairmont Columbus to campaign across multiple states.
The American Federation of Labor executive council authorized President Samuel Gompers to demand West Virginia Governor Morgan stop evicting miners from company homes. The council pledged AFL backing to the United Mine Workers of America to protect mine workers and their families in West Virginia.
James E. Thomas of Red Oak refused appointment as assistant director of the budget and may leave state service. G. H. Getty of Boone could be offered the post, while Clarence M. Young of Des Moines faced a possible reassignment but said no official word had reached him.
Edith Cummings of Chicago, national champion, defeated Mrs. Lee Midas of Chicago 3 and 2 to earn a place against Miriam Burns of Kansas City, who also won 3 and 2 over Dorothy Klotz of Chicago, in the western championship.
Chicago August 9 defense rests after Dr H S Hulburt testifies that disordered endocrine glands shaped Leopold Jr’s mental development enabling him to join Richard Loeb in the Franks murder. He cites thyroid, pituitary issues and a “king slave” fantasy guiding the crime.
Miss Lucille Stodola was badly bitten and lacerated when a bulldog attacked while she walked with a pet dog. Neighbors intervened, dousing the animal with water to drive it away as she suffered arm injuries and her clothing tore.
James Riley of Oskaloosa was visiting friends here during his trip. He socialized with local residents and explored area landmarks before departing.
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