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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1927
Page
5
War era pages detail Red Cross shipments with 444 1 3 dozen dressings and 80 dozen dressings from Riverside, plus practice and lectures at Chautauqua under Capt. Dugmore. Reports cover Company K transfers, local injuries, rail delays, school hire strain, and community events amid wartime.
Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones returns from Geneva urging a stronger commercial fleet. Dowager Queen Marie of Romania earns 125000 annually. Michael J granted 110000. Judge Elbert H. Gary dies in New York. S.S. Thorpe resumes upper Mississippi traffic. Germany fails to conquer Atlantic by air. Sacco-Vanzetti juryman attacked. family injured. Smuggling profits exceed 500 million. Film star economy plan eyed. Trans Atlantic hope for Junkers planes dwindles. Lindbergh seeks quiet visit in St. Louis. Armour dies in London. his empire wanes. Armour's son mourns. Germany faces renewed plane setback. Junkers to discuss new start. Politics blamed for Geneva stalemate. Elbert H. Gary funeral in Wheaton. No Sacco-Vanzetti decision change. Hawaii race query shifts to missing planes. Pittsburgh jail escape dominates front pages.
Troop D Iowa National Guard 60 men from Washington at Fort Riley Kansas for two weeks. Rev J Reade McCrory resigns from First United Presbyterian to accept call in Cambridge Ohio. Marshall and Woods of Washington win singles but lose doubles to Columbus Junction. Jesse J Miller and Mrs Remps Hampsher broadcast from WSUIL Iowa City. Junior college enrollment extended through week. Tom Brady buys a store in Town City after leaving Barclay grocery. John Alverson of Des Moines, grandson of A N Alverson, sang on WHO. Howard R Green reviews sewer survey for city council. Washington Indies baseball tournament at Wapello. Chautauqua tent praised. gravel grounds ease attendance despite rain. St Marys Riverside to hold Golden Jubilee Aug 24. City council passes speed limit signs 25 mph on outskirts 15 mph in business district. Rural schools fully staffed. all vacancies filled. Drum and Bugle Corps at American Legion lesson convention. praised but not first place. Lindbergh monoplane spotted over Washington en route to Davenport. Harry Gallaway recovers lost billfold with money papers and rail ticket. Dr Ira Landrith lectures delayed by mud. Wellman paving nears completion removing hitching racks on Clark Street. Wellman chautauqua a success despite debt risk. Ottumwa moving van fire near Rocky Island on return via Brighton damages truck. Unalai Campfire group heads to Keosauqua for two weeks. Three local boys to Lake Okoboji for two weeks with Hi-V. Dr W W Bowers and family return from Minnesota lakes vacation.
On Friday August 21 1917 a fine pedigreed Jersey pig was auctioned on the square to raise funds for the army YMCA with Col D F Macon as auctioneer. Major S W Brookhart recommended Sergeant Samuel Allen Rice for officer training at Port Snelling. A collision near the Chautauqua grounds damaged a Moline Knight owned by Tom Carris and a Buick owned by Charles Houck, removing one front wheel from each.
The county superintendent oversees all rural and city schools, issues teacher certificates, approves standard schools, distributes texts and state aid funds, conducts examinations, and enforces laws. She visits each school yearly, administers oaths, sponsors contests and associations, handles vast correspondence, and coordinates with deputies for Washington county’s 107 rural and eight city schools.
More than five thousand Iowans gathered in Des Moines for the American Legion convention as a killing frost setbacks corn yields to near normal. Clarence Chamberlin received hometown homage in Denison, while Solon saw a natural gas scare and a fire risk. Iowa eyes public building funds, tax cuts, and larger enrollments at Cornell and Coe as leaders push for 1932 political boosts and state fair attendance.
A historic note describes how a Frenchman 300 years ago stitched a small cloth bag into the lining of garments to hide valuables, creating the first trousers pocket and thwarting thieves who cut cords to steal from waist bags.
Governor Hammill designates Clarence Chamberlin as a lieutenant colonel on his staff and lauds him as a sterling example of the American aviator who has contributed to aviation's present development.
Lon Chaney stars in The Unknown at the Fox with Joan Crawford and Molly O Day also billed. Milton Sills leads Hard Boiled Haggerty, a war air service drama, while Tom Tyler appears in The Cyclone of the Range. Rin Tin Tin headlines Hills of Old Kentucky with supporting cast, plus Marriage License and Naughty Nannette add to the week’s lineup.
Gilda Gray arrives in Washington to appear in Cabaret. The description compares the show to a New York experience, promising a poetic performance and a familiar cabaret vibe for those who know Gray.
Next week's program broadens the Chautauqua lineup with stage acts and lectures. Tom Corwine is billed as The Funniest Man in Town, Edward Reno appears as a magician, Casford Concert Company features three talented girls, Army Ambrose lectures on electricity, Grosjean Marimba Trio showcases multiple instruments, Southland artists perform, George F. Morse lectures on animals, and Edward Tomlinson discusses Our Relations to South America.
Merle Robins of Ames wins the Mississippi Valley tennis meet in Muscatine sharing the title with Mrs. Molla Mallory in the lower division. Ames fields eight veterans on the Cyclone football squad with September 15 kickoff, but loses a veteran kicker to graduation. Preliminaries for the women's national tennis championship at Forest Hills feature Helen Wills in the upper half. The White Sox are being crushed by the Yankees as Ted Lyons struggles. Dempsey nears a heavyweight title fight while Tunney stays out of the spotlight in training camp.
West Chester notes Rev Nash and family from Colorado visiting old friends and recalls Rev Dobbin's past service in town. The column humorously muses on rapid farming work and plentiful corn after another heavy rain, then digresses to liquor prices, roasting ears, and a joking biblical reference about Genesis and operations.
The United States College of Veterinary Surgeons in Washington DC closes after graduating its final class. The institution, founded thirty five years ago, ends due to the death of the horse triggering the shutdown.
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