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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1931
Page
7
A Monday feature piece urges intensive public effort against wasteful fires. It cites fire insurance groups and public bodies promoting safer wiring, clear corners, and cleaner chimneys to halve property loss and lives yearly.
Lodges Washington Chapter No 98, C gy. regular meeting second Thursday. Ida McDaniel W M Ernestine Denison secretary Visiting members welcome Damascus Shrine No 10 W S and J regular meeting fourth Tuesday at Masonic Temple rooms Mrs Chloe Spies W P Hazel Haven Worthy Secretary Washington Lodge No 26 A F P and A M regular meeting first Friday. Harry Ward W M Yard Secretary Cyrus Chapter No 138 R A M regular meeting second Friday J W Eastin H P A W Ward secretary
Railway timetable lines list inbound and outbound trains with arrivals and departures, including passengers and freight services on the KNORVEILELR BRANCH and St. Paul and Pacific routes. It notes California passenger restrictions and agent hours for L. Goodlander and J. C. McKay.
An accident near Homestead Farm involved a gasoline truck sliding on slippery roads with a broken windshield. Charlie Dennison survived, aided by Glenn and Raymond Tasty and others as workers prepared a new district standard school room and prepared for August 29 opening.
The piece notes Irene Oldfield's grandsons earning numerous 4 H club ribbons for their showing of cattle or stock. It praises her cooking and Cedar township hospitality and mentions Martin J White and his companion preparing for departure to the Town State Fair with tents and gear.
The Hamil reunion met at Mount Pleasant on August 20 with forty two attendees. The original family included Hugh, Margaret Jamil Elizabeth McConnell and others while Ella Walker’s family and Elizabeth McConnell’s relatives shared in the gathering and picnic meal.
Washington reports federal, municipal, and private agencies testing economic and social methods to combat depression. Barter deals trade 25,000,000 bushels of wheat with Brazil, while the Farm Board seeks cotton relief and a New Orleans meeting votes planting limits. Local obituaries and family notices accompany broader civic efforts and community gatherings.
The report outlines a Farm board plan to purchase with federal funds and offer 000,000 bales of cotton to planters as an inducement to refrain from planting. Hoover approves a scheme to sell wheat to China to feed Yangtze famine victims. Governors and leaders discuss price controls, oil imports, and wartime-like measures amid agricultural distress and gold shortages.
New Orleans, La August 32 The all south conference endorses a cotton holiday plan with 14 cotton producing states represented. Governor Huey P Long orders Louisiana legislators to be ready to convene on short notice to enact a law forbidding cotton growing in 1932. The plan faces opposition and watchful waiting by southern executives but remains confidently pursued.
Mrs Flora Bennett, a gold star mother, is visiting the home of Mr and Mrs Shan Davis after returning from France and en route to her home in Oregon.
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