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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
1
Thousands of striking miners retreat from Franklin county after a night of rifle and machine gun fire. Bandaged and bloodied, they begin leaving COULTERVILLE Illinois as 40 special officers escort them home. Leaders call off attempts to reenter the county and resume work at the five dollar daily wage.
Cline and Little won the Washington County doubles crown in a five set battle over Kolosick and Cantoni 6-4 5-7 6-3 6-8 6-4. The match lasted two and a half hours in the heat as the trio of semi finalists also played tough earlier.
Walter Wells holds a three up lead on Stanley Smith after the first eighteen holes of the Washington country club golf championship. The two young golfers will finish the 36 hole match this afternoon to determine who keeps the club trophy for next year. Other matches in the event include semi finals in the second flight between Dr. A W Clow and E F Morrison with finals to meet Ira Schenefelt, while Claude Tucker and Doc Lee have claimed trophies in the third and fourth flights. Play in the consolation series is slow with several matches still unplayed.
Brooklyn Dodgers lost 7 to 4 to the Chicago Cubs, widening their deficit to four and a half games in the NL pennant chase. They must win the remaining two games of the series to stay in contention.
Clyde A. Lee of Oshkosh Wisconsin and John Bochkon of Brooklyn started from Harbor Grace Newfoundland carrying fuel for 37 hours in the air bound for Oslo Norway. Mrs Richard Johnson and family visited Cedar Rapids while Mrs Will Matucha and her sons spent the day in Iowa City.
News letters recount local events around Haskins and Riverside including visits by Mrs. Mary Hopengardner, building projects such as a new barn and a brooder house, and a family reunion at Mrs. Mary Hora’s home. Other items mention a gallstone surgery in Iowa City, teaching plans for Leslie McCreedy, and social gatherings with Mrs. FEEF Blythe hosting brid ge games for guests from Boone and beyond.
Funeral services for Mrs Edna Mannsmith were held Tuesday at 2 PM at the Methodist church led by Rev C B Coggeshall assisted by Rev Pitzsimmons. A quartet plus piano provided music. Members of Woman's Relief Corps and Royal Neighbor lodges attended. Pallbearers included Edward Godlove Joseph Kupka L A Schmidt Herman Koenig George
The Harmony club held a Sunday picnic at Old Settler’s Park in Fairfield with attendees including Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clark and Clive, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Robison and Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. W. Sehafer, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Spielman, Virginia and Harvey, and others. Guests included Mrs. Henry Spielman and Mrs. Ek Peasley and son Henry of Fairfield. Additional visitors were Mrs. Allen Woodford and daughter Jean of Fair, Mo visiting at the Geo. Statler home, plus Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dayton and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Frazey.
The Colenso hotel on the northeast Washington public square will get a light tan exterior with green trim as painting starts within days. Ownership by the Dell Hollingsworth estate and a sixty year hotel use mark the project as the largest community improvement this summer to provide work. Additional improvements include front work at a fruit market building, partitions and plumbing at the Temple building, a new roof for Mrs. Harbaugh, and stucco or paint upgrades to two South Iowa residences.
Merle Dawson is being held at the Washington county jail awaiting arraignment on a drunken driving charge. Arrest was made by Night Marshal W. B. Edwards. Dawson allegedly wrecked a car owned by Louis Beranek. Miss Ella Gordon and cousin Miss Grace Lytle of Los Angeles, California, visiting here, traveled to Aledo and Davenport before returning home.
Mrs Flora Dunbar and Ruth visited Stockport relatives as Mr and Mrs Howard Johnson and Clifford returned to Burlington after a week. Searboro’s H E McDowell visits brother R C Bartlett. Waterloo’s K K Cairy and Mrs Cairy visited Cairy's mother Mrs C B Dayton. Gretchen Buck stays with Ren Brier. Harold Phillips and mother visit from Luverne. Troy Elliott family from Rock Island in town with Mollie Elliott. Fifie Mullen Iowa City briefly visits Fitner home before Tennessee trip to Denver with Iowa City friends.
Conesville Iowa schedules the 16th annual Melon Day for September 6 with 9am horseshoe and kittenball contests a noon church dinner and a 1pm concert by the Rotary Boys band of 50 from Muscatine followed by an address an afternoon of races and free attractions. G N Bullis leads the Melon Day association with committees for events and concessions and an expected crowd around 5000.
In Beverly Hills Will Rogers muses that he is the dumbest man in America as he hears confident predictions from both sides. He notes polls show Hoover may win few states while Hayes claims Roosevelt carries only one Georgia county and the Virgin Islands, admitting voters seem unreliable.
Sheriff R. Ho McCarty learned a Buick sedan with Washington county license plates 92-5013 was abandoned on a Fairfield street. The plate number matched a Riverside man's previously titled Chevrolet roadster that had been sold out of the county to an Iowa City dealer. The Fairfield Buick had been stolen at Lone Tree and the plates lifted from the Chevrolet, then the car was abandoned as a Chevrolet coach later stolen in Fairfield the same night.
Washington county rural school choir members from Van Buren Washington Wapello Henry and Jefferson counties will meet at Fairfield Chautauqua Park for an inter county sing Sunday afternoon. Parents and friends are invited to attend this first of its kind event as Mrs Winnie Palmer county superintendent expects strong turnout.
Glenn Miller of Oskaloosa, president of the state Farmers Union, will speak at the Washington County Farmers Union picnic at Sunset Park Saturday at 1 20 PM after a pleate dinner. He is a prominent leader and is expected to draw a large audience. John A. Simpson of Oklahoma, national president, will address the Keokuk County Farmers Union picnic in What Cheer on September 17, with several county members likely in attendance.
Funeral services for Adam Den is were held yesterday afternoon at the L A Jones funeral home. Dr F W Eastwood of the Presbyterian church presided. Pallbearers named were Lester Small John Morrett Everett Long Floyd Ayres Irwin Galloway and William Hindahl.
Angered farmers surrounded the Woodbury county jail in Sioux City demanding the release of picketers arrested for unlawful assembly. Sheriff Davenport has arrested and jailed dozens more as the farm holiday protest spreads and finances tighten for farmers marketing produce.
County Agent Harold J. Montgomery travels to Des Moines with Washington county farm club members to exhibit prize livestock at the state fair. Calves shown by Guy and Ardell Gerot Ruth and Bara Smith Seth Carris Merle Warner Richard Birney Stanley Foster pigs by Donald Rinner Everett Hays Dale Roth Robert Cress Ernest and Alvin Jones. Six boys including Richard Birney Everett Hays Stanley Foster Merle Warner Junior McConnell are set to form the livestock and grain judging teams.
Funeral services for George W. Griffith Washington county pioneer who died Tuesday night at the age of ? years are set for Friday at 3 PM at L. A. Jones funeral home. Dr. Witzigman will officiate. Public services follow, with cremation in Davenport Saturday and interment at Brighton cemetery.
Dennis aged 22 died in a highway accident near Prairie City Sunday night when his truck crashed. Burial will be in the Wellman cemetery.
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