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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1927
Page
3
A 1917 notice from the school board denies rumors that the new high school will include a swimming pool. The long list of local items notes burglar capture in Lansing Michigan, Red Cross efforts, soldiers in France, and community events across December 1917.
J A Porter and his son-in-law George McGinns plan to move to Morning Sun to operate a purchased farm adjoining the town. Modern Woodmen of America elect officers including John Davidson and J F McNamara. Iowa Red Cross aims for one million members with encouraging statewide results. Wellman High School hosts a banquet for players and their female guests. Local fuel committee members are listed with Leigh H Wa- involved.
News from Flint Michigan notes a new Pontiac model due in Washington within two weeks before Christmas. The report highlights Buick engine reuse for a Portland miniature railroad, and Chevrolet’s acquisition of Saginaw Foundry to expand casting, with a modern 800 ton daily capacity and 2,000 workers.
The AAA announces three American made stock cars traveled 25,000 miles in under 25,000 minutes at Atlantic City Speedway. Two Studebaker Commanders and one Sedan averaged 55.31 mph for the Roadsters and 61.98 mph for the sedan which finished after a skid on the icy track.
The seed of this year’s debates was planted with a contest between Iowa and Illinois universities in Champaign. Iowa butter makers won first in the fresh butter contest at the national creamery buttermaker’s association meet in Minneapolis. Charles City reported the state’s coldest night, ten below zero, and a Johnson county drive fights a disease outbreak. Iowa Livestock team triumphed in Chicago, while Larry Skromme seeks governor’s race boost in Nevada.
The League of Nations security commission aired Russia’s proposal to disarm all navies and disband armies while fortresses are leveled. Belgium moves to reinforce its frontier to avoid invasions of 1914 as winter grips the Midwest with snow.
Review of local events shows ministerial moves, anniversaries, and society notices. Porter family heads to Winterset for new ministry while Goodwin celebrates golden wedding. Red Cross drive surpasses county quota. YWCA and Legion planning activities. Owens, Ramege, and Johnson obituaries noted along with high school sports updates and civic projects.
Harry Grabiner and Lou Comis lead the Chicago White Sox in Dallas as minor league meetings begin while the New York Yankees release veteran pitchers Bob Shawkey and Dutch Reuther. Billy Evans is named the Cleveland Indians general manager as boxing mourns Tiger Flowers with tributes describing him as exceptionally decent.
Mrs. J Cox of this city received one thousand dollars in gold from Cinderella’s fairy godmother for the most original Whozit entry in Radio Digest. Her intricate theatre model built from three cigar boxes impressed judges, with scenes and seals from station WOC. The contest ran from November 1926 to March 1st with twenty four stations offering prizes totaling twenty six thousand dollars.
The Graham will screen When a Man Loves with John Barrymore and Dolores Costello next week along with Slaves of Beauty starring Olive Tell and Richard Walling Good as Gold features Buck Jones during the week Shanghai Bound with Richard Dix and The Thirteenth Juror with Anna Q Nelson and Francis X Bushman offer midweek thrillers Gun Gospel with Ken Maynard caps the program Collegions opens midweek with Shanghai Bound and The Thirteenth Juror shown later in the week
The Chicago Cubs of the Nation One league sent Adams and Pete Scott to Pittsburgh in exchange for star outfielder Kiki Cuyler.
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