10 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
1
Mrs Ralph Mitchell of Cedar Falls won the Midwest public speaking contest in Chicago, representing the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Charlies City Sheriff B F Atherton took under his wing his one hundredth parolee Leslie Damro who pled guilty to illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor and was fined $300 then paroled.
Miss Faye Cunningham was hospitalized with a fractured hip after a fall. Weeks later Calvin Cunningham aged 77 visited her at home in Eldon and also fell on the ice, sustaining a fractured hip.
For fifty years William Perry known as Silent Bill from Audubon has spoken to no one after his fiancée left him at the altar for another man. He walks two miles to church each Sunday wearing the wedding suit that was to be worn, kept neat and pressed in case his betrothed returns.
In Des Moines a man posing as a meter reader was admitted to a basement laundry area by Mrs. L. Dyer. He tried to grab her pocket book from an ironing board but she pursued, reclaiming the $11.50 rent money and her belongings after a short chase.
City council read and accepted the resignation of C W Riggs city assessor. Three applicants W H Guyer H C Pattison and R W Wilson appeared. Action deferred after Gus Unkrich urged council to study qualifications before deciding.
Top Agent Lewis Goodlander announces a Rock Island time-card to take effect next Sunday December 12, shifting two afternoon trains to earlier arrivals. No. 11 westbound departs 3:53 and arrives four, No. 1 local westbound 11:20, No. 42 westbound and No. 44 eastbound meet Washington at 1:59, No. 12 eastbound 3:50 starting Sunday, and mail deadlines move up by half an hour. shoppers include Mrs. Alvin Allen and others from Crawfordsville Wayland Richland and Crawfordsville.
The Washington Chamber of Commerce elected John Winga L C Willits and Roger Sherman to the board of directors at the annual meeting held yesterday at Congress hotel. Winga and Willits were re elected, Sherman succeeds Bob Lytle, with holdovers George McDaniel W E McKeown and President Harry Ramseyer. The group will elect officers soon.
Japanese forces breach Nan king walls and break into the inner city amid fierce street fighting. Japanese dispatches say units entered from the northeast and other troops opened breaches, with nightfall bringing citywide combat as flames and destruction spread.
Fifty pickets were detained at the Ford assembly plant in Kansas City as a strike by the Ford local AUW began. The 2,500-workforce plant continued running. organizers planned to seek an injunction to halt police arrests.
The Washington High School music department presented a three act operetta In Old Vienna last evening in the high school auditorium. A full house saw performances by Stewart Bell Lois Humble Wendall Beker Maxine Baxter Donane Jiges Richard Hotle Dixie Carter Marion Timmons and others with Maurice Brayton directing the orchestra Bertha Mae Reinert as accompanist and Roberta Stone thanked by the cast for her efforts.
Police detained John F. Castle a well known transient after he wandered into the Colenso hotel lobby while reportedly in high spirits. He has a history of minor offenses in several states and once resisted arrest in Washington in 1955. Castle claimed illness caused his hair loss from Panama. No charges were expected if he agreed to leave town.
A social gathering of the Washington county cow testing association at the Christian church featured W. N. Joshi of India, studying dairy work, and Arthur Porter, a dairy extension worker from Ames. Porter spoke on new ideas for local dairy business while Joshi described Indian dairy practices. Alvin Leader organized the meeting which included an oyster supper.
Former Kansas governor Landon says he will not accept the Republican nomination for president in 1940 even if offered. He announced in Washington that he would remove himself from consideration at the national convention.
The highway commission announces that from today U S highway 218 will replace numbered highway 161. Beginning at its junction with highway 30 about twenty miles west of Cedar Rapids it will run south to Keokuk instead of following the former 161 route. The change aims to reduce the number of highway numbers and 218 extends to the Minnesota border northwest of Cedar Rapids.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors filled all appointive county posts for a year starting January 1. Incumbents William P. Rawn remains county engineer Irene Gerdes kept as statistician in relief office Miss Helen Creswell continues director of relief R. D. Van Doran and spouse reappointed steward and matron at the county home Will Sickles reappointed janitor at the courthouse Howard McBride and Bob Welte appointed to supervise county machinery and the county yard.
Washington December 10 administration leaders predicted the farm bill would pass the House despite a late effort to sidetrack it for the special session. Majority Leader Rayburn and Agriculture Committee Chairman Jones said they expect approval with marketing provisions intact. Opponents sought to split farm bloc differences to return the measure to the agriculture committee and derail the session.
William M. Fitzwilliam a veteran printer of Washington died at his home 312 East Main street after a long heart ailment. He was found by his wife and funeral services are set for Sunday at L A Jones funeral home with burial at Elm Grove cemetery. He leaves wife Louise Valquardson and sister Emma Wulson.
Paul McCarthy of Centerville Iowa was acquitted this afternoon at 2 20 by a jury that deliberated 22 hours in the murder case of his wife Betty McCarthy The lengthy trial ended with an acquittal and jury verdicts as reported in Centerville Iowa.
Mitchell County Sheriff Charles Kaghan reports burglars entered the Carpenter State Savings bank in Carpenter Iowa. Bank officers have not yet determined whether any money was taken.
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