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13 Dec 1938
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Washington Evening Journal in Washington, Iowa
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1938
Page
1
New Assembly Opened by Bishop An in Madison
In Waterloo a new church listed as the Bulgarian Ortho Immanuel Boubert is named with Madison as the supervising bishop. Tonelli serves as treasurer and residents of Ames participate in the religious organization’s formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anof Madison
Immanuel Boubert
Ames Tonelli
Treas
Victim Severely Wounded In Hit and Run Tire Change
Copper Noll of OU was taken to Luther Memorial Hospital by motorists after a car struck him while he was changing a tire on his vehicle. He was found unconscious on the roadside. the driver fled. Noll sustained a fractured leg and internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Docke
Harry
Coppernoll
Lutheran Hospital
Flood Leaves Cornfed Fish for Residents
Blencoe in Monona county residents eat cornfed carp and buffalo fish found in cornfields beside the Little Sioux river after the river overflowed in September. The flood has produced thousands of pounds of fish feeding on corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blencoe
Monona County
Little Sioux River
Here
No Typhoid Traced to Eating Houses in Cedar Rapids
Iowa epidemiologist Dr Stephen Vaul said no typhoid case has been traced to public eating places. He noted 62 cases, 41 tied to a card party on October 24 where a carrier handled food and is now isolated and cooperating with health officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Vaul
Stephen
Iowa
Cedar Kapguy
Board of Health
Patrolmen Guard Against Violence on Iowa Highways
Patrolmen were stationed in southwestern Iowa as a guard against recurrence of truck strike violence after a break out last week. The decision followed a meeting at which Assistant Highway Chief Harry Nestle, Police Chief C A Bangs, and Sheriff Joe Perry of Pottawattamie county pledged every precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffe
Iowa
Harry Nestle
C. A. Bangs
Joe Perry
Pottawattamie
Mrs. Knox Begins Three-Year Forgery Prison Term
Mrs. Sumner Knox starts a three year sentence at the Rockwell City women’s reformatory after conviction for forging Civil War pension checks issued to her mother. Sheriff Frank Sehol escorted her to the facility amid the kitchen cabinet mystery context.
Re-elect Weber to Office of Dairy Co-op Group
Des Moines Iowa dairy cooperative annual meeting re elected officers RKO Linder Perry president Irving B Weber secretary treasurer and RK Hadley vice president. Weber and Linde retained their previous posts as the group continues its buying organization for Iowa dependent dairy plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber
Dairy Co-op Group
Des Moines
Iowa Dairy Products Cooperative Association
RKO Linder
Perry
Irving B. Weber
Iowa City
Jury Requests Discharge of Five County Employes
Rockwell City Iowa Calhoun county grand jury requests trial of five county employees in a report to District Judge P. J. Klinker. The named men are Hiram Clouse Charles Gray George Ruston Russell age and Joe Breitenback. Jury criticizes relay by county supervisors and current road maintenance department handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell City
Calhoun
Crone Hosts Milday Evening Supper
Mr and Mrs Lawson Crone hosted a group for a Milday evening supper including Mr and Mrs Teets Mr and Mrs Marvin Kwalter and Mr and Mrs Chas e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lawson Crone
Mrs Teets
Mra
Marvin Kwalter
Mrs. Chase
Dewey Proposes Stamp Plan To Equalize Iowa Tax
Iowa Senator A Claire Dewey proposes a sales stamp system to replace the current sales tax. Merchants would buy stamps from the county treasurer and affix them to purchases to cap taxes at two percent and reduce uncollected revenue by about a million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
A. Claire Dewey
Washington
Dewey
County Legion Session Here
The joint county meeting of the American Legion and auxiliary will be held tomorrow at 8 PM in the K. C. hall. John Yousling will play accordion, Norma Payne will tap dance, solos by John Lloyd Hughes and Wendall Baker, with a West Chester male quartet. Mrs Ives McKay to be piano accompanist. Ben Nichols of Nichols, first district commander, to give the evening talk. Expected to draw a large post and auxiliary turnout from county towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
K. C. Hall
John Yousling
Norma Payne
John Lloyd Hughes
Wendall Baker
West Chester
Ives McKay
Ben Nichols
Nichols
American Legion
Art project leader seeks early Iowa works
Catherine McNutt former Ames school supervisor now heads research for the Iowa unit of the Index of American Design visiting Washington.She focuses on early Iowa or American made objects of superior design and craftsmanship as part of the federal project. The note mentions the absence of a single comprehensive index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine McNutt
Ames
Iowa
Inde of
Feders
Washingto
Miss McNutt
Temporary receiver named in Iowa Southern Utilities case
District Manager Frank 5b Miller reported Edward L. Shutts president of Iowa Southern Utilities explained the temporary appointment following a stockholder lawsuit filed in Sigourney by Lola Landes and S. B. Wright. Judge Frank Hechly appointed Clyde McFarlin as temporary receiver. 15 days to petition to set aside. Company insists no insolvency and daily operations will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank 5B. Miller
Iowa Southern Utiilities Company
Edward L. Shutts
Sigourney
H. M. Havner
Des Moines
Mr. Shulis
Havner
Lola C. Landes
Brooklyn
Iowa
S. 8. Wright
State Executive Council
Dietrich
Frank Hechly
Clyde McFarlin
Atorney
Montezuma
Lola G. Landes
Wright
Harmer
American crafts slide to foreign designs in early industry
The article notes a lack of interest in American design pushing manufacturers toward European styles. It suggests water color plate reproductions may be issued as a portfolio for schools museums libraries and individuals interested in the designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Britisher Eden Meets President in White House Talk
Capt Anthony Eden former British foreign secretary and President Roosevelt held a private discussion in the Oval Room of the White House. Eden, mobbed by admirers, left the house after saying he enjoyed the visit but would not disclose details. He then met with Sumner Welles at the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
INS
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
Oval Room
White House
Eden
State Department
Sumner Welles
Three Workers Injured as Scaffold Collapses in Clencoe
Two carpenters and a helper from the .&. BE. Short Construction company building a school symnasium were injured when a scaffold collapsed. J.A. Jones sustained a fracture of the back and John Brodeen a fracture of the left leg and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clencoe
the .&. BE. Short Construction Company
Symnasiumnhere
J.A. Jones
John Brodeen
Means Hidden Funds Sought After Lindbergh Hoax
Federal agents intensified a search for Gaston B. Means hidden fortune of 104000 dollars from the Lindbergh ransom hoax. They scoured his Chevy Chase home and tracked possible instructions left to a friend or relative as they linked his death to a career shadowed by high level ties and a 15 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P. C
INS
G-men
Department of Justice
Gaston B. Means
Edward B. McLean
Means
Missouri
Col. Lindbergh
McLean
Harding
Wy Street
Federal
Chevy Chase
Mra
Julia Means
None Injured in Car Crash at City Intersection
A morning crash at East Jefferson street and South Fourth avenue near the high school corner caused two cars to collide. All three occupants escaped injury. both vehicles suffered heavy damage as one rolled onto a terrace and tipped on its side. No stop signs existed at the intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Walter McArtor
John van Sycc
South Fourth Avenue
East Jefferson Street
MecArtor
van Syco
Jefferson Street
Walter MecArtor
Washington
Fourth Avenue
Company K Meet Planned for Jan 16 at Congress Hotel
The annual dinner and meeting of Company K survivors of Washington’s unit in the war and on the Mexican border will be held Jan 16 at the Congress hotel. Invitations go out and Dale Atkinson prepares the program. Babe Wilson will give the welcome and Sylvester Leith the evening address. Ed Squire reports. Members from Columbus Junction and Fort Madison are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company K
Washington
Congress Hotel
Dale Atkinson
Babe” Wilson
Sylvester Leith
Ed Squire
Columbus Junction
Fort Madison
Mrs McElhinney and Cherie Wilson Visit From Town City
Mrs Joe McElhinney and her daughter Mrs Cherie Wilson of Town City visited friends yesterday morning. Mrs McElhinney traveled from here to Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McElhinney
Cherie Wilson
Town City
McElhinney
Des Moines
Means case details money hidden by belt claim
The district attorney stated information indicated she wore a belt concealing money. A Detroit ex-convict claimed Means said the funds were buried under concrete steps at Means's home. the steps were excavated but no money appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Means
Iowa high court reverses in Cosgrove nun case
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court reverses a district court ruling in Sister Mary Eugenie Schwartz versus the Cosgrove public school district. The court instructs to hear intervenors and rules nun garb may be worn in class and salary funds may be directed to her Catholic order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lown Supreme Court
Jounsoy County
Paul Richards
Sister Mary Eugenie Schwartz
Cosgrove
Iowa
Melrose
Monroe County
Parnell
Iowa County
Schwartz
Fire damages shell goods factory and stock
Peter Christiansen reports his East Seventh street shell goods factory suffered about 600 to 800 dollars in additional losses beyond the 400 dollar insurance. The blaze, likely started in rubbish, damaged a large stock of lamps ash trays and other shell products and ruined much of the rough stock and building equipment. The owner was not present when the fire started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Christiansen
Christiansen
Harry Knott
East Seventh Street
Horak Couple Studied Sunday Visit in Moline
Mr and Mrs Paul Horak spent Sunday in Moline Illinois with her parents Mr and Mrs A J Vander Vennet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Horak
Moline, Ill
Mrs
A. J. Vander Vennet
Postmasters Hold Called Meeting Here
About 35 postmasters from six northern counties of Iowa’s first district gathered at the Y M C A in Washington for a special meeting hosted by Post master M C Delong. Speakers Lester Hughes Ray Baxter and Mrs Nettie Lewis discussed postmaster concerns and the new civil service law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington
M. C. DeLong
Lester Hughes
Ray Baxter
Burlington
Nettie Lewis
Columbus Junction
Bethel Gains New Pastor in Two Churches
Rev. M. A. Robeson of Cotter will be installed as pastor of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Washington County on Wednesday and at Cotter Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening. Also to participate are Dr F. W. Eastwood of Washington Rev N. F. Chapman of Crawfordsville and Rev. David.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Robeson
Bethel and
Cotter
Columbus Junction
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Washington County
Cotter Presbyterian Church
F. W. Eastwood
Washington
N. F. Chapman
Crawfordeville
David
Luzon gun boat alleged to shoot down plane near Hankow
Shanghai reports a Luzon incident claiming an American gunboat fired on and shot down a Japanese plane on the Yangtze near Hankow six weeks ago. Washington says no such firing has occurred since the Panay sinking. The Admiral Charnel was also said to have downed two planes on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
INS
Yangtze River
Hankow
Washington
State
Navy Department
Luzon
Panay
Admiral Charnel
Troopers Get Three Months Drill Pay for Christmas
Members of Troop F 113th Cavalry received about $1,000 extra in federal pay for Christmas. Captain O J Brown distributed the checks at drill after receiving them by mail. The payment covers twelve weekly drills with Major Frank Nelson and Major C J Lambert present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
113Th Cavalry
O. J. Brown
Frank Nelson
Burlington
Iowa Cavalry Regiment
C. J. Lambert
Sigourney
Increase Iowa's Cattle Feeding Seen This Year
Des Moines reports from December 13 indicate a substantial rise in Iowa cattle feeding. Leslie M. Carl notes 337000 head moved into Iowa from July to November, 15 percent above 1937, with higher direct range imports and a 20 percent overall increase. Nationwide, ample feed and low prices boost demand for cattle to utilize feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Leslie M. Carl
Carl
Corn Belt
Mrs Matucha Travels to Marshalltown to Visit Son
Mrs William Matucha left this morning for Marshalltown where she will spend a couple of days with her son Herman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Matucha
Marshalltown
Herman
Salem church minister to assist in both services
Davies of the Salem Welsh Presbyterian church will assist in both services. Both congregations have held receptions for Rev, Mr. Robeson and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davies
Salem Welsh Presbyterian Church
Mr. Robeson
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Stephen J. Donahue
Archdiocese of
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William T. Manning
Korello LaGuardia
Citizens’ Rally Against
New York City
County Legion
K. C
Hall
U. S
Southern Utilities
Britisher
East Jefferson
South Fourth
Supreme Court
Harold &. Evans
Tost
Rob Campbell
Tom Taylor
John Campbell
Frank N. Crow
Washington “Y
Bethel
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