14 Dec 1931
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1931
Page
1
Tickets go on sale Tuesday at 8 am at McDaniel drug store for a December 17 high school auditorium program directed by J A Taylor. The lineup includes The Loveliest Thing, Cabbages, and Dust of the Road, with admission at twenty five cents.
Although a majority of drivers have not yet applied for licenses, the sheriff's office reports a steady rise with about 6,000 applications. Licenses are mailed from Des Moines. Frank handled roughly 250 applicants in Riverside and another 250 in Wellman. he schedules Brighton Tuesday Crawfordsville Wednesday and Kalona Friday to assist applicants.
In Mukden Manchuria Chinese forces evacuated the city as American reporters entered. The piece notes long involvement by bandits and no new American news until today amid cold weather and quiet on the war front. It mentions General Ma Garner with 200 Democrats marching on Washington in a tangential aside.
Hoover Republicans in Congress open attack on Democrats over inaction and defend President Hoover. Rep James M Beck accuses Democrats of promiscuous speaking and urges unity as one of the world’s great crises. Senate adjourns after multiple ballots fail to elect president pro tempore amid GOP split.
A large group of youths gathered at the YMCA Sunday evening for Happy Hour carol singing. Stanley Baird led the event in the men's lobby and invited attendees to return next Sunday after church, with Mrs. A. A. Vinz directing the music and Charlotte Campbell at the piano. Lantern slides projected carol lyrics while talks covered the history of Silent Night, O Little Town of Bethlehem, and It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.
Gerald Duncan of Washington won two firsts and two seconds in Brown Chinese geese Canadian geese grey car ducks white runner ducks farry runner ducks black runner ducks erminette runner ducks and gray runner ducks at the Chicago Coliseum poultry show. He also staged a publicity stunt wearing a clown suit with a costumed Chinese goose. A rotogravure photo ran in the Des Moines Register and a Chicago Tribune image appeared recently. Duncan previously entered birds last year, winning multiple prizes at the wide national and Canadian exhibit.
The article identifies two prominent sapphire regions in the United States. One lies among Macon County North Carolina corundum deposits yielding fine gems, while the other lies in the sandy gold region near Helena Montana.
The nation’s railroads push negotiations with 1.5 million union workers for a voluntary wage cut and unemployment relief. Eastern and southern heads convene in New York and Louisville with Western leaders meeting here. If no voluntary cut, railroads threaten to invoke the railroad arbitration act leading to lengthy hearings.
Two cars collided Sunday morning at the intersection of primary roads No 2 and No 161 east of Ainsworth. C L Sweeting of Town City drove north on No 161 in an open Ford and was thrown into the mud, escaping serious injury as his car was demolished. Dale Shelladay of Muscatine led the westbound Chevrolet with several passengers. the other vehicle was badly damaged.
In Salford England a blind wife identified her husband by voice during a bigamy trial and the court allowed the identification as evidence.
A hundred loads of Hayes timber near town were cut into stove lengths by unemployed Washington men. Fifty men received work at nominal wages paid as orders on local businesses. The unemployment relief committee seeks buyers for the fuel and may hire more workers if a market is found. Interested parties may contact Rev. Carl W. Klein, committee chair.
Rioting in Honolulu ended after naval and local police, with Marines from Pearl Harbor, restored order. Sailors demanded punishment for five defendants in an assault case and abducted Horace Ida, a Japanese man, threatening to throw him from a 1000 foot cliff as patrols and leave were canceled at the Navy yard.
Miss Priscilla Morrison daughter of Mr and Mrs BK Morrison of Washington is pictured among twenty two University of Iowa students in the Des Moines Register rotogravure as candidates for the 1932 Hawkeye beauty contest. The field will be narrowed to fifteen this week with finalists announced in spring. Morrison is a noted university actress with leading roles in several theater productions.
The text notes that Eskimos do not typically measure age in years and rarely know a person’s exact age unless a birth date can be verified by a known explorer visit, whaling voyage, or notable event.
Warily reporting from Harbin on December 14 1931 United Press describes rapid Japanese gains in Manchuria. Advisors police and censors steer finance industry and utilities while Japanese managers replace Chinese directors and run coal mills banks and railways. The article paints a hybrid rule with military cover transforming occupied areas into a de facto Japanese colony.
Washington high opens with Brighton tonight at eight on their home court to end three pre conference games. Mt Pleasant visits Friday for the Little Six opener with a lineup featuring several football standouts including Bennett at center.
Leavenworth federal prison faced a mutiny with over 200 inmates in one cell block shouting and beating doors. Thirty guards armed with riot guns and tear gas patrolled the block as the facility halted all activity and inmates were locked in cells.
A light snow yesterday left a wintry scene but began melting as warmer temperatures return. Forecasters expect the snow to disappear in a day or two unless another fall occurs, bringing memories of December weather.
The article outlines overtime procedures after two extra periods, including a third overtime decided by the first team to score two points, and a three minute limit with a potential agreement to avoid a tie. Timeout reduced to one minute and a 10 second free throw rule are specified to curb delays and stall tactics. If the last free throw misses, possession goes to the opponents.
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