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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1936
Page
1
Dr. H. QG. Leist aged 65 long served as professor of Bible and German at Iowa Wesleyan College since 1903. He was also dean for many years and died at his home after a year's illness due to heart disease.
Dean Ward, 21, of Alden, is hospitalized in critical condition after a rifle discharged while preparing for a hunting trip. The bullet narrowly missed his heart by about two inches.
George Harman was sentenced to three years in Fort Madison for conspiracy to commit a felony by sale and delivery of morphine. Judge Heald presided. Eugene Walsh, who recently escaped from jail, faced the same charge.
Bruce Gould a 1922 UI graduate wrote the screen story Reunion. He and his wife Beatrice Blackmar a 1921 UI alumna co edit the Ladies Home Journal.
More than 1000 employees at the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. will share bonuses equal to 5 percent of each worker's yearly earnings. President W. A. Sheaffer announced the increase, marking a 1 percent rise over bonuses granted in the previous two years.
A one pound newborn son of Mr and Mrs Varyl Nehring of Owasa died a few hours after birth in Eldora. Dr D M Nyquist said there was no hope from birth. The Nehrings’ first child passed away shortly after delivery.
Iowa electors met at the statehouse and cast 11 votes for Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Garner. Voters included Hubert Carr in Des Moines and other electors from Manchester Coun cil Bluffs Mount Pleasant Daven port Waverly Boone Dubuque Rock Valley Seymour and Keokuk. Dr Sternberg cast a proxy vote for Fr W Mc Manus, elector-at-large unable to attend.
Wapello County supervisors vote to disband the county highway patrol unit installed a year ago after a series of accidents. They cite cost savings and a possible expansion of the state patrol as reasons for abandonment.
Mayor Richard N. Howes seeks the old grammar school building from the school board to house all city offices as the new central fire station nears completion. He plans to sell or rent the city hall for commercial use in the business district.
A petition to dissolve the Hardy consolidated school district was filed with Humboldt county school superintendent Fran ces Messer. Sponsors claim the petition carries support from more than half of the district's qualified voters.
Iowa Governor Clyde Herring reverses stance and agrees to a special legislative session likely Dec 26 to pass an unemployment insurance law. The move aims to secure about three million dollars in payroll taxes paid by employers, ensuring state funds remain eligible for federal social security.
Mrs. Mary J. Simpson wife of John M. Simpson 78 died at 219 West Eighth Street after a lingering illness. Funeral 1:30 p m Thursday at Shermans Funeral Home conducted by Dr F W Eastwood. Burial Elm Grove cemetery. Born July 4 1858 in Bridge County Virginia daughter of James and Emma Phillips. Lived on a farm near town until 1913 then moved to Washington and later settled here. Surviving husband grandson Harold Ahrens of Richland and a great granddaughter. A daughter is deceased. She was a niece of the late Jesse Phillips.
President Roosevelt arrived back in the United States today completing an epochal voyage to South America. In Washington awaits the opening of Congress and the inauguration, while a sense of change fills the capital.
Keokuk County farmer C. L. Rice, a Keokuk County representative, is viewed as a leading candidate for speaker if Democrats win control of the Iowa House. The chamber would be split 64 Republicans to 54 Democrats unless recounts alter the balance.
Thomas M. Schilling aged about 80, a lifelong Washington resident, died yesterday at his son's home after a long illness. He was born in Cumberland Maryland on August 11 1856 and lived here since infancy. Survived by wife Emma, son Palmer, a grandson, siblings and several nieces and nephews. Funeral is set for tomorrow at Sherman’s Funeral Home with brief services.
Two Sigourney residents C M Wyllie 32 and William Jacobs 28 were injured when the northbound car driven by Wyllie collided with a southbound vehicle driven by William McDoll near the Highland Center schoolhouse on primary road No 161. Wyllie remains in county hospital and Jacobs in county jail. both injuries not deemed life threatening. Sheriff’s report noted alcohol in the Wyllie car and several near beer bottles after the Rock Island trip. Witnesses Everett and Lewis Coon saw the crash near the school house.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled the gross receipts tax provision unconstitutional following a U S Supreme Court decision. The ruling preserves the legislature’s right to tax chains via unit tax or other methods, upholding taxation of larger chains more heavily than independent merchants while invalidating the gross receipts tax.
Plans are moving for the first annual old Virginia fame dinner at the Y M C A under Shorter Chapel A M E church. Menu lists twelve meats and sides. two meals for fifty cents. Dinner served 11 am to 11 pm. Special hour or table service requests to the pastor at the Y with number 23. Committees named for cooking serving ticket sales with church leaders listed.
Pleasant Hill church elected officers for 1937 including Glenn Pratt as elder and treasurer, deacons Edd Chalupa Carl Schneider and Homer Kephart, trustees Charles Kephart Carl Schneider Howard Benn, and Roy Kephart as treasurer. Sunday school officers named Howard Benn superintendent Bertha Kephart secretary Omer Wagner treasurer and others.
Mrs. W. R. Yard of Marshalltown died at her home this morning at 9 40. She had been ill about two years. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 in the Baptist temple with burial in Marshalltown cemetery.
The opinion states that lawmakers may impose taxes to raise revenue and to discourage unit multiplication. It notes that a law discriminating against a class is not automatically arbitrary if the distribution is reasonable.
The Internal Revenue Bureau said 41 individuals had net incomes of a million dollars or more in 1935, up eight from 1934 and far below 1929. They paid about 6.34 percent of total income taxes while earning 0.5 percent of all net income. totals show 4.47 million filers and $654 million in taxes.
Washington county officials met with state emergency relief leaders in Des Moines and learned there will be no state relief funds for the county next year unless unforeseen needs arise. County funds are deemed sufficient to meet expected relief needs, and officials were praised for sound administration. The delegation included Carl W. Klein, Helen Creswell, Ethel Grecian, Boyd Foster, Fred Bauer, and Harvey Wilson, with County Engineer W. P. Rawn. The visit also touched on WPA activities in the county.
The passenger train crash near Boyd Iowa claimed five lives with the death of Carl Thien a brakeman from St Paul Minnesota. Major L T Saul and his family were in Cedar Rapids on a brief business trip and visiting friends.
Hope Morgan aged 25 a psychology student at Michigan State College confessed killer of Elizabeth Giltner 28 daughter of a state college professor and killed herself in her jail cell using silk pajamas and stockings A death by own action note described jealousy over a planned marriage and asked forgiveness for her crime and jealous mood.
In the county, a few men and women could be added to the WPA lists if Congress provides more money based on the number certified as in need of WPA work, with no substantial changes anticipated for next year.
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