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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1932
Page
1
Des Moines Describes an ongoing spell of frigid arctic air with temperatures plunging to 16 below in some areas and 15 below in Des Moines. Charles City and Ledges State Park report notable sub zero readings as Iowa endures a historic December cold snap with no immediate relief.
The House Appropriations Committee cut the Interior Department budget by more than 33 percent for the next fiscal year, approving 43,192,904 versus 67,183,684 last year. Major cuts hit Boulder Canyon Dam and National Parks highways, with overall reductions across agencies including Indian Affairs, Geological Survey, and the Park Service. Some salaries rose. several federal positions may be eliminated.
The film Il Am a Fugitive at the State theater earns four stars as one of the year’s best. It portrays Georgia Prison chain gangs with a dramatic, not gruesome, view while weaving in comedy. Robert Elliott Burns, author of the source book, was captured yesterday in East Orange, New York.
The annual Red Cross meeting praised workers and 818 members enrolled this year. Rural canvassing lagged, but distribution of flour and ready to wear garments supported relief and public welfare efforts across towns and wards.
E. E. Cline, longtime manager here, will move to Iowa City to open a MecCormick Deering business January 1. George Shanklin becomes Washington plant manager, bringing his wife and son as he starts his new post. Cline will relocate with his family in the weeks ahead, with Kenneth enrolling at the state university.
President Hoover called a citizen's conference on the crisis in education to meet in Washington January 5 and 6. The aim is to find retrenchment methods in school spending without harming facilities as rising attendance from the Depression expands local burdens. Secretary Wilbur will chair the assembly, with 300 to 1000 educators and civic leaders invited.
President Hoover faces options to handle debt defaults. possible steps include a special congressional message, creation of a negotiating commission, joint action with President elect Roosevelt, or letting the matter wait for the next administration. Defaulters led by France Poland Belgium Hungary and Estonia owe about 24.996 million dollars, with broader anger in Washington and Congress.
The Goodfellows drive reports 45.50 raised and seven days remaining to aid needy children for Christmas. Donors include Mrs A G Arrasmith and Clair Faulkner plus a special basket by Mrs A. The Journal invites more contributions by mail or at the office and notes future fund tallies will be published.
Washington Y M C A held Muscatine Grafil Club to ten points in the final quarter while scoring ten themselves to win 45 to 24. Ahrens led Washington with six field goals and two free throws, and Muscatine’s Wmuber had eleven points as the team led early before Washington pulled away for the victory.
Public invites attend a meeting at city hall this evening at 7 20 to consider organizing a county taxpayers group. The committee named yet to act on furthering the effort and form the county taxpayers organization.
Firemen responded to a blaze at the Montgomery Ward & Co. building when a joist extending into a flue at the Washington Cleaners ignited a stove. Smoke filled the second floor but the fire was quickly extinguished and water was not used. Damages to be assessed in a few days.
Mrs Hattie Zaring widow of Joan Zaring died at the Washington county hospital at 2 45 PM after a Friday night stroke. Her son Glen Zaring of Kankakee Illinois visited after the death. Further announcements will be made later. All persons wishing to have a voice in tax reforms are urged to attend.
Beverly Hills notes a Harvard graduate Charlton Ogburn Jr. aged 22 wrote a piece that the New York Times published amid public debate. The author and the subject are discussed with humor about college esteem and the idea of debt, predicting readers won’t take the topic too seriously.
Washington high school and junior college teams meet in a two game card tonight. The high school Demons face Winfield in the opener followed by the Cardinals vs Tipton in the junior college contest. Coach Vreshwaters plans to play many squad members while Coach Carlton expects a tougher test from Winfield than Kalona.
Chicago December 16 spokesmen for railroad union labor signified their willingness to accept a one year extension of the 10 percent wage reduction now in force. The tactic was seen as a move to block possible action before the railroad mediation board where management would seek a 20 percent cut from the basic pay scale.
Ruth Suckow, widely known novelist with Iowa background, is living in Des Moines with her husband Ferner Nubn, according to reports.
The house ways and means committee voted 14 to 9 to defeat the light wine proposal. backers vow continued efforts in both house and senate. In Washington, the senate judiciary sub committee began steps to protect dry states from a post repeal liquor flow with a proposed prohibition language.
Sioux City Iowa Dee 16 (INS) Hi W Bush of Minneapolis Minnesota was taken into custody by state agents for questioning in a plot to swindle John Kroll Long Tree Ill man out of 10000. An overheard hotel closet conversation formed the basis for the arrest, officers said. Bush allegedly persuaded Kroll to hand over the money for investment by a confederate.
A fugitive who escaped a Georgia chain gang, Elliott Burns, is sent back toward Georgia as New Jersey prepares extradition papers. Burns, now a former magazine editor, fled the chain gang after a $4 hold up sentence and says he faces certain death if returned. He seeks New Jersey justice to save him from return. Gov. Moore will review the extradition with a full bearing on the merits.
President Hoover endorses the 1932 Christmas Seal drive from the National Tuberculosis Association. Funds support clinics nursing care preventive care research and education. He calls tuberculosis a major public health problem and hopes the campaign will reduce deaths next year.
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