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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1937
Page
1
In Decorah a thief broke into the Hummer cafe taking a Bible seven dollars a box of cigars and cigarets. In Council Bluffs a stork delivered a newborn named Jerry Dean to Mr and Mrs George Stork.
OTTUMWA Willis J. Smith appointed acting district engineer for the Iowa Highway Commission succeeding J S Morrison who died in his office November 30 establishing a new leadership at the local division.
Robert Ely 85 a retired merchant and longtime Mount Pleasant city council member died of pneumonia at Memorial Hospital. His wife had died earlier.
Four of eleven men sentenced in October 1936 on morals charges involving a young girl were paroled this week. The released include Nels Christensen Michel Connor Floyd Herman and Floyd Baker. All have families in Atlantic with Christensen and Walter both grandfathers.
Representatives of 21 northeastern Town schools will compete in an invitational debate tournament sponsored by East Waterloo High School. Each school may enter three negative and three affirmative teams. A feature will be an exhibition debate where teams from Mason City and Fort Dodge debate against East Waterloo and Newton.
City detective Fred Werner, amid shoppers, heard a ticking alarm clock and spotted two men with tight coats. He arrested Bender Weakly, 31, and Paul Slaughter, 27, who carried 19 pairs of socks, trousers, pajamas and the alarm clock in Davenport.
Cedar Rapids city council approves the new 150000 police station and jail. Five contractors on the federal project hold release certificates as work shifts from the old quarters to the new building. The move is underway and the force should be settled in their new home early next week.
Former Rodman banker Hoskins was released on a $5,000 bond posted by relatives and went to his wife's home in West Bend. He had recently returned from Salem Oregon to face embezzlement charges stemming from a 10 year old case after a $53,000 shortage was found in the Rodman bank accounts.
Cedar Rapids will host Most Rev. Anthony Bashir archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Antioch church over a weekend. Governor Nelson Krascher and other state and city officials are invited to a banquet in the archbishop's honor, with about 250 expected attendees.
The Washington board of education signed a contract with Dougher Rich Woodburn of Des Moines to sketch the proposed new grade school replacing the Heights structure. The firm, respected in Iowa, will develop preliminary sketches after selecting from 13 applicants, with final plans and cost estimates to follow and a bond election to be set.
Santa Claus will interview children at the band stand in Central Park on Saturday at four o clock. Parents may bring children to talk with Santa but the age limit is eight years. Conversations will be broadcast over the public address system.
The United Presbyterian choir directed by Miss Carolyn Hamilton will broadcast a Christmas music program next Wednesday at 8 15 PM. The concert will be performed in the church loft with organ accompaniment and relayed by wire to the band stand in Central Park. Fred Downing arranged the project.
The State theater in Washington opened a three day run of The Prisoner of Zenda featuring Ronald Colman Madeline Carroll and Douglas Fairbanks in a romance adventure and humor filled program. Also shown is an ice skating picture and Charlie McCarthy.
City Marshal Jay Brown yesterday removed a transient who had boarded the Golden State Limited from Kansas City to Washington. He suffered a severe cold and fever and claimed to head to Detroit. The man reportedly hopped a freight eastbound yesterday.
The Iowa Southern Utilities franchise for Chariton received final approval this week by a large majority, with 673 votes in favor and 265 against. The 25-year agreement secures continued electrical service and local utility operations.
Washington churches announce Christmas programs with choirs soloists and plays. Methodist, Presbyterian and United Presbyterian churches present anthems, violin solos, carols, and a children’s Christmas play. Cantata The Infant King and a 6:30 am Christmas broadcast at Trinity Lutheran are listed along with other morning services and special music at St. James church.
Iowa Democrats plan a Des Moines town dinner with Henry A. Wallace as speaker aiming for about 1000 tickets and a $25,000 take. Tax officials note a 2 percent sales tax applies to ticket prices and contributions, potentially reducing receipts.
Dr. Glenn Frank will head the Republican Party program committee for the 1938 congressional elections. Announcement expected from John D. M. Hamilton. The move aims to attract deserting voters and includes Iowa names such as E. P. Chase and Barney Myers.
Funeral services for Will F. Lance who died Wednesday night at his Wayland home were held today at 1 o clock in the residence and at 1 30 in the Wayland Mennonite church. Burial followed in Finley cemetery six miles southeast of Wayland. The name was corrected from Lanny in yesterday's Journal.
Leigh Soule, secretary of the Y M C A, will occupy the pulpit next Sunday morning at Bethel Presbyterian church and Sunday evening at Cotter Presbyterian church.
For a second day gunplay erupted at the Ford plant in Kansas City. Three men were shot in the legs and police were overcome by tear gas as they tried to disperse about 300 UAW strikers.
In dense fog a search continued for two federal penitentiary escapees, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe, believed drowned while fleeing. Police think the two Oklahoma desperadoes perished attempting to escape under Alcatraz Island conditions.
Boston police report the murder of David J. Breen, a long prominent underworld figure and night club owner. He was shot as he fled a hotel after gunmen opened fire, three bullets striking his vest and a fatal shot hitting him in the neck behind his left ear.
In Washington the House tax sub committee voted 6 to 3 against abolishing the profits tax. They approved instead an increased corporation tax and a flat twelve and a half percent capital gains levy as a replacement for the levy.
The U S Men's club reports only 21 dollars raised for the Goodfellows fund to provide Christmas baskets for needy families, far short of last year's 200 plus. A list of recent contributors is printed, urging more donations before the fund closes.
Des Moines reports that weather does not slow field appraisal work for the 1938 agricultural conservation program. O D Klein says township and county committees are reviewing completed farms to ensure fair treatment, with work aimed at standardizing county relations and setting individual farm goals. 1937 program summaries and payments are expected in the state office after next week and early 1938.
A holiday rush in Washington is expected with shoppers despite ice covered roads. Dirt roads and pavements show improvement as travel increases, while rural mail carriers report smoother trips on by roads. Mr and Mrs Glenn Miller of Kalona visited Mrs Mae Carlson last evening.
Lt. Com. James J. Hughes reports that Japan knew Panay location and that bombing was deliberate. Japanese crews allegedly machine-gunned survivors after the attack as Hughes arrives aboard the gunboat Oahu. Chiang Kai-Shek orders south China to prepare for war amid Canton raid and fears Hong Kong could be drawn in.
In Sigourney Iowa firemen fought for over three hours to contain a blaze that caused about 15000 dollars in damage to structures including the Royal cafe Jugenheimer drug store Kramer Insurance office and medical offices. Dense fog hindered operations and investigators attributed the start to the furnace room.
Sheriff H M Putnam was informed two spools of hog fence wire each 40 rods long were stolen last night from a field on the Hardin farm west of town worked by Golia Miller. Truck tracks indicated the thieves removed the wire.
Young people urged to attend the Happy Hour in the Y M C A lobby after church services. The program features Christmas carols and special selections as the first Happy Hour of the season aims for strong attendance.
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