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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1929
Page
1
A Midwestern cold spell ends a sunless period as a Canadian air mass drives subzero temperatures. Chicago Kansas City and St Louis see sun return after ten to twelve days. Devils Lake North Dakota hits 14 below. Blizzards bring heavy snow in Wisconsin Iowa and St Louis with zero temps and traffic hazards.
In YMCA league action the Y Tigers defeated the High School Wildcats 27 to 2 while the Y Nighthawks beat Montgomery Ward five 11 to 4. Ward defense showed notable improvement in the contest.
Alexander Legge of the Farm Board says Congress obligated the board to implement the administration farm program despite private interests. He argues the plan aims to reduce price fluctuations and limit speculative profits, benefiting producers while allowing independent grain dealers to exist. Wholesale dealers may form a consulting committee to aid the board.
The Shawl pageant by the Girl Reserves drew about 125 participants and entertained with colorful shawls from many countries and periods. Lucille Davison as Mlle. Fashion narrated the program while Miss Elfriedo Cartano provided music and dances complemented the show.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports 1929 farm value for leading crops at 8,580,528,000, up from 8,495,788,000 in 1928. It lists corn 2,622,189,000 bushels at 78 cents, winter wheat 8,336,000 bushels at 106 a bushel, and other crops with precise bushel totals and values.
Cedar Rapids authorities speculate a rumor that George Huckins and his father Elmer Huckins, who vanished from Excelsior Springs Missouri, and Hancock Wils may be en route to surrender on warrants issued yesterday. They face charges of obtaining money under false pretenses.
Native reports say an airplane crashed 200 miles south of Tunis with two dead occupants. A French search plane was dispatched to locate the wreckage and identify the craft, feared to be a British Fairey-Napier on a nonstop flight from England to Capetown.
Approximately 200 town officials sheriffs and county attorneys auditors and supervisors met in Des Moines to discuss taxation problems with state enforcement and taxation officials. Louis H. Cook chaired the state board of assessment and review with Dr. J. W. Reynolds and J. W. Foster present.
Des Moines police search for two hit and run motorists who injured three women and a man in separate accidents. The three women Mrs. John Welch 50 Mrs. Eliza Porter 55 and Miss Maude Pickett 19 were hurt in front of the police station while O. W. Ames was struck on the north end of the Seventh street viaduct and left on the icy pavement.
The San Francisco Bar Association urged repeal of all federal prohibition laws and returned the issue to states for regulation. The statement was issued today and reflects a shift toward state versus federal control of liquor legislation.
Keokuk County receives an 11.7 mile paving contract from Sigourney to South English at $278 913.17. Central Engineering Co Davenport won the Keokuk bid and bridge culvert work totals include one bridge and sixteen culverts in Benton and Delaware counties among others.
Washington junior college won its first basketball game at Muscatine beating Muscatine junior college 31 to 28. Tucker led with 11 points as Washington built a 18–13 halftime margin and eyes a January 7 rematch with Maquoketa.
Bedford Iowa December 18 Paul S Gobel 24 former vice president of the defunct Citizens State bank was held in jail after returning from Lincoln Nebraska where he was arrested on indictment by a Taylor county grand jury on embezzlement charges
In Mountain View Arkansas on December 18 the Connie Franklin ghost from the grave testified in defense of four men charged with his murder nine months ago. He denied being murdered claiming he fell from a mule and injured his head. He said he laid in the road then went to town and later left Mountain View for Morriston.
In Mountain View Arkansas 17 year old Tiller Rummer testifies about a romance and a murder claim as the Connie Franklin case unfolds. Defendants deny harming Connie while a key witness, Reuben Harret, corroborates a body removal. The courtroom suspense builds toward a dramatic witness stand appearance.
Col George F Fletcher Chandler prepared to return to Albany to submit his report on the Auburn prison riots urging more attention to guard personnel. District Attorney Ben Kyon of Cayuga says at least six indictments for first degree murder are expected as the investigation continues.
Funeral services for Mrs. J. P. Hennon were held yesterday afternoon at the Jones funeral home with Rev. Gordon of Keota in charge. Burial followed at Elm Grove. Pallbearers were I. B. Coffey, Glen Martin Lee Gordon, D. C. Kilgore, Howard Skinner and Ralph Robertson.
Delegates to the forthcoming five power naval conference in London will have broad latitude to discuss reductions. The conference may set limits on naval strength, with agenda details deferred to informal talks rather than formal schedules. The aim is a new diplomacy and conciliatory tone, unlike the Geneva 1927 approach.
At 10:47 this morning Washington saw its first glimpse of the sun in eleven days. It shone briefly with patches of sky, then faded, with distinct shadows at 11:32 and again at 12:58. By 1:09 a flash of bright sunlight lasted thirty one seconds. The day brought hope despite forecasts of more weather changes as a cold wave follows. Temperatures fell from 36 to 16 degrees, with scattered snowflakes and icy sidewalks. Automobile drivers face slick roads and possible crashes today as falls are anticipated.
Story county Sheriff R W Nebergall is to testify today as two Chicago liquor runners Gabriel Augustino and Gabriel Focareto claim they were framed after being convicted and sentenced to a year and a day at Leavenworth for attempting to bribe him. They allege Nebergall kept their money. They were arrested while driving a load of alcohol.
The outlaw coal strike in southern Illinois is nearly over as only one Kincaid mine remains idle. Workers will vote today on returning to work if national guardsmen are withdrawn, amid promises of troop withdrawal and an expected overwhelming vote to end the strike.
In McAlester Oklahoma the Old Town coal mine disaster left sixty men dead after a blast. Four bodies remained in the pit and five men survived, forming the sole rescue group. Funeral wreaths appeared on homes as morgue workers retrieved bodies through the day.
Grief and rescue efforts unfold as 60 miners remain trapped after a gas explosion at the old town coal mine. Forty three bodies recovered, 17 still missing, with 84 Mexican and 15 Black workers among the victims. Five sets of brothers are lost, rescue crews battle debris and lingering gas danger while families await word. A $20,000 relief fund is planned.
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