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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1932
Page
1
Community drive notes remaining donations for the Good Fellow Fund with baskets to be filled by Y’s Men at the Y M C A tonight. Donations tallied to date reach 146.82 with additional gifts from H A Bakery and local merchants. collection continues tomorrow evening.
Miss Winifred Kelly a nurse at Little Company of Mary hospital in Evergreen Park Illinois will visit tomorrow evening for a few days over Christmas. Mr and Mrs Joe Kelly visiting Mrs Kellys parents at Carroll Iowa have named their new baby daughter Janice Mary. Don Stutsman home from the University of Iowa for Christmas vacation. Mr and Mrs W F Bickel and daughter Verna visited Okaloosa for Mrs Bickels mother Mrs E M Welcymer coming from Garner to spend the winter at the Bickel home. Leroy Pratt home from Wendall Booth home from Iowa State College Ames for Christmas holidays. Among those home from Iowa State Teachers College for the holidays are Carlton Lytle Clarence Bain Gale Fisher Nina Johnson with Lytle and Fisher returning early for basketball. Miss Alta Wyse and her sister Miss Oletta Wyse will go to their father S P Wyse of Wayland Saturday night to spend Christmas returning Monday evening.
A two foot snake was found yesterday in a crate of bananas at the Thompson market by Stanley Thompson. Library experts identify it as a baby boa constrictor and note its foreign origin and unusual display in a box on exhibit.
The Fort nightly club Magic department cancels the Monday evening music program at the United Presbyterian Church. Several expected participants had prior engagements were out of town or ill, so the event cannot be held this vacation. A similar program may be planned later in the year, but not during this break.
Board members plan to interview experienced applicants to replace Harold J. Montgomery who leaves for Story County after four and a half years. Montgomery, ISU graduate, taught agriculture at Washington High School before serving as agent. The bureau drives for 1932-1934 include a January 1 transition with H. L. Walker handing over to F. P. Hayes.
Police struggle to trace Rose Gendler's killer after her body was found in the Rock River under a burlap sack. A ransom note offered $2,000 to Milas Gendler's stepfather, Jacob Mark, as investigators review friends and acquaintances for leads. The 22 year old Davenport department store toy clerk and Beth Israel choir member vanished after work.
France reopened debt talks with the United States as Premier Joseph Paul-Boncour visited the American embassy seeking guidance on a debt formula acceptable to both nations. He met Ambassador Walter Evan Edee and spent about thirty minutes reviewing the situation, signaling a sharp shift from prior austerity.
The Washington post office reports the smartest Christmas mail business in years with yesterday the busiest day of the holiday period. Outgoing mail deadline for delivery before Christmas approaches, while local deliveries dominate today and tomorrow. The force has kept Christmas mail from accumulating and daily deliveries on time, though overall parcels and ecards are below typical seasonal levels.
Tomorrow marks the final trading day for Deacon City purchase certificates in the Washington 4W memorials drive. Over twenty five participants in Washington and nearby towns have certificates redeemable for a paid trip to the Chicago World's Fair. Certificates must be redeemed at the Journal office by January 1, with the contestant’s name list to be published in tomorrow's Journal.
The George Freshwaters junior college Cardinals meet the Y M C A basketball team of ex junior college and high school stars next Wednesday at 7 30 in the high school gym. Coach Kiesey leads a fast lineup, with recent wins by the Y over Burlington and a strong Cardinals showing against Tipton and Muscatine. Lee Holland helps coordinate the event with officials and seating, with a 25 cent charge and seventy reserved seats available.
The speaker credits Hoover for securing about 125 million in debt, with over a hundred collected. France is expected to pay, making the debt settled until December when Roosevelt may revisit the issue. The remark compares debt disputes to a past election.
All stockholders are urged to attend a Washington Chautauqua Association meeting at 7 30 p m December 24 1932 in the Y M C A. The agenda includes action on releasing Chautauqua grounds to the city per W D Townsley will and other business. Ward Chandler returns to work at A store after flu attack.
Tulsa Oil company announces a new service station on East Washington Street with William Wingler named manager. The opening is set for tomorrow.
Mr and Mrs W M Keeley and daughters Patricia and Joan of Chicago visit Mrs T T Keeley. Betty Babcock of Chicago and Marianna Ball of Pittsburgh plan visits to the Elder home for the hot days. Walter Little taken to Washington County Hospital for medical care. Glenn Wilkins and son Earl of Sidney Neb visited their grandmother Anna Wilkins and planned trips to Chicago and Minnesota.
The section notes Christmas Monday will be observed as a holiday with Washington stores, post office, courts, banks, and many businesses closed. The Better Washington club voted to close on holidays and the Journal will not publish that day in line with prior policy.
The Washington county ministerial association will meet at the Y M C A next Tuesday at 10 a.m. The wives of ministers are invited. Rev Carl W Klein of Washington will speak on The Challenge of the New Year and Rev W T Boston of Wayland will conclude his paper A Modern Church Pounder. Rev and Mrs W H Parker of Cayter and Rev Elmer Tasinger of Wayland will supervise music and devotions.
Miss Ruth Foster returns from Iowa State College for Christmas vacation. Davenport hosts a group including Mr and Mrs Terry Maras and relatives Miss Kathryn Dempsey from Sioux City and Miss Bertha Dempsey from Cedar Rapids visiting Mrs T J Dempsey’s home. Also present are Miss Edna McCarty of Kalamazoo visiting her parents Mr and Mrs W M McCarty.
Washington December 23 The drive to legalize beer before Christmas failed as the Senate refused to bring up the measure. The 23 to 48 vote blocked Senator Bingham across party lines who sought to substitute the House bill for his own. Democratic leaders insisted the beer bill follow its regular senate committee path before adjournment.
Coach Guy Carlton leads ten Washington high players to Burlington for the Little Six season opener with Kupka Crone at forward Jackson at center and McClure Cantons guards likely in the starting five. Teammates Wells Dusenbery Glider McElhinney Leeper run the roster as Burlington is hailed strong and favored to win. Fairfield defeated Ottumwa 32 28 at Ottumwa as Mr. Pleasant fights Muscatine in the other Little Six game tonight.
Rain measured .68 of an inch with ongoing precipitation overnight. Snow largely melted by morning as rain persisted through the night.
Innovations in Christmas Sunday school plans are announced by Presbyterian and Christian churches with a tree and treats for youngsters during the morning service. St Pauls Evangelical sets its program for Sunday evening. Mrs John Jackson chairs the Presbyterian committee. Christmas themes run through all services. The season began last Sunday with a Presbyterian evening service led by the Christian Endeavor society featuring Josephine Hailey reading The Other Wise Man. Sherman Watson presided, Beatrice Wilson read scripture, Flora Dodd prayed, Eva Turner led cornet responses.
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