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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1932
Page
1
In Mowequa Illinois the Shafer mine blast left 40 dead with 14 miners trapped. Rescue teams faced gas and heat while attempting entry into the north shaft. Officials reported 12 bodies found, 27 more recovered in the south passage. families mourn as ambulances moved victims to undertakers.
Crone's baby beef contest ends with C H Spera and Mrs Lyle Fletcher tying for first after a 727 to 728 pound guess. Cecil Woodford takes second, while Mrs Herman Schultz and Mrs Belle Rice tie for third with 729 and 726 pounds.
James Cherwinker 71 died Saturday night at his home in Haskins near Columbus Junction after weeks of illness. He formerly worked as Milwaukee railroad section foreman with HQ at Haskins and was yardmaster at Washington. Funeral held at 2 pm at Washington Christian church with burial there. Survived by widow Mary Allen, three sons, a daughter, three stepsons and four stepdaughters, seven grandchildren, and a brother.
Mr and Mrs A W Gooding of Des Moines spent Monday at the home of Dr and Mrs Fred Reid.
The Y M C A announces its fifth annual New Year open house on Monday January 2 with events from two o clock. Washington Little Symphony under Milburn McKay performs and boys host ping pong and men’s checker tournaments while Y W C A serves tea. Cadets tumbling gym displays and a Y swimming exhibition led by Donald Welsh showcase activities followed by volleyball and two basketball games in the evening inviting the community as guests.
Arlington Daniels is sought for a hearing before May or John W. Applegate on resisting an officer. He was seized Saturday evening by Night Marshal W. B. Edwards for intoxication when he jumped from a stopped car in front of City Hall and fled south as the marshal fired three shots in the air. The mayor issued the warrant for resisting an officer, and Daniels will face arrest again.
Bob Lytle escaped with slight bruises after a collision at the intersection of primary roads 161 and 2 east of Ainsworth. A Madison Wisconsin woman suffered a facial cut. a man and baby in the other car were unhurt. Both vehicles were badly wrecked.
The town resumed normal operations after two Christmas days. Weather was drab on Christmas but a bracingly cold, sunny Monday followed. Churches observed Christmas with messages, cantata and choir performances at United Presbyterian and Trinity Lutheran, while St James and other churches held early masses and festive music.
Speaker John N Garner supports a general manufacturers excise tax if needed to balance the budget. He urged congressional action to end treasury deficits and aid business recovery. Carl and Walter Meek visited from Detroit for Christmas and will stay two weeks.
Mr and Mrs H E Ackley of Toledo Ohio are visiting at the Joe Maxwell home and with other friends.
A crowded high school gym is expected tomorrow night for a charity basketball exhibition between Coach George Freshwater’s junior college Cardinals and Coach Start Kiesey’s Y Leaders. The event features top state class talent and includes a 7:15 pm freshman game, with 25 cent admission and ten cent reservations at Simmon’s Pharmacy.
A fire damaged the Glendale School house northeast of town with a large hole burned in the floor. Gregory Smith discovered the blaze about ten o clock and residents quickly brought it under control. Furnishings and books were saved though the room paint blistered. a cigarette may have been discarded in a waste basket after Friday dismissal. Leona Parcel of Washington teaches the school.
Stan Kiesey heads the Y M C A basketball squad planning nine games in January plus a Dec 28 Washington junior college finish. January 2 open house game unnamed opponent. Dates include Ottumwa Y January 6 and 30 Rock Island and Keota etc with several home and away matchups and a tentative Rock Island contest.
Miss Pauline Smith of Glad win was a shopper in the city Saturday visiting local stores and returning home with purchases.
Washington High School hosts Muscatine in a key Little Six Conference game Friday. Muscatine, seeking its first conference win, arrives with a strong lineup led by Jetter brothers and has already defeated East Moline and Cornell College freshmen. Washington hopes to make it two straight after beating Burlington, with Kupka Crowe Jackson Dusenbery and McClure forming the likely starting five.
Donald Rinner Merle Warner Dean Schmitter and Everett Hayes leave with County Agent J J Montgomery for Ames to attend the annual short course for 4 H club boys They earned trips by winning a club record keeping contest and the county corn growing contest They will judge livestock and grains and return home Thursday
Funeral services for seven month old Marjorie Jane Robertson were held at two this afternoon at the family residence in Ainsworth. Rev. FE J. Shook conducted the services and burial followed in Ainsworth cemetery. The child died Monday morning after a weeklong illness. she is survived by her parents Lyle and Mrs Robertson and siblings Billy Eugene and Virginia Louise.
Miss Blanche Brooks spent her Christmas vacation at the home of her parents in Winfield.
A Santa Monica fragment mocks a supposed thinocracy and offers biting satire on postwar life. It notes Father’s neckties and sex in deceptive boxes, limited beer, and Hoover’s fishing misfortune as fish “went back democratic.” It lampoons France’s huddle and Shakespearean signals about paying or not paying and U.S. entanglements.
Mrs Ella Evans 71 died Monday after a ten week illness with complications. Funeral at the Methodist church this afternoon at one, then burial in Mt Ayr Green Mount church tomorrow. Mrs Clyde Clark 47 died Sunday at home four miles southwest, heart trouble and complications since September. Survived by husband and four children. Funeral services will be held at Sugar Creek church this afternoon.
About four hundred boys and girls queued yesterday morning to enter the State Theater for a showing of Buck Jones' new film Branded invited by Ralph Clyde Pratt. The youngsters enjoyed the feature and the timely short subjects added to the fun.
Mr and Mrs Leonard J Ho gan of Williamsburg spent Christmas at the home of Mr and Mrs M E Dicken with family and friends in a festive observance described in local society notes.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Palmer and sons Leo Willard and Wayne of West Chester plus Mr. and Mrs. F. Loren Palmer of West Chester were guests for Christmas dinner at Mrs. J. R. Palmer's home.
Misa Myrtle Edgington a public school teacher in Ames died at 6 00 p m Christmas Day at her parents home in Keota after a asthma attack followed by a heart failure She survived by her mother and step father and two half sisters Funeral services were to be held at the Keota Methodist church Pastor O B Rogers officiating Burial in Keota cemetery Mrs Josephine Shorts 188 years old died at her Keota home Christmas Day after years as invalid Funeral services planned for 2 00 p m Wednesday at the Presbyterian church She was survived by two sons Charles Y Shurts of Oskaloosa and Peter Shurts who cared for her The Shurts family had lived in Keota for more than twenty years since the death of Mr Shurts
Funeral services were held for Joseph Shebeck 70 at L A Jones Funeral Home after he died Saturday. The service was at Dr F P C Witzigman Church with pallbearers Ernest Kieopfer Bert Walter Jack Shebeck Charles Nimienta and George Shaffer. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery. He was born September 12 1862 in Riverside and survived by two sisters Anna Calvert and Nellie Stratemeyer and a brother Wil Shebeck.
Clifford Matlock departed Monday night for Los Angeles by bus after spending a month visiting his parents Mr and Mrs G A Matlock. He is a staff member at the Baldwin Park Bulletin.
Mr and Mrs C G Hadley and son Charles of Salix arrived Friday and will spend a week visiting at the Rh B Brown home. They plan to visit Mr Hadley’s mother in Kilndland.
In Athens on December 27 the Greek court of appeals ruled that the charges against Samuel Insull are not punishable under Greek law and denied extradition to the United States, granting him his freedom.
Twelve Washington county residents won merchandise prizes during Rothschild’s anniversary sale feature on Saturday night. A Journal reporter and Miss Mary Ellen Lytle oversaw the drawing at 9 16 PM, listing winners including Mrs Ed Sullivan Miss Dorothy Soukup and several others from Washington Riverside Kalona and Brighton.
A Brighton community drive raised 157.82 for the Goodfellow Fund with 158.82 counted before an adjustment designating a two dollar gift to the Red Cross. Volunteers delivered baskets and supplies through hard streets on Christmas Eve and a few more were approved for delivery later. Catholic Daughters contributed 29 baskets and a complete financial statement will appear in tomorrow's Journal.
Mr and Mrs L P Morrison and children Douglas and Mary Kay spent Sunday in Fairfield with L P Morrison's parents. Douglas remained in Fairfield to visit this week with his parents.
Mrs A Hoehseadtler of Keota spent Christmas at the home of Mr and Mrs William Pita in Keota.
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