30 Dec 1936
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1936
Page
1
Des Moines notes report a 3400 pound two year old unbroken colt sold by Jay Robinson of Greenfield township to James Burns a New York horse buyer for 540 dollars. Robinson bought them as suckling colts for 200 dollars.
A. A. Ward of Independence received a plaque from the German government for three White Rock chickens donated to the United States exhibit at the Leipzig world poultry show. The birds were later sent to the Austrian government.
Sioux City milkman Fred A. Datley sues the Charles Breun estate owners of a downtown building and two renters Voss lunch and Palace hotel for 16500 dollars after an icicle fell and struck him on the head weeks earlier.
Cedar Rapids youths recounts Harper Sanner a 10 year old adventurer who says he will think twice before putting his hand through another fence after a rock pinned his hand while playing along the Cedar River deputy sheriff Dick Payne freed him from the wire mesh barrier
AMES Arthur Wallace 19 of Williamsburg was chosen as 4 H club boys head at the state convention. In eight years he built a Jer sey dairy herd project valued at 6000 dollars. He succeeds Ed Wearin of Malvern as 4 H president.
Democratic congressman Otha D. Wearin, speaking as he left for Washington, said he would focus on solving farm tenancy this winter. He stated the tenancy issue has grown rapidly nationwide and now affects more than half of Iowa farms.
Bankers Life Co. sues in Polk County District Court seeking judgment of 582 403 on a promissory note signed by Gov Clyde L Herring in 1922. It also seeks foreclosure of the mortgage on the Ewing apartment building held as security for the note.
Des Moines Gov Clyde Herring, senator elect from Iowa, plans to burn good Iowa oak in the marble fireplaces of his future senate office in Washington. He may be the only senator to use the feature, which rarely sees a fire and holds baskets and arses.
A Davenport jewelry retailer shipped a fountain pen and desk set made in Iowa to Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippine Islands, as a Christmas gift from Gervacio Juan, a Filipino personal friend of the president. Juan has conducted biological research work along the Mississippi River for the Philippine government.
facing a greatly reduced 1937 allocation, Hancock county supervisors start a local relief effort. Twenty five men and seventy trucks resurf ace county roads that were to be WPA funded. Officials aim to complete fifty miles of gravelling this winter and expect relief roll to drop from two thousand dollars a month.
Madrid reports joyous acceptance of U S license to ship nearly three million dollars in airplanes and parts to Spanish loyalists. Gen. Jose Miaja says American planes will bolster their international standing and democratic support. Berlin papers denounce the export license to the Loyalists.
In Rome Georgia a mob of about 100 men tried to seize two Black prisoners from a county jail after they were arrested for robbing Walter Schneider a crippled merchant. They bound and gagged him and set fire to his store before police escorted the prisoners out of town.
WAUKON Iowa 29 year old Jack O Daniels sets a corn husking mark of 3411 bushels in 34 consecutive days. The feat dwarfs prior daily totals and cements Daniels as a standout husker.
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 20 An expert bow maker Karl Kohn says the best wood for archery bows is osage orange hedgewood grown in Iowa. He notes hedgewood is crooked and knotty to novices but suitable with delicate handcraft. Archery grows in popularity with hunters using bows for small game. The arrow features a blunt tip with a heavy metal collar.
The United States aircraft carrier Lexington covered 768 miles in 24 hours during a voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu, establishing a new distance record for ships in a single day.
China last year produced a record cotton yield estimated at 3,600,000 500 pound bales, about 1,000,000 bales more than in 1935, signaling a peak in agricultural output.
Mr and Mrs FE R Butterworth of Ainsworth were seen shopping in Washington yesterday during a day trip out of town with no disturbance or incident reported.
Mi lo T. Sorden of Ida Grove was elected to fill the vacancy on the Washington Municipal band board after Milburn A. McKay's resignation. A Northwestern School of Music graduate, Sorden has directed school and municipal bands in Wellman Mt Pleasant and Ida Grove for nine years and led the Ida Grove Junior drum and bugle corps. He coached state winners in cornet and trombone in the mid 1930s and has a record of band success across the region.
Des Moines reports Miss Agnes Samuelson urges teachers, boards, and parents to ensure healthful school room conditions during a long winter. She cites new elementary health curriculum with charts to help teachers and pupils work together and stresses healthful, happy winter learning.
Dr and Mrs W W Mattson waited today for a break in the kidnapping of their 10 year old son Charles. An officer involved in the search predicted a breakthrough within twelve hours as the family awaited word from the black bearded abductor who had first contacted them via a personal ad in Seattle.
Feint Michigan December 30. Following GM officials pledge to settle all strikes, labor troubles reach at least five more GM plants on the Front, risking parts supply and halting orders. About 12,500 workers affected as a two week disruption expected amid threatened plant closings.
Freak storms sweep southwestern Iowa as cold weather nears. Cumberland reports a tornado at 4 AM damaging eleven business buildings and causing several thousand dollars in losses. Snow spreads from the northwest across the state while communities brace for harsher conditions.
A local observer reports .86 inch of precipitation in Washington from yesterday through this morning, washing dirt from pavements and challenging sewers. Moisture followed a warm spell in late December, with a expected drop in temperature tonight and tomorrow.
Mrs Chester C Allen returns to her Chicago home following a Christmas visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Stewart and friends. The brief note records a family gathering before travel.
Washington stores will close Friday New Year’s Day after a Chamber of Commerce vote to add the holiday to closing lists. Food, drug, and restaurant hours vary. post office will have no mail deliveries but stamp sales morning only. Courthouse, banks, and other offices observe the holiday.
In Iowa City a Johnson county jury of three women and nine men resumes deliberations over Oliver Seering, charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two women killed in an automobile crash near Cosgrove.
Mr and Mrs Ben Allison missionaries to the Philippine Islands will speak at the Christian church evening service next Sunday with lantern slides and stories of their work There is also a watch party for Christian church young people Thursday night from 8 until midnight with games a program and refreshments attendees asked to bring popcorn or candy
Thirty YMCA boys visited the Iowa Southern Electric and Gas Plant and the Iowa Continental Telephone Company plant led by Gene Trask Shrum Lewis and Mr Davis. Charles Crane guided the telephone plant tour and the group spent over an hour there. Earlier tours visited McCleery calendar factory and American Pearl Button Company with guides Richard McCleery Ted Brown and Don Orr.
Elderly man known as Young Moore, a former resident of his boyhood home, collapsed at the gate while en route to visit his son. His car left the road and plunged into a ditch before medical help could reach him.
More than 100 Hamilton county farmers report desired equipment to be powered by REA lines. Extension specialist Harold Beaty estimates operation costs at 5 to 6 dollars per kilowatt hour, translating to monthly bills of 5 to 6 dollars if farm appliance needs match the group. Farmers now spend about 4.75 dollars monthly on fuel for non electrical equipment.
The body of Capt. C. J. Legue of the Colorado National Guard was found today near the wreckage of his plane after it crashed in a snowstorm fifty miles east of Denver.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Gis lain of Wellman were spotted shopping in Washington today during downtown errands.
Des Moines reports 1926 sales tax receipts on retail business show a 12 percent rise over the previous year. Louis Roddewig of Davenport cites $710,817,850 total versus $631,819,050 last year, noting gains exclude Christmas buying and reflect steady general improvement.
Forecaster Charles D. Reed predicts a cold wave will move into Iowa today causing spring-like temperatures to fall nearly 20 degrees in an hour. Central and eastern areas expected to see snow while Sioux City recorded rain changing to snow and a 16 degree low, two degrees below normal.
Ruth Murray of Chicago will be buried Friday at Elm Grove cemetery after services at Sherman's funeral home. She was the granddaughter of Ollie Turner and had lived with her grandmother for years. The casket will be opened at Sherman's Friday morning until the 10:30 burial hour.
A jury of ten men and two women was chosen to hear the case of Franz Jacobsen a Davenport convict charged with killing his former sweetheart Catherine Leahy a month ago. The panel includes workers from farming to trades and the death penalty is sought by the state. Jacobsen confessed but pleads insanity with the trial set to begin.
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