04 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1939
Page
1
Strong winds have buckled a 120 foot smokestack at Mount Pleasant municipal light plant. Scaffolding will be erected and a 24 foot section above the bend will be removed.
Centerville couple Sol and Mrs Cohn reported a lost $76 in downtown Centerville. An envelope bearing their names contained $84 with a perch. They credited $15 as the remaining loss.
A petition signed by 1,700 Iowa City residents asking for lower water rates was filed with the city council. Speakers Mrs. F A Strameten Mrs Edna Narger and Mrs Emil Witschi urged rate reductions noting many families cannot pay and resort to rain water or melted snow for basic uses.
Mrs. George Boles of Glenwood asks the Iowa legislature to pay a $4258 claim for the death of her husband George W. Boles 27 a bank cashier from an acute sinus attack at the Iowa national guard encampment at Camp Dodge last summer He died after being moved to the army hospital at Fort Des Moines
A pedigreed English Setter marooned on floating ice above the Mississippi power dam near Keokuk was saved after three hours of effort by police and dam workers. The dog, owned by Neal W. McManus of Keokuk, had been a gift from Des Moines attorney J. Riley McManus.
Sioux City delegates from Wyoming Minnesota Louisiana and North Dakota attended the Sioux Honey association semi annual meeting. Chairman G Brown of Sergeant Bluff projected a production increase of about 756000 pounds over last year.
A Des Moines chaired committee drafted a plan to bring new industries and boost tourist travel to Iowa and stimulate product sales. The plan will be submitted to the state legislature. Members include Laurence Fairall of Des Moines Slips Taylor of Waterloo Hell Kroeger of Des Moines and H J Rowe of Cedar Rapids.
Palmquist Carl, 21, Villisca, filed a $5,000 damage suit against State Patrolmen H. L. Hedum and Jon Dixon alleging forcible examination and being forced to ride in a patrol car with a heater on. The suit was dismissed on motion of Palmquist's attorneys as his related driving while intoxicated trial proceeded to a district court jury.
Orville Coakley of West Chester assumes ownership of Crandall Sinclair Station at 219 N Marion Avenue. He brings prior service station experience from West Chester and will relocate with his wife Mrs Coakley and their 13 month old daughter Dorothy Maxine to Washington next week. Coakley is a former West Chester high school football player and previously worked at Hoover Porter general store in West Chester for two years.
London faced a national terror campaign attributed to the Irish Republican Army with Scotland Yard locking Parliament and guarding Windsor Castle. A factory blast near Windsor raised fear of wider attacks as police mobilized hundreds of officers and detectives in a tense regional alert.
About 100 education leaders from sixteen southeast Iowa counties gathered in Washington for a called meeting on educational issues and proposed Iowa legislative measures. Miss Mary Baker of Davenport led the session with Principal George Fields of Washington High School delivering the main talk on proposed legislation affecting schools.
Nationalist forces entered Gerona at 10 30 a m pushing Republican lines along the Ter river. Gerona, 52 miles northeast of Barcelona and 34 miles from the frontier, had been named temporary Republican capital in recent days as two columns pressed north from the coast highway and the inland route from Vich.
A decree of divorce was granted by Judge P. J. Siegers in the Washington county district court in the Cordelle G. Crossett versus Carmi L. Crossett action. The judge left for Newton yesterday and will return Monday. Also assigned for trial Monday is Farmers Mutual Hair Insurance association versus Shalla, and Ayers versus Goelder is set for Thursday, Feb. 9.
Mrs Kaiser, a German woman, warns of rising tension in Central Europe and says war seems unlikely now but could break out soon. She stresses the need for vigilance and peace among nations during her lecture.
Mrs. Margarete Kaiser of Berlin told a Washington audience at the high school that economic cooperation can avert war and bolster democracies. She warned France may move toward dictatorship, explained Hitler’s antisemitism as scapegoating, and described France’s agriculture dominance versus Germany’s industrial mix. She noted Italy’s expansion near Africa and shared sugar price distortions, stressing trade links between Germany and Italy.
Farm Bureau brings Dr Tate entomologist from Iowa State College to county meeting at the G A R hall next Thursday evening at 7 30 to explain canker worm control. County Agent Wm J Roudabush organized the event due to high inquiries at the Farm Bureau office about protecting elm and orchard trees from damage. The free school aims to teach proper spraying and Banding methods to prevent losses.
The Washington county agriculture planning board meets for the first assembly of the year on Monday February 20 at 10 am in the G A W hall of the courthouse. Professor H R Meldrum from Iowa State College extension service will speak on land use topics and all interested residents are invited.
London reports a German pledge to take no additional measures against Jews while negotiations by the Inter Governmental Committee for Refugees proceed. George S. Rublee urged a formal guarantee and German authorities appeared to promise no molestation during the talks unless unforeseen incidents occur such as the Paris murder of a German diplomat.
Des Moines February 4. Legislators on the biennial inspection tour at the Iowa state penitentiary in Fort Madison spent a night on the premises. Twenty three lawmakers slept in cells and four representatives spent the night in death row. The four were J F Miller Humboldt J J Burk Rippey BE L Stewart Washington and C W Ross Wellsburg.
Vera Stutsman daughter of Dr and Mrs BE Stuteman of Washington was named one of five winning beauties at the Old Gold students year book dance at Iowa State Teachers College. Twelve contestants were narrowed to five whose pictures will be printed in the college annual.
Funeral service for Mrs Emma Morrison mother of E D Morrison Jr and George Morrison Washington attorneys will be held Sunday at 230 p m in Fairfield She died Thursday morning at 86 years 7 months and 11 days She resided in Fairfield long and had many friends there and in Washington IA Surviving children are Ming Clara Belle Morrison Oliver S Morrison Edmund Morrison George F Morrison and Anna Morrison Goeke Husband Wisher Morrison died in 1903
Fireman from Washington Farmers Mutual assisted at the F. M. Lindenmeyer residence in West Chester last evening around seven. A chimney spark lit a hole in the roof, causing minor damage covered by insurance. The two story house is owned by DES Srumbeck.
Anna Ayers and others sue over the estate of Emma Smith in Washington county seeking shares based on who died first in the 1937 Marengo Kalona crash. Intervenors Archie Perrin and Victor R. Mott claim rights as surviving husband or heirs, raising questions of divorce legality and residency. The case, before Judge P J Siegers, follows a prior $5,000 settlement in a related damages suit.
Des Moines report shows Iowa Federation of Labor advocating repeal of all chain store taxes and opposing pending state and federal tax bills. The committee urged lawmakers to oppose chain store taxation, arguing it harms laboring families.
The first of the seasonal floods struck the Ohio and Tennessee river valleys today after a snow and rainstorm from Arkansas. Five deaths are reported in West Virginia. Middlesboro Kentucky saw a five foot wall of water on Main Street. Cincinnati mobilizes disaster response with fifty boats ready. The Ohio is forecast to rise two feet above flood stage. Tornadoes accompanied storms in the south. several towns damaged and a child killed near Meenville Georgia.
Hayes Crayton 51 a prominent Washington African American and A. M. E. church member died at Washington county hospital after influenza complications. Born January 4 1881 in New Albany Mississippi he moved to Washington 33 years ago. Survived by wife Harriett Taylor Crayton and two children Leene and Lawrence. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at the A. M. E. church with Rev. A L Preteton and Rev. W F Oxleton assisting. L A Jones funeral home in charge.
Mrs Christina Meyer learns her daughter Mrs James Kelley is in Miami Florida. Mrs Meyer left yesterday for Des Moines and may join another daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs J Paul Neal of Des Moines who plan to travel to Florida to visit Mrs Kelley.
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