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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
6
The West Chester W C APES gathered for their regular Tuesday meeting with Mrs Hough leading a devotional. Mrs Robins led the scripture reading and study on Frances Willard while plans for March and gifts to the state president were discussed. Social events included dinners and bridge parties at local homes and a PTA meeting highlight with performances and discussions.
Beauty ad touts MELLO-GLO Powder for smoother application and longer wear through a new Vrench process. It claims to prevent pastiness flakiness irritation and visible pores while slimming the nose and keeping skin looking young. Sold by Sherman Bros Druzzists.
Announcements note sicknass causes the West Chester M. E. church class to postpone their meeting until next month. Also the Ladies of Prairie Center Amboy No. 7 Havre district plan an all day session at Mrs. M. M. Flynn residence on Friday February 7 to study Lamp Shades. Bring brown paper wallpaper and bias tape plus lunch.
The Rebekah lodge invites all visiting members to attend Friday at 7 30 PM. A good attendance is desired to support the group. Location not specified.
The Ladies Social of the Presbyterian church meets Friday afternoon with Mrs Eastwood to elect officers. Bring money bags and distaws. also bring hems you have been hemming. The Susan Coffey Auxiliary of the West Chester M E church holds a regular meeting Friday Feb 7 at 1 30 at Mrs Robins home. The Homebuilders class of the MI church will be entertained at the Milo Steele home Thursday evening Feb 6.
The UU. PL. Women’s Missionary Society will gather Friday at 2 30 PM at the church. Leaders Mrs Green Squires and Mrs D C Kilrore Mr Fulton and Mrs George Maxwell discuss The Cities Church. It promises to be an interesting meeting and all are invited.
A Presbyterian church schedules a choir rehearsal Friday at 7 15 PM. The notice mentions weekly Thursday and Friday practice times for the choir.
Alma Hearne Yolland Society will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs. Ab Anderson. Miss Jeanette Kyle will head the Jessons, supper to follow, and members are urged to be prompt at 6 15 PM. Also listed: Farmers Co operative stockholders annual meeting February 19 at 1 30 PM in City Hall assembly room. Baptist choir rehearsal Friday at 7 30 PM.
A delegation of Georgia South Carolina Alabama Florida North Carolina and Virginia representatives and senators urged President Hoover to back a $60 million special loan fund for southern farmers. Secretary Hyde had recommended $30 million, which the budget bureau cut in half, prompting calls to restore the original figure.
Senator Wagner a wet New York Democrat denounces Hoover's law enforcement commission. He accuses the panel of frittering away constitutional rights and opposes eliminating jury trials, arguing it fails to remedy prohibitions abuses cited by Hoover in campaign speeches.
Washington area social rounds fill a busy weekend with visitors from Iowa and nearby towns. Stateside travel includes Mrs. Ella Mechant and relatives heading to Fairfield, a flower girl trip to Kenosha, and several locals hosting guests while family ties and weddings are noted.
Martha Butter reports a busy local week with property moves by Lee Ogier occupant, KE, G. Brent, and Charles Orr moving to Smoke farm west of the Junction. The Oster family, Floyd Pine family, Paul Klotz at West Liberty funeral, and George Gardner with daughter Gertrude plan returns from Washington.
King Alfonso issued a wide amnesty decree published in the Madrid Gazette marking the anniversary of Queen Maria Cristina's death. The measure follows the end of Primo de Rivera's dictatorship and releases prisoners in Spanish prisons.
The text defines music as wave or vibration patterns with equal length and definite intervals, while any deviation from that regularity is labeled noise. It contrasts regularity as the key criterion separating music from noise.
Iowa will see summer-like conditions for at least the next day with clear skies across the state. Temperatures last night ranged from 34 above at Council Bluffs to 20 above at Dubuque, while Des Moines reported 49 and Keokuk 49 degrees with highs expected to drop after midnight.
Surveys near Wapello indicate Primary No. 61 will relocate between Wapello and Grandview. The planned route runs west of Wapello along the Iowa River and crosses near the Muscatine north bridge then heads east and north toward Grandview. Landowners in Marshall and Elm Grove towns discussed improvements to the road from the five mile lane west of Wapello to the Henry county line, and the Louisa county board agreed to make repairs during the summer.
Feb 5 Miss Elizabeth Traber was taken to Mt Pleasant hospital for appendicitis operation. At last report she was progressing as well as could be expected. Mrs Joseph Mast visited Mrs J A Frey. Lewis Noble bought a new International truck in Davenport and visited his father in Muscatine hospital.
Douglas correspondent reports a series of social visits and family gatherings. The Kaufman family appears in multiple entries with visits to Coppecs, Lake Richenbergers, and parental homes, along with other local households hosting and attending events.
Deputy Sheriff Stein confronted three masked bandits in the Silver Dollar Bar in Butte, Montana. He fired first, the assailants fled, and Stein pursued firing again as they escaped up the street. One bandit appeared wounded and was carried away by companions.
Dr Paul Popenoe announced America's first clinic for marital problems to be directed by the Institute of Family Relations. Sponsored by Southern California philanthropists and civic leaders as part of the American eugenist society, the clinic emphasizes prevention and counseling for engaged couples and those facing marriage troubles.
Puzzles offer mental exercise and educational value. Engaging in these activities now helps develop reasoning and contributes real knowledge to solvers.
Des Moines reports J H Dunagan sues the city for 58.50 claimed as police fees from three years ago. In Lacona Albert Shields, 61, dies from injuries after his car derailed when a wheel detached. In Mason City Chris Paras receives two consecutive sentences of years for possessing liquor and maintaining a liquor nuisance. this is his third liquor conviction since 1924.
In Hawkeye, S. H. Bevins and M Henderson the bank president and cashier of the closed First National Savings Bank ask district court for dismissal of the two remaining indictments against each before Judge W. L. Eichendorf.
Centerville high school will join two schools in the state with night football. Scheduled night games include Moulton Seymour Corydon Fort Madison Unionville Mo and Burlington is believed to be the other equipped school.
Des Moines reports the state utilities board will hear 14 transmission line applications in 14 Iowa counties on February 95 at the state house office. The proposed lines will operate in Boone Story Woodbury Shelby Mahaska Audubon Clay Marion Plymouth Sioux Crawford Benton Polk and Webster counties.
Woodbury county supervisors deny Rev. C. E. Towner a $3,900 claim for damage to his eighty acre Concord township farm caused by defective road work. Towner, now in Cedar Rapids, alleges road construction led to flooding in rainy weather.
Des Moines industrial committee reports a $1280 increase in the city publishing business for 1929. The survey highlights growth in local printing and related services, reflecting broader economic activity in Des Moines.
Washington Feb 6 The Senate unanimously passed a House bill appropriating 951 million 400 thousand dollars in additional federal aid funds for road construction nationwide without debate. The measure now goes to the president for signature.
The district court in Washington County Iowa fixed February 12 1930 at 9:00 AM to hear proof of the will of Joseph Murphy deceased dated September 4 1928. Interested parties must appear at the Washington Court House to show cause why the instrument should not be probated as the deceaseds last will and testament. Edna C Purvis Clerk of District Court.
The testament of Esther L Speidel deceased dated July 24 1926 was filed and read. A hearing to prove the will is fixed for February 12 1930 at the Court House Washington Iowa before the District Court or the Clerk. The court will probate and allow the will.
In Alliance Nebraska two women Mrs George Knapp and Mrs Peter Hirsch advocated long skirts to conceal liquor but the attempt failed. They and their husbands were booked on liquor law violation charges after deputies found two 3 gallon jugs of liquor and a large still on the Hirsch farm.
Nanking February 5. Great Britain considers proposals offering to relinquish extraterritorial privileges in China. The move aims to ease tensions and shape a new framework between Britain and Chinese authorities pending broader settlement.
Sir Miles Lampson the British minister to China outlined a gradual abolition program from the legation at Peiping. He indicated Britain is not ready to agree to a sweeping end of foreign privileges in China held by several nations for over seventy years.
A bandit robbed the Payne Avenue State bank in St Paul as three employees and cashier L D Engberg were unaware of the holdup. The thief took about $2000 and departed as the alarm was raised after he left the bank by President A J Newgren and two workers.
Political announcement stating candidacy for County Recorder in the June Primary subject to Republican voters. Signed by Mrs. Sadie Hay with dates February 6 13 20 27.
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