Local News Briefs From Washington Iowa And Nearby
Local items noteMisses Alice McDaniel and Josephine Hull return to University Hospital Iowa City after holidays. Moore's Bootery advertises sale shoes at 1.98 or 2.98. Mrs Ray C Tracy returns from Chattanooga Tenn visiting sister Mrs William Wergen. Auctioneer J F Macon Washington Town. Tita Ed Hanson in Chicago buying for store. Mrs Addie Shannon returns to Kansas City after extended visit with daughter Mrs Earl Bickford. Fresh eggs 21c by W S Reister & Son. Clint Shull of Crawfordsville in Washington shop. Lewis Dusenberry and friend Mr Brown from Los Angeles Calif return to Iowa City after holiday visit. Frank Hynek goes to Marshalltown with Kenneth Kimberline. Hynek's wife and Kimberline's relative visit. Modern Miss Oxfor ds shoes 2.98 at Moore's Bootery. Edith Ingar Martin, formerly of Washington now wife of Lt Don B Martin CCC at Ashdown Ark, writes from the south. sister Esther works at Davenport store. Olive Warren leaves for Angola Ind for vacation. State theater matinee Wednesday. Ethel Warren and Alvin Engel spend weekend in Moline Ill. Card party and Bingo Wed Jan 6 at K C Hall St James Parish. Sam Warren family visits. Marguerite Warren stays with S R Warren Jr. at home. Bargain matinee at State. Esther MacGugin national W B A worker and Mrs John P D Hoag of Cleveland are house guests of Dr and Mrs Fred Reid. MacGugin came from Chattanooga Tenn. to supervise W E A work in Iowa and Nebraska for Jan Feb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hanson
Chicago
Addie Shannon
Kansas City
Earl Bickford
Fresh Eggs
Reister & Son
Clint Shull
Crawfordsville
Washington
Lewis Dusenberry
Mr Brown
Los Angeles
Cilif
Iowa City
Lee Du5enberry
Frank Hynek
Marshalltown
Kenneth Kimberline
Hynek
Moore
Journal
Edith Mlgar Martin
Don B. Martin
CCC
Ashdown
Arkansas
Vincent Converse
Martin
Southland
Esther
Peterson-Harned- von Maur
Davenport
Olive Warren
Angola
Ind
State Theater
Ethel Warren
Alvin Engel
Moline
K. C. Hall
St James Parish
Sam Warren
Bobby Lee
Marguerite Warren
Parenta
S. R. Warren Jr
Esther MacGugin
Woman's Benefit Association
John PD. Hoag
Cleveland
Ohio
Fred Reid
MacGugin
Chattanooga
Venn
Iowa
Iown
Nebraska
Social News From Town United by Holiday Travel
Mrs J O Sexton returned from Minneapolis Aurora and Chicago to attend her son James Sexton’s wedding then visited Mr and Mrs H M Lee in Aurora. Mrs Jessie Kerr Lalor Miss Mary Kerr joined them for a few days at the Sexton home. Charles Schulty received word of Ben Benson’s death in Chicago with funeral planned there Friday. Mrs John Caldwell returns from Centerville after visiting her parents. Miss Eunice Acheson leaves for Bradford Mass to teach after holidays with her mother. Miss Elizabeth Thorne returns to Poughkeepsie N Y after holiday at Vacsar College with her mother. Mrs A E Atchison ill at home. Roy Gardner of West Chester on Washington trip. Shoppers included Robert Stephens John Clegge and family from Ainsworth. George Lord and Bruce. Pruce Hanna Lee Hanna from Crawfordsville. Peatrice Carris and George Klett from Rubio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Sexton
Minneapolis
Minn
Aurora
Chicago
Ill
James T. Sexton
John Caldwell
Centerville
W. ¢. van Ness
Eunice Acheson
Bradford
Mass
Jennie Acheson
Elizabeth Thorne
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vacsar College
Ruth Thorne
A. E. Atchison
Roy Gardner
West Chester
Washington
Robert Stephens
John Clegge
Pauline
George Lord
Bruce
Ainsworth
Pruce Hanna
Lee Hanna
Crawfordsville
Peatrice Carris
George Klett
Rubio
Births and transfers report at local hospitals
At the hospital a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Strohm of Washington at 1 30 p m yesterday. A H Keifer of Kalona underwent a major operation this morning. Mrs Lyle Snyder of Washington was transferred to University hospital Iowa City this
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Strohm
Washington
A. H. Keifer
Kalona
Lyle Snyder
University Hospital
Iowa City
Ultimatum Threat Prompts Spanish Loyalists Concern
Washington notes the Germany Spain tension with a pledge of neutrality. Officials say no neutrality act action yet, though Congress may amend the act to authorize an arms embargo if fighting escalates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Washington
INS
Nazi Germany
United States
State Department
Spain
Ottumwa Will Play Demons Here Tonight
Ottumwa visits Washington High School for a Little Six conference clash as the Demons seek to prove progress. Coach Kenneth Kimberlin may rotate two full teams, with a curtain-raiser by Washington second string. The game starts at seven with Pops Harrison refereeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Ottumwa
Fairfield Trojans
Washington
Fairfield
Kenneth Kimberlin
Pops" Harrison
Two Games Friday Set Amid Doubleheader Night
Keokuk and Washington high school tilt opens Friday’s doubleheader followed by a junior college Cardinals game. Opponents feature a Moline based team led by a 6 foot 11 inch giant center with Augustana ties, expected to be a highlight of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk-Washington
Iowa to name twelfth paid Hawkeye grid mentor this season
Iowa City Jan 65 The new football coach at the University of Iowa will become the twelfth paid Hawkeye grid mentor since 1896. Ossie Solem leaves for Syracuse after five seasons as the roster lists long tenure averages and the line of alumni who returned as head coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeye
A. E. Bull
Pennsylvania
Ossie Solem
Syracuse
Howard Jones
Southern California
Burt Ingwersen
Northwestern
Jesse Hawley
Salem
Hawkeyes
Grinnell
Bull
Towal
Samuel W. Hobbs
John G. Chalmers
John G. Griffith
Iowa
Sevice
A. B. Bull
T. Wagonhurst
A. A. Knipe
S. W. Hobbs
J. G. Chalmers
M. Catlin
Chicago
Los
J. G. Griffith
Town
J. Hawley
Dartmouth
H. H. Jones
Yale
B. A. Ingwersen
Illinois
Oo. M. Salem
Minnesota
U S Declares Embargoes After Italian Ethiopian Invasion
The United States imposed arms embargoes on Italy and Ethiopia as hostilities began with Italy's invasion of Ethiopia. The president used the neutral ity act to determine a state of war and enacted embargo proclamations for both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchukuo
Italy
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Nat Kernel in Lung Causes Boy's Death
A Loveland boy, Charles Skelton, aged 2, died after a nut kernel remained in his lung and caused inflammation. Doctors removed the kernel at Cornwall Pluffs hospital but delayed hospital care is blamed for the fatal condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat
Boy
Maiden
Draw New Grand Jury to Report to Court January 7
A continued front page list outlines equity assignments and jury assignments for January with multiple cases set on January 6 through January 18. Names include Havel, Kolosick, Kloubek, Spreacker, Stephen, Even, Temple, Houck, Morrow, Laithley, Stewart Extr, Brown, Maxwell & Co, Frey, Rinner, Smith, Keota Lumber, Kelley, Curtis 1000 Inc, Bush, Wolcott, Mor ton, Munsingwear Corp, Sprague, Sherman, Chittum, Swisher, Coffey, Rueg.
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Equity
Havel
Kolosick
Kloubek
Spreacker
Stephen
Even
Temple
Houck
Wash, Loan & Trust Co
Schnoebelen
Lorack
Maxim
Mehalek
Schmoeller
Stewart
Brown
Maxwell & Co
Israel
Wilson
Brookhart
Shelangoskie
Bates
McGugin
Pease
Shaffer
Frey
Rinner
Smith
Hess
Keota Lumber & Fuel Co
Axhelm
Kelley Et al
Negus
Curtis 1000 Inc
Busby
Bush
Baumester
Social Notes from Davenport and Washington Week
Miss Annabel Clark of Davenport spends the week in Washington on Bell Telephone business. Mr. and Mrs. W. Kaster and son Jimmy hosted a Sunday supper for the Easter fourteenth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Rabenold and Mrs. Juanita Mathers. Shoppers included Mrs. Addie McFarland and Mrs. R. D. Williams of Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Floyd Letts and Mrs. Irever Letts of Haskins. The Cox family returned their son Billy to the University of Iowa with Maurice Mayo and John Owen after holiday visits. Mary Juliet Lemmon resumed work at the University of Iowa after holidays with her parents, the Lemmons, driving her to Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Maurice Mayo
John Owen
University of Iowa
Mary Juliet Lemmon
J. E. Lemmon
Iowa City
Reed Moore Joins Model Home Laundry Partners
The Model Home laundry at 520 North Marion Avenue announces new ownership and equipment after Harry Haney and Reed Moore formed a partnership on January 1. Moore handles bookkeeping while Haney brings a decade of experience from Washington Steam Laundry. The shop offers call for and delivery service daily, with potential 24 hour service when needed, and features modern gear including a washer, dryer, flat ironer, water softener, and water heating system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Haney
Harry
Reed Moore
Washington Steam Laundry
Reed
Model Home Laundry
North
Marion Avenue
Partnership Dissolved Between Cherry and Bell Painters
From January 1 1937 the partnership of Cherry and Bell painters is dissolved on mutually friendly terms. They will operate separately going forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry and
Bell
Sepana
Mary Eilen Lytle Returns to University Duties
Mary Eilen Lytle returns to Town City to resume university work after a vacation spent with her father Merle Lytle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Eilen Lytle
University
Merle Lytle
Winter Cold Grips Washington and Iowa
The predicted cold wave reached Washington with temperatures around eight degrees above zero last night. Today stays cold but sunny, a brisk winter day typical of Iowa’s climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Week of Prayer Services Opened at Washington Church
A good sized crowd attended the opening service of a Week of Prayer at Washington church with Rev. C W Klein of St Pauls Evangelical leading on The Reality of God. Services continue nightly at 730 with Rev M Carstensen presiding and Rev F W Eastwood and Rev D C Fulton contributing.
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Washington Church
C. W. Klein
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
M. (. Carstensen
F. W. Eastwood
D. C Fulton
Milan Thompson
God
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Alice McDaniel
Josephine’ Hull
Ray C. Tracy
Chatanooga
Tenn
William Wergen
Wergen
J. F. Macon
Black, Tita
Charles Schulty
Ben Benson
Benson
Sam Nicola
Congress
Roosevelt
Varie
AL Pearce
His
Elmer
Universal
Rex Chandler
WLS
FORD
Lincoln-Zephyr
Jones
Ingversen
Council Bluffs
Charles Skelton
Loveland
Senate
House
Alameda
Cal
Vontier
Blue Ridge Parkway
WPA
NRA
Rep. McGroarty
California
Townsend
Conbtels
Annabel Clark
Bell Telephone Company
Segger
Wilson & Stephens
Orr
Shalla
Wright
Deuker
Duker
Basseler Va
Henry Wm. Deuker
Ruby Deuker
State
Simpkins
Vatro Nol
VICKS
Kellogg
Ceri
Rick Krispirs
Cash Grocery
Rockton’'s
Emerson
White Owl
van Dyke
San Felice
Penn
Camay Soap
Johnson
Osc
Libby
P. & G. Soap
Wisconsin
van Camp
Ogc
Albert Escher
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Richmond
C. A. B. van Waas
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Eoening James Zeek
George Eglin
Joe Kolosick
Joe Te Rockhorst
John Shalla
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