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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1936
Page
1
Ottumwa resident Hazel Hobbs, 31, admitted stealing a fur coat and was given four months in jail. Judge R. W. Smith later reduced the term to 30 days after discovering Iowa county jail law caps at 30 days for a single count.
John Hammill urges a GOP standard bearer who will unite industry and agriculture across regions. He stresses a farm program grounded in constitutional principles and endorsement of equality between sectors.
Sigourney attorney Robert J. Shaw announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for attorney general. He said he would decide after receiving letters and cards mailed to him. He noted receiving more than 200 letters from 61 counties and numerous telephone calls.
Iowa City student Mary Moore a freshman at the University of Iowa earned distinction as a sharp-eyed co ed after a frog dissection. She correctly traced an unusual leg vein pathway that did not pass through the liver, a placement differing from typical anatomy. Only a few such cases are on record, a zoological professor noted.
Court official Hugh D. McMahon reports no marriage license issued in Fort Dodge so far this year, following 1935 record output for the industry.
The late Mrs. Mary Grinnell Meare of Fasex Massachusetts and Palo Alto California left Grinnell College two thousand dollars from her hundred thousand dollar estate.
Davenport post office rural carriers say they are ready to distribute grain and other feed for birds along their routes if someone provides the feed and arrangements with Postmaster Harry McFarland. The plan aims to help feathered residents of Scott County during hard times.
Mrs. Harley Trimble aged 28 of near Marion died in a local hospital from burns suffered when kerosene flared while she poured it into a kitchen stove. Her 2 year old son John was in her arms and also received extensive burns. his condition was listed as serious.
Lou Heath the Heath grocery proprietor reports $91 stolen from a locked safe. Employees saw no suspicious characters at the time and provided the detail.
Davenport specialist Paul A. Thomas of Chicago contends old age is not the main cause of baldness. He cites a study of over 6,000 cases showing onset before age 30 in 6 percent, ages 13 to 19 in 6 percent, 20 to 35 in 56 percent, and 31 to 40 in 27 percent, with 68 percent starting earlier than age 40.
Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance association closed a strong year with total farm property insured over 19 million dollars. Secretary James J. Benda reported in the annual meeting that in force insurance reached 18,865,607 dollars, with 2,410,513 written and 2,168,122 cancelled during the year, and 1,157,829 re-written or brought forward. Directors were re-elected for five townships including Lime Creek with A Penningroth replacing Charlies D. Grewn. Patterson was kept as president for a 25th year.
Cyrus chapter Royal Arch Masons installed new officers for the year at the January meeting. Names include Cloyce Gault high priest I Rothschild king Wise Long scribe and others. Washington lodge of Masons followed with officers including W A Bealer worshipful master Merritt McDaniel senior warden and Leigh W Soule chaplain.
County Agent W J Rouda bush announced arrangements for an agriculture engineering specialist to be in the county February 13 and 14 to hold a farm machinery repair school. He hopes dealers in farm implements will cooperate and extend use of their facilities for the event.
Field supervisor N. Murphy said construction on four rooms in City Hall would start soon after federal grant funds became available. Initial plan had slated work to begin last Wednesday but no progress has yet occurred. The lower floor rooms include the hall council chamber city clerk office and police room.
Governor Hoffmann said he will issue an order to detain Dr. John Condon once pardons court hearings on Hauptmann begin. Condon fled to Panama last night while serving as star witness in Hauptmann’s murder case. Hauptmann’s spiritual adviser Rev Matthiesen insists the prisoner is innocent and undecided on the matter.
Women of all ages at the Farm Bureau Achievement Day at the Y heard three addresses from Dr. Murry McCreedy and W J Roudabush. Elderly attendees Mrs F M Smith and Mrs Nancy Catherine Romine were noted guests.
Democrats overcame a deep debt after 1928 to set Philadelphia as the site for the June 23 1936 convention. The national committee auctioned the bid with Philadelphia offering 200000 dollars plus free venue concessions to outbid Chicago and San Francisco.
Joe Melinski, custodian of the post office, found thieves had entered his garage and stolen an overcoat and a blanket. In their place they left a dog, which escaped as he opened the door, leaving the car ruined and the interior torn. He does not want the dog back and offers no thanks to the thieves.
In the first ten days of the month six wedding licenses were issued, compared with 100 in the previous year. The two issued yesterday went to Robert J. Kron of Kalona and Velma Horak of Washington, and to Lester F. Brecht of Fairfax and Dolly Conkin of Oelwein.
Mrs. Lewis Baker is reported ill at her residence on East Third street.
At the Journal carriers party at the Ralph Shannon home, Jack Swift 16 won the gold watch for outstanding service. Dale Bowers took second with $10, Rex Hazen earned $6, while others received $1 silver dollars and several five dollar awards for new carriers.
Geneva sources report leaders nearly abandoned hope of conciliation and plan to tighten the oil embargo on Italy by month’s end. In Rome the Italian communique denies Makale recapture but says Ethiopian troops were defeated and forced to retreat after heavy air and artillery attacks with heavy Ethiopian losses.
Reports from the waste lands to the north said Ethiopian tribesmen have recaptured Makale, fueling tension in the region and signaling a shift in control amid ongoing conflict.
County Farm Bureau and Lawrence Wilson plan to organize a 4 H Builders Club for youths ages ten to twenty one. The program covers lumber use concrete work and blueprint reading with an initial meeting at Eclipse Lumber Yard on Wednesday Jan 22. County Agent W J Roudabusk notes the first lesson will cover blue print reading.
Des Moines report from January 11 cites Chief Glenn Schmidt noting 9,142 new fingerprints added in 1935, swelling active files to 103,797. At that rate, about one tenth of Iowa's powerfully aged adults and youths may face felony charges over the next generation due to recorded crime growth.
Mr and Mrs E B Hage departed for an extended trip traveling first to Iola Kansas and then onward on a southern journey visiting multiple destinations on their travel plan.
Tom Duncan of the State theater faced a near calamity while delivering theater advertising near Columbus Junction. His car was forced into a deep ditch by a would be hit and run driver and became half buried in snow. He walked two miles to obtain a tow, the wrecker also getting stuck, and he blamed the driver for not stopping to help.
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