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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1938
Page
1
Charles City resident Otto Bunze was attacked in Los Angeles by robbers who also took his gold teeth. Bunze is recovering at his Chicago home.
Cedar Rapids business student Cedar Rapids-Wesley Pritch ard leads the senior prom grand march at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Malls with Wayland and Katherine Holmes of Ames and Pritchard serving as senior class president.
The Audubon County Farm Bureau votes to raise annual membership dues from five to ten dollars by a three vote margin. Edwin Anderson is elected president.
Bedford The Taylor County Herald was near printing when a blaze broke out in its Bedford plant. Printers and staff battled the flames but the press and folding machine suffered considerable damage. The paper was able to publish on time.
Council tuffe-Doris Towne filed suit for divorce from Earl Towne claiming they wed in Beatrice Nebraska on Saturday. She states they were separated since Wednesday and alleges she was induced to marry through misrepresentation by Towne.
Charles T. Bruce 894 a Rockwell resident for 60 years and retired farmer died at home from a heart attack after pushing his car from a snow drift. He is survived by his wife and three daughters. Funeral services were held in Mason City.
Reverend H W Farnham reports the Jones County Ministerial Association asks the Iowa legislature to amend the marriage law. The resolution urges compulsory physical examinations for both parties and a three day notice of intent to wed.
Mason City will mark its eighty sixth anniversary in June with a festival tied to the North Town band festival. Plans call for a queen and maids of honor election and a costume ball as part of the observance.
Der Moines Tribune reports Polk county attorney's wife, Mrs. Car A. Burkman, underwent a 15 minute operation to remove a large chicken breastbone fragment lodged in her esophagus after accidentally swallowing it at a luncheon. The fragment measured about one and a quarter inches long and a half inch wide, and was removed with an esophoscope.
A Cedar Rapids family sought city aid after a father bought a storybook for his injured five year old daughter who had fallen on the way to school. An X ray revealed a skull fracture that has since begun to heal while she remains in hospital.
More than two tons of surplus foods from the Federal surplus commodities program have been delivered to Washington for distribution to needy families. The goods include 1100 pounds rice 900 pounds dried prunes 600 pounds dried apples and 1800 pounds oranges. Distribution will start next week under Rev Carl W Klein county relief administrator with Miss Helen Creswell certifying eligible families.
Iowa has 99 counties and a total of 1 605 school districts plus 4 879 other districts listed. The figures reflect the state’s administrative divisions and education system scale.
City Ministerial association plans a union Lincoln day service to be held Sunday evening February 13. It is an annual gathering uniting city churches for the A. M. E. congregation. Full details to be announced later.
Minnie Miksch 81 died January 12 at the Wichita home of her daughter Mrs. John Hotle after living near Dublin until 1907. She came to Washington county as a baby, married A C Miksch in 1876, and survived by three children Geo Miksch Gallup N M Charley Clovis N M and two brothers George Reed Pine Bluffs Wyo and John Reed Wichita. Funeral services were in Wellington.
Waterloo Mrs Harold Mefford 43 is in critical condition with a compound skull fracture after being struck on the head with a hammer wielded by husband Harold Mefford 36 a factory worker Police say the blows left a hammer print on the back of her head Doctors say she has less than an even chance to survive The Meffords were reportedly at home when the attack occurred Also noted were sixty bites mentioned in the report
Dr C A Boice of Washington joins a Iowa party for a Washington DC conference on better care for mothers and babies January 17 and 18 led by the children's bureau. Other attendees include Dr BE Plass Dr WL Bierring Dr J A Hayek Miss Edith Countryman Miss Alma Hartz with plans to depart Sunday and return late next week.
Reports from the front say the Chinese army has recaptured Tsining, with the left flank advancing ten miles beyond the city. Shanghai dispatch notes anxious eyes toward Siberia and Outer Mongolia as Soviet aid to China is reported.
Reports from Hankov claim Outer Mongolian troops have attacked Japanese Inner Mongolian forces and reportedly occupied Pailantmiao.
Sixty nine persons attended the meeting of the bankers association of Louisa and Washington counties in Columbus Junction. H Lee Huston was elected president Roy Durran vice president and Ed Muck secretary and treasurer. The association organized last fall and adopted a constitution and by laws. A lecture by Rev Nightingale of Mt Pleasant accompanied the meeting. Holland discussed the Group Eleven meeting to be in Burlington Feb 22. Next bankers meeting likely in Washington in March.
Des Moines reports from the state house indicate Governor Kraschel is likely to run for re election and to oppose Republican George A Wilson for the governorship. Democrats weigh Senate chances with Otha Wearin as a potential challenger to Guy Gillette while Kraschel contemplates the 1936 style race without Roosevelt.
Senator Bailey of North Carolina says a new era of good feeling exists between President Roosevelt and big business with free enterprise winning over collectivism. In Jersey City, Mayor Frank Haene accuses communists of planning to overthrow schools and the courts by infiltrating universities and organizing lawyers.
Opera and film actress Hollywoon Gladya Swartout notes kisses on camera carry a real sense of intimacy while stage kisses are brief and impersonal, highlighting the difference between live performance and film romance.
Senator Rey Reynolds of North Carolina calls for the United States to act quickly to stop foreign powers from persuading influence operations, urging a preemptive approach to counter external pressure and political interference.
Paris January 14 A call from community leaders for reinstatement of the popular front government followed the resignation of Premier Chautemps amid a grave political and financial crisis. Leon Blum, the first socialist premier, was repeatedly named as a likely strong candidate though he may refuse to avoid further partisan strife in the senate.
Creston Iowa January 14 194? Theft of 30000 cigarettes from a Burlington warehouse near Creston reported today. No suspects named and details awaiting police investigation.
The article notes growing external pressure from Italy Germany and Spain on South American nations. It claims these powers bombard the region with propaganda as they extend influence across the sea.
A diverse group including Thomas Lamont Owen Young John L. Lewis Rexford Tugwell A A Berle and Charles Taussig met at the White House to present ideas aimed at lifting the business slump. The session was part of a series the president has held to seek steps to end the recession and included notable labor and industry figures.
Des Moines reports a 41 percent jump in sheep and lambs on feed as of January 1. The federal Department of Agriculture bulletin shows 480000 head on feed, up from 340000 a year earlier, per statistician Leslie M Carl.
Mrs. William J. Shannon traveled to Madrid yesterday to spend a few days in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rees.
Al Faulkner in charge of the national re-employment office releases figures for 1937. S64 county residents found work through the agency, 289 in private positions and 105 on public works, plus 13 men secured county employment. New applicants totaled 261, with 236 on the active list at year end. 86 percent found work once, 20 percent applied again.
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