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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
2
Citizens blame weather observers for snow storms and we now offer the official post for sale to any reasonable bidder. Tulips and yellow Calla Lilies bloom despite the cold, with vivid foliage and bright color in pots.
Local residents including Mr and Mrs A R Strum West Chester and A E Sands Ainsworth visited Washington and others traveled from Cedar Rapids to share business. The piece notes winter letters from Calif and Fla travelers, and updates on Mrs Elizabeth Darrow’s health improving at a Muscatine home after hospital stay.
Gladys Mace was dismissed yesterday afternoon along with Mrs. Clyde Knight and her baby son Larry Dean. George Fulton of Crawfordsville left this morning. Ezra and Mrs. Smith of Washington route 3 became parents to a son born yesterday at 1:80 Pm weighing six pounds nine and a half ounces. Mrs. C A Swift of Riverside underwent an appendectomy last night.
Golden Gloves prelims start at 7 30 pm at the new Armory with over 30 three round bouts on the card. Weather is cold but a large crowd is expected for opening night and a bigger turnout Friday for the finals.
Clarence Haifley and Pat McDole pose for the Journal photographer in a sparring session as they prepare for the Golden Gloves tonight. The eight weight classes include Flyweight to Heavyweight with welterweight drawing the most entrants and heavyweights the fewest. Hob Anderson, a junior college football star, works out ahead of preliminaries at the armory tonight.
Teachers and pupils praised the two new grade schools for their comfortable, well heated buildings. The plants are designed to cope with 18 below zero temperatures, a stark contrast to the old, inadequately heated rooms they recall.
Albert Felding Lang a Pittsburgh laundry magnate and World Series veteran has attended every World Series from its inauguration in 1903 through 1938, marking an extraordinary continuity in baseball history.
North Carolina farmers have nearly tripled soil-building crops over the last decade with more than 2 million acres expected to be planted in 1939. The expansion reflects a strong shift toward soil conservation and agricultural improvement across the state.
Shows Eye Chart being demonstrated to teachers of West Chester schools by a Washington county health unit nurse. The aim is to help teachers spot eye defects in children and arrange nurse home visits and parental guidance for corrective steps.
Experiments at Port Arthur Louisiana show strong results destroying grain field weeds with sulfur dioxide gas. Gas is produced by a simple truck burner and released under a large trailing blanket to saturate the field.
The League of Nations started with 42 members on January 10 1920. By 1935 it had 66 nations, then fell to 54 in later years, reflecting shifting international involvement.
Opening round games saw Ainsworth Wellman and Brighton win as Riverside earned a by into the next round. Ainsworth beat West Chester 49 to 22 with Koehler scoring 82 points, Wellman edged Kalona 23 to 18, and Brighton defeated Crawfordsville 89 to 38.
The Washington Maid Rites defeated Wilton Junction 26 to 24 on their home court. Dale Fuhr and Atkinson each scored eleven, with a close first half 10-7 and a 19-18 three-quarter score as the Maid Rites showcase improved play. They face junior college Cardinals Friday at the high school.
A novel remote control toy plane operates by waving a wand. The aluminum foil craft is magnetically responsive after the wand is rubbed on wood, allowing the plane to rise and bank in the air.
The United States patent office reports granting more than 2,152,000 patents since its creation in 1790, equating to about 1.7 patents every hour.
With Miami Florida as the hub for air arrivals from northern states and from the West Indies and Latin America, traffic statistics show that nearly six persons an hour arrive there by air in an average year.
More than 30,000 whales are caught annually in Antarctic waters according to whaling men. A Norwegian ship reportedly earned about $1,000,000 in whale oil during a two months’ voyage setting a record.
Women in America spend about 25 million dollars a year on bathing suits. Clothing merchants classify suits as those for active water use and those for sunbathers. Only about half of the suits ever reach water, staying closer to a washtub.
Frank Hop Shearer, a world war veteran formerly of Ainsworth, fell on the east side of the square Monday and broke his left arm. He was taken to the Veterans Hospital in Wes Moines for treatment after being located in Rock Island, Illinois, and more recently staying in Washington.
Richard Stephens and J W Chandler travel to Des Moines for the state Farm Bureau Federation meeting. Ed Hotle returns after attending since Monday night but leaves early due to his brother Georges death. The week includes other area moves and events with dance cancellations and training tests in Wellman and Brighton.
A group of Crawfordsville and surrounding residents visited yesterday including Mr and Mrs Harvey Barnes Archie Perrin Kalona and Mr and Mrs Dave Winegarden Wellman and Ainsworth households. Several family members and workers including Mrs Joe Falk Frank Skipton Robert Lytle Jim Thompson and Delbert Sayre were mentioned as ill with neuritis or influenza and returning to work this week at Lytle Grocery and related delivery services.
The Jolly Good Timers cancel the fortnightly dance at the Rendezvous this Friday due to blocked roads cold weather and a death in the group George Hotle a member.
The clipping from a San Diego paper shows Bill Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stewart of Washington, as first tenor and leader of the Chapman College men’s quartet of Los Angeles. The quartet plans a San Diego engagement tour singing at three high schools, three service clubs, a YMCA vesper, and a church service.
The U S bureau of roads reports that among 25 million passenger autos in America only 300 travel daily on coast to coast trips along the main east and west transcontinental highways, highlighting the dominance of local trade and travel patterns.
The American Tobacco Company announced in December 1928 that the 1929 Lucky trike advertising drive would be backed by an appropriation of 12 300 000 dollars. This expenditure was described as the largest single year outlay for a single product.
The United States imported 1 045 380 000 pounds of rubber in 1935, about half of the world total of 2 042 621 000 pounds. Major suppliers were British Malaya, Netherlands India, and Ceylon.
A educational survey shows America has about 7,400 college students per 1,000,000 people. In 1900 the ratio stood at roughly 1,409 per 1,000,000 collegians.
The source notes uncertainty about when the volcanic activity in Auvergne France ceased. It states the time of dormancy remains unknown, with no definitive date for the transition from active to dormant status.
A historical note traces the misattribution of Carry Me Back to Old Virginia to Stephen Foster while crediting James Bland, born 1850 in Flushing, L I, who wrote the 1875 song during home sickness for the United States. Bland died penniless in 1911 and was buried in an unmarked grave in a Philadelphia area Negro cemetery.
Des Moines—The Iowa Conservation Commission will use the full 423,000 federal allotment for wildlife preservation in the Rice Lake area between Winnago and Worth counties. Previously 22,771 was approved for land acquisitions near the lake. The balance for development at Rice Lake will be sent to the U S Biological Survey for approval.
An automatic awning invention from Dayton Ohio uses a photo electric cell to raise or lower the canopy in response to sunlight and rain, allowing hands free operation. The device integrates weather sensing to protect from moisture while opening or closing as conditions change.
Backache and leg pains may signal kidney trouble. Doan's Milk of Magnesia is advertised as a treatment to help kidneys remove waste and relieve symptoms such as back pain, aches, tiredness, and eye puffiness, with claims of widespread use and relief.
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