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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1932
Page
3
Dr F W Eastwood and wife celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary with a church social at the McCall home Tuesday evening. About 35 attended a pot luck supper, devotions, stunts, hymns, and a talk by Dr Eastwood. Gifts included a decorated cake and a purse from the class.
A pancake and sausage supper sponsored by the B E Co class at the M. E. church will be served Friday evening starting at 5:00. All you can eat pancakes available for 25 cents.
Regular dinner and meeting of the B. and P. club set for Wednesday January 20 at 6 15 PM at the Y with guest policy through Mary Briley by 7 PM Monday. H and H bridge group meets with Mrs Zear Hinshaw at 7 30 PM. Harmony club hosts annual dinner with Mrs Nelson Thompson at noon Wednesday. bring pie plate glass cup plate and silver.
The Ladies Aid of the Christian church and Rural Womens club plan Thursday meetings with hostess lists and demonstrations. The Wallace P T A, P E O members, and Lexington Ladies Aid schedule programs, short talks, and business sessions. A congregational social at the U P church honors departing families with all invited.
The Baptist Ladies hold a January Social Friday at 2 30 PM in the church. The Ladies Aid of the M E church meets Friday at 2 30 PM in the large Sunday school room behind the auditorium with Unit 4 in charge. Junior High PTA meets Friday night January 22 at 7 30 PM with officer elections. The Presbyterian Missionary Society meets Friday afternoon at 2 30 PM with Mrs Carl Roberts.
An old advertisement touts Thoxine as a doctor prescribed cough remedy that stops coughing instantly and targets the internal cause. It says taking before bed prevents night coughing and relieves sore throat with fast results for the whole family. The ad promises a money back guarantee and lists McDaneil's Drug Store at 35 cents.
Members urged to attend a pot luck luncheon at the home of Mrs C W Mc Laughlin on Saturday January 23 at noon. Bring dishes and silverware plus one dish of food. meat and rolls will be furnished.
A hartal or general strike shuts Bombay with disorders as Sen Gupta, Gandhi ally and nationalist congress working committee member, is arrested upon arrival from England. He faces imprisonment in Yeravda jail Poona after the Italian liner Gange dispute. Demonstrations halt business and stock exchange activity continues amid picketing.
Havre on January 19 notes the annual Havre social club dinner held at the Will Stafford home with about 40 attendees, tables laden with food, and ecards played by the men while women enjoyed music and singing. Various visits and social calls occur around town, including the Zieglowsky and Wittmer families, and a shipment of one car of hogs from the Havre shipping association on Tuesday morning.
TALLEYRAND June Sheetz Correspondent reports daily tasks and social calls among residents. The notes include sawed wood, pump work, butchering help, and numerous visits between the Greiner Sheetz Tinnes and Keota households. A community sale drew several locals, with gatherings at W. P. Greiner and other homes.
The Towsley University System of Class Music promises a short cut to musical ability with two courses Elementary and Advanced. Miss Helen Harvey is the authorized instructor for Washington. Milburn McKay endorses the program as a help to school organizations.
Iowa's fire loss for 1932 reached 8 593 966 dollars the highest since 1926 with 6 201 fires. The 1931 jump was due to the Spencer fireworks blaze. defective wiring caused 258 fires and defective fires 300 blazes as the leading causes.
Rioting between Chinese and Japanese youths in Shanghai causes two deaths and fires at two cotton mills. Tokyo orders warships to stand by as Manchuria conflict toll rises with three hundred Japanese soldiers killed and thousands of Chinese slain.
Washington January 20 a house veterans sub committee approved a modified pension bill for World War veterans widows and orphans The bill would grant twenty dollars a month to widows with children six dollars per child and allowances for dependent parents aged over sixty five years
Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Schantz shopped in Washington Monday afternoon. Mrs Ethan Brooks and Mrs Rex Swan visited Stringtown school Thursday afternoon. Doc Allen called on Mrs R R Schantz. she has flu but improving. Maxine Mangold missed school due to tonsillitis. families Graber and Widmer linked to local activities.
Mrs. f Rob ert Hyde has been auitpd poorly. Adrian Botteroff moved on the Mrs. Jones farm east of Clay. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Fritz visited relatives at Sigourney last week. William Gallup left Monday for Fairfield to farm. Daryl Gossup works for Ben Brinton.
The piece notes a program where rough fish are removed from Iowa lakes under state supervision and given to the needy. It contrasts this with past practices where commercial anglers seized the fish for sale to New York, and applauds donations of reading matter to less fortunate farm families.
The piece argues that canceling foreign debts does not erase US bonds tied to those loans and would shift repayment to American taxpayers. It notes international bankers push cancellations to safeguard private creditor interests and warns that relieved nations may still spend heavily on armaments, risking renewed wars.
Kalona residents report a neighbor state practice where readers stash magazines and books in their cars and leave them at farm homes during drives. The act is described as spreading reading to rural households with noted enthusiasm.
The Wayland News reports a man seen dragging the road south of town on December 18th and he was barefoot.
The piece argues that income tax adoption by Iowa and states will replace unfair property taxes. It contends income tax burdens the wealthy less and helps those with fewer resources, warning property tax currently falls hardest on the have-nots. It predicts tax fairness as a path away from revolutionary pressures.
A Louisa County summary notes a material saving reflected in lowered taxes for a Columbus Junction Gazette item. Reductions in salaries are deemed necessary to further cut expenditures and tax bills, with conditions making tax relief an absolute necessity.
The passage notes the clash of similarly named figures Gandhi the Mahatma, Grandi the Mussolini envoy, and Randi the scrubwoman, all in prominent roles. It highlights how these name similarities created public confusion as events unfolded from India to the United States and along the Mississippi River.
Testimony continued in the Lyle Hammatt bank robbery trial as jury selection finishes. The Clinton Herald publisher extortion case sees George A. Green sentenced to five years. Iowa City discusses Jim Crowley as Hawkeyes coach with mixed signals and ongoing inquiries from officials and sports writers.
R H Pratt of Moline arraigned on a drunk driving charge at Maquoreta. He offered a humorous list of becauses for his actions including nervous breakdowns and a faulty car. He claimed tires needed testing and his breath carried tonic fumes. He was acquitted. Cowles Award Des Moines
Butter-Nut Coffee now uses a new packing method that seals the can in an extremely high vacuum to keep flavor permanently fresh. The near airless can minimizes freshness loss even after months in hot testing rooms.
The article explains air exposure degrades coffee flavor and that roasters use methods to prevent this. It highlights super vacuum packing as a first perfected solution. Butter-Nut packs coffee immediately after roasting claiming opening time remains fresh for five minutes.
Fresh tracers report Butter-Nut coffee arriving in the district in the new packaging for several days. Customers are noted to be sourcing the product from local shops and outlets amid the rollout.
Harrisburg report shows 13 567 school board members in Pennsylvania most serve without pay with secretaries and treasurers exempted from compensation duties.
Washington Druggists offer the Vick Plan trial guarantee to cut the winter burden of colds. The program uses Vicks Nose Drops VapoRub and a new Cough Drop to prevent and treat colds, promising a 24 hour regimen and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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