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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1938
Page
1
Iowa Falls Max Barnett aged 19 of Waterloo suffered a split eyeball when a bottle exploded as he lifted a case of carbonated drinks from a truck in Waterloo.
Grace Owens, 21, Kellogg, sustained body bruises after being thrown from an open car driven by Robert Stream of Kellogg. She recovered at Skiff hospital with two others injured. Cliff Kari Sparks, 10, Newton, fractured his left arm while attempting a Tarzan stunt, missing a tree limb and falling.
Dorothy Birnholz suffered a scalp wound when she dived into shallow water and struck a log in the Little Cedar River. Fourteen stitches were required to close the wound after the incident near Charles City.
Cedar Falls Chief L E Schwanke reports Lillian Roadman aged 48 died by her own action from inhaling gas from a kitchen stove. She is sister to Dr Earl R Roadman president of Morningside College Sioux City and leaves two brothers and a sister.
Ralph Loy, 19, Don Henry, 19, and Nick Oteros, 21, were jailed in Buchanan county at Independence after an alleged attack on Wendall Hamblin, 26, a lifeguard at the Independence bathing beach. Police say the Waterloo youths beat the guard after being ordered from the pen and broke his glasses.
Missouri Valley businessman Ray Beckley, 64, died in a hospital from gunshot wounds sustained June 26 while attempting to load a .22 caliber rifle at his farm near Loveland. He was shot twice in the abdomen.
Mallard farmer Bert Munson, 60, was found shot in an oats field on his uncle Lloyd Reese’s farm near Emmettsburg. Munson had been missing since Thursday. Coroner J W Woodbridge indicated the shooting likely occurred on the farm.
Arthur, 30, a transient, died en route to Sioux Valley hospital after falling from a northbound Illinois Central freight train three miles south of Kerokee. Herman Olson heard cries and summoned help.
Two unidentified men attempted to sever the power line feeding Hopkinton water pumping station despite a court restraining order. No injuries reported and investigation ongoing.
Des Moines reports state Senator A Claire Ey of Washington spent 30.80 to win the nomination with no opposition in the primary. Expense account filed today details the cost of the campaign effort.
A city wide summer clearance is announced for Thursday through Saturday this week. Chosen by a Chamber of Commerce panel including D F Barnes Jesse Busby Walter Rukgaber E L Hanson and Paul Thomassen the plan centers on July 7 8 and 9 as special bargain days. Participating merchants offer savings across seasonal merchandise in many store types.
Japanese land forces aided by river warships captured Hukow and pushed toward Hankow 160 miles away. At Hankow the temporary Chinese capital, preparations intensified for a decisive defense of the industrial trio Hankow Wuchang and Hanyang.
Francis Albaugh of Washington was injured in a morning auto accident on the road between Riverside and Kalona. The car hit loose gravel and overturned. a traveling salesman aided him until a local doctor treated his wounds. He later drove to Washington with his mother.
Jack Gibson resumes work in La Salle Illinois after spending a holiday with his parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Gibson.
The United States Fourth of July holiday death toll surpassed 500 with estimates forecasting up to 550 fatalities from car crashes drownings fireworks and other accidents nationwide on Independence Day.
Bill Knott of Kingsbury Inn reported to Washington police that a party of Washington youths had removed chairs from his establishment. Officers stopped a car entering town and recovered two chairs. Knott requested only return of the chairs and release of the group.
The New York home of the late oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller on West 54th Street is being demolished by wreckers to make way for a newer structure.
Des Moines reports Lloyd Thurston filed the largest campaign expense account to date, showing 8616.93 spent in an US Senate bid against L. J. Dickinson. Major costs include 4341.70 for advertising and 1338 for office help. A. V. Thornhill of Sidney reported 1171.68 in a bid for the seventh district GOP nomination.
July 6 report from Des Moines notes a hot statewide spell with only central and northern Iowa likely to see scattered showers. Temperatures rose to 106 at Mount Ayr and 100 in Council Bluffs Atlantic Clarinda Creston and Larimore hit the upper 90s.
At about one o'clock Sunday morning a fire alarm was triggered when a witness saw a blaze on the pavement near East Main street and alerted firefighters. City workmen were burning discarded papers they had picked up, not a fire.
Adolph J. Votruba, 63, of 741 East Second Street, remains in grave condition at Washington County Hospital after a Saturday night automobile collision on road No. 81 two miles north of the 81 and No. 2 junction. He sustains skull trauma, facial injuries, a fractured jaw, broken forearm, concussion, and pneumonia risk. doctors say he has about a fifty fifty chance of survival. The crash involved two cars. Fern Anderson of Wellman drove the other vehicle with passengers Mrs. Fern Anderson and Morris Lemley and Doan Lemley. Votruba was alone in his car which left the road and overturned into a ditch.
Washington marked its first Fourth of July under a state law banning fireworks except at supervised celebrations, creating a Sabbath quiet. Despite fewer displays, some families avoided trouble and Missouri guests left their pyrotechnics at home. Richmond held a simple, traditional celebration with free acts, concessions, Washington Concert band music, and evening dancing for a sizable crowd.
Hampsher will not barber for several weeks after breaking his right forearm in a fall down stairs at his home early Sunday. He is expected to recover with medical treatment and rest.
Iowa writers debate whether Rep Edward C Eicher may land a federal judgeship after withdrawing from re election amid rumors he will stay on the New Deal payroll and be rewarded with a court post.
A July 6 report from Barcelona states that insurgent bombers killed fifteen people and wounded twenty as a fleet of 13 planes attacked the city.
A second flood disaster in a week hits Japan with about one hundred people reported missing near Kobe as heavy rain continues.
L. T. Saul arrived Saturday from Algona Iowa where he accepted the position of secretary for the Chamber of Commerce He and his family are preparing to move to Algona this week Saul will reside in the Saul home which has been rented by Harry Sowden and he expresses satisfaction with his new job and location.
The Des Moines report notes ten automobile deaths across Iowa over the holiday weekend with six additional fatal incidents outside the state. It tallies 192 Iowa auto fatalities for the year and 39 drownings since January 1, listing victims including Glenn Pierce 16 of Canton Minnesota Nellie Brink Corse 26 and her two children of Salix Iowa and several others in crashes and related incidents.
Thirty eight delegates to the democratic estate convention in Des Moines on July 27 will also attend a district meeting to name a candidate for congressman to fill the vacancy created by Elicher's withdrawal. District chairman William Hart of Iowa City will announce time and place within a few days.
Wallace received word burial services for his nephew Col Hobart Wallace will be held at Arlington Cemetery Washington D C The colonel formerly commanded at Fort Des Moines and was nearly 46 when killed accidentally at Fort Sam Houston San Antonio Texas No details of the accident have come Wallace connected with the War College at Washington He was second in his West Point class of 1915 He had a brilliant army record He was a son of W O Wallace P J Wallace brother who lives in Oklahoma City He was a brother of Polly Wallace former All American football player at Ames and a well known athletic coach
Mr and Mrs A J Norton of Traer came back to their home the morning after a weekend at the home of their nephew Russell Frink and family and after visiting Anna Henderson of Ames and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stokes move from Albia with daughter Velda to 703 West Monroe Washington. He works on a Crawfordsville farm owned by Frank Courtney. They belong to the Christian church and Velda is part time at the Graham store.
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