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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1930
Page
1
Government forecasts show corn production at 2 442 000 bushels based on a July 1 condition 79.9 percent of normal while the 1929 corn crop reached 90 000 bushels. Wheat prospects include 07 265 000 bushels from a 74.5 percent normal basis with a 27.6 bushel per acre corn yield and 132 bushels per acre for wheat in 1928.
Five prominent Kansas men visiting in this section were killed when their Lockheed Vega plane crashed near Corpus Christi Texas. Passengers named include attorney Raymond Wats lawyer R J Delano realtor Mur Boys Eugene Lynn president of A Epperson Company Kansas City Gabbart was pilot and Dr Walter Cross was aboard.
Taxpayers in the Cotter consolidated district will hear proposals on 1930 expenditures and tax needs at a board meeting in the high school building on July 15. Proposed general fund expenditures total 20 000 with 15 000 to be raised by taxation, plus transportation and school house funds. Secretary J R Roberts notes district students. Mr and Mrs J A Faris and relatives depart St Louis after visiting the Stewart home.
The official thermometer read 98 degrees at 1:30 pm with earlier readings at 96.5 and 98. The day saw a steady rise as the heat persisted, following a night with a low around 72. Washington residents spent time outdoors to escape stuffy indoor rooms.
The cantaloupe crop in the Conesville district is expected to be the best in ten years due to warm weather and recent showers. Express shipments start around August 1 with carloadings August 5 to 10, with Wolford growing 150 to 200 acres and aiming to ship about forty carloads. The big sweet potato crop also looks promising with about 200 acres, totaling around 30,000 units, as growers wait on Iowa State College plant pathologists for experimental results.
The Yo MC A camp will hold July 21 to 28 at Cedar Rapids on the river near Central City. Enrollment reaches 49 with nine new signups, and there will be room for fifty at camp. Adult leaders, at least six, will accompany the group, totaling at least 55 people.
Paris dispatch reports France ready to declare a naval holiday starting 1 December 1936 to allow continued Franco Italian naval talks. Foreign Minister Aristide Briand forwarded the proposal to Rome to break the London treaty deadlock. Limited progress noted in recent compromise efforts.
Three people died in a car fire after a crash on a bridge near Schneider Indiana. Victims were Harry G Horn Mrs Charles H McCleer who was Horns mother and Miss Patrick Hoffman all from Chicago. The fatalities raise Indiana burn deaths in auto wrecks to six in under 24 hours.
Detroit voters will go to the polls July 22 to decide on the recall of Mayor Charles Bowles after City Clerk Richard Reading set the date following a court ruling dissolving an injunction. Bowles and recall leaders expect a brief campaign prior to the vote.
Washington reports show Claudius Huston, GOP chairman, avoiding comment on resignation amid a two hour session. Republicans planned a 2 pm revival as Huston prepared a statement, with James Burke and J R Nutt conveying a Hoover message to campaign officers.
United Press reports the senate debate centers on shielding Charles G Dawes comments on European affairs from publication in state department files. Hoover supporters mull whether to back the McKellar resolution to compel disclosure if it gains a majority.
Police uncovered six foot heavy posts with hooks embedded in a Cicero basement floor linked to Capone era gang violence. Coroner planned scientific analysis with Viennese crime expert to determine if human sacrifices occurred. Authorities note vanished gangsters nearby that fueled the torture chamber theory.
Frank Pierce aged 75 longtime Columbus Junction resident died after a brief heart trouble Wednesday evening at five. He was janitor of the local grade school for about twenty years. Funeral arrangements not completed. Survived by two daughters Mrs Arista Jennings and Mrs Roy Ardingale Columbus Junction, Eltoner E Junction, and Dale Oklahoma City eight grandchildren. Mrs Pierce died January 15, 1920.
Oral and Keith Sweet donated a piano to the YMCA and YWCA in Washington for use by both organizations. Secretary Leigh Soule called the gift greatly appreciated and a reminder of generosity. The Sweets plan to move and dispose of the piano due to changed living conditions, noting it will serve women’s work and Sunday evening youth meetings on the building’s lower floor.
Amett Peacock remains confined in Linn jail after being implicated in the murders of Sheriff Fred Sweet and Night Marshal Aaron Bail. Cedar Rapids reports suggested he might be freed, but state agents Ray Scott and George Morrison returned from Des Moines to continue the investigation.
Paris July 10 The seaplane of aviator Jean Mermoz, aimed at crossing the South Atlantic from Natal Brazil to Dakar Senegal, was abandoned and sank. An Aeropostale vessel towed the craft after a forced landing as Mermoz and two companions remained aboard the ship with the mail. The crew expressed deep disappointment at the failed eastward crossing.
A mine explosion in Urode leaves 162 dead with 81 or more workers trapped in the recesses. Rescue teams battle carbon monoxide and gas as officials fear all entombed cannot be saved. Forty workers were hospitalized for toxic exposure as teams from nearby mines rush to assist.
Cicero Illinois home base of Capone operations shows a 20 percent population rise over ten years. Berwyn triples to 32 855 more residents. Bloom shows growth to 80 415. Chicago suburbs Keago and Hsid report 18 693 and 28 519 increases respectively. Additional notes cite April 1 counts and regional shifts.
John Augustine, 35, died at 11 am after a self inflicted shotgun wound. He resided near Rubio with brother Charles Augustine in farming. Authorities note recent family deaths may have driven his act. he was rushed to University Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral plans pending at Kota undertaker.
Eleven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Benn Neff died early today after an infection worsened overnight. She is survived by her parents four sisters Myra Osie Evelyn and Oneila and grandparents Mr and Mrs Will Nes of Wayland and Mr and Mrs Jacob Christler of south of Wayland. Plans had not been an
Work began this week to replace twenty bridges damaged by heavy rain on the 13th and 14th. Foreman Will Easter of Town Bridge Co. leads a crew of ten. they erected the Crooked Creek bridge on primary road No. 2 west of Washington township, in Highland township.
Announcement calls for a Sunday school convention in Washington township to be held Sunday afternoon at two o clock west. It is the third district gathering in the county with prior meetings at Crawfordsville and West Chester. The program includes singing devotionals led by Rev Cru ton Falk and Rev Eastwood, a special number, county organization led by Mrs Veron Witting, Junior Work by Mrs Dewey Hess, officer election, offering and benediction. All Sunday schools in Washington and Washington township are urged to send delegates.
A mob event in Alton led by John DeJong ended with fourteen men pleading guilty to unlawful assembly and costs in Justice Meyer court. DeJong, a widowed father, planned civil suits for damages while seventeen were named and three did not appear.
A sweeping heat wave set new records as temperatures climbed above 100 degrees in many cities. The death toll rose to seven with drownings and heat attacks, including Joshua Corkin and James H. Keefe. Livestock suffered heavy losses, and farmers worked by moonlight to finish chores.
Ralph Dong owner of a concrete block structure on North Marion avenue near the square plans a major remodeling of the adjacent igstanus site next to the old Phoenix building once home to Hi and A bakery. A new front and interior alterations including a ceiling are underway and the building will be available for garage use or other purposes when finished. He has not announced the future occupant yet.
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