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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1936
Page
1
In Zearing a May 7 planted field at E. F. Moore farm shows corn stalks about 9 feet 6 inches tall. A column notes exceptional growth and local farming conditions around the relay of the crop near Iowa.
Mrs Effie Physter 73 of Waterloo is seriously ill and has appealed to police to locate her son George H Physter last seen eight years ago in Waterloo when he played with a Chicago dance orchestra.
Creston laundry workers halted use of a deep well after a strong bitter taste and odor were noticed. They observed a heavy layer of dead crickets floating on the water, causing concern over supply quality.
The Des Moines city council instructed the legal department to draft a bill for presentation to the next legislature prohibiting sale and shooting of fireworks across Iowa.
A new crop menace, blister beetles, has appeared in Oskaloosa and attacked a potato field leaving devastation. Entomologists note they feed on crasshopper eyes, offering a paradoxical benefit to pest control efforts.
Four hundred WPA staff including superintendents engineers and time keepers met in Davenport for a one day school of instruction where a program was mapped out for federal aid projects.
Sistie and Buzzie Dall, grandchildren of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, depart Des Moines with their father Curtis Dall after visiting Governor Herrine and Adj. Gen. Charles Grahl. The Dalls head to San Francisco where a friend of Mr. Call takes them to Santa Barbara, California.
The elate conservation commission set July 20 for the dedication of the recently opened Made Lake near Wapello, southwest of Ottumwa. Roscoe Stewart of Ottumwa leads planning, with neighboring counties invited to participate.
John Creston Staver six months old son of Mr and Mrs Max Staver died two hours after falling head first from a first story window at the farm home six miles southeast of Afton. His head struck a concrete projection on the foundation.
Hampton residents will vote July 20 on issuing bonds totaling 120000 dollars to finance construction of a new school building.
Washington July 10 193? It was announced that 75000 WPA jobs will be provided to drought sufferers with 55000 in five northwestern states and 20000 in the south and central western states. President Roosevelt said 16000 are already at work and 277 counties in the hard hit northwest will receive immediate aid.
John Nauchton of the Tucker and Beicher garage is a graduate engineer. Before entering the garage business he did considerable newspaper work and acquired experience in every phase of journalism except reporting.
With the heat wave drying fields to straw, grass fires rise daily. Fire crews battled blazes in hay fields west of town and at Smith Farms, saving portions of fields while losses occurred. The Washington city department reported several lighted matches and cigarettes causing fires, prompting officials to urge careful disposal and bonfire supervision.
Washington county supervisors appointed Rev. Mr Fillmore of the Christian church in Brighton township as justice of the peace until a November election choice is made. He will handle minor criminal and civil cases, preliminary hearings, warrants, and related duties, marking a first for a gospel minister serving as justice of the peace in the county.
A Piney Woods school quartet from Piney Woods Mississippi will give a concert at Trinity Lutheran Church next Tuesday at 8 pm. The group, made up of high school and junior college students, will perform hymns chorales and negro spirituals. Admission is free with a silver offering taken, followed by a social program in the church basement.
W J Roudabush announces grasshopper poison sodium arsenite is available free from the federal government in sufficient quantity for a half carload of brands. Each farmer may receive two quarts, enough to poison a hundred pounds of bran for ten acres, with own bran required. Full usage instructions at the Farm Bureau office.
John M Godlove age 84 died at his Haskins home after a three week illness. Funeral plans pending with L A Jones. services likely Sunday at Haskins Presbyterian Church with burial at Ainsworth. Born August 7 1855 near Riverside. survived by wife Clara and six children plus two step children and ten grandchildren.
The revived Washington county health unit resumes operations funded by federal and state money with some local support. Dr. R. M. Sorensen becomes director after recent public health study, with R. J. Schliekelman named sanitary engineer. Offices open today in the Journal Building with phone 488.
San Francisco July 10. Arthur Reynolds 31 son of a noted banker and his bride of three weeks were found in their apartment on Golden Gate avenue in night clothes suffering from a powerful sedative overdose. They remained in a coma as doctors fought to revive them. Police investigate whether the sedative was accidental or a joint suicide pact.
In Tipton Iowa relatives challenge the will of Henry Iwers a 74 year old bachelor as state and county investigators press a murder inquiry. An autopsy ordered by the attorney general’s office was delayed without explanation as questions remain about the case.
Celestino P. Gonzales, 36, a steel worker, hacked to death his six children to “save them from shame and dishonor” after hosting a former roomer, then killed himself. A note in his pocket tied the tragedy to the note’s claim and left a great grandchild and several nephews and nieces nearby. He was the last of ten.
Des Moines reports the Iowa GOP convening as Carl H. Cook leads the party with re elected central committee members in districts eight and nine. Keynote speaker Halden attacks Roosevelt era policies and cites debt and unemployment concerns as the convention opens.
Des Moines reports Berry F. Halden of Chariton as the keynote speaker at the Republican state convention. He makes a ringing plea for voters to return to the GOP and oust both state and national administrations. He frames two theories of government on trial as he addresses Iowa electors.
Lester Smail foreman and Cap Shoemaker timekeeper announced plans after a WPA supervisory meeting in Davenport. Grace Hill operations will resume Monday with a seven day week structure four six hour days two five hour days and one eight hour day, plus options to make up lost time on Saturdays.
Iowa News Flashes reports the Washington County Three-Quarter-Century club party held July 2 at the Country Club, with Des Moines cameramen capturing groups and individuals. The photos, deemed unusually interesting, will be shown by the State Theater program Sunday through Tuesday for members to view themselves.
Payment to be on an hourly basis at 85 cents for laborers instead of the monthly rate. Workers classified as skilled and intermediate face radically different hours and rates. All details to be discussed at next week’s assembly.
At a Leon Beatty post Americas Legion committee meeting, Mabel Burger was named recipient of the junior college scholarship for the next school year. The $50 award will apply toward one year's tuition. she is a 1936 Washington High School graduate and met all requirements.
Mrs Rodney Kephart, previously ill with bronchial pneumonia for a week, is reported slightly better today.
The official weather observer in Washington reported 107 degrees at 1 PM marking the hottest hour of the week. The weeklong heat continues with no relief in sight while yesterday’s max reached 106 and last Saturday set a 108 degree high. Daily forecast calls for generally fair and continued warmth.
A canning demonstration by Mrs. Helen Johnson will be held Tuesday July 14 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the G A R room at the courthouse, sponsored by the county welfare office. The event is open to relief clients and others. donors of beans peas beets greens raspberries or rhubarb and their own jars may notify Miss Jane Lady by phone 458. Donated canned goods may be taken home by donors.
Clarissa Bickford Vinton aged 95 longtime resident of Crawfordsville dies at home 802 West Monroe street after a three month decline and a fall last week Funeral services set for Saturday 10 am at L A Jones funeral home Rev D Chalmer Fulton to lead burial in Kim Grove cemetery Born January 8 1841 in Washington County Ohio she married Perley Carlin in 1858 and moved to Iowa in 1860 with his enlistment in the Union Army
Five years short of one hundred she died in a Tennessee army camp. She married J C Vinton May 22 1872 and lived on a Wayne county farm before moving to Washington nearly fifty years ago. Survived by two stepchildren Ella Boileau and Joseph Vinton. another stepson William Vinton died in 1920. She was the youngest of ten children and the last of the family.
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