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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1938
Page
1
Nevada State checks reveal a nearly six thousand dollar shortage in Story county treasurer office. Perry Case a clerk since 1934 was arrested on embezzlement charges by a public officer. His bond was set at five thousand dollars.
Des Moines gardener James Link claims to have grown two apples in a milk bottle with a glass wrapper. He exhibited the fruit and explained tying the bottle over blossoms to observe growth, though he does not know why it happened.
Dr. R. A. Stewart, superintendent of the Independence state hospital, told a Cedar Rapids luncheon club that Iowa must enlist the State Medical association to address the care of the insane. He criticized the four state institutions for the feeble minded and advocated sterilization of the unfit.
A passing motorist warned driver Jack Paulson as straw in the truck’s rear ignited, apparently from a cigarette tossed from another car. Paulson, traveling on a rural road, was fanning the flames while driving.
Sioux City faces a possible bread shortage after a morning strike by 165 bakers and driversalesmen from six firms. The dispute centers on seniority rights, a key sticking point, with B. L. Sifford the firms' attorney saying they will not yield on the issue.
J Madden former superintendent of Woodward is appointed superintendent of Johnston consolidated school. He replaces L L Peterson who resigned July 5 and receives $1120 severance. Madden’s salary is set at $2150 a year. Peterson’s was $2500. Don Voorhis noted the figures.
Des Moines report says L M Chipman and 6 agents conducted a raid on a Williamson house arresting Paul Hewitt 46 on a Kansas City bank robbery fugitive case. Hewitt allegedly led a gang and was detained by federal officers in a joint operation with Wes Moines and local police.
The Iowa Supreme Court orders review of district court proceedings that sought to end the Newton Maytag strike. It grants bond, halts the lower court judgment, and considers parole for three CIO leaders jailed for contempt while urging union return to work. Federal judge Dewey reaffirms jurisdiction over an injunction against mass picketing at the Maytag plant.
A large crowd from Newton packed the Newton supreme court chamber as District Judge Homer A. Fuller began the Maytag strike hearing. Only five of nine justices were present including Chief Justice Edward S. Sager and Justices Hamilton Stger Donegan Miller. absent were Richards Anderson Mitchell Kintzinger. Betty Ayers of Pine River, Minn was due to visit the Busbys in Waterloo after arriving this afternoon.
A detained individual at Polk County Jail is awaiting a probable transfer to Kansas City. Officials have not released a timeline or further details. The case involves ongoing jurisdictional considerations and potential custody arrangements.
The United States has bought over 140 million dollars in Chinese silver coins to finance China's defense against Japan since the Marco Polo Bridge incident. Silver flows into the U S at about 4.5 million weekly with a prospective 50 million more under a new agreement. China has spent 14.6 million on war materials abroad and planes from Britain France Sweden Czechoslovakia and Soviet Russia. U S imports from China rose to 103.6 million with a 49.7 million export value in 1937, and most trade now moves via Hong Kong due to wartime disruption.
Iowa Republicans at the state convention filled the ticket with Jessie M. Parker for superintendent, Hickenlooper named for lieutenant governor, and Barr Keshlear for commerce commissioner. Hickenlooper acclaimed. platform attacks New Deal and taxes while urging farm parity and national income share for farmers.
Reuters despatches from Berlin report Czechoslovakian troops began mobilizing along the border from Troppay to Trautenau with concentrations noted in Waldenburg Silesia.
Pope Pius at 81 denounces exaggerated nationalism as a malediction on souls and a barrier between people. He warns such class divisions defy God's laws and faith, signaling potential tension with the Italian state.
The United Presbyterian church resumes services with Rev. E. E. Grice filling the pulpit both morning and evening after a vacancy during the pastor’s vacation. Grice, on furlough from Egypt, serves as the local church’s foreign mission representative whose salary is paid by the Washington congregation. He and his wife plus three sons will be honored at a congregational reception Monday evening.
Ainsworth resident Mrs. Joe Utterback shopped in Washington yesterday while Mrs. Abner Stoutner of Keola joined shoppers there today. The text argues production should yield a profit above cost and that agriculture and industry deserve parity prices to compete in the American market.
New York July 16 Howard Hughes said the historic flight was not a stunt and credited engineers and pilots nationwide. He stressed the crew operated within the instruction book and cited designers for the plane and navigation systems.
George Mohr announces a pet show at the central community playground for Thursday July 28 with Vera Harvey directing work for girls and younger children. Prizes include most curious and best decorated. children urged to prepare entries. Attendance has been strong, 3 748 over five weeks, dipping only during the Russell circus.
The article explains a plane’s high velocity as the result of extensive engineering and continuous optimization. It notes cruising at optimum altitude, weight-based performance changes, and using most of the engines’ power while keeping a large fuel reserve of about 200 gallons at each stop.
Attorney L. J. Kehoe has moved into his new suite in the rebuilt Jeffrey building at the square's northwest corner. He is the first tenant to reoccupy after a January fire that badly damaged the structure and his law library. Corner rooms were previously used by Washington lawyers W. U H. Butterfield and C. A. Dewey. Some furniture and books are not yet installed or repaired.
Justice of the Peace J E Bovee bound Ward Shafer over to the district court after arraignment on operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Shafer stated he would plead guilty in court Monday and accept sentence.
Paris reported the death of Samuel Insull, 79, once a renowned Chicago utilities magnate who built and lost vast fortunes. He collapsed on a Paris street from a heart attack while en route to a subway ticket purchase, dying before hospital arrival.
Clinton Iowa July 17 Alden Van Kappen 24 was placed in an iron lung rushed from Omaha after diaphragm paralysis left him unable to breathe unaided. Doctors hoped the artificial respirator would save his life.
Dr Walter L Bierring head of the Iowa state health department marked his seventieth birthday with continued work in Des Moines where he has served twenty five years. He moved from Drake University after seventeen years at the State University of Iowa. He has led department expansion since July first 1933 and joked about avoiding publicity during a party.
Wayne Simerman Jr and Brice Van Valkenburgh of Downers Grove Illinois, visiting Wayne Eldridge’s grandparents Mr and Mrs W S Eldridge, left this morning for St. Louis Missouri to visit the Eldridge home.
J N Milroy of Vinton elected chairman at the first meeting of the Republican state central committee after the state convention. He will lead the 1938 party campaign, succeeding Carl Cook of Glenwood. Milroy, 44, an attorney, has served on the state committee for three years and chaired Benton county Republican service league. He was a coach and principal in several schools, served in World War I, and sits on the Vinton school board and hospital board. He is active in Legion, Congregational church, Masons and Knights of Pythias.
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