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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1931
Page
1
Sept 15 17 set for fall festival. Paris hosts a Franco German conference with Bruening Curtius meeting French British American Japanese and Belgian reps. Talks cover financial crisis and future Franco German cooperation with Italy to participate.
Texas rangers blocked three free Red River spans linking Oklahoma and Texas after Governor Murray ordered the toll bridges opened. Governor Sterling responded by keeping the Denison span closed under federal injunction, while Murray joked about manpower in potential conflict.
In Des Moines on July 18 the assistant attorney general Gerald O. Blake issued an opinion interpreting the new five day notice of intention to wed passed by the 44th general assembly. The notice date counts as a full day so license may be issued on the fifth day. Fees go to the county clerk issuing the license. If filed in one county and issued in another only the licensing county may collect. The law still requires a witness to signing the license despite a disinterested party affidavit.
Program booklets for the 28th Chautauqua in Washington have been printed and are ready. Booklets were left this afternoon at Washington banks for pickup by interested residents. The Chautauquas will be held August 12 to 19 and the booklets include the full program outline and descriptions of various numbers.
Washington weather remains warm with 955 official reading at 2 15 pm as a north breeze eases heat. Forecaster Charles D Reed braces for a heat return next week as a Montana low pressure fails to bring relief. Day of Chicago forecasts showers and cooling by weekend easing plains heat and extending into tomorrow.
J. R. McLaughlin of Iowa City was fined 300 dollars and costs by Judge Frank Bechly in Montvezuma after being arrested for driving an automobile while intoxicated. He was also ordered not to operate a vehicle for three months.
T W Harwood travels to Chicago tomorrow night to pursue additional work at the School orthopedic training school. He recently graduated from the same institution last summer and now continues studies in an advanced program renowned as a leader in this field.
Farmers in the southwest hold grain as prices creep to 24 cents a bushel amid optimism and a vow not to sell below cost. Merchants accept wheat to settle debts and banks consider moratoriums as storage spaces fill and futures gains fade, signaling a price recovery likely.
Iowa farmers face a potential bumper 1931 corn harvest with a forecast yield near 476,338,000 bushels and a market value around 288,642,000 dollars based on July futures. Weather optimism, plus possible rains, could push production to historic highs while prices limit total value versus the five year average.
A travel note describes a rapid Texas itinerary from Fort Worth to Los Angeles with stops in Adeline Big Springs El Paso Douglas Tucson and Phoenix ending at 7 p m. The writer also shares a quirky recipe for a savory canned mix called We have scraped the bottom salad served at Shady Oak farm Fort Worth.
About 150 older boys and girls gathered at Ainsworth park for the first county picnic of the Washington County Older Boys and Girls conference. Plans were made to hold next year’s event in Crawfordsville. The evening featured supper campfire songs led by Miss Wilma Walker pep talks by Verna Palmer and Willis Wittmer and a reading of The Source by Leigh Soule.
In Des Moines yesterday Dick Rugg of Waterloo defeated Kenneth Cline of Washington in three sets 6-4 6-8 6-3 to reach the junior singles final. Weissman and Rugg of Waterloo advance to face Wheatley of Des Moines and Hammer of Ames for the junior doubles title. In men's Division II Harris Coggeshall and Lowell Runkel reach the singles final, with Oklahoma City duos set for the doubles final.
Six new cars were registered in the county last week listing owners and vehicles including B N Jessen Wellman Ford coupe R P Reid Washington Ford tudor G W Younkin Riverside Chevrolet coupe George Berkley Kalona Chevrolet coach Ed Gerot Riverside Chevrolet sedan.
New York banker Ger man Fairman R Dick testifying at the Interstate Commerce Commission freight rate hearing urged approval of a 15 percent railroad rate increase. He compared the current crisis to Germany and warned that a collapse of railroad credits threatens the transportation system, citing falling rail earnings and weak carrier accumulation.
Fred P. Woodruff of the Iowa railroad commission warns the interstate commerce commission that Western livestock freight rates will cost Iowa between 800000 and 1000000 dollars annually in hog shipments alone. He argues Iowa deserves the lowest rates due to its hog and cattle production and condemns the single-deck carload hog movement rates.
Clarence H. Mackay and Anna Case married this morning at St. Marys Catholic Church Roslyn New York. Mackays fortune began with the Comstock Lode during the gold rush era while Anna Case, a village blacksmiths daughter, rose to fame with the Metropolitan Opera.
The report projects a 1931 corn crop around 368,388,090 bushels at 58 cents per bushel, yielding about 218,665,000 dollars. It notes a five year production average near 442,005,000 bushels and predicts this year's value ahead of 1919 record figures by roughly 14,977,240 dollars.
The body of Mrs Ed Kos wife of Supervisor Ed Kos was found in a cistern at the Kos home nine miles northeast of town. She had been seen earlier that morning and was dead for some time when found. Coroner L A Jones ruled it a death by own action. The body was taken to Jones funeral home with plans indefinite.
Western agricultural states join a determined revolt against proposed railroad freight rate hikes, signaling broad opposition from farmers and regional interests during an era of rising transportation costs.
Rev. Carl W. Klein was chosen as general chairman for Washington fall festival dates September 15 to 17. A. Ki. Atchison, C. V. Crull, L. Ek. Dunlap named officers. plans emphasize farm show with farm products focus and omit prize drawings this year due to an Iowa attorney general ruling.
Chairman J F Simpson of the city park commission seeks the whereabouts of the city pump once used with the fountain in Central park. It was stored beneath the band stand and has disappeared. The pump was a gift from George Carson of Iowa City. He asks anyone with knowledge of its location to contact him.
W. T. Trotter of Ainsworth shopped here Thursday in a brief local retail note noting his visit and purchase activity.
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