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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1939
Page
6
Peter Kane laments inability to leave bed for another week while nurse Constance Rogers tends him. He resents fussing and seeks autonomy as he endures illness, medicine routines, and attempted sedations in a hospital room.
Baton Rouge prosecutors indict J. M. Brown for acting as contact between Dr. James Monroe Smith and brokers in an embezzlement case. Smith faces 23 counts alleging theft of about $100,000 in Louisiana. The report ties Brown to the alleged scheme and notes Smith’s multiple embezzlement counts.
The article notes the dodo once lived on Mauritius Reunion and Rodriguez in the Indian Ocean and was driven to extinction by rats pigs and dogs. It explains the saying dumb as a dodo reflects the birds fate and their lack of natural predators on isolated islands.
Waterloo drivers for Yellow Cab Taxi Company walk out seeking a union contract. City Taxi Co officials signed an agreement offering $15 weekly minimum, seniority rights, one week vacation, and higher percentage scale. A similar deal was offered to Yellow Cab but rejected.
The Y M C A board met yesterday at 6 30 p m for a dinner and meeting. Each member hosted a guest from the country and they discussed a campaign to interest country youths in the Y.
Washington Lodge No 26 A Ww and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Kay Cox W M and A W Yard secretary are listed in the notice.
A dense timetable fragment lists westbound and eastbound rail lines including No. 1 Local No. 2 Local and No. 44 Californian with stops at Washington and Knoxville branch trains. It also notes Davenport to Kansas City No. 8 and No. 25 Southwest Limited, plus Burlington Trailways local buses from Washington with notes on ticket purchase locations.
Dean Emeritus W. J. Teeters of the University of Iowa speaks to 300 Iowa officers on crime detection and poison risks. He notes growing public knowledge of poison and argues for elected coroners rather than undertakers. He also shares odd social facts about elephants and Mouley Ismail’s large harem.
Prof Willard W Wirtz of the University of Iowa law college resigns to take a similar position at Northwestern University He joined Iowa in 1957 from Harvard He was editor of the Iowa Law Review last year This brief item notes the faculty resignations occurring in recent months
In Halifax Nova Scotia a street bears three inconsistent names Franklyn Frankland and Franck lyn with no local authority able to confirm the correct designation.
Weasels shed their brown summer coat and grow a white winter coat by replacing brown hairs with white. The process involves melting and regrowing the fur to blend with snowy surroundings.
Iowa corn total reaches 445.49 million bushels with 9.79 million acres on July 1. forecast 45.5 bushels per acre and 94 percent of normal. Oats 146.02 million bushels down 26 percent from 1938. winter wheat 6.303 million bushels. Soybeans up 14 percent to 1.983 million acres. Hay output 4.456 million tons with weather affecting clover and alfalfa.
Authorities bar shipping snakes to Hawaii while Ireland, Madagascar, and the Pacific iris discuss serpents. A Washington Post writer notes Ireland’s long snake-free status and Madagascar’s harmless reptiles including the tree boa constrictor, labeled the meanest non venomous snake.
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