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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1931
Page
1
Chilean ex president Carlos Ibanez fled across the border into Argentina after a popular uprising toppled his rule. The Chamber of Deputies pushed a four day moratorium on national debts as it sought to strip him of any claim to the presidency.
Oklahoma City July 27 martial law extended the Texas Oklahoma war zone to include the Red river toll bridge between Durant Oklahoma and Denison Texas. Gov Murray declares continued guard presence but toll bridge remains open with free span traffic avoiding 75 cent toll.
Loretta Eagle daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Eagle of the Richmond community fractured her arm Friday evening in a fall from a pony. She was taken to an Iowa City hospital and is getting along well.
A Jackson township Farm Bureau meeting is set for Wednesday evening at eight o'clock at the Fd Gallagher home. County Agent Harold Montgomery will provide two reels of motion pictures and 4H club girls will perform with other features.
U S Senator L J Dickinson proposes creating a commission to appraise rising pumping costs from deepening the Mississippi River channel and to share government payments pro rata. The Des Moines Louisa county drainage district north of Burlington and Capello area seek relief from nine foot channel overflow.
Sheriff R. H. McCarty and deputies raided three Wellman locations suspected of liquor sales. Intoxicants were found at two sites and one arrest was made. No further details or hearings were available as arraignments awaited in justice court.
Sixty Washington boys who attended a Y M C A camp near Central City return home after a week at a premier state camp with ideal weather and strong leadership. Cars from Washington’s Men’s club carried them and visitors joined closing events including a campfire.
Des Moines reports a state motor vehicle department crackdown with 20 inspectors patrolling highways under Supt. W. A. Stevens. The focus is on drivers running stop signs and trucks exceeding the 35 mph limit, part of a statewide enforcement push.
The hot spell in California prompts papers to note prostrations and a weak finance mood. The writer credits Secretary Mellon, Secretary Stimson, and O. U. McIntyre for sustaining American tourism this summer. He claims Argentinians supply over 90 percent of our tanned hides and gigolos.
Farmers and officials across Nebraska South Dakota Iowa rally for relief as air spraying and bonfires battle grasshoppers devouring crops. A 2000 strong prayer meeting near Sioux City sought protection and moisture for parched fields, recalling 60 year old cross bound relief efforts. Oldtimers say current infestation is severe but not as dire as the 1872 outbreak.
Pairings announced for the second round of the golf tournament at the Country Club Cup. Victor Westphal faces Harry Montgomery in the first flight while Don Benz meets Jack Lytle and Frank Miller takes on Henry Bailey.
More than 400 farmers crowded Judge Ellison's Tipton courtroom as arguments pro and con Iowa bovine tuberculosis testing law. The state seeks an injunction against four cattle owners to enforce tests. previous similar actions failed after a US Supreme Court ruling left Iowa law constitutional. Earl Wisdom and J C France led the opposing sides.
Clyde A Page, 29, a World War II veteran, drowned while swimming at Spirit Lake. He was last heard from Sunday at eleven, presumed cramps prevented rescue. He lived with wife Velma Everman and son Harold in Wallingford, Iowa, worked for a construction company near Spirit Lake, and is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Page and siblings Ray Wade and Thelma Rohrer. Funeral plans were to be set in Sigourney.
Patrick T. Fagan, veteran mine union chief, wrestled with a gunman during a coal mine strike confrontation in Pittsburgh and fatally shot his attacker after taking the weapon. Police identify the assailant as Patrick Murphy of Little Run Texas. Visitation at Wapsi Y camp noted visitors including Fred Stewart and family among others.
United Press report notes at least six Iowans died in weekend accidents amid holiday travel. Drownings occurred at Spirit Lake and in a ditch accident near Cedar Rapids. two spouses perished watching a wedding accident. one victim died in Nebraska.
Funeral services were held at 2 30 this afternoon for George Edward Sheetz 46 of Valley died late Saturday. The Rev Carl W Klein of St Paul Evangelical church conducted the services at L A Jones funeral home. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery. He was born Sept 29 1884 in Washington county to Jacob and Matilda Blattner Sheetz. Survived by one brother Will Sheetz of west of Washington.
The Wicker sham commission urged a new penal system focused on reform rather than punishment. It condemned existing prisons as antiquated, overcrowded, and unsanitary, failing in education, discipline, and cost efficiency, and recommended community integration to reduce crime. It also found police jails and village lockups as public nuisances and unfit for their purpose.
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh starts a 7000 mile Arctic flight from New York to Tokyo, with Mrs. Lindbergh as radio operator, route through Washington and North Haven, Me possibly Ottawa. They leave Edo Airport at 4 03 p m and plan a trailblazing voyage across uncharted skies and seas.
July 27 Sioux City bank robbed by two men who entered the Maurices bank at 9:30 am, stole $1,200 in currency, and escaped in a blue Model A Ford bearing Iowa plate 60 3984. Both robbers were unmasked and described as 25 to 30. witnesses, vault searched, $200 concealed by a clerk. In Camden Tennessee a separate bank holdup left two bandits gravely wounded after exchanges with bystanders.
Pittsburgh fire at the Little Sisters of the Poor home for the aged killed 26 last Friday and left nearly 200 injured. The death toll reached 40 today with a hospital death, as injuries and pneumonia claimed more survivors.
Tom McElhinney won the high school boys division, Gertrude Hammer the senior women’s division, and Doris Clow the high school girls division. Finals in other divisions were not reported. Prizes of tennis balls will be awarded to the finals winners.
Tennis after dark will be tested at the Washington YMCA court with a lighting system expected to operate by tomorrow evening. Experimental arrangements will determine the best light setup and a different grouping may be tried if needed. The Washington court will become one of the first in the state for artificial light night play.
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