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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1936
Page
1
Shenandoah report notes the Herzberg family will gather at the farm home of Mr and Mrs Albert Herzberg for a reunion. The 22 members include 20 children with only two married and the youngest child aged three.
Fred Coleman of near Stanwood was ordered held for the federal grand jury on a charge of mailing two extortion letters worth $1,000 each to Fred Haesemeyer former mayor of Stanwood. Haesemeyer was allegedly threatened with defamation.
George Bailey of Red Oak reports a White Jersey Giant pullet hatched March 5 laid its first egg June 11 and, except for one day, laid daily through July 1 0 0 0 comments by Bailey call the feat remarkable. Marvin King and Howard Anderson shot a carrier pigeon near Charles City carrying a leg note reading AU 34 Buffalo 132235 the bird was only slightly wounded.
Clarence Fowlie, aged 85 and a longtime resident since 1870, helps pitch bundles for a threshing crew. He jokes he is not so young but can still do a young man's work and notes he once chewed tobacco but quit 40 years ago.
Mrs J W Woods aged 70 fell into a tub of boiling water at her residence in Des Moines. She sustained severe scalds to the legs and body and was lifted from the tub by relatives after hearing her screams. She was reported in critical condition at Des Moines General Hospital.
Spencer three men Wilford Kriens Al Kriets and James Claron Shields are under federal arrest for altering one and ten dollar bills to total twenty dollars. The two Spencer residents and Shields are accused of the currency alteration.
A resident southeast of here uses a pail buried in the ground with cloth wicks drawing groundwater to cucumber roots. The method yields tender vines and large green cucumbers despite drought conditions.
Davenport police report Al Lau arrested while trying to carry a gallon can of liquor. He told officers he would rather be sent to Leavenworth as a trusty in a month than face punishment, while an accompanying party heads to Grand Junction en route home to Waterloo.
Mr and Mrs Jake Fisher and their daughter near Wellman have rented Mrs May McFar lands house on West Jefferson street and will move in next week.
Mr and Mrs W L Ruk Saber are in Mt Pleasant today for an obicces or community event. details are brief and no further information is provided in the fragment.
Madrid reports a new policy to establish war zones and confiscate property of wealthy rightists. The government targets major fortunes including Juan March as it wages a lengthy struggle against fascist rebels. Washington notes an American woman wounded in Guadarrama engagement identified as Mrs. Fernando Gallardo, daughter of Tampa Times publisher Col. D. V. Makay.
In Harrisburg on July 29 INS reports a near adoption of a new compromise plan for Pennsylvania relief. About half a million residents are expected to benefit while 2000 protesters stay at the state house urging a 100 million dollar relief program. New recruits replaced some speakers in the senate galleries urging continuation of the effort.
Jackson township Farm Bureau plans a meeting Friday at 8 30 p m at Living Lake school. The Northern Star 4 H girls club will run the gathering.
A Commerce Department report based on the 1936 census estimates 4 500 Washington county families owned radio sets as of January 1 1936 up from 2 572 on the 1930 census. The panel cautions it accepts no responsibility for the estimates but believes they are representative for areas larger than a few counties. Similar growth is seen statewide with 503 100 radio homes in Iowa on January 1.
Washington county 4-H club show will group livestock and exhibits within one block on Each Third street from the Eclipse yard east to Burlington tracks. Cattle sheep and poultry plus conservation will be in the lumber yard. pigs at the Reneaux building. a railway exhibit may be arranged on tracks. girls’ club work shown in the Methodist Church basement. Dates are August 24 25 and 26.
The Woodbury county board of supervisors were named defendants in a suit for 250 dollars. The government alleges the board paid H. M. Havner for prosecuting graft cases at Sioux City and ignored a lien for back income taxes totaling over 26 000.
Shoppers in Washington today included Mrs. C. R. McNurlen and Miss Genevieve Klein of Keota plus Mrs. C. K. Davis Crawfordshire.
Fire of undetermined origin gutted the American Legion community building in Iowa City. Beginning in a closet at four in the morning, the blaze nearly ruined the structure with unofficial damage estimated at about 50 000 dollars.
Funeral services for Mrs. Matthew Euwer will be held at 2 30 Thursday afternoon at Shermans funeral home with burial at Elm Grove cemetery near Nevada Missouri. She died at her home after years of declining health and is survived by her husband two sons Archie Euwer Washington and Maxwell Houston Texas six grandchildren and a sister Mrs Florence Miller.
In Chariton Iowa on July 29 a bi partisan Walden for senator club sought memberships in the candidate's home city to aid the campaign of Berry Halden Chariton editor nominated by Republicans for the short term seat RN. K. Larimer serves as chairman with R L Jones as vice chairman Ww A Eikenberry as second vice chairman Fred B Risser as secretary and E L Gookin as treasurer.
The log cabin at Sunset park will be open tomorrow from 2 to 6 o'clock with hostesses Miss Edna Purvis, Miss Jeanette Kyle, and Miss Carrie Kyle assisting.
Residents enjoyed a welcome breeze as cooler conditions moved in. Nighttime lows dropped to 2 degrees, marking a stark contrast to recent heat. Today’s high was not expected to exceed 62 degrees, signaling relief after weeks of extreme temperatures.
Alvah B Swift 71 died at 5 30 this morning at his home five and a half miles northeast of Washington after a four and a half year decline and a stroke last Friday Funeral services will be Friday at St James Catholic church with Father Henry Corcoran in charge burial at Kim Grove cemetery Surviving are his wife Elizabeth Gugerty ten children and seventeen grandchildren plus two brothers one sister and a half brother He was a member of St James Catholic church and a rosary will be held at eight o clock Thursday evening
Davenport reports a worker from Zwingle Iowa Alex Pieray died from injuries after Tuesday fall from a 30 foot scaffold on the LeClaire docks project twelve miles east of Davenport.
Ames reports M. L. Bowman, head of the Iowa farm debt advisory board, resigns his position effective August 1 to accept a new role in Nebraska. The move ends his tenure overseeing farm debt relief efforts in the state.
Dr. Everett D. Plass head of obstetrics at University hospital Iowa City met Washington county medical staff to discuss the prenatal and maternal demonstration. Miss G Nadeau county maternal nurse Dr M Sorenson county health officer and a committee including A Boice C W McLaughlin and C L Worley reviewed progress plans and potential changes. The project moves along nicely and committee members expressed satisfaction with development to date.
Horrobins of Iowa City advance street surfacing contract in Washington with about half the area completed. Crews haul crushed rock and road oil from near the Rock Island station and have finished east part streets. First heavy oil coat applied on East Second and East Third with North South streets awaiting further treatment. Traffic uses unfinished sections under restrictions until final seal coat and barriers are removed. A similar Keota project is planned after Washington work finishes.
July 9 Wellman Iowa The Wellman farm barn owned by Altinegeegger burned at 4 am causing the loss of two trawslate large haymows, a calf perished and the fire destroyed the barn and contents. Katona fire truck arrived too late. Norton H Messenger funeral set for Wellman Methodist church.
The Chrysler Motor Corporation announced a $2,000,000 bonus to be divided among 65,000 employees. This marks the second payroll reduction in six months following a February $2,300,000 bonus to 59,000 workers.
Mrs Harold Faris of Philadelphia and her brother Karl Wilson of Chicago returned yesterday morning to their homes. Mrs Edith Faris accompanied them and will visit the Harold Faris home in Philadelphia.
L. E. Jewett of Des Moines toured Washington on a business trip today. He met with officials to discuss trade and commerce opportunities.
A lake freighter named Material Service sank in Lake Michigan two miles off Shore with 22 crew aboard during a forty mile gale. Seven were saved. fifteen believed drowned. First Mate Al Johnson swam ashore after the sinking amid rough seas and aided by a lighthouse crew.
Three long range east bound flights are planned soon. Joseph Costa of Corning New York will fly from Roosevelt Field to Portu gal with refueling stop at Harbor Grace Newfoundland aboard a Lockheed Vega monoplane accompanied by his father John Costa. Kurt Rjiorkvall and Baroness Eva V Dlixenfmnecke plan a stop to Stockholm from Floyd Bennett field on a Bellanca monoplane. Clyde Pangborn and Monty Mason prepare a New York to Paris flight using Pangborn’s flying wing while Pangborn’s craft is readied in Red Bank New Jersey.
Aiken Reynolds, long associated with the produce industry, was named after a produce commissioner and devoted his life to the business.
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