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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1936
Page
1
Emmetsburg reports Graettinger votes a $6000 bond issue to fund a waterworks improvement, with a new deep well pump to be installed by August first. The town approved the financing as part of the water system upgrade.
Sixty-one percent of the 91 game violations led to 91 arrests with fines totaling 1617 dollars and 464 days of jail sentences imposed by the state conservation commission.
Waterloo police failed to qualify as matadors when a roving bull wandered into the city and invaded gardens. Officers kept it at bay until its owner arrived to claim the animal.
The Dubuque river report notes the Mississippi River reached its lowest level on record, slipping a full foot below the July 1934 low. Local observers cite ongoing dryness and minimal inflows as contributing factors to the historic fall.
For the first time in a century the natural spring on the Harry Kaufman farm north of Wilton Junction is diminishing in flow. The spring, harnessed with a hydraulic ram, previously supplied water for the house and barn.
In Iowa City the all state high school band under Prof Charlies Righter of State University of Iowa presented the first of four concerts. The group comprises the state's top high school musicians rehearsing here for two weeks under Righters direction.
IOWA CITY Amos PBelknas of Tripoli a junior law student at the University of Iowa has been named editor of the Iowa Law Review for 1936 37 He succeeds Caspar Garrigues Jr of Iowa City Assistant editors named were Lioyrd Schwiebert of Moline Ir and Benjamin Galer of Iowa City Selections are made by the retiring staff with the approval of the faculty and are based on scholastic ranking and ability.
Davenport reports that the Tri-City street car system will convert to bus service on October 1. R. B. McDonald of Tri-City railway says Rock Island Moline Davenport East Moline Silvis and Milan will switch with forty two new buses in Rock Island and Moline and fifty in Davenport and Bettendorf. Authorization came from the Illinois Commerce Commission.
Dr. Dillwyn P. F. Radcliff of Grinnell, a Spanish language professor at the University of Cincinnati, was reported among Americans safely escorted from the Spanish war zone to France. He had gone abroad to study.
Iowa City authorities extend a search for Florence Clark an 18 year old girl last seen by her parents on June 29 wearing a white dress and white sandals. Parents offer no motive for her disappearance.
Waterloo veteran Thomas Gordon, a 329 year old Negro World War II veteran, faced a $3600 fine in district court for liquor law violations. He intended to use his soldier's bonus proceeds to cover the payment.
At Des Moines on July 30 the Democratic state judicial convention nominated Justices B. Stiger of Toledo and R. F. Mitchell of Fort Dodge for the state supreme bench by acclamation. A third nomination faces a likely contest with Judge D W Hamilton of Grinnell as a candidate.
Rebel forces claim capture of Valencia and control of Huelva cutting Madrid supply lines as the civil war's third week ends. Reports from Burgos say insurgents push along a 100 mile front north of Madrid reaching Venta de San Rafael and closing on El Escorial and near Guadalajara while fighting rages for San Sebastian and Bilbao.
Justice Maurice F. Donegan in Des Moines criticizes Iowa’s method of electing supreme court justices at the polls calling it undemocratic and not a creature of the democratic party. He would change the system to end one party control and notes it confines the bench to a single political faith.
Sylvia Carew Warren 68, died at 8 45 p m at 221 South Second Avenue after more than a year of illness. Funeral at the residence Friday at ten with Rev M C Carstensen of the Baptist church officiating. Burial in Kim Grove cemetery. Survived by sister Ella Warren of Wallington a nephew Eugene Warren of Iowa City and a niece Miss Sylvia Warren of Pontiac Illinois.
A June 1936 Iowa auto accident report shows most crashes occurred between five and six PM, with 952 incidents in June, 4 975 for the first half of the year, and 45 deaths in June. Pedestrian fatalities totaled 12, injuries high, daylight driving predominated, and main causes included loss of control and driving off road.
Iowa City parents Mr. and Mrs. F. Clark persist in locating Florence Clark, 18, missing from her home since June 29. Despite broad radio broadcasts across the middle west, no clue to her whereabouts has been found.
Miss Roberta Perrine of Chill Cothe Missouri is visiting her sister Mrs. Alfred Brown in the same town.
Ames Iowa July 30 A U S Department of Agriculture scientist at Iowa State College says gas from agricultural wastes offers no basic feasibility for farm homes. Fermentation could yield 19 0600 to 20 000 cubic feet per ton in about ten days with a $500 to $700 plant. The gas is methane and carbon dioxide and could power motors for electricity or heating, with nitrogen needed for bacterial action. Clovers soybeans or alfalfa in small amounts may assist the process amid fuel shortages.
John Spencer youthful advisor to the Ethiopian emperor, returning from Europe with Haile Selassie, says desertion by European powers was treachery. He questions Italy's ability to improve natives conditions and warns Ethiopians will harbour hatred and revolt for generations.
Roy Gorsline known as Ralph, 48, escaped today from a state prison camp in Cherokee in connection with the state insane asylum.
Jim DeWit, proprietor of the DeWit Food Market, traveled for the Heinz company for a short time before starting his own grocery business.
An inquest into the death of Anson Riesland near Dunlap Iowa focuses on accidental poisoning from caustic soda used in beer bottles. Beer dealers testified the cleaning fluid is common in dispensaries and may have been mispacked or misused at farms. Coroner's jury weighs theories of bottle mix up and farm storage contributing to the tragedy.
Des Moines hosts the tenth annual conference of county superintendents as Miss Agnes Samuelson outlines plans for 1936 37 and Dr Edgar Doudna speaks on sensible school supervision. Other speakers cover safety education professional road examination scoring study skills and guidance for high school pupils. Margaret Mann leads the dinner program for county superintendents.
City employees and firemen burned dead grass and weeds on the vacant Scofield property on West Main street to reduce fire risk. Fire engines stood by to contain any spread toward the deteriorating Scofield house and adjacent buildings. The plan also covered vacant lots south of the Scofield property on West Washington Street as crews cleared the area.
Mrs William Algyre of Waterloo owns an antique eight reales silver coin known as pieces of eight. The coin dates to 1561 during Philip II's reign and bears the king's image. It was given to Mrs Algyre by a World War I soldier who found it on a road in France.
Sioux City report says Rev. Leon Hilton Townsend club ninth district organizer faced charges of disturbing a public assembly after a row at a Townsend club meeting. He had two others, Mrs Brieie Sickier and John Humphrey, arrested for alleged assault and battery following the incident.
A military plane was hit by lightning over Warsaw killing one officer and injuring eleven others. One officer reportedly leaped to safety using a parachute.
Des Moines report shows legal liquor imports into Iowa for the year ending June 30 totaled 17 750 276 pounds. Freight charges paid by distillers and importers to railroads for delivering to the Des Moines central warehouse totaled 123 866 dollars.
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