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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1930
Page
4
The Heart and Its Treasure urges laying up treasures in heaven not on earth where moth and rust destroy and thieves break through and steal. Where your treasure is there will your heart be also, quoting Matthew six nineteen.
A minister and allies challenge Literary Digest findings on Washington clergy voting on prohibition. Federation of Churches调查 shows 88 ministers favored enforcement or modification, with 2 undecided, contradicting Digest totals and suggesting undercounting and demographic gaps.
A personal note from Helen Lucille Mangold of Washington Iowa dated May 29 1980 recounts an embarrassing incident at a park pool. She describes stepping into the pool and splashing, provoking laughter and resulting in mortifying wet clothes and a sense of embarrassment.
A summer of graft probes centers on county judges and city officials linked to a Queens sewer ring and misused taxes. Former Queens Borough President Maurie Connolly and chief engineer Frederick Seely face charges of conspiracy to defraud over sewer contracts. The City Trust collapse, $7 million loss, prompts censure of state banking chief Frank Warder and revelations of large bank malfeasance. Other investigations target a county judge paid $250,000 for pier leases and an advocate who allegedly split fees for building permits. A federal judge is publicly censured for bank ties.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa read affidavits alleging R B Creager protected hotels in liquor violations in Texas. The document described a Dallas hotel room with two pints of liquor and a poisoning incident involving Mrs Works, and Creager’s wife denied the charges as false.
Raleigh reports on North Carolina primary politics as Hooverbackers and Simmons supporters clash over 1928 defection. Brummitt rules against bolters while McLean backs Simmons, highlighting party tensions amid a key U.S. Senate race and local police updates.
In Chariton the wife of a prominent physician, Mrs J H Maloney, aged 19, died after burns. In Sioux City on June 6, Mrs William Johnson, 38, died from burns received when gasoline used to clean clothing caught fire.
State Senator Frank Shane Ottumwa spent 197.85 in his renomination bid with postage stenography work and advertising costs. The report to Secretary of State F. M. Smith notes the primary spending. A June straw ballot by farm paper groups shows many favored veto of the Hawley Tariff bill.
Chicago travels to Brooklyn for a four game set as the Cubs seek to close the gap atop the National League standings. Despite missing Hal Carlson and Rogers Hornsby the club boasts an eight game win streak and a 59 run burst in their last four games. Hack Wilson and Gabby Hartnett pace the attack as Brooklyn eyes a strong start on home turf.
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