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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1935
Page
1
Des Moines column follows George Stanley 24 and Vern Stanley 28 who live in a neat improvised cottage in a sylvan dell of Highland Park. A municipal judge commends their effort though eviction may be necessary from the honeymoon cottage after almost a year of residence.
Chickasaw county jail prisoners finished digging the sheriff's basement here and plan to install a drain and cement the floor. Eleven inmates now in custody were jailed for intoxication.
Milk selling for three cents a quart amid a price war. Local merchants claim intense competition will aid shoppers and hurt dairy sellers in the town.
Des Moines boy William Flemine Jr. age 16 from Ankey Iowa admitted to robbing two men after staging a gun battle last April. He claimed the blood of wounded bandits was fake and explained the ruse in a formal confession.
Ames teen Bob Sandler of Roosevelt Kick defeats the handicap of one arm to become the 1935 lows high school tennis singles champion.
The Whittemore chapter of the Kossuth County Conservation League reports a month long crow hunt yielding over 10 000 crows killed and 204 crows eggs gathered. The tally reflects intense early season efforts by local hunters and conservation volunteers.
Des Moines reports 555 Iowa oil stations leased to individuals by firms since the legislature adjourned after enacting the chain store tax. Louis FE. Roddewig of the board of assessment and review said Thursday that the total leases are expected to reach about 1,800.
Sheriff Wicklund reports the jailyard gate opened to save a bird nest a month ago. He plans to close the gate now that the birds have flown the coop and the nest is safe.
Des Moines Mrs Plaudia Dev Merehalitown has been elected manager of the Cooperative Dairy Company of Marshall County. She previously served as secretary treasurer of the firm. It is believed she is the only woman dairy company manager in town.
A $20 ransom bill given in the Meyerhauser kidnapping was found in Des Moines at the Iowa-Des Moines National Bank and Trust Co. It was turned over to agents, but investigators concluded the note was not one of the ransom bills.
Ames prepares for a two week meeting of leading agricultural figures to discuss pressing plant disease issues. Dr John Black of Harvard and Dr T F Mennynet of the U S Department of Agriculture will present at the event hosted by the Life Institute in Ames.
London and Paris dispatches report dramatic government reshuffles. In London, James Ramsay MacDonald resigns as prime minister, with Stanley Baldwin to form a new cabinet while MacDonald remains in the fold amid illness and looming elections. In Paris, Pierre Laval forms a coalition government with emergency powers to stabilize the franc, curb deficits, and defend the currency under the gold standard.
Miss Margaret J. Keating, 62 years old, died at 12 15 this morning at her Haskins home after long illness from a stroke three years ago. The body rests at J. Jones funeral home with services Sunday at 2 30 conducted by Rev. A. A. Vinz of the Baptist church. Burial is in Elm Grove cemetery. Survived by brothers Howard and John and sister Miss Jennie, all of Haskins.
Des Moines reports that Federal Meteorologist Charles D. Reed warned of renewed showers tonight in central and western Iowa after a day of sun. Frost covered a wide area with Davenport and Forest City recording 35 degrees and Clarinda 65, with Inwood Atlantic Charles City and Waterloo among frosted locales.
Pierre Laval, ex premier, is drafted by President Lebrun to form an emergency government aiming to stabilize France amid worsening economic and financial turmoil.
Dr Clarence True Wilson, executive secretary of the Methodist temperance board, denounces repeal as failing to curb bootleggers and liquor evils. He urges a step by step dry revival, local option campaigns, and youth education in schools to restore prohibition. He criticizes church hypocrites and cites low voter turnout as a cause. Col Ebbert spoke follow up remarks.
President Roosevelt defined the social objectives of his administration as increased security and happiness, greater distribution of wealth, recreation, and an honest chance for business to prosper with reasonable profit. He spoke at a press conference noting the statement was brief and would need detailed analysis if amplified.
Hollywood residents discuss preserving NRA features under Roosevelt while doubting legal grounds. The article notes an eventual break with Europe and cites American winnings of 2 745 000 versus the rest of the world at 2 966 006 in the Irish sweepstakes Derby lottery.
Rodney Crail said the Elks parade float arranged in Muscatine may be entered in the national Elks convention parade at Columbus next month. The float was prepared for the Fairfield Elks lodge, with several Washington men as members.
The Methodist board of temperance introduced a fellow as an associate of Wayne Wheeler's legacy and a writer of the Volstead act. He described a constructive dry political plan to curb liquor publicity and empower Congress to regulate or prohibit alcohol. Dr. F C Witaigman presided and Rev A A Wing offered the opening prayer.
Sheriff Harold M. Putnam returned from Palmyra Missouri with jewelry valued at hundreds of dollars stolen from the Wellman L. C. Miller store on Easter morning April 21. Art Ayres and Lee Blakely of Iowa City are jailed in Palmyra for related burglaries. Cecil Ayres is wanted.
Reports from southeastern Iowa show a fungus disease spreading in chinch bugs, decimating populations in Washington County and neighboring areas. Iowa State entomologist A D Worthington notes 70 percent losses in parts of Jefferson Henry Des Moines and Wapello counties as fields are surveyed for further spread.
The county 4 H club rally narrated at Washington high school auditorium on June 17 with morning and afternoon sessions. Bohemian Girl opera to be performed. program includes registration, welcomes, officer elections, and music festival activities led by local leaders and officials.
Iowa weather observer Charles K. Reed attributes recent cool spells to global volcanic activity. He explains ash in the atmosphere can form a blanket cooling climate, citing Krakatoa 1882 and subsequent cooler summers in 1882 85. Reed notes other factors may also influence the weather.
University of Utah faculty and employees will receive a 10 percent pay increase next fall, restoring about half of a prior pay cut and easing financial strain on staff at the university.
A freak calf with two upper jaws and three eyes was born on the Gerald Sanden farm at Bawlf Alberta but died after the cow mauled it. The animal did not survive beyond birth and was killed by its mother.
In Georgetown Delaware a mother Mrs May Carey 55 and her son Howard 27 were executed at dawn for killing Mrs Carey’s brother Robert Hitchins for insurance. Another son James 22 is serving a life term and Lawrence 21 is jailed for robbery. Howard leaves a wife and three children.
Three murderers Mur ton Millen aged 25 Mur ton Millen aged 22 and Abraham Faber were executed in the electric chair at Charlestown Mass. They killed a police officer during a bank robbery in Needham Mass and stole 815000. Murton Millen's wife Norma Brich ton Millen sent a note expressing tenderness from prison hours before their deaths. The trio faced capital punishment for the crime.
Milo Gabriel of United Lumber at Clinton praises Washington for supporting local bakery industries and urges wider local cooperation. He cites the Evening Journal announcement that all businesses selling bread and pastry in Washington should be 100 percent for their local bakeries and hopes the spirit spreads to other goods.
During a State senate inquiry on University of Chicago communism charges, the husband of witness Elizabeth Dilling knocked down a spectator and slugged an attorney as the session adjourned for recess. The incident followed Mrs. Dilling’s accusation that the committee avoided the real facts.
Mrs. Glen Laffer and her daughter Florence of Sioux City are visiting at the home of Mrs. Laffer’s parents, Mr and Mrs. L. B. Patterson.
Mrs. RR E Misbach from Fairmont Minnesota is staying as a guest with her niece Mrs. J M Lloyd. The brief social note records a family visit and hospitality in Fairmont.
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