08 Jun 1935
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1935
Page
1
Iowa stats college psychologist Dr Alvah RN Laver reports 20 home practices double reading speed. Beginning rates averaged 248 words per minute rising to 436 words per minute after tests.
Des Moines reports the new state highway safety patrol will adopt uniforms similar to the current ones but feature black Sam Browne belts and boots for a refined, authoritative look.
The Daily Ledger publishes a photo of a family stranded on a house roof as floodwaters rise in Colorado Springs. The man, Maurice Long of Fairfield, and his sister Erma are visible, with a letter from their father J M Lone confirming the image.
Federal agents and Sioux City police arrested 17 men and women in narcotic raids. The squads struck simultaneously at rooming houses across the city.
Glen Poulter comes back to Mt. Pleasant after 20 months in New Zealand military service and college programs. He suffered a broken arm while attempting a roller skate trick, later noted by his father Dr. Thomas Poulter a Byrd expedition member.
Miss Katie Ogle, an elderly resident of Mediapolis, suffered severe burns when her clothing ignited while lighting an oil stove. She attempted to smother the flames on the bed, causing the bedding to catch fire, and she fled outdoors where a neighbor witnessed the incident.
Iowa City bakeries organized to promote their home industry paid their employees in silver dollars at a meeting. The plan would inject between $1,000 and $1,100 in silver dollars into circulation locally to show merchants that money spent in Iowa City bakeries stays in circulation.
The family of Helen Nervig the Sioux City girl who vanished in Omaha nearly two weeks ago with Betty Clark of Lincoln reports the girl remains missing Friday. Local authorities had followed several leads but no trace has been found as the search continues.
Deputies investigate a complaint about Ray J Wridgers an air plane pilot flying over an airfield below the legal height. Deputy Sheriff Herb Coodale was asked to assess how high one thousand feet appears for the demonstration and record the result.
Federal agents seized forty gallons of alcohol from a vehicle near Calamus as Archie Pirie of Cedar Rapids Iowa argued during arraignment that this was his first offense in over a year and a half.
A woman near Rowan in Wriehs county died from burns suffered at her home when a cleaning mixture she was heating for a stove exploded. The burning liquid splashed over her, and the injuries were fatal from the start.
Des Moines Iowa Daily Press Bureau reports a $41.56 million corn hog payment plan for Iowa farmers under AAA. First checks about $20 million before July 1 with total benefits ranging 41.56 million. contracts awaiting shipping from Washington. County-by-county acre reductions and contract group details included.
The Washington Municipal Band will give a public concert in West Chester next Thursday. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the band, the 38 piece ensemble will perform popular numbers, overtures, and solos with band accompaniment. Director McKay announced the start time and a large crowd is expected.
The administration studies tax powers to preserve NRA aims after the court strike. House vote extends a codeless NRA for nine and a half months by 264 to 121 as Senate action looms. Donald Richberg resigns as NRA board head amid shifts in relief funding strategy. A new emergency unemployment tax on trades and industry would fund relief tied to payroll ratios.
Sheriff Putnam returned jewelry recovered from a Miller store burglary on April 21. Art Ayres and Lee Blakely faced earlier arrests in Hannibal Palmyra cases. Ayres implicated his brother Cecil in the Wellman thefts. Most loot was at Everett Ayres home near St. Louis. officers doubt that brother’s involvement.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars hold a regular meeting next Tuesday evening to hear reports from delegates to the state encampment at Perry. Washington county post members Nelsawanger Brown Pehlery and Commander Burhham attend Perry for what may be the largest state encampment to date. They are expected home late this evening.
Word arrives of the death of Mrs Ray Combs of Ft. Lupton Colorado formerly Mabel Woodburn of Franklin township Washington county Her husband is a brother of James Combs of four miles west of Washington She died June 1 and funeral was held June 2 They lived in Colorado for 25 years and left two children Florence and Lloyd
Miljurn McKay leads the Washington Municipal band in the first summer concert of the season in Central Park at eight o'clock. The program includes a march dedicated to Rose Reid, new head of the White Shrine, and a number honoring John Custer and Washington's Men's club. Pierce Knox, debuting as a divet artist, will perform Clouds and Tavern in the Town, with two pieces from the east front of the band stand.
Milan report says the Abysinian emperor narrowly escaped death when an imperial train was wrecked near Afidien. The emperor has become prominent on the international stage amid rising tensions with Italy over frontier disputes.
The head of the Japanese garrison plans to issue an ultimatum to the north China government demanding all Japan's demands be met by next Wednesday noon, according to a Japanese news agency report from Tientsin.
In Beverly Hills a candidate warned that Wagner and Guffy-Snnyder bills might prompt militia calls. At Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Thomas G Winter said Hollywood cleanup came from the middle class, not the intelligentsia, while noting society classes are the dirtiest in America.
Miss Beulah Flickinger of Tama county is elected primary teacher at Wallace school replacing Mrs Roy Caviness who was married this week. She holds a degree from Iowa State Teachers college and has eight years teaching experience including Orange township near Waterloo. The board still seeks a language instructor for the junior college to complete next year’s faculty.
Delbert Nace seven years old fell through a hole in a cistern lid in his aunt Mrs Hugo Tietjens home while trying to help his cousin move a coal bucket. He drowned in the basement.
I R Lytle mayor of Washington requests citizens observe Railroad Week from Monday June 10 to Saturday June 15. The proclamation honors CR 1& PCB & Q and C. M. & St. P. railroads for taxes employment fare reductions and air conditioned trains.
Iowa Democrats delay a June central committee session in Des Moines until the Woodbury County grand jury in Sioux City reports on graft probes. Feuling faces likely resignation after pleading guilty to failing to file campaign reports. Cooper acquittal boosts party morale ahead of 1926 political battles.
Miss Lucy Benz is back at home after completing teaching work in Os kaloosa. Her return marks a pause in her teaching duties with plans for future assignments.
About 250 National Guardsmen moved into Cherokee county Kansas to quell mining area strikes near Baxter Springs Treece and Riverton. Explosions cut power to several towns as miners block the tailing mill and demand the mill stay shut. Sheriff and guards officers discussed enforcement as the county attorney asked for military aid to restore order.
Everett R. Burham commander of the Washington county VFW post was elected junior vice department commander at the state encampment in Perry. A message confirming the result was received by the Journal this afternoon from C. A. Nelswasger, former local commander, who attended the Perry convention with Burham.
The West tower of the Century of Progress sky ride and its 1000 ton steel and concrete skeleton collapsed at dawn. Debris and rivets scattered across the lake front site to the Loop as police guarded the danger zone and residents reported shattered windows.
President Roosevelt arrives at his New York residence and will handle administration matters in Hyde Park for several days. He plans to depart for West Point in midweek to deliver the graduation address and present diplomas. He sent Congress the transportation message and released an executive order extending the PWA under Title II of the NRA.
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