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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1938
Page
1
Denison twins Ruby and Ruth Ecklund have graduated from the public school with valedictorian and salutatorian honors respectively, highlighting their academic achievement in the local column.
Jefferson county voters rejected a proposed 50000 bond for a new Greene county jail in the primary. Grand juries had condemned the current structure and supervisors planned a combined jail and sheriff home if approved.
Adams county courthouse funding faced defeat as the Corning proposal to issue 80000 dollars in bonds lost by 282 votes. The tally stood 1538 to 1256 in favor, short of the required 60 percent majority for passage.
Des Moines Chief W. W. Akers of the Iowa bureau of investigation announced the disclosure of widespread activity in stolen cars at Waterloo. Ira W. Chumley, Waterloo dealer of a high end car and operator of a used car lot and body and fender works, was under arrest on state charge of receiving stolen goods, Akers said.
Leon reports Decatur county leads Iowa and adjoining states in corn height this month. A Perkins, farmer near Irving, grows 160 acres with 63 acres at 30 inches tall and several spots at 3 inches tall. The field shows good color and strong stand after planting on April 15.
Hampton A. E. Goodsell, 52, head of the Dumont telephone exchange, was killed when a tree limb he was trimming fell and struck his head. The limb crushed him and hurled him about 20 feet to the ground.
The Marshall county convention will fill two Republican tickets because no candidate reached 35 percent. Ray Haupert gained 1302 votes for county attorney versus 1505 needed, while Harry Jennings led the sheriff race but also failed to reach the required 35 percent.
The three surviving Wryeoff quadruplets return home to celebrate their fourth birthday with parents Jr. and Mrs. Larry Wryeoff and six siblings. They were separated since 16 months old after arriving here last week. Now healthy wards of Sac County, they progressed at Florence Crittenden home in Sioux City.
Bob Heinz of Fairbury Nebraska arrives in Washington with fifteen years in meat and grocery trade. He, his wife and two young children Neil Leroy and Rochelle Lee plan to settle here with Methodist church ties. A National Guardsman of seven years, Heinz served in Company K of the 3rd Regiment and enjoys swimming. He praises Washington county as paradise after Nebraska’s drought.
In Iowa, Senator Guy M. Gillette defied a purge bid by defeating Otha Wearin two to one, boosting Democratic senators facing re election and signaling GOP optimism for a November upset. Despite WPA chief Hopkins backing Wearin, the result reinforced loyalty to Roosevelt among many voters.
More than 500 people attended the flower show sponsored by the Jarden department in the Methodist church basement. Visitors came from Muscatine Mount Pleasant Fairfield and various Washington county towns. About 185 entries filled the displays plus merchant booths roses and Boy Scout and Camp Fire exhibits. Eva Denny Washington public library librarian displayed garden books. Wolf Floral company led merchant exhibits. Continued on Page 6.
Des Moines reports unofficial results show no candidate reached 35 percent for four state offices and two congressional nominations, forcing nominating conventions. Democratic secretary of agriculture Tom Curran led with 35,628 votes but under 35 percent, while Elmer Carlson trailed with 30,860. Other high Democratic contenders Huffman and Hull also failed to reach 35 percent.
Miss Vera Harvey and George Mohr organize the new recreation space behind the high school complex. Secretary Leigh Soule of the Y and Joe Duea coordinate plans for the program. The site, two blocks south of the school, is owned by Ralph Dougherty with consent from the school and city. Activities include games, story telling, crafts for younger children, with water and sanitary facilities arranged. Softball and swimming use schedules tie into church school recreation hours as well.
Tom Martin leads Ralph Jones for the Republican nomination in Iowa's first district by more than 4000 votes with results from 242 of 246 precincts. The tally stands 13306 to 8936, with Cedar county, Henry, and two Lee county precincts still missing. Beatty trails Le Compte by 118 votes in the fifth district, awaiting official count to determine the nominee. Beatty won Keokuk County 1953 to 241 with Hunt at 56 in Ottumwa.
Howell neighborhood youngsters travel to Washington for their annual summer country vacation around June 21 or 22. Images and data about the Chicago group will be sent along.
Chief Jay Brown of the Washington police aims to deter transients by framing Washington as inhospitable. He broke up a local hobo camp near the Milwaukee stock yards, urged produce dealers to cut cracked eggs and bread donations, and ordered officers to jail trespassers after dark.
At a Leon Beatty post meeting the Legionaires endorsed junior baseball for Washington aligning with state posts. They teamed with a locally organized baseball club to use Blattner place grounds east of town. Committee members Harry Simpson Rodney Arnold and Ives McKay chaired the meeting.
A $60,000 basement fire at the High Hat cafe in Mt. Pleasant destroyed the restaurant and damaged four other businesses on the east side of the square. George E. Crane hardware, R. Eshelman & Son clothing, J. C. Penney, and National Tea suffered smoke and water losses. Fire units from Burlington and New London, aided by Mt. Pleasant, battled the blaze about five hours, brought under control shortly after seven.
Thirty eight children entering kindergarten next fall in Washington schools were examined in a summer round up clinic at the Y M C A. Lincoln district showed near perfect attendance while exposure to contagious diseases reduced turnout elsewhere. Dentists and doctors from Washington oversaw examinations with help from PTA committees and school nurses. Vaccination for smallpox was offered free Friday and Saturday by county medical society doctors to immunize all school children before fall opening.
Charlies Crane, manager of the Iowa Continental Telephone Company, returns from Pierce City Missouri after the death of his father W. A. Crane age 61 from a heart attack. He is survived by his widow and two sons James of Pierce City and Charles of the local area. Body to be laid to rest in Seymour Indiana with Masonic lodge services.
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