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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1931
Page
3
Marshfield authorities are tackling an organized group stealing bouquets from graves at a local cemetery. Investigators say the band targets multiple graves and seeks to resell the flowers. Local officials urge residents to report suspicious activity and protect grave sites.
The United States plans a huge long term bond offering of 860 million dollars at 3 percent to cover deficits for the coming fiscal year. The issue aims to replace tax increases and is expected to be oversubscribed, with bonds redeemable after June 1946. The move signals a shift to financing the deficit by increased national debt rather than higher taxes.
C Teague, one of the original Federal Farm Board members and its vice chairman, resigns after a year longer than planned. In his letter to President Hoover he defends the board’s emergency wheat and cotton actions and advocates long term cooperative control to stabilize markets and distribution.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economies reports American farmers sell produce below prewar prices while paying about one third more than before the war for inputs. It estimates farmers receive about 50 percent of prewar prices and pay 136 percent for goods bought.
Pour Eastern and Western Air Lines consolidate their management operations traffic and sales to form divisions of United Air Lines with Chicago as the general office city. The merged lines include National Air Transport Boeing Air Transport Pacific Air Transport and Varney Air Lines. I G Johnson becomes president of the new company.
Premier R D Bennett unveils the first budget to parliament detailing a deficit of 880 million. He proposes new taxes including sales tax rise to four percent, reintroduced three cent postage, higher income tax for corporations from five to ten percent, and a new 1 percent special excess tax on all imports.
In Wellman on Tuesday evening Frances Coffey’s family hosted the class of 1931 after class night exercises in the school gym. Guests found red and white table decor and were served a menu including chicken sandwiches, pickles, olives, and ice.
On Good Friday morning a near universal cry of hot cross buns spreads across London and England as baskets of buns are carried to breakfast tables by workers and families. Historians trace the bun’s origins back thousands of years.
June 9 local column records visits and social notes from Lexington. Lyle Oldfield and Leo visited Farna est Strum. Roy Turnipseed hosted Washington visitors. Warren Matthess hosted family. St L Huber and others traveled to Washington. Milford Anderson and spouse and Mel Donaldson dropped by EY B Youngs. Martha Patterson visited Maxine Goodin. EK Fleming and Donald hosted at Muscatine. ice cream and strawberry social at the church scheduled Thursday at 7.
The initial organized aid for travelers began in St Louis in 1851 with a $1,000,000 bequest by Bryan Mullanphy to aid people traveling to the West. The effort inspired other groups and led to the 1917 formation of the National Association of Travelers' Aid Societies.
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