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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
4
The first sleeping cars used on the Valley railroad ran between Ther tishirg and Chambershure. The car featured day seats at one end and 18 berths at the other, with three levels and three berths per side, convertible into seating during the day.
Workmen lowering the stone floor of the Loads chapel at Barnack uncover a likely 13th or 14th century stone figure of Christ in majesty. The sculpture, near Ivy, stands about three feet high and is nearly complete with feet and nose intact.
Miss Marie Averill Bland a New York nurse and Professor Douglas Clyde Mackintosh of Yale were denied U S citizenship by a 5 to 4 Supreme Court vote. Mackintosh a Canadian Baptist minister had served in World War I and would fight if he deemed the war just. Bland refused to fight on religious grounds under any war condition.
At Mitchel Field New York a 39 plane squadron from the U S Air Corps is shown before departure for Dayton Ohio to take part in Army air maneuvers. The overall force for the war game will reach 672 planes, a figure that staggers the imagination.
A plan proposes erecting an exact replica of the Federal Hall in New York on the historic Wall Street site where George Washington took his oath. The project envisions a faithful exterior and interior to honor the nation’s first presidential oath.
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