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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1938
Page
9
Republicans push a platform to repeal the sales tax or redirect property tax rebates to town homeowners and condemn high taxes. Democrats set to review platform after July convention. both parties expect to leave many issues to the next legislature. The article notes past pledges and regional politics with local encampment and attendees named.
Police report two men identified as George Sotak alias George Yates confessed to the armed holdup at the Gamble gun shop in Burlington Iowa on June 8. The robbery yielded 64 pistols shotguns and rifles before a faster pursuit led to their capture by St. Louis police.
Over 1 600 attendees during the opening two weeks at the playground show a lively start. Events listed include boys and girls races and sack race results with place names like Leo Lewis Dorothy Watson Dorothy Turner and Janet Martin. A Kittenball match features Boy Scouts 5 versus Democrat Carriers 14. Journal carriers beat the Indians 11 to 10 in a softball game yesterday morning.
Hollywood gossip notes Phyllis Brooks denying marriage to Cary Grant this summer while at the Twentieth Century Fox commissary. Brooks says she will not wed for at least a year and plans to balance career with two children. Grant’s haircut for "Gunea Din" is noted as a light bristle.
A misinterpreted scene at a star’s home circulates a tale of a tennis injury. Flynn supposedly dislocated a vertebra after a groan and a fall, but witnesses say the moment captured a private joke about relaxation before Flynn suddenly cried out in pain.
Studio veteran Jack Mulhall returns to the screen under Eddie Marin at M. G. M. in The Chaser where Mulhall plays a part alongside Marin, reflecting the old team’s collaboration.
Three month old Elna Elaine Fisher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Fisher of Neshua, fell from a bed while her mother was in the yard. She was found unconscious but is expected to recover.
The Ladies Auxiliary to the American Legion in Riverside elected officers for the coming year at the Legion headquarters. Officers include President Kate Ingram and first vice Rose Dautremont, with Edna Bushek named treasurer and Eva Thompson historian. Delegates to the state convention in Waterloo were chosen and committees formed for 1938 39 with multiple members named to each group. Card party proceeds raised six dollars for the Riverside public library and the next meeting will feature a flat-luck supper and officer installation.
Twelve members of the University Church of Christ in Des Moines gathered for a reunion banquet marking the churchs fiftieth anniversary. Guests were shown to the table with Dr D R Dungan and the original founders cited as key figures, with Dr E B Ames presenting the 12. The group included Frank Noble, B A Roberts, Howard Wilson, Lawrence Wright, A J Butin, Emma Nesbitt, E R Harlan, Lafayette Higgins, Charles N Kinney and F H Mickormick.
Ed O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau federation appealed to Iowa farmers to support the current AAA program to avoid dangers of price fixing. He warned that failure to sustain production controls could lead to price fixing.
Dr McMichael former Monmouth president dies after illness following a West Coast trip and an operation in Chicago. He was a noted orator and youth advocate who once served as moderator of the General Assembly in 1915 and held honorary degrees from several institutions. He chose to remain at his alma mater despite offers from other colleges and universities.
Mrs Maggie Johnson and others hosted a miscellaneous shower in the church basement for Thelma Morrow who will wed Sam Cox of Richland. About sixty attended. games, recipes, and a musical program by Joe Kerrigan and daughters accompanied refreshments of ice cream cake and mints.
The West Chester Pythian Sisters announce a Tuesday meeting on June 28 with full attendance invited. The 11213 E. of P. lodge plans a Monday 8 p.m. session to award page and esquire ranks, this being the last before mid September.
The 1884 Emmet county courthouse in Estherville faced fire danger after a lighted cigaret was tossed from an upper window onto an awning. The blaze damaged the awning and scorched the window sill as officials warned the current program could prove disastrous while urging farmer corrections to improve it.
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