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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1932
Page
5
The Wyman high school hosted its second annual alumni banquet in the school gymnasium Thursday evening June 23. Tables featured purple and gold with matching bouquets and nut cups, while red white and blue crepe decorations added a patriotic touch throughout the room.
Lola Carewe is murdered amid a police guard and a web of suspects including her nurse Eunice, Lola’s mother Mrs Carewe, attorney Vincent Rowland, and actor Guy Everett. Thatcher Colt questions Everett about alibi and finances while a hidden liaison emerges through Eunice.
A weekly safety article prepared by Dr A R Lauer of Iowa State College for the American Legion's State Highway Safety Council notes 654 deaths in 1930 and 588 in 1981. It urges motorists to reduce fatalities in 1982.
The text describes heterophoria or cross-eyed ness as a weakness that can affect daily activities including work as a salesman or bus driver. It notes that science links eye misalignment to accidents and explains cross-eyed ness and cock-eyedness as extreme forms while others have milder forms.
Mr and Mrs Chas W Clarke of Des Moines in Washington Monday afternoon. Clarke is managing director of Iowa Newspapers Incorporated and called at the Journal during his visit.
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