10 Mar 1936
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1936
Page
1
Ames State planning board headquarters announces Governor Clyde L. Herring's reap pointment to the board of J. N. Ding Darling cartoonist and former head of the U S wildlife Survey.
The annual Maytag company report shows a net income of 2,581,096 in 1995 versus 1,960,836 for 1934. The firm manufactures washing machines and electric showers and highlights earnings growth over the period.
Denver reports every house occupied forcing the Theodore Bergman family to relocate to relatives in the country. Household goods remain in town awaiting a vacancy.
Des Moines reports RA. M. Ubl, seeking the Republican nomination for attorney general, found a new development in petitions. Two young women who signed offered their telephone numbers and street addresses, revealing contact details in the batch.
Albert Warth aged 27 faces a wife desertion charge in court. He told the judge he would rather go to jail than live with his wife, and he remains jailed pending a hearing as his wife prepares to return from Kansas City to press the case.
A dynamite blast on the Iowa River loosened a large ice slab that struck the top of a car owned by Lynn Webher near City Park Bridge. Mia Weekerskiee was reportedly not injured. the car lay on the highway by the bridge.
Two year old Spencer Nusseil Dumkrieger, son of Mr and Mrs Lieyd Dumkrieger of Kowssie, drowned in a yard pool near Rossie. The father left him briefly for chores in the barn as Russell played nearby.
Dr George C weeker and Floyd Andre of the Iowa State College experiment station warn that a hot dry season may trigger a grave and widespread Chinese bug infestation in Iowa. They note winter mortality ranges from percent to 50 percent based on prior fall curves.
LeMars police hauled a truck load of merchandise from the cellar hoard of Bennett Bray charged with grand larceny. Officers said Bray was arrested as he left a store with magazines in a cardboard tube and that a home search uncovered articles stolen up to 14 years ago. The loot included jewelry and power tools and Bray allegedly made no effort to dispose of the goods.
W Allen Stewart of 02 North Second Avenue a member of the Three Quarter Century club came to Iown in a covered wagon from Green county Ohio. He was 14 when the Civil war began and although too young to serve he drove a two horse wagon load of soldiers to Mt. Pleasant. He recalls the moment he was chosen to convey the men to Mt. Pleasant as his proudest.
Fresh difficulties emerged as the ways and means sub committee worked on a new tax bill later delaying action. The treasury loss estimates tied to a cushion for rainy days were cited as the primary disruptor. Near Hagood Showdown Representative May of Kentucky moved to restore Major General Johnson Hagood to command, seeking a full public hearing.
Mrs. Martha Jane Robison, 75, died at 4 20 p m at her Brighton home. Born Martha Kyle in Beckwith Iowa she lived in Brighton fifty years. She married Ivy Hinshaw in 1883 and Rest Robison in 1916. Survived by two daughters three sisters three brothers a grandchild and a great grandchild. Funeral at Hoskins funeral home Wednesday at 2 pm with burial in Brighton Cemetery.
Irwin Kraemer and Dr HL Gordon were re elected to the school board with 99 and 147 votes. Charles Hoover received 566 write in votes but was not a candidate.
Spanish authorities take control of Granada after a mob swept through the city. Catholic homes were burned and street battles erupted as military forces moved in to restore order.
Dog Arouses the Koch family in a gas filled Waterloo house when two of seven people were overcome. Son Paul, 11, and Stanley, 8, were revived after the family was alerted by the Boston terrier named Zipper. Firemen used an oxygen inhalator to aid recovery.
Mequoketa resident Pearl Dean reported to officers that gypsies who visited his home claimed they were healers and gave a supposed treatment for rheumatism. After they left, Dean found $300 missing from his pocketbook, and he said he is cured of taking to gypsies.
Washington Golf and Country club readies for 1936 with fairways to be opened for play and a new season setup. Bunny Blair returns from Ames to oversee lawn and course care as committees for Grounds Finance and Tournament are named and the club site purchased from Mr and Mrs Jake Wenger with stockholding owners anticipating permanent improvements.
Market history traces corn price swings from 1925 peak above a dollar to 1935 lows near 12 cents and to later years with varying monthly figures. Data from federal statistician Leslie M. Carl compares 1958 and 1986 trends, noting years of higher and lower values and the erratic path of corn prices across the period.
The senate convenes as a foreign court of impeachment for the 12th time in U S history after the house managers present articles of impeachment against Federal Judge Halsted Ritter of the southern Florida district for high crimes and misdemeanors. Representative Sam Miners of Texas leads the house managers in announcing the move to try and remove Ritter.
Iowa's total real property valuation on January 1 1934 stood at 633 669 065 and personal property at 77 123 742 with all property except monies and credits valued at 741 624 640 for tax purposes. Monies and credits were 175 257 569 and agricultural lands 16 515 564. Top levies included Hampton 45 650 mills and Des Moines among 110 cities at 20.336 mills. Hawarden had no levy despite 1 248 181 in property value. Additional city levies listed for Washington Fairfield Mount Pleasant Muscatine Oskaloosa Shenandoah Charlton and Sigourney.
The text presents a 1934 table of monthly figures with January listed as 37, February 36, March 37, April 36, May 338, June 47, July 651, August 67, September 71, October 71, November 5, December 90. It notes the figures are for the succeeding year.
The Philharmonic choir of Parsons College Fairfield directed by Prof. Carl G. Melander will perform a sacred a capella concert at the Presbyterian church in Washington next Sunday afternoon March 15 as part of its sixth season. The group, entirely a capella, comprises Parsons students from various majors and rehearses thrice weekly with optional college credit after one year.
Dr E T Peterson, education professor at the State University of Iowa, spoke to Rotarians on the value of education. He argued schools are underfunded relative to their child impact and warned that neglecting education now risks a tragic loss for future generations.
Dr. RE Rittler died yesterday afternoon while en route to his sister's funeral. Funeral services will be at the Mennonite church with burial in North Hill cemetery. He was born July 7 1875 and graduate of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry class of 1902. He married Lydia Witting in 1905 and is survived by his widow and three daughters, four grandchildren, three sisters, and a brother. He was a Mason and Shriner and belonged to the Mennonite church in Wayland.
Wayland March 10 Amos Wyse was elected to succeed himself and to succeed Peter Schowalter. Fred Jackson was chosen as secretary treasurer. Dr J RR McKirah also mentioned in results.
Milo Reno the Des Moines farm leader is reported seriously ill with pneumonia at Excelsior Springs Missouri hospital after doctors ordered him there. His illness was announced from his office today and links to his farm leadership were noted.
Waterloo reports John Atwood a former slot machine operator began a fifteen day jail term for defrauding a hotel of 4.10 and a mittimus adds thirty days for uttering a false check. He was linked to gambling conspiracy cases involving Attorney General Ed L. O’Connor last fall.
Britain and the French led Belgium and Italy in a Locarno meeting in Paris to demand Germany withdraw troops from the Rhineland before any negotiations. Britain urged immediate talks with Berlin while the others called for Reich redeployment as a precondition. The session postponed action until Friday when the League of Nations meets in Geneva.
Forty five percent of Iowa’s 824 automobile accidents in February occurred on icy or snow covered roads. Of these, 150 were caused by losing control or skidding. Thirty eight people died in highway crashes that month, including 13 pedestrians.
James J. Bambrick, union leader, extended the strike of elevator operators and other building service workers in New York. Several buildings near Madison Avenue and Forty second Street by Grand Central were struck this morning and more were to follow.
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