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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1932
Page
4
A concise reflection from today’s page cites Matthew 7 12 The Golden Rule urging reciprocity as central to moral conduct. The message frames this directive as fulfilling law and prophets and applies a timeless ethical principle to daily behavior.
A citizen argues present business opportunities are outstanding and widespread. The writer notes bullish sentiment, European stability after Germany's election, and Russia shifting to a larger role as consumer and trader. The piece stresses a return to moderate plenty across well organized nations after wartime disruption.
A reader questions why the United States allows machine gun manufacture and sale. They note New York bills to relax gun restrictions and cite NYPD data showing 26 guns sold to firms with fake addresses, with 16 later used in bank robberies in the Midwest. The letter argues stricter, enforced laws would deter crime.
Banks nationwide report renewed influx of large denomination notes as citizens withdraw stored cash. The Washington National Bank exchanges big bills for new currency and the Citizen's Reconstruction drive pushes unemployed dollars into work, with a Chicago case noting a woman presenting forty five thousand dollars in mixed denominations at a downtown bank.
A reader reports buying $30,000 in U S treasury certificates and placing $15,000 on deposit while the Federal Reserve Board shows the first deposit increases in months. Net demand deposits rose $2,000,000 and time deposits up $15,000,000, signaling a hopeful shift in money back into trade channels.
A reader urges returning to sanity amid fears about the economy. The piece argues that stock and land prices have fallen to bargain levels and that confident investment now will fuel recovery, advising purchases of farm and town property and high-grade bonds as a path to wealth.
Today's word precipitant meaning falling or rushing headlong. Example suggests a person whose precipitant nature leads into difficulties. This compact study aims to boost vocabulary with daily usage guidance.
A Keota Eagle item mentions a long night yielding to morning and a big old pine tree cut down after a snow flurry. It reflects on taxes and mortgages, and notes a junior college achieving two state championships in succession as notable.
Jefferson Iowa March report states John Wilber Dorman his wife and two young sons Robert and Wilberg perished in a morning blaze at their home eight miles southeast of Jefferson. Neighbors found the house a mass of flames at five o'clock and could not revive the sleeping family. Dorman a miner had lived there 11 months and worked for Greene County Coal Company having come from Scranton Pennsylvania. Hysterical residents gathered around the burning home. It is believed the family died before the fire was discovered.
A man pretends illness by applying makeup for a sickly pallor and fainting at the stairs to avoid a party. His wife is alarmed. by morning he is well again, claiming a brief attack. A grocer’s remark follows about jobs and honesty.
Rural observations recount a shopkeeper and a Scotch guest at a knife counter. The proprietor asks for a penny to avoid harming their friendship as the guest searches for change. When a nickel fails to cover, the joke ends with a request for four more knives.
A local report notes Art Anderson, involved as a robbery victim, could not meet to describe the incident this morning at Clinton. The account hints at his remarks about the robbers and his reaction to the event.
R J Kewin former Griswold mayor and jeweler died in Omaha while on a business trip and living in Nebraska. G Reynolds former Griswold mayor and local businessman died Saturday in Los Angeles during a visit.
About fifty people gathered at Jackson Center School last Friday for a township Farm Bureau meeting. P F Whisler was reelected director Viovd Foster elected secretary Mrs P F Whisler led community singing. Miss Hoyle Brown and Knotek sang while Fr J Walker and K L Stewart spoke on the State Farm Bureau Convention. Joe Knotek reported on the women’s home project. County agent showed three reels of movies. Refreshments followed as ladies hosted the social hour.
Farmers should fan and clean small grains to remove weed seeds and diseased kernels before sowing. According to IA State College extension, fanning mills remove smut balls, scabby kernels, and weed seeds, reducing risk of weak plants and higher profits.
Rex Beresford advises that young pigs need protein and that high protein feeds can be too rich at start. To prevent overeat and digestive upset, mix protein rich supplement with ground hulled oats or wheat middlings to lower the protein content. A 40 percent protein mix may be adjusted for safety.
A Washington county farmer fed over 300 pigs in 1931 with a mixed ration of tankage soy bean oilmeal alfalfa meal and middlings to yield a 27 to 28 percent protein feed costing about 1.00 per hundredweight. The article notes oats or middlings can replace part of the mix and that pigs balance their diet once trained, citing price comparisons for corn oats and other ingredients discussed by FF L Quaife, extension specialist.
A farmers guide compares oats with corn and barley in hog rations. It advises self feeding hulled oats with occasional supplements for fattening hogs and suggests tiered limits as pigs reach 50 to 60 pounds.
Venezuelan trees produce a sweet sap when bark is pierced, yielding a fluid like milk. Tests indicate the sap is richer than cow’s milk in phosphates and sugar.
Guthrie Center Iowa March 15 The judiciary prepares to pay final tribute to Judge J H Applegate dean of the district court bench who died suddenly from a heart attack at age 79 He attended court Saturday despite poor health and died Sunday. Des Moines March 15 State Agents Myron Pullar and J R Quinlan testified before the Long investigation commission about hotel records tied to expense claims by State Auditor J W Long The proceedings were interrupted by Thayer who objected and Carroll deferred ruling on the objections until after testimony.
Des Moines voters, about 70,000 registered, will cast ballots to nominate 43 municipal offices. Campaigns ended with hectic rallies as balloting boxes are expected to be crowded today.
Des Moines March 15 Ins The Iowa executive council authorized grave marking for four Revolutionary War soldiers buried in the state Tim oat Breese near Fort Madison John Lepper near DeWitt and William Woody near Ottumwa The 41st general assembly appropriated funds for markers after a legislative committee recommended locating and marking the graves
In Villisca a new citizen ticket forms to oversee the municipal light and power plant dispute. Mayors and council members are named along with positions for councilmen, treasurer, and assessor. The group argues an unfriendly council could delay contracts and stall the project under Iowa law.
An overheated stove caused a fire that destroyed Maple Street Baptist Church in Des Moines, with $17,000 in losses. The blaze gutted sacraments, costly books and pictures, and ruined Sunday school rooms in the basement while burning through part of the main floor.
Des Moines reports the state health department paraphrased an old saying that a man is as old as his arteries. It advises keeping arteries young by avoiding infectious diseases in childhood eating right forming good habits and not worrying about aging.
The President and Mrs. Hoover attended funeral services for George C. Hoover, Hoover's late cousin and an attorney with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Burial will be at West Branch, Iowa.
West Branch reports the death of George C. Hoover, cousin of the president. Survived by daughter Mrs. Helen Yoder of West Branch, widow Mrs. Ruth Hoover, and son Clyde Hoover of Washington.
In Des Moines on March 15, the second trial of four St. Louis gangsters, John Lugar, Wincel Urban, Edward Wilthite, and William Engler, proceeded in district court on charges of possessing burglar tools after an earlier acquittal on attempted bank entry. Authorities displayed acetylene and cutting gear seized at the vacant building next to Capital City State Bank where a wall tunnel provided access.
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