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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1940
Page
1
Leland Duane Grandfield of Creston died after pneumonia in a local hospital following surgery to remove a peanut from a lung. He was aged two, son of Mr and Mrs A L Granfield of Creston.
Boone invites President Roosevelt and Governor Wilson to speak at the dedication of three new grade schools and an addition to a fourth on April 5. The event marks a major expansion in local education with high level officials scheduled to attend.
Mrs Lena Andersen aged 70 was snagged by a car emerging from a commercial garage and dragged over 100 feet. She suffered a broken shoulder and shock and is in fair condition at Mercy hospital.
Iowa state liquor stores posted February sales of 998825 dollars, up 8.1 percent from the previous year’s 922400 dollars. The state's liquor commission reported the monthly totals, reflecting continued growth in the liquor retail sector.
Phillips Petroleum Corp canceled 116 leases on Union county farm land. An oil test well ten miles south of Creston reached 2,605 feet with no oil shown, according to company officials.
Fire destroyed the Pocahontas Rendering works with no stated damage total. Firemen had not determined a cause. Part of the loss was insured. The large plant, modernized two years ago, was owned by Mrs. E. C. Oleon of Pocahontas, Dr. H P Lefler, Dr. Baughman, and L. Chase of Fort Dodge.
Mrs Geraldine Edwards 15 daughter of Albert Schwenke of Okaloosa remains jailed in Ottumwa as Texas officials seek her parole. The pair traveled from San Antonio starting March 5 in a rented car at ten cents per mile. Edwards, wife of a Texas man, is in a federal penitentiary term for counterfeiting. she and Harley Hooper 17 of Waco rode to Ottumwa and signed statements and contradiction papers.
A 25 member Sac City group stayed at Hotel Savery to watch their “favorite son” Walter Hinz challenge Des Moines Chamber of Commerce president Harry O. Hay in a milking duel. State Secretary of Agriculture Mark Thornburg acts as timekeeper and Dr Yo Cannon of Iowa State College Ames Iowa serves as judge.
Max Norton of Des Moines a professional bondsman paid 648.61 to reimburse Chickasaw county for expenses in returning Craig Malcolm a Des Moines salesman from San Francisco California. Malcolm was brought back to Iowa last summer after four checks sued at New Hampton were returned by a Des Moines bank. The four business places in New Hampton where the checks were given were repaid the amount they lost.
Sioux City detectives Maude Bledsoe and Perry L Davis were indicted on charges of protecting narcotics traffic and prostitution. Bail was set at 1500 each. The Woodbury County grand jury returned a six count indictment based on alleged conspiracy. Detentions followed after investigations by Public Safety Commissioner Harold Sturceon and Police Chief Ray Mahr.
The Senate voted 47 to 60 to approve the core provision banning political activity for state employees paid with federal funds. The move followed days of dispute and signals likely passage of the Hatch amendments. Opponents had pressed numerous amendments to cripple the act.
Six units from Washington high school's music department will attend an invitation festival at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on May 3 and 4. Participants include mixed chorus, girls glee club, concert band, clarinet quartet, and two soloists Jane Steele and Carolyn Strong. The noncompetitive event emphasizes educational value and musical achievement with critique by judges including University of Iowa professors. George Bradford of Chariton travels home three weeks after his license plates were stolen in Washington without ever being stopped.
Davis and Bledsoe appealed to the civil service commission seeking a hearing, which is scheduled for March 21.
Washington churches announce a series of union services for Holy Week at the Presbyterian church. The schedule runs Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday afternoon two o clock with devotionals led by ministers from Foursquare Methodist United Presbyterian and Presbyterian churches and a joint choir program.
President H T Carris and Manager G B Holden announce a Saturday March 23 meeting at the Y to discuss corn alcohol as a gasoline additive. Prof W K McPherson of Iowa State College will speak on progress and plans. A plant at Ames is being considered to produce the alcohol.
A Canadian Pacific passenger train collided head on with a mountain type pusher engine 29 miles west of Medicine Hat Alberta on a downhill grade. The crash derailed the engine and four cars, the mail car burned and the express car shattered. Fourteen people injured, six seriously, five sleeping in berths lightly hurt, some taken to hospital.
Washington high school vocal soloists compete in a home contest to determine representatives for the preliminary state contest at Wellman on April 4 to 6. The 7:30 p.m. program in the high school auditorium features six voice classes plus small groups and the glee clubs for critique by Clifford Thomas.
Six persons are dead and at least nine hospitalized with serious burns after a downtown Charlotte apartment house fire. The blaze started in the basement of the 24 family three story building around 1 AM and raged for three hours before firefighters controlled it. Occupants in upper rooms were trapped. some leaped from windows while others were rescued.
Judge J. G. Patterson of the district court granted a decree of divorce to Alice C. Severt from Lee K. Severt. The judge, now at his home in Oskaloosa, plans to return to Washington later.
Des Moines attorney Lehan T. Ryan was cleared of unjustly accused bank receivership fees after Frank D. Johnson admitted the report was erroneous in a letter to Governor Wilson. Johnson took responsibility for the error. Ryan demanded the Governor face a libel suit.
The Journal notes possession of a small old style pistol once used by a relative of S. R. Majors to capture a Black killer in Chillicothe Missouri. The weapon held the desperado until arrest, and later Chillicothe residents mobbed the suspect according to Majors’ relative.
Funeral services for Olive Marie La Noue 33 who died yesterday at Harvey Illinois will be held at 2 30 Saturday at Sherman's funeral home and the Methodist church with burial in Kelm Grove cemetery Dr R C Keagy in charge She was born October 2 1906 near Washington grew up there graduated from Washington high school in 1925 worked at the local telephone office later for Public Service at Harvey and married Rollie La Noue September 1 1931 at Princeton Illinois Surviving are her husband her mother Herman N Genkinger of Waukegan Illinois Mrs Clarence Jacobs Washington Mrs Lewis Db Edwards Boise Idaho Lawrence and Robert Genkinger Ainsworth Iowa and she was a member of the Washington Methodist church She had been ill for more than a year.
Tama school directors call a special meeting to decide if the high school building is a community facility. The dispute began when a civic group sought to hold a banquet in the gymnasium and faced opposition from some board members.
A civic schedule notes that jury trials for the term will begin on Monday, setting the pace for upcoming court sessions and legal proceedings.
Emanuel Eisenberg a leading New York press agent was found on New York Bay shore after his sightseeing flight from Floyd Bennett Field ended in a midair struggle with pilot Joseph Rottenar in which Eisenberg, 35, allegedly tried to seize control of the airplane. New Jersey police suspected mental illness contributed to the incident.
The garden department committee reports all memorial trees in the Elm Grove Cemetery beautification blueprint have been sold by local residents. Plans allocate much of the planting to shrubs with memorial groups or single plantings available through committee members Mrs A Fedaldrige Mrs Franklin Hostwick Jr Mrs C C Wilson and Miss Ketha Dawson. Orders due by April 1 with contributions welcome at local banks or the Journal office.
The federal commerce commission announced that starting May 1 long distance telephone rates across the United States will be cut drastically, yielding an estimated annual saving of about one and a half million dollars.
President Roosevelt, via secretary Stephen Early, attacked Senator Charles W. Tobey of New Hampshire as the first U S senator openly urging the public to violate the law. The critique targeted Tobey for leading the Senate fight to remove the personal income question from the census, a move Roosevelt calls politically motivated.
Three one act plays will be presented in a high school play festival next Tuesday evening at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium. Esther Hayes directs Grandma Pulls the String with Ruth Flood guiding The Pampered Darling and The Rector. The junior college group will perform The Rector at a festival in Iowa City on April 2.
Announcement of meetings of Methodist ministers and laywomen from across the Burlington district on Sunday April 7 at five centers for afternoon and evening discussions of the world wide program of the new united Methodist church. Centers include Mt. Pleasant Washington Wapello Burlington and Port Madison.
Refugees and soldiers pull back from snowy forests and icy waters as Finland starts retreat along a 175 mile front from the gulf of Finland to Lieksa. President Kyosti Kallio has submitted the Russo Finnish peace treaty to parliament for ratification amid reports of heated debate.
Berlin reports Germany consolidates position in southeastern Europe and hints at important surprises for the allies within ten days. neutral observers cite activity around Bucharest Rome and Moscow and warn outcomes depend on future diplomatic moves while Berlin and Russian sources deny any pledge on Romania frontiers.
The Warren household suffered a near total loss when a gasoline stove tank exploded during fueling. Mr. and Mrs. Wilkin escaped with minor injuries and two boys fled the home. Firefighters arrived after the blaze had gained headway. The six room house was insured. The Wilkins are staying with J A Marsh temporarily.
Alfred Kryson sold his highly improved 50 acre farm near Manchester to Edward Hoffman of Winthrop for 145 dollars per acre cash. Buyer to take possession March 1.
The Washington gathering will feature Rev. C. Peterson Rev. P. M. Conant Kk. J. Hesselschwerdt of Kalona Mire Irene Bishop Leigh Soule Lloyd Bauer Mrs Mabel Stoner and Dr R C Keagy as participants.
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