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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1932
Page
3
DES MOINES March 16. The Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners today granted two applications for freight mot and related line permissions. The action signals approval for proposed freight carrying routes and operator concessions within the state's railroad network.
The board approved Brady Transfer and Storage of Fort Dodge to carry freight Des Moines Fort Dodge, and Clarks Transfer and Storage of Cedar Falls to serve Hampton Waterloo Fort Dodge with a limit not to pick up or deliver at Clarion and Dows. Other requests were denied for lack of necessity including Howard Holdcroft Sioux City Northwestern Express Perry Hiatt Adel Conrad and Pulley Adel.
Unrest among Apache on the GLOBE reservation grows as Golney Mac Seymour 21 faces murder trial. Officials double guards near Seymour s jail cell amid tensions and concern over possible disturbances during the proceedings.
Fairfield March 16. J F Thomason Burlington high school and junior college coach is among candidates considered by Parsons college to fill the vacancy left by Glenn Devine. The selection group has narrowed to about six. a decision is expected within a month. Parsons offers a strong chance to build a reputation in football as the team has not won a game in three seasons.
A Toledo Blade note observes TV tests favoring the prettiest presenter, suggesting a drawback as viewers may end up reminiscent of static and less of clear image or substance.
Seymour, an Apache man, is charged with killing Henrietta Schmerler a 25 year old Columbia University student last July 18 during a disputed ride to an Indian dance. Officials fear tribal unrest as the case tests whether justice lies with courts or with tribal codes.
Chicago lawyers Albert Goldman and J B Lofton accused American Legion Post members in Danville Illinois of manhandling and beating them after they came to aid fourteen men charged with unlawful assembly at an unemployment protest. Legionnaires denied rough treatment, saying they only directed the lawyers to leave town.
Des Moines report shows Iowa income taxes totaling $1,204,177.2 up to the zero hour, a roughly 40 percent drop from last year. Officials expect about $300,000 more by March 31, but a full town and county tabulation remains incomplete.
Funeral services for Elmer Heck killed by a falling tree limb will be held Thursday at 9:00 AM at St. Marys Church Riverside. Rev B Jacobsmier will officiate. The Young Mens Sodality and Young Womens Sodality will accompany the body to burial in Riverside.
A strange competition is set for tomorrow night at the Y. Commercial club bowlers meet the Y volleyball team at 7 30 in volley ball. Next week the volleyball team will invade the bowling headquarters at city hall to face the commercial club bowlers in the other sport.
Mrs. Myrtle Choate owner of an Omaha rooming house was released after the grand jury declined to indict her in the death of Verne Roberts of Des Moines whom she shot at the rooming house. Her son Robert and Ruth Fox also were released.
Awakening from their night’s slumber, 174 young patients at the Children’s Memorial Hospital faced danger when a roof fire broke out. Nurses stood ready at posts to carry them to safety as firemen quickly extinguished the blaze.
In the interests of public economy the item discusses abolishing a position and related procedural steps. The note references Wilmington and March dates in the telegraph style dispatch. It outlines a plan to remove a post to reduce expenses and reorganize staffing.
Mayor J C Thompson proposed replacing the mayor and aldermen with a city commission. He argued the commission form would cut his $800 yearly salary to $50 if he heads it, urging residents to vote for the change.
The Salem college in Winston-Salem North Carolina is identified as the oldest college for women in the United States, highlighting its historic status and pioneering role in women's higher education.
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