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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1938
Page
1
State Park Custodian Carl Henning reports trilliums in bloom signaling spring at Boone County park. The column notes seasonal awakening and local plant life.
A Columbia College French professor offered a reward rather than punishment to the student who stole his textbook if the guilty party confesses. He said he has proof that one student is interested in the subject.
Newton Edward J Morris of Valeria, a farmer and president of the Iowa Swine Breeders association, announces his candidacy for state representative. He has led the Jasper county farm bureau for two years and presides over the county fair association.
Emmetsburg Democrat and Emmetsburg Thursday Reporter announce purchase of the Palo Alto Tribune for five thousand dollars. The deal involves three weekly papers serving the Emmetsburg area and Palo Alto County.
Governor Kra schel said Iowa may buy a second dredge for northern Nowa lake area. If approved, the vessel would be shipped to Far Madison first for a waterfront development project, Krasche noted.
Iowa City observer reports three assistants appointed to the United States Weather Bureau project at the municipal airport. The appointees are W. L. Guttrie of Iowa City, and Robert Champlain and George Stanton of Springfield, Illinois.
For the second time in weeks a minor strike occurred at the Waterloo post office and federal courthouse now under construction. Ten union plasterers walked out in protest of Ernest Thurst of Downers Grove who has the subcontract for plastering work for alleged failure to maintain a 50 percent local plasterer ratio.
Morrell Company and the CIO reached a labor agreement after months of talks. N K Mythen a conciliator from the federal Labor Department participated in the negotiations.
A laborer returning from work visited Fluckinger Motor Co in Dubuque and bought a car with a 50 cent down payment after expressing interest. The salesman, noting the lack of prior contact, approved the unusual bargain and the sale proceeded with the half‑dollar payment.
Ottumwa actress Ann Rutledge portrays the lead in Prologue to Glory, a play by University of Iowa professor Ellsworth P. Conkle, opening in New York at the Maxine Elliott Theatre. Conkle has spent a month in the city assisting with production.
Nadine Hansen of Ames earns a degree in general engineering at Iowa State College. The event marks a milestone for the co ed and reflects increasing participation by women in engineering programs.
Ainsworth fire officials say the blaze at the Don Rabenold elevator was under control by 2:15 pm after starting at the top of the building. Wind pushed flames toward a nearby lumber yard but the interior wood and metal walls burned heavily with the elevator empty at the start. Washington fire trucks aided the Ainsworth crew to contain the blaze.
Mrs. Cornelia C. Hodges of Keosauqua journeyed to Washington to support her bid for the state superintendent of public instruction. She campaigned for the Republican nomination, accompanied by Mrs. Loren Peel. Hodges has held roles from rural teacher to Van Buren county superintendent of schools.
Four deaths raised Iowa's automobile accident toll for 1938 to 76 in the first 77 days of the year. C. E. Rayworth, 69, of Glidden, died from injuries near Carroll. Dorothy Baxter, 24, of Durant, died after a collision near Davenport. and two unidentified hitch-hikers killed in a hit and run near Cedar Rapids. Rayworth was president of a Glidden creamery and oil firm.
Jerry Aswegan 26 of Ftuart Iown was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury after an 18 hour deliberation. He drove a truck in a May 3 1937 hit and run that killed Mr and Mrs Charles Craig of Waterloo. He was arrested in Cedar Falls the night of the accident.
Ten other women have graduated from the engineering college in various branches, but none in general engineering. But engineers, take heart. Most of them get married anyhow and settle down to domestic duties.
Brick work on the rebuilt Jeffrey building at the square’s northwest corner is nearly complete after a January fire. S. W. Livingston retains the one story section with changes, while the Oetjen seed store signs a main downstairs lease. Lester Orr moves his real estate office to the former Crane space, and L. J. Kehoe will use the upstairs corner suite once rebuilt.
President Roosevelt again failed to compel Arthur E. Morgan to reveal facts behind charges of misconduct against TVA colleagues David Lilienthal and Harcourt Morgan. The hearing adjourned two and a half hours after it began, with a next session set for Monday at 1 30 to seek Morgan's direct answer on presenting evidence.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Niffenegger were summoned to Iowa City by the sudden death of U S Niffenegger. No details on the cause or prior illness were known as they departed.
Betty Hackbarth of Lake Park won a wrist watch selling Christmas seals last fall. She later lost it in the snow, and her father Ed Hackbarth found the watch buried for three months. Betty dried the moisture and the watch runs fine again.
Clarence F. Coan, 32, first arrested in Woodbury county relief fund shortage probe, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to not more than seven years in state prison. The former high school basketball star and 1925 state champion entered a plea on cheating by false pretenses in Judge A. O. Wakefield's court. He and Sam Cohen, clothing store proprietor, were alleged to have each obtained more than $900 by falsifying sewing room supply claims. Other counts were dismissed with the plea. Bob Turnipresed has gone to Davenport to visit friends.
The story explains the oil burning heating system will power the building again using the original plant, which was barely damaged by the fire. It will be located on the north side near the stairway, with basement heaters supplying downstairs rooms as before.
Fred Schwab chief of the fish and game division urged Iowa readers to conserve water and land citing drained lakes polluted streams and soil loss. He warned floods would be worse without headwater protection and called for public arousal and game refuges. Tom Johnson accompanied Schwab from Sigourney.
Dr. L. L. Weis of Muscatine Methodist church addressed a father and son banquet in the local church social hall. He warned that world problems stem from bad thinking and urged boys about America’s opportunities for exploration and heroism. The event drew about 150 men and boys with songs, a toast to dads, accordion songs, and safety campaign films by Dean Harland Mead.
The Prague report notes 1,231,688 Germans in Czechoslovakia, making them the largest German minority outside Germany in a 14.7 million population country. It describes Sudeten regions, Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia, with industrial centers at Aussig Reichenberg and Dux, and cites discrimination claims amid Depression era unemployment.
Washington high school singers won two superior ratings and one excellent at the Kalona district contest. Superior honors went to the girls sextet and Lois Humble. Wendell Baker earned excellent. Other results list numerous schools with ratings across events as judges from Iowa and nearby colleges preside.
Lithuania prepares for potential Polish invasion with limited army size. Soviet aid and a plebiscite option are discussed as Parliament plans to respond to the Polish ultimatum. Leaders urge rejection of Poland and seek international mediation.
New cemetery plat books for Elm Grove are completed with lot maps drawn by Leland and Jerry Carris. Frank L. Wilson and his wife placed owner names on the drawings and the owners are listed alphabetically in the book. More than 1700 lot owners are recorded, with duplicates available through Wilson or Jones and Sherman funeral homes.
The official thermometer climbed to 76 degrees this afternoon at two o'clock. Weather observers note a warm spell across the area as readings move upward through the day.
A. St. Hatfield of Wambault Minnesota replaces Aubrey Ostrus at Coast To Coast. He is married with two children, Gervaise a spring graduate of St Thomas College and Gloria a high school junior. The family will move to Washington this summer, currently staying with J T Ostrus.
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