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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1932
Page
1
The house moved toward a climax on the tax bill with votes expected on inheritance taxes and the manufacturers sales tax before adjournment. Acting Chairman Crisp signaled a final decision today, as a new drive to “soak the rich” emerged during the inheritance tax debate.
In Chicago on March 2 radicals booed as Rep Hamilton Fish Jr of New York argued against recognizing Soviet Russia after a debate with Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa who voiced support for recognition.
Mrs. Etta Rush, 69, died last night at the Soldiers Home in Marshalltown. Her body will be moved to L. A. Jones Funeral Home here for shaping services and burial at Ainsworth Cemetery. She was mother to Mrs. Walter Jennings and grandmother to Mrs. Martha Jennings Adams of Wellman. funeral at Ainsworth Methodist Church likely Friday at 2:30.
It was discovered yesterday that vandals damaged a house on the David Wallingford farm about nine miles northeast of Washington. Windows were broken, snow entered, and an axe damaged walls and woodwork inside. The house was empty. Mrs. Mela Hora and family planned to move in the spring. Officers investigated yesterday afternoon and continued today, hampered by weather and road conditions.
In Trenton New Jersey on March 22 the Lindbergh kidnapping investigation produced no definite crew or breakthroughs. Police superintendent Col H Norman Schwarzkopf said official bulletins remain negative and unpromising as authorities mark the 21st month since the infant’s birth.
Walter C. Gullick, 28, sought for a Linn county Iowa bank robbery, was arrested in Indianapolis and surrendered to Iowa officers for return. Des Moines police identified him as an outlaw in the May 15 1931 Lily Trust and Savings Bank robbery that yielded $2681.
Five deaths in Chicago during the third annual March blizzard as the storm abated after thirty six hours of icy grip. Officials reported casualties across the surrounding territory and the district faced continued clean up and weather warnings.
Sioux City Republican C N Jepson delivered the keynote urging three main points including keeping tariff walls, possible debt extension, and cutting taxes by trimming government expenses. He praised Hoover and attacked Democrats for offering only promises while noting war debts and foreign influences as causes of economic slump.
Des Moines March 22 INS Col C J Wilson of Washington and W S McKee of Muscatine were named as the first district delegates to the national convention in Chicago at the district caucus before the state Republican convention. Seven delegates at large were named including Hf K E Spangler Cedar Rapids J N Darling Des Moines Sen N J Dickinson Algona Gov Dan W Turner Corning Edwin Manning Ottumwa Miss Martha McClure Mount Pleasant and King Palmer West Union. Henry Field candidate for the US Senate Republican nomination said he would run as a business man and farmer after lengthy talks with delegates. He owns KFNF radio and is well known to western Iowa farmers.
Washington county digout begins as blizzard ends and roads open. Highway crews under Russell Frink clear primary routes while G W Wallace moves snow from curbs. Trains resume on time. buses to return tonight. Iowa snow totals vary with Iowa City leading at 12 inches. flood risk noted but rivers may stay stable as ground remains insulated.
Nominations close in four days for the Miss Washington popularity contest. Seventy seven candidates are listed with photos to be taken at Guther's studio, followed by a four week Travel Guild tour of Europe after the title is won.
In Santa Monica California ng will a Rogers argues Congress targets tax with eye on Election Day not the budget proposing taxes up to seventy two percent on some incomes. He claims the core issue is not taxation but spending and criticizes how funds are used.
A. E. Atchison was elected president for a third year, with Dr. T. J. Pease joining the board. Supt. J. H. Peet was re elected for an eighth year while teacher salaries will be cut 10 percent above 1300 and 5 percent below.
A class of eleven children was confirmed at St. Pauls Evangelical church in Washington Sunday morning. Rev. Carl W. Klein led ten services with a large congregation in attendance. Confirmands included Antone Hotle Daryl Hotle Evert Westen Walter Westen Ernest Witthoft Ralph Witthoft Harold Cerdes George Miller Clara Simmering Julia Zieglowsky and Florence Zieglowsky.
Tornadoes across five southern states left a rising death toll. At least 217 people are dead and about 1,000 injured. Western Alabama reports 171 deaths as the storm sliced a 100 mile arc from Rome to Dalton, Georgia. Georgia and Tennessee fatalities followed, with Kentucky and South Carolina also reporting losses.
The Crawford damage case of Richard Lee Crawford against Iowa Continental Telephone Co for damages from an automobile collision is scheduled for trial in the district court tomorrow. The Fairfield Glove and Mitten Co v J B Curl, moved to equity and tried by Judge D W Hamilton, was dismissed this morning along with three similar actions.
At 8:30 p.m. the state champion junior college team meets the Pasadena Majors from California in the high school gym, with a 7:15 preliminary by De Molay teams from Washington and Wellman. Proceeds aid local unemployment relief.
Will Wooley of Crawfords ville was in town on business today meeting local merchants and discussing potential deals. The visit highlighted ongoing commerce efforts in the area.
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