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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1938
Page
1
Garner grade and high school teachers were rehired at a 5 percent salary increase. The action affects Garner, Iowa, with district officials confirming the rehires and raise for the new school year.
The remaining set of gold valued at 186000 dollars from Cerro Gordo State Bank of Clear Lake was sold for 900 dollars to Marathon Finance Co. of Mason City. The bank closed in January 1932 and had paid 40 percent to depositors.
The Clark-McNary cooperative nursery near Ames announced that 750000 year-old seedling trees will be sent to 21 state parks and game areas for reforestation planting. A million trees will be sent to newly acquired state forest lands in Ducas and Lee counties.
Indianola and Simpson College boosters canvassed five days to raise a $10,000 maintenance fund in Warren county. They collected $8,300 and continued for a week, meeting Friday for a "victory dinner" to complete the goal, and after further appeals, the $10,000 was finally raised.
Marion county farmers in Tennessee are among the first in the United States to receive individual farm acreage allotments under the 1988 AAA program. The county committee mailed each person their corn soil depleting allotment and notes the county has long led in program implementation since 1924.
Burlington report says Robert L Slossun of Chicago was slugged and shot two miles west of Burlington after giving a hitchhiker a ride. Slossun, an employee of United States Fidelity and Guarantee Insurance Co., is in serious condition with scalp injuries and a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He told police he picked up the assailant at Fairfield.
Towa Lawyers Inc filed resistance to a plan for an integrated bar in Iowa. They oppose a secret attorney poll before the state supreme court decides its constitutional power. The proposal would force all lawyers to join the Iowa State Bar Association and impose new rules and removal procedures.
Mrs. William A. Becker of Summit New Jersey president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution told about 800 Iowa members at their annual meeting in Cedar Rapids that preserving democracy rests largely with women. She urged youth focus and noted more young college women preparing to become homemakers as a sign of hopeful change.
North Liberty pupil Bob Von Stein, then 16, keeps ducks as a hobby. His grandmother Mrs Wolfe gave him three ducklings five years ago. the flock grew from eight to twenty six as numbers increased over time.
Deputy Sheriff Stan Kiesey took Robert Baxter to Buffalo where a hitchhiker identified him as the man who picked up the traveler during the Bailey car theft. Baxter denies stealing the Ruebsam car. investigators suspect the two thefts were by the same person driving toward Burlington and near Mt Pleasant.
An urgent appeal to the U S Navy was sent from a radio operator aboard a five foot tuna clipper in the Gulf of California 250 miles south of the border. The crew fears for their lives as the skipper is described as abusive and apparently insane. The Coast Guard received the message and efforts to contact the vessel continued.
The Washington County Ministerial association plans a meeting next Monday morning at 7 30 at the YMCA. Sheriff Harold M. Putnam is asked to address the ministers on juvenile delinquency, with Rev. E E Voss of Crawfordsville Methodist Church in charge of devotionals.
Horace Tate deputy commissioner of the motor vehicle department at Des Moines informs the Journal that Washington county driver license tests will be held in Washington on Fridays instead of Wednesdays. The statewide plan begins April 4 with the first Friday visit on April 8, and examiners will return on Wednesdays March 30 as before.
Governor Lloyd C Stark considers a request from Kansas City women to call out militia to guard the polls at the upcoming city election. He says fear among women voters is widespread and he has taken the petition under advisement.
Nineteen county residents have filed for candidacy to appear on the June 6 primary ballot. Ten seek the supervisor post, with two Democrats John A. Quinn and J. A. Marsh aiming for supervisor terms. Republican contenders include Auditor Ethel Grecian, Treasurer Marion George, Recorder Harriet Coulter, Clerk R. R. Noonan, Sheriff Harold M. Putnam, County Attorney Richard A. Stewart, and Coroner Dr. W. S. Kyle, plus multiple nominees for two supervisor terms beginning in 1939 and 1940 respectively.
Paris reports Franco has abandoned hope of leftist victory in Spain and begun talks with rebel Gen Francisco Franco for a satisfactory regime via Nationalist relief. France will not intervene, opting to safeguard its own interests.
Eleven delegates to the county Republican convention were elected at the four ward caucus held yesterday evening. They include Mrs. Minnie Green, Mrs. Mildred Noonan, Mrs. Florence Orr, Mrs. Charlotte Baldrige, Mrs. Stella Shilling, Mrs. Rose Reid, R. R. Dougherty, Ode Ferguson, Dr. Fred Reid, Roy Stewart, and Theodore Bailey. A. E. Baldrige was re elected committeeman and Mrs. Carrie Harvey was chosen committeewoman.
Des Moines report shows 70 drivers in 54 fatal crashes in January and February killed 59 people. Of the drivers, 19 had been drinking, 25 had not, and 26 unclear. February alone saw 27 fatal crashes with 13 drinking drivers, three of whom did not impair driving. Authorities vow stricter enforcement to curb drunken driving.
Considerable interest shown in a special farmers meeting at Washington city hall on Tuesday evening March 29 at 7 30 hosted by the Agricultural Mutual Insurance Association of Des Moines. Thirty two representatives from nearby counties extend an invitation to attend this free event featuring entertainment and educational facts. A large crowd is expected.
Investigators from American Legion, Lions Club, and local merchants probe town crimes after pioneer resident Lucy Fichorst alleges a village employee tore up paving bricks for pocket money, a garbage truck tire pawn, a village car wreck during a ride, and a commissioner hired his North Carolina brother to prune park trees but barred his access.
Brighton March 26 Jake Rudolph 75 died last night at his home after a heart attack. He moved here two years ago from Rubio where he farmed and later retired. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Rubio Friends Church with Rev C W Klein officiating. Burial in Valley Cemetery. He leaves his wife three sons Bernard Brighton Pete Rubio Elias Hayesville one daughter Mrs Omar Long Rubio and three brothers near Marshalltown.
Ralph Pratt announces Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will play in Washington for a full week. The film will alternate between the State and Fox theaters due to heavy inquiries. Watch the Journal for official scheduling details.
A local trader reports selling ducks valued at 840 within a period noted as 14. He also collected over 300 eggs in the past year, indicating steady poultry activity.
Judge O. Franklin sentences C. L. James, 37, and Buford James, 41, to life and 20 years respectively after pleading guilty to involvement in an assault on an eleven year old girl. George W. Defenbaugh, 43, receives a life term after admitting threats and handing the girl to Black people.
George Molir a manual training instructor at the junior high school joins 28 other men to be initiated into the Cedar Falls chapter of Epsilon Pi Tau national industrial arts fraternity at ceremonies on April 23 at Iowa State Teachers College announced by officials.
The Federal Communications Commission ordered each licensee of a regular broadcast station in the 550 to 1600 kilocycle band to file earnings and related data. Firms operating two or more stations must file for each station and a combined report for all stations.
Mrs. Clifford Thorne and her daughter Elizabeth home from Vassar College vacation in their car.
Dr Antonoff arrives from New Hampton and plans a west side square clothing shop before Easter. In Washington he rents a room at E M Pierce residence on East Main street. He has 14 years in clothing, hails from Minneapolis originally, and spent most life in Iowa. He is single, a Mason, and enjoys golf.
In Bridgeport Connecticut Infant baptism was dropped by Rev. Charles S. MacDowell after fifteen years as pastor of the Black Rock Congregational church. A dedication service for infants will be held instead.
Funeral services were held for Louis Kolosick at the L. A. Jones funeral home Thursday at 2 p.m. Pallbearers were cousins Yaro Lasek Melo Lasek Clarence Lasek Richard Havel Paul Kolosick and Everette Smart. Burial took place at Elm Grove cemetery.
Yesterday's shoppers included Ed Humphreys and Sam Turkington, both residents of Wyman. They were seen browsing at local stores and chatting with shopkeepers about upcoming events.
A March 26 report from Iowa’s motor vehicle department records 26 deaths in February from 22 crashes, raising January-February totals to 69 deaths across 43 January and 26 February fatalities. The two months show 825 crashes and 570 injuries.
Josephine Hull of Iowa City spends weekend with her parents Dr. and Mrs H C Hull. Verne Pangborn of Towa City will be a guest tomorrow in the Hull home.
Roger Eicher, a student at Coe College Cedar Rapids, is spending the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Leslie Eicher.
The Chicago Board of Trade expelled Cargill Grain Company and three officers after a probe found attempts to corner the grain market during the last fall's corn squeeze. President J H MacMillan Jr, Philip C Sales, and Edward J Grimes named as officers involved. trading in corn futures was halted and a settlement price set.
Word came of the death of Mrs. W. P. George in Des Moines on Wednesday evening. A former resident here she was Rebecca Neill, sister of the late Sam Neill and the late Mrs. J. C. Nelson. She was about eighty. Funeral services were held today in Des Moines.
Temperatures in Iowa fell below freezing early today marking the first subfreezing reading this week. The weather bureau expects similar cold air tonight with a chance of rain by Sunday afternoon and a gradual warmup on Sunday.
Pastors from Washington churches arrange special pre Easter services the week before Easter beginning April 11 in the Baptist church and April 14 in the Methodist church. Friday afternoon service features talks on the last words of Christ with four evening speakers and open attendance.
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