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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1935
Page
8
Seniors stage a three act comedy drama Lovely Mary at the Ainsworth high school auditorium on May 3 and 4 directed by Lawrence Koshart. Cast includes Mary Pitcher owner of Pitcher Flower farm Wilma Stephens Randolph Sinbad The Movie Queen's Manager Kenneth McConnell and others with special music from the advanced orchestra and vocal numbers.
Chicago May 1. Standard Oil of Indiana announced today that gasoline tank wagons and service station prices will advance by a third of a cent tomorrow in several Midwestern states including Iowa Illinois and Missouri indicating a small nationwide fuel price uptick amid ongoing supply concerns.
Independence Hall in Philadelphia opened as a public museum on July 4 1876 marking a historic unveiling with the building repurposed for public access and education.
The Iowa ballroom hosts By Golly and his entourage for a Wednesday night dance in a newly renovated venue. The space features a cream and blue color scheme, fresh paint, and Japanese lanterns, with seven colorful fixtures brightening the ceiling.
More than a hundred students parents and teachers from Wayland traveled to Moline for special services at the Full Gospel Temple attended by over 1400 Tri Cities residents. Wayland high school musical groups broadcast on WHBF and plan to compete in Iowa City this weekend. An eighth grade exam and a kittenball game against Eicher school are noted with local staff assisting.
Eugene Hibbs aged 18 died when his car struck a cow on the road to Earlham Iowa. The cow was killed and the vehicle overturned in the collision.
Columbus Junction May 11. Holland F. Burch a well known farmer was seriously injured on his farm when the team hitched to a disc frightened and ran away. He suffered a compound fracture of the right leg a broken right shoulder and severe cuts and bruises. He was taken by ambulance to Bellevue hospital Muscatine. Also notes on visitors and local society events in Columbus Junction.
Iowa City May 1 Rank of the University of Iowa s R O T C unit for 1935 will be determined Friday at the annual inspection by United States army officers. The battalion has been rated excellent for six years and must show proficiency in various branches to gain the distinction. The federal inspection precedes Governor s day review when 1 200 members maneuver before Gov Clyde L Herring.
Alvin Kilgore aged 26 confessed friendship with Phil McCamey. He was arrested in Omaha after a gun battle here and in Council Bluffs last night. Local authorities report ongoing questioning and possible charges.
The Rev T M Balcoff, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Columbus Junction, died suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday afternoon in Kirkwood Illinois. He leaves a widow Edith Greiger Balcoff a son Charles Madison Wisconsin and a daughter Meredith a Bristol Virginia college student. He studied at Perk college Missouri and McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago and served multiple Illinois congregations. He was active in the Odd Fellows and local community.
Chicago stockyards set a new top price for cattle as Fred Attebury of Mitchell Nebraska received 16.25 dollars per hundred pounds for a 1232 pound load of steers. The sale marks the highest cattle price since January 1930.
In Collier's Weekly Ray Mollenoauer notes sneezing has carried various meanings. Early Christians crossed themselves medieval Europe feared the soul leaving the body. Turkestan links sneezing to truth, Scotland to wisdom, many places say God bless you to ward off misfortune.
A suspect was arrested today and charged in the probable fatal shooting of Policeman Webb Miller of Council Bluffs, marking a critical development in the case as investigators pursue charges and further details.
Fifteen judges will rate contestants in 353 events at the state high school music festival hosted by the University of Iowa from Thursday to Saturday. The panel includes conductors and educators such as Richard Czerwonky, N DeRobertis, Frank Simon, Victor Grabel, Jacob Evanson, Henry Weld, Carol Pitts, Edgar Gordon, Joseph Maddy, Wendell Sanderson, William Norton, Otto Kraushaar, Philip G Clapp, Max Daehier, and Harold Baltz.
Frank C. Walker, a New York attorney born 1886 in a Pennsylvania coal town, was chosen by President Roosevelt to head the division of applications and information for work relief funds. He will coordinate project data for an estimated share of up to 20 billion dollars in construction, working with Harold Ickes Rexford Tugwell and Harry Hopkins.
Nathaniel Hurd of Boston engraved the earliest known American book plate in 1740 for Thomas Dering. The work marks a notable colonial-era artistic achievement and links Boston craftsman to a New England patron.
Wallace Beery appears in his greatest film West Point of the Air opening Thursday at the State Theatre. The story centers on Randolph Field Texas with Beery as Grizzled Sergeant bridging army air days to modern aviation. Beery, a transport pilot, brings warmth and authority to a dramatic tale of aviation's future.
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