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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1939
Page
1
Sioux City report states Billy Butcher, 13, is held by police in a case charging him with the fatal stabbing of Gail Ernst, 15. Ernst died from a knife wound in the upper abdomen after a fight. the weapon has not been recovered.
Spencer editor ARNOLDS PARK Green began developing 88 acre Emersons Bay tract on west Okoboji lake into a year round resort. When finished it will have 30 cottages and cabins a boat livery a bathing beach a store and tea room. Winter sports including skiing tobogganing and skating planned.
Kappa Theta Psi at Iowa State Teachers College captured two of three scholarship honors for the previous year, highlighting the sorority's academic achievement.
The Iowa City council voted unanimously to defeat the proposal to adopt daylight saving time during the summer season.
A prospective bridegroom telephoned Monroe county clerk Herbert Larson from Peoria Illinois saying he would be in Albia in May to purchase a marriage license.
Mrs. W. H Hurley of Wapello sustained severe cuts and possible internal injuries when the car driven by her husband, a Wapello attorney, was struck by a Milwaukee freight train at a crossing in Muscatine.
James Keith Melcher posed as a veteran for three years and defrauded the soldiers relief fund of about 600 dollars. Judge E W Dingwell sentenced him to seven years at Fort Madison penitentiary for obtaining relief under false pretenses in Knoxville.
Mrs. Lester Walters of Shenandoah, wife of a local banker, was hospitalized after her bicycle collided with her son Donald. She was knocked unconscious, and suffered a scalp cut and a broken arm from the fall.
Charles City asks Lowell Lapham, senior at Charles City High School, won a Miller scholarship at Oberlin College Ohio. The award, one of twenty given yearly to men, covers full tuition for four years valued at 1200 dollars. Lapham is son of J. C. Lapham superintendent of Charles City schools.
Kenneth Mc Jeny aged 20 from Cedar Rapids was killed near Edridge when a four wagon wheel team pulled by four runaway horses passed over him in a Goettache barnyard. He had been employed by Florence Berger and was in the barn at the time.
A Turkish dispatch reports Turkey and Great Britain reached a security cooperation agreement to deter German Italian expansion in southern and southeastern Europe with Turkey as a key anchor. Terms to be announced Monday in Ankara and London. The note comes amid Vatican mediation efforts and ongoing German Polish tensions.
Detroit police captured Orville Watson Ed Riley and 22 year old Susanna Smith in a gun battle and car chase. Earlier Riley lured Dr Sigmund Hershfeld Chicago surgeon to a Chicago apartment and forced him at gunpoint to remove a bullet from Watson during an attempted holdup that left a bystander dead and two officers wounded. Watson walked into the station despite his injuries. Hershfeld said he was forced to operate with a razor blade.
Floyd Grecian and his crew work to remove debris from the Home bakery fire basement on East Washington street. He reports a satisfactory insurance settlement and repairs to reusable equipment, aiming to reopen in two to three weeks. Building owner Dr. Howard Anderson of Oklahoma City and local manager Ralph Dougherty oversee the property.
More than five thousand young men have already applied for CMTC camps in the Seventh corps area this summer. Camps run July 6 to August 4 at Fort Leavenworth Fort Crook Des Moines Snelling Lincoln and Jefferson Barracks with a July 20 to August 18 session at Camp Joseph T Robinson. All expenses are paid by the government. applicants aged 17 to 24 in good health should apply to CMTC Officer in Omaha Nebraska.
State Highway Patrolman K Rhoades presented two cases before Justice J E Bovee in Washington. Max Richenberger of Wayland pleaded guilty to driving without a required chauffeur license and was fined five dollars plus costs. Don Stutsman of Washington was fined five dollars and costs after a collision at the court house corner with a truck driven by Rex Nickerson. The fine followed Section 316 of Iowa Motor Vehicle laws on speed restrictions.
Two new widely acclaimed films start Sunday at local Washington theaters. Alexander Graham Bell weaves romance and adventure around the inventor who battled in court for his telephone patents, featuring Don Ameche and Loretta Young at the State. You Can't Take It With You breaks Broadway records and draws nationwide chatter.
Traffic law states drivers must travel at a prudent speed not exceeding what is reasonable given road conditions and must be able to stop within the assured clear distance ahead. It also allows one to assume other road users will obey the law.
President Roosevelt called on coal operators and the United Mine Workers to reach a fair workable agreement to end the nationwide strike paralyzing the soft coal industry. He urged continued negotiations in a spirit of give and take to a speedy settlement. John R. Steelman pressed for renewed talks as mines nationwide remain idle. Mills and factories in western Pennsylvania face possible curtailment as the strike continues.
Chief of Police Jay Brown reports more men described as transients on Washington streets as warmer weather returns. Fewer stay overnight in the city jail, while stockyards are used as sleeping places. Many are newly on the road after winter holed up and seek work for meals.
A six month engagement begins at the Fox on Sunday for a new comedy hailed as among the funniest pictures of the year. The review calls it a complete and thorough going piece and notes its strong reception.
The mayor proclaims National Music Week and designates May 7 to 13 as Washington's Music Week. He urges churches clubs societies lodges and organizations to host music programs or talks to showcase local musicians.
The North Second Avenue underpass project, linking Rock Island and Milwaukee railway tracks, should finish within two months barring bad weather. Massman Co. crews, now around 60 workers, poured sidewalk sections and continued wall work north of the tracks, as a temporary bridge and passing tracks advance for the main line bridge.
Washington city assessor Charles E. Lemley announced readiness to aid residents not yet interviewed about homestead tax credits. Eligible property owners should apply before June 1, and Lemley will visit homes if needed to assist with filing. Real estate was not reassessed this year.
Henderson Forsythe, a lyric tenor, will sing two solos at United Presbyterian church on Sunday morning as part of the first day of music week. Additional special music is planned for both morning and evening services.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth sailed from Portsmouth for Canada and the United States to begin a goodwill tour. The Empress of Australia carried 23 royal party members with a military guard and cheering crowds. In Portsmouth the couple received the keys to the city. In Montreal the royal menu plans noted buffalo meat as a Canadian dish.
Supt P L Jordan of the Washington water plant restarts the four drinking fountains for summer. He cites the end of freezing weather in early 1839 and plans to store them again next fall when winter returns.
Physical examinations and immunizations for preschool children will be conducted May Sth to May 12 at centers in Brighton West Chester Richer Washington Lexington New Haven Jackson Center Rubio. In the past week 73 children were examined and 60 were vaccinated with 24 receiving diphtheria vaccine.
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