Kalona Garden Club to Host Spring Flower Exhibit
Kalona Kalona Garden club will hold a spring flower exhibit in the high school gymnasium on May 25.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1938
Page
1
CBS casting director to teach at Iowa State summer
Earle McGill the CBS casting director from New York will teach radio courses at the State University of Iowa two weeks this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Columbia Broadcasting System
Earle McGill
New York
State University of Iowa
Coe Freshman Wins Ex Tempore Speech Contest at Chapel
Kathryn Skow of Newton, a Coe College freshman, won an extempore speaking contest sponsored in the chapel by the Pi Kappa Delta national forensic fraternity. Betty Jane Levsen of Wyoming and Robert Blaine of Cedar Rapids were the other contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Kathryn Skow
Newton
Pi Kappa Delta
National Forensic Fraternity
Betty Jane Levsen
Wyoming
Robert Blaine
Perry man claims skill to make non counterfeit coins
Des Moines W R Starling of Perry, held on a counterfeiting case, told reporters he could teach the United States mint a few things. He said, I know how to make a coin that could not be counterfeited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. R. Starling
Perry
United States Mint
Mint
Starling
Medical Student Wins Baldridge Prize for Dissertation
Sidney Sands of Des Moines won the Baldridge Memorial prize, awarded annually by the State University of Iowa for the best medical student paper. He received a $100 cash prize for his dissertation, A Study of Mengeal Permeability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Baldridge
State University of Iowa
Sidney Sands
Des Moines
Sands
Largest individual mortgage filed on Eldora farm lands
Records show a $72,530 mortgage on 3,095 acre Eldora area farm lands held by Harry Marks for the National Livestock Credit Corp of St. Louis Missouri. The loan covers properties in Hardin Franklin and Wright counties pledged by I. C. and Geneva Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Harry Marks
National Livestock Credit Corp
of &. Louis
Hardin, Franklin and
Wright County
Yernjee Hamilton
Iowa City Student Dies After Canoe Rescue Attempt
Johnny Elberts aged 23 of Iowa City drowned while attempting to rescue a fellow student after their canoe capsized near Iowa City. The co-ed companion Doris Brokaw of Fort Dodge, a sophomore nursing student, was rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Iowa City
Iowa
Johnny Elberts
Doris Brokaw
Fort Dodge
State University of Iowa Hospital
Doctor Is Patient in Own Hospital After Fall
Dr. O H L Banton, a physician at the hospital, tripped on a stair and cut his hand through a glass door while carrying his golf bag. He treated himself and checked into the facility for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
O. HL. Banton
Farmer Dies After Harrow Over Tractor Accident
Ottumwa report details 14 year old Wapello county farmer Elmer Hendricks injured while harrowing a neighbor’s field. His chest was crushed and neck broken when the harrow chain grabbed the tractor, lifting the implement onto him. he died en route to a hospital. He was found by his brother, William F. Hendricks, pinned beneath the harrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Elmer Hendricks
Wapello County
Hendricks
William F. Hendricks
Encore crowd steals show at Pella tulip festival
Between 16 000 and 20 000 people filled the Dutch town for a final tulip glimpse on a Sunday. Traffic was six blocks long as festival officials say the encore crowd surprised locals. Fifteen hundred pounds of Pella bologna and half a ton of Dutch cookies were sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Detective nabbed man after three days stakeout
Detective Denis Collins watched for three days at the union stock yards in Chicago and arrested a driver with a truckload of white faced steers matching stolen livestock reports from Iowa. The cattle were taken into custody to recover the rustled herd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Denis Collins
Union
Chicago
Iowa
Collins
Lost Civil War Veteran Doctor J C Boice Dies in Washington
Dr J C Boice a Civil War veteran and longtime physician in Washington County died at 1 30 this morning at his home 21 South Marion avenue He had been in frail health but bedfast only four weeks He was the county’s last surviving Civil War veteran and an elder in the United Presbyterian Church for over 60 years Funeral Thursday at 2 30 at United Presbyterian Church with Rev William M Nichol Jr officiating Burial at Elm Grove cemetery Honorary pallbearers will include members of the Washington County Medical Society and church elders Born Sept 12 1846 in Mechanicstown Ohio he enlisted in 1862 served in the 98th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later in the Sixth Ohio Cavalry He rejoined the army and fought in Cold Harbor Malvern Hill and other engagements Mustered out June 27 1865 He moved to Washington in 1865 and began medical study at Keokuk Medical College before practicing in Ainsworth and then Washington for decades His son Dr Clyde A Boice was long his medical partner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Boice
Washington
Marion Avenue
L. F. Sigafoose
Ohio
Bolee
Sixth Ohio Cavalry
Sheridan
Cold Harbor
Malvern Hill
Petersburg
Boonesboro
Iowa
Boone County
Carpenter
Mary F. Crawford
Boone
Crawfordeville
Rolce Frame
Ainsworth
Keokuk
Tran
Clyde A. Bolee
Boice
Band Program Set For Tonight And Saturday Contest
Director Maurice Brayton announced Washington High School bands will perform at Case field tonight if the weather holds, otherwise at eight tonight at Case field. They will travel to Minneapolis Saturday for the regional contest with tickets at 25 cents and funds totaling 354 raised toward the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Brayton
Uhis
Minneapolis
Brayton
Cise Field
Washington High School
Case Field
Glenn B. Holden
Chamber of Commerce
Holden
Washington
Chinese Deng Jap Victories May Signal Battle for Suchow
Reports from Hankow say a major clash could erupt over Suchow the Lunghai railway hub with Japanese claims of victory contradicting Chinese statements that Suchow remains under Chinese control and not to be withdrawn.
Miss Dempsey Hurt in Automobile Crash
Miss Lucy Dempsey of Washington connected with the National Bank of Washington escaped serious injury in a morning car crash on primary road 218 near Highland Center schoolhouse. Her injuries were a severe bruise on the head, a knee bruise, other minor bruises, and a severe shaking up. the car skidded on damp pavement, left the road, and overturned into a ditch before being extricated and brought to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Dempsey
Washington
National Bank of Washington
Town City
Highland Center School House
Miss Dempsey
Men at Work: Everett Simkins Servicing at Ainsworth Station
Everett Simkins photographed at the Sinclair oil station in Ainsworth where he has run a service station for five years. Ainsworth native, he has lived there seventeen years, attended Washington and Ainsworth schools, and is a United Presbyterian church member. He is married to Myrtle Long and they have three children, Billy Darline and Rosemary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Journal
Alva Sands
Everett Simkins
Sinclair Oil
Everett
Washington
United Presbyterian Church
Myrtle Long
Billy
Darline
Rosemary
Welfare Worker Succeeds Miss Creswell in County
Washington county board seeks a qualified welfare worker to replace Miss Helen Creswell who resigns to lead WPA women's projects in Polk county. The board notes the new director must be trained, as welfare standards tie to WPA requirements. Creswell moves to Des Moines with a higher salary and greater responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Creswell
Washington County
WPA
Polk County
Board of Supervisors
Misa Creswell
Creswell
Washington
Marion Baker
Landon Sees Free Press Threat in Roosevelt Policy
Alfred M. Landon assailed Senator Sherman Minton’s congressional measure as a dire threat to the press. He accused Roosevelt of backing the bills that would curb speech and criticized the president for not opposing Mayor Frank Hague’s activities. The former GOP candidate spoke at the Inland publishers association in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Roosevelt
Alfred M. Landon
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Frank Hague
Jersey City
Congress
Landon
Inland Publishers Association
Troopers to Stand Inspection Thursday
Troop F 113th Cavalry will hold its annual inspection Thursday at eight o'clock with Captain Jay Brown announcing the event. Regular army officer Captain Clyde Bell will act as inspective officer, and notable Iowa cavalry officers Gen Ray Venter Col Maxwell O'Brien and Major C J Lambert plan to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
113Th Cavalry
Jay Brown
Clyde Bell
Regular Army Cavalry
Iola
Kan
114Th Cavalry
Washington
Iowa Cavalry
Ray Venter
Iowa City
Maxwell O'Brien
Oskaloosa
C. J. Lambert
Sigourney
Oklahoma Outlaws at the State Theater
Al Clauser and his Oklahoma Outlaws appear in Washington for a live show at the State Theater on Wednesday. The program pairs their cowboy band act with the Roy Rogers picture Under Western Stars, featuring western heroes. The Outlaws are famed from radio and screen and once drew record Wednesday attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Clauser
Washington
Roy Rogers
Outlaws
Terminal Hotel Fire Toll Expected to Rise in Atlanta
Fire Chief C. J. Parker warned the death toll from yesterday’s Terminal hotel blaze would exceed 28 as crews comb through the wreckage. He said many occupants remained unaccounted for and that more victims likely would be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terminal
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta
Uncle Charles Rag an death linked to Wheatland origin in 1932
Charles Ragan of Washington learns his uncle Charles Ragan died in Denver in summer 1932 after years of no contact. Wheatland, Wyoming, records show the elder Ragan, a Wheatland pioneer, arrived with a telephone crew about 45 years ago, worked in ranching, then ran the Hudson Essex agency before moving to Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ragan
Uncle
Wyoming
Washington
Denver
Wheatland
Wyo
Charles
Ragan
Cassa
Col. F. E. Dunn
Hudson-Essex Automobile Agency
Plane searchers abandon mission in poor visibility
In Burbank California two planes sent to locate a missing Lockheed aircraft with nine aboard including four women and two children turned back after minutes due to mountain visibility. Hundreds of men including 300 camp enrollees joined canyon and hill searches near the last seen location. The new Lockheed craft was bound for St Paul Minnesota with an Nevada stop planned, a two hour flight under normal conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
Calif
INS
Lockheed
St. Paul
Minn
Nevada
Rain Drenches Towns with Hefty Totals
Early this morning a brisk shower dropped 0.85 inches, soaking the soil. Heavy rainfall was reported across several cities with Marshalltown and Jefferson at 2.22 inches, Davenport 1.94, Iowa City 1.59, Muscatine 0.78, and Cedar Rapids 1.24 inches. Washington recorded a 75 degree high and 54 degree low, the warmest in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Marshalltown
Jefferson
Davenport
Iowa City
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Paving Project for Primary Road No 2 Discussed by City Council
Washington city council discussed possible paving of Streets on primary road No 2 through town with state highway commission next year though no definite program was set. Other items included oil station permit, dirt disposal for the North Second avenue underpass, theater license changes, and deferred contract for city gasoline and oil purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Washington
Washington City Council
State Highway Board
State Commission
Don Watson
W. P. Barth
Phillips Ofl Company
West Madison Street
North Second Avenue
West Main Street
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California
J.C. Boice
J. €. Boice
Deng Jap
Haskis
Miss Creswell
Polk Co
Tude
Brown
Oklahoma Outlaws
Wheatland Pioneer
Visi
Bility
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