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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1938
Page
1
Harvey Mighed of Audubon received a ten year prison term for leading a 1936 butter robbery spree. He was the last of the butter robbers who broke into at least 21 creameries across 18 Iowa towns, nets totaling about $17,000.
John Frank 23 of Centerville escaped death when a car driven by Kenneth Carlson of Rockford overturned between Numa and Centerville. Frank was thrown through the windshield and suffered a severe neck injury as glass cut his throat and jugular branches were severed, causing heavy bleeding.
Senator Guy M. Gillette of Iowa spoke at a Davenport cemetery on Memorial Day, praising past fighters and avoiding direct attacks on challenger Otha D. Wearin. He contrasted bravery at cannon fire with facing ridicule and accused greed and selfish ambition of opposing decency. Wearin planned to speak in Burlington that evening.
Wayne Radcliffe 43, a Mason Cit resident and insurance salesman, is hospitalized in Park with the amputation of his left thumb and two fingers. Officers say he was lying between tracks as a Rock Island boxcar was moved, and alcohol may have been involved.
Charles Robinson, 23, of Dubuque, is in critical condition after being struck by a car on the Dubuque Wisconsin high bridge area. He was found unconscious on the highway by Joseph Fiedler of Mineral Point. The vehicle failed to stop and Robinson sustained a possible skull fracture and serious internal injuries.
Delegates at the nineteenth annual state convention discuss dividing Iowa Walther league into two districts. Proponents cite rapid growth and a prior synodical district division as justification and propose following synodical boundaries.
Mrs. Mildred W. Pelzer of Iowa City has informed Postmaster A. C. Kohlaman that the mural for the new federal post office in Waverly will be hung on the north wall of the lobby. The painting shows a Cedar river farm scene from the fifties with a post-rider delivering mail to a farmer and his wife.
Herbert Richards, 29, a farmer, was critically injured two miles east of Rochester on the Elmer Henning farm while attempting to change a switch on a high line pole. He fell to the ground from the shock and was taken to Mercy hospital in Iowa City with a broken back and severe injuries to his head arms and legs.
In Riverview, the Moline Prows beat the Clinton Owls 8 to 2 as outfielders waded through ankle deep water. At the gauge downtown 16.5 feet, flooding hit basements and drew 1,200 fans who laughed at Novikoff and Keosby chasing flies through the puddles.
George Mc Cart, about 75, was found dead in a gas filled Waterloo home. A kitchen burner was open and a coffee pot may have extinguished the flame, leading to the fatal release. Neighbors reported the smell of gas and called the fire department after his family left on a Memorial Day trip.
Leon Brown 11 months old son of Mr and Mrs Malcolm Brown of Miles suffered a skull fracture and bruises after falling down a flight of stairs in their rain-slicked home while riding in a car.
Mrs. George Rudiger chairs the poppy sales committee reporting 209.53 dollars raised Saturday. The Ainsworth group sold 168 poppies earning 17.48 dollars, doubling their previous year’s totals. Top sellers were Georgeanne Rudiger first, Mary Voorhees second, and Mary Baldrige third, with Junior Auxiliary helping.
Richard McCleery will deliver the eighth grade commencement for 137 pupils in Washington county rural areas. The ceremony, Friday at eight in the Methodist church, features Verner Delaney leading school choirs and piano duet by June Longer and Irene Coffman. Scholarships, essays, and top honors are announced with Mary Ellen Duensing and Evalyn Peek ranking highest.
The note expresses gratitude to the general public for generous support and to Ralph Scott for permitting use of his store as headquarters. Appreciation is given to the helpers who worked hard in selling the poppies.
Mr. and Mrs. Milo Roberts of Des Moines visited Sunday with their aunt Mrs Will Shuman.
Dr. Arthur Atack urged two graduating classes to pursue high and holy goals rather than wealth or power. He warned that education is incomplete without developing character, service, and moral and religious convictions, and he urged balance with health and thought. The service included multiple pastors, music by a high school chorus, and instrumental solos.
Memorial day observances across America honored fallen service members with quiet ceremonies at cemeteries. Gettysburg Pennsylvania hosted early events marking Lincoln's dedication of the battlefield, with Senator Vandenberg leading remarks and plans for the blue and gray reunion from June 29 to July 6. President Roosevelt planned to dedicate a $60,000 memorial.
The mutilated body of 12 year old Peter Levine was found washed ashore near his New Rochelle home. Police and government agents called it murder as they investigated the Feb 24 kidnapping after he left his school. District Attorney Walter Sherris labeled the case a clear murder.
John Gordon Birney 70 died at his home 514 South Avenue Ki after an illness that began in January. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at L. A. Jones funeral home with Dr. PF Eastwood officiating. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery. He was born in Washington county March 18 1868, married to Salena Stafford March 18 1891. Surviving: three children Lotte Birney Clara Krotz Homer Birney. three grandchildren George Robert Norma Jean. one brother D C Birney. seven sisters Margaret Bennett Elizabeth Custer Janetta Letta Lisa Ellen Custer Cora Crumpacker. He was a farmer, spent most of life in Washington county.
Prague May 30. Ballots show clear divergence as divisions of Czechoslovakia into nationalist parts emerge. Sudeten Germans in their sections vote strongly while the government party dominates Czech regions.
Dr Atack delivered a memorial sermon on Learn of Honor at a Sunday service for patriotic societies. About 100 members attended the annual pre Memorial Day observance with large delegations from the Women's Relief Corps and American Legion. He praised wartime valor and urged spiritual bravery to preserve peace.
Twelve students of St James school were graduated Sunday at the seven o clock mass celebrated by Rev Henry J Corcoran. The graduates were Theresa Bruty Betty Duncan Ellen Humble Joan Keifer Virginia Payne Paul Peiffer Mary Catherine Redlinger Maynard Reiner Patricia Swift Vivian Welte Harry Whittaker. Vivian Welte received the medal for highest honors and Joan Keifer earned second highest honors for the school year.
Czech soldiers patrolled the western frontier zone during the election period and only one person was reported injured in the tense security operation.
L. F. Sigafoose, born January 7, 1844 in West Virginia, to be the sole living Civil War veteran in Washington County at age 94, recalls service from August 1862 with the 22nd Iowa to Davenport discharge in 1865. He fought at Fort Gibson, Jackson, Champion Hill, the Vicksburg siege, and skirmished through Winchester Cedar Creek and Fisher Hill, heard Lincoln’s proclamation voting for soldiers, and witnessed Lincoln’s assassination in 1865. He lived near Washington, Iowa, and later in the Shiloh community with his wife until her 1912 death. he now lives with his son Howard.
A meeting of Washington county Republican women will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m in the G A R room at the court house. Senator A Claire Dewey will give an address on recent legislation of interest to women. This is the last meeting before the primary. A meeting of all precinct chair-
Eastern Iowa eases from rising waters as a warm sun dries the Des Moines area. Forecasts call for showers and thunderstorms in western regions tonight with cooler temperatures there. Carroll logged 85 degrees for yesterday, Atlantic 62 degrees low.
report notes that men will be held after the meet ing for further actions.
Memorial day ceremonies paid tribute to nearly 400 soldiers buried in Woodlawn and Elm Grove cemeteries. D. C. Nolan and Dean Harland Meads spoke while decoration efforts, led by the Women's Relief Corps, marked the day with parades led by Washington and Municipal bands. Thousands attended in ideal weather.
Last surviving Civil War veteran in the community, L F Sigafoose, visited Washington from his home five miles south of town for Memorial services. He is about 84 years old and received special honors in the ceremonies as graves of other veterans were decorated.
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