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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1938
Page
1
Des Moines reports E. E. Ryan found work and was given leniency in municipal court after discovering an overtime parking ticket on return. The $1 fine was suspended following his job gain.
Seventy five members of Hampton high school senior class plus sponsors Supt. Arthur E. Rankin and Principal Edna Luce left Hampton by special train for Chicago Illinois for a two day sight seeing tour.
Union County voters show reduced absentee voting with a little over 200 ballots obtained compared with 500 cast in the prior presidential election. Creston’s large population of railroad workers and traveling men explains the previous higher figure.
The North Western railway tests a new 450 watt moving headlight on streamlined locomotives. The light travels in a figure eight pattern along the track ahead to warn cross ings and draw motorists’ attention.
Waterloo Iowa building trades council condemns the works progress administration as set up arguing it unfairly favors private employers. P R Farris of Council Bluffs says the council favors substituting PWA for WPA to avoid contractor conflict and to ensure bids are publicly competitive.
Henry Peterson 40 of Calendar farm hosts an old fashioned husking bee after winning the Ringsted state contest. With 50 acres of corn to harvest and help from two husking machines and handpickers Peterson finishes ahead after competing in county district and state events. He will enter the national husking bee in Sioux Falls South Dakota on Thursday.
Waterloo men Richard Meyne aged 35 and Gernald Johnson aged 29 were jailed on cruelty to animals charges after allegedly clubs were used to drive a neighbor’s 800-pound hog from a cornfield where they worked. They were arrested on a warrant for Daniel Zing, a neighboring farmer. The men said the sow had turned on them and forced the counter attack.
District Judge Y P J Sigers set November 14 for the murder trial of James Burrier 68 of Ottumwa in the slaying of Ed Windahl an elderly money lender found shot at his Oskaloosa home last April A watch near the body aided investigators Ottumwa man C Allison 46 faces trial to follow Burrier in the Windahl case.
George Wright a 70 year old attorney of Council Bluffs collected 1000 from a life insurance policy he had taken 10 years ago to fund his own wake. He plans to convene a meeting of friends to decide how to use the money. He is considering another policy to mature at age 80.
The Y campaign for funds and membership opens with a 7 30 breakfast hosted by President John Winga with Ralph Shannon as speaker. Charle Davis heads the eats as Hi Y boys serve. The $5 000 budget supports building upkeep and program operation.Memberships range from 5 to 15 dollars with donations accepted in any amount to aid boys and the community program.
Mansman Construction moves ahead with excavation and pilings for the North Second avenue underpass for Rock Island and Milwaukee tracks. Temporary bridges for both lines are in place, about 25 workers on site, and plans include early concrete pours before winter. A bystander narrowly avoided injury when a freight car was moved past the site.
Holden of the Farm Bureau Service announces a new locker refrigerator plant will begin construction around November 15. A hollow tile building 35 by 52 feet will rise on North Marion Avenue just south of the Farm Bureau station, facing west, with 460 lockers. Local labor will be used and a single contract covers building and units. Subscriptions for lockers are being taken, stockholders total about 250.
Laird Hawkins of Ainsworth was arraigned in Justice of the Peace J. F. Bo yee court on operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and ordered held to the district court under $500 bond. He was arrested by State Highway Patrolman James Taylor on primary road No 2 east of Washington.
San Francisco reports a settlement reached today ending a fifty five day strike by employees of thirty five department stores. The accord ends a lengthy labor dispute affecting retail workers across the city.
Des Moines sees a rare November heat spike as temperatures reach 81 degrees at 1 PM and 80 at 2 PM, surpassing the prior statewide November record of 79 set on November 7, 1915. Meteorologist Charles D. Reed expects more towns to report new records as readings run up to 30 degrees above normal.
Halloween revelers prompted Chief Jay Brown to station additional officers after minor mischief last night. A shower hit around 10 36 11 and a loud thunderclap sent youths indoors, dampening their spirits.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain defended the Munich pact with Hitler in the house of commons and announced a new accord with Mussolini would be put into force soon. He said the move preserves democracy and avoids force, presenting it as an agreed solution.
Sen A Claire Dewey told a Rotary club there are 2,500,000 Mexicans in the U S and about 2,000,000 unemployed with many on relief. He proposed amending the Social Security Act to require aliens to naturalize before relief eligibility. He argued relief agencies do not distinguish aliens from citizens and urged action to curb job competition.
Washington November 1 The Wage and Hour Administration ruled that newspapers are covered by the wage law. an agreement on wages and related terms ends the dispute.
Mrs. Rose M. Reid announces the 1938 Red Cross campaign will begin Wednesday with a list of volunteers organized by wards and county towns. The roster includes Ward officers, town delegates, and specialists such as school districts and civic groups across Washington County.
Japanese troops landed today at Putsing near Foochow, initiating a new invasion that sent the south China port into turmoil. The assault involved 382 ships, caused banks and government offices to evacuate, and customs to suspend operations as the city became disorganized.
Gothic, a British steamer, and two Spanish vessels were damaged when insurgent air squadrons bombed the water front at Barcelona. Violent fighting raged in Catalonia as a new insurgent offensive entered its third day with claims of the upper hand by both sides.
Mayor RK Lytle proclaims the Washington community should renew Red Cross memberships during the November 2 to Thanksgiving Roll Call. He lauds the Red Cross for year round and disaster relief work, citing floods in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and urges all eligible residents to enroll or rejoin.
The Iowa state parole board ordered parole for 54 convicts including Robert McElroy and Wayne Wellman, Ottumwa natives who robbed a Leighton bank five years ago. They served under life terms later reduced, and will be released around December if not revoked. Also paroled were Glenn Anderson and Bert Johnson, with dozens more in reformatory and penitentiary populations.
Washington reports a secret conference by Agriculture and Treasury officials on expanding the wheat export program. Plans include exporting 100 million bushels of surplus wheat abroad, with potential need for additional financing. Through September the government bought 15 million and sold 11 million bushels at an average loss of 11.5 cents per bushel.
Announcement for a Gillette rally in Iowa City set for Thursday November 3 at 8 o clock in the American Legion building. A dinner at 6 15 in the Hotel Jefferson dining room precedes the event and reservations for the dinner are urged.
Secretary of Agriculture H A Wallace urged the nation s railways to cut freight rates on oranges and grapefruit to help market a large surplus of fruits and other crops in the United States.
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