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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1937
Page
1
Vinton again approves a 50 000 bond issue for a new $70 000 elementary school building. The vote margin is 323 to 23, echoing an earlier election struck down by a joker clause though with a similar ratio.
Mrs John Middlekoop, wife of the Huskers runner up, escorted along the course to support her husband. She ducked inside ropes after officials ordered her out, borrowed a ribbon, and timed him, but he never dropped below 57 ears per minute.
Petitions circulated in Black Hawk county protest the Iowa state conservation commission closed season on pheasants mink and muskrat. Sportsmen claim they were misled into believing an open season would run November 12 13 and 14 and that licenses and equipment were bought in anticipation.
Des Moines state director C. H. Talbot announced this week that roles for the Federal Theatre play Boy Meets Girl will be assigned. The production will open in Des Moines for three nights before touring northwestern Iowa reaching Fort Dodge Spencer Storm Lake Carroll and Traer with three New York actors remaining through the run.
Red Oak with 5,786 residents made its final payment of 2300 dollars to retire a bonded debt dating back 68 years. The last issue, 150000 dollars for street improvements, was on January 22, 1924. The town also owns its waterworks and cemetery.
A. L. Leidig er of Marion died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Dr. J. J. Terrall, deputy Linn county coroner, found he had 4701 on his person. He had been drawing old age assistance of 160 a month since February 1, 1936.
A Des Moines man posing as Al J. Moore was accused of stealing as he attempted to lift a watch from Mrs. Siugco Nisson of Reinbeck during the state cornhusking contest in Oskaloosa. Moore was captured with two others after the assault and seventeen pocketbooks were reported stolen at the event.
Jacqueline Singmaster a Keota neighborhood child was taken to Washington County Hospital for head injury X rays after tumbling from a moving car on primary road No 77 near Keota yesterday. The child was unnoticed in the vehicle when the door opened and she fell out.
Funeral services for Mrs. J Dowis of Keota who died Monday of a heart attack will be held Thursday at 2 30 pm at the Marsh funeral home in Keota. She was 77 years old.
A $3,519.50 pledge report shows progress for the Washington Y M C A next year budget, with $5,000 goal and renewed drive ahead. Details include per-ward gifts and a call for broad community support to sustain the Y's program. Mary Lee Williams learns her husband Ben Yocum is her brother after adoption records reveal shared lineage.
Nor man H. Davis heads the American delegation at the Brussels nine power parley. He urges Japan to aid China in halting the war and submitting disputes to peaceful mediation and appeals to all warring nations to listen to reason. The conference, opened under Belgian auspices, aims to resolve the war through dialogue.
Prof. M. M. Updegraff of the University of Iowa College of Law will be Armistice Day speaker for Leon Beatty post American Legion. He will address cadets at 11 a.m. at the high school and speak at a banquet that evening hosted by the Legion Auxiliary. The post shows 100 percent membership and aims to win the Cole flesh trophy. The group plans a community skating pond and a free Fourth of July fireworks display next summer.
The obituary notes a mother of Tom Dowis of Washington aged years old, survived by two daughters and two other sons, including Mrs. Charles Bower in Canada, Ben Dowis of Aurora Illinois, Mrs. Charles Mattison and Floyd Dowis of Keota.
Iowa safety officials report that careless driving now accounts for a large share of crashes in 1937. Data show rising counts for speeding, skidding, driving on the wrong side, and failures to stop, with drunkenness a smaller factor than in 1936.
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon in Des Moines for Odes E K Brookhart, former Washington resident who died yesterday after long illness. Burial will be in Des Moines. Surviving wife, two sons Robert and Harold, and daughter Violet. Brother Attorney T L Brookhart and sisters Myrtle Poole and Della Brookhart travel from Washington for the funeral. Several additional Brookhart siblings listed, including late Senator Smith W Brookhart of Hyattsville Md and May Quinn of Nichols Iowa.
In Washington the farm bill proposal for compulsory corn marketing control met strong opposition from House Agriculture Committee members. Rep Coffee dismissed it as needing a police force on every farm, while Rep Gilchrist favored voluntary measures tied to soil conservation. Chairman Jones said the issue rests with the corn producers as Wickard’s plan would impose a 25 percent requirement.
Preston Wolf, a cooperative weather observer for Washington, notes a broad October range with highs near 77 degrees on the 29th and lows around 28 on the 23rd and 27th. Rainfall totaled 1.91 inches, largely from two days the 17th and 19th, with no rain since the 19th.
OSKALOOSA Lee Stodgell, who regained the state corn husking crown, lost it next year, and now backs the sport, farms 100 acres of corn on a 200 acre Louisa County property using a mechanical corn picker. A cent a bushel penalty applies to corn sold above the quota set by the secretary of agriculture.
Chauffeurs and truck drivers in Washington County may renew their licenses by applying to the license examiners who visit every Wednesday. If no disqualifying conditions are found, licenses for 1938 will be issued upon presenting current year licenses. Those who fail to renew by January 1 must take examinations. first time exam takers receive licenses for 1937 with 1938 licenses issued later.
Mrs. S. R. Bell of Keota and Mrs. W. L. Brinning of Rubio were among Washington shoppers today.
Dougherty Brothers, longtime Washington clothing merchants, announce closing out sale in the Journal. The brothers started in May 1889 in the same room on the square, built the business with ownership of the building, and will wind down operations tomorrow as a new tenant search begins.
Dwight Hoyle of Washington county placed seventh in the state corn husking contest held yesterday on a farm near Oklahoma. There were 18 contestants. The state title went to Lee Stodgelt of Louisa county, the oldest contestant. Net pounds husked: Louisa 2,337. John Middlekoop 2,283 Mahuska. John Van de Kamp 2,280 Marshall. Ivy Carlson 3,275 Boone. Walter Johannsen 2,266 Audubon. Carl Carlson 2,161. Dwight Hoyle 2,153 Washington. Martin Olson 2,074.
E. J. Whetstone of Johnson County was sentenced by Judge P. J. Siegers to four months in the county jail after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
New York voters ousted Tammany Hall in mayoral, district attorney, and a special congressional contest as La Guardia won a landslide on a Republican fusion ticket over Jeremiah Mahoney. Dewey claimed the DA post by a large margin, while Bruce Barton defeated Stanley Osserman for the congressional seat. In New Jersey, A Harry Moore narrowly won a third term governor. Detroit CIO efforts collapsed in a city council race with a landslide against CIO slate.
Ed Sorrell, proprietor, announces Sorrells Mce to North Iowa Ave. The business occupies a 30 by 40 foot building at 313 North Iowa with a large lot, expanding from the old East Second site to provide greater facilities for better service.
Mrs. Don C. Bell and her daughter Marilyn will travel to Muscatine this evening for a two day visit with Mrs. Omer Jones. Mr. Bell will drive them to Muscatine and then to Moline Illinois where they will stay with Mrs. Bell’s sister Mrs. Dunsmore Guthrie for the weekend.
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