29 Nov 1938
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1938
Page
1
The trial of A. Beck, a former Ottumwa resident and ex-president of the Farmers Credit Co, was continued in district court until next week on charges of falsifying corporate records.
Cedar Falls officials report 1,780 students registered for the winter quarter second period with 1,175 women among 1,750 current registrants. Last fall enrollment was about 1,909.
Letter carrier John Gile saw a buck deer crossing the road in the We ker settlement near Burlington. Mrs. Walter also reported the sighting, the first in years, with others noting the animal as word spread.
Atlantic-Cassie Knight and Addie Dill Wells pleaded guilty to stealing two pigs. Knight receives nine months in jail while Wells faces a 51 month reformatory term in Rockwell City. A justice of the peace later marries the couple in court.
The final day of Iowa duck season shows thousands of ducks inland in corn fields five to twenty miles from the river. They avoid the Mississippi, resting on open ice patches as hunting on the river overall proves poor due to high water and scarce feed. Hunters note better shooting in the last three weeks as birds moved into fields.
Edwin Pullin 238 and Ralph ONeill 17 of Eagle Grove ride in a car that left the road, plunged 200 feet through a ditch, smashed a heavy wire fence, leaped a 35 foot creek, climbed a bank and wandered back to the road before stopping. Pullin’s chin was scratched while ONeill was uninjured. The car was wrecked.
Mrs. Kate McDowell aged 61 died in her Pershing home as she combed her hair before being taken to jail on a bootlegging charge. Deputy Howard Kading said she apparently died of a heart attack while federal and state officers waited with her.
Ten defendants, mostly high school youths, pleaded not guilty in Keokuk to participating in a gang that won about 1750 since December by fixing bank night drawings at local theaters. Indicted on cheating by false pretenses or conspiracy to defraud, the ring used stage judges and sleight of hand to swap winning tickets and share profits.
Iowa Governor Miller forces a high level reshuffle in the motor vehicle division as Tom Pettit agrees to lead the state patrol under strict conditions. Miller also names James R. Leverett to replace Harry Crenshaw as Iowa real estate commissioner.
Des Moines reports state motor vehicle commissioner Lew Wallace argues under Iowa law the commissioner controls highway patrol appointments and his term starts after bond approval by the state executive council. Earl Miller, secretary of state elect, has named T Harry Vicker to the post and Des Moines police Captain Tom Pettit to succeed Chief John Hattery.
President Roosevelt was to appoint Edward C. Eicher of Washington Iowa to the Securities and Exchange Commission to replace John Hanes recently named under secretary of the treasury. Eicher, a former Republican congressman, would bring the SEC to its full five members and is expected to be confirmed in Washington.
Troops and police detachments moved across France as Premier Daladier prepared to preserve order and maintain services during tomorrow’s general strike. In Paris area troops stood by in barracks and about 40,000 soldiers were stationed on the outskirts at Versailles Sens and Fontainebleau.
Santa Claus is due in Washington next Saturday December 3 arriving at 130 PM in an automobile. He will spend the afternoon in town and hand out candy to visiting children. The business district will be decorated for the holiday season with a large park tree and lights, greenery, and wreaths adornment along streets and toward the band stand.
Lee Edwards born December 4 1873 died at Bellevue hospital Muscatine after a heart attack. Funeral plans incomplete interment in River Junction cemetery. Survived by two sons Paul Gladwin Arnold Columbus Junction two daughters Mrs William Swailes Columbus Junction Mrs Merle Flake Lone Tree three brothers Daniel Haskins Charles Iowa City Hal Newton Mo four sisters Opal Nichols Minnie Hazen Washington Ella Blackburn Detroit Blanch Breece Newton five grandchildren.
Iowa State College report notes corn prices strengthened during Thanksgiving week due to AAA’s 57 cent can price, better business activity, and strong export demand. Farmers plan loans and local purchases, while export demand from Argentina remains crucial. If prices climb, livestock feeding and sow numbers may ease as the loan program aims to curb hog supply.
Harley Noel of Washington pleaded guilty to larceny of poultry in district court. Judge Patterson sentenced him to 30 days in the county jail. Noel had been jailed nearly two months awaiting action after stealing 19 chickens from Cora Crumpacker. Tom Collins received two additional months on an operating while intoxicated charge. Crandall faces trial on a separate assault with intent to commit great bodily injury. Jury returns tomorrow as expected. Griff in Wesely case settled. Laird Hawkins slated for arraignment on intoxicated driving charges.
Two rescued from a United Airliners crash off Point Reyes California 1000 yards from shore. Pilot Charles Stead of Seattle and passenger Isadore R. Edelstein of San Jose were pulled from the surf. Five others including co pilot Lloyd Jones stewardess Frans Bobbie Clay and four passengers were reported missing feared dead. Coast guardsman John Buckly reported no bodies in the wreck as the plane was pounded by waves.
James Havel Jr of north of Ainsworth is announced winner of the BR. & B. store corn contest. His submitted car measured just under fifteen inches. He will receive a new suit or topcoat at his next visit to the B. & B. store. About five bushels of corn were submitted, estimated by Phil Antonoff, proprietor.
The Republican National Committee met in Washington DC on November 29 to fill vacancies and plan for the 1940 campaign. Ex-Senator Dan Hastings of Delaware and Harvey Jewett Jr of South Dakota were elected to the executive committee. New York delegates Kenneth F Simpson and Ruth Pratt were not seated amid controversy connections to the American Labor Party and specific campaign roles.
Arthur Carlson arrives in Washington to work in the service department of the Smart and Parrish Implement Company after leaving McCormick Deering in Keokuk and previously in North Liberty Indiana His wife and their baby will relocate January 1 to join him at his new post.
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