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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1933
Page
1
Muscatine defeated Washington 7 to 6 on Friday night as Eddie Dillon connected with Captain Alen Potts for a late score. Washington threatened late, but Muscatine preserved the edge with a goal line stand and a key pass play.
Mrs William Russell Maena president general of the Daughters of American Revolution will broadcast tonight at 7 45 central over the NBC coast to coast network. The program promotes the NRA and centers on the topic Practical Patriotism.
The section highlights colorful advertisements showcasing owners and their buildings with visible photographs, underscoring visual appeal in the classified pages.
Oklahoma City reports life imprisonment for Harvey Bailey Albert Bates KK G Shannon and Mrs Ora Shannon for roles in the 290000 Urschel kidnapping of oil magnate Charles Urschel. Armon Shannon gets ten years with sentence suspended. Paul accomplices Skelly and Berman receive five year terms. Katherine Kelly pleads guilty but may face trial next week.
Carl Hubbell, Giants ace, grabbed his second win in four days against the Washington Senators, 2-1 in eleven innings. The victory places New York three games to one in the World Series, with the Giants needing one more win to clinch the 1953 title.
The sixteenth annual Iowa Christian Endeavor Union convention meets at Sigourney Christian Church today and Sunday. Leaders Earnest Sumpso n of Washington and Eva Diller of Washington head events as district realignment creates 15th and 16th districts. Dr F W Eastwood speaks Saturday on The Steadfastness of Christ, with regional and state officers in attendance. a union service, social hour, and fellowship banquet precede the closing benediction Sunday afternoon. Registration is 25 cents and lodging is provided.
The Iowa board of railroad commissioners schedules hearings in November for four motor freight carrier petitions. Centrox Dairy seeks authorization to move freight between Centerville and Mystic in Appanoose County. Sieke Motor lines requests extension to multiple cities including Mediapolis and Oskaloosa. Seaton Freight Lines eyeing routes to Washington and other towns. M. J. Casa Co seeks expansion to Dubuque and Cedar Rapids area towns.
In Pontiac Michigan Patrolman Homer Axford presented a gavel to Judge H Russell Holland amid concern the judge might strike himself while pounding in court. The incident underscores worries about courtroom tensions and judge safety.
In a satirical scene set during a World Series broadcast, the U S faces low mood in the ninth. Unemployment scores the decisive run as Roosevel at bat drives in the winning hit with three balls two strikes and bases loaded.
In Missoula Montana an anonymous woman buyer and Volstead Act supporter bought a trunk for 7.50 at an auction. Opening it revealed 48 pints of pre war whiskey valued at 160 dollars or more by experts, a profitable surprise for the purchaser.
A fragment notes a scene in a courtroom or meeting where a bench figure interacts with a fist or ink bottle, signaling a possible dispute or formal act. The readable wording hints at a tense moment involving authority and symbolic objects.
Province Town Massachusetts report notes George N. Gibson a Boston traveling salesman visits the Cape Cod fishing port monthly for 30 years and has seen sun shine only once. The piece emphasizes steady routine and rare clear weather during his visits.
Colorado Springs resident Risden, age 74, has worn a shirt and socks since they were made by his grandmother in Tiffin Ohio in 1859. The veteran wearer continues to use the garments most days.
Theater patrons will be pleased with improved sound after installation of Wide Range Reception equipment at the State Theatre. The specially built systems capture high and low frequencies for clearer speech and music with fuller bass and brighter treble. Des Moines first to install the new units.
A heavy killing frost is forecast for Iowa tonight with a new low for the season. Federal Meteorologist Charles D. Reed notes the first frost often arrives around Oct 9, while temperatures dipped early today and are expected to rise Sunday afternoon. Albert Zieglowaky of Havre was in Des Moines on business.
In Washington D C on October 7 the New York Giants lead the World Series five to one in the fifth game with Schumacher facing Crowder. In New York in the second inning Jackson and Mancuso hit, scoring runs as the Giants push ahead. The Senators threaten in the fifth but fail to convert with two on base. The Giants hold a three run edge after five innings despite Washington’s early rally. President Roosevelt was expected to attend but did not due to official business.
Portland reports that Martha Olsen, 24, who had already spent two days buried in Seattle, is ordered not to continue a month long underground confinement in a heated lighted casket. Health authorities deem the act unhealthy.
Giants shortstop Blondy Ryan delivered an eleventh inning base hit to win the game and then started a double play to end the Senators rally in the same frame.
United Press reports eleven people died on Iowa highways during an Indian summer weekend. Des Moines victims included Mrs. Omer Tarr and Mrs. Suville Davis along with children Pauline Davis aged six and Gordon Hicks aged seven. Others killed were Wesley Smith, Dale Smith, Henry Reilke, China Hage, James Sellers, James Macumber, and an unnamed woman near Stuart.
Philip King and Raymond Jacobsen of Minot North Dakota are visiting at the Mrs Augusta Luithly residence.
President Roosevelt at the Samuel Gompers memorial dedication called for putting capital labor disputes aside to fight the depression. He warned the few resisting recovery must be restrained and criticized radicals and those chasing dollars over human need. He cited past critics of New York legislation restricting women’s work to 64 hours.
Washington October 7 plan to present a farm code to President Roosevelt by representatives of farmers organizations. EK Kennedy and John Boesch say the proposal aims to extend NRA benefits to farmers and gain official support after meetings with Washington officials. The sponsors intend to organize about 60 percent of the industry before a hearing, inviting the National Orange but not the Farm Bureau Federation.
Edward KE Jones 72 longtime Columbus Junction merchant died at Iowa Lutheran hospital Des Moines after a brief illness He was born in 1861 at Columbus City son of Lewis and Mary Jones He married Fannie Jones in 1887 and Anna Hughes in 1891 Two wives died. surviving daughter Lulu Mrs Otis Mollenhoff Des Moines a sister Mia Jones Columbus Junction a brother John Jones Los Angeles and three grandchildren
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