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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1927
Page
5
A multi day snapshot from Washington County in October 1917 covers prohibition vote results, local church clergy changes, and community events. Key figures include Dr S J Peterson moving to the A M E church, the 18th amendment leading dry majorities, and local sports results such as Ft Madison 7 Ft Madison 3.
A Graham Theatre program highlights Earle Brown’s Stark Love with mountain locals amid natural scenery and contrasts Silk Stockings with Laura La Plante. The Big Parade at Oswald Theatre star John Gilbert and Gary Cooper in Arizona Bound follow. Also reports on the state wildlife refuge plan, gambling fines, Red Cross goal, frost protection, court death, marriages and divorces, railroad commissioners, and Ames student car usage.
A fugitive with a 20 man force is said to hide in Vera Cruz. President Coolidge opposes a proposed 350 to 400 million tax cut as fiscally infeasible. France seeks tariff equality and US readiness to discuss. Navy seeks authority to modernize ships. Bombings close theatres in St Paul and Minneapolis. Princess Astrid bears a daughter. Shansi offensives progress in Manchuria. Solomon Islanders massacre missionaries and crew. Soviet envoy Rakovsky recalled from France. Three transatlantic planes launch, two German. Bulgaria faces crisis after assassination. Falcon Island volcano erupts. Tornado hits Bell Arkansas, five dead, 88 injured. Reed urges change in Washington. Illinois farmers distrust radical leaders. Heinkel plane heads to US. Ocean City fire ruins town. Western Republicans seek coalition with Norris. Gary, Indiana honors coal era with holiday. Green re-elected AFL president. Summerall recalled. German prison conditions cited. Indianapolis mayor jailed under corruption law. Babe Ruth granary egg claim amuses. Davenport groups oppose prohibition. Military training debated at Iowa University. Mount Pleasant papers changed hands. Road bonds barred for bridges. Coolidge urged corn tariff raise. A harsh winter forecast marked by storms and floods. Dieudonne Costes and Joseph L.
fragments from a listings page note a film titled Stark Love shown Friday and Saturday with the mountaineers as part of a local theater program.
Gerald Wilson and Charles Schupe of Waterloo were seriously injured in a Sunday airplane crash. An immediate sentence of 15 years was given to Tony the Wop for possessing burglar tools. Iowa dads visit their university sons and daughters creating a new statewide dads organization. Stockholders claim Iowa Loan and Trust bank was solvent at closing and remains so, urging production of examiner reports for six months prior. The Iowa corn crop shows an 8 percent rise in September, now 75 percent normal. Fire prevention week begins in Sioux City with four fires. A Drak e Derby proposal from Des Moines to Grinnell for the Drake Grinnell game is from the Drake University Delphic. Art B. Hickox protests. The Iowa Anti-Saloon League supports Enforcing Official Glenn A. Brunson for Iowa Nebraska South Dakota. Veterans in Paris attend Legion convention and visit Washington landmarks. Iowa Red Cross reelects Judge Hubert Utterback as president and Dr A L Murray and Walter St John in leadership. Iowa postmasters elect Charles Lewis president and Grant B. Miller talks. University of Iowa begins its college of the air radio courses for the semester.
A roundup of local items from Washington County includes paving on primary road No 1 north of town to start soon, and Judge D W Hamilton ruling Washington a general depositor in Farmers and Merchants bank. Volunteers of America hold Heart Day. 675 acre McLaughlin farm sold to J G Maxwell and Dr L R Tripp for 50150. GE official to discuss street lighting next Monday. Clay church to mark 25th anniversary. Fifteen speed limit signs arrive for installation. Lone Tree shuts out Wellman 27 0. Washington defeats Williamsburg 19 6. Washington plays Muscatine today. District court adjourned after dividend order. depositor checks expected next month. Faculty members Mead and Bickel hospitalized. wife of assistant principal also hospitalized. Buckley, NY bank VP, visiting parents. Two died in area and a new Scott Sales Co automoble firm opens in Brighton. Local students named editors of Hi-Life. weather permitting, Washington band to Muscatine game. Fire destroys wood shed on East Washington. Aunt Lucia stage play boosts high school attendance. Coach Rice takes 30 players to Muscatine. PTA chief Mrs Haney named county PTA chair. Buckley of Ainsworth dies of pneumonia after two days.
An elderly resident recalls Washington college founded in the 1860s, the 1870s Washington academy, and their notable graduates. He describes the college’s three story brick building, storm damage, and later transition to a junior college in 1927, ending with reflections on alumni.
Brix and French aviators began a planned journey from Pourget flying field in Paris toward South America. The first of October corn crop stood at 73.6 percent of normal indicating reduced yields. Russell Scott, appealing his death sentence six times, reportedly died by suicide in his cell. Dieudonne Costes postponed his Port Natal hop off in the Nun Gesser Coli. President Coolidge, in Pittsburgh, urged focusing prosperity toward wise national use. Ruth Elder and George Haldeman, forced down en route New York to Paris, were rescued by a Dutch tanker.
Catcher John Gooch blamed for a costly error in the world series. Wealthy oilman Ten Wentz hints at buying a major league team. Lou Gehrig leads 1927 AL MVP votes with 56. Waner brothers sign vaudeville pact. Snowshoe tourney slated for Montreal in 1928. Arlington Park opens to 10,000 Chicago fans. Michigan Wisconsin and other college games on slate. Dorothy Cochrane Logan beats Gertrude Ederle in English Channel swim. Milius signs Pirates 1928 contract. Northwestern Illinois football tickets sold out. Presbyterians orphanage team plays barefoot. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to attend Des Moines exhibition.
A serum to combat infantile paralysis has been discovered and tested in cooperation with the Mayo Foundation fund. Ten thousand units have been sent to cities struck by the epidemic.
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