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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1929
Page
15
The Journal's Weekly News Review notes Clarinda residents approved a franchise for Central States Electric by 909 to 12. Other items include Captain Glasgow out with injuries, banks failing to open, and various Iowa events from airports dedications to university stadium dedication.
Paramount star Gary Cooper arrived in Grinnell on Saturday to join the Grinnell college homecoming celebration where he studied as a former student.
The Athletics defeated the Chicago Cubs 3 to 2 in the fifth game to become world champions. President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover attended the World Series game in Philadelphia along with a party of friends. Mme Marie Curie arrived in New York to dedicate the chemistry lab at St Lawrence University. Premier Ramsay MacDonald began a tour northward before returning to Britain.
Federal agents examined a little known section of the Volstead Act declaring no one shall purchase and liquor for beverage purposes. The move reflects tense enforcement as authorities clarify legal language amid ongoing prohibition era debates.
The senate lobby investigating committee began a Wednesday inquiry into reports that private congressional information was leaked to agents of private industries. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald appealed to American labor to back his universal peace drive. The Supreme Court sentenced thirty eight Russians and one Chinese communist to death for conspiring against China. The federal government opened a probe into banking institutions suspected of backing a $1,000,000 rum ring organized as a large corporate operation.
A blaze engulfed a derelict hotel trapping guests and workers. Firefighters reported seven deaths and fifteen injuries as crews battled flames through the building. Local authorities urged caution and extended condolences to affected families.
This column recalls James M. Stewart longtime Washington settler passing away in 1929 and mentions obituaries, weddings, social visits, club events, and local business changes including remodel of Washington steam laundry and new Chautauqua officers. The notes cover family arrivals, marriages, theater and golf club outings, and community notices spanning October 1909.
A Saturday air tour at Kendrick field drew several hundred despite wet conditions. Kalonas celebrated a fiftieth birthday with a community program. Washington beat Muscatine 33 0 in Little Six play.
Mrs. Maude Newell Williams a University of Iowa language instructor argues foreign language study expands culture and insight. She notes Spanish and French open horizons, French literature as rich as English, and predicts Spanish will grow in U S business as South America rises in importance. She praises junior college instruction and contrasts class dynamics with universities.
A Wisconsin boy and an Ohio girl were named the most typical representatives of rural youth at the National Dairy Show in St Louis on Wednesday night. The report notes other political shifts and local events including a Halloween party organized by the Rural Woman's club at the Norton residence with families bringing pumpkin pies.
The D A R reminds members to contribute fruit for orphans in by October 20 with Eva Smetzer listed. A Crawfordsville circle meets October 24 with Mrs. Ernest Jones to finish unfinished baskets. The Delphian Society gathers with Mrs. J E Lemmon Monday at 7 30 PM.
The Graham Theatre presents The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu with Neil Hamilton Jean Arthur and Warner Oland in a thrilling plot of vengeance and mystery. Alibi stars January Gardner Sullivan offers crime love and humor with a famed New York cast. Desert Nights stars John Gilbert in a new African-set role. Dark Streets features Jack Mulhall in dual roles.
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