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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1931
Page
6
In Greenwich a social service league program asks guests to drop a dime into milk bottle collection to aid poor children this winter. The plan funds milk for shelter hosts and donors participate at social events.
Thomas Chrissman, 17, attempted pickpocketing Deputy Constable John Knox in Mundelein. He was caught, and later admitted the act as expected.
In San Francisco a California association of dancing teachers convention criticizes taxi dancers as gigolos in skirts. The gigolos also draw ire from the teachers during the event, reflecting tension over propriety in social dancing.
In San Francisco two men moved quietly into a residence owned by Mrs. Agnes Bosworth, carrying an organ a piano and heavy antique furniture. The burglars left without a single scratch and without being seen or questioned. The incident remains unexplained as Bosworth did not authorize the removal of any items.
In Trenton New Jersey Sussex excavators found bones eight feet down prompting early speculation of a prehistoric animal. Charles J Lang paleontologist calls the find a nicely preserved calf buried by a farmer about twenty five years ago. Police search for experts continues.
In Hollywood an international match between a German police dog and Kay Francis’s Scottish terrier ended in a draw. Francis lost an expensive wrist watch and wedding ring from her pocketbook as she tried to separate the dogs. She was knocked down and her pocketbook torn open in the scuffle. In Chicago, Florence McCluinn, 23, alleges in a divorce filing that during eight years of marriage to Join McGahinn, a policeman, he took her to only seven movies.
In Columbus Nebraska churchgoers interpret a pastor placed sign reading Man or beast Welcome. In McCook Nebraska a celebrated jumping horse at Red Willow county fair cleared a fence and struck a car with a mother and baby, then landed in a second car injuring 76 year old Jake Randall of Indianola who was knocked unconscious before the horse returned to the stable.
Ottumwa officials may try Dewey Berlovich of Des Moines on bank robbery charges. Indicted for complicity in the $90,000 Ottumwa Savings Bank robbery and for interfering with justice after a prior grand jury action. If deputies secure depositions from Minnesota residents, trial could proceed this term.
Boston City Councillor Leo I Power urges the state legislature to enact a death penalty for banditry with the electric chair as the execution method.
Edward Westen, a store keeper, declares for selectman assessor and overseer of the public welfare in Wareham mass though he is over 70 he says he feels no older than 50. In Kansas City a door to door peddler hawks metal doorplates reading No Peddlers or
Voters in Atlantic rejected a franchise for natural and artificial gas for a third time in just over a year in a special election held yesterday, blocking Iowa Electric Company from supplying gas services.
The Iowa bulletin highlights catch-and-release practices to protect young fish and notes a new law requiring wet hands and careful handling to minimize harm. It also mentions Hungarian partridge releases in North Dakota, joint fly-bait casting events in Iowa, and the growing popularity of outdoor news in newspapers like the Wort Dodge Messenger.
Spirit Lake officials report seining on the Iowa side of Little Spirit Lake due to low water leaving fish at risk. Thousands of pounds were moved to Big Spirit Lake and about 5,004 pounds of gar fish were destroyed in the effort.
The Business and Professional Woman's club in Fairfield began a county beautification project by collecting five gallons of hollyhock seeds and 10 000 iris plants to be planted along Jefferson County roads this fall. The program aims for lasting impact and uniform county efforts to improve highways and provide cover for game birds.
The Will H. Dily Conservation League hosts a fly bait casting meet with clubs from Estherville and Spirit Lake joining the event to test accuracy and distance. Participants compete in standard casting rounds at the local grounds.
The editor appointed Director of Information for the Iowa state fish and game commission will start filling speaking engagements around October 1. Organizations may book meetings by contacting the fish and game department at the state house in Des Moines. The talks will include charts and mounted specimens to educate and inform about local wildlife, fishing, and hunting opportunities.
A Manchester Delaware county dispatch reports about 1500 black bass averaging three pounds each were rescued from a small creek near Masonville as drought threatened to dry up the stream. The two tons were moved to the Maquoketa River near Manchester, and the effort is urged to continue.
A Marathon doctor pleaded guilty to shooting about forty to fifty song birds with a rifle and was fined 25 dollars plus costs after admiting to the acts. The defense claimed the birds harmed fruit trees but critics say there is no justification for killing song birds. The article notes Iowa fur trapping earned about 780000 dollars in one season from 1924 to 30 and mentions state measures by lawmakers and the fish and game commission to curb such activities.
The report notes 58 161 fur bearing animals trapped statewide for the season with musk rats highest, skunks second at 69 452, and mink fourth at 31 647. It also records fish distribution from July 1 1930 to June 34 1931 totaling about 70 924 dollars in value, including trout and bass fingerlings and adults across streams.
Citizens condemn dynamiting in streams and urge stronger laws as state rules split into northern and southern zones with open seasons and size limits for pike, perch, catfish, bass, trout, crappie, and sunfish, noting return of small fish to water.
Catch limits set at 15 game fish per day in each zone, with up to eight pike or bass. 25 bullheads may be taken in addition. Anglers may use two lines each with one hook per line, except for trolling or spoonhook. Two trot or throw lines allowed in streams, up to 15 hooks per line, not near dams or fishways. Fishermen must remain with lines at all times.
A thoughtful note urges keeping an open corner of the mind for friends opinions and cultivating heart and head hospitality in daily life.
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