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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1931

Page

6

Country Club Dinner Attracts 260 Guests

Last evening's Country club dinner drew 260 attendees including several out of town guests. Mrs. Frank Miller led the dinner committee with Mrs. F. M. Jennings handling telephones and W. G. Stewart serving as treasurer. Committee members included Mr. and Mrs. Miller Morrison Patterson Stewart Jennings and several others. After dinner bridge prizes went to Mrs. J. S. McElhinney and I. M. Jennings.

Country Club Frank Miller F. M. Jennings W. G. Stewart Fred Morrison Robert Patterson Helen Stewart Manton Flebner FE. O. W. Club Amos Norton Norton Laura Graham Maxwell Sarah Rhinehart Ed Grayson Don Carbaugh Miss Rhinehart Robert Dawson

Local PTA appoints officers for coming year

City council of the PTA, on a Wednesday evening, named officers led by President Mrs. Rodney Kephart and Vice President Mrs. Lesii Wicher. Secretaries and treasurers listed, with committee chairmen named for publication, finance, publicity, program, hospitality and membership.

Ehnsen Rodney Kephart Lesii Wicher Carlton Haven Glen Hays Leo Hoover Kemps Hampsher A. E. Atchison P. G. Widmer Leonard Pailevy I. A. Haker

Wilma Purdy Marries Mussel Purdy in California

Mrs Betty Rickey announces the marriage of her daughter Wilma to Mussel Purdy of the Hollywood Athletic Club. The ceremony occurred at the Little Church of the Flower in Hollywood at five o clock Sunday evening with a reception in the Roosevelt hotel Blossom room and a honeymoon trip to Agua Calientes Mexico and beyond.

Betty Rickey Bonnlywood Calif Harrys Rittenhouse Wilma Mussel Purdy Hollywood Athletic Club Church of the Flower Roosevelt Hotel Hollywood Morday Agua Calientes Mexico

Romire Reunion Set for Sunset Park This Sunday

The Romire reunion will be held at Sunset Park on Sunday September 6. Secretary Tris Durst notes the event includes gathering of family members and friends and invites attendance from all kin and associates.

Romire Sunset Park Tris Durst

Garden Club of Kalonawii Picnic at Sunset Park

The Garden Club of Kalonawii invites members to a Friday picnic at Sunset Park. Activities include socializing and a brief program. The event is organized by the club and open to attendees from the community.

Harmony Communty Club Harmony Community Luv Charlie Schiebel Sunset Park David Kleese Mrsa Feod Lukovsky Charlie Lorer Washington Garden Club The Friendship Club Mount Pleasant Garden Club of Kalonawii Washington

New Football Uses Eight-Seamed Ball This Year

United Press reports football adopts a new eight seam leather ball to improve grip and passing. Coaches vary in reaction with some favoring the heavier solid-ball idea while others insist on standardization and predict controversy.

Henry McLevore United Press New York Homer Bandstand Mid-Pacific Veterinarians College

Powers May Have Had Woman's Help

Clarksburg West Virginia September 4 Theories emerged that West Virginia's famed mail order lover Harry Powers may have had a woman accomplice in the confessed multiple killings at Quiet Dell Investigators found checks letters and other writings believed forged and traced to a woman's handwriting indicating possible female involvement in the murder plot.

Clarksburg West Va UUP West Virginia Harry F. Powers Quiet Dell

Bible Thru Completed at Fairfield Baptist Church

After 72 hours of continuous reading, the Bible was finished at 7:30 a m in the Fairfield Baptist church. Hundreds visited the church to hear the last chapter read by Miss Helen Johnson, with Rev. Fred Crown to lead a commemorative service tonight.

United Presbyterian Church Choir John Blick R. L. Coulter Fred Blick Pittsburgh D. C. Fulton Fairfield Town Helen Johnson Fred Crown

Absolute pitch and relative pitch described

The text discusses absolute pitch as the ability to identify a musical tone without an instrument for reference and notes its rarity. It also explains relative pitch as the talent to determine the pitch of any tone after hearing a reference note, using a given example.

New York and Washington Fight for Second in MLB Standings

The Yankees visit the Senators in a pivotal series opener that could crown New York as the league’s No. 2 team. Detroit beat Chicago 9–3 as St Louis dominated Cleveland 11–3, with Dick Coffman earning his sixth win in seven starts. In the NL, Cincinnati beat Chicago 3–2 in 10 innings as Pittsburgh toppled St Louis 6–? with Osborn’s relief fueling the Pirates.

New York Athletics Washington Senators New York Yankees Yankees Washingtons New Yorkers Deroit Chicago St. Louis Cleveland Dick Coffman Lefty Grove Cofman Indians Browns Brown Jablonowski Herring Detroit Weiland Garland Moore Bowlen Cincinnati Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cards

Mexican Murderer Executed by Gas in Nevada Prison

Luis Crjas a 27 year old Mexican convicted murderer was executed by lethal gas at Nevada State Penitentiary at 3 04 a m today. A single inhalation of the deadly hydrocyanic gas sent the prisoner into unconsciousness and fourteen minutes later two physicians outside the chamber pronounced him dead.

Nevada Carson Luis Crjas Nevada State Penitentiary

Sale Day Waulnot Lumber Items Lead to Action

Fragmentary item notes sale day for Waulnot lumber tied to Jacob T. Wenger and R3B. Details unclear but references Priday and related parties. No clear outcome or location given.

Sale Day Waulnot Lumber Jacob T. Wenger R3b&ti Priday

Milligan Infant Named State Grand Champion at Fair

Des Moines reporter notes James Elmer Milligan aged under two earned top Iowa baby prize at the 77th state fair. Expert panel measured health and development. he posted 98.60 percent, ahead of Patricia Rose Graham at 98.44. Both infants reside in Des Moines.

Des Moines U.P James Elmer Milligan Iowa Atricia Rose Graham

Lindberghs Plan Direct Flight to China on Resumed Tour

Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh will fly direct from Tokio to Kagoshima via Osaka then cross the eastern sea to China. They aim to visit Nanking, with the exact post China route not disclosed. Aviation authorities approved the mission as they resume their vacation tour.

Tokio Col Charles A. Lindbergh China Cohbutment Lindberghs Kagoshima Osaka Col. Lindbergh Nanking

Shakespearean Works with Doubtful Authorship

Five plays are listed as partly or wholly by others: Taming of the Shrew Troilus and Cressida Pericles Timon of Athens Henry VIII Titus Andronicus and Henry VI in three parts, often attributed to Shakespeare but of doubtful origin.

Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew Troilus Cressida Pericles Timon Athens Henry VIII Titus Andronicus Henry VI

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