26 Sep 1938
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1938
Page
1
Grinnell College economics head Prof Earl D Strong receives a leave of absence to work as consultant and researcher for the federal government on the congressional monopoly investigation.
Ottumwa reports Norlan Woodard was accidentally shot in the head while hunting near Hedrick. He was taken to St. Joseph Hospital where attendants said his condition is fair.
Harlan city council grants L. D. Taylor manager permission to construct a two story honey processing plant in a residential district, marking a new industrial facility in the area.
About 150 Iowa jewelers and their wives registered for the 32nd annual Iowa Retail Jewelers Association convention in Cedar Rapids. Delegates enjoyed golf bingo and social events while business sessions were set for today with H. L. Hands of Iowa City presiding as state president.
George W. Sheeler, 80, farmer near Monroe, was found unconscious under his overturned car west of Monroe. He suffered a crushed chest and other serious injuries and was in Skiff hospital in critical condition. Cause of the accident was not learned. he was alone.
A plane stalled on a turn and crashed near the Council Bluffs airport injuring two occupants. Shel don Hanneman, 17, of Dunlap, suffered a broken left hip possible skull fracture and concussion. The pilot Emmett An, 20, of Council Bluffs, private pilot licensed, escaped with head cuts and a minor concussion.
Francis Hense a 22 year old Du buque mill worker turned hobbyist built a display model fire truck then won a $250 commission to craft a model of the federal tug Mobile. After 400 hours of tiny detailing his work tours Washington DC and now he plans model set work in Hollywood California.
Tama county coroner Dr. Al J. Havlik investigated a man about 66 found dead near the Wolf Creek trestle of the North Western railway two miles north of Traer. The body lay about 50 feet from the tracks and is believed to have been dead three or four days. The discovery was made by a freight train engineer.
Rosa Bingham of Des Moines told the Iowa Business and Professional Women's clubs in Spirit Lake that working women face less secure footing than five years ago. She urged women to guard their right to earn a living and to rely on figures showing over 99 percent of employed women work out of necessity.
Champions from ten Iowa counties and two Minnesota drafts compete in the Milk Maid's contest at the Dairy Cattle Congress amid dairy industry events.
Funeral services for James J. Benda of south of town were held at 9:00 AM Tuesday at Saint James Catholic Church in Washington. The Washington County Farmers Mutual Insurance longtime board member and secretary died Saturday at University Hospital Iowa City from pneumonia and complications. He leaves two children, two stepchildren, two sisters, five grandchildren, and several step grandchildren.
Irene Fishburn leaves Des Moines Saturday night for Los Angeles California to spend a couple of weeks with her sister Allee Fishburn.
Minnesota contestants join Cedar Mitchell Bremer Buchanan Kossuth Palo Alto Hardin Black Hawk Tama Linn counties and Fillmore Mower as the first out of state entrants in the show. The diverse Iowa and Minnesota counties bring a new regional mix to the competition.
A car driven by Dale Ayers of Wellman collided with a second vehicle pulling a trailer house near West Chester on Highway 81. Ayers and his father-in-law John Lemley suffered injuries. triplett faced a $10 fine for no lights on the trailer.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moore travel to Des Moines for a business trip to purchase merchandise. Their plans include shopping for additional stock and returning soon.
Des Moines crest reached nine feet at Ottumwa as flood waters from the Des Moines and Mississippi rivers moved downstream. Keokuk saw sixteen feet as waters inundated surrounding low lands. Unseasonal heat persisted with Council Bluffs at 86 degrees.
European war fears send stocks to a three month low as London calls parliament for emergency measures. Reports say Britain orders gas mask distribution to civilians in major cities while troop withdrawals from Shanghai continue amid crisis.
County Treasurer Marion Goerpe reports the homestead payment of $52 217 49 received this morning to apply on Washington county taxes. The year total reaches $103 177 99 after spring installment of $59 960 50. Last day to pay without penalty is September 7 2 with a 0 75 percent monthly penalty.
The last twenty four hours recorded a low of 47 degrees with no precipitation reported.
Funeral services were held for Robert Alexander Dawson 68 at Sherman's funeral home after a sudden death from a stroke Saturday night at his home 607 East Madison Street. He was born January 16 1870 north of town and married Luella Booth January 26 1897. He leaves his wife five children and several grandchildren plus two brothers. He was a janitor at the United Presbyterian church and a longtime community member. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery near Waterloo.
President Roosevelt called on Adolf Hitler and Edvard Beneš to avoid war and pursue negotiations. He urged a peaceful, fair settlement, warning that a general war would bring consequences for all nations and proposing an elaborate alternative set of proposals as a basis for agreement.
In London on September 26, Prime Minister Chamberlain, moved by Roosevelt's urgent peace appeal, dispatched a high level embassy to Berlin with a plea for Hitler to modify his October 1 demand on Czechoslovakia and to seek a peaceful solution. The note to Hitler emphasizes deescalation and diplomacy.
Graveside services were held at Elm Grove cemetery for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kleese. Rev. W. M. Nichol Jr. conducted, with arrangements by L. A. Jones funeral home. The baby, born yesterday at 9 AM at Washington County Hospital, lived to 4 PM. Survived by parents three brothers Robert Billy Roger and maternal grandmother Harriett Coulter.
Margaret Pratt of Washington Route 1 won first prize in Rockwood store’s fall opening contest by correctly guessing the window leaf count. The window showed 182 leaves. Lila Jeanne Godwin took second with 175 leaves and earned her choice of a two dollar hat or similar item.
Mr and Mrs John L Schneide r joined B D Dawn and Winnie Chalupa at an Oxford celebration on Thursday.
Berlin voices bold expansion aims while France warns Americans to return home. Britain calls 60,000 territorials, boosts army to 170,000, stocks gas masks, air raid shelters, and rations as defense units mobilize amid looming war.
Judge Frank Bechly presided as the trial resumed today in the case of Mrs. A. W. Britton against the Emma Smith estate seeking damages from an automobile accident.
Funeral services for Josiah W. Ward, who died Friday morning, were held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 in the L A Jones funeral home conducted by Rev Arthur Atack pastor of the Methodist church. Burial was in Elm Grove cemetery.
Mrs Ida M Bennett of Stockton Kansas won the ten dollar prize in the fall opening window contest for nearly correct guesses on the number of articles in the windows The correct count was 5195 and her guess fell within five The second prize of five dollars went to Dick Young who was within thirty of the number Fifteen other prizes of one dollar each were mailed There were 1200 to 1600 ballots cast with representation from Washington Crawfordsville Wyman Noble Brighton Oskaloosa Pulaski Ainsworth Muscatine Harper Keota Wayland Kalona and Stockton Kansas
Weather outlook for Sept 26 to Oct 1 covers upper Mississippi lower Missouri valleys and northern central Great Plains. Temperatures near normal to slightly above with one or two shower periods likely across the region.
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