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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1938
Page
4
The piece reflects on Ezekiel 36 27 urging the inner spirit to guide obedience to statutes. It compares a single honest citizen to a grain of sand forming the mass and highlights individuals as forces for good in groups, parties, and nations. It cites John D Rockefeller Jr. as a reinforcing example.
George Malcolm Smith pens a fiery open letter to speeding drivers. He reminds the motorist that a child’s life and the parents' sacrifice matter more than any rush, urging drivers to consider the consequences of harming a child and the futility of excuses.
A fragment quotes George Malcolmt Smith arguing that they cannot spare any child on the street, highlighting a tense street situation and a warning attributed to Smith.
The Seattle mayoral race, backed by the CIO, was decisively rejected in favor of a conservative candidate who pledged to restore order, credit, and industrial peace. The result, in a city of nearly 500000, signals broader doubts about labor-organized political movements and the future balance between citizenry and class-based politics.
The May bill H. R. 960 seeks fast wartime resource control but would grant the president dictatorial powers. Critics from the House committee Maverick Kvale and Anderson call the bill dishonest saying it fails to achieve its stated aims of preventing profiteering and sharing war burdens. The piece notes FE C Bicher helped prepare a minority report on the bill.
A New York Sun compare shows 1933 unemployment at 11,000,000 with public debt at 20 billion dollars, rising to 1938 unemployment at 11,900,000 and debt at 37 billion. The figures mark growing economic strain through the period.
The Charleston News and Courier cites a Life magazine look at a $2 068 income tax paid by a typical businessman. It breaks the allocations to bureaucrats salaries relief public works veterans highways defense the AAA debt interest and leaves the taxpayer with little.
In a comic cut, a joke has a pilot noting a 6000 foot fall and a quip about burial height. A terse line praises Oscar Maby who never brags about his child. A preference note favors a Missouri mule over a horse for steadiness on the race track.
A Washington businessman states he has consistently gained more by working for a religious community than by praying for it, reflecting a pragmatic stance on effort versus prayer in faith circles.
Two gangsters shelter from steady rain in a hallway and debate fate as one suggests flipping a coin. The mood hints at romance or murder while the unnamed narrator notes the difficulty of finding an untold place.
A reflective piece contrasts social types in the masses as two classes and recalls a founder of the Graham Department stores. Charlie George shares a poem attributed to Mr. Graham urging resilience, pursuit of youth, and hopeful journeys, followed by a light aside about germs in a kiss.
Mae West was served in a Walgreens store in St Louis by Bernice Hamm, who received a substantial tip for her service. The item is part of a local society column noting visits and social calls around West Chester and nearby towns.
Mrs. Ed McCaulley of California visits Franklin Center to help care for her ailing mother Mrs. Dill. Local residents and visitors listed include Malcol Montgomery Dave Anwyl Harriette Coulter A J Dawson Etna Mary French Geo Bartholomew Donald Fisher and relatives from Des Moines Cedar Falls and Fairfield.
The remark ponders why a man pursues a second fortune when he already has a first. It hints at ambition and drive beyond mere wealth, reflecting on enduring effort.
A puzzled reader notes lack of fresh green tomato frying and cucumber baking recipes, while reporting that local neighbors tolerate charivaries in daylight but object to late night disturbances in the south part of town.
Dorothy Thompson a Fairfield teacher enjoys spring vacation at the North West Thompson home. Week end guests from Iowa City Indianola and Brashey joined Frances McConnell HJ Brenneman and N U Thompson at various visits and parties with local families.
The Brooks and Cummings families visit David Cummings in Winterset while he is in poor health. Other news notes include visits to Mercy hospital in Iowa City and several Sunday dinners and house visits across local households.
Rodney Swailes and sons from Gladwin visited the Howard Wagner home on Sunday. Several locals stopped by including Dora Wagner and Mrs. Paul Bell. Notices report the passing of Mrs. William Heessel tine after a lengthy illness.
Walter Reed and wife from Des Moines visited the Spencer Reed home over the weekend. George Reed, father of Spencer Reed, from Keokuk, stayed from Thursday evening to Sunday. Various local residents dropped by, including William Songers and J B Hoxworth with Jesse Moore and baby. Pine Grove Telephone elected James Benda president with Wil Longer as secretary treasurer at a Gray schoolhouse meeting. Further visits by Frank Salladay and Cyrus Bush, Doyle Plecker and family, and Rube Chorpen were noted.
Readers reported a steady stream of callers at the writer's home on Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors described the scene as tense while authorities evaluated the situation and gathered information from those present.
At Sandy Hook on March 1 Mr and Mrs Edgar Rotzinger hosted unexpected guests Howard Newton and his bride en route home from Missouri where they wed. Several local families hosted Sunday visits and gatherings stretched through the week including Hesseltines, Farriers, Riches and Toll families with multiple grandchildren and relatives listed. Burial of Emma Hesseltine occurred in Washington and Ladies Club met at Minnie Waterman’s home.
Residents in Clay township circulate a petition asking the Board of Supervisors to complete and graveled the road from Rubio south to the county line this year. The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors agrees to finish the road from No. 1 to the north line of Jefferson County.
Gracehill reports a list of visitors from Nelson Woodford Keosauqua Namingham Perry Albia and Washington stopping by Harley Cherwinker and other homes. Betty Lou Small is ill with measles attended by Dr Droz. Additional sunday visits noted with Robertson family and Mae Janecek helping with house cleaning.
Mary Mae Lewis suffered a serious injury Sunday after falling on the lever of a harrow while visiting grandparents Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Johnson near Eldon. She rests at home with her parents. The piece notes visits from Mrs. Fred Simmons and Stanley, Sylman Johnson from California, Mildred Coffin and a friend from Oskaloosa, and guests Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ellis of Oskaloosa and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Spangler of Rock Island at Milton Coffin's home.
Baffin Island is the world’s third largest after Australia and Greenland. It hosts four lakes including one lake Ontario-sized, where Eskimos winter by ice holes for fishing. Baffin Bay remains icebound most of the year, usable only June to September, making the area a whale and seal habitat. Discovery dates trace to 1576 with William Baffin naming the region in 1616.
The etymology traces fiscal to Latin fiscus meaning basket for money. The root suggests a money chest or treasury term used in ancient governance and later finance.
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