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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1938
Page
4
The piece urges a wholesome social order achieved by inward controls and balanced governance. It warns against both extreme leveling and excessive state power, opposing both minimal government and full state control as harmful. Arthur E. Morgan cites prayer to frame the argument.
A historical commentary criticizes the Social Security Act as badly drafted and overly burdensome to workers and employers. It notes 1700 million paid into the treasury with little spent on its intended purpose, the rest funding general government needs and wartime costs. The piece highlights calls for an investigation into payroll taxes and their impact on unemployment.
The Baltimore Sun reports Canada recovered about 110 percent of its 1929 32 industrial decline by last October, compared with the U S 50 percent. It notes Canada’s policy and slower relapse while urging U S reflection on why Canada succeeds.
A Iowa speaker argues against diverting payroll and gasoline taxes from their designated uses. He notes millions demand stopping the treasury diversion of social security reserves and outlines the impact on road funding and public services while defending road construction commitments in Washington county.
A devotional line cites Psalms 31 5 and Daniel 9 18 urging readers to entrust their spirit to God and seek mercy. The brief formatted prayer emphasizes truth and divine redemption in spiritual reflection.
A Washington man bought unsliced bread after a breakfast of coffee, triggering a quirky reminiscence about bravado and romance. A bride sobs over comparisons to athletic underwear ads, while a letter from Dear V reveals concerns about germs in kissing and family courage.
A morning office grouch quotes a story about a man who, after ten years without kissing his wife, shoots a man who kissed her. The remark links domestic tension to sudden violence and reflects local mood.
In Amarillo Texas on March 23 AP reports prisoners in solitary confinement received cigarettes via a live cockroach tied to a note. Jailer Dick Vaughn moved inmates from solitary after the roach delivery was observed and confirmed as a regular method.
A short moral piece on true greatness found in acts of kindness and resilience. It recalls a bird Bil that broke its leg, a woman who rewashed muddy clothes, and a washerwoman’s calm reaction to misfortunes, illustrating inner virtue over appearances.
Instructions describe a math riddle where you compute from your age to reveal two left digits as use and two right digits as pocket change. Follow steps: double age plus six, multiply by 58, add pocket change if under one dollar, subtract 365, then add 115.
Two revelers lose their way and enter a cemetery. One reads a grave marker and notes the deceased died at a good age 176. A second asks who it is, then another cracks a joke about a man named Miles from Chicago.
Hollywood gossip notes on Gene Autry Roy Rogers and song Dust, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy script talks, Iliana potential signing by George Jessel, Arleene Whelan job hunts, Fred Astaire fashion woes and lucky shoes, Margaret Sullavan sighting, Maxine Nash funeral plans, Clark Gable mishap with a mountain lion on the Mexico shoot.
A compact reflection on measuring life through deeds rather than years, urging focus on achievements over longevity and offering a terse meditation on value, time, and what counts as a full life.
At the Spanish Embassy a photo display by Robert Capa and Gerda Taro reveals the 1936 37 conflicts in Spain. It shows soldiers in makeshift uniforms, the Regular Army, refugees, art preservation, and Basque priests amid war ruins. Gerda Taro was killed by a rebel truck near Madrid. The captions frame the images as living histories not mere propaganda.
The report notes Luise Rainer’s father safe in Brussels and Alexander D Arcy escorting Jane Stanton the tennis star. Gene Raymond helps a hospital patient and the Ellisons plan a Honolulu trip. Don Ameche remains ill while Calleia’s yacht burns in a Long Island dry dock and Glenda Farrell enjoys New York society with three escorts.
Hailstones may reach three or four inches in diameter and weigh a pound or more, posing a severe danger to property and people.
The government in Hungary will revive bear hunting by importing bears and releasing them in Szini royal forest for breeding under official protection. The project aims to restore a historic noble pastime once common in Transylvania’s vast forests.
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