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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1939
Page
4
A Tuesday Bible Thought notes that God hears worshipers who do his will. It promotes the Golden Rule as the biggest game on earth where two or more can play. The message stresses starting by moving first to win by making and keeping friends.
A three-vehicle collision north of Rochester Minnesota last week injured several youths en route to Cedar Rapids. The passenger car struck a northbound truck after cresting a hill, prompting warnings to drivers to slow near limited visibility and head-on scenarios.
A road accident analysis argues drivers must avoid head on impacts by veering into ditches when approaching a blind hill. It notes slow wagon traffic caused the wreck, stresses controlling speed, and cites 1938 data showing most fatal crashes occur in good condition cars and from speed and carelessness.
A mother welcomes a child with a doorway scene as a father returns. A fatal car crash blocks the path home, killing a baby and leaving a town shaken. Three grieving souls, a father, mother, and a weary lad, endure nights of sorrow under the poplar trees.
A Washington businessman described as Gilchrist of the state highway patrol warns a friend who caused a traffic obstruction in front of the Masonic Temple. The friend, realizing the ruse, admits he had been at work all afternoon and backs off.
The 68 year old rider, pensioned in Des Moines, travelled to visit a sick brother in Peoria Illinois. He fled publicity, rode from Pella overnight, reached Washington Sunday at 4 30 pm, with a blanket loaded bike. Local residents admired his trek and noted early garden work nearby.
Mary Manners reports from Crawfordsville on April happenings. Mr and Mrs Bales moved from Winfield to the former Conry home. Bales is the railroad section boss. Mrs Lee Lease visited Washington for her birthday and dinner with aunt Mrs Ella Work. Fred Sipe and wife of Fairfield visited their daughter Mrs Chester Cherryholmes. Mrs Henry Mast, ill, is improving. Lydia Mast returned home to Wayland. Lena McClintic of Wayland cares for her.
A rifleman lies in ambush in a dark ravine as buzzards circle above. The speaker climbs to confront danger on the home trail Paseo. In a swift deadly encounter, a dead man lies in the ravine with Chief Little Bear referenced.
The piece notes King Crosby's horse missing the Santa Anita handicap and a $90,000 purse would have netted the government about $75,000. It highlights John Wayne's reinvention from football hero to Fox studios star in Stagecoach, credits his persistence, and mentions Mickey Rooney as a proficient pianist.
Jane Arden, popular daily comic strip character and radio series heroine, transitions to film with Rosella Towne portraying Janet Arden in The Adventures of Janet Arden star vehicle. The character has long been beloved by millions of newspaper readers and radio listeners.
Tommy Ryan, aged twelve and featured in Orphans of the Street, is hailed as a new juvenile sensation after nine years on stage starting at age three. Bill Boyd spent 27 days in Hollywood last year, with the rest on location or at his ranch and touring the country.
Claire Trevor and Wayne star in a frontier drama about pioneer courage and a lineage of fighters who built a nation. Supporting cast includes Hancroft Arna rdine Platt Devine Meek Churhill. The piece notes fashion prognostications as Penny Singleton dyes for a Blondie film series, predicting a 25 percent rise in blond hair.
The pecten, Latin for comb, refers to comblike organs in various animals. The comb on the underside of the middle toe claw of herons whippoorwills night hawks and barn owls aids in cleaning plumage and likely helps remove bird lice.
A nationwide search targets John Thornberg a Cha nute Kas bank official accused of looting $4860 after threatening explosives tied to his person. He was photographed under guard in a Kansas City hospital where he is held as an amnesia patient for observation.
Riverside April 3 A number of grade rooms were merged and one high school teacher reassigned after board approval. The sixth to eighth grades join, the third to fifth grades combine, and kindergarten to second grade merge with four full time high school teachers. Cecelia Foley may leave for studies. Miss Britton’s high school eligibility awaits state approval. Quadruplet lambs born to a Shropshire ewe on William Weber's farm seven miles southeast of Riverside.
Barracuda Pete is heavily criticized following a clash with a cigar store Indian. He says he is upset but offers a motive calling the Indian’s temper “a chip on his shoulder.”
A teacher receives a letter from a pupil's mother asking to stop giving homework. She cites a math problem about walking rounds around a square that allegedly cost the father a day of work and claim the teacher marked the answer incorrectly.
Mr Weber notes his ewe is uncommon yet thriving in motherhood, managing a large litter without trouble. He emphasizes the single animal’s strong health and successful herding traits despite market perceptions.
Brighton reports a week of travel and family events. G C Haskins visitations span Hull and Green City Missouri, while relatives return from Cresco Osage for A H McCarty's death. Funeral attendance includes Mrs Nicholas Gevock and Mrs Ruth Picken family ties and local gatherings feature tea and Merrie Moderns bridge games.
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