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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1939
Page
4
A meditation from Bible Thought on April 15 1939 reflects on Americas wealth and power amid moral drift economic disarray and fear of foreign violence. The piece condemns class struggle and extravagant debt while urging unity in truth.
A 1939 column argues democracy faces global erosion toward dictatorships. General Johnson warns Britain may be the last true democracy in Europe while Russia, Germany, and Italy push autocratic models. The piece urges the United States to build good will in the Americas, avoid entangling alliances, and fix domestic democracy before claiming a leading role in world affairs.
A March Health Officer article from the Washington County Health Unit warns that appendicitis mortality could drop with prompt action. It notes an operation occurs every minute in the U.S. and laxatives cause 85 percent of annual deaths, urging immediate physician contact for four hours of abdominal pain.
The Women’s Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer launches a third April education drive. Its five point program covers early curability, cancer danger signals, annual physicals, community involvement, and enlistment, with a one dollar fee to Miss Martha Foster as local liaison.
A University of Iowa professor visiting Washington grade schools to gather material for a doctoral degree was mistaken for a high school boy by teachers. The shock of discovering his true distinction caused anxiety among local educators.
Reports claim a new congressional amplification system will project a whisper through the chamber. Critics note representatives often raise their voices to be heard back home. In other news, Secretary Ickes plans to designate portions of national parks as wilderness preserves.
A despondent youth sits in a library and tells a sympathetic reader he wishes he were dead. The bookworm asks if a girl rejected or accepted him, seeking to understand the distress in the scene.
A jumble of brief vignettes and exchanges includes jokes about greetings, a gag about barometer humor, a police lieutenant and harmonica remark, marriage suspicions, and a couple debating odd entries in a household budget with Heaven Only Knows as the punchline.
A morning visitor reports having the season's first green onions at a local loon cafe last night. The note adds a cough as another sign of spring, reflecting the paper’s whimsical tone.
In a Terrace Room welcome, Mickey Rooney shows little enthusiasm for nightlife despite studio guidance. At the Gracie Allen Murder Case set, George Burns and Gracie Allen’s children discuss the choice between Monkey Island and the studio, preferring their mother’s comedy. Louise Campbell leads The Star Maker while Ellen Drew vies for Great Enemy.
Old timers compare Jimmy Cagney to William Bonney Billy the Kid citing facial likeness and shared New York roots. The piece notes Cagney as The Oklahoma Kid and threads in remarks on James Stewart Carole Lombard and Edgar Kennedy plus animal star Rusty and Tom Sawyer alumnus Tommy Kelly. It closes with Cagney musing that tall boots and sore feet fueled western gunplay.
At Iowa State College the chemical engineering students hosted a soybean banquet for about 400 guests. Every dish used soybeans from soup to coffee, including muffins, salad, Sherbet, and roasted soybean flavors. The featured dish highlighted soybeans prominently in the menu.
Savannah April 14 Roger Babson argues the South offers major growth potential across manufacturing, agriculture, and power. He cites lower living costs, water power from the TVA, expanding industries from newsprint to textiles, and urges southern cooperation to overcome prejudice and seize opportunities.
A restaurant menu features an all protein soybean based meat substitute called soyburger. Table decorations include ashtrays automobile parts and cans of enamel reflecting remnants of the lowly soybean era.
Riverside April report lists Mr and Mrs Raymond Matthess of Fairfield visiting the Swenka family. Betty White returns to Mount Pleasant after a stay with Dr and Mrs G A White. Mr and Mrs Frank Droll and family of Iowa City were visitors in town.
Gretchen Kelopter, employed in Iowa City, visited here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Kelopter at the home of R. A. Knit. The gathering included local residents and extended family, reflecting a social visit.
The body of William J. Knabe 21 Rock Island was recovered from a submerged stolen automobile in the Cedar river 12 miles west of Muscatine. He was found in bathing trunks with shoes and socks. Papers in the car showed Knabe had been discharged from a civilian conservation camp at Fort Sher.
An automobile was stolen from W. J. Quinlan of Rock Island, operator of the Davenport Rock Island ferry. The incident occurred in Rock Island as investigators review the case.
Funeral services for Mrs William Hagter, who died Thursday afternoon, will be held Sunday at 3 o clock in the Christian church. The Rev W W Williams will conduct the service. Burial will follow in the Keota cemetery.
The Iowa Senate approved a bill 44 to 0 permitting a one year extension of farm mortgages in drought, heat or insect pest years and sent the measure to the House for action.
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