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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1940
Page
4
Bible Thought for Monday April 15 1940 notes Philippians 4 7 and the peace of God. Washington Indiana hosts a local Coffee Club mirrored by another in the city about the idea of nationalizing clubs. A humorous debt analogy and a Des Moines Dewey rally report close the brief.
A mosaic of wartime reports and commentary discusses Nazi ship losses, German reversals, and Hitler's Norway strategy. It notes Allied hopes for victory after a hard battle, plus editorials on taxation, bureaucratic policy, and public sentiment amid the conflict.
Weather outlook for the upper Mississippi valley and northern Great plains calls for considerable cloudiness and one or two precipitation periods. Temperatures are mostly above normal.
Mount Vernon resident Miss Anna Plummer daughter of A C Plummer of Washington recently contributed a poem titled Fold your Hands Hilda for the March Huck literary publication sponsored by the Cornell college English department Plummer has been outstanding in creative writing since entering Cornell as a junior now senior and an English lover
The report notes successive high tides occur at about 12 percent hours or half the moon’s orbital period, indicating a regular link between tidal peaks and the lunar cycle.
District court reviews whether a 16 year old remains a dependent and eligible for 15 dollars weekly compensation for 300 weeks after her father Harvey Jackson died in 1935 in a company truck accident. The appeal by United Beverage Co. and Columbia Casualty Co. argues the remarriage of her mother ends the dependency.
Woods from across the British empire including Canada will be used to finish the interior of the new Imperial Airways terminal at Victoria. Paneling doors and floors will feature this timber to decorate the facility.
A heat transfer set uses three aluminum cans with a fluted inner can for increased cooling surface. The two outer cans vary in size to hold drinks or ice cream mix. Ice or refrigerant is placed around the inner can, and the drink or ice cream is cooled without dilution by between can contact.
long regular contributor Owen voices fear he has killed his poetry by overwork but the column doubting him believes otherwise and hints at renewed effort ahead.
R. L. Badger reports Tessie the police dog has killed nineteen rats in recent days. He says she is really earning her keep.
A dentist debunks a claim of a never filled tooth finding gold flakes while a patient jokes of back collar buttons and promised jobs. Tales include a commission to investigate unemployment and a cynical line about memory and lying.
A list of business anniversaries and establishment dates in April spanning 1918 to 1988, naming firms such as Pigely Wiggly, Tucker Chevrolet, Washington State Bank, Stewart & Crane, Pioneer Drug Store, Modernistic Beauty Studio and others.
The Grapes of Wrath will open at the State Theatre on Tuesday for five days. John Ford directs the film adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel after a successful Rivoli premiere in New York. Associate Producer Nunnally Johnson co wrote the screenplay with Steinbeck approving the final script.
A collage of quirky lines and playful vignettes features flirtatious misreads, doctor patient banter, and social quips. The passages mix romance, humor, and domestic scene snippets with wry moralizing and everyday dialogue.
Fragmentary timetable notes show daily trains except Sunday for mixed and local services. References include No. 32 and No. 8 Davenport bound, No. 25 Southwest Limited, and agents L Goodlamer and Anderson, with times around 11:00. Ends mid-notation due to OCR truncation.
AUDUBON Elam Billa, about 70, bought a new Model T Ford in 1914 and kept it meticulously. He drained water after every use to protect the radiator and motor, but on a freezing night he forgot to drain the water and the engine block cracked.
Roger Babson argues the middle class has been forgotten and must be protected from wasteful government policies. He calls for a 1940 candidate to champion people who work, save, and invest, urging a balanced budget and policies that create jobs while stressing religion guides civic duty.
Careful casting matched Actors to Steinbeck’s Joads with humor and mood. Henry Fonda set as Tom Joad and Jane Darwell as Ma Joad, John Carradine as Casy, Charley Grapewin as Grampa, Russell Simpson as Pa Joad, O Z Whitehead as Al, John Qualen as Muley, Eddie Quillan as Connie, and Zessie Tilbury as Granma in a 20th Century Fox production.
Director John Fore banned makeup for The Grapes of Wrath and ordered Gwen Wakeling to use only authentic Okie clothing. Second hand shops in Hollywood and Los Angeles were combed for battered shoes frayed dungarees yellowed carrows and aged Mother Hubbards to achieve realism.
Breathitt County Kentucky sent a flood of volunteers to the World War effort leaving draft quotas unmet by locals. Community pride grew as residents enlisted in large numbers.
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