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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
3
Religious education notice lists lesson subjects and scripture texts chosen for April 23 by the International Council of Religious Education under license. The document outlines topics for study and readings to be used in worship or classroom settings.
The lesson notes Paul and Barnabas were chosen by the Antioch church and sent by the Holy Spirit for a great missionary work. It emphasizes readiness, divine commissioning, and faithful service through deeds and words, including overcoming opposition and enduring suffering for Christ's sake.
The Naval Training Station at Far Ragut Idaho sits higher above sea level than any other naval establishment in the United States.
A church notices morning worship at 9 30 with a message on God s definite work in this dispensation. Bible school at 10 30 for all ages. Evening evangelistic services at 7 with a message on Seven Wonders of Salvation. Thursday 8 study and prayer fellowship begins Matthew chapters 1 and 2. Pastor A E Diddams invites all to hear the Word.
Organ postlude performed by Mrs. Henry S. Shields organist and director with F. W. Eastwood serving as minister. The program notes March tribute features Guilmant pieces led by Shields at the console.
Morning worship at 10 a m Sunday school at 11 a m Ser mon topic Is Not Life More Than Meat The Iowa synod meets next week so the choir and Woman's Guild will not meet
A church program features Stebbins Postlude Stately Marching performed by Mrs Boyd White with organ and conducted by Charles Murdock. Alfred Trenerry serves as minister.
Divine worship at 11:15 a m at Trinity Lutheran 302 E Second St with Sunday school and Bible class at Hoch remaining weeks. Sermon text I Peter 2 21 25 highlights patience through Christ who bore sins. Lutheran Hour broadcasts Sundays at 12 30 p m and 3 p m. Bible school meets Saturday at 1 30 p m Pastor KE Stuempfig invites children to learn the Word.
Rev W Z Allen of the Cotter Presbyterian church will bring the message. Herbert M Glass serves as Student Pastor.
The West Chester Federated church lists Sabbath school at 10:00 A M. Morning worship at 11:00 A M. Union evening service at 7:30 P M with Rev. Munster to preach. A brief business meeting of both boards follows morning worship. The Baptist members plan a Wednesday evening meeting. The church extends sympathy to Glenn McCall and family on the loss of his mother. Arthur Peters, Pastor.
Immanuel Lutheran invites worship at 10 A M and a sermon at 11 A M on Christian Courage from Psalm 238 with Good Shepherd Sunday theme. Bible school for children meets Saturdays at 9 A M. Pastor E H Wendland extends the invitation.
The church announces 8:00 P M Friday worship The Risen One 1:00 P M Saturday session 2:00 P M Saturday worship with A Threefold Test 10:00 A M Sabbath school 10:30 A M Morning worship The Measure of Christ s Love for His People Communion 9:00 P M Evening worship The New and Living Way Basil G McBee pastor invites visitors to attend services.
Mass times announced for St James Catholic Church with Rev. H J Corcoran as pastor. Public worship schedule lists 8 0 p m and 10 a m masses led by Father Corcoran.
The Church of Nazarene on East Jefferson Street lists Sunday school at 10:00 Morning worship at 11:00 with a sermon on Fruit Bearing Christians A youth service at 7 50 in the evening service at 8 00 and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 8 00 Pastor James Robbins leads the congregation
Bible school and worship services listed with times 9 45 A M 10 45 A M and 8 00 P M Morning sermon Like a Tree Evening The Psalms in Everyday Living Wednesday prayer meeting 9 30 A M Evening service omitted this week Music pieces organize performers and offertory list include Doris Gray Marjorie Euwer Jane Pauls Gwendolyn Ramseyer and others with a Mendelssohn piece and a postlude continuation.
Sunday April 23 marks the Lesson-Sermon across Christ Scientist churches with the Golden Text from I Corinthians 15 26 declaring death as the last enemy. The Bible readings include Colossians 3 1 4 and selections from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.
The Seventh Day Adventists invite all to Sabbath school at 2 PM and a sermon at 3 PM led by Pastor M. Frank Grau. All are welcome to attend.
The Methodist Church schedules morning worship at 10:45 with the sermon When God Plays Favorites and an evening service at 8:00 with Some Things Money Won’t Do. Music includes organ preludes and an anthem, with Elouise R. Sorden directing and Edna M. Klein as organist.
United Presbyterian Church offers 9 45 A M Bible school 10 45 A M morning worship with The Transfiguration of Christ. Evening service at 8 00 P M features The Gospel For an Age of Doubt. Special music includes organ preludes and anthems by Kreckel Dvorak and Sheppard. Reverend George Kerr leads with Carolyn Hamilton and Helen Harvey as organist.
The Baptist church announces morning worship at 9:45 A M with The Abiding Presence, Sunday school at 9:45 A M, youth meeting at 7:00 P M and evening service at 8:00 P M with Lift Up Your Eyes. Morning music features a Prelude Hornpipe from Water Music and Handel Offertory At Twilight.
Morning worship at 10 45 with sermon The Dire Need of Second Front. Evening Christian Endeavor at 6 30 and Church night Wednesday at 8 00. Riess urges fellowship through worship and church support as Christians grow together.
Christian Tabernacle lists Sunday School at 9 45 A M with Rev Marvin V Frey of Portland Oregon speaking Evening evangelistic service At 7 45 P M Closing revival service with Rex Frey speaking on Dead Broke and Homesick Tuesday 7 45 P M Prayer and Praise Service Friday 7 45 P M Midweek evangelistic service Rev W J Stevens Pastor
The West Chester Youth Fellowship visit was postponed last Sunday and will proceed next Sunday rain or shine. They will arrive at six with a fellowship hour from six to seven led by West Chester, followed by Rev. Munster’s eight o’clock sermon. The Woman's Society of Christian Service holds its general meeting Thursday afternoon, April 27, at the church.
St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed holds Sunday school at 10:30 a m and morning worship at 11:30 a m with a sermon titled Is Not Life More Than Meat. Holy communion will be administered at the service. Pastor Milo J Phillips welcomes all to partake and remember the Lord who died that we might live.
Prairie Lower Baptist invites all ages to Bible school at 10:00 with Cliff Reeves starting September 11. Morning worship features Opening Sealed Orders and a message for today. Evening evangelistic service at 8:30 with Seven Ways. Wednesday Bible study and prayer fellowship begins a study of the gospel according to Matthew led by Pastor A B Diddams.
The Eureka Methodist Church lists a school session from 10 00 to 10 45 and public worship from 10 45 to 11 30. The sermon title is Remember the Resurrection of Christ delivered by Minister W L Clapp with Ernest Green as Superintendent.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 3 p.m. and evening service at 7 30 p.m. officiated by minister A C Roach.
Morning worship at 6 00. Bible study with LeRoy Luers in September. 11 00 A M. Evening service 7 45 PM. If roads are passable services will proceed. Mary Aussey of St Paul Minnesota en route to Moody Bible Institute will bring the evening message. Annual business meeting Tuesday evening. Potluck supper at 6 00 PM sharp.
Sunday school at 10:00 A M and regular preaching at 11:00 A M at the Federated church. The 7:30 P M service features Lloyd Bauer. Joint Youth Fellowships with Ainsworth set for next Sunday at Ainsworth. return meeting at West Chester on Sunday evening, May 14. Woman's Mission Study meets next Wednesday. world service drive next Sunday. H W Munster, Pastor.
Sunday school will meet at 10 A M. Sunday morning worship follows at eleven, outlining the church’s weekend program for congregants.
The Cotter Presbyterian church announces services Sunday school at 10 A M and Christian Endeavor at 0. Evening service at 8. Rev W Z Allen to be installed as pastor on Wednesday evening April 26 at 8 o'clock with Rev H N Poston presiding and Rev F W Eastwood and Rev EB R Mitchell delivering charges.
Sabbath school at 10:00 led by John Koehler Jr. Morning worship at 11:00. Evening program titled A Christian's Opportunity by Pioneer at 7:00. U.P.C.U. Fellowship 7:30. Communion service on this Sabbath with preparatory services Friday evening, April 21.
Marines hold a point position ahead of their patrol duty to warn of enemy presence and to engage hostile elements within range. These soldiers risk their lives detecting snipers and Japanese jungle threats during jungle operations.
The Christian Tabernacle will close its special services Sunday evening with Rev. Marion V. Frey delivering the morning and evening addresses. The program includes numbers by the girls quartet and piano and singing by Rev. Frey. His Sunday evening topic is "Dead Broke and Homesick." All are welcome to attend.
Crawfordsville churches list morning worship at 11 00 A M Sunday school at 10 00 A M youth and young peoples programs in the evening Union service at 8 00 P M Boy Scouts plan a Monday trip to Washington pool at 7 00 P M two elders to be elected R M McCracken pastor and H N Poston listed with respective services and superintendents
Worship service at 10 00 A M Sunday school at 11 00 A M Young People’s service at 7 30 P M all at Salem Presbyterian Church with the usual weekly programs and time.
The text explains bismuth alloy plugs used in sprinkler systems as metallic watchmen. Heated air melts the plugs to release water and start sprinkling, with melting of similar plugs triggering fire alarms in factories warehouses and some offices.
The article notes wildlife as a key renewable resource in Texas with abundant game, waterfowl, and fish. It cites 8,000 wild turkeys dressed at about 10 pounds each in 1942 and states Texas accounts for about 3,550,000 pounds of U S wild ducks and geese annually, reflecting a major wintering waterfowl concentration in North America.
The text traces banana references from ancient Chinese literature to 827 B C when Alexander the Great found bananas in the Indus valley. It notes the crop's westward journey to East Africa, the Holy Land, and northern Egypt, with Portuguese discovery along Africa's west coast in 1482. Columbus finds the fruit abundant in the Canary Islands.
Industrial Center Buenos Aires houses about one third of Argentina’s more than 50 000 plants. Meat packing centered in the capital, led by British American and Argentine interests, has become the country’s leading industry due to favorable cattle and sheep raising, and refrigeration that enables export of formerly perishable animal products.
An inventory finds about 875000 acres of Massachusetts soil suitable for farming idle. Restoring production would take 10 to 20 years, but planners should consider it in postwar agriculture strategy.
Poultry specialists at Pennsylvania State College say ground wheat can replace corn in layer mash if vitamin A is adequately supplied in other feeds. The guidance notes wheat works when used as the sole grain in the ration and stresses balancing nutritional content.
Guidance on maintaining a carpet sweeper for efficiency. Keep it oiled monthly, follow manufacturer directions, use smooth strokes with minimal pressure, and avoid heat sources. Empty dust pans after use, brush weekly, cut hair from tufts, clean the brush, and remove oil or wax with dry cleaning fluid without soaking.
The article traces Dundee’s rise as a burlap hub from early jute spinning aided by whale oil to the 1838 burlap production boom. It notes Dundee’s shift of textile activity to India as the burlap industry moved there and much equipment followed.
Warrant grades for marine gunner and quartermaster clerk were set by the August 29 1916 act. The June 10 1926 act established warrant pay clerk and commissioned warrant grades. Navy regulations Article 266 covers salutes between officers and enlisted men on all meet and address occasions, a practice in effect since at least 1804 and affecting warrant officers from their grade establishment.
Quinines are woody plants ranging from small multi branched trees to large forest trees. They grow at 3000 to 7000 feet in frost free areas and tolerate low temperatures if not extreme. They favor humus rich mixed forests and have lilac like panicles, wind pollination, and seeds with short viability.
Air travel in Latin America shows faster development than in the United States with lines reaching isolated towns and regular schedules. Many planes carry freight as a profitable business and this cargo aviation boom is expected to continue rapidly after the war.
The article states that enameled cast iron surfaces behave like glass and should be treated accordingly. It warns against cutting on drainboards and advises using wooden boards. It also cautions against dragging pots pans and other items across drainboards or the sink.
The report notes that more than 250000 Americans of Hispanic origin are serving in the armed forces, highlighting the sizable participation of Hispanics in military service.
American army doctors report anxiety cases in the Tunisian campaign making up about 20 percent of battle casualties. A three day forward area treatment keeps patients near shellfire, fed well, and watched by psychiatrists, with 60 to 70 percent returning to units after three days, some breaking down again. This approach marks a major advance in army medicine.
Hundreds of armed forces members become American citizens through naturalization ceremonies aboard ships Iceland and the Mediterranean shores. Henry B. Hazard of the immigration service filed an interim report on proceedings conducted abroad since spring, noting the Caribbean area as the lone previous outside-country naturalization earlier this year.
Allied headlines recount American troops sleeping in a billet near Palermo Sicily waking to a marble floor seven teenth century paintings and gilded furniture in a palace once owned by Prince Lanzo di Scalea the Stars and Stripes reported.
The Sunday Dispatch reports British Commandos likely used bows and arrows in shore raids. A current film, probably for instruction, shows sentries falling silently. authorities do not confirm real raids but note bows and arrows have been used at some time during the war.
London reports indicate about 370 000 Allied prisoners are in Japanese hands, including 30 000 to 40 000 American troops. The total excludes Chinese captives and lists 100 000 British Canadian and Australian soldiers, 70 000 to 80 000 Indian troops, 100 000 Dutch soldiers and civilians, and about 50 000 British civilians.
Ira Wert a filling station attendant in Geneseo devised wartime makeshift devices by vulcanizing a girdle to the satisfaction of his customer.
Dispatches from Colima report subterranean rumblings and waters near El Jabali lake growing hot. Cooked fish found on the lake shore spur fears that Colima Volcano near the city, about 150 miles from Paricutin, may erupt.
During the siege of Rome by Alaric the Goth a ransom was demanded in pepper totaling 3000 pounds. The unusual payment demanded shows the scale of the siege and the value placed on spices in the era.
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