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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1941
Page
4
Amid a $108 million annual wage increase for steel workers, questions arise about private enterprise, taxes, and potential moves toward nationalizing American industry. The column criticizes wage and price controls while defending Lindbergh’s war stance and notes Spanish refugees blocked by Vichy policies. It honors draft board volunteers serving without pay.
Germany spends about 72 percent of national income on the war, with income near 40 billion dollars annually and expenditures near 30 billion. At the outbreak, Hitler claimed 36 billion spent in six years of preparation. End-1940 debt reported around 30 billion, up about 8 billion in six months, supported by extended production and long work hours.
In a peculiar display the Oskaloosa Herald notes Dutchmen loyal to the House of Orange wore orange flowers with razor blades hidden inside. If Nazis tried to grab them, fingers were cut. Motorists stopped at traffic lights to wait for the orange cue and then cheered the royal hue before continuing.
Practical home advice notes a prickly heat rash in babies during hot weather and offers a sponge bath remedy using one teaspoon of baking soda per quart of water to relieve discomfort.
A concise definition traces laconic speech to Laconia Greece home of the Spartans famed for terse talk. The term describes brief direct wording and economy of language used in statements.
A chemical analysis of a vial from a tomb near Luxemburg, dated about two millennia ago, reveals human tears. The find suggests tears were buried with the deceased as a symbolic expression of sympathy.
The passage traces cent coin history from 1793 to 1909 noting earlier one cent pieces and the Indian Head cent used 1859 through 1909 before the Lincoln design was adopted in 1909. It highlights key dates and designs in U S currency history.
In Berkeley California in four years all five of the personable young women who held clerk jobs in a judge’s court have quit to be married.
A Hero of Alexandria reputedly grasped steam’s motion power and built several steam devices. He is said to have shown them to Ptolemy Philadelphus and his court around 150 B.C.
A short exchange features a customer asking for apples and a fruiter replying that he cooks them for both to eat and to ok. The dialogue reflects a humorous or literal kitchen-side banter from Stray Stories.
A jumbled column letter spans topics from easy credit and privacy, to Washington politics, California workers, Ford’s preparedness stance, and an ode to local charity. It praises Edward MacDonald’s toy drive for St. Louis children, notes shifts in public sentiment, and laments intrusive questions and sensational ads.
The piece notes Victor Mature sipping broth in a New York hospital after an appendicitis operation, with a carnation on his pajama lapel. It blends light gossip with broad reflections on roads, land, and social issues, including liquor laws and Federated Clubs’ role.
John Applegate represented the Washington Y M C A at the North Central area council meeting in Minneapolis and was elected secretary of the area council and a delegate to the national meeting. The YMCA gym closed for the season after a record attendance and broad use by more teams and classes. Annual events include a May 6 meeting at 6 30 pm and Bundles for Britain activities. Swiming classes schedule lists Beginners Monday and Thursday and Saturday sessions.
Dick McIntosh is noted as the first young man from the Washington Y to volunteer for selective service training. Active in the Y, he served on the membership committee and the Alpha chapter of Phalanx, attended the North Central YM conference in Milwaukee, and supported the Washington Y as part of a strong youth movement.
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