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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1932
Page
4
The snippet presents a religious verse from Isaiah 9 6 proclaiming a child whose name will be The Prince of Peace. It emphasizes a royal or prophetic attribute and references a Saturday date April 30 in a ceremonial or decorative printing style.
A brief devotional poem expresses gratitude and duty to share blessings. The speaker vows to give to others in need, describing sharing bread, shelter, and love to comfort the cold and hungry as thanks for divine care.
Major General Mathew A. Tinley of Council Bluffs Iowa is being urged for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. A World War II veteran he led the 168th Infantry and earned the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Honor. He is praised as a capable eloquent speaker and widely supported by Iowa Democrats.
Frederick J. Haskin reports from Washington March 12 that gasoline bootlegging rivals liquor in scope and profits, fueled by public tax resistance. He argues lower taxes could curb bootlegging, noting 1919 North Dakota Oregon and Colorado taxed gasoline at one cent, while current rates reach two to seven cents and a half billion in revenue, with cross border sales evading taxes.
On March 16 chairmen from thirteen central states organized the Central Gasoline Tax Evasion Committee to uncover tax evasion and assist investigations. The group aims to protect the public from fraud and advocate lower gasoline taxes while opposing use of funds for non road purposes.
Columbia University president Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler tells the Economic Club in Chicago that a low tariff and settling debts in goods would harm American farmers and workers. He contends international bankers profit from loans to Europe and would benefit if debt payments came in goods, robbing the U.S. labor market.
A collage of humorous lines about finance fashion and family. A banker renews loans and a joke about red faces and clothing size flirts with everyday absurdities while a football player helps his father pursue business dreams.
A century old note explains reading the first line then every other line to reveal a married woman's cheerful confession. She praises her husband as amiable, declares seven weeks of bliss, and notes an aging aunt resident in their home.
A humorous clipping describes Duke a 140 pound St Bernard from the Livings family chasing a field mouse. The mouse dodges, Duke rolls over it, and the mouse escapes unharmed into tall grass. It ends noting Duke will never be a good mouser.
New York April 30. Monte Weaver the former Virginia professor and right hander for the Washington Senators won his fourth straight spring start, defeating Philadelphia 2 to 1 as he scattered five singles and plated the winning run in the fifth inning.
A comedy romance starring Joan Bennett and John Boles debuts at the Fox Theater next Monday and Tuesday. The plot follows a New England girl in Paris under an alias, with sparkling dialogue and brisk misadventures. Cast includes Weldon Heyburn Minna Gombell Raul Roubien Nora Lane James Kirkwood Fortunio Bonanova and others.
The text presents a vocabulary lesson urging daily word mastery. It defines deport as to behave and exonerate as to relieve or free from blame, with examples and notes on misused or mispronounced terms and related synonyms.
A playful Q and A exchange about puns and double meanings. The jokes link animals, weather, and letters to homophones and misdirections, ending with a pun that ties sound to feeling.
World champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller, famed for the 5 to 88 yard records, is shown in Tarzan the Ape Man opening at the State theater. The film features long jungle water sequences with Weissmuller plunging and racing across pools as cameras track his powerful strokes.
A riddle answer appears as A sponge. The report notes strong signs of a successful dandelion crop this year with expectations of abundant blooms and yields.
Riverside plans commencement events including address by W Weatherwax of Cedar Rapids at Methodist church May 13 and baccalaureate sermon by Rev Coggeshall May 7. Senior class play The Eighteen Karat Book to be staged May 6 at St Marys hall with listed cast. St Marys boys present program May 3 at parish hall with songs and skits by grade levels and named participants.
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania will send about 82 convention delegates to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt while 40 remain unpledged or Smith instructed. John Collins, state Democratic chairman, says 44 delegates may go to the convention with open minds as the state’s 84 delegate allowance and 76 national votes are noted.
A bomb in Hongkew park killed Dr. Y. Kawabata and wounded several officials prompting a funeral plan by a Shanghai Japanese association committee. Other leaders including Mamoru Shigemitsu showed little improvement while Gen Ugeda lost all toes in an operation. French concession police planned raids on Korean houses as Korean groups were suspected of involvement.
A reported final effort to gain the return of the Lindbergh baby was made as Col Charles Lindbergh, aboard the Marcon with John H. Curtis and Edwin B. Bruce, reportedly joined by Major Charlies H. Consolvo in negotiations off Norfolk. Authorities offered no details about the vessel's destination or crew.
In the Philippine archipelago more than 7,000 islands exist, with areas of a tenth of a square mile or more, representing a vast geographic spread among the islands and their people.
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