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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1939
Page
4
Daily devotional note cites Job 6 14 and proverbs on knowing and ignorance. Advice contrasts open eyes and ignorance with wise guidance, urging readers to awaken sleepers and follow the wise. Arabian Proverb emphasizes discernment and action toward those who know.
A Boston to New York trip is described where a smartly dressed staff offered drinks snacks and meals aboard a car service. The piece critiques Prohibition era promises noting officials touted reform and revenue but failed to promise barmaids or continued saloon bans. It references a Roosevelt parole conference remark.
A speaker argues that repeal failed to balance the budget or curb crime and bootlegging. He cites Roosevelt’s pledge to keep saloons out and notes 1939 has over 600000 liquor outlets, doubling pre prohibition retail places, while promising barmaids were not delivered.
The government of Chile expelled Hans Voigt Schmitt of the German State Railways and deported Charles Wilson a Briton who pressed boycotts and anti Hitler leaflets. Eighteen other aliens were removed and more expulsions promised. The piece notes potential refuge in the United States for those implicated while criticizing antiwar rhetoric.
Relatives and club members flock to Chicago for a whisker club event arriving with delays and rail adventures. Washington figures like Mort Chance and sports writers sign on, while Water town visitors draw light publicity in a lively, humorous recap.
Ten midget actors with Johnny Weissmuller and Mau reen O Sullivan faced a cyclone on location in China flats. A sixty foot twister scattered chairs and gear while the troupe sought shelter in little cyclone cellars. Glenda Parrell shared her dressing room with infant son as state law limited nursing on set. The same week Torchy Runs for Mayor screens at Warner Bros Studio with stars Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. A romantic drama Almost a Gentleman features James Ellison Helen Wood and Ace the shepherd dog. The vignette ends with a civic note honoring men who refused shaving under hardship.
The plot follows three protagonists as they encounter danger and excitement after a mysterious killing and a kidnapping. Robert Kent and June Clayworth are among the featured names in this absorbing drama full of suspense.
A special meeting of the stockholders on July 14 1939 in Richmond Iowa resolved to dissolve the Southwest Richmond Electric Company and terminate its corporate existence. Dated July 14 1939 Richmond Iowa. By Jos Pieper President Attest
The Stock Electric Company passes a resolution ratifying a contract to transfer all transmission lines, franchises, and equipment to Iowa Electric Company. The bill of sale is approved and the president and secretary are authorized to execute it. The corporation declares no further need for existence and dissolves.
The notice authorizes dissolving the corporation and winding up its affairs with steps beginning July 18 and ending August 8. The text lists successive filing or meeting dates from July 18 to August 8.
Mrs. Hattie Unger aged 68 died two hours after being scalded during laundry in her home. Betty Baker, 19, assisting, said she turned away and heard the fall. Baker believes Unger fainted and toppled a tub of boiling water onto her body.
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