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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1944
Page
3
The message urges resilience on August 1 1944, warning that adversity cannot embitter you and that material hurt comes from others while spiritual harm comes from within. Quotation from Matthew 5 10 frames the call to endure persecution with faith.
Statisticians report that in New York State excluding New York City, nearly three times as many boys and young men under 20 entered marriage in 1940-42 than in 1939. In 1942 the rise was largest, linked to Selective Service and higher wages, with many young grooms marrying older brides and over one half of 16 and 17 year olds taking wives older than them.
A hostile critique argues that Hitler favors intuition over discipline, noting early officer objections and hints of rebellion. The piece warns that if the dictator does not learn the lesson, Germany faces worsening, reckless military overreach across Europe.
The Burlington Hawkeye Gazette reflects on Henry Wallace’s fall from favor with President Roosevelt and the Democratic Party. It argues Iowa bears mixed pride in Wallace’s career while criticizing how political expediency sidelined him. It compares Wallace’s setback to Garner’s 1940 ouster and suggests consequences rebuke past actions.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen editorial argues Hitler's orders waste troops and widen fronts from France to the east. German generals resent the crisis decisions, with some retired or killed, while others stay to face encirclement. It suggests only postponement of Germany's doom.
An elderly treasurer deposits funds at a bank. A misheard teller remarks on egg money, praising old hens. The woman leaves offended. The piece contrasts then and now with a jab about girls.
A wry exchange frames a social moral on hardship and wealth. The hobo asks for help while the other man questions the notion of crippling need and financial distress, ending with a grim observation about economic fortune.
A humorous quoted exchange recalls a man claiming marriage in a lion cage. He reflects that it felt exciting at the time but wouldn’t now, while a companion comments on appearance and a frame.
Dialogue captures Mrs. Brownleigh asking about aging fashion and her husband replying with a humorous line about squirrels. The quip reveals a playful domestic exchange with a period voice.
A playful exchange about bees and a child asking to swim ends with a weathered train scene. A lantern is dropped and recovered by a passerby, triggering the engineer to challenge a leap onto a box car. The dialogue hints at risk and insurance easing the fear.
Hugh and Virginia Dunn of Columbus Junction visited the Hustons. Clyde McFadden of Des Moines came with sister Mrs N J Lease. Ora Marlett and family returned to Little Creek Virginia after furlough. Rose Moorhead Clarence Moorhead Frederick Westbrook and others visited Mt. Pleasant for Joe McCoy’s degree at Iowa Wesleyan College.
Jolly Ten met at the home of Mrs. R. H. Tracy with guests including Mrs. F. W. Johnston from Ft. Madison and Mrs. Charles Crish hosting Krony Krew. The Equality club gathered with eighteen members and two guests, followed by refreshments. Several residents received furloughs or visits, and funeral services were held for Lyman Babcock in Washington.
Prices farmers pay today including interest and taxes are 38 percent higher than in August 1939. Over the past year they have risen only seven percent.
Riverside and nearby towns attended funeral services for Mrs. Henry Klein at St. Marys church on Friday morning. Out-of-town mourners came from Lone Tree Richmond Hills and Clinton while locals visited family and neighbors, and services for Robert H. Clark were held at Shermans funeral home and Pleasant Grove Church of Od near Columbus Junction with burial at Indian Creek cemetery. Pallbearers included Hugh Newell Jesse Newell Scott Dawson Rudolph Schlichting Hervy Utter and Faye Foster.
Word from his mother Mrs. Anna Younkin says Sergeant Glenn Younkin has been moved from Fresno to San Antonio Texas for a twelve week parachute rigger training. Also noted are visits by Mrs. Lawrence Bates of Monmouth Illinois to her son in law’s home, Dorothy Schneider’s Iowa City hospital visit with her ill father Cornelius W. Schneider, and visits from Mr. and Mrs. Louis Walsh of Philadelphia plus Mrs. Ode lia Walsh and grandsons Dean and Jimmy Walsh at the Walsh home near Ainsworth.
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