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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1944
Page
4
A quotation invokes the phrase you are the salt of the earth from Matthew 5 14 praising humanity's moral advances. It frames a stern morality and devotion to liberty and truth while warning that without enrichment salt loses its power.
The Alexander Hamilton Institute reports that U S federal expenditures for the last fiscal year reached 93 7440000000 surpassing the prior high while the national debt climbed to 201 0030000000 from 136 6960000000 The balance shows fourteen straight years of debt growth and a projected rise to 258 000000000 for the current year.
A Pepper committee report claims up to one third of men were rejected for physical reasons. A new study shows 31 percent of women ages 2 to 50 facing WAC rejection, with 22 percent of Spars women turned away in late 1943 for vision, heart, teeth, obesity or weight issues. Mental rejections differ by gender, and public health officials urge better youth health care.
The Marshalltown Times Republican laments widespread disqualification among the town's youth due to insufficient education and care. It notes services meet high standards yet fail to prevent these losses.
A farm wife from Scott City Kansas hopes before she dies to own enough clothes pins and a clothes line to hang all her wash at once. She says she does not expect fur coats diamonds or solvency, just this simple household feat.
An excitable old farmer drives home from town. His horse stumbles and falls, unable to get up. He finally roars, threatening to run the animal down if it does not rise. Local anecdote from the Drover Telegram.
An Alton Iowa Democrat opinion piece argues that recent storms harming about fifty farm homes show disasters result from human folly, not divine will. It stresses that no deaths occurred, praises communal aid, and urges readers to seek spiritual growth rather than blame God.
The sergeant ask why the recruit missed reveille and laments the new soldier fears being a flop. A tiny town backdrop contrasts with the lively wartime quip about not knowing a tune, yet the humor elevates the moment.
A humorously bungled scene features a waiter and customer debating pie flavor with a glue like taste. An officer questions soldiers crawling through brush and trees while a private explains the camouflaged gun has vanished after lunch.
An elderly Indian man pays his subscription in a magazine office and asks for a receipt. He explains heaven will question his charity and wonders if the editor will be listed as paid in full. A Soap-Box Orator mocks radical causes and adds a wish to ban rheumatism.
Kalona August 2 Deans cafe is now closed and an auction will be held August 7. The cafe has been operated by Barn es and Hazel Dean for many years. Isaiah P. Yoder bought the W E Davis property on highway No 22. Walter Speas purchased the lunch room and gas station from KE E Grecian.
On R R 1 Brighton Kosmer Korkoski was a Washington caller Friday. Mr and Mrs Earl Neal entertained his folks from Des Moines the first of the week. Mr and Mrs Ralph Wagner Inez and Rodney Gowey were Sunday dinner guests at the Roman Borkoski home. Charley Parcell is very ill. Rodney Gowey was a Washington
The Pittsburg board of education rejected a plan to exchange a million dollars in certificates of indebtedness for an equal amount in war bonds. The piece argues bonds are government loans and warns against using bond purchases for self praise, urging buy and hold rather than speculative swaps.
A lively dialogue portrays a woman who has endured much for her belief and a humorously literal view of shoe sizes. Johnson doubts memory, Jackson confirms imperfect recall, and St Peter offers a golden harp as a reward while a mother quips about cooking a squad for dinner.
Columbus Junction report details: Ray Shy Conesville and W L Zine Knoxville formerly Columbus City appeared before a Muscatine County grand jury on charges of illicit liquor possession and gambling device possession. Bail set at 500 dollars. State agents and Sheriff Fred Nesper led a raid on a Conesville house. a case of whiskey and ten gallons hooch were seized. Other local notes include the Hanft family reunion Aug 6 at Cabin Columbus Chautauqua Park, and service member updates from Carlsbad Oklahoma City Camp Polk Oceanside and Boston with commendations and transfers.
Local residents report visitors and social events around Ainsworth as Ruth Norris notes weekly gatherings. Families from Moline Mt Pleasant Des Moines Buckeye Ariz and Cedar travel for dinners, calls and weekend visits while Kensington club funds Recreation Center and clubs contribute goods.
Riverside report covers Mrs Bert Gray visiting relatives in Town City, a pre nuptial shower for Miss Mildred Marie Burger with fiancé Eldon J Parzek, and the eighteenth annual Younkin Goceve reunion set for August 6 in Riverside park. Also listed are visits from Martha Whiting of Des Moines and Joseph Thomann of Carrollton with ties to former Riverside residents. Vern Critz of New York is noted as son of the late Vie and Mrs. Vie.
In Stringtown on July 31 Mrs. Effie Liechty hosts threshers after Noah Widmer's team finished the harvest. Pauline and Jeanene Roth visit from New York City with relatives. Local families gather for Sunday dinners, hospital updates, and birthday celebrations as community members share ice cream and cake.
Tor B. Critz of New York and sister Mrs. William Shalla joined relatives for the St Marys church grounds summer social hosted by the youth sodalities. Other Richmond and Hills residents and families were listed as attendees. A Riverside group joined a Cosgrove birthday picnic honoring Mrs Jack Jones with about forty guests.
Gracehill residents recount a busy weekend with Minnie Corpman visiting from Washington staying with her son Carl Corpman and family. Dozens of relatives and friends from Dublin Wellman and Des Moines drop by for Sunday visits and hospital recovery news.
To raise grain corn output, plant part of the acreage with a variety early enough to mature grain if not all land is needed for the silo, or plant a silage variety that will still yield grain in a favorable growing season.
Marian Rinner and Sunday visitors with Mrs Effie Lieehty and children visited Mrs Cora Widmer Joyce Berth Graber Mr and Mrs Harm Westen and Donald over the weekend Ernest and Larry of Peoria DL spent several days at Noah Widmer's home Mrs Young and Mrs Widmer are sisters Mrs Willis Alliman of Mt Pleasant visited Lester Alliman Mrs Edna Widmer and children shared ice cream at Maurice Krabill's Wednesday night Ivor Davis helped sister D C Schantz cook for threshers Thursday
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