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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
4
A Bible Thought from August 2 1933 presents Psalm 121 about preservation from evil. The verse about a list of friends by Douglas Mallock contrasts friends who harm with one who offers support in grief and strengthens in weakness.
A goat owned in a small town drew attention when its value and property frontage led to a tax dispute. The owner complained after the assessor cited a town ordinance: property abutting Main Street is taxed at ten dollars per front foot. The item mixes quips, jokes, and light verse in a local column.
Mrs Milburn McKay learns a tramp stole a topcoat from her line shed. Trainmen direct her to coal chutes where the thief surrenders the coat and apologizes. Marshall Monland removes the man from town as he heads back toward the Soldier's Home in Milwaukee.
Two games set tonight as men aged 40 to 50 face a picked squad from the Little Demons and Devils. The feature pits the Troop against the Junior Chamber of Commerce from Sigourney with a 6 30 start and the main battle at 8 30.
Baseball results show Philadelphia 12 1 over Boston 1 and New York 6 18 over Brooklyn 5 3. St Louis beat Pittsburgh 4 3, Cincinnati defeated Chicago 16 6. Philadelphia hosts New York, Boston hosts Brooklyn, and Chicago visits Detroit in upcoming games. Dr and Mrs F W Eastwood return from a Bible conference in Cedar Falls.
Farm administrators called a meeting for August 10 in Washington to craft an emergency program for applying the farm act to hogs. The plan aims to ease forced heavy marketing of swine amid prospects of the smallest feed crop due to corn belt weather damage. They will postpone a permanent hog and corn relief program and consider options such as marketing reserves, a processing tax, or minimal price supports for hogs and sows.
Administrators issued invitations to producers Market's agencies packers wholesale and retail meat dealers to attend the meeting here. The call was issued by George N. Peek, administrator. Mrs. Vella Maplethorpe of Wellman is a guest this week of Mrs. George Struble.
Railway timetable fragment lists mixed trains 429 and 430 with daily operation and note on California passenger checks. It also names train 93 21 and 22 passenger services with freight and local freight services, plus stations Washington and several county seats. Agent signatures L Goodlander J C McKay W C Bell indicate agent duties and daily schedules.
Miss Hamilton's pupils perform music for Flights for Freedom at the high school auditorium tonight. A saxophone quartet opens the program with Karl Bevins Harry Montgomery Cloyd Garrett and Stanley Dayton in the group and Milburn McKay coaching. Vocal solos between scenes feature Ruto Davis Helen Smylie and Welds Parcell. curtain at 8 with the play to follow after 7 40.
The Navy awarded contracts for 21 vessels in private yards and allowed ten built in government shops. Financed by a 258 million public works allotment, the program aims to boost the fleet near London treaty limits and employ thousands in shipyards. Contracts cover two aircraft carriers, three cruisers, fifteen destroyers, and two submarines.
In Boise a United States District Court filing contests a conservation army claim that macaroni provided was underweight and too slim to meet requirements. The government says the charge is unsupported and cites underweight deathes as part of the dispute.
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