Editorial on tyrants and moral law in 1949
An August 3 1949 editorial contends that tyrants mislead nations away from moral laws and a moral law giver. It warns that such rulers and their peoples will suffer consequences for their folly.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
4
Aging in a Modern World Monologue Narrates Shifts and Frustrations
A reflective column surveys aging and modernization with humor and sharp observations. The narrator laments longer commutes and steeper stairways, notes busier parking, changing weather, fashion and mirrors, and ponders how time and society have altered daily life and perceptions of age.
Havner Case Spotlighted in Washington Bank Settlement
RAMBLINGS and REMNANTS recalls Horace M. Havner former Iowa attorney general in a Washington case about the Farmers and Merchants State bank settlement. The ruling allowed the settlement but left open further liability of bank officials. The piece notes notable attorneys general and figures, plus Havner’s funeral and other local memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace M. Havner
Iown
Havner
Washington
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
Mr Havner
Iowa
Ben J. Gibson
Mr. Hayner
H. W. Byers
Washington County
C. H. Kelley
Charles City
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Smith W. Brookhart
Havner, Gibson and Byers
Washington Journal
Associated Press
Kelley
Fred Lazell
Cedar Rapids
District Court Clerk
State Banking Department
Howard Byers
Des Moines
United States
Ray Venter
Towa City
National Guard
Bruce Flick
Havyner
Banking Department
H. M. Havner
L. M. Grigsby
Washington Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Marengo
Cleaning enameled utensils with baking soda
The article explains that enameled utensils resist harsh abrasives due to a smooth non-porous glass coating. They clean easily with soap and water, and any light staining after long use can be refreshed by rubbing with a damp cloth sprinkled with baking soda.
Air Material Command seals new 8 pound fire suit
A fire fighting suit weighing eight pounds provides head to toe protection and allows a wearer to stand within two feet of a blaze fueled by 200 gallons of gasoline. The design is the latest from the air material command's tailor scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Material Command
Picnic honor rolls at Sunset Park in Dayton Grove
Mr and Mrs Merle McDowell celebrate wedding anniversary and Bertha Sowash birthday with a Sunset Park picnic in Dayton Grove. The notice lists multiple families visiting, upcoming So and Sew picnic on August 11, and various local visits and travels around Columbus Junction and Wellman including a Nana Paxton pottery plant visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottery Plant
Columbus Junction
Lyall Moore
Dayton Grove
Merle McDowell
John MecDowell
Ross van Nostrand
Bertha
Josephine Sowash
Washington
Charlie Schroeder
Wellman
Sunset Park
Bertha Sowash
Walter Duvall
Comrade
Edgar Slemmons
Mildred Medford
North Carolina
Peggy
Patty McDowell
Orpha
Robbie Hartzler
John Koehler
Ainsworth
Federated Church
H. A. Dusenbery
Ken
C. E Griffith
Ted
H. D Dusenbery
John McDowell
Clear Lake
Peggy McDowell
Orville Hartzler
Wellman Park
Round Grove
Vince Skubal
Yuest
Mayime McGuire
Arnet Mayme McGuire
Arnet Mathers
Judy Skubal
John Skubal
Nana Paxton
Nana
California
Arrive for Weeks Visit With Relatives
Wayland. Aug 4. Mr and Mrs Jacob Stauffer Jr of Okemos Michigan arrived Monday for a week with relatives. His father Jacob Stauffer Sr and the Eugene Stauffer family return with them. Mr and Mrs George Atkins of Chillicothe Illinois dined with Mr and Mrs Louis Wenger. Mr and Mrs Sam Conrad of Seattle Washington visit Will Allen and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Jacob Stauffer Jr
Okemos
Mich
Jacob Stauffer Sr
Eugene Stauffer
George Atkins
Chillicothe
Black Hills
Louis Wenger
Sam Conrad
Seattle
Wash
Will Allen
Railroads Invest Big Since World War II to Improve Service
Railroads since the end of World War II have spent more than two and a half billion dollars on new freight cars locomotives and other improvements to provide better service.
Brookhaven to cool atomic pile with high speed blowers
Brookhaven National Laboratory aims to finish the atomic pile and will use specially designed compressors rotating at 450 miles an hour. These blowers move large amounts of high temperature air each minute to achieve cooling efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Purchase Books for Library on Tuesday
Wayland, Aug. 3. The library committee and guests travel to Mt. Pleasant to buy new books. Several families head out visiting relatives in Iowa and Ohio. Wayland’s kittenball field opens with first game Tuesday and Thursday as the Standard Oilers host an out of town team Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Lewis
Justice Department
Floyd Ellis
Charlie Thrapp
Janice
Judy Blumenstein
Lyall Moore
Don Argo
Oliver Rockhold
Lineville
Jim Lehman
Francis
Chicago
Bob Blumenstein
Woodhull
Ill
Judy
Will Anderson
Washington
Everette Woodruff
Columbus Junction
Ted Anderson
William Dusenbery
William Donald
Washington Hospital
Lloyd Peiffer
Roy Argo
Lloyd
Fred Ladehoff
Glenn
Joe Ladehoff
Anamosa
4-H
Janice Kay Argo
Walter Duvall
Ray Argo
Wayland
Dixie
Olive Boller
A. C. Wenger
G. W. Schantz
Mt. Pleasant
Wayland Standard Oilers
Hold That Baby! Bowery Boys at Fox theater
The Bowery Boys rescue a baby in their laundromat as police and gangsters close in while saving the infant’s mother from a sanitarium in Monogram’s comedy at the Fox theatre. Starring Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell Billy Benedict David Gorcey Benny Bartlett with Frankie Darro Anabel Shaw and others. Reginald Le Borg directs the Jan Grippo production with a script by Charles R. Marion and Gerald Schnitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery Boys
Monogram
Leo Gorcey
Fox Theatre
Huntz Hall
Gabriel Dell
Billy Benedict
David Gorcey
Benny Bartlett
Jowely Boys
Frankie Darro
Anabel Shaw
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Main Street
Russia
Ganda
Washington State
Ross
Bob
Beth
Bruce Cowden
Harold Wehr
Charles Morris
Harold
Journal
Wild Cat den
Karl Parcell
H. D. Dusenbery
Vernon Witting
Booth
Willard Jenkins
Bruce Moore
Mr. Moore
Dean Zachs
Mike
Bonnie
Ars
Riverside
Iowa City
Merle Colton
Marshall
N.C
Joan Queen
Joan
Dorothy McCreedy
Sandra
Jory Ann Ornduff
Sara McGinnis
Claudine Kilgore
Edgar Whetstine
Lone Tree
Percy Skubal
John Riggs
Cheyenne
Wyo
Earl Schuerman
Roger
Bill Podaris
Wisconsin
Bruce Cline
Eara Wittmer
Joe T. Wenger
Homer Wenger
Harry Wenger
Owatonna, Minn
Elmer Neff
T. BE. Neff
Pat Lyons
Walla Walla, Wash
Chris Wenger
Emma Cook
Zanesville
Ohio
Emil Stierer
Fannie Fenzel
Quincy, Mich
P. R. Alliman
Mr. and
Mrs
Lester Alliman
John Leonard
Mae Kempf
Lincoln, Neb
Channing
Witting and
Wittmer
Kerr Lids
Certo
Mason
Kerr Reg
Kerr
Kerr Jars
Lge
Dot
Windsor Club
Wittrig and Wittmer
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