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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1948
Page
4
A religious reflection cites Psalm 69 2 about shared suffering as humanity is urged to endure similar hardships. The passage recalls offerings of gall and vinegar in the context of the Saviours crucifixion and calls for steadfast faith.
The piece mixes anecdotes about corn gifts and threshing history with musings on urban decentralization and state finances. It notes corn donations from Grace and Victor Stone in Ainsworth, recalls horse powered threshing, critiques big city growth, and highlights Iowa’s wartime bonds debt and a $100,060,185 balance.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette note says the Dewey nomination provokes dissatisfaction among the Reds. The Sioux City Journal mocks promises by a party with no winning chance to appease every crackpot group among the constituents.
A reader recalls the 25th anniversary 1926 Journal issue with images of Washington residents from 1900s to 1920s. The piece notes group photos of county officials, YMCA leaders, and a Civil War veterans gathering, plus baby portraits and early city hall pictures, highlighting aging faces, notable names, and local landmarks.
Path finder reports seventy coal companies and railroads invest $250000 this year to develop a fully automatic mining machine. It will cut solid coal, load continuously onto conveyors or mine cars, and reduce coal costs and miner exposure in soft coal pits, though exact savings are unknown.
A 31 pound catfish on informal display outside Chamberlin's Sport Shop drew crowds from nearby stores and across the square. The report notes Mr. Hamilton of Brighton caught the notable fish and hints at many more anglers visiting Iowa and Minnesota rivers.
The Missionary society of Central Presbyterian church will meet at the church on Thursday August 12 with Mrs Helen Howell leading the topic Plant the Will and Mrs Paul Howell leading devotions. The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary will meet Thursday evening August 5 in the Community building. The Iowa Southern Utilities company announced a rate increase effective September 1 1948 with residential bills rising about 9.47 percent.
In Columbus Junction on August 5 a potluck supper at Central Presbyterian marked visits by Rev. Harley A. Henderson and his family and former pastor Rev. E. R. Mitchell and Mrs. Mitchell from State Center. Also noted are a sixth birthday for David Little, local 4-H activities, road work on Springer Avenue, and development of a road from the former Short Creek district. Russell Gravvatt and daughter Shirley of Peoria Illinois visited relatives. Gravvatt helped organize a North Side Nazarene church.
The Whatsoever society met Tuesday evening in the Methodist church parlors with Mrs. Louise Perry and Mrs. Alicea Stewart as hostesses. Mrs. Lorraine Lewis and Mrs. Laura Edmondson were announced as the Aug. 17 hostesses. Rev. W. Z. Allen and Mrs. Allen, formerly pastors at Cotter and Salem, now reside in Seattle after retirement, aiding other ministers as health allows. Two daughters are employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Mitchell and Lois Ann from Bartlesville Oklahoma along with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Mitchell of Yate Center Kansas and Mrs. Florence Berry of Bakersfield California visited friends in Conesville this week.
Yvonne De Carlo rose from a pool of 20 000 contest entrants to win a beauty search by Walter Wanger and snag her first role in Salome Where She Danced. She now plays Lola Montez in Universal-International's Black Bart alongside Dan Duryea and Jeffrey Lynn, directed by George Sherman.
Actor Huntz Hall urges real restraint and civic duty crediting his work with Leo Gorcey in the Dead End Gang. He says on screen mischief contrasted with real life belief in the straight and narrow path and the importance of voting and upholding rights through Freedom Train inspired citizenship.
Bowery boys in the Mono gram series Jinx Money headline a Fox theatre screening where Goreey and co stars stage pranks to aid police in trapping a mysterious murderer.
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