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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
4
In this Bible Thought Thursday editorial from the Indianola Tribune dated August 15 1940 the author laments moral decay and social shifts. It contrasts past U S honesty and religious fervor with postwar loosened morals gambling liquor and selfish attitudes urging readers to act for God while questioning the nation’s failures.
Mrs. Bruce E. Mahan of Iowa City denounces the Luftwaffe toll from England siege. She argues 223 planes shot down reflect brutal losses and predicts a day of divine reckoning for Hitler and his regime.
The Des Moines rally shows Wendell Willkie paying tribute to Secretary Wallace as he seeks a campaign beyond personalities. The letter argues mudslinging harms all, and questions relief funds allocation to executives versus the unemployed.
The Iowa City presbytery oldest in Iowa to mark its 100th anniversary with a September meeting led by moderator Dr Mion T Jones of Iowa City. Columbus Junction native Rev John H Gabriel pastor at Davenport Newcomb Memorial Church notable for lifelong ties to the area and early ordination in 1929.
California businessmen form two nonprofit groups the American Business Councils and the American Youth Movement and Assembly seeking to unite youth with a pro American program. Evan F. Lovett leads the effort asserting opposition to communistic tendencies in the American Youth Congress and plans broad support from U.S. cities.
Plans are set for a reunion of all former pupils and teachers of the old Fairview school southeast of Rubio. The event will occur September 4 at the P. B. Johnson home. Local residents and attendees include Mrs. Raymond Swartzweter and Miss Lucille Dales of Oskaloosa who recently visited the Eugene Morgan home.
The Clover Leaf girls 4 H club met Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs Mary Packer in Crawfordsville. Mary Manners reports on the gathering and activities of the Clover Leaf club.
Local notes report Hagie remains ill though not as severe as before. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones take a vacation trip to Butte Montana. Mary Jones returns from Devil's Lake Wisconsin with her daughter and family. Mr. and Mrs. Walden Smith and children of Mediapolis enjoyed the pleasant weather there.
A Davenport Times columnist notes returning travelers find value in reconnecting with old friends, yet for meeting new people nothing beats rubbing shoulders in transit or at events. The piece blends wit with social observation about networking in public life.
After a day of hunting an Indian and a white man have only a turkey and a partridge. The white man offers a split and suggests the Indian pick first or take the turkey himself. The Indian retorts with a blunt quip about not talking turkey.
The E I du Pont de Nemours company plans a seven and a half million dollar cellophane plant in Clinton Iowa. Construction began last March and the facility is expected to start production on January 1 1941. The complex includes a 650 by 125 foot factory and a 250 foot smokestack with a large power house.
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