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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1935

Page

4

Stay With The Lord Bible Thought For Saturday

Today's Bible Thought for Saturday August 24 1935 urges staying with the Lord and living kindly among people. It quotes 2 Chronicles 15 2 and RBrook Herford on serving others over demanding service.

Coolidge and Will Rogers Friendship Amid Radio Mockery

A humorous radio impersonation of Calvin Coolidge by Will Rogers sparked controversy but softened to reveal a close, unlikely friendship. The two men shared mutual respect, with Coolidge forgiving the jest and enjoying modest warmth toward Rogers and his family.

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Notable kinship between Coolidge and Rogers spares no pretence

Both were of the soil and shared a belief in life’s right order. They valued humility, common sense, and a quiet rapport. A well-known tale recalls Will Rogers meeting Calvin Coolidge and joking, I didn’t catch the name, which broke Coolidge’s composed reserve.

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Reds Make It Clear

In Moscow representatives of Communist parties from over fifty nations agreed to support the Soviet form of government as a model. The move signals international Communism backing a totalitarian state with an all powerful party machine, rejecting true Socialism and democracy. It challenges workers to decide whether they want such despotism and political oppression in their own countries.

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Inquiries and Humble Letters From Small Town Circles

A collage of verse and notes opens with poetry and quotes from Lalia Thornton and a mock Virgil admonition followed by a humorous Einstein time theory. An exchange with Lee McAvoy quotes Bugs Bear clippings about local projects, paychecks, and civic oddities in a seven hundred population town.

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Joe Hradek Family Attends Nira Reunion at Cow Falls

The Joe Hradek family and Mrs. Hradek's kin gathered at Cow Falls for a reunion with about three hundred attendees. Several locals plan to visit the state fair this week and next. The article also notes tributes to Will Rogers and a radio talk by Keddie Guest.

J. B. Hanley Nira Joeek Cow Falls Sun

Will Rogers Last Letter From Alaska Recounted

A reminiscence about making the Will Rogers story in New Jersey with Sam Goldwyn. Rex Beach supervised mining scenes and subtitled the film. The narrator recalls friendship with Rex Beach and Mrs Beach, and jokes about Florida fertilizer and Alaska.

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Grief and Joy Across a Street Corner

A street maid smiles at the poet's question about grief and sorrow. The old man and matron recall days of happiness while silent on their son's death and a failed rye crop, reflecting on fleeting sorrows and enduring memories.

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Will Rogers Last Ride Remembered by Martha Darbyshire

In Grand Central Airport Glendale on Aug nineteen, Will Rogers dies with Wiley Post. Martha Darbyshire recalls Rogers as a genuine American figure who valued privacy, resisted publicity, and left Hollywood with a pall over the industry.

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Jungbluths En Tour: Family Travels Across Midwest

Peter Jungbluth writes from a family road trip with Carl Sr Hilga and siblings Helen Walter Peter Carl Jr and Margaret Ann. They travel by car through Iowa South Dakota North Dakota stopping at Harlan Vermillion Mitchell and Pierre while noting weather dust storms and drought plus farm sizes and road conditions.

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