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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1939
Page
4
A compact page of religious quotes and maxims. It includes Mark 12 30 on loving God with all heart and soul. Also features musings from Newton and Anne O Hara McCormick and James Russell Lowell on decision making and independence.
Observations discuss global concern over Europe’s war and the quest for preventing war. The piece notes Europe as cultural hub and questions how Stalin Hitler Nazi communist strategies impact civilian views and democracy in the United States amid shifting alliances. It probes public opinion and political tensions at a critical moment.
OBSEE NATIONS reports Thomas E. Dewey visiting his hometown of Genoa Michigan and emerging as a leading Republican presidential hopeful. It notes Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan as another favored candidate and discusses calls for bipartisan cooperation to restore fiscal solvency after over spending and bureaucratic expansion.
A discussion on leadership and integrity in government calls for officials who back sound policies and reject mere yes men. The piece notes Dewey’s cautious stance on the Republican nomination, his friendship with Vandenberg, Taft, and Lehman, and his potential maturity as a young leader who learns from age and experience. It argues for forward-looking, principled governance over expedient politics.
The piece argues high income tax rates reduce revenue and harm the economy. It cites 1916 and 1921 federal surtax data, praises a Wyoming and Iowa push to amend the Constitution to cap rates at 25 percent, and calls for broader state action to curb federal taxation power.
A reflective morning prayer asks for peace wisdom and mercy from God and a better view of others. A Capitol Supply News line jokes about Kastus’s lawyer noting a possible divorce due to lack of gun license for the wife’s father.
A New York resident recounts a visit to Scotland describing a Glasgow hotel encounter with a cigar store clerk. He complains about Scottish pricing and customs, noting an American lighter practice and a nine block walk for a light. The tale underscores cultural differences in service and expectations.
A neighborly chat captures a playful exchange about gifts for wives. Gubb reports buying golf clubs for himself and asks about the neighbor's purchase, who replies with a lawn mower as a practical present.
A concise definition equates home with a place where part of the family waits while others finish tasks, here using a classroom waiting room scenario to illustrate belonging and patience within family routines.
A boy praises a harmonica as the best gift while an uncle affirms the sentiment. The conversation reveals a quarrel or compromise over practice, as Junior mentions his mother pays him a quarter weekly not to play the instrument.
Neighbor asks about profits from last year’s crop. Farmer Joe replies he earned enough to keep his son Josh supplied with cigarettes for another year.
A vivid poem fragment describes Wash Day with rows of snowy clothes drying in the sun. The speaker cherishes the garments, expressing affection for each item as they flutter and whiten in sunlight.
A humorous dialogue has the amateur rider asking to pay in advance for a horse hire. The horse owner replies the payment is not to keep the horse, but to prevent the rider from not returning with the horse, implying a witty twist on trust and duty.
A brief script excerpt shows a salesman asking for authority and an office boy replying with humor about having little control. The exchange highlights workplace power dynamics in a terse, comic form.
The Aluminum Association notes a single strand may be 25 times thinner than a human hair, making a pound of this ultra fine wire worth about 216 million dollars. Yet the same metal in ingot form sells for around 20 cents per pound.
Records show annual losses for the London and Midland Scottish railway of 500000 cups 450000 spoons and 200000 saucers with part loss attributed to holiday souvenir hunters. The figures do not prove cups and spoons break more often than saucers.
The United States became the first nation to own a military airplane with delivery from a manufacturer on August 2 1909.
South African Airways routes will feature emergency landing grounds at intervals of 50 to 100 miles to enhance safety.
Washington reports Americans have misplaced 5 billion pennies since coinage began. Most losses occur as coins fall down drains, gutters, and streets, with many others in children's banks and vending machines. Officials note pennies are elusive though production runs high and Uncle Sam earns a nine cent profit per cent of copper used.
Earl A. Walker of Fredericton serves as sergeant at arms in New Brunswick with a self made uniform. He also leads the city fire department, a combination said to be unique among Canadian provincial assemblies.
In Revere Massachusetts Patrol man Arthur Sweeney resolves a long standing dispute by buying two noisy roosters from a neighbor. He relays the birds to the most vocal complainant next door and the case ends with an unexpected feast as the neighborhood enjoys peace.
Forty young men operate as mobile information booths in Rome preparing for the 1942 World's Fair. They speak seven languages and wear uniforms bearing emblems that mix the Italian flag with flags of the United States France Germany England Spain Arabic or Poland to indicate their language. Each has passed a written exam covering Rome's archaeology tourist sites and trains.
Outfielder Ed Stewart of Vancouver swung at a ball with such force that he struck himself in the head and knocked himself out during a Tuesday night game in Bellingham Washington.
Garfield was shot on July 2 1881 by Charles Jules Guiteau and died September 19 1881 in Elberon New Jersey after a weeklong illness.
Roger Babson argues Roosevelt may use Thanksgiving date and holiday timing to boost retail demand. He urges governors to consult merchants, cites wage law effects, and calls to suspend the Wage and Hour Law for sellers until production and distribution balance returns. He notes August business steady with Midwestern strength and labor tensions in auto plants.
English actress Greer Garson made her screen bow opposite Robert Donat in Goodbye Mr Chips at the State Theatre. Born to Hollywood fortune she initially returned to England delaying her big moment before her Brookfield School entrance scene defined her early fame with MGM.
Victor McLaglen stars as a former champion fighter who must choose between his own honor and his son’s future after the boy fleeces a fortune. The manager of a boxer in a championship bout contemplates throwing the fight to cover the crime. Supporting cast includes Nan Grey and Donald Briggs.
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