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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1949
Page
3
The column muses on peace versus war, notes the fading Grand Army of the Republic, and humorously chides a travel writer son. It laments unresolved public concerns, comments on emancipation, Washington realities, and the value of daily rest over vacations. It closes with a biblical reference.
Bruce Cowden recalls Rev Milo J Phillips pastor of St Pauls Evangelical and Re formed churches in Washington and Valley. Phillips once was assistant professor of music at Oberlin theological seminary to help fund his ministry training. His father Milo Filipi, emigrant from Czechoslovakia, is also a pastor and spelled Filipi.
Biographical sketch traces Rev. Mr. Phillips of Washington from Tabor South Dakota to Cedar Rapids and Washington and Valey congregations. It notes education at Chicago and Oberlin and Eden seminary, wartime service in Siberia, and his election as vice president of the Iowa synod. Also lists local birthday and anniversary notices for August.
Iran reports sending mechanized infantry columns to reinforce the 1500 mile Iran Soviet frontier. American built trucks carry troops north under a $10 million U.S. arms credit. A military observer notes growing border tension and new fortifications on the Iranian side.
Dr Uttam Chand of India is named Assistant Professor in Mathematical Statistics at Boston University for the 1949 50 academic year. Newspapers once operating in Brighton include the Western Star Brighton Star and Brighton Sun. The YWCA began in Washington in 1925 with a building intended as the YMCA home. Icebergs are not all white some are deep blue in color and vary in width.
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