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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1938
Page
4
Bible Thought for Wednesday December 7, 1938 recalls Jeremiah saying I cannot speak as a child and God answering to go where sent and speak as commanded. The reflection frames divine empowerment of unlikely messengers and the call to trust God in service.
A fiery column rails against foreign influence and Dies Committee findings alleging spies among WPA relief recipients. It accuses government officials of skulduggery, claims communistic propaganda in WPA theater projects, and calls for accountability amid national security fears.
The speaker denounces funding for alleged traitors and criticizes Harry Hopkins. He warns of the tax burden on Americans, urges the Dies Committee to target leaders, and cites Tom Dewey’s approach as a model for accountability at the highest levels.
Newton News notes Governor-elect George Wilson will keep a secretary but no executive assistant like Kraschel. Hints circulate of staff reductions and department consolidations, a notable departure in state government sizing.
The Cherokee Daily News reports rising fear that the U.S. may enter war due to disputes with Germany and Japan. The sentiment is strongest in sea board states and has unsettled business and stock markets as Americans seek to avoid entangling alliances and involvement in a European or Asiatic war.
A period of social visits and guests fills the Havre area from early December. Mrs. Ed Krabill stays with the S. C. Wittmer home while Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wittmer host. Pete Koehler and family visit Kahoka, Missouri. Local families entertain relatives and friends including the Westen, Pratt, Lauderman, Wilson, Mason, Zieglowsky, and Frakes households. Several residents attend basketball in Olds and share weekend outings with kin in Fairfield and Ainsworth.
Button cutters in Columbus Junction will have four days of work per week for the next three weeks as the plant remains closed. Local social notes mention visits between Marshalltown and Kenneth Fisher families, and visits by Mrs. Robert H. Evans to Wymore Nebraska. Club activities include M. and M. Club and Half Hour club meetings with Christmas events and a planned musical program at 4. O. Newell home.
The first law school in the United States was established in Litchfield Connecticut in 1784. It marks the beginnings of formal legal education in the young nation.
As mornings turn colder, a bed blanket proves more valuable than many stored cedar-chest coverings. The line between daily comfort and long term storage use sharpens in homes seeking warmth and practicality.
A reader notes that thousands of arrest records have been removed from Brooklyn police ledgers. The implication is that without these pages, it will be difficult for offenders to reform or for the public to track arrests.
An Observer writes to V. O. L. about Frank Macon's dark appearance in the Journal. The writer speculates on sun exposure or a blush and hopes for improvement or clarification from the publication.
The report notes that despite a wage and hour will, there has been no observed alteration to the longstanding rule about the wages of sin. The source highlights consistency in enforcement or interpretation amid new legislation.
A neighbor reports her husband is acting wildly mad or out of his mind. She says he keeps saying here’s how and has blown the top off the doctor’s medicine, prompting a visit from the inquiring husband.
A minister filling in at a funeral could not determine the deceased's gender due to a gender neutral name. He asked a mourner during a musical interlude, receiving the reply cousin, a humorous misdirection that ends the anecdote.
A Negro preacher pressed his bishop for help until the bishop, in final tone, said he did not want to hear any more appeals. The following week a letter arrived from the same preacher.
A preacher cites a radio report to press a point before a bishop. The exchange includes remarks about attire and suspicion, with a conversational tone and a digression on public appearances and radio provenance.
Russell Roth son of Clarence Roth was thrown into the windshield when the car hit a dirt pile near a culvert east of Jake Graber's farm. He suffered facial cuts needing three clamps. Max received a forehead bump and Mrs Roth was injured. The article also notes family visits, births, health updates, and church group travels in Missouri and Colorado.
The item confirms Rev Albert Penner preached Calvin Coolidge's funeral not Rev William Penner. In other notes Rev and Mrs Paul Gnagey of Wichita rooms with Mrs Barbara Conrad while Rev Gnagey sells books near Wayland. Guests at Omar Boshart home include Mr and Mrs C E Waterhouse and Bruce Ficher with address given at the Wayland M E church bank offering service.
East Highland residents share gatherings with the Dvorak and Florang families and welcome Matilda Bruegge and Ruby back to Kentucky school attendance. Visitors include Murdock Birka Florang and Mincer households. Mrs. Joe Florang shows improvement as the community notes several Friday and Sunday visits.
The James Dvorak Sr home was referenced this week. Mer and Mrs. Harry Merrifield will farm forty acres of the C Raymond farm and reside where Mrs. Raymond and her son Will have lived. A new son, William John, arrived at Dr. and Mrs. James Roundtree’s home. Mrs. Roundtree is formerly Mary Birka.
Coffee is harvested in Mexico from October to February. In Central America two to three pickings are needed due to unequal crop maturity.
The article notes there are nine times as many moth species as butterflies. Moths fly at night and are seldom seen, contrasting with daytime butterflies.
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