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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1932
Page
4
The Journal announces a current contest to encourage local writing. Washington county high school students contribute short stories, each complete in its issue, with several excellent pieces already entered. The paper hopes future contests will uncover local literary talent.
In Oklahoma a teen named Gerald and his dog Shep discover a bank robbery crew in a river cave. Gerald captures two men using rocks and his dog’s help, earning a reward and a reminder that thieves are best handled by professionals.
Winners of 10 5 and 2 50 dollar prizes will be announced Saturday December 17 alongside honorable mention recipients who each get a copy of BY WAYS OF 1952. The story mentions an honorable mention about a diamond ring valued at one hundred thousand dollars stolen from a table, sparking an uproar and police involvement.
The notice advises careful wording to avoid common missteps in quotations. It emphasizes avoiding phrases like please try to avoid such another mis take and suggests using concise direct phrasing. The guidance urges precision and clarity in printed language usage.
The weekly message notes a severe winter has arrived as predicted. It praises public spirited relief groups and generous citizens who give money and goods to help the needy, urging courage and practical planning for hard times.
An assortment of humorous vignettes and brief notes from readers includes an Indian buying cough syrup for pancakes, a boastful census reply, a Republican DemocratCowCat voting mix up, a sailor misreading signs, and a quip about tax paper.
A verse satire questions leaders, prices, taxes, and national debt. It laments stalled progress and asks who will unite and plan a path to prosperity amid economic woes and political critique.
A reader, HETA, seeks a copy of By-Ways won in the Literary Supplement but fears revealing identity. A workaround suggests sending a friend for the handwriting to identify the request and notes an autographed copy will be off the press by the 17th.
A census taker asks a maiden lady her age and she retorts her neighbors were asked too and she is as old as the hills. The man records Sarah Stokes age as old as the hills in his notes. A humor column notes on the census question and other quips about age. A relief loan of 7400 dollars for Clay county Iowa is granted by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the remainder of the year. Town will sell its own bonds after January 1 to obtain relief funds. the R F C has previously advanced 364 000.
The cold wave spreads from the Canadian northwest to the U S eastward, with Chicago reporting five cold related deaths from heart failure as temperatures fall toward zero. Relief teams shelter about 17 000 unemployed and icy conditions cripple trains and communications from Manitoba to Ontario.
The Fortnightly club section two will meet with Mrs Harry Call at S18 South on Tuesday afternoon. The Rural Women's club meeting has been postponed until a later date.
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