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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1940
Page
4
A 1940s montage column reflects on fear and policy, meals, and public life. It mixes social commentary, wartime hints, and personal notices, referencing Paulette Ward, Charlie Chaplin's wife, and notes on Norway during Nazi occupation, with musings on democracy and journalism.
Ralph Borman misnaming Cloid Willits as Claude at a Clipper Barber shop crowd and a Chamber of Commerce dinner caused laughter when he introduced guest Cloid Knupp, as the names were accidentally swapped.
A light column notes the holiday mood as Christmas nears with wry lines about Santa Claus. The Arkan sas Gazette offers festive quips reflecting seasonal cheer and small town humor.
A collage of humorous vignettes and dated anecdotes appears, including mentions of vitamins in chili, a college project, a hospital incident with Timothy Tuffley, a customer and butcher exchange, job interview miscommunication, dressmaker jokes, and a classroom quiz about the speaker of the house. The tone mirrors a clipped, lighthearted newspaper column with playful banter and social quips.
A lone waitress agrees to marry a grape grower to escape despair. The foreman’s seduction during a pre wedding crisis triggers a cascade of remorse, sacrifice, and dramatic fallout unfolding on screen through Tuesday.
A Lewd parade of top vaudeville and film comedians including Hugh Herbert Patsy Kelly Mary Boland and Sterling Holloway plays Republi... in the Fox Theatre production Hit Parade of 1941. The show blends fast sketches and musical bits aiming to please discerning humor fans.
Washington Lodge No. 26 Pw and A M invites members to the regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Worshipful Master Aard Mcbride presides with A. W. Yard serving as secretary.
Westbound RL and P No. 8 Golden State Limited daily regular stop at 4:00 p m No 1 Local regular stop at 11 20 p m No 43 Californian daily stops to charge and pick up passengers at scheduled points Eastbound No 3 Local daily regular 7 06 am as No 44 Californian daily regular stop 2 27 am No 4 Golden State Limited stops California passengers Westbound Knorville Branch No 430 daily except Sun No 42 daily except Saturday 10 46 am Leaven No 22 Mixed Train 11 30 am All trains daily except Sunday Westbound No 8 Davenport Kansas City local departs 9 58 am No 25 Southwest Limited Eastbound No 8 Kansas City Davenport local departs 6 1 am No 26 Southwest Limited departed 1 26 am Nos 3 and 8 daily except Sunday Bus No 9 leaves Washington 8 12 pm Bus No 7 leaves Washington 8 53 pm Daily Omaha to Chicago Bus No 2 leaves Washington Bus No 6 leaves Washington 10 38 pm All eastbound buses go to Chicago
Loway Phil Silvers Donald Mc Bride Barnett Parker Borrah Minevitch and a troupe deliver nonstop laughs. Hugh Herbert supplies crack dialogue while Mary Boland Patsy Kelly and Sterling Holloway add quirky charm. Langford Baker and Miller appear in standout moments.
Mrs Hattie Valley of Denver visits in Brighton with sisters Mrs Dave McNeese and Mrs D J Kyle. Dr Carl Allard of Boston and Mrs James Louvie of Conrad visit sister Mrs A Clark. Mrs Fred Williams visits Fairfield. Mrs Charles Phiela of Nevada Missouri visits nephew Dr BE Horner. Joe H Christy called to Revere for his father’s death. Eleven year old Junior Hiller buried at Hillcrest in Brighton.
Wednesday Frances Hoover and Mary Maxine Tracy are employed at the McLellan store in Washington, reflecting the shop’s daytime staffing.
Preliminary state declamatory contest at Brighton High School featured four schools: Brighton, Pleasant Plain, Rockland and West Chester. Roger Stannard of Brighton won first prize in oratory with the selection That America May.
Grace Trigg of Richland won with The Drame of the Rose Garden. Marion McDowell of West Chester placed second for The Big Parade. Ray Leppert of Brighton took second with The Button. Dwight Loeffler of Brighton won with Brother Gets Ready for His Date, while Jean Johnson of Richland and Roberta Luers of West Chester tied for second.
The account depicts Louis XVI crying out for aid during his execution and wrestling with his executioner, portraying a dramatic moment outside the idealized portrayal in some histories.
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