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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
4
The column questions extravagant spending while urging charity and warns of rising socialized medicine rhetoric. It cites icy hazards, budget misuse, and Oscar Ewing’s push for state and local health education to explain potential national health plans.
The piece argues for a compulsory sickness insurance funded by a new payroll tax, predicting large public payroll expansion and higher costs than initial estimates. It also notes student career concerns, English skills in applicants, and a critical view of U.S. aid to China amid civil war.
A fragment shows someone moving into a corridor to check for activity or events. The brief notes no clear outcome, only a sense of motion and curiosity about what may be happening nearby.
Last evening at a high rise club I encountered a coat room attendant asking if I was with the judge's party. I spotted Judge Barnes among a group of dignitaries arriving for a social gathering with about 450 members in the club.
Frances Catherine Benthine of Ligonier Indiana wed Charles Theodore Balcoff son of the late Rev and Mrs T M Balcoff in New York City on November 23. The couple plans to reside in Manila Philippines after December 15 and Balcoff has practiced law for years.
The article notes Charles Collins, conductor of the Line of Type or Two column in the Trib une, acts as secretary and signs guest ecards. He dined yesterday evening at a table a few feet from the narrator while enjoying the club's fine dinner.
In Crawfordsville area last week, Richard, Frank Horesowsky, and Jirsa erected a garage at Jimmie Young’s home on the Milton Maas farm. Jimmy and Milton aided carpenters. the structure rose in a day and a half. Cement feeding floor work was added for Jimmie Young by Rolland Benson and Ward Benson.
Carl Rotzinger of West Chester did some grinding for Milton Maas Saturday. Clinton Anderson sent Friday in Iowa City.
The James Stoops family moved from a Crawfordsville area farm to the Schofield farm west of Washington. Frank Kleese added a room to his basement and enclosed the front panel with Henry Sheets helping. Various residents shopped, hosted gatherings, and attended events including a coon roast, pinochle, and a Home Builders cooperative supper at the Methodist church.
The Jack Wagner family spent Monday evening in the R. H. Fulton home. The Frank Kleese family had Sunday dinner in the Walter Fisher home in Seventy six township. Mrs. Mabel Rynearson of Thompson Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown of Wayland were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Booth. Rynearson and Brown are sisters, formerly the Chaffee family of Lexington.
To keep a broom in best condition always hang it up so that the straw does not rest directly on the floor.
The writer visits the Chicago federal district court on LaSalle street. He describes four judges Barnes Sullivan LaBay and Igoe and the rooms and seating, observes a Pennsylvania railroad damages trial, notes Judge Barnes as formal and reserved, and recalls Al Capone’s federal sentence.
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