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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1940
Page
4
A devotional note from December 21, 1940 exhorts trust in the Lord Jehovah as salvation. The passage cites Isaiah 12 2, affirming God as strength and song and the source of safety from fear.
The article lauds civilian bravery amid World War II horrors and argues Britain’s George Cross should recognize untrained citizens who perform selfless acts. It cites a London scrub woman repeatedly returning to work after bombings, illustrating everyday heroism alongside military valor.
The New York Times reports that Atlantic convoy losses spur calls for air and underwater coordination. British planners explore four engine bombers, catapult-equipped merchant ships, and a helicopter option to extend patrols, with the rotorcraft touted for rapid takeoff, hover, and cost-effective mass production.
The Firmont Sentinel urges united resolve to keep any foreign dictatorship from dominating the United States and champions domestic growth and self sufficiency as core policy.
A high school address argues that delaying work becomes a habit with the slogan Eventually, why not tomorrow. It warns against mockery of others and notes that a person’s principles often hide prejudices.
Grocer Dick Johnson ran out of gas at East Madison and South Second Avenue. He could not locate the car key to the gas tank and his wife’s duplicate key remains missing. He contacted the key maker, which discontinued that key, leaving Johnson without access to fuel.
Lewis Jeeter of the Washington Mattress Company sells the business to Harold Bieg, a local boy, who will carry on operations as the Jeeter family plans to move to a Arkansas farm in a couple of weeks. Jeeter praises Washington County’s people and community.
A reflective piece blends Henry Van Dyke’s prayer for daily kindness with brief anecdotes about hospitality and the quiet humor of ordinary neighbors. It invites readers to show care for children, the elderly, and coworkers by living with light and open gates.
EAST SUNSET December meeting of the Sunset Circle at Mrs Merle Twinams home with ten members present. Mrs Fred Spangler led the business session. Mrs Spahler elected president and Mrs Davis vice president. Holiday decor, a gift exchange, and refreshments followed. January gathering planned at Mrs Frank Bosharts home.
The clipped fragment notes deodands in English law once passed to the crown for alms after a death, abolished in 1846, followed by a collection of overheard lines and jokes about alarms, parrots, and miswritten window signs. It blends legal trivia with humorous street dialogue and dated asides.
VEO locals report seven Just Us club families meeting at Mrs Verle Beauchamps home for a cooperative supper and card games. Andy Wolfe helps Moses Hoskins add to a chicken house. Health news notes Mrs George Woodford slow in recovery and Mrs Catherine Jones doing housework. Marilyn Hosler visits Doris Beauchamp. Merrill Gowey kills a dog preying on sheep. J A Rice holds a successful farm sale with a large turnout. California son Sylman gifts a collie sheep dog to Mr and Mrs B C Johnson. Elmer Coffin and Hervey visit Milton Coffins for an oyster stew.
Haskins December meeting of the Ladies Aid was held at the country home of Mrs. D. H. Peters with 17 members and two visitors despite snow. Christmas exchange, birthday entertainment, balloon games, a guessing contest, and a luncheon with holiday color theme were featured.
A Christmas note recalls nut cups used ten years ago at a wedding. Ralph Boyd and Gladys Boyd with Donna drove to Washington Sunday to the Hugh Boyd home for a family Christmas dinner. Weather blocked church services while Jim Bean and wife shopped in Washington Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs W G Robertson left Crawfordsville on Wednesday for Los Angeles California to spend the winter with her children Margaret and Henry who are employed there. The American Legion Auxiliary drew a good audience at the high school auditorium for a program and the Wyman high school basketball teams visited, with Crawfordsville Cyclones defeating Wyman 37 21 and the junior high losing 14 10 with Hibbs refereeing.
The census bureau notes many small towns have disappeared since the 1930s. The piece mentions freight cars and a railway context implying migration or depopulation. The excerpt reflects a San Francisco Chronicle framing on rural decline and urban shift.
One third of applicants in five North Carolina counties failed visual tests for driving chookbuses. All but one failed two or more tests and three were blind in one eye. The Better Vision Institute urges periodic eye examinations for school bus operators amid 80,000 U.S. school buses.
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