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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1945
Page
4
A colloquial rural reminiscence contrasts family paths: one becomes a doctor, another a horse trader, a third saves souls, another tur ned to politics, while the speaker keeps farming and feeding Dick, John, William and Tom.
A burglar's wife testifies on the witness stand as Morrison Bailey defends the client. The prosecuting attorney cross examines sharply asking if she knew her husband was a burglar when they married and how the alliance began.
A fragmented collection of humorous lines contrasts aging law and crime with social changes. Wry observations touch on treaties with neighbors highway expansion misadventures and a chiropractor’s joke about his wife and finances.
Oil magnate H. H. Rogers shows off sculptures to Mark Twain. Twain condemns a white marble bust of a young woman coiling her hair for lacking realism, remarking she should have hair pins in her mouth.
A Hollywood anecdote recalls Rob ert Benchley meeting fellow playwright Bob Sherwood. Benchley jokes he has known Sherwood since he “was that high,” raising his hand to emphasize the height.
The piece mocks military life with a blunt mess sergeant who dispenses fake eggs in powder, claims of dull wits, a man demoted for a minor casualty report error, and quips about battle fatigue. It notes postwar travel plans disrupted by ongoing strikes and rings with wartime humor.
Judy Canova headlines Columbia Pictures musical Hit the Hay at the Fox Theatre in a Sunday showing. The cast includes Ross Hunter Fortunio Bonanova Doris Merrick and Gloria Holden. Canova plays a country lass drafted to counterfeit an opera singer performing arias from Barber of Seville Rigel lto and Traviata with a burlesque bow and arrow. Previewe rs say the routine is her funniest yet with musical numbers Old MacDonald Had a Farm and No Other Love included.
Hazel Glider daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Glider and Wayne Kelley son of Mr and Mrs Roy Kelley of Wellman were married at the Baptist parsonage Iowa City in a candlelight ceremony on December 1 at 3 30 o clock Rev Elmer Diercks officiated in a single ring service Attendants were Mr and Mrs Melvin Longwell The bride wore a Mexican violet dress with yellow rosebud corsage The matron of honor wore gray The bride is a 1944 Wellman high school graduate and the groom is engaged in farming.
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