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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1944
Page
3
A reflective editorial muses on Christmas during wartime, praising the spirit of giving and kindness as essential to peace. It urges maintaining Christmas values beyond the season, suggesting Santa Claus ideals influence international relations and future world order. Various local paper quotes echo the call for steadfast faith and shared humanity.
A wartime piece honors the service flag spoken by mothers wives sweethearts sisters and sons as a symbol of sacrifice and victory. A separate anecdote from a naval training center features a pharmacist's mate testing fingerprint technique with a dry quip about washing hands. The Wall Street Journal source ties the items together as era reflections.
The Smiths take French lessons to understand a French refugee baby they adopted. A Cub Reporter asks for newsroom advice but the editor declines, saying they are the wrong person to ask.
Walter Haight feeds sparrows with bread crumbs, sparrows trail him to Bollers for meals, and neighbors report cardinals visiting feeding trays. The piece notes Christmas scenes, family arrivals, and memories of Mrs. Alice Weidenbeck Chillson, who died in California, with guests from Illinois and Iowa City.
Stranger and Tommy discuss missing things in a quirky exchange. A diner scene mocks forbidden items and Edenic apples as a farmer jokes his wife has been confined at home for twenty five years. The dialogue blends wordplay and surreal humor.
In the early morning a few open grocers sold out of butter as rationing continued. Patrons rushed to canned goods and urged learning about margarine and soy beans. The writer thanks well wishers while in hospital.
We gratefully thank friends and neighbors for their thoughtful cards on our 50th wedding anniversary. Mr and Mrs D B Twinam express appreciation for the avalanche of well wishes and kindness.
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