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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1940
Page
3
A Bible thought urges certainty in faith and warns against trusting uncertain riches. The Saint Louis Post Dispatch credits Mussolini with inventing the term Flitzkrieg defined as a swift retreat in the face of inferior numbers.
A compilation of humorous reflections on military life notes the cook, not the bugler, starts the army day. It discusses a Christmas star story, Cunningham’s comet, and the Jupiter Saturn conjunction as possible inspirations. Public notices mention draft avoiders jailed a year, raising questions about draft fairness.
The Church of Christ invites all to Sunday school at 9 45 a m the last service of 1949 and morning worship with the theme A New Year s Message E 6 30 pm Feb 23 youth zone meeting announced minister C Breidenithal urged a fast start for 1941 with all services open to everyone
Over two hundred youngsters attended the Christmas party Saturday afternoon as the Y M C A and Y W C A Ladies ensured all had a good time. Santa arrived as expected and happiness spread. Thirty boys joined a treasure hunt Monday afternoon and found each needed article.
The Rotary family Christmas party for 135 youngsters and adults was a fine affair. Y's Men and Catholic Daughters contributed time to projects while the Hi Y assisted in many tasks. Lt. John Coulter sent greetings from Hawaii as former Y boys noted. Special gym and swimming classes run daily during vacation with Cadets ping-pong leaders Bill Kelsey Bob Noonan and Charles Griffin guiding. Clinton Y M C A plans a dual meet this afternoon.
Washington Hi Y names Burchard Holden as president with a senior chapter led by Don Vorhees and a junior group under Everette Squire. The combined membership totals 78. Holden also plays for the United Presbyterian church basketball team, with his father and brother active in the Y program.
A reflection on the vast scales of space comparing a hypothetical one second journey to the distance light travels in a year, noting it would take sixteen years to match what modern telescopes already probe.
A bustling day in a county treasurer’s office ends with Merle Warner paying for licenses with newly minted 1940 nickels and dimes. The lighthearted scene includes a calendar shortage joke and a string of old time quips about memory and city life.
The monk Athanasius Kircher first observed what he called worms in a patient's blood using a small microscope in 1658.
Ann Sothern, famed for Maisie and Daley, opens a three day Fox Theatre engagement in a new modern role. The piece details her early life in Valley City North Dakota, rise with Ziegfeld and MGM, and notable stage and screen credits.
Latest issue in the March of Time film series presents a story of America's 45 million wage earners and traces labor's progress during thirty years. It highlights how workers contribute to the nation’s defense and industrial effort.
In the March 1941 term of the District Court of Washington County Iowa John Hencock Mutual Life Insurance Company sues unknown claimants to the southwest and northwest quarters of the southeast quarter in section 33 township 76 north range 7 west. The list includes Matilda Warren Eliza Ann Houston Reed Walker and others with unknown heirs spouses and devisees named as defendants.
A historical overview notes that before 1922 oil exploration relied on guesswork and unsystematic methods. It states that today 85 percent of large oil wells are located through geology, micropaleontology, and aerial photography.
The United States public debt rose by more than half a million dollars after Morgenthau placed on the market a treasury note issue totaling 650 million dollars.
An advertisement by Professor John Ro McAulie at the University of Minnesota promotes two new girl students described as blonde. The placement aims to attract attention to his Scientific German class amid low student interest, with results showing greater male interest.
Westminster Abbey stands as the coronation seat and burial place for England’s rulers. Nine centuries of national history unfold in its architecture begun by Edward the Confessor, with a later display adjacent featuring a portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
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