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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1940
Page
4
Bible Thought reflecting on God suffering with people and delivering them. The passage cites Isaiah 63 9, noting God who bears and carries Israel in affliction. The message emphasizes divine compassion, presence, and redemption across ancient times.
Dr A W Clow praises The Evening Journal as we reproduce Doane Owl editor Charles Yohe's piece Wake Up America The essay urges thoughtful national reflection after WWI era and recounts the Titanic disaster with commentary by Channing Pollock noting the disaster's astonishing aspects
The author laments national indifference to looming dangers abroad and at home. He argues democracy may collapse without renewed discipline and civic engagement, urging Americans to become truly informed on vital issues or risk losing government by and for the people to autocratic power. He cites Hitler, Mussolini, and democratic erosion as warnings.
West Chester reports valentine parties across grades with gifts, visitors, and student projects. Fifth and sixth graders won W R C Lincoln Essay prizes, while seventh and eighth grades produced essays on Garfield and McKinley. High school notes mention French Revolution study, The Tale of Two Cities plans, and class actor selections.
A new police manual drafted in Toledo outlines laws and ordinances governing public places, morals, order, and decency in the city, providing up to date guidance for officers on expectations and enforcement.
A humor filled guest column by Shavings This and That laments newspaper life and fashion, reflects on a self sufficient household, and recalls Wallie with the soldiers. The piece muses on radios selling cigars, portable pens, salt shaker seeds, and a Virginia style chautauqua era. It also honors William J Bryan as the “silver tongued Orator” and mentions local figures in Iowa and Washington.
List of February dates linking figures and institutions: 1782 George Washington, 1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1919 Jacobs Tire & Radio Service, 1932 Wolfe Hatchery, 1917 Dr. Fred Reid Veterinarian, 1921 Farmer's Cooperative Exchange. Events tie to public figures and local enterprises across years.
The Journal offers one dollar per paragraph of up to 650 words on a firm’s first year. Visit listed anniversary firms, collect a single incident, write 50 words, and mail or drop off by February 29 1940. Three best entries win one dollar each. limit one firm per paragraph.
In a college town with a strong community, officials note the search for talent led them to overlook nearby options. A misfortune is described as Chau tauquas went south, yet the state claims to retain perhaps the only existing example. The remark ends with a hopeful greeting to Shavings.
A Pompeii wall painting reveals guest conduct rules for a banquet hall. The artwork invites anyone unable to follow the regulations to depart, reflecting ancient Roman norms on decorum and etiquette during feasts.
The Moon is Earth's sole natural satellite and lies about 238000 miles away. This figure represents the current commonly cited average distance, noting slight variations due to orbital ellipticity.
The pianist Ignace Paderewski rose late to fame after years of study, then funded relief for Poland during World War I. He retired in 1922 to return to performance, drew massive crowds, and in later life, as an elder statesman, remained devoted to Poland while planning for freedom.
Hollywood star Andy Devine, famed for unhappiness on screen, lives at a five acre Van Nuys ranch with wife and two healthy children and serves as honorary mayor. He appears as a Canadian Northwest Mountie in Man From Montreal with Richard Arlen at Fox Theatre a Wednesday. Co stars include Kay Sutton Anne Gwynne Reed Hadley Addison Richards Joseph Sawyer Jerry Marlowe. Devine says Hollywood treats him as a favorite son and his ranch is self supporting. He began as a football player in a college film at Universal and remains under contract there.
Hollywood veteran Charles Bickford shifts from hard boiled roles to a gentle town minister in Republic's Thou Shalt Not Kill at Fox Theatre. He portrays a man who guides a wayward lad back to the straight and narrow. The film screens Wednesday and Thursday.
The reader describes the Chartres cathedral rose window as the loveliest in the world when sunlight streams through it, likening stained glass to jewels set in black velvet and conveying a vivid, poetic impression.
Mississippi saw a rise in farm numbers per the latest census while noting that California Oregon and Washington together show a larger nationwide total across those states.
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