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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1945
Page
3
A 1945 column surveys wartime life in Iowa and beyond noting high highway casualties, inflation of costs, and a push for responsible driving. It covers gas shortages, selective service recalls, legislative pay, prisoner of war aid, and a Y M C A bulletin detailing gifts and support for soldiers overseas.
A comic dialogue features a minister advising waiting after a husband’s death, a widow countering with eight months paralysis, a late-arriving plumber, and a boastful claim about teaching a son to swim. Squibbs jokes about the honeymoon ending when the bride carries her own suitcases as a clash between lawyers unfolds before a judge.
A young lieutenant addresses his platoon and an old sergeant quotes scripture. The next day a bulletin announces Company A will hike 25 miles in full gear, followed by the line a little child shall lead them on a horse.
A Colored preacher jokes about the 69th chapter of Matthew and the crowd laughs at a sermon on lying. A speaker explains monetary topics while a wife questions her husband about wealth. A riddle about a timetable ends with a porter noting time.
Marines receive full honors when possible even amid combat. Command officers pause to conduct brief services and place a small flag on each remains before interment.
Schools resume January 2 after a Dec 22 vacation. Grades 5 8 presented Old Crosspatch a Dutch Christmas tale with Rut Davis Junior Graber and others. Grade school acts featured The Tale of the Toys and a Christmas concert with numerous performers and a high school play The Christmas Tree a vet comedy directed by Mrs Erbe and Miss Davies.
Laugh bombs explode as Laurel and Hardy mix glamor and danger in The Big Noise now showing at the Fox theatre. The duo delivers the season’s biggest comical blast with bright blondes and sensitive bombs in a new 20th Century Fox comedy.
The Doughgirls comedy at State Theatre stars Ann Sheridan Alexis Smith Jack Carson Jane Wyman Eve Arden and Charlie Ruggles. The film parodies the Hollywood love triangle with rapid gags and farcical domestic mischief. Audience reaction runs toward howls and guffaws as romantic math goes awry.
A method to seal pipe snots and pine knots uses a coating of orange shellac mixed with plastic and blown castor oil before painting. The preparation aims to prevent bleed-through and improve paint adhesion.
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