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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 02, 1933

Page

4

Magnify the Lord Sunday Evening Church Message

A brief religious note highlights Psalm 40 16 urging joy in seeking the Lord and praising His salvation. The devotional emphasizes continual praise and magnifying God for those who love salvation.

Happy New Year Health Message From The Editor

The item greets readers with a cheerful new year blessing and notes a historically low mortality. It urges good nourishment, warns against food scarcity and poor quality, and stresses that diet impacts longevity especially among the elderly.

United States

Year 1952 Reflections on a World Entering A New Era

A reflective overview contrasts past decades with the coming year. The writer ponders what 1952 will deliver, noting global upheavals, wars, discoveries, and life events as societies anticipate future sensations and changes. The piece frames time as a hotel where guests enter, stay briefly, then depart.

Fate of 1933 in Store for You and Me

The note contemplates the year 1933 and its potential impact on individuals and communities, inviting readers to consider how economic and political changes may affect daily life and collective prospects.

Buy American movement gains scope in U S debate

The Advertising Age highlights a growing Buy American movement arguing that Americans must protect their own workers amid unemployment. It cites England and Canada examples of protectionism and notes heavy imports, especially steel, while U S plants run at low capacity. It asserts Japanese steel undercuts domestic prices.

United States England London Canada Europe Pacific

Deduch Word Study Rules and Daily Vocabulary

Daily English lesson on misused words mispronunciations and spelling. It defines DEDUCE as arriving at an opinion or truth by reasoning and gives guidance on usage with examples.

By The Way lighthearted quips on resolutions

Eddie Cantor jokes about a Washington DC gag and the amusement tax. The piece notes New Year resolutions and urges readers to pledge to contribute thoughts for the By the Way column in 1923. It playfully proposes writing only on one side of pages to keep the column concise.

Eddie Cantor Washington, D. C Eddie

Insects and the Endless Unknown Theme in Verse

A fragmentary note questions insect diversity with 400 000 known types and 500 000 more believed. It also hints at a poem by Hera about Wordsworths favored theme, suggesting lingering scratch as the weeks pass.

Noaple

The Moral of This Escapes Me and Darker Reflections

A reflective piece contrasts childlike wonder with grown up doubt about Heaven. The speaker recalls stars and mansions of the sky, then laments distance from ideal. A diverting exchange with jokes leads to a closing line about Father Abraham and cops.

Cosmetics and All Ladies Best Hook Din In Fort Worth Pike

Fragmentary dialogue shows Miss Dease presenting Professor Smith at a filling station on the Fort Worth pike. A humorous exchange follows with an absent-minded professor awaiting action.

Fort Worth Pike

The Modernists and Fundamentalists Clash Over Hell

A stylistic exchange frames a duel of beliefs about hell with modernists denying its existence and fundamentalists affirming it. The terse banter mirrors wider religious debates shaping public discourse and personal faith in contemporary culture.

Angels in Reverse Brightens Mothers Meeting

A young doctor speaks softly to a mothers’ gathering, noting there is nothing sweeter in the world than the smile of an upturned child. His tender remark closes with a gentle sentiment about postwar family joy.

Waterloo Triumph: A Frenchman Gains by Naturalization

A stern exchange shows a Frenchman questioning a fellow countryman turned British subject. The reply credits naturalization with winning the Battle of Waterloo as a defining gain.

Nursery Echoes and Banter on a Train Evening

A lighthearted fragment depicts a mother advising against banana peels on a train while a boy recounts a prank about placing peels in a stranger's pocket. From a bedroom, mixed crying and laughter rise as the father fails to check on the commotion. The twins joke about Alexander getting a new baby.

Prohibition Opponents Urge End of Enforcement

A letter to the Journal argues prohibition failed after wartime aims, cites presidents and the law’s enforcement costs, and proposes eliminating prohibition funding. The writer, A. B. Switt, calls for regulation over total ban and reallocating funds.

How to Stop Bootleggers After Prohibition Repeal

A reader argues the government should low revenue to cripple bootleggers, not raise it. He criticizes prohibitionists and urges swift action to end bootlegging by undercutting illegal dealers, claiming legislators must employ right men and avoid costly enforcement armies.

Prohibition Party Prohibition United States Senate Congress House

Tom Mix Calls for Realistic Western Pictures

Chicago January 2. Cowboy star Tom Mix among realism advocates says he left films because the West is changed to suit scenarios. He will return only if a truly realistic Western is produced.

Tom Mix Chicago

Actor Mix Plans Return After Temporary Ranch Retreat

The pony-riding star Mix says his retirement is temporary as he intends to go back to Hollywood. He and his wife are in Chicago for a weeklong visit.

Hollywood Mix Chicago

Fleeing convict kidnaps Iowans in statewide pursuit

A federal fugitive hijacked two women and their car in Iowa as law enforcement closed in. The suspect fled from a federal prison in Chilli, with authorities issuing alerts across the state and urging public vigilance.

Abduction Report In Ohio Involves Fleeing Man

In Ohio two women, Mrs. Frank Nelson and Miss Sybil McQueen, were abducted by a fugitive who forced them to ride in their car to a point five miles west of town where they were released unharmed. The man claimed he was fleeing Chillicothe prison and said he would abandon the vehicle in Iowa City.

Sothe Ohio Frank, Nelson Sybil McQueen Here Chillicothe Iowa City

Catherine Smith Returns from Christmas Vacation

Miss Catherine Smith spent Christmas vacation with Marie Griffin and returned to her Ft. Madison home Sunday.

Catherine Smith Marie Griffin Ft. Madison

Cry of devotion tests peril on a pirate beach

A dramatic exchange follows Priscilla’s plea for never being left alone as de Bernis clings to her and Major Sands grows wary. De Bernis confronts Tom Leach at the pirates’ camp, warning that if the mutinous captain disobeys, he will sever ties and protect his wife, as Bundry challenges Leach’s authority.

Priscilla de Bernis Monsieur de Bernis Tom Leach Major Sands Pierre Pierce Leach Bundry Halliwell Ellis Wogan Plate Loach Tom

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