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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1938
Page
4
A compact reflection contrasts James 3 17 on heavenly wisdom with a note on industry turning natural products into desirable, affordable forms. It emphasizes purity, peace, mercy, and fair practice while noting efficient conversion without exploitation.
A year hopeful for humanity faces two great wars in China and Spain. The piece urges individual worth and warns against entangling alliances while praising the Veterans of Foreign Wars for a campaign to keep America out of foreign wars. Public figures back the VFW stance on preparedness and peace.
The text suggests 1938 could mark stronger recognition of individuals as key units with concerted effort to improve conditions for all. It emphasizes prudent saving and personal importance, noting each person is the center of an independent universe and urging careful financial stewardship.
The Soviet executes six officials for misusing tax funds signaling harsh governance and political repression as reported by Dallas News.
A local minister recounts his arrival in Washington twenty seven years ago from Denmark and jokes about historical advantages. He notes he was fully dressed when he landed and tells the anecdote on a recent Saturday afternoon.
A reader correspondence mirrors a column from last week critiquing wording while affirming correct spelling. The note closes with a quip that the saying remains baloney regardless of presentation.
The local girls basketball team played a rough exhibition against a junior school boys team during Open House at the YMCA on New Year’s night. The girls struggled under boys rule and noted speed and sharp shooting by the youngsters. Players like Arlo Burhem and Bob Lowe may face competition for high school spots.
During recess at a Washington grade school a teacher found several girls near a mud puddle. She spoke to a girl whose face and dress were caked with mud. The girl replied she looks better when cleaned up for a party.
A fund administrator questions why many ladies have not donated while others report substantial gifts. A solicitor explains he speaks to donors, yet they hesitate, and he asks if naming them on the survey car list would help.
A historical account recalls a judge assembling a jury for a case. The first batch of jurors was quickly exhausted, prompting the sheriff to fetch more. After hours of excuses, the judge asks an elderly man why he cannot serve, and the man replies he hears with only one ear, sparking the judge to quip about hearing only one side of the case. The poem by L. H. laments garden dispute and boundary lines on a lot with gopher and flowers.
Louis J. Kehoe argues the United States tolerates too much foreign-born aid and calls for immediate citizenship for newcomers or removal. He denounces labor groups, cranks, and foreign sympathies influencing schools and government, urging a halt to what he calls costly hospitality and noting the liberty statue at the capitol.
A near sighted woman and her husband inspect an art exhibit with care. She denounces the portrait as ugly but her husband reveals she is looking at a mirror, prompting them to move away.
Simone Simon sings in Twentieth Century Foxs Love and Hisses at the State Theatre. Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie bring star power while Bert Lahr and Joan Davis are featured in a new idea musical with Ummph. Simon showcases gowns and a lounge swing style.
Kay Francis leads a Washington satire on war row politics as wives vie for influence and a presidential path. Verree Teasdale counters her schemes while Victor Jory and Anita Louise pursue romance, in a stage adaptation turned movie. The piece links to Du Pont powder mill history in Hagley, Delaware.
A Birmingham company is described as the world’s only maker of Jews’ harps. The controlling family has produced the instrument for two centuries and says no real competition has emerged.
Riverside January church service features a 1 hour devotional with singing and mass exposition. Twenty boys in white robes part of the choir with listed sopranos altos tenors and basses. Also notes visiting relatives and basketball coaches at a Des Moines event.
Two obelisks named Cleopatra's Needle exist. one stands in New York City's Central Park and the other on the Thames Embankment in London.
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