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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1949
Page
3
A collection of editorial snippets on religious resolve, Christmas gift excess, Boy Scouts honesty, liquor laws, Truman and Taft Hartley politics, and Cold War distrust. Notes on voters, Santa, postwar policy, and Soviet relations reflect public sentiment and commentary of the period.
The Eagle Grove Eagle notes that the 53rd Iowa General Assembly faces a hot session due to the budget and funding sources. The paper urges sensible action from statehouse leaders to prevent excessive controversy.
Bruce Cowden discusses the World Calendar Association and its proposed perpetual calendar starting January 1 1951. He weighs potential effects on calendar printers and outlines the proposed structure with four 31 day months and eight 30 day months, plus leap year holidays and fixed weekdays.
New Year was celebrated in south Washington with sleigh bells and a trotting team pulling a bobsled along S. 2nd Ave. Residents watched from doorways as the bells rang. A post office carrier jokes about dog fod and a soldier in the guardhouse laughs at furlough. The piece then shifts to a discussion of the world calendar reform and its potential UN and U.S. Congress support, citing Edward F. Flynn and a brief history of timekeeping from primitive counting to the Gregorian calendar.
The clipping prints a whimsy filled section with a would be poet describing dandruff and hair, a daughter asking about her boyfriend's spending, a bachelor's quip about marriage, and a tree joke about seasonal changes. The tone is light and satirical with brief quips.
Seventeen members of the Builder-Fellowship group of the United Presbyterian church met for a watch party on New Year’s Eve at the home of Dr. and Mrs. George Kerr.
Betty Logan Bill Mclnntyre and Marilyn Henn in charge of entertainment. Mrs Kerr serves refreshments as the new year nears and Dr Kerr leads a devotional. Variety Time features Frankie Carle Edgar Kennedy Leon Errol Pat Rooney Miguelito Valdes Jack Paar hosts. Includes 1911 silent dramas William S Hart and dance numbers. Hal Yates directs Leon Errol Edgar Kennedy sequences.
Little two year old Linda Matthiesen of Emmetsburg suffered a fractured left leg when her father slipped and fell while holding her last week. The injury occurred in Emmetsburg and the incident was reported locally.
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