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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1930
Page
8
President Hoover asks Congress to bolster federal prohibition enforcement after reviewing the urgent situation and the findings of the commission on law enforcement. He cites ongoing issues and calls for decisive action to strengthen criminal law enforcement nationwide.
The report argues that expanding federal criminal laws burden courts and hinder justice. It calls for a reorganization of federal courts, centralized enforcement against prohibitions, consolidated anti smuggling agencies, more court and prosecutorial staff, expanded prisons, and district of Columbia legislation, with further study on federal state roles and crime causes.
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs S B Dewey planned a Chicago trip for an automobile show and visiting friends. An upscale drugstore ad promotes Dr Hess Panamin for healthy hens and Nyal Cold Capsules for quick cold relief. Hog top price noted at 106 dollars. Weather forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with colder temperatures tonight through Wednesday.
A quotation from E W Howe's Monthly notes that people in crowds often talk endlessly. The speaker wonders whether talking serves self amusement or instruction and prefers observing others' absurdities to showcasing their own.
Aggravating A New Yorker slips after rushing from the subway on a rainy day. He trips on a brush left by a street cleaner and falls into a puddle. He rises furious, spotting a toothpaste advertisement that reads Comes out of the tube and lays flat on the brush.
An Exchange pondered whether smells evoke memories and scenes from the past. The question asks if the odor of yellow roses can recall boyhood on a farm and a yellow rosebush in the front yard.
Benjamin Franklin conducted an electrical experiment on June 15 1752 that he could not foresee would revolutionize posterity. The passage marks the birth of the modern age of electricity though earlier use of electric phenomena is noted.
The verdin, a tiny desert bird, constructs surprisingly bulky spherical nests using thorn-covered twigs. It favors desert bushes and places a low side entrance as a distinctive feature.
Pauline Dickinson visited her aunt Mrs. F M Strickland. Rubio coop market plans annual meeting Jan 14 at 7 30 PM in Friends church basement. Ladies Aid supper 6 8 PM. Moyer of Fairfield to speak at 8 30. Rubio Savings Bank stockholders met Jan 6 with dinner at D T Gowey store. Orv Ne Morgan family visited L E Hanan. Wayne Morgan attended Brighton Richland game. hog load for Chicago. D E Hart owns new Ford. Stone and Woodford hired for county road work in Clay and Brighton twps. Packwood buyers sought but scarce feeder pigs near Perles Floris Selma. Pee r Moon Rev Arthur Moon hosts radio program from WSUITI with Penn College of Oskaloosa.
A True Story Magazine note argues femininity does not imply weakness, asserting women can be strong in femininity similar to masculine strength and linking vitality to beauty culture.
Mrs. Carl Nicholson and son Tommy visit Crawfordsale at her parents James and Aus Sutherland. Mrs J C Green returns to Winfield after helping care for Mrs T T Maxwell. Dale Glass of Winfield on Washington business. Revival at Baptist church Jan 19 to Feb 2. Mrs J L Pease and Hiram Weston head to Pekin Illinois for a nephew Kenneth Klockenga’s death. Mrs Howard Freshwaters and Mrs George Mayer shop in town. Orin Awbrey, former A and P manager, spent weekend in Burlington. Wilbur Beenblossom travels to Uncas Oklahoma to visit sister Jocie Puckett and relatives near Oklahoma City. away about a month.
John Kennedy and J H Kennedy went to Cedar Rapids for the State Mutual Insurance annual meeting. Lewis H Wallace returns to Marshalltown for winter at Soldiers Home due to his wife’s illness. Mrs Addie Shannon visits from Kansas City with daughter Mrs Earl Bickford before Christmas. Mr and Mrs W T Trottar of Ainsworth head to Burlington for the Equitable Insurance meeting. Mrs L S Pauls to Burlington to visit son. Loren Horton travels from Buffalo to Havre to see her parents.
Quote from the Buffalo Blade notes Lettuce It has evolved to serve almost all items on a leaf of lettuce except a subpena. The quip highlights odd menu ideas and legal pun in a light newsroom aside.
A former Buick Garage operator announces disassociation from the business and plans a new location in Washington. The note thanks customers for loyal patronage and expresses hope to serve them again soon.
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