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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1938
Page
4
A 1938 Bible Thought notes true holiness from Ephesians 4 23 24 urging renewal in God created righteousness and holiness. It links democracy to maintaining moral order and pursuing ends through righteousness and justice, stressing moral base for nations and major endeavors.
Roger W. Babson returning from Europe argues England favors higher domestic costs and tariffs to protect U S manufacturing. He says cutting tariffs raises imports, increases unemployment, and threatens home industry, urging balanced policy over extreme free trade.
The speaker argues against a universal free trade pact citing unemployment and declining U S living standards. He questions benefiting global peers at the cost of American workers, noting Japan’s cheap imports and a Lord Beaverbrook remark on buying from oneself to sustain factories. He asks voters if Americans will sacrifice for global welfare or prioritize national jobs.
Auto production is estimated at 4,970,000 cars for 1987, the second highest total on record after 1929. Despite the high annual output, General Motors reports its November retail sales decline as the steepest in the company's history, signaling a sharp downturn amid slack demand.
Kiplinger warns 1939 budget will not balance with Detroit overshooting the 950 million estimate and Congress likely exceeding it. He notes 1940 balance seems unlikely, signaling eight years of unbalanced budgets. Fourteen fishermen lost in a Massachusetts fog contrast with Capitol fog casualties when Congress is in session. A remark awards a wife the medal for not wanting Heaven to avoid deserting her husband.
Washington shows a progressive business community as four or five merchants announce elaborate remodeling plans in the coming weeks.
A humorous item notes two Englishmen locked in a feud lasting 71 years. A car rider hurries home for the carriers party while an office stenographer jokes about washing neck and ears. L. W. adds a commentary on current events and the New Deal.
The piece notes Americans marvel at the Russian game of roulette where one shell in six kills a man and contrasts it with drivers who take a risk when odds are 50-50, nearly a quarter choosing danger on the road.
A provocative idea argues for redefining population density as square people per mile rather than people per square mile. Proponents claim it better reflects urban design and mobility patterns. Critics warn it complicates statistics and policy comparisons globally.
A reflective line invites readers to consider living so quietly at home that actions go unremarked by others. It emphasizes modest behavior over attention seeking and suggests inner peace as a guiding value.
An Arkansas coroner's jury found the deceased died by three causes stated in order: first killed by a handspike, second thrown overboard and drowned, third washed ashore and froze to death.
A letter to the paper notes Sonny the cat belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Witting has produced a litter. The writer invites readers to suggest a more fitting name for Sonny, adding a playful crowd reaction.
A Washington man reflects on parenting his two boys and the value of a steady mother guiding their behavior. The piece contrasts salesmanship that avoids returns with a philosophy about steadfast effort and not wasting effort.
The article notes widespread doubt that Congress will pass an anti-lynching bill and argues that no lynching victim has filed a complaint, suggesting political or legal obstacles to action.
The self-made man credits his road to success to laughing loud at the manager’s jokes as an office boy. A playful line notes doctors acknowledge golf as healthy, a way to handle life’s pits. In Front of the Linotype.
A puzzle notes that 2520 is divisible by every integer from 1 to 10, a property not shared by smaller numbers. The claim frames 2520 as a remarkable universal divisor among early integers.
A Chicago visitor tours a Washington county farm. She notes a call and hurries to her hostess asking for details about the place and its activities. The fragment hints at a conversational moment during a farm visit.
Technicolor sea story Ebb Tide visits State Theatre for two days. Cast includes Oscar Homolka Frances Farmer Ray Milland Lloyd Nolan and Barry Fitzgerald. Four lives tangled on a South Sea island amid murder and a stolen ship as a sadistic captain dies and a storm tests escape plans.
The Fox Theatre screens Swing It Sailor featuring Wallace Ford and Ray Mayer as two reckless sailors Husky Stone and Pete Kelly. Isabel Jewell Mary Treen and Cully Richards co star in a Navy era comedy from Clarence Marks and David Diamond. The film evokes Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt while tracing Husky and Pete's shipboard capers and romantic mischief.
Frank Priebe’s Poultryraisers column cites a government bulletin on poultry and eye prices. It warns eye prices may rise this spring above 1937 levels and that the spread between 1938 and 1937 could widen if incomes fall. The writer signs off with a light joke about finding a new joke.
The report notes lighter poultry production reduced laying hens and high egg supplies kept prices low. Iowa State College at Ames urges equal quality programs for graders, dealers, and producers to sell eggs by grade. The plan aims for uniform standards to improve eatable quality and could spread to other midwestern states.
Henry Polton of Leon Iowa visits Wayland friends and attends to business matters. Relatives report that Gene Meyer ten year old son of Elmer Meyer Kent Ohio was struck by a truck but escaped serious injury with a broken nose and bruises. The Koening family near Ka lona visit Mrs Orval Meyer and family. Rev Simon Gingerich returned from meetings at Albany Oregon. Mr and Mrs Arthur Roach also noted.
A chimney at the Roy Littrell residence in Columbus Junction burned out Monday forenoon, sparking a small roof fire that the local fire department quickly put out. The news item also notes upcoming events and visitors including a Methodist Foreign Missionary Society meeting led by Mrs. J. H. Huston and devotions by Mrs. G. W. Ayers.
A compilation of livestock and closing out sales with dates and locations across Kalona Washington Washington Riverside area. Auctions include Negus Livestock Columbus Junction Maynard Brenneman Crawfordsville Dutton Dutton Wells Wellman Winfield and others with January and February sale dates and venues.
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