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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1936
Page
4
Bible Thought notes on Galatians 6 22 23 praising love joy peace and temperance. Accompanying maxims urge outdoor relief for nerves and caution against bigotry and closed mindedness with a proverb about fashion returning.
Senate committee probes munition era claims asserting President Wilson and Secretary Lansing misled on key pre WWI moments. Debates political influence of finance and commercial interests shaping entry to the war. Critics urge moving forward without rehashing past leaders.
Richard Stephens writes from Ainsworth Jan 16 1936 urging The Evening Journal to support farmers. He defends soil conservation praise while criticizing production control fears and editorial duplicity citing Harrisburg Patriot and urging fair treatment of farmers.
The article urges readers to consider the overall situation rather than fixating on minor flaws. It emphasizes examining broader context, long term implications, and the likely outcomes beyond isolated defects.
The piece argues the United States can pay its growing national debt through higher taxes, noting benefits in living standards while warning of risks if deficits persist. It cites a Washington correspondent noting 16 billion spent in a little over two years and explains borrowing grows each second as interest accumulates, stressing concern over repayment.
A writer recalls an old habit from college days of jotting down notes on table cloths. While eating out in Washington restaurants the lack of cloths led to using paper napkins for writing when a note was needed, and the practice continued briefly.
A reader proposes a drive to improve disposable napkins, aiming for stronger paper and the ability to take ink as well as pencil. The note suggests launching an augurating campaign to promote the idea.
Local column recalls L A Warren buying a collar button and three shirts for little or no cost. A near miss when a fifteen ton snow drift threatens Dunham Morrison. The narrator skis at the country club, reports heavy snow, destroyed leg muscles, and a waffle iron like hill with extensive tracks.
FHA cooperation aims to educate buyers on modernization by exhibits in Chicago and New York as part of the National Home Shows. Harold Young of the National Retail Dry Goods Association helps link the plan to home equipment purchases like stoves refrigerators and washers.
A statewide study by 46 Iowa congress of parents and teachers members reports drunkenness among young people is more widespread since repeal. Juvenile officer J B Keck of Sioux City cites a survey showing 43 percent of children 4 to 17 did not know what...
A poem-like verse recalls flies migrating with the season. It mentions December wall climbs laying eggs and a return on May first, noting joy at the eggs hatching into a girl and a boy. The narrator also mentions eating peaches in Georgia.
A report describes an ever widening distribution of useful goods and services expanding access. The text emphasizes broadening availability across communities and the impact on everyday life.
Henry Ford urges business leaders to stop worrying and push ahead with wealth production and sharing through high wages and low prices. He foresees sound prosperity unmatched in the past, if minds stay steady, with industry absorbing jobseekers, modernizing autos, decentralizing industry, and preparing students for new paths.
Tuesday evening at 7 30 Dr B I Schwartz discusses Three Tests of Love as Rural Units sponsor a Farm Bureau Chorus joins the meeting. The church influence is praised and services run evenings this week except Saturday drawing attendees to hear the speaker and choir.
The article lists numbers about the Philippines including 7082 islands with 6420 over a square mile, 2441 named, 1152 miles long, 682 miles wide, population near 11 million, English speakers about 6 million, eight languages and eighty seven dialects, 60000 students in Manila, and gospel work in Sulus with a ship costing 12 dollars a day to operate.
In Des Moines on January 20 a plea for cooperation of towans with county conservation wardens was issued by W. L. Hutton a state conservation official urging compliance to protect wildlife and enforce regulations across counties.
Hutton described the officers as friends not policemen and said their role is to help increase fish and game to maximize hunting and fishing. He asked residents to report irregularities and promised guidance on good hunting and fishing areas in each county to improve Iowa conditions.
A testimonial from Alice Burns credits Adlerika with ending thirty years of constipation. She describes souring food and a choked stomach prior to using Adlerika, and declares constipation is now a thing of the past. Sherman Bros. druggists in Ainsworth stock the remedy, as noted by A. B. Sands, druggist.
Julie Martin, age 17, becomes an inside observer for police probing the killing of Constance Sinclair in her apartment. Suspects include Julie, her boyfriend Dicky Ward, apartment manager Mrs Sardoni, Principal Perkins, and Bruce Lloyd, with clues from Aunt Hannah and the Carmel retreat setting shaping the dramatic high school drama.
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