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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1941
Page
4
The Ford Motor Company will award 25,800 in scholarships to high school aged youths nationwide. Contests are open to 14 to 18 year olds who are qualified and legally allowed to drive in their state. The program aims to reduce highway accidents and promote safe driving habits.
The piece notes the high cost of maintaining Lady Liberty at about 44 000 dollars this year and links it to global news. It discusses Mussolini's forces in Ethiopia facing isolation and possible defeat due to supply issues and British control of the Mediterranean and Suez. It suggests Ethiopians may strike to expel the invaders.
The Good Drivers League aims to promote safer driving among young people. It seeks to reduce accidents by educating teens on road safety and responsible behavior behind the wheel.
In Pilotburg on January 26 a cooperative sewing bee to honor Mrs Herbert Campbell was hosted by Mrs Carl T Anderson and Mrs Frank Stransky. Attendees included many local women and the group sang hymns with Mrs Ralph Ashby at the piano.
Bauer Daryl Oldfield progresses after a serious spine operation at Rochester Minnesota. His grandmother Mrs. Reve Oldfield and sister Mrs. Olin Bishop visited with John Flading and his wife Wednesday, as Mrs. Oldfield stays with him.
Ainsworth Iowa January 20 Mrs Margaret Leatherbery of Tipton visited the W F Smylie home Thursday evening. Mrs Charles Dicken returned to work in Iowa City after visiting at the local home. Mrs Agnes Ferguson went back to Chicago after visiting her sister Mrs Mary Chihak. The Circle Methodist Ladies met at Edith Richards home with Ruth Sheeler assisting. six attended due to bad weather. Mrs G F Trotter spent days at Bill Trotter home in Cedar Rapids. Loren Hazen has been ill. his son Don and son in law Rodney Arnold with daughter visited Friday.
A comic mix of school arithmetic in oranges causing a child to guess numbers. A baby recites Baa Baa as an eight month old. A life insurance examner notes weariness and a prospect jokes about being talked to death by an agent. Cont. by Mrs R M B
Ingenious chemists create a gasoline from molasses that also yields rum, a dual result deemed undesirable for the same vehicle. The note appears in the San Francisco Chronicle.
A crusading reporter Jeffrey Flavin clashes with a cynical city paper and grafting officials in Behind the News. Lloyd Nolan as Stuart Woodrow and Doris Davenport as his girlfriend drive a story of ambitious reporting uncovering corruption.
A mother objects to reading a novel on Sunday while the daughter defends it. The work centers on a girl betrothed to two ministers and married to a third, framing a clash over morality and modern romance.
A fragment shows a buyer and seller debating a piano payment plan with the line pay as you play and the buyer admitting they do not play. The passage hints at upcoming actions or promises to be observed the next day.
A collection of quick quips including Toadtstools farmer Thomas and his hand, a professor and Miss Gray classifications, Mussolini and Rome road joke, Greek soldiers in town, a customer and tailor three month payment gag, and a line about Young America.
A playful exchange unfolds as a student admits quoting Dickens in a humorous paragraph. The professor remarks on the beauty of the lines, turning a simple citation into light classroom banter.
A lighthearted item describes a bewildered man entering a ladies' specialty shop asking for a corset for his wife. The clerk quizzes him on bust size and the man jokes that it just wore out. The snippet plays on word puns about bee and flea sounds.
Mrs Chester Piper, confined with a severe cold last week, returned to her Crawfordsville telephone office work on Saturday. Mrs C A Sprague of Omaha, who broke her hip, left the hospital and is recovering as well as expected. Missionary meetings at Presbyterian and U P churches were postponed due to bad weather and roads.
Wartime authorities estimate 17 workers in manufacturing and transport sustain one frontline soldier. The figure highlights the labor intensity behind military logistics and production during the conflict.
The column shares advice and anecdotes on marriage and family with quotes from Dorothy Dix. It recounts warnings from New York City officials on air raids and civil defense, Dutch resistance under occupation, and social observations on moving homes, spinach seeds, a bogus army recruiter, and W. M. Terry’s illness and impending 89th birthday.
Washington Lodge No. 26 aA PF and AM holds a regular meeting on the first Friday of each month. Howard McBride, W M, and A W Yard, secretary, are listed for notes.
OCR reads a rail timetable with westbound and eastbound trains including Golden State Limited and Californian services. Listed are stops, regular and daily schedules, and agent names Goodlander and Anderson with branch and mixed train notes.
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