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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1936
Page
4
Daily devotional entry cites Job 11 14 urging removal of iniquity and wickedness from the tabernacle. The piece frames moral living as essential for spiritual dwelling.
Governor Herring announces his U S Senate bid with L J Dickinson retiring and Mrs Alex Miller planning another term as Secretary of State. The piece notes her unusual record as a Washington girl and past margins in Iowa politics highlighting her potential impact in a Democratic victory.
The New York Times reviews Dr. Benjamin Franklin in a ribald critique, praising his scientific and diplomatic talents while denouncing his late 18th century bourgeois motives and monetary focus. It questions his public administration, his stance at the Constitutional Convention, and the era’s view of wealth vs virtue.
The speaker lauds the Washington girl for her devoted practical ideals in office and notes she has avoided political entanglements that invite public scrutiny. She is described as less of a politician and more a public officer with public trust.
Secretary Morgenthau told the Senate finance committee that up to 11.536 billion dollars in treasury financing is possible before June 1937 with a potential 5.5 billion dollar deficit. Refinancing maturities totals 5 billion. The figure implies about 380 dollars per American family, risking a 1,200 dollar family debt if debt rises to 36.5 billion. Interest at 3 percent would require about 1.095 billion annually. He warned such a tax burden would be unprecedented since World War I.
G W Van Auken known as Coony delivers milk this week in a sleigh used in the 1880s by Dr. William Darrow. Taylor Carlisle repaired the sleigh in 1882. Bells toll at intervals daily as cold weather delays classes and local news notes births moves visits and a Ladies auxiliary meeting.
A city school janitor, habitually cleaning furnace ashes on Saturdays, changed into old clothes before leaving with a large basket of ashes. He realized he wore no pants, a moment of embarrassment as he stood in the school alley.
Iowa officials report relief aid and WPA figures staying close to the 1935 peak. Jan relief totals show 38 457 on relief rolls with a 24 000 WPA count and an estimated 4 000 WPA highway project workers, totaling 66 457 with some duplication noted between WPA and relief. WPA expected to reach about 40 000 at work in February amid a 15 to 20 percent rise in business in the Christmas quarter.
A school boy recalls Farce II asking his parents about his verses. Parents respond tepidly to keep peace while sister Anne teases him as a budding poet. He laments harsh feedback and jokes it off as a joke at his expense.
An upbeat note from Emma Sharkill in Puddletown Missouri describes selling dates on her first days at a grocery job. She humorously declares a potential career as a top salesman and jokes about future earnings for marriage. The fragment includes casual social chatter and references to local people.
A man who deserts from the army in peace time can be arrested for three years after desertion. After three years of continuous residence in the United States under his true name, he becomes immune from arrest. He may then apply for a discharge.
Roger W. Babson argues that farm prosperity hinges on chemistry and production not politics. He urges governments and chemists to boost agricultural output and integrate farming with industry, praising Ford and the Farm Chemurgie Council and calling for tariffs to aid agriculture.
Relief officials note no relief workmen from relief rops and expect load to hold. Counties seek funds to aid more families than in January while February estimates show little cut. The state boards report a 17.7 percent sales tax gain from the Christmas quarter in a sample of 2500 returns across counties.
HASKINS January 24 Mrs Anna Nicholson returns home from a several week visit with her son Arthur and wife in Muscatine and daughter Mrs Miles Latte and family near Fredonia. Mrs Frank Embree from near Washington visits her parents Mr and Mrs John Godlove. Mr and Mrs Dave Powers and Mr and Mrs Ott Hobek shopped in Washington. A girl named Beverly Jane was born to Mr and Mrs Norm Bean on January 21. Mrs Chapman near Weet Cheeter serves as nurse. Want ads pay dividends.
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