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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1939
Page
4
Daily meditation reflecting on John 14 2 stating in my Father s house are many mansions and I go to prepare a place for you. Encourages faith and trust in divine provision and future promise.
Judge s editor Harry Newman argues against racial self abasement in appointing a Hebrew to the supreme court. He cites Jews and non Jews reacting to Felix Frankfurter nomination and urges equal pride across Irish Jewish Scottish German and English identities. Charles City Press.
The article reports a rise in church membership across 248,410 congregations, noting a broad increase in attendance and affiliation within the religious community.
The Yearbook of American Churches estimates U S church membership at 64 156 895 in 1937 with membership rising twice as fast as the national population. Fifty large bodies account for 97 3 percent of all members, each 50 000 or more. Keokuk Gate City.
The Spencer Newsleader reports signs that Germans, a patient people, tire of Hitler and his circle. Production in key industries has fallen up to 20 percent since the Czech crisis, with no drop in workers or hours. No acute food shortage but limits on coffee and butter suggest a deliberate slowdown to oppose aggressive policies. Anti Jewish cruelties and Goebbels loss of confidence add to morale decline as hopes for peace fade.
Winters in Iowa bring snow covered landscapes and temperatures around zero as the season begins. The piece notes beauty in the snow and the anticipation of spring, praising Iowa living and the local newspaper sentiment from Kerokee Times.
White Oak reports chicken pox has run through the young residents with all having prior exposure. Clarence Hotle checked in during the week, and Vivian Luers marked her sixth birthday January 14 with a schoolhouse party serving drop cakes and hot chocolate. Dr. Barrett, county health doctor, visited the school last week. Orin Black, Teddy and Lester Mayer took seventh grade tests at New Haven, while Keith Doering and LeRoy Luers sat eighth grade tests at Washington Friday.
North Prairie Flower reports Jan 25 events with Mr and Mrs Glen Cortney and Bernice visiting the Don ald Smith home and Mr James Chorpening buying corn from Mrs Elizabeth Sechulty. Karen Davidson is spending time locally.
A series of social calls and gatherings filled the week. Mrs Elizabeth Young spent several days with her grandmother while Mr and Mrs John Young entertained friends Thursday night. Mr and Mrs Rex Smith visited Donald Smith Monday and Mr and Mrs James Chorpening visited their daughter Mrs Dale Ayers and Mr Ayers Monday.
England's Broadway in Warwickshire is a single-street village of century-old homes, shaded by vines and flowers, offering a picturesque retreat that evokes a charming English countryside setting.
A man named Dick McCleery woke with foot pain after dreaming of being caught in an iron vice. He limped all day, insists no injury occurred, and cannot explain the mysterious ache.
The note argues that auto license plates in many states are produced in prisons. It implies plates originate from places associated with offenders, prompting skepticism about the source of such government outputs.
A father questions his son after a punishment, seeking the reason for the lashing. The boy protests, saying the father whipped him yet cannot name the offense. The exchange captures a tense moment of accountability and misunderstanding.
The jury found the deceased died by coming home in a drunken condition and mistaking himself for his pants after hanging himself with suspenders. The exchange followed a reader quip about theater and loyalty to a baseball scene.
An attorney complains of loyal witnesses in court while a rival threatens default. A minister quotes a local incident noting the lack of clergymen at a dinner with a prominent actor as the toastmaster. The exchange underscores timing and social proprieties in a fragmentary scene.
Jimmy Roosevelt’s film debut has studio workers buzzing as they flood his secretary with questions about him. Jackie Coogan, famed as the child star, has taken a job as a teacher at Maurice Kosloff studios to instruct aspiring young stars. Robert Young plays a dual role in Honolulu with Eleanor Powell, a film set to be released in the Heap Tuttire.
Gary Cooper debuts singing in The Cowboy And The Lady marking his first vocal work in a varied career. His voice shows as a shadow on the bass side of baritone with supporting cast helping his musical turn.
The article describes the outlaw known as Outlaw as a devout man who avoided renewing his six-shooter, except for self defense. It notes Ozark region residents recalling the James brothers and cites director Henry King leading a Pineville Missouri location trip for the Technicolor production Jesse James.
In Hollywood Frances Farmer plays a supportive wife as her husband Lell Erikson lands a larger role in Ride A Crooked Mile. The scene showcases the couple's professional dynamic with Farmer praised for her good nature. Pred MacMurray also noted as a puncher in every film.
Franklin District community notes report a death in the Mangold family and extend sympathy. Local residents John Gerdes Tena and Harry visited the David Kleese home. Harry helped with beef butchering while the Griffiths and Kleeses visited others over the weekend.
In New Orleans Sidney Badeaux Jr a 15 year old son shot and killed his father while coming to his mother s aid during a beating Police exonerated him declaring the slaying justifiable homicide and noting the danger to his mother in the home
Harold Lloyd, film actor, becomes head of the Al Malaikah temple shrine in Los Angeles, the first actor to lead the LA shrine. The rest of the note lists numerous families visiting, birthdays, and gatherings across nearby towns, ending with a note on a funeral and a misread line about Ham Thompson.
Washington lodge schedule notes regular meetings and officers. Rail timetables list multiple routes and daily and Sunday exceptions with departures and stops at Washington. Burlington Trailways provides local bus times westbound and eastbound with pickup points and ticket notes.
Jim Combs, George Bartholomew and Howard Hoyle helped with the effort. Mrs. Bartholomew and Mrs Hoyle spent the afternoon with Mrs Thompson, contributing to the community activity.
A good sized crowd gathered at the school house Friday evening for a community meeting with the south side delivering a real good program. Lunch featured fruit salad and cake. Visitors to the Walter Wilson home included Everett Miller Charley Fritz Joe Glowing Guy Embree Earl Pearson and others from Wellman West Chester.
Reta Ruth Brinning has chicken pox. Marjorie has returned to school after the illness. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilseon and Lloyd visited the Joe Schantz home Sunday.
Mr and Mrs C H Work and Mr and Mrs Eli Whiteo thank neighbors and friends for help at the fire and for extinguishing the blaze the next day.
In memory of my mother Mrs Ji W Longer who died January 24 1927 and was buried January 27 on my birthday Mrs Alva Nebergall preserves the family notice with solemn tribute and dates of loss and burial.
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