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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1940
Page
4
Bible thought dated Saturday January 27 140 urges planting to the Spirit as a path to life everlasting. It cites Galatians 6 8 and contrasts sowing to the flesh with reaping corruption against sowing to the Spirit.
A Washington boy named Pon Ross shares excerpts about Orville Elder, praising his kindness and tolerance. The reminiscence highlights Elder’s sympathy for Negroes, a tale of Sam Hall, and a memorable reprimand from Elder tied to his Journal office days and a broken press floor mark.
Tributes recall William “Bill” Griffin as a steady public servant and Democratic supporter who aided county causes and local publishing. Washington County raises about $1000 for Christmas Seals with schools contributing $335 and other towns $249, supporting the State TB Association and local health efforts. The Marshfield Mail notes Soviet Russia’s diplomatic ties and hints at broader political shifts.
A sparkling musical comedy with Kay Kyser and Adolphe Menjou centers on a Hollywood studio's attempt to make a Kyser film. Menjou, as an executive, thwarts the project while Kyser and his team counter with fresh tricks and lively songs. The cast includes Ginny Lines Harry Babbitt Sally Mason Ish Kabibbie May Robson Lucille Hell Dennis O Keefe Padward Everett Horton Roscoe Karns Moront Olsen.
A Chicago court judge pledged thorough examination as a defendant soon to face the bench is charged with stealing a rock garden. The case centers on property claimed as part of a residential plot.
The piece recalls a high school and junior college pep assembly and praises attentive students. It includes a reader letter from Milwaukee dated January 23 1940 to Theo B Brown of American Pearl Button Co Washington Iowa and reflects on January named after Janus and ends with wishes for a healthy happy business year 1940 from Geo Weinhagen Jr for A Geo Schulz Co.
A young man faced arrest for kissing a girl allegedly against her wishes. The attorney pressed the witness on whether she kissed him back, she answered possibly in self defense. The admission comes amid questioning, with the case reportedly dismissed.
A sequence of dated entries links the Lorden Music Studio of January 1937 to the National Tea Co Food Store in January 1987 and the Washington Fruit Market with an Orlando connection in January 1932, outlining local commerce milestones and business names.
The Journal offers a dollar per paragraph for the three best 50 word essays on a firm’s first year. Entries must identify a listed anniversary and recount one incident from the year. Submit by January 31 1940. Multiple entries allowed per writer, one per business.
The piece presents a series of Q and A with Madame Delore offering predictions. It covers teaching assignments returning, a farm move in 1940, a future boyfriend within six to seven months, need for a nerve specialist, moves within 75 miles, a second marriage around age 41, farming advice for 1940 and a spring 1941 change, marriage timing for 1941, a son’s farm move and success, and marriage guidance connected to a伴 partner.
In a humorous excerpt a wife takes a cookbook cake recipe, prompting her husband to defend the choice. A theater patron interrupts with a quip about a hat, eliciting a brief exchange on appearances and taste.
A young officer returning from leave gave up his plane seat to a girl with a gravely ill mother. A curt reply from his commander warned that his next confinement would be in the barracks. A joke about bread and a misdefined space end the humorous column.
A Keota Eagle appeal urges residents to feed birds now as ground cover and subfreezing temps threaten wildlife. Meanwhile Brighton Enterprise notes political simmering ahead of the March 25 city election, and Riverside rural carrier Ed Busher recounts extended snowbound delivery routes and detours.
Mrs Herman Marion visited granddaughter Sandra Lee Batterson in Shiloh. Shiloh school dismissed Tuesday as Marion township seventh and eighth graders took standard tests. Pauline Schantz returned after appendicitis causing three weeks absence. Myra Van Nostrand missed teaching Gray School due to blocked roads and cold. Mr and Mrs H J Schoonover attended a birthday supper for Mrs Donald Coats. Jean Sigafoose visits aunt Susie Hopping for remainder of the week. Lester Neff and Gerald Neff with son Larry Lee were guests at Sam Marsh home. Mrs L B Donaldson resting better. Snow plow crews and mailman praised for extra efforts in the cold weather.
A quirky chatter centers on a new recruit described as unusually calm at work. The exchange contrasts steady behavior with everyday business life, hinting at reliability and composure in the office.
In 1938 North Carolina increased its industrial base by 120 new industries, among them hosiery mills, and 68 plant additions with 36 facilities also earmarked for hosiery production, reflecting targeted textile expansion.
Community notes recount a cold snap from Wayland area with temperatures 16 to 25 below zero. Birthday celebrations and weddings are noted, including H. H. Hulme and Archie Haberman events. Social gatherings, farewells, and family updates fill the local column with names such as Mrs. W. E. Boller, Jesse Roth, Lyle Zehr, and Melvin Haberman.
A study of a farm housewife’s 30 years of labor shows she prepared about 235 425 meals. At 15 cents per meal, labor cost would exceed $35 000.
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