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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1943
Page
5
A column rails at federal tax instructions and wartime policy. It notes 2700 young lawyers in government, critiques government air base openings in Ottumwa, and urges public support for troops while urging personal accountability at home. It also questions morale in Germany and calls for action to back soldiers.
A jumble of observations questions and quirky notices fills a page. A high school boy compares themes about Mother to his brother insisting on shared mother. Readers ponder civic praise versus critique. A sun seeker freckled by summer muses prompts questions about plans. An umbrella lost months ago nets an owner who placed an advertisement and kept it.
A Washington man argues it is as easy to be cheerful as grouchy and finds fun in the idea. A negro preacher pesters his bishop with help appeals until the bishop says not to send more. The following week arrives a letter: This is not an appeal this is a report I have no pants.
A wartime cinema pageant features Tyrone Power in his farewell civilian role in Crash Dive. Technicolor submarine thriller follows sailors on a dangerous Atlantic patrol as they seek to sabotage enemy ships. Opening Sunday at the State Theatre amid wartime excitement.
Hollywood duo Joe Brown and Judy Canova headline the comedy Chatterbox at the Fox Theatre opening Sunday. The duo deliver a high spirited co starring turn with Rosemary Lane and John Hubbard in romantic leads. a radio cowboy meets Hollywood fame in a zany ranch back drop.
A bold commando raid aboard a depth-bombed steel fish unfolds from the great naval submarine base at New London Connecticut where much of the picture was made. Dana Andrews and Anne Baxter star with technical adviser Commander M K Kirkpatrick U S N in a on location Techicolor shoot aboard the submarine Albacore.
Prairie Flower reports L. Smith suffered a fall from a hay rack about ten feet at the Walter Smith farm while handling bales. He sustained head and limb bruises but escaped serious injury as help arrived promptly to assist. The article also covers farm visitors and family news from Des Moines to Port Worth, Texas, including hospital plans, upcoming training, and recent travels.
Betty Grable and others attend a cake home in Texas. Merl and Dorothy Turnipseed spent the weekend at parental L W Turnipseed home and return to Rock Island to continue work. Numerous local names share social visits, family events, and farm tasks with pies and fried chicken.
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