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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1943
Page
3
A reflective exhortation encourages rejecting cynicism and embracing positive action to dispel gloom. It contrasts evil deeds with the healing power of light, urging readers to cultivate a life of virtue and vitality.
A Washington minister loaned readers a book titled Getting Out Of The Rough about golf and psychology. The piece argues golf mirrors life, counting strokes tests character, and alibis show daily habits. It extols golf at Washington Golf and Country Club as recreation benefiting mind and body.
A wry saying notes that only lawyers and doctors truly enjoy hearing others troubles since they get paid for listening.
A bulging humor page collects quips on psychology, marriage, finance, fashion, and gossip. Snippets joke about front porches as happiness, references in dating, paying debts, and chorus girls in burlesque showing camaraderie.
A fragment recalls a father and son exchange with a millionaire praising the boy and crediting the mother for pluck and perseverance. The dialogue highlights pride, gratitude, and work ethic across generations.
A collage of snappy quips about double chins bragging ancestry and a wry exchange with a conceited worker. The tone mocks vanity and pastimes as casual satire.
Joe E Brown rose from running away at age nine with the Five Marvelous Ashtons to a premier screen comedian. He appeared in early productions including Crooks Can't Win and is now co starring with Judy Canova in Chatterbox at the Fox Theatre. Brown, once a professional baseball player under contract to the New York Yankees, remains active in sports and is considered an authority on football, baseball, hockey and basketball.
Technicolor submarine war epic Crash Dive stars Tyrone Power and Dana Andrews and was shot largely at the Navy Submarine Base in New London Connecticut with full Navy cooperation. Production chief Milton Sperling and Commander M K Patrick oversaw realistic prop testing timing and safety to simulate artillery and shell fire.
An 817 foot full scale model of the German Von Tirpitz, built entirely of whitewash for 70 dollars, is used by the army air forces to train bombardier cadets for action against Axis fleets.
Paint used as a coating for exposed telephone equipment parts saves zinc by substitution and prevents weathering. The process yields enough zinc in a year to make six million anti aircraft shells.
More than 2000 Norwegian seamen have gone down with their ships as they carried cargoes against the Axis, highlighting wartime losses and resilience of Norway at sea.
War era appeal inviting men and women to pioneer in Alaska with roles from radio engineer to guards and laborers. Mrs. Lay, Employment Service manager, cites diverse jobs in building, road work, communications, health and welfare to support the war program.
A mechanical device mirrors a brain to compute reads and future positions of enemy planes. It performs calculations in a fraction of a second, far faster than any human could achieve.
Passenger numbers climbed from 1,702 in 1926 to 4,060,545 in 1941, showing steady growth in U S air travel and domestic airline service.
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