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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
4
A Westinghouse Lab in Pittsburgh explains that heating walls to about 80 degrees keeps a room at 55 degrees without chilling the body. Humans generate warmth naturally. heat loss comes from surroundings. Insulated houses could trap warmth, letting bodies stay warm without external baths of warm air.
The readable fragment notes Japan stands poised amid regional tensions and economic shifts, signaling cautious diplomacy and strategic positioning on security and trade. Specifics are limited in the text, but the tone emphasizes readiness and measured policy reassertion.
The piece argues Japan has evolved from isolation to a modern world power, noting its openness to Western influence, disciplined public behavior, and relatively permissive attitude toward foreigners. It contrasts Japan with Russia and Latin nations, while acknowledging occasional injustices and private acts of violence.
Iowa libraries face drastic budget cuts as each public library relies on millage taxes with few income sources other than taxpayer support. The Hawkeye Gazette notes many systems have cut levies, risking reduced services like school outreach, hospital programs, staffing, and new book purchases, while urging prudent economies. The piece ends with a satirical jab comparing taxpayer aspirin use to Senate spending.
A column notes why younger company is preferred and shares small town humor. It mentions a family hosting 26 nieces or nephews, Mable Livingston's Yellowstone trip, tuna salad secret shrimp, no one has seen a Chinch bug, and Red Kallous' bread-snack tip for husky babies.
A Kashmir maid adores a passing figure speaking of changing roles through the centuries. The poem contrasts old subservience with new power, noting the speaker’s quiet fade as time alters customs and memory. Hensdorff.
The piece recalls Delbert Bailey, famed for building a chicken coop he could not exit, saved by a helpful neighbor. It then shifts to a humor note about Al Jolson receiving a long distance tease about broadcast timing and finishing with a casual sign‑off.
Dr C A Owens writes from Assaft College Egypt during a short home leave. The poem links desert limestone hills near the Kharga Oasis to themes of resilience and moral strength amid sand and wind.
Aline MacMahon receives Yale University Press recognition in The Pageant of America for her stage career and film work. The feature notes her role in The Life of Jimmy Dolan with Douglas Fairbanks Jr and lists her among notable contemporaries in American theater.
Mrs Delbert Maxwell of Crawfordsville shopped in Washington yesterday visiting her mother Mrs C L Blake. Dr and Mrs H L Vierdon of Brighton were in Washington on business Wednesday. Mrs Chris Coffman and daughter of Wayland were out of town shoppers yesterday. Mrs Harvey Barnes and daughters of Crawfordsville attended sales in Washington stores yesterday.
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