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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1942
Page
4
A long editorial voice foresees air freight transforming travel and logistics, predicting planes carrying freight across oceans and cities replacing rail and road. It notes manpower shortages, shifts in government aid, and the need for broader wartime taxation as the nation braces for lasting economic changes amid the war effort.
A humorously practical column weighs two options for broken shoe strings. Tie a temporary knot or hunt for extra string in the dresser drawer. The knot risks future rebreaks, so carrying spares is preferred despite crowded pockets. Urban life risks include blasphemous moments and possible fence reinstatement around Central Park.
A brief quip notes that a woman's age cannot be determined from her birthday. The line plays on assumptions about age and dates to suggest appearances differ from actual ages.
Zealous but weak acting left the audience cold as the heroine, described as fat and 40, cried out why she was born. A sharp reply from the gallery urged the show to go on, ending in a tense moment of audience versus stage dynamics.
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze described by federal authorities as ex leader of the German American Bund in the United States was arraigned on a federal charge of violating the Selective Service Act. His bail was set at $50,000. He is also indicted by a Hartford Connecticut federal grand jury on a charge under the 1917 Espionage Act.
In a terse exchange a patient asks about a temperature check while lamenting that the only thing missed is their watch. The line hints at ongoing medical evaluation and timekeeping concern during treatment.
Dialogue snippets mix marital aprons, a wife with strings, and a joke about a B-13 rating. A boss questions lateness after a stair tumble while a sultan and haremlike tales unfold with a mouse scare. The garbled text hints at comic misstatements and unfinished lines.
A fragmented comic excerpt discusses tilling soil and farming terms, a remark about a black eye from a dance, a farmer’s wife advising keeping a pig for scraps, and a joke about middle age told by a father to his son.
A classroom scene shows a freshman questioned by a professor about conduct. At a home party aunt and Willie dispute a missing cake, while others comment on MacDowell’s entanglements and luck. The dialogue hints at social dynamics and family pressure in a light domestic setting.
A civilian named Joe Smith of Blairsville Pa. halted an acetylene blaze in a real life incident linked to an early war commendation for Joseph 4G Smith. The narrative frames him as a prophetic wartime figure.
Major General William N. Porter commends a defense worker who sealed a leaking tank at the Pittsburgh Store and Equipment Company's munitions plant, burning his hands but saving lives. The film "oc Smith, American" stars Robert Young and follows a defense worker kidnapped by foreign spies, based on a Cosmopolitan story.
The AAA issues a bulletin advising a half inch shellac coating around tax stamps after affixing them to dashboards or windows. The coating aims to prevent removal without mutilation and urges inscribing name, address, and license number on the stamp in indelible ink beforehand.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this eleventh day of July in 1942 Agnes Wheelan Notary Public District of Washington State of Iowa county Washington official seal attached witnessed oath recorded in county records
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