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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
4
Today's Bible Thought Thursday argues voters should temper their November choice with sympathy and call for government economy. It warns against protecting favored programs as cuts threaten political careers, likening overspending to a tumor needing major action or a drift toward dictatorship.
The piece argues both major parties have shifted from their trad itions. Republicans near adopting the 1932 Democratic platform and Wendell Willkie is said to have voted for it. Democrats see the Jeffersonian influence booed at Chicago with Carter Glass and declare the old party obsolete, highlighting a stark New Deal vs old-party split in November.
A Military Training Camps Association survey shows 7 percent of daily newspapers favor early congressional action. Authors argue voluntary programs in schools and communities could build defense personnel, while acknowledging possible compulsory training if voluntary efforts fail. Centerville Lowegian.
The Algona Advance argues at the Democratic National Convention that unity is needed and Roosevelt cannot deliver it. It asserts there is no emergency issue for a third term and warns from adopting the indispensable man theory. It condemns breaking Jeffersonian tradition and fears European dictators gaining leverage if Roosevelt remains.
A group from Washington went to a shack by Cone Lake in the evening to swim. Dr Br B Stutsman wore old pants cut off at the knees and lost them in the water. With women along the bank, he had to retrieve and wear the wet pants again, an awkward moment in the heat.
A quirky fragmentary text with jokes about smiles success and a riddle about an owl. It includes a dialogue exchange on crops and a quip about a daughter pursuing singing and a professor noting a "mouth" as a qualification. The tone mimics light comic snippets from a vintage column.
An elderly aunt receives a note of thanks from her ten year old niece about a pincushion. The page then presents a playful history puzzle about Ramesses I and a series of quips and wordplay involving Julius Caesar Solomon and his wives, Beett Corbett, and a painter dialogue.
Crawfordsville July 25 Oma Strain was a dinner guest at Grand Wood's home in Iowa City Monday evening with James Chapin the guest of honor. The piece also notes regional visits by Ralph Drinkle Dwight Owens and others, plus travels of Marie Welch Irlene Benson Ruthe Voss and Dana Barnes with family.
Riverside notes report Mrs Anna Griffin completes a visit at a New Jersey residence. The Schnoebelen family Clement Sr and Jr Donald, Clement III, and Eleanor return Monday to Cedar Rapids after the stay.
Mrs Mary Mottet's death prompts kin from Goshen and Des Moines to travel for funeral services at St Marys church. Visitors include Mrs Anna Griffin from Fort Monmouth and Mr Mrs Albert Hahn with relatives from Cedar Rapids Burlington and Des Moines. Several families from Davenport Iowa City and Whitehall Illinois spend time with relatives in the area.
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