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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1938
Page
5
Republican candidate Thos. Martin addressed the Mt Pleasant event criticising Secretary Wallace and the New Deal. He argued against current debt policies and defended economy in government, quoting Lincoln to urge voters not to be deceived by party spending and budget discrepancies.
The text traces early metal use from copper dating to 3700 B C and possibly 5009 B C, notes lead as ancient, mentions Tron 3200 B C, zinc over two millennia old, and places aluminum’s scientific origin at 1825 with commercial use near the end of the 1800s.
Proposals for a new 70000 dollar post office site are invited by C J Peoples in Washington. Bids opened August 10 1938 at the Columbus Junction Post Office for corner or interior lots with similar area. Owners or authorized agents only. provide documentary authority. Major operation at Hershey hospital noted for Mrs May Darrow.
From a visit with her parents Mrs Henry Reitz at Genon Nebraska the account notes a brief social call. The wording places the scene in Genon during a family visit context.
Fear gripped Albia after 45 year old waterworks clerk Devil Sloan vanished since last Sunday. Initial checks ruled out a Hampton visit as a destination. Sloan's accounts appeared in order, and his house and car were found intact, prompting a police inquiry into his disappearance.
A Lone Tree farmer youth Charles Doerres Jr aged 26 was taken in by Johnson county Sheriff Don McComas after handwriting expert Harold Gessell linked extortion notes to him. Doerres earlier volunteered a handwriting specimen, saying he was not among those ordered to submit.
Mrs Linda Bilbo former wife of Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi announces she will run against her ex-husband for the U S Senate in 1940 unless she changes her mind The Bilbos divorced after 35 years of marriage and Mrs Bilbo says she is no inexperienced campaigner in making the announcement.
Louise Miller an 18 year old heiress to a steel fortune marries James F G Thomson a 41 year old Scottish lawyer in elaborate ceremonies at Dornoch Cathedral Scotland. The wedding reportedly cost about 25000 dollars and ends a May to September romance that began when the bride was fourteen.
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