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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1952
Page
4
A miscellany of notes on Christmas scripture, jokes, new drug research, and a warning about old refrigerators, followed by Lee Meriwether's Missouri Jeffersonian Democratic speech praising caution on United Nations policy and Korea. It reflects local commentary on world affairs and journalism.
At a Washington meeting of the Lake Darling youth center board, plans were set to build sleeping cabins on seven acres to house about 120 people. The project relies on volunteer labor and donations, with a main building already completed at a cost under 3500 dollars. Future activities include August youth camps and wildlife conservation gatherings, while insurance and lightning protection are being addressed.
Mickey Rooney leads Columbia Pictures musical Sound Off arriving Friday and Saturday at the State Theatre. Photographed in Supercinecolor the film blends night club and army camp settings with Rooney as a lively entertainer who falls for an army nurse and proves a capable soldier. The production features six song and dance numbers including Sound Off and Home Sweet Home in the Army with Rooney sharing the stage with a line of six foot tall chorus girls.
Workmen under Mr. Sowden push the public library expansion with brick walls rising and outside outline in a week. Bequests from Fort Sherman and Ralph Smith funded the project including the band stand. City updates include starling control around Past Main Street and the re modeled health unit offices. The school building addition moves forward as a Des Moines contractor nears, with bids to follow after city voters approved the house sale and funeral processions honored with curb side respect.
A motorist yields to a stream of vehicles headed for the cemetery, avoiding brief delays for the convoy.
Mrs KE FF Cerney of St Paul Nebraska arrived Sunday evening to visit in the William Kendrick home and with relatives here. Chamber of Commerce hosted visiting families including Vanaline Hite Allan Pamela W Sec Second West and others from local streets.
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