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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1940
Page
4
A collage of jokes and light notes from Epworth Herald, Boy's Life, Montreal Star, London Evening News, and other papers. Snippets include a servant’s quip about a roomful of visitors, a church rummage sale joke, a live shark query at an aquarium, and a bus route mishap. Also cited are regional tidbits on tax work, a privateer’s humor, and oil field notes from Texas California Oklahoma.
Bible thought for Monday June 8 1940 recounts a story of courage and selflessness after a fall from a roof. It also critiques the 8000 shipyard strike amid defense needs and warns of Germany's power while urging Allied resolve and public patience with election coverage and government spending critiques.
The project will produce 17 regular volumes and six supplements totaling about 27 000 pages. The work promises a dreary year as readers attempt to interpret thousands of regulations for daily life.
Local notices list Jacob Frey visiting Archbald neighbors and teachers Wa nitta Kauffman recovering from tonsil surgery. Frank Wittmer, Glen Graber, and Mainard Widmer return from Iowa City school. Families Frey Richards and Krabill host and visit Mt. Pleasant hospital and Sugar Creek church session begins with Solema Hare as Bible school teacher.
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown cites suffering without complaints as sometimes heroic and other times cowardly, framing resilience and restraint as moral tests. His remark links endurance to character amid hardship and social scrutiny.
Former political mogul Pendergast, released from Leavenworth after 366 days of a 15 month sentence for tax evasion, proceeds to the federal probation office in Kansas City Missouri. He faces possible state bribery trial and potential federal charges tied to a fire risk rate case settlement.
Local items list residents visiting relatives in Iowa City and Washington. Fred Merrifield tends 1600 turkeys while families travel to Aledo Illinois for a celebration. Several graduates and birthdays are noted along with visits from relatives and friends.
An editorial from Keota discusses isolationists who favor disengaging from foreign trade as Hitler Mussolini Stalin and Japan shrink U S trade. It cites Mr Roach of the Richland Clarion on how population growth or decline depends on local citizenry and community life dynamics.
The piece recalls Richland's 722 Friendly People slogan and urges towns to unite with churches stores and workers to boost attractiveness. It discusses civic pride and questions war aims and profiteering in defense, citing Roosevelt's stance and the memory of World War I wealth.
Government officials urge halting scrap iron sales to Japan Russia and Italy to protect national interests amid postwar trade pressures. The movement stresses stopgap measures pending broader controls and possible curbs on mineral exports.
Pilotburg May 30 report shows the Vacation Bible School led by Mrs Blanch DeKon ing and Marguerite Vodicka drew 70 or more participants during the opening week. Local students Bobbie Scott Merle Venzke and Gayle Blum are advancing toward high school with Marguerite Vodinka teaching at Grand Prairie next fall. Willard Hole tends turkeys at Maplecrest as hens are being killed.
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