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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1940
Page
4
In a June 7 1940 Bible Thought the writer links John 15 8 to a national defense plea. It argues aviation careers rise with war prep and cites Bullard on America’s small army and defense spending. The piece questions preparedness and warns of Hitler’s potential impact if unchecked.
The piece contrasts US wartime resolve with calm Western sentiment, arguing for removing alien elements from government to enable military programs. It praises a ballast cleaning machine that automates ballast maintenance, notes job losses, and labels this an American problem lacking a solution.
Dr Alfred V Kidder of the Carnegie Institution warns that modern society risks a collapse driven by a failed inward calibration. He argues salvation lies in deeper study of human nature across ages, not just technical mastery, noting Europe’s example of disorder from poor self control.
Merrell Dickinson is at home on a two week furlough from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Mrs Floyd Horton of Norfolk Virginia visits at the parental Jennie Horton home. Miss Mildred Morgan of Wellman visits relatives. Mrs Julia Borkoski and Prody spent Sunday at the Josephine Melinski home south of Pleasant Plain.
The text states that cardinals are appointed only by the pope, answer only to the pope, and may be deposed only by the pope. It emphasizes papal authority over cardinal ranks and tenure.
The quote argues that children benefit from care by both fathers and mothers, providing two role models for learning and developing a balanced personality. It emphasizes dual parenting as essential for a child's social and emotional maturation.
A California judge ruled a wife cannot obtain a divorce simply because her husband goes fishing. After the verdict, the husband quipped that the judge gave proper recognition to fishing. The text blends jokes and brief items from a late-1920s style column.
An American embassy visitor questioned the abundance of Scots among Royal pilots. The guide replied that Scots have learned every cloud has a silver lining, and they can’t be kept out.
Opinion holds industry has been slow to aid farms, but a new wave of scholarships from the National Farm Youth Foundation offers free farm training at home and engineering education through an extension university. County representative J C Huston of Crawfordsville notes the program, aiming to raise modern farming know how and success.
June 4 local column recounts Memorial Day gatherings at the Everette Arnold home in Keota and nearby visits. Families like Gillies, Rocertean, Robertson, Bauer, Miller, Wehr, and Siewert are noted with dinners, picnics, and farm chores. Neighborhood events include outdoor movie nights in West Chester and a $10 prize at a weekly gathering.
Mr and Mrs Forest Gelvin Bowen and Art Bowen visit from Chicago at the Jimmy Bowen home. Mrs Bowen plans a Iowa and Illinois summer. Wilma and Lola Snyder spent Friday with Marion Smith. A coat and jacket were stolen from Laurel Statley car parked near his back door on a moonlit night. Boxes Stage Comeback ice boxes lose ground to electric refrigerators with sales rising from 213000 in 1933 to about 600000 last year per the Eastern State Ice Association.
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