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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
4
In Washington a pearl button factory and its product are highlighted. The piece muses on town growth, parking space, and future urban foresight while praising pearl buttons for their durability and luster. It urges readers to seek truth and support genuine pearl buttons in garments.
The Greenfield Free Press advises Americans to keep calm and work steadily, arguing the conflict will not reach the United States until Europe resolves its course. The piece counsels patience and continued production while the nation remains neutral in spirit.
Protestant clergymen in the east pledge to have no part in war calling war an enemy that destroys liberties and a denial of God. They urge abolishing war as an outmoded evil and urge turning the other cheek though global acceptance is uncertain. Atlantic News Telegraph notes public concern over armament waste and calls for transparent defense spending.
A wartime broadcast urges continued Allied resistance and predicts a potential victory by July with fighting possibly lasting years. It stresses quarantining the hemisphere from war, defending the Caribbean and nations like Iceland and Newfoundland, while shifting focus to Adair county crops and urging calm, neighborly conduct, and alert neutrality.
The paper corrects a prior Leigh Sonie cat story noting the animal stood on its front feet rather than its back feet. Readers are told this revised version makes the tale more compelling.
A reader urges park crowds to applaud the band after a lively performance, noting the quiet, unresponsive audience and praising applause as a simple gesture that costs nothing. The plea contrasts the cheerful music with silent spectators and asks for warm, visible appreciation.
A spoof license notice mocks credentialing with absurd traits and signatures from a mock board. It follows a real franchise petition for Grace Hill in sections of Township 75 North Range 9 West. The Iowa Commerce Commission sets July 2 1940 hearing time at Des Moines with objections due five days prior.
Notice to residents of Washington County that Iowa Southern Utilities Company has filed a petition with the Iowa State Commerce Commission for a franchise to erect and operate electric transmission lines. The request covers poles wires guy wires towers and other fixtures across public lands highways streams and private lands in specified township sections.
The Rev David Thompson leads a revival at Uniondale United Brother Church northeast of Washington. Services start each evening at eight during the week of June 18 to 16 with special music. No Saturday services. meetings conclude Sunday morning June 16 with Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11.
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