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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1942
Page
4
Readers weigh price freezes and social experiments while debates on war, gas shortages, and driver accountability surface. Items touch on a gas producer idea in Australia, hostility toward the Des Moines Register Tribune's influence, and a Wartime verse urging continued resistance.
A vignette shows aDiscussing routine talk about the bill of rights as obligation a streetcar home a quarrel over pronouns and a gleeful co worker jokes about a new hire seeking partnership after two days on the job.
A fragmentary humorous exchange contrasts wartime cannibal misunderstanding with social chatter. Dialog includes remarks on dress length, marriage readiness, and a quip about a daughter in five engagements, illustrating everyday irony and domestic finance.
Hollywood stars Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney headline the comedy Rings On Her Fingers at the State Theatre. Tierney plays a shopgirl drawn into schemes by Laird Cregar and Spring Byington as Fonda’s character earns a dream boat and glamorous travel.
Norma Shearer returns to light comedy in We Were Dancing opening at the State Theatre with Melvyn Douglas opposite. The cast includes Gail Patrick, Lee Bowman, Marjorie Main, Reginald Owen, Alan Mowbray and Florence Bates. Robert Z Leonard directs. The film, partly based on Noel Coward Tonight at 8 30, follows a penniless aristocrat and a rich lawyer whose marriage unravels and reforms.
Riverside residents report relatives in military and defense work while visitors arrive from Iowa and Missouri. Grandson Robert Workman, stationed at San Diego, is named supervisor of new depots. Major Robert Griffin promotion to Major. others travel from Chauteau, Oklahoma, and Muscatine to Riverside for visits.
A humorous dialogue pits a college professor, a pupil, and a teacher over misread forecasts and mail mishaps. The quip recalls past weather bureau errors, suggesting expertise breeds doubt and delays snap judgments.
The review lauds a rapidly turning up heavyweight in filmdom for a grand performance while praising Spring Byington Henry Stephenson and Joan Shepperd as perfectly cast and well used in the film.
The article describes the flag of Holland as having three horizontal bands colored red white and blue.
Riverside students celebrate a season opener victory as the newly organized team gains a win in the first contest of the season on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Riverside June 11 Mrs T A Ryan hosted the Fortnightly club at her Riverside home. Visitor Mrs W T Negus of Inglewood Calif toured with her sister Mrs Earl Watton. The afternoon included needlework and luncheon. Mrs Hubert E Doud will entertain on July 4.
A note on the golden wedding concept traces its origin to Germany, highlighting cultural roots and the traditional symbolism attached to long marriages in European custom.
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