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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1943
Page
3
A long wartime column blends forecasts of drought and rainfall with reflections on war prospects in Europe. It notes Iowa farming struggles, potential early frost, and compares 1943 to earlier combat turning points, with praise for resilience and a Newark poet’s homefront verse.
A sergeant drifts toward a dreamlike mood then snaps to stern as he exclaims about sheep in step. A private lake scene prompts a swim admonition and a man asks for help while shouting. An executioner offers last duties before the switch, and assorted exchanges end with a clipped, weary note.
A mixed set of quick quips from soldiers and officers, including a Private Slatmeter joke about a back home letter and a pilot mishearing a leafleting order. A visiting observer notes a cemetery lit at night and a recruit misidentifying a sergeant, while an officer warns about an empty gun. The closing line hints at espionage.
A brief note highlights the agent’s daughter pursuing independent goals, signaling a personal departure from expected roles and plans.
Eddie Anderson stars in MGM musical fantasy based on the New York stage hit. Ethel Waters and Lena Horne appear with Rex Ingram as ruler of the Underworld. Duke Ellington and his band, the Hall Johnson Choir, Louis Armstrong and other noted entertainers perform in musical sequences.
The Radio Rogues, long-time vaudeville and screen performers, headline Columbia's Reveille With Bever ly at the Fox Theatre with Ann Miller. From early Brooklyn radio debuts to films like Thanks a Million and Going Hollywood, the trio pursues a broad entertainment arc.
Mrs C M Brinning reports the death of her uncle Senator Edward L Reed in Missoula Montana on June 10 1943. Reed was born June 6 1877 in Keokuk County Iowa, son of Charles Reed and Laura Holiday Reed. He married Anna Mitchell in Sigourney on November 18 1900 and had two children Lt Gerald E Reed of Denver and Jeannette Sparks of Chicago. The family later moved to Montana where they have lived for several years.
The obituary notes a rancher who owned a 10009 acre spread in the Litterfoot Valley 36 miles south of Missoula Montana. He rose to state representative and senator positions, leaving a wife two children and two grandsons. He is survived by brothers and a sister in California Wisconsin and Iowa and numerous nieces and nephews. His parents and a sister preceded him in death. Mrs Brinning had lived in Montana with her uncles before marriage.
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