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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1938
Page
4
Bible Thought for Saturday June 18 1935 cites 2 Peter 2 19 on divine deliverance from temptations and judgment The reading urges a real reserve with everyone while seeming reserved with few as a safeguard against danger Lord Chesfield adds caution about appearances versus true reserve.
An illustration shows a month’s Russian wages buys three pairs of ordinary shoes or two yards of wool dress goods. The piece questions whether Russian poverty is terrible to locals who accept it, compares systems, and considers if communism will lift living standards and how long to wait for proof.
Dr Gus Dyer argues that voting is a social trust not a natural right. He warns that offering material rewards for votes corrupts suffrage and undermines democratic government, describing indirect bribery through government gifts and the danger of elected officials relying on such gains.
The author argues against foreign influence and mass campaigns by immigrants shaping national policy. He contends a dictator cannot singlehandedly run a nation like Russia and warns that all dictators rise and fall, underscoring limits of concentrated power and the need for cautious openness.
A Washington baseball fan contends that football and basketball will not supplant baseball as the public favorite until fans engage with both sports enough to develop genuine dislike of the referee at the right moment.
Riddles ask for four letters that scare a thief O. Doughnuts first fried in I guess Greece C. Tramps like wagon wheels when they are tired music The cen ter of gravity is the letter V The provided answers are O I C U in Greece when they are tired music the letter V.
The Office Grouch muses on street safety hoping brakes work when crossing. He jokes about risk and uncertainty in everyday travel, reflecting a cautious urban humor tone.
A coal dealer asks three Irish drivers to split 28 tons among seven customers. Pat suggests long division, six and thirteen tons per customer. Mike tests by repeated addition and multiplication, confirming thirteen tons each. Terrence notes limits in addition and division, but agrees 13 tons per customer works.
A brief reflective verse celebrates becoming a dad with praise and honor. The speaker expresses electrified joy and thrills tied to the birth and role of a new father, noting the reserved thrill until that moment of fatherhood.
A quaint collection of scenes and maxims from a small town life. A visitor recalls friendly chats at a grocery, neighbors sharing joys and sorrows, and two beachgoers debating who waits for a ship to come in while one munches clams. The text blends proverbs about youth and fear with an image of steady effort.
The 75th Congress adjourned to broaden the New Deal farm program and fund production control with over a billion dollars. It expands subsidies, marketing quotas, crop loans, and parity payments, plus a new federal crop insurance system to stabilize prices and aid farmers nationwide.
Speaker Bankhead names a 12 member House panel to probe a 500000 monopoly issue with 150000 for the inquiry. Vice President Garner selects three senators for the panel as other members come from treasury justice labor and commerce and the federal trade and securities commissions. The Senate civil liberties committee tackles alleged Hague rights suppression in Jersey City. A seven member House committee led by Martin Dies will study Nazi and fascist propaganda with a 25000 allocation.
Congressional committees plan intense probes into business and government activity before the 76th Congress. President Roosevelt will control most of a $500000 fund as a 12 member panel examines monopolies and the limits of antitrust laws, drafting a major legislative program for January.
Pres Ed A O Neal of the American Farm Bureau travels to Iowa for four addresses and a vegetable growers luncheon. He will speak June 21 at Harrison Park Emmetsburg, June 22 at Allison, June 23 at Clear Lake, and June 24 at the Polk county fairgrounds. Rose Blackbourn may join for county bureau events the week of July 1.
Mrs Mary Matilda Letts 84 died after a short illness at her Concord township home east of Columbus Junction Funeral services were held in the Letts Methodist church and burial was in Letts cemetery She was born in Ohio in 1854 married James H Letts March 1 1877 and spent her life on the same farm Surviving daughters Mrs E C Turkington and Ada Letts and a son Harlan are deceased Also a member of the Letts Methodist church and the P E Sisterhood Chapter CX Columbus Junction
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