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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1944
Page
4
A crowded bond drive in a courtroom draws parallels to free nations against dictatorship. The Fifth War Loan Drive gains momentum as farmers weigh production against marketing challenges and government irrigation plans. Community voices defend liberty while urging stronger domestic support.
A tongue in cheek report covers T. J. Brookhart charging George L. McDaniel with assault and a humorous mayoral for a day scene. The piece then dives into jokes about India, Germans in heaven, and a satirical take on the Star Spangled Banner and patriotic verses.
Bethel notes show nine local farmers selling fat hogs as corn prices factor weight penalties. Names include Donald Brown Clive Gray C J Wolfe Pearson Bros Ernest Gideon Ben Fitzgerald Harold Timmons Charley Horak Robert Quinn. Social items mention funerals visits and marriages with community snapshots.
A dietician promotes a strictly vegetable plan to slim figures, while a skeptical patient mentions the hippopotamus as a counterexample to the idea.
On a dark rainy night two gangsters escort a rival member across a lonely field. The doomed man curses them as he questions their treatment and laments the wet walk back.
A garbled historical anecdote recounts Hitler asking about Moses’s rod and whether the Red Sea waters divided, expressing a desire to borrow the rod for a “job” on the English Channel. The tale centers on Hitler’s eager request and quest for the legendary artifact.
A lieutenant, astonished, exclaims in a scene noting he forgot to remove items from his pajamas, uttering Great Scott as a humorous aside. The offbeat moment captures a human, if odd, wartime or nautical tone in the narrative.
The notice urges readers to set aside War Bonds to fund the CP Gas Range and support good jobs for servicemen returning home. It emphasizes patriotic saving to finance home front needs and secure employment for veterans.
The Iowa Southern Utilities Company adopts the slogan Back the Attack Buy More Than Ever Before to rally customers and shareholders, urging stronger purchases and broader support for its services and expansion plans amid market pressure.
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