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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1943
Page
4
A survey of unrest and public skepticism across the United States notes race clashes in Detroit and Los Angeles, broad labor strikes, and distrust of leaders. The piece contrasts wartime sacrifice with domestic strife and warns of a moral decline amid political manipulation and stiff costs to taxpayers.
A classroom joke has SMART Teacher asking what a group of camels is called. Little Johnny answers with a punny carton, contrasting the usual terms for animals.
Two women discuss news from Australia. One woman misinterprets a jeep as a female Japanese war vehicle, then reacts with disbelief and concern. The other clarifies that relief comes from the term jeep used for army automobiles.
A collection of aphorisms on envy success intelligence and revenge. It contrasts doing good with hard work and warns against needless boasting while urging forgiveness and learning from listening. The piece ends with a reflection on happiness found in daily work.
In a small scene the preacher extols the late Rastus as a good provider and family man. The widow whispers to her daughter Johnny to go and check the coffin for the supposed father. The moment blends reverence with a tense note as curiosity meets burial ritual.
A pilot asks if the cadet knows the parachute corps theme song and explains its importance. The cadet asks for clarification while the pilot quips that the song means little without pulling the cord.
A brief dialogue captures Bill asking about Joe’s well being and Joe replying that treatment is rarely favorable. The exchange hints at caution and resilience in the face of ongoing health or institutional care.
Eighty eight percent of employees in the New Jersey laundry industry are women, reflecting strong female participation in the sector and potential implications for labor demographics and wages.
A Jo an Crawford led drama set in occupied Paris mixes romance, danger and betrayal as she loves a Frenchman allied with invaders while aiding an escaped American. John Wayne and Philip Dorn co star with Albert Bassermann and John Carradine in lavish wartime spectacle praised for photography and score.
In the Northwest, private timber owners spent 1,673,000 dollars on fighting forest fires in 1939, compared with 540,000 dollars appropriated by state and federal governments. The figures illustrate greater private sector effort in fire suppression.
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