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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1944
Page
4
A religious exhortation from Matthew 3 2 urging repentance as the Kingdom of Heaven nears. The brief text underscores urgent spiritual call to turn away from sin and follow divine will.
A column recalls Tex Grantham's poetry from his DeWitt Iowa Observer days now as Des Moines State Tax Commission chair. It contrasts his light verse with Willkie’s 1940 campaign and raises questions about centralized government versus states’ rights and the American political path.
The column attacks and praises postwar role of women workers, notes 81 percent of housewives still do home duties, mocks Pearl Harbor reactions, and cites U.S. tax policy shifts per Business Week. It rails at political partisanship, forecasts postwar adjustments, and closes with Uncle Sam as tax collector.
A medical officer misdiagnoses Johnny Doughboy as having a dog bite after inspecting his leg. The wounded soldier jokes about rabies and drafts a quip about biting sergeants rather than making a will, drawing a comic exchange.
A militiaman on sentry duty blocks a car with the line You cant pass this way. The sergeant inside the car passes and the sentry apologizes saying he had orders to let no traffic pass due to a rotten bridge but relents when recognizing the officer. A salesman comments Hitler may take his territory.
A conductor questions a sailor about a smoking sign aboard the ship. The sailor responds with a jokey retort about not believing in signs and points to a different poster about Nemo Cor sets, challenging the conductor to prove it.
A diner joke exchange pivots on a customer disputing a two dollar and fifty cent steak price while the waiter blames rising lumber costs, delivering a dry wordplay moment about inflation and carpentry.
Two neighbors discuss early settlers and hill collectors visiting a residence, noting the unusual sight of collectors ascending the stairs. The exchange hints at local history and social dynamics without naming people or places.
A playful exchange contrasts a teacher question on unique zebra traits with jokes about “Little ze bras.” The text shifts to a cartoonish Eskimo sleeping in a bear skin and a personal note about sleeping in bare skin, creating a quirky, kid friendly collage of phrases.
Ginger Rogers leads in Tender Comrade a drama about four war wives at an airplane plant while their husbands serve in the armed forces. Jo Jones copes with displacement and housing as the group bands together to support each other and a love story with Robert Ryan.
Community column notes humorous local items from The Homestead Farm dated June 22. The piece includes a weather quip about catching a cold and a light anecdote about a mind reader date. It features playful exchanges from residents and sailors with light, nontechnical humor.
In 1941 the energy industry reported that 1.34 pounds of coal produced one kilowatt hour of electricity. This efficiency data reflects the era's power generation methods and fuel use.
Before Pearl Harbor the United States imported about 100 million pounds of good rope from the Philippines. The fiber known as manila hemp or abaca is prized by the navy and merchant marine for its strength and salt water resistance.
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