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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1934
Page
4
A Bible reflection for June 25 1984 discusses freedom through knowing truth. It cites John 8 32 to emphasize liberation arising from spiritual awareness and honesty before God.
The piece argues for a balance of brains and politics in governance and voters. It critiques纯 electing lawmakers without experience and notes the need for electorates to choose competent leaders. It also mentions John Dillinger’s birthday notice and reflections on historical figures.
Chicago Daily News editor Frank Knox argues in Paris that the Russian experiment in planned economy and Soviet governance offers nothing America should imitate. He cites political repression, limited liberty, and military discipline as incompatible with free democracy, and questions how such a system could fit American political norms.
A reflective column piece ponders life’s brevity against eternity and urges appreciation of small things. It cites nature's bees and ants, a child leading wisdom, poems, jokes, and readers’ notes while celebrating rain, seasons, and blessings.
Police in Vienna and New York pursue a baffling case of a prominent New York lawyer who married a Jugoslav adventurer and disappeared days later. Her fortune and belongings were found in another wife’s apartments, suggesting bigamy. Investigators and press await further developments.
Agnes Turverson, a prominent lawyer in a great city, is lured by a common adventurer and vanished. Her family grieves as authorities pursue a possible brutal crime and the loss of her possessions. Her father and sisters face heartbreak and fear desecration of her body.
Local notes from Franklin District No 5 recount a busy week amid chinch bugs, with a car parade, visits to relatives in Richland Montour Brighton and Burtington, and a planned farm Bureau meeting next Friday night featuring Jolly Jokers 4 H ice cream and cake sale.
Weather outlook for the period June 24 to June 30 calls for generally fair skies with moderate temperatures at the start, rising heat toward midweek, and showers toward the end. Regions include the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains.
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Bankers Association 48th annual convention with over 1 600 registered delegates from member banks and affiliated groups. Rexford Tugwell will speak on The Responsibility of Partnership while sessions feature state officials university leaders and industry leaders addressing banking progress and public funds handling.
Leona Menser of Coshocton faces grand jury action after police charges that she fatally shot John Kelly, 61, a marriage agency partner, in Clarion Pennsylvania. She remains cheerful behind bars, saying she shot him after he attempted to strike her during a dispute over their wedding date.
George Burns and Gracie Allen perform zany gags in Paramounts Many Happy Returns causing audiences to howl with their zany comedy. The duo deliver fast paced sketches and slapstick routines that ignite theater crowds.
Opening yesterday the screen shows Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians with the sweetest music this side of heavy on a program including Veloz and Yolanda the Sinious dance team and a supporting cast led by George Barbier Joan Marsh Franklin Pangborn and Ray Milland
Oyster beds arise from wrecks and accidents but many beds form on ash and shell material thrown overboard. Oyster men spread cullings from live oysters on the seabed, producing productive beds.
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