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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1939
Page
4
The note urges readers to keep accounts clear and balanced with a Bible verse from Mark 13 33. It quotes Senator Arthur H Vandenberg on wealth and opportunity and reflects that great men endure depression but show modesty and humility.
The era 1900 to 1930 brought vast invention and technology, expanding daily conveniences and modern machines. Despite disruption, employment grew as invention created new outlets for labor, with garment industries employing 200,000 workers earning 427 million dollars annually.
A writer argues that modern industries created since 1900 provide direct employment figures for sectors like automobiles and electrical machinery and also trigger indirect job growth. He cites leaders in petroleum refining, rayon, and aircraft, and quotes Abraham Lincoln on how patents boost invention. The tone urges policy to unleash inventive potential to reduce unemployment.
The article recounts Theodore Roosevelt’s stance on a possible third term near the end of his presidency. He explains he could have run with southern support but chose not to, citing the need for change after four years of crusading and uprooting to clear the ground for constructive work.
A Kansas letter to the Record quotes Rural Rube on coal import strategy and naval needs If President Lewis and Roosevelt can organize the industry coal could rise to desired levels The writer muses on self awareness and public pride in governance while noting regional opinions
Community chatter fills the North Side Café as Jay Brewer is honored at a local coffee club. A newcomer, Bob Lytle, adds 20 checks to the tally while patrons trade jokes and snippets from comic panels and jokes scroll through the page.
Shirley Temple plans a new path as a technical adviser after filming Susannah of the Mounties at a Century Fox set. The production featured Blackfeet Indians from Montana, with white actors playing tribal roles, prompting Temple to point out that the Indians mounted from the right side unlike the left side used by white actors, leading to a set correction by director William A Seiter.
Wally Vernon hurt himself filming a scene for Chasing Danger at Fox Theatre. He bumped into a post and blacked out but recovered quickly. Director Ricardo Cortez demanded a reshoot to keep Vernon’s performance within acceptable realism.
Washington County Iowa Board of Supervisors met in the courthouse to review homestead tax credit and exemption numbers with many allowed and several disallowed. A notice requests a session to consider federal aid for County Trunk Highway No 36 improvements and land acquisition.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors meets to accept a United States Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works offer amendment for County Trunk Highway No. 36 project funding. The measure authorizes a 45 percent grant up to 2794 dollars for grading culverts land and rights of way with conditions and signatures by the chairman and auditor.
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