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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1939
Page
4
Voduay's Bible Thought Monday March 6 1939 cites 1 John 3 21 22 urging faith and obedience to God. The piece reflects on prayer and confidence while quoting Dr Willis R Whitney on electricity and invention as starting points for further knowledge and discovery.
A letter from Carl Roberts and companions in Mexico City recounts changes in the city over 40 years and notes political talk, tourism, and warnings about night driving. The piece then reviews a Travelers Insurance Co study on alcohol, pedestrians, and night traffic risks, urging greater caution, lighting, and legal safeguards to reduce fatalities.
The party toured the floating gardens and the Chapultepec equite area along with several churches. The visit highlighted cultural sites and local landmarks.
The text describes hung famous paintings and notes a cathedral begun in 1630. It paints a scene of ingarden markets along a great avenue where natives sell dry goods, shoes, hats, vegetables, and meals. It mentions dust from passing cars as thousands of babies and hundreds of dogs appear healthy and happy.
Mexico profits hugely from U S tourist traffic as motorists increasingly seek travel into Mexico. A new Texas border to Mexico City highway tempts drivers to visit the foreign land by land rather than sea. If U S communities contribute as Washington county did this season, Mexico City may need more hotels and English guidance. Mr and Mrs Roberts faced language barriers in many parts of the city.
A compiled note from Ed Eicher in New York City includes a Waldorf Astoria anecdote about hotel rooms and a series of jokes about stocks, winter underwear, Watson, baseball, and a desert island scenario. Rodger the Lodger and L. B. contributed entries.
A Washington housewife complains that the only thing more tiring than picking up after a husband is hearing his alibis and extending forgiveness, condemning repeated excuses.
A quoted reflection ponders why man prospers in shared ties yet falters in higher aspirations. The Observer’s voice frames destiny as an aim guiding humanity beyond common bonds toward divinity.
The Office Grouch argues women excel in business sense when pursuing a mate, noting they prepare and seek eligible men rather than blaming the president. He adds discarded gum and postcards are used for waste, and that rodeo riders use gum to stick feet in stirrups, though there aren’t enough riders to use the supply.
A reader questions long term relief efforts and asks if a Works Progress Administration project is planned to dig out silt from Boulder Dam. The inquiry suggests filling the dam with silt in 250 years and seeks clarity on proposed actions.
A diner complains to a head waiter about a persistent imitator at his table. The guest mocks others with impressions ranging from George Arliss to a humming bird as a man with a screwed-up face sits nearby, inviting a final request for a groundhog impersonation.
In a sharp domestic exchange the mistress confronts the maid about sighting her at the gate as sailors passed by. The maid coyly replies she was taking a nap to explain the timing.
Seven year old John Sheffield, making his first screen appearance in Tarzan in Exile, dislikes acting but is persuaded by a promised bicycle in his MGM contract. Betty Grable reads fan mail with a magnifying glass, while Ward Ben, a six foot three former UC football star, plays a villain who knits between scenes.
The film stars Carole Lombard and James Stewart in an ordinary couple story with wardrobe reflecting restraint. Travis Banton designed Lombard’s suits and dresses, costing more than average but similar styles exist for women of moderate means. Richard Dix’s broken hand delays production on Man of Conquest, adding studio costs.
Karloff, famed for horror roles, appears in Son of Frankenstein with Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi as a mild Englishman who tends rare orchids. Jack Roper trains with Fred MacMurray in a Paramount film, ahead of a spring bout with Joe Louis.
A historical note claims that Alexander Graham Bell’s era will see telephone exchange staff as boys rather than the fashionable girls once imagined. The statement reflects early attitudes toward gender roles in the budding telephone industry.
A number of families have moved in and near Wayland in the past week. Several purchased farms and shifted to new properties including Clara Neff and daughter, Ivan Wyse and family, Clair Boshart, Lester and Dannie Roths, Dale Ross, Rex Bain, Milbourne Borgstrand, Orval Meyers, Lester Nicola, Gilbert Roth, Cloyce Conrad, Melvin Good, Ralph Beachley, John Imhoff, Wade Linn, H F Eicher, Dale Goff, Harry Wiggins, Dennis Klopfenstein, Dwight Messenger, Elmer Roth, Albert Graber, Glen Richards, Kenneth Goff, and W J Eicher among others.
In an Iowa outdoors essay the author profiles the skunk, nicknamed Old Mr High Power, detailing its defense spray range and behavior. He notes humans and cars kill many skunks annually, yet the animal survives via balance with foxes and owls, and its striking coat aids predators and hunters alike.
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