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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1933
Page
4
The death of Mayor Cermak of Chicago deeply moves the nation. He was shot while protecting the president elect and fell a heroic, innocent bystander. His final words to Roosevelt and his conduct through illness endeared him to Chicago and the United States. Chicago will mourn with unprecedented sincerity.
The author argues the bank holiday aims to free trapped money and boost circulation. They cite large sums in currency and hoarded gold, urge decisive action by financiers and government, and express belief that relief will come once money moves again.
The passage recalls four years ago when delegations visited West Branch to see the Hoover birthplace and tell outsiders about Mr. Hoover's boyhood. It notes Hoover's former status as the nation's hope and hints at changed perceptions since then.
A devotional verse emphasizes Micah 6 8 guiding principles to do justice love mercy and walk humbly with God highlighting timeless moral path for readers.
Mazie V. Caruthers writes of leaving, recalling a closed path and a key in hand. A housemate’s cold memory lingers as the speaker weighs freedom and distance, asking where to go in a world so wide.
The piece defends Hoover as a capable humane leader amid a fractured Congress and a global aftermath of war and debt. It argues the storm was broader than any one person and notes Congress spent to seek re election while Hoover faced a broke Treasury.
The Iowa Commissioner of Insurance censures unethical insurance reps who disparage competitors to win business. A letter to company executives warns that agents making such derogatory claims will have their licenses cancelled, and asks companies to inform all Iowa agents. The piece cites harmful rhetoric and urges public faith in the industry.
The column notes mutual fault lines if Austria defaults on its debts, asking if France would bear the blame. It reflects on voters who sought any change last November now facing the actual cost of that rhetoric.
Greenville newsroom notes a discussion on technocracy shaping data crystallization and its potential use in asset liquidation. Dialogue contrasts efficiency gains with risks to value and control as policymakers weigh mechanisms and oversight.
A San Antonio Evening News notice warns Chicago police to watch for gangsters with a lean hungry look before a planned job. The brief describes a dangerous pattern and urges vigilance amid rising criminal activity.
Farmers hardest hit by relocation to town seek relief as Roanoke Times reports. The piece notes that those who moved years ago face the greatest hardship and outlines calls for support and policy attention.
Charlestown evening post notes 1933 contains four odd numbers, a consoling thought amid the year’s events.
Leigh Soule scolds a columnist for aging jokes as he defends a 1923 National Geographic on the table in his Y M C A. The secretary retorts that By the way humor never grows old, keeping a sharp exchange in print.
An edition of the Fairfield Ledger appeared amid campus chatter as the national bank holiday was announced. The paper featured a large banner headline stirring talk of local mood and campus gossip about athletes and relationships.
R. E. Shannon asks if Roosevelt has been notified while Mable Livingston says she can sleep. Robert Sage reflects nobility obliges and Geo. McDaniel exclaims Fairfield. Frank L. Wilson notes the speech may reference last Saturday's basketball game. The speaker complains about mispronouncing revenue in a radio address.
The Paris representative notes verses on a single bass note and quotes a playful poem about moonlight, stars, and night scenes. It blends rhymed couplets and witty contrasts, ending with a reader’s clipping from Musical Courier.
A brief editorial note urges farmers to regain courage, reflecting on hardships and resilience with a cryptic nod to “Shavings” as a literary reference. The tone is hopeful and cautions against despair while calling for renewed effort.
An advertisement promotes Hats for Heroines with 125 popular hat models and a 3 ft gin size. It highlights durable enamelled frames, single bearing, squeak free operation, and 1000 lb test, calling it a real buy at $1.25.
A reader asks to print the poem about the boy smoking his Dad's pipe again, noting it appeared in January and requesting its reprint in the By-the-way column.
Sharp lines mix philosophy and humor about marriage and danger. A rich young lady confronts a burglar while a grateful husband proposes in an auto and lovers joke about fate and fashion. The tone recalls old time newspaper quips.
Keota voters face four candidates for two Keota school board seats. N G McNurren and E L Kirkpatrick terms expire with petitions filed to seek re election and Mrs Kath Teets and George J Ly also placed in nomination. Current board members include F A Klein president H W Statler Marguerite Stewart N G McNurren and E F Kirkpatrick. The board plans next year aim to cut school expenses by about 7600.
A humorous notice lists available free aids for farmers including the Book of Radio Stars and How to take care of your pipe. It questions a farmer’s ability to recognize radio stars and suggests tax burdens are unavoidable.
Plans call for eliminating two grade teachers and three high school teachers with salary reductions. Current staff includes six full time teachers and one part time teacher. Principal Miss Cornelia Bulkley teaches senior and junior English. Miss Betty Younes handles US history and home economics. others cover typing, world history, science, music, and grades 1–6.
Frelands report the deaths of two Keota former residents. Mrs. George Windhurst died Feb 27 at Woodlawn hospital Chicago. Funeral at Williamsburg Methodist church March 2, burial Williamsburg cemetery. She survived by Grace Diver bise, Lou Windhurst, and Clark Windhurst. Mr Windhurst died June 22, 1916. The couple had lived in Keota for years before moving to Williamsburg. Mrs Laura Adams Shrade also noted.
Died at her home in Cedar Rapids Saturday night March 4. Before her marriage to Samuel Shrader she conducted a military business in Keota for several years. After moving they made their home here. Survived by husband two sons one daughter Ruth and Milford and Willard brother James Adams of Keota sister Mrs Winnie Marburg of Washington Funeral services and burial will be in Cedar Rapids Tuesday afternoon.
L Stong of Kilbourne Iowa the novel State Fair original storekeeper viewed the photoplay in Burlington He previously lived in Keosauqua the town in which part of the story occurs Accompanying him was B J Stone father of author Phil Stong a former Des Moines newspaper man
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