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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
8
In France the poor receive support from public bureaux de bienfaisance and from private and ecclesiastical charity. The system combines state relief with church and private welfare to aid the needy.
A St James PTA session Tuesday at the school featured a child led program themed February Calendar. Announcer Pegary Yougall introduced a schedule with entries including Bobby Libe and Pegney Dougall and notes Blase’s day on Feb 3.
The program featured many student performances led by Robert Nardy and others with recitations and piano solos. PTA secretary Ed Rich presented reports while a district meeting in Fairfield was announced for April, and officer elections are planned at the next meeting.
Tyrone news notes Mr and Mrs George Bond visited the Charley Warn home in Ollie. The Lloyd Bradshaw family moved Saturday to a farm near West Chester and the Guy Black family moved into Bradshaws vacated farm. Ida Bevins returned home after a stay at University hospital in Iowa City. Josephine Singmaster and daughter called in Cedar Rapids. Jekoy Times of Moline was a caller at Waldo Miller’s home.
Iowa parties outline convention windows with county and district delegates to state biennial and judicial meetings. Republicans and Democrats assign delegates by county votes from 1936 precedents, with key dates from June 29 to Aug 14, and district conventions due between July 1 and July 29.
Sherwood Eddy, renowned author and lecturer, argues America's duty is to avoid war and focus on domestic recovery to aid a postwar world. He predicts a third spring of war with Hitler likely striking via Holland Belgium and Switzerland.
Small statues of tattooed women from newly uncovered tombs indicate tattooing was practiced by both Babylonians and Egyptians about 5,000 years ago. The artifacts suggest early cultural use and artistic expression across ancient civilizations.
W S Saville reports the death of his brother J O Saville at his Denver home. The former Riverside barber, born March 30 1873 in Ohio, had suffered a recent stroke and heart attack after returning from a visit here last August. Funeral and burial are in Denver. he leaves wife Lottie Rose and daughter Eva Hart of Denver, brother Will S Saville of Washington, sisters Mrs W A Palmer of Richland and Mrs J L Swift of Marengo, with three sisters deceased.
C Austin Sutherland editor of The Petroleum Transporter warned at an Iowa independent union gathering that any industry regulating its competitors by law creates a Frankenstein monster that will impede progress or destroy the industry.
Tibet pledges a half million dollars to the Chinese government as the war against Japan continues. The act signals Tibetan support for Beijing’s war effort and raises questions about regional backing among neighboring authorities.
Lynn A. Russell, business manager of Parsons College at Fairfield since September 1, has resigned to accept an executive position with Lee County Savings Bank at Fort Madison, effective April 1. Russell, a Newton native, spent over 20 years at the former First National Bank and later served as a field representative.
The text notes the Reconstruction Finance Corp and that he operated his own investment business here prior to going Fairfield.
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