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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1932
Page
4
A devotional note for Tuesday highlights Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord and do good to dwell in the land and be fed. The reader is urged to seek faith, steadfastness, and practical obedience as a reliable dwelling place and daily sustenance.
A lyrical portrait traces the birth of a child and the lifelong journey of growth and learning. It reflects on love, fear, joy, and the shaping of a young life through family, care, and early education. The piece ends with a reference to Ingersoll and the idea of freedom through experience.
A Washington report says the coalition government is working amiably on the tax bill. Democrats and Republicans cooperate to raise taxes for households and mortgage interest, while leaders Jim Watson and Joe Robinson spar briefly for political effect.
The American Legion organized employment drive gains momentum with estimates around ten thousand positions or prospects anticipated as part of the campaign.
The passage notes that about six hundred towns of more than five thousand potential sites are organized and active. It predicts remarkable results if organization expands proportionally to current progress and aims to create a million jobs for a million men.
Prof. K. EB. Libe of the State University spoke to the Rotary Club on current economic conditions. He argued unemployment is not as dire as politicians claim, noted shifts in employment across sectors, and urged moving surplus labor from manufacturing to agriculture to rebalance the economy. He predicted no material change until after the presidential election, with a gradual path back to balance and periodic shakeups.
A column urges readers to speak clearly and act with kindness, avoid friction, and mind their own business. It notes laughter eases life and contrasts wealth and poverty as sources of happiness. It ends with a playful verse about a mosquito on a moonlit bridge.
The undersigned request that your office be moved to allow writing the other edition when By-the-way material becomes scarce. Pell and Mell.
A rambling anecdote recounts a horse named Sandy kept quiet to avoid trouble, failing at steeplechase and dying after a rat bite. It contrasts a joking jab at misfortune with a quip about Abraham Lincoln finding time to smile during war, urging others to abandon petty grievances.
A quirky collection of stage chatter and comic snippets fills a backstage scene. Corntossel and a ramen of voices trade lines about talking to wives a tattooed dancer yields a moving picture gag. A revolving nest inventor jokes about hens laying a mistaken egg. Weather note adds a cold reminder.
City of Washington Iowa adopts Ordinance 198 to appropriate funds for the fiscal year beginning April 1 1932. It outlines consolidated and general fund allocations for salaries police expenses openings streets lighting and other funds and directs the treasurer and clerk to set up accounts and apply balances as permitted by law. The ordinance takes effect upon passage and publication.
The Washington Iowa City Council adopts a resolution to charge out of various funds the remaining 33 702 28 carried as assets in the Farmers Merchants State Bank of Washington Iowa now fully liquidated The action aims to show true financial condition. Attest W H Pulton March 7 1932.
Mary Kennedy, a secretary, becomes engaged to Buck Landers, a wealthy promoter. She and Landers’ ward Steve Moore develop feelings, provoking Landers’s threats. Mary and Steve plan to flee, but Landers confronts Mary with coercive warnings as tension sharpens and danger looms.
Baby star Myrna Freshhelz aged nineteen months appears in Barbara Stanwyck’s new Columbia film For Madden shown at the State theater. Trained since birth, she is praised by Frank Capra for her camera readiness and is noted for her old fashioned demeanor and beauty. The feature also stars Mae Clarke Walter Byron Marie Prevost Natalie Moorhead Andy Devine.
Jean Harrow stars in Three Wise Girls at the Fox theatre showing Wednesday and Thursday. The film casts her as a modest small town girl contrasted with her metropolitan sisters amid light comic romance and fraught scheming.
The fifth in a series of midweek Lenten services at Lutheran Church gathers parishioners for reflection and communal prayer. Local clergy lead the service with scripture readings and hymns.
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