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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1944
Page
4
A column extols farm boys as the best soldiers, cites Dean Gillespie’s Congressional win over Carl Wuertele, and notes wartime finance and policy thoughts. It includes life insurance data for Iowa, tax debates, bomber lag effects, sacrifice ideas, and a Chicago policeman’s fortune from kindness.
A tale recalls Bob Livingston at eleven in Chicago debating Country Life versus City Life. His ten points praise farm life for safety health and learning about nature, and the piece notes a later city-life reflection and a public-spirited exchange.
A Lady Customer notes thin medicine branded for man and beast. The Druggzist confirms. The Customer asks for a bottle to aid her husband. A Father questions hearing the clock, and the Son admits he altered the time to avoid waking him.
A father rebukes his hungry son at the table with a stern warning about another bite. The boy quips a defiant grin and promises to be finished if he takes another bite.
The excerpt captures neighbors trading gossip about etiquette and health. A resident asks about dancing versus marching while Mrs. Black remarks on Mrs. Gos sip’s blood poisoning and Mrs. White speculates she bit her tongue.
FAST SUNSET March events recap in brief items. Mr and Mrs P J Graber and family visited Dillon Graber home on Sunday. Mrs Merle Twinam joined the Wednesday Study club at Mrs W Wooley’s home. Elmer McArtor and sons with Hal Huston attended a Mount Pleasant basketball game Saturday night. Mrs Harry Jones spent an afternoon with Mrs Will Twinam. Richard Stephens and others attended a Rotary lecture in Washington Tuesday evening. Lyle Lowe sustained a rather conclusion unclear in this fragment.
A wartime appeal urges citizens to collect used household fats to deprive Japan of resources. Iowa saved 85 000 pounds in January, with a state quota increased by 109 000 pounds at year end. current savings exceed 65 percent of quota as fats aid medicinals and synthetic rubber. Signed February 25, 1944 by B. B. Hickenlooper.
The fifth installment of The Problems of Lasting Peace, revised for this series, presents insights by Herbert Hoover and Hugh Gibson. It aligns with Hoover's presidency and Gibson’s diplomatic background to address postwar challenges and international cooperation.
The article argues for a transitional period of growth and a Trustees of Peace to enforce provisional peace terms and build regional councils. It calls for long‑view tasks such as reparations, demilitarization, territorial settlement, currency stabilization, and a world peace institution. It warns against armistice governance and stresses democratic ratification and public understanding.
A horse led at the Junction sale barn last week became unruly injuring a man who initially feared a broken collarbone. Doctors report torn ligaments as the injury. The family has been sick with flu.
Snowball reports social visits in March with Mrs Walter Kyle's brother Joe Prook, and several families hosting gatherings near Craw forestville and Iowa City. Also notes Pvt. Dave W Sheetz transfer from Buckley Field to Kessler Field. Brazil is larger than the continental United States with 3 275 000 square miles and is a major producer of cotton cacao corn rice sugar fruits nuts timber rubber and minerals.
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