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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1939
Page
4
Bible thought urges yielding to divine impulses as Paul receives a night vision of Macedonia inviting him to preach there. Religion offers a sanctuary not for retreat but to renew strength restore broken minds and reinvigorate flagging spirits through divine power.
Ex Attorney General Homer Cummings argues the court fight was won by his side but calls for a well qualified bench not a packed one. The piece critiques sit down strike rulings by Justices Black and Reed and warns against partisan court packing.
A biblical citation from Job 6:6 7 presents a meditation on human trouble not arising from dust or earth but from life itself. The verses speak to the inevitability of suffering and the human condition in poetic form.
The junior college basketball team loses by one point to Tipton in the state tournament. At the Ames hotel the team jokes about a mix up when Pete Hoskins asks for room keys and a bell hop mistakenly addresses Mrs Harlan Meade as the wife, delaying their check in briefly.
In a small Illinois town residents recall a Lincoln statue once placed in a main square after a long ago subscription. The tale then turns to a bitterly cold day when a citizen jokes the statue put its hands in its pockets due to the chill.
A furrier defends a beaver coat for a skeptical woman asking about rain. She buys the coat after the shop talk ends. In a parallel scene a wealthy youth confronts his father over his love for Renee, insisting she is cherished, while a confidant recalls past admirers.
A father expresses hurt over a poor report card and urges more vigor. He asks if the boy knows what spank means, and the boy retorts that spank is the past participle of spank.
A child asks what Washington D C stands for after reading date lines in newspapers. The father replies with a pointed remark about excessive criticism, reflecting casual domestic dialogue.
Tom Hamilton recounted a story at a meeting about a boy who insists he is drawing God. The visitor asks what he is drawing, and the boy replies that people do not know what God looks like, but he will reveal it through his work.
At a golden wedding celebration the couple explained their success came from a simple decision made at marriage. When an argument began one spouse would walk out of the house to cool down, allowing tempers to ease before resuming discussion. Hack noted as present.
A divorced druggist ran a curious HelpWanted notice claiming his wife left with another man and offering wholesale medical supplies as a repayment. The humorous ad targets the man who “brought peace into my home” and promises bandages, liniments, splints, powders, crutches, and heating salves at wholesale prices.
An anecdote highlights Doug Corrigan’s Hollywood humility as a studio reserves 20 tickets. he asks that a sister use his. Jimmy Stewart’s stand in Sid Davis recalls Our Gang. The Heat at the set reaches 96 degrees with intense lighting making Fredric March and Raph Bellamy sweat under improvised perspiration.
Dutch Reagan shows a fast tempo in a brief display as he alternates between sharp bursts and moments of lost rhythm, leaving observers noting the swing of his timing and mood.
Dick Powell spoils a scene by riding his horse too well as a novice in Going Places. Anita Louise sings in her first film number harmonizing with Powell in Mutiny in the Nursery. Harold Huber shifts from youth dream to gangster in the same film. Allen Jenkins muses on his old New York home turned sanatorium for cadavers. Louis Armstrong, billed in Going Places, began as a child in New Orleans orphanage before finding his big break.
Mrs Ellis Romine from Rose Hill visited Mr and Mrs Ernest Crawford in Dayton Grove. Washington callers included Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens and family and Mr and Mrs Lyall Moore. Walter Lance will work for Robert Stephens this summer. The Knapps visited at Charlie Stewart’s with Gladys Knupp. Mrs Charles Thrapp has been ill but improved. Robert Stephens bought a new Oliver rubber tread tractor. The Soang Sew club met at Mrs Harry Dusenmberry’s. road conditions kept some members away. refreshments were served during the social hour.
The Garden Encyclopedia notes that an average Oak during its five active months emits roughly 28,000 gallons of water. This figure highlights the tree’s large transpiration rate in its growing period.
Riverside area churches form a combined choir under Rev. Stuart C. Peterson to present an Easter cantata in Riverside Kalona and Kalona Methodist churches. Last year director I. McCormick led the program with a county gathering in Washington. Community notes report flu cases and local social events amid winter delays and school electrics updates.
Westminster plans a PTA meeting and supper at the school as announced by Merle Eckels. Community members are urged to attend and participate in the upcoming event.
The record notes that steel was prohibited for bridge construction in England as late as 1877, indicating early standards and legal restrictions shaping civil engineering practice. The detail highlights a historical constraint affecting bridge material choices and infrastructure progress.
Mrs Tommy Harvey notes March activities in District No. 4. Mr and Mrs Paul Mayer visited the Frank Mayer home near Wellman. H J Brenneman joined others for a Joe McGraw visit and at Alvin Sheheck's home. An aluminum demonstration Friday brought residents together with James Brooks John Warnock and others in attendance.
Weather forecast for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for some precipitation around the middle of the week. Temperatures will run near or above normal in the south and near or below normal in the north. In the northern plains light precipitation is expected midweek and late week with temperatures generally near or above normal.
The Forest Products Laboratory identifies tung oil from tung tree nuts as the principal drying oil used in furniture and floor finishes. It also cites minor drying oils from nuts including candle nut oil lumbang oil walnut oil citii eiia oil and cashew nut oil.
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