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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1944
Page
3
A church message for Saturday March 18 1944 urges moral reform to end war and asks readers to pray for God’s Kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven. The speaker cites Isaiah 2 4 promising a world where they shall not learn war anymore.
The column blends light social observation with wartime memory and postwar policy reflections. It contrasts old time habits with modern suffragette culture, cites General George C. Marshall, recounts a Rock Island conductor memory, and discusses Japan’s wartime posture. It closes with FDR's 1932 campaign rhetoric and a WPA welfare update from State Department data.
A guest column from a wartime camp volunteer shares humorous war era tales. The author, posting from Camp Butner North Carolina, recalls a wood cutting misadventure in freezing weather and a fog anecdote from roofing work, ending with a lighthearted colored-folk fishing scene.
A World War II era message from S. Harrison Hesseltine warns readers listed as 1-A to reject civilian dress and imitate wartime service. The letter references the navy and Army, Marines, and the famous See Here Private Hargrove. It closes with a salute from Camp Butner, North Carolina.
Researchers seek to speed penicillin synthesis by testing vegetable extract constituents that may boost mold growth and drug yields. The mold is cultured in a complex vegetable medium and experiments investigate additions that could increase production.
King Charles I issued a charter in 1628 to the guild of spectacle makers. It granted the master two wardens and eight assistants broad powers to maintain public service standards.
Short excerpts from letters received from Washington County boys serving in the armed forces. The items share personal news and brief updates on their service and well being.
PFC W L Johnson letters from the Pacific express relief at surviving wounds and a purple heart. He thanks blood donors and caregivers, mentions a movie night with fellow soldiers, and notes family letters arriving quickly. The Johnsons also receive a Japanese rifle as a prized souvenir to await fuller story upon his return.
In a letter to Mr and Mrs L A Wilson 2nd Lt Helen N Wilson describes arriving in Australia. She notes summer weather and lush green landscapes with blossomed trees and bush. The communication reflects foreign assignment and anticipation of life in a distant land.
Letter recounts adjusting to new speech and customs, noting unfamiliar monetary system, driving norms, and the beauty of scenery. Describes friendly locals and contrasts with familiar places as the writer imagines a future where the region becomes as known as Iowa City.
Mr and Mrs John Griffith announce they are great grandparents as their grandson Don Griffith, in the navy in Chicago, is the father. Everette Gardner visits his ill mother. Several local families, including Chmelar and Schmitt, visit Floyd Stover. Harmony school has half day for a board meeting. Mrs FE Schmitt stays with sister at hospital for an operation. Longers have six brooder houses of turkeys underway as Mrs Isaac Kleese notes Red.
Edward C. Elliott, a British tea expert, says Peru offers better growing conditions than Ceylon or the Far East. About 1,200 acres are in tea production yielding 250000 pounds of dry tea this year with plans for hundreds more acres and a drying and processing factory at the Tingo Maria agricultural experiment station.
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