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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1948
Page
4
The column blends quotes on faith and public affairs with reflections on postwar policy. It questions United Nations efficacy and Marshall Plan funding while praising a local Washington country club as it nears its 25th season with upgrades and family-friendly growth.
A New Jersey town asks its council to build a gymnasium after police officers' weight gain prompts discussion of walking as a weight loss measure. The issue reflects local civic response to officer health and fitness.
The writer recounts a Chicago visit with stage shows Show Boat and John Loves Mary. He notes travel quirks at South Washington including lack of a taxi and a rough road, and suggests Chamber of Commerce action to arrange train meetups and improve access. He praises live theatre over film and highlights performer William C. Smith in Show Boat and Tom Ewell in John Loves Mary.
In a humorous note the writer questions ephemera such as doughnut and green apple weeks and asks Washington to create original observances. Dave Elder volunteers wilted lettuce week as a starter and invites others to suggest ideas.
A fragmented column notes the uniformity of American life from New York to Frisco and jokes about radio culture and talkies. It mentions Cedar Rapids river concerns, river ice jams, and a quip about Bing Crosby and Philco as dental fillings for radio. The piece references FCC findings of authentic cases.
The speaker vents about frequent use of the word sir by hotel and restaurant staff. He notes it makes him uncomfortable and imagines a job requiring addressing men as sir would be worse. He prefers staff avoid the term entirely.
An FCC official explains some dental fillings use both gold and silver metals creating a current from opposite poles. When the filling is the right shape and size it acts like a crystal radio, producing singing molars. A dentist visit typically silences the tunes.
A Navy funded Antarctic program gathers data from near the South Pole to forecast long term seasonal patterns. By comparing northern and southern polar data, scientists seek general hints about whether next summer will be hot or cool and wet or dry. The Navy cautions it is too early for day to day forecasts.
Spencer Tracy graduates from the tuba to the piccolo in the MGM drama Cass Timberlane starring Tracy with Lana Turner and Zachary Scott. He learns the instrument under Charles Beynon as he relaxes a court judge role in the Sinclaire Lewis adaptation supported by Tom Drake Mary Astor Albert Dekker and a veteran cast under director George Sidney and producer Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Davenport, the defending champion, faces undefeated Ankeny in the Iowa high school boys basketball tournament semifinals. Sioux Center meets Manning in the other semifinal after upsetting Ottumwa. Davenport squeaked past Loras 43 to 42 as Joe Wareham’s free throw attempt fell short.
Riverside notes from Ainsworth report the old Rock Island depot, an 90 year landmark, was torn down by a Buffalo Iowa purchaser. History links the line to the Mississippi and Missouri Rail Road completed in 1858 and later Rock Island ownership. Local memories recall Joseph Rowan speaking of a free inaugural ride to Muscatine that failed as seats filled.
Washington high school faculty players dubbed the Hotshots prepare for a charity doubleheader against the seniors Fireballs next Monday evening at 7 15 and 8 15. The curtain raiser pits returnees from the Demon squad against the Washington Future Farmers of America. Proceeds benefit the Letter club treasury.
The note recounts a rogue act by longtime residents who soap the rails near Ainsworth to delay a Washington-bound train return. Grandma Livingston allegedly led the home made soap effort, targeting the grade west of town. The depot, moved from Cotter and remodeled last year, marks a 90 year town milestone since 1858.
Lt and Mrs Wesley Pogge arrived in Riverside from Shreveport Louisiana where Lt Pogge was stationed They visited his parents Mr and Mrs A H Pogge and then proceeded to Bowling Field Washington DC for their next assignment
A patent describes an ice making machine that forms a column of ice in a tube and raises it past a cutter that slices off fixed numbers of cubes into a dispenser. The system can be set to produce a predetermined count of cubes each cycle.
The text notes that before the war there was no copyright law in Japan, allowing Japanese translations of top world literature without payment to foreign authors or publishers or required permissions.
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