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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1948
Page
3
A 1948 editorial column urges true leadership over self serving figures, critiques Communism, and reflects on tornado myths and a Kansas blizzard memory. It reviews postwar social programs, foreign policy costs, and the Taft Hartley impact on strikes with a cautious defense stance. It highlights missionary dangers in China and praises sacrifice for others by Christians and unions, noting mixed reactions to the law.
A collection of satirical remarks from multiple papers mocks government reliance and patent loopholes. The St Louis Dispatch derides a moving belt dinner patent as a half measure while the Burlington Hawk-eye Gazette notes shared muscle use in shovels and golf swings.
A casual Washington column promotes Be Kind to Reporters Week and invites reader submissions while noting upcoming seasonal shopping for women in spring. It includes an Easter Lent poem and light humor about a man losing his rule book, ending with a note on demographics in South Africa.
Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner headline MGM's Cass Timberlane adapted from Sinclair Lewis. Zachary Scott, Tom Drake, Mary Astor and others support in a drama about a dynamic girl who unsettles a staid judge and his ordered life.
In the script Wonder, Director George Sidney borrowed Walter Pidgeon from an adjacent stage. Pidgeon proved so adept at playing himself that Sidney lengthened the originally planned two minute scene to five.
Hopalong Cassidy stars in Texas Trail at Fox Theatre with William Boyd George Hayes and Russell Hayden. The story follows a Spanish American War era horse roundup featuring smoking guns and a giant herd of wild horses as a fierce battle unfolds. Judith Allen leads the romance alongside the Cassidy trio.
In a penthouse party scene from Cass Timberlane Lana Turner is thrilled by news that a movie star will attend. The arrival of the expected star shocks the set and alters Lana’s reaction as filming continues.
The city of Jerusalem, old by centuries, has endured more than 20 sieges and blockades, 18 reconstructions, and two periods of ruin, changing hands and religions six times over its long history.
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