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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1933
Page
4
A devotional note centers on Psalm 51 17 highlighting that God values a broken spirit and a contrite heart over offerings. The meditation invites reflection on humility before the divine and the readiness to seek forgiveness.
A poem by Winifred Gray Stewart portrays a speaker paralyzed by fear as a departing train leaves the yard. The speaker reflects on standing firm like rooted stone while death and darkness grip the mind, with no voice to scream.
The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce says reports of the earthquake were greatly exaggerated and that only older buildings not built to resist quakes failed. They foresee new housing with flexible, ball bearing like design and oscillating roofs to prevent collapse, noting that major quakes are rare within fifty years.
The Kansas State legislature has passed an income tax bill that the governor will sign. The modest levy aims to bring new contributors into state and local expense funds, affecting many former non taxpayers.
The legislature faces pressure to avoid harming public and educational facilities built over 25 years while seeking tax reforms. Proposals include income, sales, and franchise taxes to spread burden, protect property holders, and balance revenue in Kansas and neighboring Iowa.
A 21 story high thermometer at the Chicago Century of Progress show will display temperature with neon lights under a master control. The feature, noted by B C Forbes, is overshadowed by broader debates on war debts repeal and the overemphasis on beer. Congress may have better priorities.
The article questions Adolf Hitler’s stance toward persecuting Jews in Germany and ponders what his actions imply for the regime. It notes Germany’s unexpected turn and raises broader questions about Kaiser Wilhelm’s fate and wartime choices.
Mitchell of New York City stands accused of evading income taxes by about half a million dollars and is in federal hands. The piece argues federal judges are insulated from politics and that the case will be decided on merits, with penalties if guilt is proven.
In a By The Way column a patron teases Mary Briley over new white shoes and an editor’s quip about poetry contest draws a witty comeback. The note threatens to publish the editor’s youthful poetry as revenge recalling 1929 car eras.
A verse celebrating the coming spring as March winds ease and April bees emerge. It praises robin redbreast, daffodils, birds nesting, and May flowers, then honors fallen braves with optimism of sunshine ahead. The author signs as C. A.
A preacher visiting a friend spends the night as a boy asks if both horses are in the stable. The father says be quiet but the minister encourages the boy to speak. The boy asks if both horses are in the stable, and the reply is yes, revealing the joke that the preacher is a one-horse preacher.
A collage of quick jests and quips from the Farmers' Independent of Bagley Minnesota includes a mock board of thanks for jail board during depression jokes about Congressmen pensions and poetry requests plus playful exchanges about monologues and spring poems.
Miss Agnes Samuelson state superintendent of public instruction asked Des Moines area town school boards to postpone work on the 1933 programs. The directive reflects broader administrative pauses during the period.
State legislatures in 44 states pursue budget balancing with cost cuts and consolidations. Oklahoma Arizona Montana Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota report mortgage moratoriums and tax shifts while Illinois seeks sales tax revenue. Scattered actions include pension laws, license fee changes, and education funding concerns.
C H Van Vinck announces that 74 students will undertake summer home project work under his supervision. Projects include caring for 78 swine 58 sheep and 12 cattle plus 40 acres of corn seven of alfalfa and five acres of truck crops. The 1933 class will be the largest in school history.
Funeral services were held yesterday at Sherman's funeral home for Mrs W T Stevenson with Rev D Chalmers Fulton of the United Presbyterian church conducting and a vocal solo by T J McElhinney. A grave-side service followed at Keota cemetery for family and friends. Pallbearers were Frank Macon Don Sherman FE C Carris Caleb Lemley FE D Lowash and W E B Augustine.
Ed Woodcock of Bridgeport attempted to frighten a wild horse into a chute by waving his hand through a corral fence. The horse bit off Woodcock's finger in Baker Oregon.
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