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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1934

Page

4

Bible Thought: Give God the Best and Honour the Lord

A religious snippet urges giving the best to God and honoring the Lord with one’s substance. The line echoes Proverbial counsel on first fruits and devotion.

Such a Little While Poem Fragment

A reflective verse about fleeting time and shared moments. The speaker contemplates love and potential hurt, urging acceptance of a brief union and the emptiness that may followed. It hints at pursuing unreachable heights and distant places, urging against envy.

Public Censor Bill Delayed by Interstate Commerce Panel

The Interstate Commerce Committee moved to postpone indefinitely a bill creating a Federal Motion Picture Commission with nine members and salaries up to sixteen thousand dollars for the chair and nine thousand for other members. The piece notes the allure of appointive posts and cautions the public has driven film quality up, citing Will Rogers in David Harum and Little Women as crowd pleasers that show demand for good films.

Inter State Commerce Committee National House of Representatives Federal Motion Picture Commission Will Rogers David Harum

Support the Established Merchants in Local Trade

The Manchester Union urges backing established merchants amid a Massachusetts clubbing probe. It argues local retailers are stable taxpayers who reinvest in schools, churches, and streets, and offer reliable value to nearby customers over transient outside agents.

Massachusetts New Hampshire Manchester Union

PITY THE COAL MINER AND THE HYDRO ELECTRIC CHOICE

Senator Metcalf warns hydro electric power will displace coal use by 40 million tons annually and 40 000 miners. The piece discusses unemployment and distress for 150 000 people if water power replaces coal, questioning economic blessing versus jobs loss.

Metcalf United States

Spring Poems and Jokes Parade in The Editor’s Scrapbook

A lively clippings page includes a spring poem about March Easter and nature by Helen Johnson. It also features humorous exchanges and quips from The Editor’s Scrapbook, with light dialogue on topics from teapots to weather eclipse jokes.

Man of Two Worlds to lit up State Theatre amid Hepburn fame hype

Francis Lederer and Elissa Landi star in a dramatic adventure epic directed by J. Walter Ruben. The Arctic North to London tale features Lederer as a young hunter drawn to an English girl played by Landi with a large supporting cast.

Lederer Katharine Hepburn Francis Lederer Elissa Landi State Theatre J. Walter Ruben Arctic North London Europe Hollywood New York Miss Landi This Girl Impsing Henry Stephenson J. Farrell MacDonald Steffi Dunn Walter Byron Sarah Padden Emile Chautard Morrester Harvey Ivan Simpson Lumsden Hare Christian Kinby

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