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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1944
Page
4
A quoted biblical verse contrasts ambition with humility teaching teachability like a child. It cites Matthew 18:1 asking who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven and urges modesty in striving.
A mix of wartime editorial musings on freedoms and conscription, readers’ letters, and snippets from rural Iowa columns. The piece touches Roosevelt Dewey sentiments, labor views, censorship poems from soldiers, and garden advice urging early planting and soil care.
Advice for thinning crowded seedlings to prevent root disturbance and disease. Instructions on transplanting cabbage, kohlrabi, and broccoli with minimal root damage. Guidance on fertilizing with 4 12 4 solution, spacing, and protecting new plantings from wind and sun.
Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne headline MGMs A Guy Named Joe a drama about life after death for pilots. The film features exotic South Seas settings, aerial battles, and a top cast including Lionel Barrymore Ward Bond and James Gleason.
Iowa doctors representing the Iowa State Medical Society urged Congress to revise the government maternal and child health program so allotments go directly to expectant mothers. They want mothers to arrange care with physicians and hospitals or supplement with personal funds if needed, challenging the fixed fee structure including 50 dollars for obstetrical service and weekly limits. The plan would shift payment from the government to the recipient and care providers.
Riverside high school juniors hosted a junior senior banquet on Friday in the school building. The room featured a miniature baseball field theme with address booklets as favors. James Kupka read the class prophecy and Ruby Promek delivered the class will. Meals were prepared by Opal Kern Cloyd Whitlock and Earl English.
The Nine teenth Century club met with Mrs. Boyd Berdo hosting a one o clock luncheon. Eight members attended as they discussed Donald Culross Peattie’s An Almanac for Moderns noting the author’s versatile writings on flowers and birds of the year.
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