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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1944
Page
3
A compilation of quotations and observations from various Iowa papers discusses faith in reform, fears about German and Japanese threats, labor disputes, and political opinions. It weighs MacArthur's privacy, war labor board actions, and postwar policy, urging firmness and sane leadership.
A reflective street scene recalls past bustling labor demand with sailors and marines joking about fast dates and tattoo artists. It contrasts old doorstep job seekers with today’s scarce replies, as firms plead for help from porter to office boy amid urban labor woes.
A string of light notes and schoolroom quips unfolds with a child declaring chicken pox after finding a feather, teasing exchanges about jokes, a note on a cheater kicked out, rib counting in physiology, and a German couple's comic quarrel ending in a punny heaven and beer garden gag.
Im mense cargoes of coal oil and merchandise move on the upper Mississippi by steel barges. The Coast Guard ice breaker Fern opened Lake Pepin March 28 tying the record set in 1860. Dr William J Petersen notes the scale for The Palimpsest State Historical Society.
Gordon FE Todd S 2-C returns to Farragut Idaho after a 15 day leave with his parents in Columbus City. He completed boat training and will be assigned to another place.
A trainee who completed seventeen weeks at an army air camp in Texas is now prepared for further duties. The update notes progress in training, endurance, and readiness for next assignments.
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