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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1939
Page
4
May 5, 1939 sermon styles a lesson from Isaiah 42 4 about bearing crosses in life. It contrasts those who falter with those who endure bravely, some lifting crosses as banners and others brightening with resilience. Anon provides a reflective meditation on perseverance and faith.
In a May 2 1939 remarks Congressman Hatton Sumners a Democrat and Economy Bloc member challenged delegates urging more federal funds. He warned that debt is born by citizens and warned against losing democratic government to a dictatorship. He cited Washington spending and urged accountability.
The speaker urges end to partisan bias and calls for applying collective strength to steer toward security and self reliance. Referring to President Roosevelt, he notes the New Deal admitted defects and the need to modify laws, improve the machinery and simplify legislation based on experience.
The passage warns against using untested tools on complex systems likening a government to a delicate machine. It cautions that misapplied fixes could cause damage severe enough to hinder necessary rebalances and notes the country’s diverse population and resources add to management challenges.
The passage laments rough tools and uninspected must tools authorized by Congress. It criticizes star gazers probing for solutions to water problems and broader economic and human hardships. It urges individuals to dig for understanding themselves rather than rely on methods lacking scrutiny.
A religious gathering quotes Colossians 3 23 urging believers to perform all works with sincere devotion as for the Lord. The message emphasizes integrity and earnest effort in daily duties and faith practices.
Mrs. Guy Davison was taken to the State rally hospital in Town City Monday for observation. She is the mother of Washington Is ng with the children while she is gone. Local families and relatives are noted in visits and weekend gatherings across Tyrone and nearby towns as residents report activity and school test plans.
An inmate at a psychiatric facility paraded with an inverted wheelbarrow. When superintendent asks why, the inmate quips he tried upright but gravel kept being dumped in, prompting curious amusement.
A mother and her spoiled child cause havoc in the toy department as the boy climbs a doll house. A smiling floorwalker intervenes with a whispered message that makes the boy come down. The mother asks what was said and the child claims a playful warning about his check being broken.
A fragmentary compilation blends a dramatic monologue on female contradictions with neighborhood gags and quick quips. Pieces include an outspoken woman’s lines about love, danger, deceit, and strength, plus a series of humorous exchanges among locals and a satirical “Short History of Progress.”
A fragmented OCR snippet glimmers with jokes and quips. A farmer asks about work time joking that any time before half past four suffices, while a voiced line mocks youth and oats, and a jab about amusement from others rounds out the trim.
A brief exchange shows a woman asking about the man's cold and his playful reply about sneezing. The fragment hints at everyday conversation in a domestic setting.
The Santa Fe Railway ran a world premiere special to Dodge City for the Technicolor film Dodge City attracting many celebrities, including movie stars columns reporters and photographers. Kay Francis William Gar ton Victor Jory Maxie Rosebloom Sheila Bromley and others star in Women In The Wind a tale of daring women pilots. Ann Sheridan as a dance hall hostess sings Little Brown Jug and claims she knows 462 verses though she performs only three or four in the film.
Raymond Hatton left home at thirteen to join a stock company and later became a fixture in Hollywood for thirty years. A historic baggage and mail car from 1860 built for the Santa Fe Railway, intended for a Dodge City climactic scene, was set ablaze in a fire that could have delighted audiences.
The piece extols Alexander Grahame Bell and his telephonic revolution while noting Dodge City gunfight lore. It cites nine actors dying in the film Dodge City including Bruce Cabot and Victor Jory and mentions Boot Hill cemetery records of about ninety men and two women buried there between 1872 and 1878.
The piece lauds Capras greatest screen comedy You Cant Take It with You as perhaps his most entertaining. It notes it adapts Kaufman and Hart Pulitzer winning stage work and stars Jean Arthur James Stewart Lionel Barrymore Mischa Auer Spring Byington and others in a high profile cast.
Mr and Mrs William Davidson depart Crawfordsville for their new home in Winston Salem NC with stops planned in Chicago and Indianapolis along the way. Also present at the high school auditorium on Monday evening was a crowd for the Anti Saloon League screening of Ten Nights in a Barroom chaired by Rev N F Chapman with song service led by Rev B Vess and hymn accompaniment by Mrs Marian Waters.
Babson analyzes the AFL CIO Labor split with Green favoring older AFL and Lewis pushing CIO. He cites strikes in coal and steel, funding issues, and outside influences. He notes public weariness, potential consolidation, and the impact on miners, operators, and unemployment.
Kalona reports include Mrs. Lester Strickler and guests from Iowa City Cedar Falls and Chicago visitors. Anna Kalosick ill with pneumonia and hoped for a speedy recovery. Relief Corps held a Friday potluck at Minnie Becks with quilting. Biennial Federated clubs meet in Davenport. Frances McGill visited Wisconsin. Marguerite Skola and Virginia Ann depart for Long Beach California after January visit. husband in the navy on a sojourn.
The article notes League of Iowa’s illness and absence while Mrs. Smith speaks against alcohol and shows a temperance picture. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith move into the Griffith property in the north part of town. they are Effie Ross’s parents who reside here.
Marion township seventh and eighth graders at Shiloh school will take state examinations this Thursday with Edward Miller and Grace Schoonover in eighth grade and Darlene Shanty and Billy Cala well in seventh. Community social notes record visits among local families, hospital trip for Joe Schantz, school year end closing on May 5, and numerous family gatherings across Shiloh. Frances Jean Blick, great granddaughter to the Amrines and Blicks, is mentioned among family events.
In 1844 the Fox family of Hydesville New York reported knocks in their home that conveyed messages via an alphabet system. Kate Fox and her sister Margaret began interpreting the messages and are regarded as the first mediums of modern spiritualism.
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