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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1948
Page
3
A distraught father laments today’s easy money lure as radio and Hollywood gloss fuel youth covetousness. He notes rising prices, his own sacrifice, and his son’s callous ingratitude while blaming modern media for distorted notions of wealth and happiness.
A fragmented notice from the Washington Iowa Evening Journal lists publication details, staff roles, and subscription rate references. It mentions publishers Shannon & Co, editors Brice Cowden and Charles Morris, and a leased wire service via United Press along with press associations.
A homemaker voices feelings of discouragement amid national unrest and revolutionary emotions seen in other lands, sharing a personal narrative to represent common thoughts of many households.
M T Coons had radishes from their garden mid last week the earliest garden in the community. Mary Lou Blanchard visited cousin Vivian Blanchard and Chubbie Ricker started school at age five April 13. Several locals traveled to Morning Sun Clinton and Washington for contests and visits with families including Hopengardner Tillotson and Godlove amid a family gathering.
Riverside residents Estelle Cruz notes a trip to Iowa City to visit a hospitalized sister Mrs John Lasek in Mere hospital. Rita Ann Shalla and Robert Welte Jr. wed in Holy Trinity church and guests gathered at the church hall in Richmond. Additional Riverside visitors include Esta Pailliotet at Mercy hospital and Mrs G A White with Mrs C E Fitzsimmons in Cedar Rapids.
People travel to visit families for Mother's Day in Kalona Washington and Davenport. Penneys markets 100% wool shorty coats in sizes 12 to 20. A large funeral attendance lists several relatives from Waterloo Ames and Des Moines. Fur storage ad promotes Vitafied vaults at 53110 F-M-W Rothschilds. Various hometown visits and family updates from Mason City Burlington and Oelwein.
Yesterday at the hospital several patients were discharged including Mrs. Harry Kleese of Keota Mrs. Russell Miller of 433 W Jefferson Mrs. Ed Nardy and son Mrs. Waldo Fisher and son of Wellman Today new admissions include Dale Beenblossom of Columbus Junction Mrs Orville Carter and daughter route 2 Mrs Charles Fish 828 S Ave C and Mrs Robert Lowe 1020 N 6th Admitted yesterday Mrs Harlan Roberts Fairfield Virginia Simmering vote 3.
The United States Army Air Forces endorse Thunderbolt, a graphic World War II air combat documentary directed by William Wyler. James Stewart provides an introduction as the Technicolor feature screens at the Fox theatre. Release is by Monogram via Carl Strueger Productions and the United States Air Forces.
Phil Green, a crusading magazine writer, pursues a hard hitting series of articles. His ruthless pursuit of truth unsettles his family and friends and strains his romance with the woman he loves in a gripping Twentieth Century Fox film tale.
Batista Ugulini a 68 year old farmer near Madrid died in a Des Moines hospital after being run over by a tractor that threw him when he fell while plowing yesterday. Neighbors found Ugulini unconscious at the far end of the field as the driverless tractor remained stuck in a drainage ditch.
Gregory Peck Dorothy McGuire and John Garfield head the cast in Darryl F. Zanuck's Gentleman's Agreement adapted from Laura Z. The State Theatre Hobson praises the eagerly awaited screen version as a sensational best seller heralded by critics.
Funeral services for Mrs Jetta Turkington of Letts formerly of Columbus Junction were held Saturday in the Letts Methodist church with Rev. Paul Textor presiding. Burial followed in the Letts Charles Walter and Karl Elder cemetery. Pallbearers were Crete Shellabarger Allen and Roscoe Eliason. Mrs Turkington, who had been a guest at Restopia nursing home, died Wednesday night at Belle Vue hospital in Muscatine. Her husband Sam Turkington, who once ran a local meat market, died several years ago.
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