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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1940
Page
5
A towel clad woman confronts a young man in a bathhouse cubicle as a theft and mistaken identity unfold. A hastily hidden bracelet, a coat, and a rumor of Curly Wolf swirl amid police and bystanders on the Boardwalk.
Seumas Gavan, the ward’s lone intellectual Irishman, battles with his daughter Kathleen over her love for Adolphus Gonwert. Kathleen confronts her father after a public dispute and insists on her choice as Seumas confronts potential scandal and a fight over a liquor license. Kathleen returns home in triumph as the bar learns Adolphus approves of her marriage.
The Japanese opera Reimei presents the arrival of Commodore Matthew C. Perry and American sailors in Japan, dramatizing the moment of contact that opened Japan to Western influence and trade.
A pack of hounds owned by Vallee Fredere in Brunswick County North Carolina hunted 75 foxes in under four months of the hunting season.
An ancient trunk in Vienna’s Stock-im-Eisen Platz is pocked with countless nails. Since the early sixteenth century every apprentice blacksmith entering the city was required to drive a nail into the stump before practicing his trade.
Americans in Bordeaux adjust to life abroad as several have married French wives. A dentist, a hotel manager, a grocer, a brewer, and a garage owner are cited among those forming social ties through regular lunches and dinners.
Mary Manners reports Crawfordsville High School held a May 15 concert with senior class pieces and student solos. The program featured band marches, student vocal and instrumental selections, and a 1939-40 school photo.
Official hostess and mother Mrs W H Hagle inquires as Mrs A L Griffith of Washington, sister of Mrs Nagie, visited Monday. Northern Furniture Lorber Wood grown in the North is harder and better for furniture than soft briftle woods.
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