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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1933
Page
4
A devotional note cites Psalm 37 3 5 urging trust in God and doing good to thrive. It warns that overproducing or clinging to useless pursuits harms business and society, likening excess to dead branches in a tree and noting industrial tension as consequence.
Evangelist Lockhart spoke to the Keota Rotary about tax reform to make homes tax free arguing current real property taxes crush home ownership and impede social justice. He said tax relief would spur home building and put millions to work, despite fears of upheaval.
The piece contrasts Hoover’s failed mood with Roosevelt’s new, dominant Congress. It notes voters ousted many incumbents, giving Roosevelt unprecedented peace time control. It ends with a reflection on trusting leaders who recognize merit, quoting Elbert Hubbard and A Owen Penny.
A speaker argues taxing homeowners is unfair and harms industry and charity. He urges fundamental tax changes to relieve the heavy burden on home owners, expand real jobs, and restore self respect while criticizing temporary public works as insufficient.
A scrambled help column presents a patchwork of jokes and quips about mushrooms fishing and ordinary life. The fragmentary rascal humor includes lines about a Sky Ride ferris wheel and a tax man, with brief asides about bathers and Broadway.
Alma Hearne Holland missionary society will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs Mae Jones. In case of rain meet with Miss Helen Levis at 749 East Main. Lois Holland, leader. Fortnightly club Art department will meet at 7 30 Tuesday evening at the home of Miss Olive Campbell 631 West Washington street. O W club will meet Tuesday evening at 7 o clock at the home of Mrs Robert Dawson.
The Pythian Sisters announce a pot luck supper at the hall on Wednesday evening. Mrs Frank Stewart will entertain the Pythian Circle on Wednesday afternoon. The American Legion Auxiliary holds its regular May meeting on Wednesday May 17 at Legion rooms at 2 30 p m with Mrs Belle Rice president and Mrs Jessie Arnold secretary. The Just Us Club will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Ss W Hout. The Kolah club will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Golda Jackson.
May 18 events include the Fortnightly club dinner at 6 30 p m at M B E church tickets 30 cents via Bridges Millinery. Pythian Past Chief circle meets at Mrs Vic Crone home. Wabblace school P T A at 3 45 p m. Heights P T A at 3 45 p m last meeting of year. Chapter 1 P E O meets 2 30 p m at 1302 E Washington with Mrs Stella Latchem. Pansy Hill club May 18 with Mrs Earl Kephart bringing unbleached muslin scraps. Auxiliary and Baptist Ken sington West Chester social at church. committee Mrs Walter Leet and Lucy Leet. Havre Social club May 18 with Mrs Harry Bishop roll call on garden care. date change. Christian Ladies Aid bus iness meeting at 2 p m at the church with officer elections. good attendance urged. H J club meets May 18 at Mrs Ed Beranek. farm bureau lesson to be given.
West Chester high school track team, set to compete in the Ke Wash meet at Case field, arrives with strong district results from Oskaloosa. Hough won the 80 yard dash and placed second in the 440, Gardner captured discus, and West Chester totaled 21% points to finish fifth. First and second place district finishers advance to the state meet at Ames this weekend.
A notice invites men of the church to be served at 6 30 and asks attendees to bring their own dishes silver and a dish to pass. The Rebekah regular meeting is Friday evening at 6 o'clock with degree staff asked to come prepared to practice.
Friday events include the W H M S of West Chester M E church meeting with Mrs Ed Duvall and the Woman's Missionary Society gathering at Mrs Jay Carris home with 2 30 pm start and transport from the church at 3 pm. Also a pot luck dinner with cook A bullhead or an eel and a note on angling poetry.
Hope rises for a county artificial lake funded by licenses and fees as state and federal officials expand a Iowa reforestation program. Work starts this week at Keosauqua State Park with $2 million in federal funds planned for Iowa, while local efforts seek bank work on the Iowa River and flood control on Skunk River watershed areas.
Sunday noon guests gathered northwest of town for a family event. Attendees included Mrs Bele Carris, Mr and Mrs Andy Augustine of West Chester, Vr and Mrs Dale Carris of Richland, Mr and Mrs Ed Carris and Mrs Muay Jay of Washington, Mr and Mrs Jay Carris and their daughter Edith and son Henry. Mr and Mrs Tom Carris were absent due to illness.
In Ogden Utah a gang allegedly collected gold from households after Roosevelt issued an anti-gold hoarding order. They posed as special federal officers, frightening housewives as they went door to door.
Vernon Menders and Vernon Guthrie held up Frank Neilson a butcher, got 13 cents, and were caught. Judge Fardy sentenced them to one to ten years in prison.
Game fowl owner D E B Roberts in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin reports his game cock changed from jet black to white during its first moulting period.
Workmen in Binghamton New York uncovered a skeleton believed to be a young Indian maiden buried under four feet of earth near the city. The discovery was made during highway work in the area.
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