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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1941
Page
4
A Bible thought quotes Psalm 84 7 about believers growing stronger in faith as they appear before God in Zion, highlighting spiritual progress and divine presence.
Last year the Red Cross membership rose to 8.7 million, a record aside from the wartime peak of 22 million. Delegates aim for a 12 million enrollment next fall, reflecting public sympathy for war sufferers and disaster relief at home and abroad.
Riverside chatter notes visits by William Dautremont Jr of Moline to his father William Dautremont Sr at the Rose and Raymond Dautremont home. Others host or visit relatives in Subuque Iowa City Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Richmond as seniors perform in a high school play and family gatherings occur across several households.
Joe Palooka faces a comic misadventure as Ham Fisher presents a medicine man angle. The strip follows Palooka through a series of humorous escapades involving dubious cures and yellowed medicine peddlers in a small-town setting.
The Ainsworth senior class travels with Coach Jack Pauls to Ft. Madison Keokuk and Davenport on May 15 as part of their annual trip. Ruth Norris reports from Ainsworth noting the group’s itinerary and participation.
Ronald Jennings reports seeing a flock of geese flying south the night before last. The observer wonders if geese have altered their seasonal patterns.
A reader contributes a sequence of age based quips from five to seventy five. The lines cover family life ambition reform opinions and everyday cravings reflecting changing priorities across life stages. The piece reads as a playful social snapshot from a bygone era.
A series of short jokes: a diner wants the orchestra to play checkers until he finishes eating. A fur neck piece, terrier, and putting on the dog. A donkey portrait mocked by a friend. A dentist probes an absent minded professor patient. A cab fare mocks asking to draw blood from a turnip. Words collect and congregate contrasted by a preacher. Contrib. by T. B.
A college student notes Milton’s poetry mirrors personal life with marriage and loss. He cites Paradise Lost inspired by matrimonial trouble, then Paradise Regained written after his wife’s death. The remark ties Milton’s work to shifts between loss and renewal.
A lawyer questions a witness about leaving Russia while a former speaker introduces a pet pig nicknamed Waterman. The former clarifies Waterman is a pen name, prompting disbelief over the real name.
Coach Jack Pauls led a trip visiting Ft. Madison Keokuk and Davenport on Monday. Mrs Maude Bronson returned home after a year in Chicago. George Welch and Harve Adams of Omaha visited relatives here. Rennie Moore returned to McAllister Oklahoma after a brief stay, with his father A B Moore planning to spend summer in Ainsworth.
The piece recalls a period in U.S. history when political parties did not exist, referring to the so called Era of Good Feelings. It emphasizes a time of limited party division and broad national consensus.
A reflective piece notes radio program battles at home and public mood on WWII events. It recalls Hess in Scotland, Mrs Helen Peterson’s recovery, cheap linen and Japanese bric a brac, and a personal update on Sandra Sue Smith visiting from St Louis. Myrtle Palmer from Chula Vista shares San Diegan views and climate.
A feature notes a White House birth home of ex president Woodrow Wilson restored at $20 000 with Mrs Cordell Hull as association head turning it into a national shrine. It also cites wartime diet claims and safety data while touching local scenes from Spokane California Washington DC and Fortnightly club garden matters and individual health notes during 1941.
Recurrent sabotage cripples German lines of communication in Norway. Bergen Oslo railway blocked in ten spots. Landslides along routes, derailed food trains, boats sabotaged, gasoline watered down, and telegraph lines cut. Resistance makes occupation hard to sustain.
Buffalo populations rebound from near extinction with the Yellowstone herd rising from 25 in 1901 to 850 currently, signaling significant recovery efforts and conservation success.
Over the last decade an average of 2,388,000 motor vehicles have been scrapped each year. The figure highlights sustained high turnover in the vehicle fleet and ongoing recycling and disposal activity.
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