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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
4
A 1044 meditation notes health as contagious both physically and mentally and urges radiating moral and spiritual well being through personal abundance. The piece recalls faith healing imagery with a biblical allusion to touching the hem of Jesus garment for wholeness.
Ralph Heinzen, ex United Press director in France and former prisoner of Germany, speaks in Chicago about Germanys internal strength and prospects. He says Hitler solidly in control, Gestapo power, food constraints, and war weariness, predicting a long, costly Allied victory with postwar youth upheaval and renewed Nazi threat.
Local families visit relatives in Indianapolis and host Pfe Melvin Schneider on leave from the Marines. St Marys high seniors take a Muscatine day trip with Weed Park Wild Cat Den and picnic, chaperoned by Rev J B Fath and C V Dautremont.
At the breakfast table Mrs. Anna Walter visiting Iowa City spent several days with her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walton. Center school Highland township pupils with parents and teacher Mrs. Witting enjoyed a May 13 picnic after term closed. Carl Rice returning from the Sulpician seminary in Washington DC spends summer with his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Rice northeast of Riverside.
A collage of humorous bits and aphorisms features lines on work ethic dirt cheap eating and self reflection. Notable snippets include Ralph McCreedy’s double shifts, a dentist pill quip, Lloyd Jones quotes, and a Goebbels joke about troops shot down. The piece closes with a Mark Twain proverb on living well.
Emma Shebanek of Davenport spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Rose Shebanek and daughter Mary. Mrs Donald Mapel and children from Columbus Junction were Sunday visitors at the home.
Allied forces push through Italy driving from Rome toward Berlin. Bombs hit a key Brenner Pass rail viaduct at both ends while gains push through Gustav line. Cassino to Formia road cut. Garigliano valley recaptured. Rapido bridgehead widened. 2000 plus Axis prisoners taken. heavy casualties reported.
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