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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1939
Page
4
A reflection cites Isaiah on sacrifices versus inner change and argues in favor of free speech. The author invokes Wendell Phillips to declare that any community must defend even hateful or false expressions, or risk becoming a slave gang.
The American Legion Auxiliary stresses Poppy Day on May 27 to honor fallen soldiers and aid families of servicemen. Governor Heil of Wisconsin, age eighty, discusses civil service reforms and warns against spoils politics while urging competent, nonpolitical civil service. A light note ends with a quip about modern counting machines.
A Washington business page notes a Centennial beard promotion with around sixty pledges and a $25 prize for best beard. The piece links the event to baseball’s 100th anniversary and suggests the indies grow beards to celebrate.
A joke about a modest character arriving at heaven and proposing a vast chorus with 10 000 sopranos 10 000 tenors and 5000 altos but no basses since he plans to sing bass himself. A church baptism vignette ends with the mother naming the child Mary Louise as the minister muses on future leaders.
Roy L. Abbott describes Mr. and Mrs. Toad living in an Iowa garden and their life cycle from mating to tadpoles and eventual toads. They are self focused, with Mrs. Toad laying eggs in spring and most tadpoles not reaching adulthood. Toads hide in soil during heat and can be gentle pets with damp soil, feeding on worms and insects.
Senorita Sofia Alvarez, Mexican stage star, arrives in New York from India and recounts a tale of romance with Prince Duermidan of Bombay. He wooed her, begged her to wed, and later tried to recall her with a flight to Singapore. At the palace he introduced another woman as his wife.
Ace Villain stars in King of The Underworld arriving Wednesday at the Fox after standout turns in Kid Galahad Racket Busters and Angels With Dirty Faces.
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