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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1933
Page
5
W C T U argues that pre prohibition liquor taxes would have funded 2.5 percent of the budget and that prohibition increased purchasing power while reducing social costs. It cites economists, mentions Mary Norton, Evangeline Booth, and condemns drink's social toll with stark, hymnlike phrases.
The National WCTU convention in Milwaukee from June 30 to July 5 will feature Whit ing Williams addressing Prohibition and Unemployment. Williams, a social investigator and former steel plant personnel director, will share his insights from fieldwork among workers and aims to present conclusions on liquor laws. A Citizenship Rally is planned for July 4 with diploma ceremonies for student leaders by Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith.
A study of sports stars showing extreme reversals of form, from golf's Leo Diegel to tennis’s Frankie Shields and boxing’s Champion Jack Sharkey. The piece notes dramatic rises and falls, unpredictability, and the surprise value these "in-and-outer" athletes provide across disciplines.
Dr Norman V Peale of Marble Collegiate Church New York City will speak at a patriotic meeting. The Dutch Creek Center School notes honor rolls scholars and birthdays with several students named for achievements in spelling contests and exams.
May 24 updates include Miss Lucile Oak elected president of the Iowa State College Campus Girls 4-H club at Ames. Birthday dinners honor Mrs. Henry Leonhard on her 91st. family and relatives attend. Visitors: Mrs. Gail Rogers of Freeport visiting grandmother Mrs. Ella Edwards. Columbus Junction social items include James Kerr and Otto Hoffman birthdays celebrated. Daily Vacation Bible School opens in Columbus City with Rev. C Ramsdale supervising.
A fragmentary clipping lists Mary Louise Willmering and Dorothea Willmering alongside Margaret Jane Johnston and Nellie Olinger in a legal or public notice fragment, with details incomplete.
Omitted details note siblings or relatives Hanft and Outhamp with R. F. Smylie returning. The fragment references names tied to a local event or column without full context.
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