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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1936
Page
4
A brief verse quotes Nahum 1 3 highlighting God as slow to anger and powerful. It notes the Lord’s way in the whirlwind and storm, with clouds as his feet, offering a moment of contemplation on divine justice.
The piece assesses the upcoming Republican convention with talk of Gov Landon as a leading candidate and the unlikely rise of a genuine dark horse. It notes memories of Harding and warns party caution about untrustworthy allies, suggesting a possible compromise candidate if Landon falters.
The Guaranty Trust Company of New York argues inflation remains a congressional issue despite Frazier-Lemke bill defeat. It notes inflation fears persist as long as the federal budget stays out of balance, with analysts warning of harm to savers and low income workers while recommending resistance to short term booms.
A Des Moines Evening Journal note honors Walter Bunny Barnett a staff member recovering from surgery at Veerans Hospital. The letter-wurles column recounts Bunny’s humor and a hospital ward encounter with Carl Eggan and manager Beck, while Dr. Schwartz plans a Palestine trip with a prohibition on smoking in England travel circles.
The exchange pits Senator Hastings against Senator Robinson of Arkansas. Hastings taunts Robinson for quoting Al Smith with approval, while Robinson cites Smith’s misquote and refuses to quote Jefferson on frugality and debt repayment.
A letter from Charles in South Carolina’s News and Courier argues that Senator Robinson is right about correcting Thomas Jefferson’s errors, presenting Robinson as heaven-sent to remedy past political mistakes.
A local note mourns the passing of Old Black Joe, a coal black Thomas variety cat and family pet. After a long life and a difficult farewell at the veterinarian, Joe died peacefully during anesthesia.
A family scene unfolds as a mother and father direct their son Leonidas to hear from the grandmother that there is no Santa Claus. An army man outside interrupts the moment with a night watch call as rain soaks the streets, menacing the quiet study.
Lloyd J McCall writes from Naples Italy on Easter Sunday describing sunshine snow on distant mountains street crowds listening to radio reports and expected small warfare ahead he notes Italian attitudes Mussolini support and security measures foreign visitors restrictions and travel offers he visits churches and Saint Gennaro tales and reflects on homeland while enclosing a Holy card and Italian meals wish to write often
Seventeen one hour and fifty minute exams form the program for the state interscholastic scholarship meet at the University of Iowa next Monday and Tuesday. The schedule runs from 12 10 p m Monday to 1 p m Tuesday with four Tuesday dawn tests at 7 10 a m. Awards follow a dinner at a university convocation.
Northwestern Iowa voters hear Mayor Edwin Manning claim the New Deal increased Iowa taxes by up to 30 percent, as he campaigns for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. He cites sales, beer, income, and corporate taxes as evidence of rising burdens and urges relief funds have been wasted to sustain the New Deal machine.
Nine marshals named to organize the University of Iowa seventy sixth commencement processional on the west campus before the field house exercises. Leaders include John Hawkinson Davenport for liberal arts and journalism, Jesse Gorkin Rochester NY graduate nurse, Dorothy Graves Maquoketa law, Harold Keele Dysart medicine, Robert Gearhart Hopkinton dentistry, Paul McCormac Cedar Rapids pharmacy, John Shaeffer Des Moines engineering, Allan Blatharwick Van Hook ND commerce, and Robert Beranek Mt. Vernon all listed with roles in degree candidate formation.
An ancient text suggests the sun behaved with as much vigor as today about GOON years ago, indicating long term consistency in solar activity. The wording implies a historical record or hypothesis about the sun’s past state and energy output.
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