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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1941
Page
4
The column argues for government budget restraint and wartime spending restraint, cautions against inflation and speculative markets, notes Iowa’s defense industry role, watches a tragic sow attack death, shares bee anecdote, and reprints B Lee Pace on patriotism and tolerance as core American values.
A Washington mother and her lively three year old enjoy time at Sunset Park on a Sunday. The child insists his mother join in the slide fun while she struggles with stiffness and soreness afterward. The column also teases upcoming fishing tales and shares light cooking notes and letters.
A family scene shows Sonny Aw and Grandad debating homework methods while Grandpa teaches Pap the right way to study. A professor reminds students the exam uses the honor system and seating rules. A privacy question arises about confidential remarks and whether to repeat them.
A schoolyard interruption as workmen install an electric switch reveals a witty exchange. A boy wanders in asking what is happening and jokes about the switch not belonging to his school anymore while workers fix the wires.
Dennis and Dion O Loughlin own a midget racer and would drive it nonstop if not for gas limits. Families from Harlan and Jackson attended Lake Keomah, while Evan Fishburn plans a study trip to Glendale California. Stanley Jarrard raises three bottle fed kittens, and Bonnie West and Virginia Sheetz earn G A A letters with Virginia earning the state gold pin.
East Sunset May 24 Mrs Clair Holmes hosted neighbors for Roger Holmes birthday eight years old. Visitors from Illinois include Walter and Ruth Rich who brought Mrs Harry Witmer visiting with them. Families of Sommer Hadyn Thomas Williams Strothman Widmer Eichelberger Graber and Rugg hosted and joined Sunday dinners and visits.
North of Washington and A Howsare hosted a Sunday dinner at the Russell Williams home with Mrs Mary Orr and daughters Helen and Edith visiting from Color City and Jennie Clemmons at KE Ferguson home. Local families attended services and visited neighbors including Harold Littrell and P P Graber households. The community extends sympathy to Mr and Mrs John J Tin and family on the death of father Carl Koehler.
Report notes the RAF employs a new tethered balloon system to address the public from the sky. Observers describe the devices as tall and audible across the area, signaling a shift in how authorities communicate with citizens from above.
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