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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1940
Page
4
The article praises graduating students as key community dividends from the local school system and compares education to a citizenship factory. It notes pride in graduates from Washington High School and Junior College, mentions the Spirea as a community flower, and warns against war hysteria while urging calm preparedness and avoidance of propaganda.
The piece argues that regardless of who wins the war the world faces misery and that US entry would not improve the outcome. It warns Americans against assuming inevitability of involvement and urges limiting sympathy to avoid casualties at home.
Bill Howell, famed for pinochle skill, displays a chameleon kept in a box at the courthouse, causing laughter among staff as he twirls a necktie with the pet perched on it. A stream of humorous vignettes follows, including exchanges with a clerk, a widow, and various classroom and street scenes.
The speaker argues that the people have largely yielded their sovereignty for Federal Treasury gold, increasing taxes and debts in their haste to gain it, and now suffer evils they once considered blessings. This encapsulates the entire situation.
Cherokee Chief notes that Congress may stay in session beyond early June as the European conflict deepens. The public favors extended session to share responsibilities and bolster security amid grave, uncertain outlook.
Memorial list of veterans buried in Elm Grove and Woodlawn cemeteries, detailing sections and names from the Iowa and War of 1812 era. Includes multiple infantry, cavalry, and nurse entries, with units such as Ia Inft, Pa Cav, U S Navy, Spanish American War volunteers, and U S volunteers.
A long roster lists soldiers and veterans buried at Elm Grove Cemetery in the Northeast and Northwest quarters, including Iowa Infantry and Cavalry members, engineers and hospital corps, with many ranks and units such as 5th Engineer Railevy W F, Co D 8th Iowa Infantry, and various U S Army branches. The record spans multiple sections and quarters, naming numerous individuals by name, unit, and state, reflecting a comprehensive wartime memorial catalogue.
Over two weeks about 10 percent or one third of preschool children in Washington County were examined by the health department. Wellman led with 24 of 26 children examined. 36 examined in Washington, 12 in Ameworth, and smaller groups elsewhere. An epidemic of whooping cough in Brighton partly reduced exam numbers. measles reduced exams in Washington. Parents urged to have unexamined children checked by family physicians to correct defects before fall schooling.
Mrs. Mary Schmidt of Liebenthal Kansas, mother of five and wife of a deceased husband, joins the Sisters Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary at Beaversville. She has three daughters in Catholic sisterhoods and is entering after her husband’s death. Grasshoppers Among Missing Arizona’s campaign tagged 50900 grasshoppers with red pigment to track migration. The experiment was not repeated as none returned or were seen again.
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