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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1946
Page
4
The column reflects on the Nuremberg trials, warns against repeat systems of oppression, and argues for a world where hangings are unnecessary. It cites Eddy Gilmore in Moscow, Russian perceptions of the US and USSR, and notes concerns about postwar economic strains and strikes in several nations. It stresses building lasting peace over vengeance and monetary caution.
A humorous column notes the clash of TV baseball thrills with a foul ball danger and jokes about a shotgun wedding where the groom needed a shotgun to find a place to live. The piece mixes sports banter with tabloid-style quips.
A juvenile delinquency vignette contrasts a boy named Sammy with his adoptive parents and a highbrow tutor. Sammy observes a farmer and sparks a Byronesque quip, ending with a quip about manners and parentheses in speech.
Jones, a devoted family man, found himself drawn into a poker game. As the night wore on, apprehension grew until a sudden inspiration struck at a late hour. He rang home with a bold, unforeseen plan that changed the course of the evening.
The Letts Methodist church tower broadcasts music each Sunday morning funded by the Herrick family in memory of Major Lawrence Herrick who died in World War I. Local residents Mrs. Lawrence Herrick and two sons support the amplifying system.
The readable lines reference a shout to avoid paying ransom as a man returns, a Des Moines Register joke about inflation, a Wall Street Journal pun, and a quip from Howard Newton about speaking too soon, all in a garbled collage.
In the soap dish place the small hand brush bristle side up with soap on top. When you need it, the brush will be already filled with soap for easy use.
Mosa Pijade of Yugoslavia accused the United States and Britain of betraying the Trieste settlement and seeking to maintain a Western military base there. He compared Western policy to a Chinese wall and said Trieste should join Yugoslavia or be economically linked to it. British and American delegates at the peace conference are criticized.
A legible line notes that ear corn in a husked state weighs 70 pounds per bushel while shelled corn weighs 56 pounds per bushel. The report implies standard measurement differences between husked and shelled corn in volume.
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