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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1939
Page
4
In a radio address General Smedley Butler analyzes what a U S invasion would require. He estimates a million soldiers seven million tons of supplies four hundred thousand vehicles and vast harbor and dock capacity to land and sustain an attack near New York Harbor.
A Boston University economist testifies to Congress that those earning as little as 30 dollars a week may pay 183 to 200 dollars a year in taxes depending on vehicle and appliance ownership. The piece argues hidden taxes come from everyday purchases and warns against reckless government spending and rising national debt. It also includes side notes about Washington figures, a high school band, postponed Europe trip, and security risks for travelers.
The speaker criticizes dumping garbage at sea while highlighting American naval and air strength. He cites Colonel Lindbergh and Eddie Rickenbacker arguing against bombing New York from Berlin and urges focusing on the European war first. The emphasis is on trusting U.S. Navy and Air Force to handle threats.
Luther Crom fell from the top of a corn crib while changing the elevator last Saturday. He injured his foot and has been unable to work much since. Mr and Mrs Luther Crom and children Myrtle Bill and Elmer Cram attended Mrs Ed Nelsons birthday dinner.
The account notes that oxygen’s name, coined by French scientist La Voisier in 1774, derives from Greek oxys and gen meaning sharp acid producing. He believed oxygen was a component of all acids, a assertion later found incorrect, yet the term persisted in scientific usage.
A Washington businessman quotes a Texas friend who boasts big Gulf catch totals and plans to visit in January or February. The note contrasts Gulf fishing with Minnesota lakes and hints tourists have yet to be profiteered from. The column also thanks Lee McAvoy and Shavings for loyal contributions and shares humorous reader quips from Crawfordsville.
A local column riffs on real estate, farming and home life in SE Iowa. It muses on selling farms or houses, living in a home, and changing times with satirical jabs at current trends and curious math puzzles. The piece blends opinion with humor about needs and budgets.
A visiting newlywed asks what the second essential is after a wife. The Native replies a cyclone proof cellar is needed, followed by putty and other preparations.
Valarie Templeton pours effort into a balcony sign reading I LOVE YOU for a pilot, then learns the boss in the plane misread it as From Swinertz to Youthful Men. Ransom’s flight and Anne Bingham’s Empire State building tie create a comic miscommunication and romantic tension.
French legionnaires are required to take daily afternoon naps or face a one week prison term. Officers explain heat slows work and drives people indoors. In hot regions, shops close early and streets empty as the siesta tradition prevails.
The first annual appropriation exceeding one billion dollars was approved for the fiscal year 1909. This landmark funding figure marks a major early 20th century budget milestone set by government authorities.
Prairie Flower, Oct. 24 guests honored William Gwin and his son Willard of Salem Missouri at a family dinner. Other guests included Scott and Scott families, Seoutt and Seoutt families, Bartholomew family, Crozier from Davenport, Smiths of Rock Island and Iowa City, and Harold Kloptenstein. A cooperative dinner followed by visiting. an oyster supper at the Schulty home for Joe Haller and sisters and Walter Jackson.
Richard Gallogly, 30, from a wealthy Georgia family, escaped from a state prison and gave himself up in Dallas Texas. He awaits extradition while appealing to Texas justice to avoid a life sentence for murder in Georgia. Gallogly traveled to Texas to surrender and claims he seeks freedom if extradited.
Mrs Raban Turnipseed's carpentry overseen by L W Turnipseed for his mother Roy Finke. Pfister dinner November 7 at Keeta with Elmer Walter Horning and Joe Knotek as guests. Bert Cray and Mela Shalla hosted Riverside guests at Joseph Shalla home. John Witthoft recovering after fall while repairing a corner rib. Clayde Knapp and Bert Rittenhouse at M K church service. Rittenhouse 42nd wedding anniversary celebrated with H L Huber home dinner. E L Smith busy shelling government sealed corn for farmers. some corn resealed, much delivered to government bins.
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