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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1946
Page
3
A fragment from September 3 1946 edition features a moral maxim from Deuteronomy 5 21 about coveting and urges readers to test themselves against envy. The snippet appears as a brief editorial insert within a larger column.
In a column of varied notes, readers are reminded of a government offer for sixteen two passenger balloons with automatic gear shifts. The broader piece pivots to political speculation on the Iowa governor race and national economic themes including meat shortages and inflation.
Mrs John Skubaly notes several Round Grove families attended the state fair. Mr and Mrs Ralph Hixson and son John, Mr and Mrs Edgar Whetstine and Ernest Raymond, and Mr and Mrs Joan Riggs visited on different days. John Irwin did chores at the Kiggsham place while they were away. Sunday guests of Larry and
Pat O'Brien stars with Claire Trevor and Herbert Marshall in RKO's murder mystery Crack Up. O'Brien plays an art expert drawn into a forgery racket as a museum clash with crooks turns violent, aided by Trevor and Marshall. Local notices follow about community events and residents.
Riverside Aug 341 a birthday anniversary celebration was held this week at the home of Marie Dautremont's father Mrs John C Dautre in Riverside. The party honored Marie with friends and family attending in a festive surprise gathering.
A list of upcoming titles reads like a autumn catalog with authors and topics spanning biography fiction history and travel. Notable entries include James Dust on my Heart Kumlien and Huxleys The Great Globe Itself alongside Pedigree works by Shridharani and Liebman.
An earlier property was vacated by Mr and Mrs Howard Clawson, removing their occupancy rights and returning the premises to status of vacant real estate.
Maurice Rose has discharged from the army and plans to attend Town City University this year. Jeannette Hanna returns to Montezuma teaching duties. Lillian Holmes will teach at Atlantic Veda Twinam visits from Chicago to tour city schools. Leah Anderson returns from Burlington Wisconsin and visits Dottie Mund in Quincy before the wedding of Mund and Leo D. Fredericksen Jr. at Emmetsburg. Howard Anderson and Hoover visit Marengo. Rev H N Poston and Mrs. Poston vacationing in Keota. Mary Jones visits daughter W T Smith in Mediapolis.
The grampus or killer dolphin is described as ferocious in attacking fish, seals, porpoises, and smaller dolphins. In Antarctica, groups break ice to drive prey into the water for slaughter, earning the nickname killers for pack hunting including attacks on whales.
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