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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
1
The article warns that many deadly car accidents happen after nightfall due to poorer visibility, dim or missing lights, and pedestrians in dark clothing. It urges drivers to exercise extra caution during darkness and bad weather, especially in early morning hours when workers are commuting.
Steam bath canners may substitute for water bath canners when steam surrounds the uncovered portions. Jars may be partly immersed or not, depending on the setup. Processing time is increased by one fourth compared to the water bath due to lower temperatures.
Industrial Finishing reports Chrysler’s air reclaiming technique to recover paint from waste mists. The process salvages more than six gallons of paint from every ten gallons of waste, with Chrysler engineers running a $110.099 reclaiming slant to optimize the system.
Wm. Glienke of Milwaukee and another guest visited the Charles Zwemke home after attending the Silver Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Glienke celebrated Monday evening. Harold Hustedt and wife marked their 15th anniversary with a social evening and gifts. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lietz Monday at Sioux Valley hospital Cherokee. Other locals joined gatherings at the Zwemke residence during the week.
A Texas plant adopts a new system that saves vitamins lost in milling by vacuum drying and husk removal. The process moves nutrients from the husk into the kernel and yields about 999 barrels of rice daily.
A recipe describes using one large tomato per serving. Cut a cavity from the stem end, remove pulp, and slip an egg inside. Season with salt and pepper, top with buttered crumbs, bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes until crumbs brown and the egg white sets.
The Chinese geological survey estimated Ching Brae to hold over 2 billion barrels of oil and Manchuria to contain 2 billion barrels of mineral oil. The national total thus exceeds 4 billion barrels, with Kenya and Sinkiang reserves not included in the count.
The text notes malarial mosquitoes bite most often at night and rest in dark places by day. It links nocturnal biting to a superstition that night air is dangerous, citing ancient Greece and Rome as examples and mentioning musk tarry.
Malaria occurs where warmth and dampness permit mosquito development and where humans carry the infection. In parts of the United States some areas report rates as high as 109 cases per 100000 people.
Iowa health department data show more than 2,600 couples married since the war began were divorced by end of 1944. Wartime marriages accounted for about 25 percent of that year’s divorces, with 5,843 total divorces in 1944 and 16,105 from December 1941 to December 1944.
A grain car signed for corn loading at Soldier Elevator was found full of army cots. The mix up suggests an error along the supply line. Elsewhere the text describes Icelandic springs and a water system near Reykjavik with a pumped reservoir.
Beans require rotenone spray or dust to control the Mexican bean beetle. Cucumbers melons and squash need melon dust for cucumber beetle and plant disease. squash may need treatment for squash borer and squash bug with rotenone dusting weekly. Potatoes are treated with poison for potato beetle and flea beetle and salvaged with Bordeaux or copper lime dust for bright.
A National Underwriter review shows 1943 life insurance settlements across many large payouts. The top single claim neared two hundred thousand dollars with multiple 100 000 to 500 000 dollar payments noted among beneficiaries.
A short wartime message explains that no dogs are purchased for service by the Marines Army or Coast Guard but volunteers loaned by their owners serve. It urges buying War Bonds to support dog training stations and combat efforts.
The class lists multiple A grades in Spelling for Artie Steffens Gayle Mongan Ruth Ann Peterson Patty Hickey Jane Gustafson and Lanny Grigsby. It notes reading corner reading tables new health poems and a variety of weekly activities, birthdays, map work, and Congress Week coverage with eighth grade Civics and Math work.
Weather updates and science features headline a page noting bankers Phyllis Lehnhardt and Raymond Lilja as this week’s highlighted financial figures.
The schedule lists key dates for A H S basketball. Games at Marcus on January 26 and January 31. February 1 and 3 County Tournament at Cherokee. February 9 at Sutherland. February 16 at Quimby. February 23 against Immaculate Conception Cherokee. and February 28 to March 3 sectional tournament.
In Calmar the text notes January 1 as a popular date linked to Mr and Mrs Edwin Buller. It mentions a son born January 1, 1945, and another birth four years ago on the same date. A third son born two years ago has his birthday on January 3.
Barney Bunkers has served 41 years as justice of the peace in Remsen Flymouth county. He has handled about 2,000 cases, none of them marriages, a record thought to be unmatched in the county. He was re elected last fall and begins his 41st year.
The Reinbeck Marshal Henry Willett relies on his widely used squad car a notable county asset. Registered 17 times the vehicle continues to deliver solid service for local law enforcement.
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