24 Jun 1948
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
1
The Aurelia Sentinel lists subscription rates and states it does not stop at expiration unless notified. Subscribers who continue to receive the paper after expiration must pay for further issues. The paper names E. C. Lighter as proprietor and Carl J. Lighter as managing editor.
Iowa farmers increasingly find terracing profitable especially in the southwest. Extension engineer Dale Hull notes replants after heavy rains on unmanaged fields. Farmers can build terraces with their own equipment and bid for neighbor work, with demand outpacing contractors. Whirlwind terracer and disc plows enable quick, economical terrace construction, while contour listing helps conserve hillside water.
A 20th Century Fund report finds over one million New York civilians left the state 1940 to 1943 apart from those entering the armed forces. California absorbed about a million newcomers, roughly half New York’s population, as migration patterns shifted nationwide.
John Brodie of the Sioux City Social Security Administration urges brides to update their names on social security cards immediately after marriage. Employers should continue wage reporting under the maiden name until the new card is received to ensure full social security credits and avoid correcting errors later. The plan saves the employee, employer, and government time and expense.
Volta in 1779 announced the voltaic pile the first electric battery which transformed chemical energy into electrical energy. Conversely if an electric current is passed through water between platinum electrodes oxygen is given off at one pole and hydrogen at the other. Watch your subscription date.
Entomologists study a New Zealand seed-eating weevil as a biological control for gorse in southwest Oregon. The U S Bureau of Entomology plans to import the species, which feeds on gorse seeds and has helped limit spread in New Zealand.
The U.S. Treasury urges workers to join payroll savings to buy United States savings bonds. It frames saving as a home run for personal and national security, urging millions to participate.
Methodists announce church school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. St Pauls Lutheran holds divine worship at 9 a.m. Sunday school after, at 10 a.m. Laymen's League meets Monday evening June 28. Mission festival at Afton congregation with services June 27 at 10:30 and 2:30. Semi annual meeting July 9 at 8 p.m. Everyone invited.
Mt Olive Baptist Church invites all not worshipping elsewhere to join Henry Olsen the pastor for Bible school at 10:00 a m worship at 11:00 a m and evening devotions with sermon at 8:00 p m all are welcome to attend
Holy Communion at 9 45 am reception of new members and church school at 10 45 am Bible classes and an attendance contest for Bible class members soon to begin all members urged to attend Sunday next Thursday Ladies Aid meets at 2 30 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church Alta Iowa announces church school and Bible classes at 10 a.m. Friday cradle roll and beginners party at 2:30 p.m. Saturday confirmation class follows and an all church skating party at Cherokee rink at 8 p.m. Meet at the church at 7:15 p.m. Next Thursday Father son fellowship night at 8 p.m. Senator Guy Gillette to speak on his Palestine trip with special music by the Alta male quartet. Ladies Aid skips until July 8. W M S Daughters of Trinity hold 8 p.m. service commemorating the Synod centennial. A pageant Glimpses of Augustana History will be presented. All invited.
Fifty cities and counties adopted the council-manager form since January 1, bringing the total to 734. Roughly half of the newly approving units have populations under 5,000.
Britannica notes the flexible film enabling motion pictures was invented in 1887 in the rectory attic of the House of Prayer in Newark New Jersey by Reverend Hannibal Goodwin.
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