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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
1
The Gravity Independent notes separate rain events in September with lightning thunder and hail totaling about 0.82 inches, a later shower adding 0.22 inches, and a Tuesday afternoon shower delivering 0.07 inches. Editor Francis provides a brief local weather recap and expresses a desire for sunshine and warmer weather.
A wartime letter from War Labor Board chair William 4 Davis criticizes labor spokesmen for measuring man hours lost by strikes. He cites the Philadelphia Transportation Company strike affecting over 6,000 employees and depriving about 2,000,000 people of transit, including 900,000 air workers, to argue the method underestimates broader impacts.
Homemakers should inspect house chimneys before lighting fires this winter. A trip to the attic under the roof line helps detect mortar cracks and chimney expansion issues that cause fires. Harold Beaty notes many Iowa chimney fires come from defective flues and advises new chimneys include flue liners and proper separation from the house.
A union official argues there is no justification for strikes in wartime and warns they damage the war effort. He urges union representatives to avoid further strikes until victory is secured and urges loyalty to legitimate unionism.
Metal should be used to clone any unused openings in the chimney. Sheet metal becomes hot and may corrode and ignite wallpaper. Soot buildup from careless furnace firing raises chimney fire risk. Sparks from chimney blaze could ignite the roof. Check connections between furnace or stove and chimney to ensure they are direct and tight.
A correction notes that the previous birth notice misnamed the parents. It should read Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Barker as the newborn daughter’s parents, replacing the erroneous wording in the original item.
Lester parked near Siam and visited Thursday of Inet week at the home of his relatives Mr and Mrs Albert Parks and at the home of Mr Mary Dunkin.
A seven pound son was born on Monday September 11 to Mr and Mrs Horace Holt near Bedford. Mrs Holt and the baby reside with her parents Mr and Mrs Elmer Kelley at their home.
Mr and Mrs Gao entertained at dinner Sunday in honor of their son George who was home on furlough. Those present were Mr and Mrs Grover Ginn of Conway, Mr and Mrs Harkless of Clarinda, Mrs Anda Ginn and Betty, Mrs Jobo Niel and two daughters.
Mr and Mrs Alda Burwell hosted relatives for dinner on Wednesday. A birthday surprise honored Mea Iona Heninger on her birth anniversary that day. Attending were Mr and Mrs Russell Stearns and Evelyn, Mr and Mrs Robert Burwell and two daughters, Mrs Elmer Burwell and Mr and Mrs Chas Lock.
Da Vinci designed several flying machines and tested a model near Florence around spring 1506. He studied birds for flight, worked on center of gravity and airfoils, and proposed gliding theory. His bat wing and four movable wing devices echoed later aviation, though no surviving record confirms tests.
Over decades big oil companies shifted from pure guesswork to research driven by physicists in boots and dust. They financed methods and instruments that now reduce the chance of dry wells, making wildcatting about one quarter as risky as in earlier times.
The text explains that color vision varies across the retina from center to edge, with red green and blue yellow distinctions in a band around the center. It notes individual differences between people and between eyes, and mentions that color vision tests can identify people. It also states fingerprints cannot change color vision fields and that a perimeter is used to measure retina color fields.
Don K Parks writes to his grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Parks from a destroyer in the Pacific after nine months in Navy seaman training at Farragut Idaho. He describes port liberty hours nine to six, wearing whites, ice cream indulgence, and higher living costs, signing Lovin Don from Pueblo Colorado.
Mrs Mae Marshall arrived Wednesday evening after a three month stay in Haglewood Colorado with her daughter and family.
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