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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1946
Page
4
Editorial note explains a Washington Bureau arrangement with Western News to publish a weekly veteran and family problems column. Readers may address questions to the Bureau at 1616 Eye Street NW Washington DC and will receive answers in a subsequent column. No direct mail replies.
State approved labor management committees will run veterans apprenticeship courses under Public Law 16 and the GI bill. VA commitments total 134.545 million for homes plus 6.814 million for business loans and 2.721 million for farms with thousands of loan applications approved.
Advice emphasizes adding ample padding under rugs when floors are not in good condition to prevent rug wear and floor damage.
French authorities report the rescue of 17 French nuns, one Annamite nun, and a French girl from an island in the Mekong river after they were held prisoner for over a month. The operation was confirmed by Gen. Jacques Leclrec's headquarters in Indo China.
In Husttsville Maryland a discharged soldier John H. Fitzgerald 34 killed his wife Mary Adel 24 and daughter Mary Ann 2 then shot himself with a 12 gauge. A second daughter Carol Ann 4 was moved by the grandmother and survived. Fitzgerald had left home for a day and returned in a drunken mood planning to gather his things.
The interior department reports thousands of auks murres puffins sea gulls and ducks perished in oil slicks during wartime and unknown numbers of whales were killed in submarine warfare. The annual wildlife report notes Pacific nesting grounds damaged by de jungleizing and cites LaySan Island rail and finch extinctions.
British war crime investigators conclude a probe into Nazi child murder by neglect on two baby farms near Brunswick. Sixteen suspects, including men and women, await trial for the deaths of 462 infants deemed illegitimate.
Mme Leone Bourdel proposes sorting workers by blood type to reveal physical and mental aptitudes. The study argues races and individuals could be categorized by blood characteristics, guiding job assignments.
A simple cleaning solution uses equal parts vinegar and household ammonia mixed into two gallons of water to clean woodwork. The recipe suggests from one half cup of each ingredient per batch to make a ready mix for surface care.
Sixty seven head of registered Angus from Bar-If and Goose Creek farms were auctioned Tuesday March 26 at Midway Sales company Pavilion Columbus Junction. Top price $1050.05 for Ballindailoch Jilt cow. Juana Erica cow sold for $975.00. two yearling heifers brought $725.06 and $570.06. Average $340.00. Col Hamilton James, Newton Jr., conducted sale with Hi M Duncan assisting. Buyers from Arizona Virginia Missouri Illinois and other states. Seventeen head purchased for Calizona ranch Phoenix Arizona.
Employers in Washington County are asked how many additional ex service men they can use to aid returning veterans. The notice seeks quantified hiring capacity from local employers to help place veterans in available positions.
The page records social visits and greetings in the Prairie Flower area. Eloise Sheetz from Des Moines visited her sister Mrs. Richard Young on March 28. Arthur Davison and family visited Homer Davison. Several couples from TJ Iowa City Richland and other towns shared Sunday dinner at Doni Smith’s home.
Although Pennsylvania is the largest producer of hard coal, anthracite or semi-anthracite are also found in Arkansas in the Denning Coal Hill district Franklin Johnson counties and in Pope and Logan counties, in Colorado in the Crested Butte district Gunnison county, New Mexico Santa Fe county, Utah Washington county, Virginia Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Washington Lewis county.
Dramatic Technicolor film Leave Her to Heaven adapts Ben Ames Williams best seller. Gene Tierney Cornel Wilde and Jeanne Crain lead a tense romance about a woman driven by obsessive love and deadly ambition. The State Theatre runs the picture through Thursday with a lavish production and standout performances.
The piece traces April Fools Day origins known in Scotland and France as gowk and poisson d Avril. It notes long running pranks such as sending friends for imaginary items, props like a brick in a hat, a kick me sign, fake candy, and exploding cigars, with origins largely unknown.
The new thriller Confidential Agent stars Charles Boyer Lauren Bacall Katina Paxinou Peter Lorre Victor Francen and George Coulouris. The drama follows crime and intrigue as Fox contrasts Warner Bros melodrama with a sharp suspense filled presentation. It runs through Tuesday.
A concise note states the Rocky Mountains contain no active volcanoes. It clarifies geological expectations and dispels common myths about volcanic activity in the region.
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