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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1946
Page
6
A thought about scientific progress notes that researchers rely on knowing that other scientists have solved key problems. The idea emphasizes shared advancement through established solutions rather than solitary discovery.
County government officers include Auditor Stan Kiesey Clerk R Noonan Engineer W P Rawn Welfare Director Mrs Payne Recorder Sheriff Harold Putnam Treasurer W E Howell Supt of Schools Lester B Krabill Coroner Dr W S Kyle Supervisors Ned Morrow John Owen Harriet Coulter Clarence Fulton Arthur Wiley Washington Independent School District Superintendent M M Schell Junior High Principal Miss Feither McCreedy School Board President Marion George Secretary C P Weldin Richard A Stewart Henry B Bailey B F Bostwick Jr Harry Ramseyer Washington Lodge No 26 A F A M Regular meeting First Friday Merle R Green W M A W Ward secretary.
Firearms ranked second as the leading home accident type for ages 5 to 24 in 1944. While overall deaths from home accidents fell 4 percent, firearm deaths in homes did not decline. Farmers report electric brooders boost pig litters by at least one per litter.
Pneumonia, once a fatal disease causing about 96 500 deaths annually in the United States, is retreating as modern medicine advances.
The notice lists westbound and eastbound trains with numbers, routes, and regular stop patterns. It includes departures for No. 3 Golden State, No. 11 Southwest Express, No. 13 Southwest Express, No. 44 California, No. 4 Golden State Limited, and corresponding discharges for California passengers, plus mixed trains No. 28 and No. 22 with their times. Agents Lewis Goodlander and L. R. Carbee are cited along with the agencies C. B. & Q. and C. M. & St. P. & P.
Bus No. 3 leaves Washington at 5:00 AM and other routes follow with times to Chicago, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Mt. Pleasant, Fort Madison, Macomb, Quincy, Winfield, Burlington, Sigourney, Oskaloosa, Knoxville, Indianola and Kansas City. Tickets sold at the Depot and at Winga’s North Side Cafe with full-coach validity.
VASSALBORO MAINE 107 year old Mrs Mae Z Glidden stops sewing due to failing eyesight She recalls making 7000 pairs of men s trousers before factory clothing era She worked as a spinner and weaver in her youth and young adulthood
Lawrence William Starling, an escapee from a Virginia rock pile camp, recounts 12 hour shifts on rock piles, 15 minute lunches, and multiple lashings. He claims shackles and spread-eagle restraints, seeking aid from attorney Lyman Fields to fight extradition to South Hill camp No. 24.
The article discusses careful planning for a farmhouse including consulting local building supply firms before final plans. It highlights the Minnesota house as a model for a one story home, with options to add rooms, driveways and barns visible from the kitchen, and emphasizes light and future electrical wiring when unavailable.
The Rocky Mountain states now encompass 130,538 square miles of national forest land. The figure reflects ongoing expansion and management of federally owned timberlands across the region.
Canning specialists advise sturdy braced shelves with air circulation for home canned foods. Space shelves about two inches above jars, with quart jars about 9 1 4 inches apart and pint jars about 7 1 2 inches apart. Shelves 12 inches apart fit number two and a half tin cans in double decks.
Electric pig brooders give a warm hover for piglets when not nursing, helping save one extra pig per litter and produce an earlier pig crop, particularly in colder sections.
Preliminary clinical trials indicate that oral penicillin therapy is feasible for gonorrhea and pneumonia infections.
To remove skins from carrots, drop them in boiling water and allow to stand for a few minutes. the skins rub off easily.
The layout depends on the house orientation and the work to be done, with north guiding the arrangement. It is easy to modify the plan to fit needs. Various materials such as bricks plywood lumber concrete and tile can be used in construction.
Herford Germany Adolf Hitler suffered bomb shock in the July 20 1944 attempt on his life. Col Nicolaus von Below said the blast knocked him unconscious and later Hitler showed signs of nerve and mind deterioration. He also claimed Hitler and Eva Braun wed in Berlin's Reich Chancellery on April 28.
Charles Graham aged 60, a farm worker in Vincennes Indiana, sought jail as care. He asked police to imprison him claiming illness and lack of caretaking. After being refused for lack of charges he returned with perfume and confessed theft. A bank slip showed $1,005 in deposits among his belongings.
Izvestia cites 1944 gains across sectors with electrical output up 21 percent coal up 21 percent pig iron up 31 percent steel up 29 percent rolled iron up 28 percent No 1943 figures listed. The statement adds automobile output for 1946 will double 1945.
More than one million miles of telephone and telegraph wire are employed by railroads to manage operations and communications.
The swine erysipelas germ causes losses in turkey flocks and a stiff lamb disease. A single female moth and her family can ruin wool equivalent to twelve sheep in one year.
Leather gloves should not be washed unless labeled washable or sold as washable. Kid gloves always require dry cleaning.
Spontaneous combustion can ignite fires in closets attics and store rooms. Clear rubbish old magazines and discarded furniture from the attic. Store oily rags in airtight metal cans to reduce risk.
A government board backs an 18 cent per hour wage increase for Harvester factory workers and allows raw material price rises. steel costs have climbed 8.2 percent. The company warns prices must rise to avoid operating at a loss, stressing commitment to quality and moderate profits amid strong competition.
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