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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1944

Page

8

Dautremont Dies at Riverside After 39 Year Rural Route

Riverside funeral notice for John C. Dautremont 75 who died after two weeks of heart illness. He served 39 years as rural mail carrier on route three and retired 1933. Survived by wife Lucy and 16 children plus siblings and 12 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending word from daughter in Washington state.

Riverside John C. Dautremont West Coast Washington State Charles J Abigail Smith Dautremont Des Moines Lucy Swift St. Mary’s Church S. F. Weiland Roy Hardy Dautremont St. Mary’s Catholic Church The Holy Named Society of That Church Rural Mail Carriers Association Joseph Grand Rapids Mich Sarah Schwai Bernard Dautremont Iowa City Margaret Sisters of Charity Mary Lucine Mason City Esther Mary Rufina St. James School Washing

Terracing and crops boost yields on eroding lands

Terracing with cover crops and crop rotation can raise yields and restore value on lands losing topsoil each year, slowing soil loss and improving long term productivity.

Explorer William Becknell Linked to Santa Fe Trail Origins

Traced Santa Fe Trail founder William Becknell, born in Kentucky around 1790, moved to Missouri young, led a 1821 trading expedition to Mexican Santa Fe, made a 1822 return, first to trace what became the Santa Fe Trail, and died in 1832.

William Becknell Kentucky Missouri Santa Fe Mexico Becknell

Inspection Praises State Guard Company Despite Shortfall

Capt L E Oldaker of the regular army led the annual inspection of the Iowa State Guard headquarters company at the armory. He praised the unit and equipment, noting the company performed better than average but urged recruiting to reach a 60 member strength. Local leaders, Lt Col Oliver Reiley and Lt W S Gardner, joined in compliments while urging more enlistments amid recent rain and pre induction exams reducing attendance.

L. E. Oldaker Regular Army Iowa State Guard Seventh Corps United States Army Des Moines Henry H. Church State Guard Oliver S. Reiley Burlington W. S. Gardner Baker

Horse Buyers Warn of Nation's Worst Equine Shortage

Buyers in the agricultural sector declare that the United States is facing its worst shortage of farm horses and draft power in years, urging renewed breeding and import strategies to sustain farming operations.

United States

Navy hiring laborers for naval yard work across multiple locations

H. H. Myers, a civil service navy yard representative, will visit Burlington on April 22, 24, 25 and 26 to recruit skilled and unskilled laborers for navy yards in Bremerton Washington San Francisco Vallejo and Pearl Harbor Honolulu. Men and women are needed at the yards. only men will be sent to Pearl Harbor at this time. The work involves repairing battle damaged ships. Those in essential war work should not apply. Full pay housing and conditions details will be provided by Mr. Myers. He will be in the U S employment service office.

H. H. Myers Civil Service Navy Yard Burlington Mr. Meyers Navy Yards Bremerton Wash San Francisco Calif Vallejo Pearl Harbor Honolulu T. H U. S Employment Service Office

Aircraft Construction Advances with Rayon and Nylon

The article notes a shift in military airplane production toward materials such as rayon and nylon for components, signaling a move to synthetic fibers in fabricating aircraft parts and possibly improving durability and performance.

Havre Social Notes from April Weekend Visits

Havre residents record weekend visits and calls. Isabelle Ash, Havre school teacher, visited her parents in Richland. The Zieglowsky and Stoutner families hosted and visited friends in Havre and nearby towns, with Elbert Elmore of Fairfield visiting relatives.

Lewis Hering Havre John Zieglowsky Charlie Zieglowskys Isabelle Ash Richland S. C. Wittmer Peter Witting Washington Henry Lunning Lyle Wilcox Floyd Stover Darlene George Stoutner Albert Zieglowsky Henry Lunnings Jesse Stout Walter Westen Clyde Thompson Elbert Elmore Fairfield

Bird illness care notes for pox vaccination and disinfection

Instructions advise vaccinating all birds eight to twelve weeks old for pigeon pox and using pigeon pox vaccine for newly ill birds. Apply carbolated liniment to combs and wattles of noninfected birds, disinfect housing and cement, vaccinate about 20 percent as possible, and feed wet mash.

Card of Thanks From Mrs Stanley Thompsos

I thank friends and neighbors for cards gifts and flowers during my hospital stay and Johans Phillips and Hebner for the Journal.

Johans Phillips and Hebner Journal

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