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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1946
Page
3
The piece recalls a debate from five years earlier about Mein Kampf and the fate of its author. It cites Romans 1 16 and asserts bold views on the gospel of Christ amid past trials and released figures.
A Boone News-Republican column critiques postwar policy arguing abundant life requires faith and limited government. It notes strong church attendance after good weather, weighs railroad rate hikes and wage increases, and warns rising costs erode consumer welfare while the dollar’s value falters. It urges a global stake in U S stability and a strict lend inventory.
Sealed bids for concrete culverts due May 18 at 1:30 PM in the Washington County Iowa Auditor's office. Each bid must include a certified check payable to the County Auditor as liquidated damages if the bid is accepted but the bidder fails to execute a contract and provide a performance bond within ten days. Plans and proposal forms available from the County Auditor. bids on furnished forms only. the County reserves the right to reject reservations and to waive technicalities.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors invites bids with a May 9 1946 deadline for a certified statement and minimum proposal guarantee of 750 dollars. Work items include 396.02 cubic yards of Class A concrete cutting bending and placing 30511 linear feet of reinforcing steel 981 cubic yards of culvert excavation and 538 cubic yards of channel excavation. Reinforcing steel to be supplied by the County. County Auditor Stan Kiesey notes bids due by 4 pm.
A warning notes that starch remaining in clothing for extended periods can weaken fabric fibers and reduce durability, urging thorough washing to remove residue.
A humorous, fragmentary column jokes about wild wheat with digestion tricks, family quips, a leaky radiator and marital banter. It also features a running gag about twins photographed alike and a bank description noting a borrower being $25,000 short.
During the war era Hope travels with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in Paramount's Road to Utopia at the State Theatre. The trio, famed for off screen chemistry, delivers rapid quips as they tour the country in the fourth film of the series.
The article notes milk as the most used food and highlights a wartime increase in the use of milk beyond fresh milk. It states the annual supply reaches 56 billion quarts and is diverted into butter, cheese, ice cream and other dairy products.
Rex Conn farm editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette told Rotary Club members yesterday that signs point to the greatest era of development in history and progress in the past 150 years. He warned on price controls and subsidies while predicting famine-era impacts on livestock, noting farmers favor market profits over subsidies. The event featured introductions by J C Holvert and Helgo Luench with several guests from Washington and Naperville. A large local delegation will attend the district Rotary conference at Burlington next week, and the noon meeting will skip Monday.
Onyx consists of parallel black and white bands with black bands likely colored by organic matter. Because good onyx is rare, artificial coloring is common. The banding aids cameo engraving by carving the raised white layer while the black layer serves as background.
Dewey Stephens of Ainsworth presents a Washington library exhibit with fifty six wood specimens from local Iowa trees. The boxes are labeled for easy identification and include natives such as oak elm maple poplar and rarer types like butternut iron wood larch and arbor vitae. Also shown are sumac fir ash cedar sycamore spruce and three willow varieties along with red oak and black walnut.
A report notes that about one in twenty people experience colored hearing, where certain sounds evoke visual colors. The article explains the synesthetic trait and gives examples of sounds triggering color experiences.
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