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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1939

Page

6

Kitty Mae Maddock Visits Roommate in Muscatine

A Wellman brief notes Kitty Mae Maddock spent the weekend with her college roommate in Muscatine. The item lists numerous local residents traveling, visiting relatives, and attending events from late July into August, including trips to Cleveland for the Worlds Poultry Conference and family gatherings at various Iowa locations.

Kitty Mae Maddock Muscatine Frank Wilson Wellman Winifred McGuey Prim Beauty Shop Creston Schuyler Love Estes Park Harold Schulty Keith Wilson Iowa City Cleveland Ohio Cincinnati Chico Johnson Graceville Minnesota A. C. Gingerich Gingerich Weilman Turkey Plana Weldon Miller Ben Swartzendruber Ed Gingerich Theodore Triechman Quincy Rice Glenn Kash C. A. Hopkins Hesston Kansas Delmar Steninger Arvid Steninger Hila Sue Foster B. C. Foster Henry Foster Dorthy Durian Roy Durian Kenneth Northfield St. Paul Mion L .E. Fleming Plente Lake Keomah Oskaloosa L. E. Fleming John Guy Moothart Earl Griggs Jaenine West Chester

Washington Lodge No. 20 Regular Monthly Meeting Notice

Washington Lodge No. 20 A BP and AM Regular meeting set for Friday each month. Ray Coz WM and A W Yard secretary listed.

Washington Lodge No. 20 A. M Ray Coz W. M A. W. Yard

Westbound and Eastbound Rail and Bus Schedules Across Lines

A dense listing of westbound and eastbound trains including the Golden State Limited Californian and Southwest Limited with local stops, departures from Davenport Kansas City routes, and Knoxville and Goodlander agent notes. Burlington Trailways bus timetables show multiple Washington departures with connections to Omaha Chicago, plus ticketing notes at the depot and local vendors.

Golden State Limited Washington Californian Seeecosummoetilh & M California Kansas City-Davenport Southwest Limited W.C. Bell

Texas Resources Hit Threshold for Commercial Use

The report notes Texas possesses between 90 and 100 natural resources in sufficient quantities to support commercialization.

Texas

Bacteria the Invisible Destroyers in War Work

Article highlights the U S Army vaccine production facility near Washington D C at Walter Reed Hospital and the Army Medical School. It describes five glassed rooms, capacity to expand fifteenfold in 24 days, and peak output of 15 million vaccine doses yearly with steps from culture to potency testing.

J. D. Ratcliff McCall's Magazine United States Army Washington, D. C Walter Reed Hospital Army Medical School Army Panama

Tadpoles show tolerance to eightfold radium dosage in study

Scientists at Westminster hospital radium annex in London report tadpoles given eight times the human dosage survive with difficulty swimming at maximum dose. Experiments aim to find safe ray quantities and intervals for patients. Tadpoles’ growth halted for 14 days then resumes normally, seemingly unharmed.

Westminster Hospital Radium Annex London

Seagulls Save Utah Crops In Mormon Settlement Tale

Seagulls once saved the Mormons crops from destruction in Utah, a thousand miles from the sea. They are invading locust hordes.

Utah

Cost of Government Outpaced Wealth Growth 1914 to 1936

National wealth and income rose to two thirds more by 1936, while per capita government costs increased about four percent faster over the same period, indicating government expenditures outpaced personal wealth gains.

Rorie Figures on Glass Surface Revealed in Study

Researchers describe Rorie figures as images formed on glass or polished surfaces when covered by an object. The phenomenon is observed in controlled experiments and linked to light exposure and surface interaction. Further analysis aims to clarify mechanisms and potential applications.

Franklin District Picnic Notes and Local Events

Local notices list family picnics at Sunset Park and birthday celebrations at the Hoyle and Rich homes. Community members, including Hoyle, Marek, Thompson, and Klepfer families, share meals, hay work, and vacations in early August. Included is a cinema blurb noting John Millan’s film work and a fictional bomb sequence in a Warner Bros. movie at The Fox.

Howard Hoyle Franklin District Clyde Dawson Clifford Thompson Win Durst Sunset Park John Durst George Gilbert Isabelle Combs Hoyle Charles Marek Merle Sheetz Minnesota Daryl Hoyle J. H. Thompson Nick Klepfer Howard Hoyles Harry Davidse Eva Hoyle Edwin John Millan Lead City S.D Warner Bros Torehy The Fox

Tarzan Finds Gen in State Theatre opener with Weissmuller

Tarzan and Maureen O'Sullivan headline the State Theatre showing Tarzan Finds Gen based on Edgar Rice Burroughs. Johnny Sheffield stars as the young survivor with a wrecked plane and jungle safari driving a plot about a legacy central to the boy.

Parzan Tarzan Johnny Weissmuller Maureen O'Sullivan Edgar Rice Burroughs Johnny Sheffield America Athlee New York Big Mate

Ace the Canine Star Heads New Film

Ace the strongheart lineage and star of Almost a Gentleman is praised as the most intelligent canine actor since Strongheart. The canine performer trained to react with near human timing shares top honors with James Ellison Helen Wood Robert Kent and June Clayworth in a gripping screen story.

Ace Strongheart James Ellison Helen Wood Robert Kent June Clayworth

Regeneration saga tests man and canine trail of kidnappers

In a tense plot, a man’s renewal intertwines with a dog’s pursuit of a band of kidnappers. FBI men do good work as a city cleanup shifts underworld figures to new territory, marking a turning point in crime and justice.

FBI Underworld

Siu x City Peace Officials Clash With Hoover On Gang Stop

Four Sioux City safety leaders say the city is a plausible stopover for bandits between Kansas City and the Twin Cities but reject Hoover’s claim that gangsters are staying there. They offer cooperation if six investigators arrive to probe conditions.

Sioux City Kansas City Twin Cities J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Hoover Public Safety Harold N. Sturgeon William H. Tice Ray J. Mahr Tom Farley Sturgeon

Government The Best Government Teaches Self-Governance

A compact reflection on political philosophy cites Goethe’s assertion that the finest government empowers citizens to govern themselves. The note links governance to individual responsibility and civic virtue.

Goethe

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