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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1942
Page
6
Government figures published in Capetown show 9,372 bachelors have incomes high enough to owe income tax. Among them 1,169 earn at least 5,000 dollars yearly, one man made 80,000 dollars, and two others earned between 90,000 and 100,000 dollars in the last year.
Four years ago zirconium sold for 25 dollars a pound. It has since joined the commercial metals and now brings about six dollars a pound. It ignites at relatively low temperature and burns rapidly with a high heat of combustion, enabling many new applications.
The article weighs dairy as a year round occupation, noting benefits like steady labor and regular cash flow, against downsides such as no holidays and hard work. It advises land suitability, markets from wholesale to ice cream, breed choices, and starting with grade stock, plus guidance on bull selection and labor estimates.
The note explains that a barrel of beer requires 36 pounds of malt or roughly one bushel. It also states that about one bushel of barley is needed to prepare one bushel of malt.
The 1942 Aircraft Year Book from the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce reports rapid American weapon and air power development. It highlights production plans, global strategic needs, and aims for air superiority to defeat Axis forces, praising Gen. Arnold and Adm. Towers for guiding wartime aviation progress.
Mike Vujovich, 53, a coal miner from West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, reenlists in the U S Army as a private. A Montenegro native, he fought Turkey in 1912 and Serbia against Bulgaria, then joined the Arizona National Guard for the Mexican border drive before serving in France with the 89th Division during World War I. He earned sergeant’s stripes but now prefers life as a private.
U S Army authorities with Australian customs restrict cigarette sales to prevent soldiers from selling to locals. Stores ban more than one pack per day and require tearing a corner of the pack. Australians face smuggling penalties as bootleg traffic rises after civilian limits.
A reported Axis submarine halted the 5,153-ton Spanish steamer Aldecoa off Bilbao and forced the ship to surrender its fuel oil. The vessel was en route from Bilbao to South America when the hijacking occurred, the captain told maritime police in Rio de Janeiro.
Report notes that annual timber destruction by fires in the southern states exceeds the output consumed by area pulp mills, signaling ongoing supply and management concerns for forestry and industry.
University of Missouri soils department warns that declining soil fertility lowers animal health. The piece argues soils must return nutrients through balanced fertilization rather than deplete land, noting rising animal deficiencies and the need to treat soils as factories supplying minerals and organic matter.
The United States recently used about 6.0 billion pounds of fats and oils in edible products. About 2.0 billion pounds went to soaps, 1.0 billion to paints varnishes printing inks and linoleum, and 0.5 billion to various industrial purposes.
Two Floyd County farmers in Texas joined forces to buy farm equipment through Farm Security Administration loans. They shared a $1,030 tractor outfit and operating costs, then bought a $150 pure-bred Jersey bull. Additional purchases included a seven-foot power take off mower, a transport mounted feed mill, and a ground driven row binder. The duo credits these shared buys with saving their crops last fall and argues more farmers should follow suit.
University animal nutrition tests compare lamb growth on 12 percent protein rations with 50 percent nitrogen from urea versus soybean oil meal casein skim milk and corn gluten feed. Results show urea is as effective as traditional concentrates for growing lambs.
Empress Anna demotes Prince Galliczin to court jester after he changes his religion. The act highlights court discipline over religious affiliation in early Russian power dynamics.
The National Associations of Coin Operated Machine Manufacturers estimates Americans wager about 500 million dollars yearly. Most proceeds go to gum, perfume, transit, and vending items, but one machine reads your pulse if you seek health data.
Giuseppe Sasie known as Killer of the War was executed by guillotine in Draguignan France after confessing the crime. He had slain four people including a 70 year old peasant an 84 year old man a shepherd and a truck driver to steal small sums of money.
A Fourth of July festival at Federal Hill in Bardstown Kentucky celebrates Stephen Foster. Guests wear period costumes and a youth resembling Foster plays his famed song. Foster visited Federal Hill at age 26, home of Judge Rowan, where he composed My Old Kentucky Home.
Marine corps gun crews aboard the U S Nevada scored 47 hits out of 48 shots at target practice with the fleet establishing a new naval gunnery mark in 1934.
The passage defines cohesion as the sticking together of molecules within the glue mixture and adhesion as the bonding between separate materials such as wood pieces when glued. It explains both concepts in simple terms without additional context.
The article notes that in ancient Rome a woman’s costume color indicated social status. A peasant woman wore one color while the empress could wear up to seven, reflecting hierarchy and rank in Caesar’s day.
In Alberta Canada women join the push for free homestead lands in the province's wheat region. Since July 1931 when new land rules began 2 292 women have claimed sections under the government program expanding female land ownership and farming opportunities.
The article notes George Washington as the richest president by death estate value, with realty totaling 5 300 000. It also identifies Theodore Roosevelt as the richest in contemporary times.
The largest fresh water fish was a 1000 pound American sturgeon measured at 10 feet 5 inches, caught in the Columbia River Oregon in 1911 by Clyde Leiser. The largest salt water fish was a whale shark weighing 265941 pounds with a 38 foot length and 18 foot girth, caught at Knights Key Florida on June 1 1912 by Capt Charles Thompson.
In this dialogue heavy scene Poirot and Peter Lord weigh who could have killed Mary Gerrard Elinor Carlisle or others. They consider Marys killer motive and potential witnesses Nurse Hopkins Nurse O Brien and Nurse Hopkins missing morphine tube details. Poirot hints a deeper linkage to Elinor and the aunts will.
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