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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1942
Page
6
An examination by the American League to Abolish Capital Punishment finds over 11 years that states abolishing capital punishment generally report lower homicide rates. The analysis emphasizes broad trends across multiple states rather than a single decisive case.
An editorial in a Budapest paper claims beggars inflate generosity by using borrowed wives and babies. It reports a man leading 17 such wives as a business scheme, while other mendicants sell crutches and glass eyes, and offer hand organs for hire by day or month.
Begasse, the residue left after sugar cane processing, is employed in ceilings as a sound absorber. The material offers practical acoustic benefits, leveraging agricultural byproducts. Local builders report its effectiveness and potential for sustainable construction applications.
A nurse-in-training Phyllis Windsor toils late while dreams of nursing collide with a longing for a home. Dr. Fred Shelley hints at a future together and a place to belong, prompting her to hope for a wedding and a real home after graduation.
Soviet test shows 35 reindeer from Nentsi and Komoi regions covering 1 750 miles across tundra and forests from Salgarda to Omsk in 43 days. They pulled sledges weighing 265 to 331 pounds, with four animals hauling 45 to 56 miles.
The veil like growth draping southern trees is not a parasite but nourished by the air, misinterpreted as feeding on host trees. It thrives by absorbing moisture and minerals from the surrounding atmosphere rather than harming the trees it hangs upon.
A University of Illinois College of Agriculture economics study lists 24 practical factors for boosting wartime livestock output. Key areas include breeding with selective stock, feeding with balanced rations, sanitation of housing and animals, timely marketing, and precise timing steps from farrow to finish.
The text urges simple safety measures such as keeping sharp tools away from play areas and installing handrails on stairs. It cites annual farm and rural fires costing 200 million dollars and 3 500 lives lost, urging screens on open fireplaces, keeping liquids off floors, outdoor dry cleaning, keeping matches from children, and careful saucepan handling to prevent infections from minor cuts.
Cornell agricultural researchers tested seven protein supplements on lambs added to a standard ration. Linseed meal produced better appetites than other supplements, while whole soybeans and soybean oil meal ranked highest in feeding value across two experiments.
Wheat becomes the cheapest ingredient in poultry rations as about 100 million bushels are released by the U S department of agriculture to aid livestock dairy and poultry producers under Food for Freedom production goals.
Building societies in England have advanced an average of 255 million dollars annually over the past three years to home builders.
Thirteen of the Norwegian merchant crew lash three slip-rafts into a makeshift floating drydock in open sea to repair their damaged boat after their vessel was torpedoed June 2 in the Atlantic. Navy rescued them 46 hours later. 30 other survivors reached New York.
In Kittery Maine a local group built Maine’s first air raid shelter near the Portsmouth navy yard. The 24 person shelter is 10 by 6 by 14 feet with pine log construction and 625 sandbags. Earl G Pierce directed the project with 15 volunteers and local help including the town and Boy Scouts. The facility is tested soundproof airtight and includes a first aid cabinet water tank rationing cupboard and ventilators.
Tires from captured German aircraft and tanks will be tested by rubber experts in Akron Ohio to inform the government about Axis rubber shortages. British government supplied the tires at American request. samples come from planes shot down over Britain and from Libyan captured tanks and trucks. Experts will report findings to the War Production Board.
Washington reports Panama faces tight chicken supplies with prices rising to 2.50 per bird. Authorities cite stronger economic conditions and Canal Zone defense spending, while Panama seeks to curb costs by lowering tariffs to five cents and limiting imports to a maximum of 1.80 per fowl.
In New Hampton New Hampshire members of the ARP demolition squad faced a simulated bomb drill. A skunk wandered into the area and kept curious onlookers back while also forcing the guards to retreat from the mock device.
Lieutenant Colonel Herman Hanneken, using a disguise as a bandit, captured a notorious Haitian gang leader. The operation showcased notable deception by a U.S. Marine Corps officer during instability in Haiti.
Toy and novelty manufacturers consumed enough crude rubber in the last quarter of 1941 to outfit 2,000 24 ton army trucks or 10,000 half tonners.
In a Maidensford hospital, Poirot questions Elinor Carlisle as Nurse O'Brien hints at an old romance and possible motives tied to Mrs. Welman’s death and a will. Elinor reveals Roddy Welman’s limited funds, her own inheritance from her aunt, and fears about letters and secrecy as the investigation deepens.
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