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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1942
Page
4
The Iowa treasury reports $33,271,648.07 in the bank with a June 30 year end, including $2,342,903.26 in the Sinking Fund and $14,2381,341.15 in the General Revenue Fund. Funds cover state needs and emergencies while noting gasoline tax could shrink. Also urged is broader swimming instruction and rail transport importance amid war.
Des Moines Iowa must collect at least 24 000 tons of scrap iron each month to reach a 99 000 ton quota for the last six months of 1942. State salvage chairman H C Plagman notes bad weather could hit by November 1 so gathering should occur in the next two months. He calls salvage committees to push public cooperation.
The Mexican government designs regulations to protect the country's antiquities. Owners of old idols carvings or ancient picture writings may be required to report them and disposal will be regulated.
A sailor writes from Great Lakes Navy Camp describing life among volunteers from New York Ohio Minnesota and Iowa. He notes 129 men in his company with Swedes and Italians, mentions friends Donald Doran Eddie Nardy Don Hazen and John Applegate, and invites letters to his address. He highlights the radio show Meet Your Navy aired August 21 at 9 00 pm on WLW. He also describes attending church and growing affection for the Navy.
Fragmented excerpt lists maxims about speech restraint and promise keeping. It cautions to speak little and weigh words carefully. The piece hints at kindness and seizing chances to be kind, though the text is incomplete and mid-sentence.
A Massena area Iowa farm report shows a hen laying a V shaped shell, claimed as a war effort symbol. The image and caption highlight patriotic farming and local pride amid wartime community life.
The 1937 gross revenue from transit in the United States, if divided into nickels, would weigh 20,053 tons, enough to sink the ordinary ocean going steamship.
Nutritionists say deep orange yolks do not prove superior quality. Rich color indicates more vitamin A but feeding practices like cod liver oil raise A and D content without guaranteeing darker yolks.
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