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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1944

Page

6

News of Our Men and Women in Uniform

Soldiers and relatives from Washington area receive updates on combat service in France Italy and the Pacific. S/Sgt Charles Whetstine earns infantry medal and Purple Heart. many others report new addresses promotions wounds and missing in action status. families relay letters and travel plans as the war continues.

Charles Whetstine Wellman France Whetstine Fie Kalona High School Harold Clifford Texas Austin Italy North Africa

Falls Off Porch to Break Collar Bone

Two year old Chrissie Reschly broke a collar bone and dislocated a shoulder after falling from a porch while playing at home in Wayland. Relatives and neighbors traveled and visited, with several local residents noted for travel, visits, and hospital stays.

Chrissie Reschly Ezra Wittmer Wayland Clyde Troutman Joan Jimmie Ottumwa Mary Jarrard Jarrard Roth Melvin G. Roth Wayland State Bank New York City Joann Rae Schantz Gary Ind C. K. Schantz J. R. McKirahan Clinton

Fat salvage goal tied to 1944 production targets

The 1944 fat salvage objective of 230 million pounds equates to oil from 1,082,353 acres of peanuts or soybeans grown on 1,503,267 acres. It also parallels lard from 7 million hogs or tallow from 3 million cattle slaughtered.

Eleven Die in Gasoline Tank Explosion at Shawneetown

In Shawneetown Illinois on August 12 UP reports 11 people killed including seven children when a gasoline storage tank exploded last night at the Wabash Valley Co farm cooperative storage plant. The blast ripped through the home of Joseph Ryder, a night watchman for the facility.

Shawneetown Ill W. C. Moye Old Shawneetown Joseph Ryder Wabash Valley Co. Farm Cooperative

Ghost of Guam Survives War on Guam Island

The only American to spend most of the Pacific war on Guam, George Ray Tweed, 42, lived in hiding after the Dec 8 attack and escaped a returning American vessel a month ago after Saipan invasion. He is in the United States with his wife and two sons, Richard Eugene, 9, and Robert Bernad, 3, who was born on Guam, staying with Mrs. Twin's mother in Santa Paula California.

Guam George Ray Tweed Naval Radio Statin Saipan Islet Ricard Eugene Robert Benard Guan

Color Inheritance and Ancestral Color Appreciation

Experts say color appreciation may link to austere ancestors irritated by constraints. The piece theorizes that people who favor colors and tees might share ancestry with similarly color-appreciative lineages.

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