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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1943
Page
3
A collage of light and sharp wit on home front life and public morals. The writer jokes about dental work, neighborly relations, and wartime disruptions while critiquing government control and media licensing. It ends with a humorous obit and a quip on a deceased citizen nicknamed Old Ten Per Cent.
Family updates from Lexington include May Bishop and Kenneth moving to a new Iowa City home while both deal with summer flu. Obituaries report Lt. Norbert Fladung’s death after an appendectomy at Camp Howze Texas. Farms bustle with straw baling corn shelling and pig crops as fall approaches. Gardner reunion canceled due to gas and tire shortages.
Riverside news notes Glenn M. Meeks, now at Camp Contair San Diego, a corporal and bomber school graduate. Visitors include Mrs Nettie C Hahn Cedar Rapids and Mrs Helen Critz family. Corporal Louis Dautremont from Camp McCoy visits his family in town. Also mentions Meeks Barnes City and Davenport relatives, Gayteller sisters Iowa City visit, and Miss Mary Pogge visiting after hospital birth news.
Interest in horse racing rises in Bombay as a recent sale totals 54 blooded two year olds drawing 180000 dollars. The top bid reaches 13500 dollars for a bay colt.
A former baby carriage factory pivots to producing pilot seats for airplanes, signaling a shift in manufacturing focus toward aviation components and signaling potential local job impact and industry adaptation.
Lignin Plastic Research unveils a new plastic derived from farm waste that can substitute metal in various applications including some military supplies, signaling a potential shift in materials use and sustainability.
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