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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1943
Page
8
A column notes Supt. W A Erbe laments teacher shortages, two families visit soldier friends in Tampa, Sylvia Warren plans to teach in Michigan, Mildred Metcalf departs for Tulsa to teach P E, and the M I I porch is finished with a color tale. Alma Brindley improves in Illinois and can enjoy the yard in her wheelchair each morning.
Havre residents share meals and visits across households including Westens Zieglowsky Koehler and Darbyshire families. Lins Mason Pratt and Weston attend funerals and family gatherings while relatives travel to Fairfield Rock Island and Washington.
Irvin Curl and family plus Mrs. Marvin Bull and Mrs. W A Curl visited Lloyd Bull's country home for dinner as the Curls plan a move to Texas. Cassius Crosestt entered University Hospital for treatment of a long standing infected foot. Mrs Cecil Oldaker of Oakland California visits Wellman with her relatives, including Faye Rowe.
Alfredo Michelson, former Colombian minister to Japan at Pearl Harbor time, travels from Bogota to New York on a layover en route to Moscow to become Colombia’s first minister to Soviet Russia.
A reader finds delight in the garden and expresses pleasure in its serene beauty, noting the abundance of blooms and the personal happiness it brings in daily life.
Washington is puzzled by the sudden exit of Undersecretary Sumner Welles after the Soviet ambassador Maxim Litvinov was withdrawn. Acting secretary of state in Hull's absence, Welles left as urgent matters were cited, with no official reason given.
The family spent Saturday night and Sunday with their son Virgil and his relatives at their home in Mt. Pleasant, sharing time and hospitality.
The article recalls the death of a Wellman native in an automobile accident about two years past. It notes Mrs. Aldin Miller visiting her parents at West Liberty for a week and attending the fair. It mentions Wellman folks at the Three Quarter Century club picnic in Washington sponsored by the Washington Journal.
Mrs Vera Stepe is identified as Arthur's daughter in a Kansas City Missouri context. The note confirms family relation and location without additional details.
Parallel to Greece the Mayan civilization in Mexico and Central America began about 500 B C. The note outlines early origins and regional development of Maya culture in ancient Mesoamerica.
French scientists estimate there are about 2,796 languages in the world. The figure reflects a broad linguistic survey and highlights ongoing diversity across regions.
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