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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
11
The Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company is seized by the government after a strike since August 6. The plant, employing about 18,000 workers, halted output on defense orders. The union demands discharge of any worker who fails to pay dues, a rule seen as restricting workers’ choice and affecting agricultural hiring if applied broadly.
The Waldorf Astoria in New York City rises 47 stories to be the tallest hotel in the United States. The Stevens in Chicago claims the largest capacity with about 3,000 rooms.
Report notes prisoners in Japan are kept without bedding and must sleep on the bare floor. The description highlights harsh conditions and limited comfort for inmates.
Oranges and lemon trees are planted along Baldhead North Carolina in the area described as a unique tropical belt. The project highlights new fruit trees adapted to the coastal environment.
A nutritionist reports that platinum fox furs can be produced artificially by feeding silver foxes rations deficient in a vitamin factor that prevents graying hair.
Termite damage in the period causes an estimated annual financial loss ranging from 37 million to 45 million dollars.
The Better Vision institute reports a rainbow may show 160 hues when sunlight passes through a prism, highlighting the spectrum's wide color range and the science behind color.
Jim Stewart of Farmer's Implement Store hit a remarkable second shot on nine at the Washington course. The ball ricocheted off a rock and soared into the air before landing in the group, producing a new altitude record for the course.
A curio of quips and snippets features jokes about plasterers makeup artists and fateful forecasts for 1940 Hitler prophecies and a Spanish bullet tale. A dealer reels off a salesman joke about watered stock while a buyer jokes about future investments with four legs.
A court in New York examined an Italian applicant for citizenship who answered the question How near is the moon to the earth with Not near enough to bother me in my work if I wet this job. The exchange shows the light tone amid standard civics testing.
The United States imported about 107000 bushels of apples from Canada and exported about 125000 bushels of apples to Canada in the same period.
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