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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1944
Page
8
A detailed diary style note describes Mrs Bickford hosting a Tuesday sale with gas store appliances Frigidaire Hoover sweeper and sewing machine attracting buyers. The event features house clean and polished rooms, later visits, and remarks on items like Haviland china and antique map.
Countess Carlo Sforza, longtime exile companion of the anti regime husband, is pictured in New York. She plans to return to Italy soon to join Count Sforza, now a member of the new Italian government.
The initial stage in rationing dairy feed focuses on measuring milk output from each cow in the herd. This practice identifies top producers and guides feeding adjustments to optimize overall output and efficiency.
Merrimac notices a homecoming at Sharps Corner school on Sunday September 10 pending weather. Birth announcements include a daughter Roberta Kay born August 21 at Washington hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kientz. Community visits and teacher meetings are noted among local families and residents in the area.
Ursolic acid occurs in many plants and fruits but rarely in usable amounts. The mistetoe and cherry pear and apple skins contain it. Cranberry shows the highest percentage of the acid among known sources.
About 1,250,000 people worked in privately operated shipyards and repair yards last year. Another large group joined the allied marine field, with navy yards employing at least 250,000 more. Total industry employment approached 2.75 million.
State and local outstanding indebtedness declines from a peak of 16.8 billion in 1932 to 15.7 billion, signaling reduced public debt burden and potential fiscal improvement for jurisdictions nationwide.
Delay between picking apples and storage increases storage troubles such as bitter pit and scald on susceptible varieties.
The Harvard University site notes that the first American printing press was brought to what is now the United States in 1640, marking an early milestone in colonial printing and scholarship.
New books arrive at Talbot library including biographies, history, travel, fiction and poetry. Notable titles include A Treasury of American Folklore, The Gobi Desert, The Making of Modern China, They Played the Game, The Joy of Cooking, Morning in Town, and War Below Zero. Collections feature works by Sprackling, Lozano, Lattimore, Cable, Birkenhead, Landen, and more.
In August 1908 Wilbur Wright first flew at Le Mans France to astonish European scientists. In September at Le Mans he set a world record with 60 miles in 1 hour 31 minutes. In December he won the Michelin trophy with a flight lasting 2 hours 20 minutes 234 seconds.
In Crawfordsville on Aug 28 the Red Cross work room shut temporarily due to material depletion. Seventeen members produced 1201 bandages that afternoon, bringing total since opening to 48,936. Several workers logged 100 and 200 hours, with names listed, while others attended local events and visited relatives.
In a single cutting with muriate of potash at 400 pounds per acre yields rose by over a ton of hay per acre. The experiment occurred where potash was scarce and no other major limiting factors were present.
Cranberry byproducts dubbed the cranberry waste yield ursolic acid a tasteless colorless resinous material. When mixed with cranberry seed oil this acid already serves as an emulsifier in lipsticks cold creams toilet waters and may act as a non drying binder for pigment in carbon paper.
Walnut shells do not deteriorate due to weathering and can lie underground for years without decay.
Chameleons seven inches long can strike at prey up to twelve inches away using rapid tongue projection. Scientists note speed and accuracy enable precise insect capture in their tropical habitats.
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