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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1947
Page
8
Sunday services and activities listed for Grace Hill New Haven and West Chester federated churches. Sunday school at 9 45 a m Grace Wilt. morning worship at Grace Hill 11 00. New Haven 11 90 00. evening worship various times. Bible study and prayer midweek. John McDowell superintendent Hiram Phillips pastor.
The new Dr. Hess Anturat kills rats and is claimed more effective than rivals. Suitable for farm use, a 65 cent package covers about 200 rats.
Floyd A. Smith pastor and R. W. Hyde superintendents urge a missionary offering for world relief and evangelism. They call residents of Graces Hill and New Arthur Gorsh S. 8 to give as the world remains hungry for the gospel of Christ.
The article notes Illinois Senator Scott W. Lucas prevailing in a party preference poll for the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1948. The rest lists community group meetings and cooperative meals with gift exchanges and potluck details, including American Home departments, circles, and club events.
A list shows county based corn prices with values per bushel ranging from $1.22 in Keokuk to $1.34 in Des Moines. Counties include Lee $1.04, Jefferson $1.33, Washington $1.32, Mahaska $1.31, Linn $1.32, Scott $1.33, Johnson $1.32, Cedar $1.33, and Poweshiek $1.30.
World War II projects in the United States adapted German oxygen methods to create low cost plants. The resulting gas, though not laboratory pure, serves industrial needs. Prewar prices reached about $70 per ton, while current production runs from $6 to $10 per ton.
Today celebrates multiple birthdays including Dannie Loren Smith, Ruth Smith, Janice Campbell, and others. Mr. and Mrs. Jed Burger observe a wedding anniversary. tomorrow brings 54th and 38th anniversaries for couples. birth dates for Phyllis Stransky and Mary Lemley noted along with several other named individuals in Ainsworth Pilotburg Indianapolis areas.
Des Moines reports a 1947 corn loan purchase rate of 1.28 to 1.34 dollars per bushel, 22 cents above last year, based on 90 percent of the Oct 1 parity. Parity was 1.52 dollars nationally. Purchases will be offered Dec 1, 1947 to June 30, 1948 with delivery to CCC at applicable loan prices.
Local notice lists Patty Knepp and Pat Swift of West Chester, indicating a community matter or event involving these residents. The readable fragment provides names and place but lacks further context or actions.
The column notes gifts of Christmas spirit for leaders and neighbors. It mentions Mr. Schiebel firing his neighbor Mrs. Frank Bell and her furnace, Mrs. Bell's illness in Des Moines, new owners Dale Booth and Paul Horak at the east side shoe store, and a successful Community drive thanking workers. It comments on wartime shortages and price controls decades after the war, questioning why high wartime production cannot resume.
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