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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1946

Page

8

Rocking Chair Brigade Recalls Washington Improvement League

In a Fortnightly Club meeting Mrs. Richard McCleery highlighted local recreations and the Washington Improvement League legacy. The piece notes 1256 clubs, the League’s two delegates per group, past presidents, and ongoing community projects.

Richard McCleery Washington Improvement League G. W. Hay Fred Reid League

Infant Travel Provisions On Clippers Flight

Infants under two travel free on some airlines and may bring a bassinet and infant essentials such as bottles and talcum powder. Flight staff receive infant care training and the Clippers stock evaporated milk, strained vegetables and fruits, with diapers and safety pins kept on board for emergencies.

New Safety Glass For Navy Ships

A plastic glass panel called glass melamine micarta is now used on U S fighting craft for electrical control boards. It reduces danger to equipment and crew by being more shock resistant and far more fire resistant, as it releases nitrogen when heated to smother flames.

U. S

Grasshopper Courtship Through Song and Ears

Male grasshoppers use chirping to attract females who locate callers by abdominal ears above the third legs. Deafened females fail to move toward the chirp, and single damaged ears still hamper direction. Males also hold singing contests to win more mates.

Dry Clean Cotton Boosts Gin Quality and Returns

The condition of cotton at delivery and the quality of the gin determine ginned cotton quality. Growers delivering dry, clean cotton free of foreign matter and using well-equipped gins achieve better returns.

Advisers Talk On Diaper Shortages And Infant Care

Obstetricians say mothers need not panic over diaper supply as shortages may be exaggerated. They warn excessive changing can make babies aware of natural functions and affect behavior.

Rabbit Serum Shows Promise Against Typhus

Three physicians report using rabbit serum on 25 patients with louse borne typhus found it favorable when given within the first three days of illness. The serum was prepared from rabbits inoculated with rickettsi, the germ behind epidemic typhus, a disease scourge in war torn regions.

Bowles Warns of Inflation Pressure as Stabilization Plan Backed

Chester Bowles testifies as stabilization head designating inflation as an explosion risk and urging Congress to support Truman's wage price policy. He says the program will work with little impact on food rent or clothing unless inflation bulge breaks through.

Chester Bowles Congress Truman International

Wool shorn in 1945 estimated at 322 million pounds

The department of agriculture places 1945 wool shorn at 322,621,000 pounds, 7 percent below 1944, 18 percent under the 1942 record, and the smallest since 1928.

Department of Agriculture

Vitamin A in milk and butter tied to cow diet

The vitamin A activity in milk and butter depends on dietary carotine from green pasture and quality roughage. Proper storage preserves butter content. Corn liquor by products, especially corn steep liquor, serve as efficient media for growing penicillin mold and remain available for other uses despite penicillin needs.

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