Christmas Dinner at Wallace Home
Christmas dinner was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Mac Wallace in Bethel with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Glen Conrad and other local families. The article also notes church program and a Hazel Dell school party with baskets and bingo along with visits to relatives in Washington and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Gideon
Bethel
Mac Wallace
Glen Conrad
John Walker
Clarence Walker
Grace Hiler
Town City
Clara Wallace
Earl Kolesek
George Brock
Washington
Charley Plecker
Marlin Plecker
George Allen
Doyle Plecker
Charles Wulf
Elaine
C. J. Wolfe
Webster
Mr. Wolfe
Marie Wolfe
Ernest Green
Charley Kolosick
Eliza Gideon
Walter Longer
Elizabeth
Willis
Ernest
Ruth
Mae
Iowa City
Albert Navy
Riverside
Frank Nemec
Bernard Heitzman
Janice
Lone Tree
Charley Horak
Robert Quinn
Roy Quinn
Bob
Loretta Daey
Wilbur Roby
Bill
Ray Niffenegger
M. B. Ehrenfelt
Kalona
Roy Hitler
Rockwell City
Mae Wallace
Elmer Hayes
Billverdock
Gideon
Thompson
George Reed
Edith
Keokuk
Hazel Dell
Willis Longer
Alice Cline
Earl Cline
Mae Davis
Marie
Ed Davis
Carrie Davis
George Dickerson
Highland Dale Battles 1000 Horses in Black Beauty Film
Highland Dale the horse star leads Foxs Black Beauty at the State theatre after a nationwide search. Nearly 1000 horses were considered before trainer Ralph Mc Cutcheon chose the two year old colt for the title role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox
State Theatre
Highland Dale
Black Beauty
Ralph McCutcheon
Mahogany's role in 18th century aircraft production
In the paragraph the material mahogany is noted for its medium weight and unusual strength making it valuable for aircraft production. The discovery is attributed to 18th century cabinetmakers.
Starvation Diet Calorie Thresholds Reported
A health brief states undernourishment begins at 2000 calories daily and malnutrition with disease risk starts at 1600 calories. It notes death from starvation can occur at 800 calories.
U S Plans Major Rubber Purchase From Allies
The United States will buy 145000 long tons of natural rubber from Britain, France and Holland for 2342 cents a pound in the second half of the year. The deal, announced by the state department, may require higher domestic prices or a government subsidy to sustain the program. Britain will stabilize Malayan markets by paying 234 cents a pound for all available rubber, as part of the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Holland
State Department
London
U. S. Rubber Development Corporation
South America
Siam
Philippines
Africa
Optometrists Pledge Eyes to Eye Banks at Pittsburgh Convention
Three hundred optometrists at a convention in Pittsburgh pledged to donate their eyes to eye banks after death. Beta Sigma Kappa members, meeting with the American Optometric Association, offered their eyes to aid diseased persons and accident victims. Dr. H. E. Pine of Chicago urged the move, citing new refrigerating methods enabling large scale participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Beta Sigma Kappa
American Optometric Association
H. E. Pine
Chicago
Pine
Giants in early human lineage linked to Java and China finds
Dr. Franz Weidenreich of the American Museum of Natural History reports fossils suggesting ancient humans could reach up to twice a male gorilla in size. A giant jawbone from Java and a large tooth from China hint at earlier species, with continued fossil searches hoped after the Pacific war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Franz Weidenreich
American Museum of Natural History
Weidenreich
Java
China
Pacific
Deaths Attributed to Starvation in Soviet Prison Camp
Taegliche Rundschau, the Red Army newspaper, claims overwork, systematic starvation, and epidemics caused more than 100,000 deaths at a former German prison camp near Zeithain in Saxony, now in the Russian occupation zone. Prisoners were mostly Russian. The camp hospital housed 50,000 ill prisoners without care, leading to mass graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Red Army
Taegliche Rundschau
Zeithain
Saxony
Grandmother Flies Over Farm in First Plane Ride
A silver monoplane swooped over hay stacks near Glenshaw, and farmer on the barnyard shouted to his helpers that the pilot in the open cockpit was his grandma. Mrs. Anna Hartman, 80, enjoyed her first plane ride with a happy smile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Glenshaw
Grandma
Anna Hartman
Buffalo Bill sought Baltic settlement on western lands
The famed showman Buffalo Bill once proposed forming a Lithuanian settler colony on land he owned out west, reflecting his admiration for Baltic people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Bill
Blondie Drowned in It!
Comedy strip note and dusting tip appear in a lint free panel. The ad style piece mentions a lint free cloth for furniture and cautions against reintroducing dirt. It also notes Cooper Union reports veterans enrolling in electrical engineering and planning careers in electronics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Union School of Engineering
New York City
Army and Navy
Bees Essential to Agricultural Needs
Hundreds of beehives died this season highlighting the need to winter bees carefully. Starvation drives losses, so feeding is essential and sugar allowances may be obtained from local ration boards for the winter months.
Farm Machinery Repair Notes on Beveled Weld Joint
The operator at a farm machinery repair shop can fix a damaged bumper or similar part. The case shows a joint beveled as in the sketch and welded with 4g inch Fleetwood 37 using 120 amperes.
Deadly new poison allegedly created by covert chemical unit
A special projects division of the chemical warfare service reportedly developed a crystalline toxin described as the most potent known. An inch-cube amount could silently and swiftly prove fatal to every person in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Projects Division
The
Chemical Warfare Service
United States
Canada
KNOW YOUR BREED Hampshires by W J Dryden
English origin Hampshire hogs once called Thin Rind bacon stock are now a lard type. They are prolific good sucklers and strong grazers with small narrow heads and jowls and firm flesh. The Hampshire is black with a white belt at the shoulder extending onto the forelegs. Medium in size emphasizing uniform width neatly laid shoulders wide rump deep plump hams and clean bone. Extreme length and narrow width are avoided and coarseness is not favored.
Phenothiazine Emerges As Broad Parasite Control
The chemical Phenothiazine, famed for curing internal parasites in many animals, is reported to excel as an insecticide against the coddling moth. When mixed with arsenate, it produced outstanding control in trials across eastern and southern states, marking a new economic use for the drug.
Black Cat Linked to Devils in Middle Ages Beliefs
Medieval lore cast a black cat as a devil incarnate or omen of misfortune, reflecting superstitions about animals and evil. Monastic writers warned of witchcraft using felines, while popular tales tied black cats to misfortune and the supernatural.
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Wallace
Ernest Gideon
Tani
North Marion
Washington Dairy
Marry
the Journal
Eveready
Norton’s Plumbing & Heating Company
Washington Concrete Company
North 12Th Street
Rock Island
U. S
Optometrists
Blondie
Chic Young
MR Dithers
MAN
Jam
W.L
Little
Stokers
Eddy
Bush
Washington-Riverside
Hampshire
Poland
Shropshire Ewes
Lamb
New Hampshire
Hampshires
By W. J. Dryden
Machinery & Equipment
Minn
John Deere
James Way
Westinghouse
Frank Ko8
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