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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1946
Page
7
A California weather note reports eight straight days of rain in San Francisco and thick fog in Oakland delaying travel. Dee Lee and wife settle into a new home amid heat regulation troubles while Dee recovers from a bout of flu.
Weather report notes cloudy mild conditions with rain and fog in the area.
A column advises readers on health during cold spells noting furnace heat lowers air moisture and irritates noses and throats. It warns against neglecting health and emphasizes cultivating friendships, paying for luxuries, and appreciating mail as bills arrive.
Control of patent rights mirrors other property laws under antitrust rules. Patent owners are subject to legal oversight that restricts how they manage licensing and enforcement to prevent anti competitive practice.
A cracked dish can be salvaged by boiling in enough sweet milk to cover it for about 45 minutes. The heat and liquid bond the cracks, making them invisible once the dish is cooled and dried.
Des Moines reports 11 hemp mills in Iowa established for wartime needs are up for sale. The facilities at Grinnell Center Toledo Eagle Grove Hampton Mason City Iowa Falls Humboldt Rockford Britt and Alsona are identified as selling. Eagle Grove plant converted to a bran mold facility. others may become alfalfa or corn drying plants.
Old eggplant plantings can attract flea beetles that injure tomato, cabbage, collard, broccoli and cauliflower. Dust young plants with cryolite using a cheesecloth sack or dust gun. Do not mix cryolite with lime dust as it will burn leaves. use undiluted cryolite only.
Lee Garver Dowell of Tacoma Washington son of Mr and Mrs George Dowell died suddenly Christmas night from a cerebral hemorrhage at 58. Funeral services were held Dec 28 at the Pines chapel with his wife daughter and two grandchildren among survivors. Dowell served in World War I and was head of the abstracting department at the Tacoma courthouse.
The annual meeting of policy holders of the Mariners Mutual Insurance Association of Washington Iowa is set for Friday January 11 at 1 30 PM at the association office. Directors for five townships including Brighton Richland Seventy six and Washington will be elected. Charles Kennedy Secretary December 28 January 4 8
Insulation slows heat loss through walls and enables better ventilation with less temperature change and moisture condensation. This leads to fuel savings in properly insulated heated buildings.
Des Moines reports the Iowa farm price index remained at 196 as prices received by farmers stayed flat. A drop in crop prices due to poor new crop quality offset by gains in livestock and production costs, narrowing the ratio of prices received to prices paid from 109 to 108. Key averages include corn 96 cents, soybeans 2.10, hogs 14.10, eggs 44 cents, butterfat 52 cents.
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