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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1950
Page
5
Mrs. Richard Fisher urges readers to send personal Christmas letters in 1950 and plan early, urging writing letters by Nov 1 with a Dec 15 mailing target. The column notes community updates from West Chester and local social tales including travels, visitors, and family news.
Opening Thursday at the Fox Theatre Republic presents an action tale set in Texas with a Texan and Union cavalry officer joining to thwart robbers trampling the state. Monte Halo stars as scout Lt. Ross Kincaid who is framed as a betrayer when a pay master's wagon train is robbed.
At the Chris Mann closing out sale one mile west of Brighton on Monday January 2 a large crowd gathered as items sold well. Prices included a 1944 Farmall H tractor and cultivator 1290 dollars a Little Genius plow 217.50 a seven foot tandem disc 200 dollars a combine 1350 dollars corn 1.26 a bushel pullets 1.75 each and sons 80 dollars Auctioneers were Don Burger and J W Hendrickson.
Actress Joan Bennett was stranded in Balboa Bay when a cable attached to her motorboat during filming for The Reckless Moment parted and sent the craft out to sea. She was rescued by harbor patrols and the scene was reshot with a stronger cable.
Police say an unnamed pregnant, unmarried girl claimed she delivered a two-day-old baby boy unattended on a Des Moines sidewalk on January 1. She did not disclose her name and stated she left the infant nearby.
Friday and Sunday witnesses placed the child on a sidewalk at the rear of an apartment house. The girl, panicked by news of her visiting parents, was found wrapped in a Turkish towel. The child is at Broadlawns hospital while a young woman is held in the city jail. The alarming incident was discovered around 1:30 Sunday.
A fragment notes a noon event at the rear of an apartment house near where a young woman was present. Further details are unreadable.
Leghorn flock guidance suggests 60 to 75 percent pullets to maximize profitability. High quality pullets tend to be more productive as layers than older yearling or two-year-old hens.
Clean and repair garden tools then store them to prevent rust. Rub oil on metal parts to stop corrosion and protect tools through winter.
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