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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
8
Council Bluffs Moves Toward Shower Baths in Schools
E. V. Gustafson, a council Bluffs school board member, objects to shower baths for girls in physical education. He argues they are immodest and threaten health. He notes mothers object to daughters sharing shower spaces and cites reports of foot infections needing medical care.
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Council Bluffs
E. V. Gustafson
Council Bluffs School
U S Employment Grows Fourfold 1870 to 1980
The U S workforce rose from 12,164,000 in 1870 to 48,163,000 by 1930, a fourfold increase according to the Bureau of the Census, reflecting a long-term expansion in employment across the nation.
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United States
Bureau of the Census
Lumber Output America Reached 24.5 Billion Feet in 1937
The Commerce Department notes America produced about 24.5 billion feet of lumber in 1937. If laid in a single piece of standard thickness it would wrap 188 times around the world.
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America
Department of Commerce
Chinese rely on him for war effort says reports
Reports from the far east credit W. H. Donald, an unassuming former Australian newspaperman, as an unofficial adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, aiding China’s resistance against Japan.
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Far East
China
W. H. Donald
Chiang Kai-Shek
Must Reinstate Brophy Council Gets Rebuke
The civil service commission reinstated Jack Brophy as police inspector and issued a sharp rebuke to the city council. Brophy had been suspended as chief of detectives on November 27 after the 33 hour detention of three men from Garden Grove without charges. The panel could not force a specific assignment.
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Civil Service Commission
Jack Brophy
Brophy
Garden Grove
2 532 License Plates for Cars Issued in the County
Authorities report 2 532 license plates issued this year up to now, 428 more than the same date last year. Fifteen new licenses were issued at the county treasurer office in the past week and list owners and vehicle makes including Chevrolet Ford Pontiac Dodge and Chrysler.
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Rifteen
RK. EE
Sehally
Washington
Chevrolet Town
Charles Kennedy
Grant McKune
Pontiac
R. L. Quinn
Ainsworth
H. J. Kempf
Wellman
Wehrle Motor Co
August Diekman
West Chester
John Dittmer
H. L. Brinton
Brighton
Hudson
Grace Stone
KD. G. Yoder
Dodge
Adolph Kupka
Conrad Batterson
Rubio Motor Co
Rubio
George Gerot
Riverside
Retirement plans shift for rural resident near Riverside
Joseph Walker, long-time farmer south of River Junction east of the Iowa river, will retire and move to Riverside around February first. He bought the Anna Korpus estate from heirs. Minnie Holdernese has been living in the Riverside residence. Evangeline Shradel of Iowa City visited this week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shradel.
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Riverside
Joseph Walker
River Junction
Lowa River
Anna Korpus
Minnie Holdernese
Evangeline Shradel
Iowa City
J. W. Shradel
Lafayette grave in Paris marked by US flag and British soil
American soil from Bunker Hill covered General Lafayette's coffin while the United States flag surmounted his grave in Picpus cemetery Paris.
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Bunker Hill
General Lafayette
United States
Picpus
Paris
Amos Stout Elected County President of Farm Bureau
Mrs Sayre urged American farmers to study Scandinavian models for democracy and organization, contrasting England and Italy with Scandinavia. She cited education and strong farmer organizations as keys to balanced economies, urging dues payment as responsibility and action toward democratic farming.
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Sayre
Washington County
Parimners
England
Italy
Scandinavian Countries
Farm Bureau
J W. Chandler
Mendelssohn
Resolutions Adopted by the Farm Bureau Delegation
The report notes Chandler urging attendance at the next week state Federation meeting in Des Moines and announces election results before adjournment. Resolutions praise Secretary Henry Wallace, promote cooperative marketing, lard use over substitutes, stronger seed and weed laws, and enhanced funding for extension offices. Officers and directors to be thanked. signed by Amos Stout R KE Brown Ira Miksch.
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Resolutions Committee
Chandler
State Federation
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Henry Wallace
Washington County
Iowa State College
State Department of Agriculture
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
National Livestock and Meat Board
Iowa
Knupp
Home Project
Ed Holle
Amos Stout
R. KE. Brown
Ira Miksch
Tiny Radium Reserve Sparks Global Interest
Since 1898 the Curie discovery led to a mined and refined radium stock valued at about 15 million dollars. An estimated 225 grams remain in the country, roughly one third of the world’s supply, with less than 1 percent of pounds in circulation.
Excelsior Springs Mineral Water Treatments Ad
Nervous breakdown relief promised by Excelsior Springs Mineral Water Treatments. The Medical Bureau at Hall of Waters, Excelsior Springs MO, Box 1010, urges readers to write for full information as thousands visit for this and similar ailments.
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Excelsior Springs
Medical Bureau
Hall OF Waters
Excelsior Springs MO
Scarlet Fever Scare Over Ends Dormitory Quarantine
Forty girls at Clinton Place dormitory on the University of Iowa campus returned to normal college routine after University hospital doctors released them from a three day modified quarantine following a scarlet fever scare. Most letters show Irish postmarks with a few from Cuba.
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Iowa City
Clinton Place
University of Iowa
University Hospital
Hold Letters Allegedly Containing Lottery Tickets
Waterloo postmaster John H. Fitzgerald says forty letters believed to contain lottery tickets were impounded by the local post office over the past three days. All addressees have been notified and may open the letters under the postmaster's supervision.
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Waterloo
John H. Fitzgerald
Growth in US Manufacturing and Mechanical Jobs 1870 to 1930
The number of workers in manufacturing and mechanic industries rose from 2,674,000 in 1870 to 13,790,000 in 1930, making it the leading occupation by far. Agriculture was second with about 10,242,000.
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United States
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