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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1939
Page
6
The Boeing 74 passenger transocean Clipper will offer a luxury interior described as a Park Avenue suite on wings. It features 18 rooms with eleven on the lower deck for passengers, an expansive main lounge dining saloon, and upholstered berths converting to sleeping bunks nightly.
The article describes cabin layout including women's and men's dressing rooms, bridal suite, and a deluxe compartment. It notes the galley with ice refrigerator, steam table, and cocktail setup, an annunciator panel, and two furnaces using exhaust heat for the plane’s heating. Six transocean aircraft are to be built for Pan American Airways.
George W. McLanthren, 88, of North Easton Massachusetts, still uses a horse and buggy for daily trips to Brockton though recently reduces to every other day. His horse Hollywood Blackstone once trotted a mile in 2 10, and over thirty years he estimates 150000 miles driven. He plans to add 16000 more before hitching to a star, and resists modern transit preferring his horse.
Thirteen new cars and trucks were licensed in Washington county in the past week as part of a strong ongoing registration. The county has issued 2,165 license plates for 1939, up from 1,995 at the same point last year, with trucks holding 1929 licenses totaling 262 versus 244 a year ago. Names of new car owners and their models include J R Caputo Washington Chevrolet town sedan 8 C Ware Kalona Ford deluxe tudor William Stricker Wellman Smart Parrish Implement Co Washington International pickup N G Benson Washington Chevrolet deluxe town sedan Myra Turkington Crawfordsville Chevrolet 4 passenger coupe Ss C Peterson Katona Stude baker cruising sedan Teets Bros Katona Chevrolet business coupe J A Huber West Chester Plymouth 4 door touring sedan Mrs BE Foster Wellman Donald Riley Riverside Ford under Frank Soukup Washington Dodge 4 door sedan Miller Garage West Chester Plymouth 2 door touring sedan.
In Shiloh on January 12, families visited L F Sigafoose for his ninety fifth birthday and a surprise day united siblings and relatives. Locals shared meals, sawed wood, and joined Mrs. Ruth Amrine and others in birthday wishes and social visits around town.
A projected 880 mile axis road linking Rome to Berlin aims to bind Italo German fascist regimes with rapid transit across Europe. The Italian section covers 425 miles from Rome to Bologna with tunnels and Brenner Pass routing, while construction totals over a billion lire for a 40 foot wide road with unpaved margins.
Mrs. Stella Shuman returns from an extended California visit to see son and family. Don Applegate, after hospital surgery, is at home and improving as expected. Will Jefferies assists with work. Several local families shared weekend visits in Brinton and Fort Worth plan trips and farming moves announced for the coming year.
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