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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1947
Page
5
In a collection of opinion notes the writer opines on tax hikes and national solvency, argues for realism over pipe dreams, laments loss of Horatio Alger ideals, defends capitalism, praises property as a reward for labor, and highlights a local hospital’s baby boom while condemning housing rules banning children. The piece closes with a biblical wartime exhortation.
A local column laments a returning official rocker and praises Mrs. Elder Mrs. Anderson and many neighbors. It notes Three Oaks near Wellman a large flower garden cedar Rapids coverage of Carl T Andersons Skelly award and calls for better community bonds and teaching values.
Chester Spangler purchases the Mary Packer property in Crawfordsville and plans to move in after a farm sale. The article also lists the six weeks senior, junior, and other grade students, and notes the high school perfect attendance for the semester.
Foresters estimate the United States will require about 212 billion cubic feet of forest products annually, roughly 5 billion more than wartime usage, signaling a postwar rise in demand for timber and related materials.
Trace amounts of copper salts appear to be naturally formed in the cow’s body and present in freshly produced milk. The finding suggests copper is an intrinsic element of milk and may influence its mineral content.
James Wesely of Ainsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wessley, received the Minute Man medal from the State University of Iowa in Iowa City. He was among 12 elementary ROTC students honored at the postwar military ball in the Iowa Memorial Union for mastery of Good Citizen principles and performance in ROTC exams. Wesely, a liberal arts freshman, also belongs to the university rifle team.
The South China Sea region dominates Manila fiber output with over 96 percent of imports by quantity for 1939 1940 originating in the Philippine Islands, highlighting a regional monopoly in the fiber trade.
The famed 5th and 6th regiments of the United States Marine Corps are permitted to wear the French fourragere green shoulder cords after being cited by French forces for repeated valor in World War I battles.
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