Bulk Plant Oil Men Put in Long Irregular Hours
Phillips 66 bulk plant manager William P. Barth in Washington speaks on grueling hours and constant readiness. He oversees a network servicing Washington county and parts of Louisa and Henry counties, with two tank trucks and routes to multiple stations and farmers, reflecting steady annual growth since 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Barth
Phillips 66
Washington
Journal
Columbus Junction
Barth
Iowa City
Phillips Company
Washington City
Frank Barth
Columbus’ Junction
Gladwin
Young Peoples Conference Attendees Traveled From Crawfordsville
Doreen Lease traveled to Fairfield on Wednesday for the Presbyterian church Young Peoples Conference. Mrs. Stone, sister of Rev. N. F. Chapman, departed Thursday for Gibbon Nebraska to visit a sister after a several week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Manners
Crawfordsville
Doreen Lease
Fairfield
The
Presbyterian Church
Stone
N. F. Chapman
Gibbon
Nebraska
Webster's Dictionary Confirms Envelope Pronunciation Variants
Webster's dictionary lists both en ve lope with the accent on the first syllable and en ve lope with the accent on the first syllable as correct pronunciations. The entry notes no change in meaning, only stress placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster's Dictionary
Letter From Le Havre Reveals Postwar Sailors Life
A 1928 correspondence from Le Havre describes a sailor aboard the U S S Texas writing to his mother in Rabio Town. He details voyage time, Normandy arrival, plans to visit Paris, and forthcoming Copenhagen stop, noting long daylight hours and time zone differences. He also mentions sharing leave with peers and missing a chance to visit Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lambert
Rabio Town
Bill Snider
U. S. S- Texas
le Havre
France
Florence
Annapolis
Paris
Copenhagen
Coopenhagen
Remarque Portrait and Career Behind Three Comrades
The State Theatre shows Three Comrades starring Robert Taylor and Margaret Sullavan. Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, lives quietly on Lake Maggiore in Switzerland. He is thirty eight, divorced, with no children and hides from fame as a dog breeder. He has served in WWI and worked as teacher printer’s assistant tramp farmhand publicist pianist and reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Margaret Sullavan
Franchot Tone
Robert Yount
Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
Remarque
Germany
Lake Marggiore
Switzerland
Berlin
Traveling reflections and Fourth of July notices
A letter from Art describes friendly talks with locals and peculiar customs such as not drinking water, and frequent wine or champagne with meals in France. The piece notes visits by Florence and by Ray Bowman, Ruth Morrow, and family gatherings around the Fourth with L. B. Luithly, Dale Leppert, and Karl Gilles assisting with hay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New York City
Florence
Art
Morrow Ray Bowman
Mason City
Ruth Morrow
Ray Nordyke
Familly
Basin, Woo
Ralph
Harmony Note Warm Visit List and Weekend Away
Harmony notes a sequence of social visits including Mrs Del la Miller with Mrs Chas Schiebel, Glen Anderson and family at Ralph Kelsey’s, and Dale Atkinson’s group at Bill Chmelar’s. Vera Singleton helped with house work and Mrs Nick Schmidt traveled to Lake City with the Mayers to visit friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony
Della Miller
Chas. Schiebel
Glen Anderson
Clarence Fletcher
Ralph Kelsey
Dale Atkinson
Bill Chmelar
Vera Singleton
Nick Schmidt
Frank Mayer
Lake City
License Ten New Cars and Trucks In Washington County
Fight new cars and two new trucks were licensed in Washington county in the past week, it was reported today at the automobile registration department. The year’s total cars licensed reached 5,192, versus 5,226 last year. Trucks licensed this year total 686, up from 656 a year ago. Names and vehicles include Charles Durian Jr Wellman Pontiac 4 door touring sedan Harry McCall Washington Nash Lafayetter 4 door sedan Dr J L Fry Kalona Chevrolet sedan Dr Walter Gingerich Kalona Chevrolet sedan Celia Lukavsky Ainsworth Ford 2 door sedan J H Thompson Keota Chevrolet town sedan George Crawford Keota Chevrolet town sedan V J Spevacek Katona Dodge 4 door touring Smart Parrish Implement Co Washington International pickup Iowa Continental Telephony Co Washington Ford pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Durian, Jr
Wellman
Pontiac
Harry McCall
INDEX TO AUTO SERVICE
Directory of service stations tank wagon operators garages car and radio service auto body and insurance listings with names such as Shell Cities Service Phillips Sinclair Dixie Gas Studebaker Ford Chevrolet Oldsmobile Hudson Terraplane Packard and Packard related partners. Includes Putman Hesseltine Willits Mace Tucker Eicher and Crull among others.
Windstorm Leaves Riverside Fields Flattened and Power Off
A July Riverside wind and electrical storm felled trees and flattened corn and oats. A ten inch diameter tree toppled at the Edward Muller residence while lightning damaged the Iowa Electrical transformer cutting service until evening. Homes and streets were littered with debris as storms moved through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Edward Muller
Iowa Electrical Company
Mural Definition and Notes on Early Wall Decor
The article defines murals as any wall decoration including painting tapestry fresco and wallpaper. It notes early wallpaper mimicked mural painting and calls mural art tedious. It mentions Leonardo da Vinci spent two years on the Last Supper in Milan and did not finish it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonardo da Vinci
Milan
Second Growth Hickory Definition
Second growth hickory refers to hickory that regenerates from seed or sprout after the original forest has been cleared or removed. It describes new growth arising in the disturbed area rather than remaining old-growth timber.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sinclairize
Crandall
Sinclair
N. Marion
Washington Oil Co
Art Snider
United States Navy
Putman's
Standard Station
W. R. Longer
Farm Bureau Service CO
North Marion
South Iown
Guy Knauss
Shell
Bontrager & Erwin
Cities Service
Lee Sueppel
Phillips
Economy Oil Co
Tydor
Brown's Super Service
Bill Putman
Standard
Warren Donaldson
Farm Bureau Oil Co
Dixie Gas
Dale Crandall
William Barth
W. F. Messer
Bud's Garage
Cox Motor Co
Studebaker
Car & Radio Service
Harold Mangold Auto Body
Stewart & Crone
C. V. Crull
Britt
Milwaukee
Wis
Arnold Shhrader
Cutler-Hammer Company
Dorothy Schneider
Cedar Falls
Cornelius Schneider
Elmer Meeks
Des Moines
J. L. Meeks
G. Hundt
Russell Denison
Ida Owens
FE. F. Wheelan
Eddie
Billie
Iowa
Edward Rbushek
George Wheelan
Newton Whetstine
Whetstine
Fredenburge
Tri-Cities
J. W. Shradel
Shell Products
Sales & Servich
Acme
Goodyear
Brown’s Super Service
Opposite State Theatre
Tucker & Eicher
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