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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1947
Page
4
Wayland notes a busy Independence Day with races won by Donnie Davison Jackie Roach and Marianne Taylor. The community welcomed visitors from Illinois California and Colorado and hosted the Wyse picnic and a Park gathering. Local residents report hospitalities, homecomings and church group activities across the region.
Two large corporations produce eighty percent by value of all the large electric lamps sold in the United States, concentrating market power and potentially influencing pricing and supply.
Mrs. Phyllis Neal spent Saturday with her mother Mrs. Clara McClintie. Mr. and Mrs. Roman Borkoski were Washington callers Saturday. Farmers are busy putting up hay and cultivating corn between the showers.
In Merrimac on July 9 Mrs. Clara Amrine reports visits by John Baldosier family and Dave Baldosier relatives. Mrs Will Bekel hosted the Lutheran Ladies Aid in Germanville church parlor. Benny Spray was seriously ill but improving, Geraldine Speake has mumps, and Earl Smith Minnie Crile Frank Smith and daughters attended the 60th wedding anniversary of Charles and Nicola in Washington.
Eugene Holman president of Standard Oil of New Jersey told the House Commerce Committee that national gasoline and oil needs this winter should be met, with shortages likely only local and temporary in the Midwest due to transport problems. He warned only severe winter conditions or major national disruptions could prevent meeting fuel oil requirements.
Father Edward Flanagan reports General MacArthur believes democracy in Japan hinges on Christianization, envisioning a decade to convert most of the population. He cites Japan as 98 percent Pagan and urges a nationwide study of homeless youth in Japan and Korea along with child protection and anti exploitation measures.
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