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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1945

Page

7

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Doctors Find Way To Prevent Palsy

In St Louis a new brain operation for shaking palsy Parkinsons disease reportedly cured 78 percent of 200 cases. Surgeon Roland M Klemme removed a premotor brain fold to rebalance nerve energy between the premotor area and basal ganglia, stopping the tremor without apparent harm.

ST. Louis Roland M. Klemme Klemme

V Bomb Kills Daphne Newtons Parents On Way To School

London report details a V bomb strike that killed Daphne Newtons parents as the 13 year old girl started to her friend on the way to school. The blast left her home rubble and damaged the local church while many children were injured nearby.

London England Daphne Newton Daphne

Livestock Market Trends Report With Steady to Mixed Felicitations

Hog and cattle prices show firm tones with 5 000 hogs 5 000 cattle and 1 000 sheep noted. Barrows and gilts 140 pounds and up at 14 75 with complete clearance for sows at 14 00. Cattle and calves show 12 000 and 700 head with steady top steers at 18 00 from 1 167 pounds and 17 75 at 1 059 pounds. Wealers around 16 00. sheep 1 000 head mostly steady with spring lambs 16 25 to 16 35 and replacements 8 50 for Eyes marked cattle and sheep market signals.

Chicago Cash Grain Oats Prices Report

Chicago cash grain notes show oats trading in mixed lots with a 7044 figure and heavy categories listed at 70 percent for mixed heavy and white heavy, while red special 70-702 appears in the report as a quoted range.

Chicago Produce Reports Mixed Egg and Poultry Receipts

Market summary shows egg receipts at 12 076 cases with firm market and varying firsts prices from 33.5 to 39.2 and current receipts at 33.5. Dirties listed at 22.0 and checks at 32.6. Poultry receipts total 1 car and 14 trucks with a firm market and no change.

Community livestock sales and sow auction at Whittaker and Midway

Journal notice lists weekly sales at Whittaker sale barn every Friday and Midway Sales Company in Columbus Junction Iowa every Wednesday. The August 11 sale features a spotted Poland China bred sow offered by Karl Kellough and Sons of Winfield Iowa.

Whittaker Midway Sales Company Columbus Junction Iowa Karl Kelloey & Sons Winfield

Aircraft Worker Hastens to Hospital for Twin Births

Ceil Langston, an aircraft worker, phoned his wife’s physician as the twins arrived. He frantically reported a baby in the back seat and, after another call, two babies were born. Both mother and twins were later reported well at the hospital.

Los Angeles Ceil Langston Langston

Best Safety Record Made By Nation's Coal Mines

Secretary Harold L. Ickes reported to Congress that 1944 saw the nation’s coal mines achieve their best safety record despite wartime shortages. A total of 1,306 miners died, yielding a fatality rate of 1.91 per 1,000,000 tons produced, down from 2.26 in 1943.

Washington Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes Congress

Skunk Convoy Closes Albany Schenectady Road

A reported convoy of at least 300 skunks blocked the four lane Albany to Schenectady road, forcing motorists to roll up windows. Police believed brush fires drove the animals from their lairs as the unusual traffic jam unfolded.

Albany Albany-Schenectady

Chicago Grain Table and Sardine Notes

Chicago Grain Table shows July shortages and September December May bids for WHEAT CORN OATS and RYE with varied percentages. The article also notes the origin of sardines from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia with traditional methods of preparation and tips to avoid juice loss when cooking meat poultry and fish.

Mediterranean Sardinia

Better Meals Through Year-Round Home Preservation

Home preservation of fruits and vegetables enables year round meals. Preserving seasonal produce preserves nutrients and flavor for future use.

Washing Glassware With Blue Laundry Additive Sparkles

A simple cleaning tip suggests adding a small amount of laundry blue to washing water to make glassware sparkle and look clearer. This quick trick highlights how tinting water can enhance shine on clear stems and goblets.

Verse prints for Pris cilla Dickinson in Journal

Family of Pris cilla Dickinson ask the Journal to publish a James Whitcomb Riley verse in tribute after Dickinson died in an automobile accident on Sunday. The poem frames the deceased as merely away, not dead, reflecting the community’s mourning and remembrance.

Priscilla Dickinson The Journal James Whitcomb Riley

Population Mix in Syria Before World War II Census

Prewar Syria hosted about 1,696,600 people including Arabs Turks Kurds Circassians Armenians Greeks Persians and Jews with Druze minorities. Damascus the capital held 193 912 residents and Aleppo 177 313. Homs and Hama followed with 52 792 and 39 360 respectively.

Syria Damas Damascus Alep Aleppo Homs Hama

Carpet Sweepers Boost Daily Cleaning Efficiency

The article highlights modern carpet sweepers with self adjusting brushes for various carpet thicknesses. Wide rubber bumpers protect furniture and a removable dust pan eases emptying. It notes sweepers save electricity by reducing vacuum use during wartime.

Ainsworth Consolidated School District Meets on Expenditure Hearing

Notice of a board meeting in Washington County Iowa to hear taxpayers on the 1945 46 expenditure estimate. A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available. District Secretary S Fred Orris reports balances and tax rate details for the General and School House funds.

Ainsworth Consolidated Schood District Washington County Iowa Ainsworth

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