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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1944

Page

4

Roosevelt poised for fourth term in Democratic spotlight

A Roosevelt fourth-term nomination is treated as inevitable, with the Democrat party relying on his leadership after three New Deal administrations. The piece argues for a global shift from war to humane world attitudes, warning against wasteful government spending and urging material restraint alongside national unity.

Roosevelt Mr. Roosevelt America Duquesne Pennsylvania

By-The-Way column and snippets from a desert camp tale

A humorous By-The-Way column notes the regular columnist away on vacation. Jokes and quips follow about rattle snakes and Navy dates, a desert Army training anecdote, and light reflections on readers and weather. The humor pieces include a running gag about a snake bite and a hat-pass crowd dispersing after a joke.

Gray Joe Falk

Substitutu on R.1 Brighton notes visitors and calls

Wilma Walton of Chicago visits the parental Otto Walton home for a week. Martyn Turnipseed of Cedar Rapids and Doris Turnipseed from South English stay with grandparents Les ie Turnipseed. Richard Brown of Cedar Rapids visits grandparents Joman Borkoski. Konner Borkoski and Earl Neal were Washington callers Tuesday.

Brighton Wilma Walton Chicago Otto Walton Martyn Turnipseed Cedar Rapids Doris

Phenothiazine Report Shows Wide Parasite Control

The Bureau of Animal Industry reports that phenothiazine, a synthetic coal tar product, effectively controls six worm parasites in sheep and goats, four in cattle, two in swine, one in poultry, and numerous roundworms in horses, aiding livestock health.

Bureau of Animal Industry The Agricultural Research Foundation

Local News Briefs From Nira and Nearby

Lament leming visited relatives here last week. Bill Harley's girls visited the Barrett girls this week. Will Eckerman sold two truck loads of hogs to Grady Monday. Loren Longwells were in Washington Monday. Lake Litwiller family spent Sunday at the Clarence Her home.

Nira Lament Leming Bill Harley Barrett Will Eckerman Grady Loren Longwells Washington Lake Litwiller Clarence Herrome

North Prairie Flower local notices and visits

July 12 and surrounding days report social visits in North Prairie. Ed Kleinberg’s mother returned to St. Louis after months here. Joe Christner and family and Frances Shull were seen at local homes. Arthur Davison visited the Smerson Witting residence. Don Applegate and Elizabeth Schulty hosts welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Moriarty and the Neff family.

North Prairie Flower Ed Klienberg St. Louis Joe Christner Riverside Arthur Davison Smerson Witting Waryand Frances Shull H. L. Huber Donald Smith Elizabeth Schulty Don Applegate Moriarty Maire Neff

St Louis visitor calls at Ed Kleinberg home

E. H. Sehhriefer of St. Louis visited the Ed Kleinberg home last week in a social call.

E. H. Sehhriefer St. Louis Ed Kleinberg

Golden Spike Driving Marks Transcontinental Rail Finish

The Golden Spike ceremony in Utah in 1869 completed the first trans continental railroad linking the Union Pacific and Central Pacific rails. Union officers and workers celebrated the milestone signaling the connecting of the east and west coasts.

Utah

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