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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1942
Page
6
Wartime measures mobilize the veterinary profession from coast to coast and strengthen port inspections to prevent foreign livestock plagues. The piece lists actions for farmers including clean pig rearing, calfhood vaccination, dairy cow care, horse vaccination, stock isolation, and early veterinary diagnosis.
Some birds stay with the same mate for life while others remain with the nesting site. If one of a pair is killed or a separation occurs the other may stay single for years or never remate. Most remate within hours and a new male may mate with three geese.
Ready and Able Agriculture today is more organized to meet increased farm product production for armies and United Nations needs. Caution is urged to avoid soil depletion for temporary gains and to protect fertility by contour or strip cropping and cover crops. County agents can assist in preventing erosion and soil element loss.
Alfalfa breeders are going to town with promising new strains that yield well and resist disease and weather injury. A vacant town lot serves as the best place to raise small seed lots with protection from contamination by unimproved alfalfas.
The source equates Yamada shrines to Mecca for Muslims and Jerusalem for Christians, highlighting a sacred pilgrimage feel. It uses a religious comparison to stress the exclusive reverence and cultural significance of Yamada shrines to the Japanese.
Funeral services for Mrs Maude Moore were held at the Kalona Christian church. She was born January 4 1883 in Johnson County and moved to Kalona 12 years ago. Surviving children are Mrs Harold Ressler and Mrs Peter Ecklin of Sharon, James at home, and Howard in the Navy. Burial was in Fortown cemetery.
A vast new reservoir of manpower floods Kelly Field's navigation school the largest in the air corps. Records show over half the newest navigation cadets have no prior flying experience and entered training directly from civilian life or other army branches, blending former navigators with new fliers as essential-minute men of World War II.
A Methodist church program in Brighton featured reports from Pioneer Institute attendees from Mt. Pleasant. The evening included songs, prayers, solos, instrumental pieces, and reflections on the institute plus installation of new officers. Local news notes mention Navy enlistment, camps, and visits from several families and friends.
In a village, Nurse Hopkins discusses Mary Gerrard and Ted Bigland with detective Poirot. He probes whether Mary’s death was suicide or foul play, considers Roderick Welman’s interest, and notes Mrs. Bishop’s wary view of Poirot as the inquiry unfolds.
At the American Philosophical Society meeting in Philadelphia scientists described an electron microscope developed by RCA under Dr. Vladimir Zworykin. The device uses electrons to magnify up to 100 000 times, revealing viruses and proteins and offering new insights into their structure and reproduction.
The article explains for the first time that threadlike growths connect each organism to its neighbor, revealing a network of interlinked life forms.
A Philadelphia writer notes the Federal Communications Commission demands an extensive 41 page questionnaire for radio station licenses. Applicants must disclose personal, financial, and legal details, including marriages, parking tickets, divorces, alimony, and program plans, with wide ranging exhibits.
Prof Ernest Osborne of Columbia Teachers College argues modern life reduces children’s participation in family chores. He urges early parental inclusion in planning and assigning age appropriate duties to foster cooperation and responsible citizenship.
An old trunk is refurbished to be acceptable in a room for holding clothes or toys. It is painted dead white, antiqued, with bright flowers along reinforcement bands and black hinges to finish.
Washington Lodge No 24 F. and A. M. holds regular meetings on the first Friday of each month. Ard A. Stewart is listed as W. M. with 4 Yard, secretary.
Readable items show Eastbound No 2 Local daily service with passenger stops and a California bound No 4 line with daily stops. Oskaloosa Branch No 430 runs daily except Sunday and a mixed train No 22 operates daily except Sunday. Passenger names appear incomplete.
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