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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1944
Page
4
Reader recounts family histories and local character sketches in a memoir style column. Notes Lyman Babcock’s life, faith, marriages, and social ties, plus town figures Harry Shellenbarger Frances Wilson Kintner and Mrs. Wilson. Reflects on community, travel, literature, and a quiet night by the lake.
Riverside suffered a $10,000 blaze in the Heitzman building on Sat July 29. At Ainsworth a Sandy store robbery followed a gas and tool theft at a Standard Oil station. loot included cash, cosmetics, cigars, a watch, and a Big Ben timepiece.
Arnold Twiggs drew a farm at the drawing held last week at the Rosebud reservation in Bonestead South Dakota. The big sale note reports Chautauqua advance tickets totaling $2000, $500 more than last year.
Oliver Loving born in Hopkins county Kentucky became a Texas cattleman in Jack county. He led the first Texas to Chicago cattle drive in 1858 and later, with a partner, attempted a Santa Fe drive. They were attacked by Comanche warriors and Loving was wounded but survived.
Reader reports no mouse presence and traps removed calming Betty while others in the family react with humor as unusual events unfold at the house. No further details provided.
Robert Homer Clark 91 died after months illness at home. William Louis Spenler 17 killed in auto collision. Lyman Babcock 87 died at home after auto accident. Herschel L. Finke 37 killed in France in action. Mary Ann and Sherry are his daughters. The Lukavsky daughter and the Swift son aged 24 died from auto injuries.
Martha Davis transferred to Children’s Hospital Iowa City. Charles Schamp moved to University Hospital Iowa City. Mrs Don Tibbitts discharged. Mrs Charles Johnson and daughter Leota Charlene dismissed. Nyal Dickinson had appendectomy yesterday. Harold Norton underwent major operation. Richard Swick and Harlan Craft had tonsillectomies yesterday. Virgil Jones and wife welcomed a daughter at 11:15 this morning.
The 1775 committee of secret correspondence, led by figures like John Dickinson, Franklin, Harrison, Jay, and Thomas Johnson, sought foreign sentiment for the Colonies. Thomas Paine served as secretary at seventy dollars monthly as the group evolved into the department of foreign affairs by 1781.
The Office of War Information citing the U S Public Health Service warns war related nurse shortages cripple many hospitals turning away patients. Discharges are earlier and beds sit empty as wards close while admissions rose to 12 545 000 in 1942 vs 11 545 000 in 1941 and 10 055 000 in 1940 amid rising industrial accidents and epidemics.
In the Journal of the American Dental Association Dr G Harootian of Worcester Mass reports flour made from beef bone flour reduced dental caries at Worcester State Hospital after a nine month trial. He links high calcium phosphorus and fluorine in bone flour to the sudden decline in cavities. The study follows observations from Deaf Smith County Texas where long time residents showed no caries or fillings.
The War Production Board announces a three year program to grow milkweed floss for wartime uses replacing kapok. The plan targets 1,000,000 pounds in 1943 3,000,000 in 1944 and 5,000,000 in 1945 with harvests mainly in the Middle West processed by the Milkweed Floss Corporation of Petoskey Michigan.
The census bureau reports America's civilian metropolitan population rose by about 1,690,000 to 68,467,329, or 53.4 percent of the civilian total, from 1940 to 1943. The rise came despite wartime military losses and civilian migration for the war effort.
Washington news reports armed women guards at the Treasury Department. Seven additional female officers join the uniformed secret services due to manpower shortages. They wear regulation ammunition belts and carry a police revolver in a holster at entrance posts.
R B Haight will succeed C F Anderson as Burlington line agent at Knoxville and begin work this week. Also notes include letters from soldiers abroad and local civic events.
Instructional note on using chemical treatments to break the rest period of new potato seed. Procedures cover ethylene chlorohydrin soaking or gassing, sodium thiocyanate dipping, recommended concentrations, container sealing, and preferred temperatures from 70 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit for ethylene chlorohydrin.
Seasonal rains trigger mildew growth on fabrics and wood. Treat fresh spots with soap and water and sun dry. If persistent, use salt and lemon juice and sun again. Avoid bleaching colored fabrics. use mild bleach on uncolored linens cottons or rayons if needed, though old spots may damage material.
Investigators found that diets with about one third of the recommended daily vitamin B complex caused subjective fatigue irritability and reduced appetite and leg pain during work. Symptoms disappeared and work output improved within days after supplementation to four medical students.
The Yangtze river in China is between 600 and 700 miles longer than the Mississippi. The comparison highlights the Yangtze as the longer watercourse by a substantial margin.
The column details travel and leaves of service members, transfers to Fort Custer and other bases, visits by relatives to Davenport, new marriages and licenses, a surfacing contract awarded in Washington County, and various family movements to and from Iowa. It notes Navy, Army, and WAVES updates along with local business and airport achievements.
There is a notable rise in individuals purchasing war bonds across the United States today, with the government tracking higher per capita participation as the home front supports military needs. The trend reflects broad public involvement in financing wartime efforts.
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