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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1943

Page

4

Brighton News notes visits and relocations across families

Mrs Edgar Johnson and daughter uth and her mother Mrs Henry Kientz of San Benito Texas visit Brighton for a week. Mr and Mrs Cooper are hosting. Several relatives travel between Corpus Christi Chicago Long Beach Wayland and Fairfield. A birth announces two daughters to Delmer Crile near Trenton. Charles R Johnson faces hospital care while Leonard Pohren enters navy induction. Continuous family movements mark the local social map.

Brighton Sdgar Johnson Uth Henry Kientz San Benito Texas Rs. Johnson Onry Corpus Christi C. D. Cooper Oper Kientz Johnson Chiago Corpus Amp Pine N. Y Ernest Zickerfoos Henry Neff J. EB. Luckenbill Long Beach Calif Edna Grile Mediappolis T. H. Lueckenbill Clive Carla Luckenbill T. C. Coffin Pleasant Plain Mest Zickerfoos Baby Wayland Ralph Brown Mra Brown Camp Maxey Nellie Brown C. W. Long Ohio Charles R. Johnson Jefferson County Hospital Il. Corp Keith Willis Needles R. H. Tracy Edna Crile J. C. Lueckenbill Darla Rlank Fairfield Leonard Pohren Chris Pohren Navy Pvt Clifford Pohren San Antonio Delmer Crile Trenton Mt. Pleasant Crile Margaret Kientz Lester Kientz Ross Day Larry Burlington Ray Day Richland Ross Day Home

Ainsworth Notes Honor Amy Hemphill At U P Church Event

A July 31 report from Ainsworth notes Amy Hemphill will marry in August. The U P Church held a pot luck supper with a short program featuring Mildred Pressly Betty Colthurst Mary Ellouise Gardner Mary Dee Orris Reid Orris and George Colthurst. The bride to be received a bouquet and $45 from the congregation. Amy’s fiancé Mr Schutt of Oakville attended. Mrs McFarland reported her son Cpl Lloyd B McFarland is safe after sea ice swims near an unnamed town and has a new address in New York City. E R Butterworths welcomed a son born to Mrs Porter Lowry in Independence Missouri. the father serves in the U S Navy in the South Pacific.

U. P Amy Hemphill Aimsworth Amy Mildred Pressly Betty Colthurst Mary Ellouise Gardner Volk Mary Dee Orris Reid Orris George Colthurst Lo Uiiles Cpl Lloyd B. McFarland Service Squadron c/o New York City E. R

Alfalfa Shows Phosphorus Deficiency Signs

Alfalfa develops abnormally in soils lacking phosphorus. Symptoms include short fine stems with small pointed grayish green leaves and only slight color difference from healthy plants. Growers need experience to recognize the deficiency before severe stress.

Origin of Soil and Phosphorus Availability

The origin of a soil largely drives phosphorus fertility. Soils from low phosphorus materials tend to be deficient while high total phosphorus soils may be insoluble due to lime. The key is the soil’s ability to release phosphorus, not the total content.

Sunstroke and Heat Stroke Guidance From Western News

Two emergencies tied to hot weather are sunstroke and heat stroke. Symptoms include dizziness, high fever, and dry skin. Treat by cooling the body, applying ice behind ears, and giving cold drinks with table salt. heat exhaustion requires cooling and salt intake to restore fluids.

Allergies grouped into three classes

Hay fever is a form of allergy. Dr. H. K. Detweiler outlines three major allergy types: atopic bacterial and contact. Atopic includes hay fever and various sensitivities. bacterial includes tuberculin sensitivity and infections. contact covers skin inflammations from plants chemicals and metals. Some heredity links exist mainly for atopic type. Treatments include testing and pollen vaccines with limited proven prevention. Example questions discuss swollen ankles and hair loss remedies.

H. K. Detweiler Toronto Bulletin of the Academy of Medicine Detweiler

First Aid to the Ailing House Tips by Whitman

Household questions cover chimney screening to stop flying insects and draft, linoleum gloss options, year round hot water drain, basement moisture repairs, crushed rock garage floors, aging refrig erator whitening, chair finish dull varnish, and preventing sticking steel casement windows with shellac and hinge lubrication.

Roger B. Whitman

Maine Separated Geographically From Massachusetts Before Statehood

The text notes that Maine was part of Massachusetts prior to its 1820 statehood admission, despite being geographically separated from the rest of the colony.

Maine Massachusetts

First Torpedo Sinks Housatonic Off Charleston in 1864

The Housatonic became the first vessel sunk by a submarine during the Civil War when torpedoed by a Confederate vessel on blockade duty off Charleston South Carolina on February 17 1864.

Housatonic Charleston S. C

2000 Miles Long Mackenzie River Runs Across Canada

The Mackenzie River in northern Canada extends more than 2000 miles making it one of the continent’s longest waterways. It traverses vast northern terrain and supports regional travel and ecosystems along its route.

Mackenzie River Canada

Three of Twenty Killed in Ky Airliner Crash

An American Airlines jet crashed near Trammel Kentucky en route from Cleveland to Memphis. Three of the twenty dead were stewardess Josephine Kane 28 Cleveland pilot Captain Harry A Stiller Pittsburgh and Captain B A Carpenter who joined in Cincinnati. Survivors include Lieutenant Glenn Fellows Dallas and S K Hoffman Williamsport.

American Airlines Trammel Josephine Kane Cleveland Harry A. Stiller Pittsburgh B. A. Carpenter Cincinnati Memphis Glenn Fellows Dallas Tex S. K. Hoffman Williamsport International

U S Sends Peru Dressed Hog Thistles and Hair to Brush Makers

The U S department of commerce indicates American brush manufacturers may receive substantial quantities of dressed hog thistles horsehair and cattle hair from Peru in 1943. Previously these products were used in limited quantities by domestic paint brush makers.

Peru U. S. Department of Commerce

Rock phosphate as cheap fertilizer for clovers and alfalfa

Rock phosphate proved affordable and effective for growing clovers and alfalfa. These crops store phosphorus and return it to the soil in a readily available form when plowed under or when manure is spread, boosting soil fertility.

Burlap Bags From Jute Used Across Americas

Burlap made from jute serves as sugar and coffee bags in the Americas and similar burlap in the United States is used for many crops bags upholstery meat packaging linoleum and other uses. Military uses include sand bags and camouflage.

Americas United States

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Brighton News Edna 8. Crile Ainsworth News Ruth Norris Ainsworth Kk. E. McFarland Dick and Billy Wilma Ernest Eisely Crawfordsvile Western News Union Dr. Barton WIN Features Bay State Knox Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox Joseph N. Renner Washington Solomons United States Navy Captain Stiller Kane Captain Carpenter Washington City Journal Journal Office Fore the Evening Journal
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