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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1939

Page

8

Diploma awards honor 150 rural eighth graders and staff

The Pleasant Valley ceremony awarded diplomas to about 150 rural eighth graders with top honors going to ten. Dean E Wayne Hilmer of Iowa Wesleyan College spoke on making one’s own world and high school paths. County Supt Lester Krabill urged continued education and integrity.

Ruthmary Dunbar Pleasant Valley School Dean Hilmer E. Wayne Hilmer Iowa Wesleyan College Mt. Pleasant Ile Lester B. Krabill Krabill Edna Klein Fullerton I. Fredmund C. W. Klein Brighton Township Maurice Mineart Indian Creek Herbert Pauly Oakland Duane Lowe Riverside Martha Lowe Dwight Loeffler Cedar Township Richard Crawford Bethel Harold Tadlock Lexington Mary Ardith Jarrard Prairie Mer Turnipseed

Memorial Day notices and social events fill Ottumwa page

The column lists a string of social happenings and local notes from Ottumwa. Jenny Dodd catered at the country club event, Edith McClung of Los Angeles visited, Raymond Watson injured his hand in a bicycle accident, and multiple teas, meetings, and birthday celebrations are recorded. Nurses, brides, graduates, and travelers are noted along with several local and visiting residents and job changes.

Jenny Dodd

Politness Kinney Rehired Then Fired in State Reorg

Mrs. Margaret Kinney, once discharged by Secretary of State Earl G. Miller for a thank you note, was rehired and now loses her post again after the 1939 legislature reorganization moved the securities department to the state insurance department. Kinney, a stenographer, was not retained by Insurance Commissioner Charles Fischer as the department shifted.

Des Moines Margaret Kinney Earl G. Miller Miller Kinney Securities Department State Insurance Department Insur

Polish Jews Ordered to Leave Germany Report

Warsaw reports that on June 8 the Jewish refugee commission received word that the Nazi secret police have ordered Polish Jews to depart. The notice follows rising tensions and asylum concerns as authorities escalate deportation threats across occupied territories.

Germany Warsaw Jewish Refugee Commission Hazi Secret Police

Weather Notes From Washington Hog Market Hints

No top on hogs reported as prices flagged. forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Sunday with cooler temperatures. Market chatter cites steady demand and light supply.

Farsightedness in Babies Deepens Through Early Childhood

The text notes that babies are farsighted at birth and that this farsightedness increases until the end of the seventh year, outlining a gradual change in vision during early childhood.

Muskrats Wear Natural Waterproof Coats

The article notes muskrats have long outer hairs with oils that make their coats water resistant, giving them built in waterproof garments that would impress any manufacturer.

Anna Plummer Leads in Literary Work at Cornell

Anna M. Plummer of Washington received five dollars in books from the Cornell English club for distinctive contributions to the busk the college literary magazine. She stood out as an exemplary writer of the year in prose and verse, with works including Three Flights Down Child Goes Hunting Elegy I Shall Go Home Road Gang Strange Souls. Plummer is also a talented artist who illustrates her poems and prose and paints animals such as Gaber and Billy the Kit, a collie and Persian cat owned by Professor Clyde Tull.

Anna M. Plummer Washington Cornell College Busk

Ways and Means Proposes Increase in Old Age Pension

Washington June The House Ways and Means Committee urged raising old age pensions from eighty to forty dollars a month in response to the Townsend plan defeat. The measure is to be reported to the House next week.

Washington, D. C House Ways and Means Townsend

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