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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1942
Page
8
The writer describes returning safely from service with a sense of relief and shared wartime experiences. Observes rationing on rail travel tea and coffee scarce, buses strict about luggage, and general public nerves. Mentions Ed Grayson’s death and the quiet, lonesome home life of his friend, with memories of family and California winters.
Police hold Grover C. Dahlbender a 50 year old wholesale drug salesman in San Diego in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Rose Whitmore in her Los Angeles home on May 5. The report notes local scenes of community care and wartime routines as well as a vivid slice of daily life in a wartime town.
The term Lone Star State reflects Texas history when its flag bore a single star symbolizing the former republic. The flag and its meaning underscore Texas independence and unique state identity.
Nellie Wittmer reports in Wayland that Predric Clarke was summoned to La Crosse Wisconsin on Wednesday due to the death of his mother Mrs Ethel Giselen Mary Lou Drake a Brooklyn teacher in town Rosy details say Joal Zingy was taken to University Hospital Town City on Saturday for observation and examination Mr and Mrs Thurlowe Myers and three children drove to town for unsaid reasons.
Local residents report weekend trips to Iowa City Chicago and Peoria. Family gatherings include Wyse Sommer Wittmer and Schlatter relations with relatives in Des Moines New London and Fairfield. A graduation and a memorial day picnic are noted along with a hospital X ray for Lucille Wenger and a son’s safe arrival in Great Britain.
The article notes that surveying originated with the Egyptians who used geometry to recover estate boundaries erased by the Nile floods. The piece highlights practical geometry aiding land recovery after inundations.
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