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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
5
Brighton notes list numerous visitors and arrivals from Illinois, Arkansas, Texas and Iowa. Families including Brinton, Crandall, Baird, Bridges, Brown, Gier, Kotzinger, Switzer, Mann, Hamann, Hoskins, Kessler, Loeffler, Crossett, and Robinson travel or host relatives around Memorial Day and in June. Local residents welcome relatives from Des Moines, Peoria, Davenport, Wellman, Ottumwa, Webster City and Mt Pleasant.
Readers are guided to obtain a Defense Savings Bond through the Journal carrier, using a Bond Application form, cash or check payment, and a receipt from the carrier. The bond can be mailed to the purchaser, with full service available at the Journal office. Prices shown for Series BE bonds range from 25 to 1000 dollars with maturities of ten years, and bonds may be payable to one or two co-owners or as beneficiary on death.
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps under Mrs. William P Hobby will enroll U S women 21 to 45 for eight weeks of leadership and military procedure training at Fort Des Moines Iowa. Applicants must be U S citizens high school educated in good health and will be recruited regionally with final selection by the War Department for about 450 candidates.
Mrs H W Helmick and Mrs J W Cowquill with Ruth of Packwood visited with their daughter Mrs Clive Clark. Mr and Mrs Randall Green of Fairfield visited at the W O Schaffer home Sunday. Memorial Day saw Mr and Mrs Allison Jones of Libertyville attend services here. Cyril Henry and sons Arthur and Kenneth of Mt Pleasant visited the Hugh Henry home Tuesday.
An unwelcome sparrow prompted a farm worker to search a room at Taubendorf. While looking for a hiding place the man found a secret drawer in a chest containing valuable papers, including a document dated October 28, 1659.
A new bridge in Bernau near Berlin was opened and christened Sausage bridge after a local sausage maker pledged funds only if the trade was perpetuated in the stonework. The naming reflects a quirky deal tied to funding.
In Democracity at the 1939 New York World's Fair the Ideal City housed in the Perisphere would not have residents living in town. The model aimed to hold a working population of 250000 with residents in garden apartments suburban developments and nearby towns.
The mongoose, native to India, kills cobras and other venomous snakes using sharp sight and agility. It has been introduced in some regions to control vermin but often grows rapidly, threatening poultry. Importing a live mongoose into the United States is illegal.
Official records of horse pulling strength set by dynamometer and horse-pulling machines. National marks include 3200 pounds for light teams and 3900 pounds for heavy teams. Pulls are measured over 274 feet.
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