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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1948
Page
8
In a county screening of 207 enrolled children out of 250 tested for next September, seven have severe hearing loss and twenty require fall retests. two have visual defects and a dozen show extensive tooth decay. One third have no vaccinations, with 15 diphtheria and 211 whooping cough cases in the county since 1943. All referred for private physician care.
Harold S. Adamson fifty seven year old member of Long Branch New Jersey American Legion Americanism committee was found badly battered in a locked bolted hotel room. Police say he fought subversive elements and records are being reviewed to establish motive for his death.
Funeral services for Mrs Edna Field formerly of Conesville will be at 2 p m Tuesday at the Methodist church in Conesville Burial will be in Conesville The Richie funeral home of Columbus Junction is in charge She died Sunday born in Conesville daughter of the late Dr and Mrs W L Cone Her husband Samuel Field died years ago An adopted son Carol survives
A new patent covers an automatic ignition cut off device for cars. The system triggers shutoff when a sudden velocity change occurs, potentially reducing further danger after a crash.
Jet beefsteaks praised for a new jet-tenderizing method that avoids brutal chewing by using high pressure sprays of tenderizing fluids. The process is said to speed aging and may include injections of salt pepper liquid fat or enzyme or mild acids.
The text notes Aloys Senefelder invented lithography in 1796 and received a Bavarian king's pension. In 1826 he devised a color lithography process. It also mentions Kansas motto To the Stars Through Difficulties, its nickname the Sunflower State, state flower sunflower, and state bird western meadowlark.
More than half of the fire equipment in use in 1942 was over fifteen years old, indicating a large portion of aging apparatus across fire departments nationwide.
Brick and tile cavity wall construction provides complete fire protection. The materials are fired in kilns at temperatures far higher than typical fire heat, making them exceptionally durable in fires.
The text notes Illinois' motto State Sovereignty National Union and identifies the native violet as the state flower and the cardinal as the state bird. It presents these symbols as civic identifiers for Illinois.
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