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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1948
Page
8
Sam James recounts a voyage departing April 29 for a 3040 mile sea crossing. After a tense boarding, foggy seas, and a late May arrival at Southampton, he meets his wife’s sisters and receives a grand Wales homecoming before continuing by train to their old town.
County health unit warns of rising polio cases in Iowa with about 64 cases to date and urges precautions from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Emphasizes handwashing cleanliness fly prevention avoid crowds rest avoid swimming polio areas and postponing elective throat surgery during an epidemic.
The narrator notes a landscape turned to factories exporting goods like airplane parts and toys, while locals receive little. Rationing and government controls limit clothing and home goods, with food stricter for individuals despite new homes and wages. The writer promises to report back home.
The report notes fair and cool conditions tonight with increasing clouds and a warmer tomorrow.
The article explains polio transmission via the GI tract or respiratory route, notes many healthy people harbor the germ, and says there is no easy test or vaccine. It advises medical consultation for headache or fever, mentions spinal fluid tests, hospitalization for suspected cases, and that epidemics start around twenty cases per hundred thousand with most patients recovering well.
The record notes the board founded in 1817 and the formal title The New York Stock Exchange adopted in 1865 reflecting early organizational history and name evolution.
The Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau club met at Mrs. Nellie Balder son's Brighton home. President Mrs. George Statler resigned. Mrs. Albert Saunders named to succeed her. C. D. Mann elected vice president. Entertainment led by Mrs. Frank Gevock. Guests included Mrs. Robert Donovan and her child. Refreshments served.
A 22 month old girl Caro lyn Smith, daughter of a Navy man, was run over by a heavy unloading push cart on the Farallon Islands. A Boxer carrier doctor ashore via Coast Guard cutter and a mainland helicopter brought her to San Francisco. Her mother was with her at St Luke's hospital. The stay with her parents and other family notes follow, plus a funeral notice for Robert Hesseltine.
Crawfordsville June 15 relatives and friends from here attended the Williams Te Meyer wedding Sunday in Burlington. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Williams and many Williams family members plus guests from Eagle Grove Charleston and Des Moines. Other local residents hosted visitors and hosted events around town as John Mitchell's household hosted guests and various relatives visited Cedar Rapids and Oakland California.
A woolen pair of pants sparks romance in Republic's Winter Wonderland at the Fox Theatre. Lynne Roberts plays a farmer's daughter who finds the ownerless breeches atop a snow crest and meets a handsome ski instructor played by Charles Drake. He identifies the pants as belonging to a sunbathing guest, and a romance unfolds.
Ecuadorian plantations in the central mountains showcase the Tasmanian blue gum, first introduced in 1865, now dominant as native forests recede. The blue eucalyptus stands out in the unforested Sierra with extensive cultivation on densely populated plateaus.
A fragmented passage notes three women Mrs. Earl Uwuer and daughter Virginia and Pearcer agreeing that women are mean and terrible. It also mentions Mr Popcorn Welly as a best customer, Stevie, and George Lord of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company giving chimney and fire hazard advice.
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