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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1944
Page
5
Iowa State College Extension notes harvest guidance for peas broccoli and kohlrabi amid recent weather. Pick peas when pods are full and bright green. harvest broccoli at green bud stage with about 0.8 inch stem. use kohlrabi when bulb diameter is 2 to 3 inches.
Garden notes advise planting hubbard squash and tomatoes, with beetles described as gray to orange and 1/2 to 1 inch long. Control methods include cryolite dust, driving beetles away with a branch, burning edge straw, and nicotine sulfate spray for squash bites. spacing guidance follows for peas beans beets carrots onions and other vegetables.
From March 1938 to the fall of Nazi expansion the piece traces Hitler's invasion of Austria and the swift Nazi growth. It notes the start of a long global war, the Axis era, and the eventual reversal as democratic powers united to defeat the regime. It highlights the rise and collapse of the Nazi dream of world supremacy.
The 5th War Loan brings Bing Crosby and The Voice together in the film short Road to Victory. The setting opens at the State Theatre Thursday with Crosby, the famed singer, portraying a memorable collaboration.
The film marks the first on screen pairing of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, both polarizing fans with rival followings. Sinatra abandons his usual ballad style for There’ll Be A Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin while Crosby delivers a rousing The Road To Victory. Cast includes Olive Blakeney Cary Grant Jack Carson Trene Manning Dennis Moran Charles Ruggles and Jimmy Lydon.
Chaplain Raymond Hall of Lynn Massachusetts is identified in the report as the “Parachuting Parson” who helped medics during the Normandy invasion. He landed with American paratroopers on D-Day and remained in the thick of action in France and across Europe, with doctors noting his heroic conduct under fire.
In Santiago Chile a prominent Red Cross clinic and an excellent tuberculosis institute for children lie about 40 miles from the capital at an altitude near 4000 feet. The campus sits above a valley with Andean peaks, while a mountain stream runs between two large buildings for active and suspected cases. An iron bridge with a lock gate prevents mingling of young patients. Chile hosts South America’s strongest Junior Red Cross.
As a tree thickens the trunk wood grows over living limbs creating tight knots. Live limbs keep growing with the trunk producing a natural graft. If limbs die the wood encases them forming loose knots.
A German winged bomb with a 16 foot wingspan and 25 foot 4 inch length was photographed over the south English coast. The craft, described as a pilotless plane, shows flame issuing from its propulsion unit mounted behind the tail as it dives toward Earth. War Pool Picture via Signal Corps Radio.
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