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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1952
Page
7
A rough, unreadable OCR fragment lists various codes and percentages across months and numbers. The legible items include references to sowing beans and irregular figures like 326% 321% 8225 and dates such as Jan 2043 and Mar 205g, but the text is fragmented and not coherent.
A closing out sale of household goods is set for July 9 at Lil Hust on Main Street in Turin at 1 40 p m with Mark Campbell Sr announced as the contact.
Washington reports that planes have displaced ships and trains in moving war wounded from Korea. Since fighting began, the military air transport service ferried over 7,000 patients to the United States and is now the primary method for casualty evacuation, praised by doctors and economists.
University of Illinois historian Arthur E. Bestor Jr. has classified and indexed records of New Harmony Indiana, the earliest non religious socialist community in the United States. The collection includes 1650 letters before 1870, 130 business ledgers from the 1820s, 18 justice docket books 1835 to 1880, and diaries and papers. It highlights figures such as Robert Owen William Maclure and Thomas Say and the New Harmony Working Men's Institute.
In Santiago Chile a 25 foot flying saucer was found on San Cristobal hill and huge headlines declared a crash at 5 15 am. Police cordoned the area as crowds gathered before the prank by students celebrating their spring festival was revealed.
In San Marcos Texas Bill Dibrell carries a family good luck charm a left hind foot of a jack rabbit. The relic dates from 1916 when his parents covered the Pancho Villa campaign and traveled to France in World War I. The foot has passed through the family for WWII service and now accompanies Bill on his induction.
In Marietta Ohio a Lowell barber named Bill Ray retires after 69 years of steady service. He started with 15 cents for a haircut and 10 cents for a shave and says constant busyness kept him from raising prices. He began barbering at age 10 and opened his own shop at 19. A new owner notes prices are going up.
Richard Kieberg of King Ranch, the nation’s largest, has a custom luxury vehicle for roundups and hunting. It includes a right front wrangler seat with airplane belt, triple gun holders, a stainless game holder, ammo storage, water tanks, two way radio, a hidden refreshment bar, silver rails, rugged tires, hydraulic steering, and calf hide flooring to chase cattle and game at speeds up to 60 mph across rough terrain.
On a Liverpool to Baltimore voyage a Baltimore family of seven plus one father traveled on one ticket. The five Little Millers Dolores Allen John Caroline Timothy and Christopher plus Dolores Miller’s husband Thomas all remained aboard as the ship’s horn called ashore. After three hours a knock on the cabin door brought the family in as stowaways. The father vowed to pay for their tickets later and was given an extra cabin. Purser Edward Thomas said he had never heard of such a thing. The captain called it most irregular but noted the family was pleasant.
Local residents Mr and Mrs James Bartosh along with Richard Alois and Mary Ann of Mt. Vernon Iowa visited the J M Soukup home on a Sunday afternoon in a friendly neighborhood call.
I'gt. Harold E Messenger Jr RA 17 354 222 Co WK Seth Infantry Regiment Jeth Infantry Division Fort Riley Kansas Sm ile A Statler US 55000014 5A%th Medical Ambulance Co AVVO S01 eo Postmaster San Francisco California
Louis Bang, 16, of Waverly, died after a tractor he rode overturned in a ditch near his family farm. Authorities said he and his brother Mark were drying tractors when the machine slid off the road as the shoulder gave way.
The Joey Maxim Ray Robinson light heavyweight championship fight, originally set for Monday, was postponed to Wednesday night due to rain.
In Hong Kong the government restricts young women from wearing high heels while performing labor service, citing incompatibility with duties. The policy targets female participants and ties footwear to service requirements.
A trolley car in Belmont Massachusetts stopped to pickup a man who had chased the car for about half a block. The passenger proved to be Charles W Thiery, Loo.
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