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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1942
Page
8
Rev. John Nye, Methodist Church pastor at Ainsworth for two years, now serves as army chaplain at Hister Field in Louisiana. Mrs. Nye stays in Loda, Illinois, during his absence. Vacant good office rooms in the Journal building noted on the same page.
Mrs. Fred L. Moore and son Fred III plan to visit from Burlington Iowa while Dr. Moore and family are on vacation in Minnesota. Frances Simpson wedding plans with Dr. John Simpson’s family at United Presbyterian church are announced. Delegates to state and district conventions named at county meetings. Guardsmen from Washington to Camp Dodge for two weeks training starting June 28. Various visits and movements include Janice of Los Angeles and Joe Falk family events.
A local bank presents itself as a friendly institution offering full service while maintaining a personal approach. The campaign invites customers to visit and get acquainted, highlighting accessible staff and community ties.
Henry Morgenthau announced a wartime audit uncovered a $10 million cache of securities and cash owned by Henry M Blackmer, hidden in New York banks under vague names. Blackmer, accused as the pay off man in oil land sales, fled the U S during the Teapot Dome probe and later disappeared while sought as a witness in Albert Fall’s bribery case.
A child health conference will be held in Ainsworth at the United Presbyterian Church Tuesday afternoon under the Washington County Health Unit. Dr Ruth Church will conduct the conference assisted by a county nurse and a group of Ainsworth women. Mothers with preschool children and infants are welcome to attend.
Parents are asked not to bring children with colds or contagious diseases. Bible school at 1000 U.P. meeting at 7 39. Evangelistic service at 8 06. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8 15. Harold Day, Pastor.
The Andersonian museum in Glasgow Scotland houses an early steam engine said to have powered a boat at five miles per hour in 1788, nearly two decades before Robert Fulton's steamboat.
Census data from January show 7.92 percent of Iowa’s payroll time on the state roll with total salaries of $802 000. Highway workers number 1 685 earning about $200 000 while hospitals and handicapped institutions employ 2 418 and paid roughly $152 008. Hospitals employed more than highways but were paid less.
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