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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1945
Page
3
A 1945 column critiques wartime waste in food and materials, praises President Truman's Independence visit, and cites OPA education needs. It references Spain sugar shipments, Stalin Hopkins talks, and regional papers noting postwar issues from advertising to peanut harvests.
Forest industry chiefs rebut meat packers brag about using every part of livestock by saying they also grind or burn every tree and even bark. The exchange portrays an escalating efficiency claim in resource use across industries.
Fragmentary text asks who was Professor Talleyrand. A student quotes a line about a dancer and the baby talk, but no coherent context or outcome is provided.
A court martial on desertion appears dire until defense notes the man’s civil work as a plumber and his return for his bayonet. A PX joke about chicken salad prices follows, then a family quip about Willie’s church behavior and a dime for going home.
A sailor performer finished the ship concert with the song Asleep in the Deep when an onlooker from the rear urged a depth charge to bring him to the surface. The bold remark added a dramatic wartime tone to the event.
Veterans poem recalls 80 troopers who trained and marched into battle toward Carentan across a flooded plain dubbed Purple Heart Lane. The piece honors their courage and the brutal path to combat.
Soldiers recount a fierce battle with mortars machine guns and snipers during a charge against German forces. Privates Roy Cready and Robert Bryant honor fallen comrades on Purple Heart Lane amid the memory of heroism and sacrifice.
A caregiver explains how to judge a baby's bath by skin color, noting a red tint when too hot and blue when too cold, and denying use of a thermometer to assess water temperature. The exchange suggests practical, intuitive checks during infant bathing.
In unofficial chatter a new tax form is said to contain four lines asking for yearly income expenses remaining amount and to send it in. A housewife quips asking if there are any other questions to ask.
Paramount presents Salty O Rourke starring Alan Ladd Gail Russell arriving Sunday at the State Theatre. The film centers on horse racing with Ladd as a returning veteran in his second postwar screen role. Supporting cast includes William Demarest Stanley Clements Spring Byington and Bruce Cabot with the jockeys and trainers providing color.
Hollywood lauds writer Milton Holmes for his original story and screenplay while director Raoul Walsh earns credit for another success. The acclaim highlights Holmes and Walsh as key contributors to a current film hit.
The 1787 constitutional convention deferred women's franchise to colonies. Jefferson opposed, while Brown and Paine pushed for rights. The organized feminist movement traces to Seneca Falls in 1848, rising from antislavery activity.
To keep your sewing machine in top running condition keep it clean and lintless. Oil it occasionally with special sewing machine oil and apply one drop at each oil hole and on moving parts where there is friction.
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