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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1952
Page
5
We express sincere thanks for the cards calls floral offerings and all displays of kindness shown at this time following the death of our mother. Mr and Mrs Dewey Hess Mr and Mrs Charles Fulton and Family Mrs View and Mrs Hithert Lohrer apologize for any oversights in prior notices.
Mr and Mrs Edgar A Rabernold longtime residents will celebrate their Golden Wedding with open house on March 1 8. Gambel store opening by Edd Pangborn planned for Main street.
Spotted Poland China Sale 21 miles south of Winfield off Route 78 starts 1 00 p m Earl Kellogg Sons March 19 Hereford Sale Reno Sales Barn Bloomfield Iowa starts 12 50 Bluegrass Hereford Association of Iowa Weekly livestock sales midweek at Midway Sales Columbus Junction Tuesday Kalona Kalona Sales Barn Friday Whittaker sale barn Thursday Ollie livestock exchange Community Sale Kalona Iowa
Notice requests no flowers for the funeral of Mrs. Annie E K Mayor at her family ask that acquaintances refrain from sending floral tributes. The family asks for respects in other forms and notes the service details are to be announced.
Pvt Robert Go Meeks and Pvt Clarence J Brown listed as stationed service members. Mrs. Clarance Brown of Washington state reports their address from Ft Lawton near Seattle, conveying the family connection and location of the servicemen.
Edward F Dusenbery and Edward R Thomas, both 19 and natives of Washington, join the Marine Corps for six years on March 6 1952. After entrance exams in Des Moines they were sworn in and sent to San Diego for eight weeks of recruit training. They are part of a 15 Iowa group and will train in the same platoon. Upon completion they will be promoted to Private First Class with a 10 day leave before reporting to a Marine base for advanced schooling. Dusenbery is the son of Mrs Catherine A Harris of Washington RL Ro No 7 and Thomas’s mother Mrs Alices A Thomas of Sou So Avenue B.
Rich titanium iron ore deposits near Saint Marguerite de Ter Rebonne Quebec will be mined by Terrebonne Titanium Co The company owns or has staked 4900 acres claiming the orebed is the second greatest in Quebec Surface samples to 250 and 450 feet show averages of 11.1 percent uranium oxide and 22.4 percent iron Plans call for local concentration and plants costing about 3000 Han.
UN officials accused the Communists of detaining allied prisoners of war in China without reporting them. Major General Lee Sang Cho heard the claim and was warned of further action if UN activities continue. Rear Admiral Libby cited testimonies describing a Harbin Manchuria camp with about 1000 prisoners including Caucasians, Negroes, and South Koreans.
The report states a male smoker averages seven percent of weekly cigarette packs, while a woman’s rate is not specified in the readable text. The fragment hints at gender differences in smoking habits.
Postwar Berlin hosts a thriving confidence racket as swindlers prey on women and the lonely. West Berlin police create a special confidence squad and a bureau with a tricks museum to aid victims and deter fraud. (Sars: 190-210 characters)
Roy Dean Yoder of Wellman attended the fourth annual Iowa Soil Conservation and Farm Drainage Contractors Conference at Iowa State College in Ames February 27 and 28. The event drew 251 contractors manufacturers and suppliers. Sponsors included Iowa State College the Iowa Soils Conservation Service and the Iowa Production and Marketing Administration. Topics covered ranged from waterway construction terraces diversion channels ponds earth fills tile drains drainage ditches and erosion control structures. Marion W Clark of the Missouri Association of Terracing and Conservation Contractors urged organizers to promote soil conservation as a profitable farmer investment rather than waiting for government support.
University of Minnesota researcher Dr. John J. Wild unveiled a technique using ultra high frequency sound waves to detect cancer. A mini pencil sized transducer probes tissue and an associated crystal captures echoes to display light pips on a television screen highlighting malignant growths.
Rubio residents announce The Family Next Door a home talent play with Vera Steinbeck and Jesse Harbison starring as Ma and Pa Dibble. Performances run March 1 14 at the Community Building starting at 8 p.m. Director team includes Vera Steinbeck Mabel Payton and Ella Luithly Jr. and Mrs Ashley Stuart.
Gov Earl Warren on a northwest Wisconsin tour emphasizes that his White House ambitions serve the broader goal of building a Republican presidency. He says he aims to explain ideas and let the people decide, not to pit himself against opponents.
Washington County home economist Muriel Collier explains that growing a larger garden cuts annual food costs by providing fresh, frozen, canned or dried greens rich in vitamin C. She notes greens like lettuce, broccoli, kale, spinach, Swiss chard and collards store well with succession plantings to sustain nutrition.
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