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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1948
Page
5
Arthur Walsh, famed jitterbug champion, performs five 1920s routines in MG M’s Technicolor musical jam boree Good News. He partners with Broadway dancer Joan McCracken as June Allyson and Peter Lawford star. Walsh has won over 250 jitterling cups nationwide.
Bela Lugosi, star of Universals revived drama Dracula, plays the titular Count at the Fox Theatre starting Wednesday. The story follows an undead being who rises at night to spread death and fear, with Ted Browning directing.
The UniversalMakeup team created a new monster that towers seven feet tall with a boxlike head and grey green blotched flesh. Boris Karloff’s identity is said to be fully submerged by the radical creature design on screen.
Funeral services for Stephen Jones infant son of Mr and Mrs Jay Jones were held at Riehle funeral home in Columbus Junction with Rev J B Pooley officiating. Burial followed at Columbus City cemetery. Also noted are new birth announcements and Columbus high school public speaking class upcoming one act plays with listed participants.
Depression era travelers camped along Sierra California rivers and panned for gold to earn a living as families sought sustenance and income through mining and prospecting activities.
Milk cream butter cheese and ice cream sectors produced about seven billion dollars in output, reflecting broad dairy industry activity across products and markets.
Farmers advised to sow oats with Ceresan product in good supply at Tand shop. Availability highlighted for upcoming planting season and farm needs.
Westminster readers note a birthday dinner for Mrs. Ted Kiesey at the Charles Murdock home in Washington. The report lists local calls and family visits including the Slemmons and Laubach households and a medical update on Lois Kay Slemmons.
Am Legion sponsors a humorous womanless wedding as part of a relief event in Crawfordsville. The piece notes mixed reactions, a local hospital update on Mrs. Ralph Beauchamp post appendicitis, and wedding plans for Rob Miller and Miss Westinghouse with a new home nearly ready.
Mr and Mrs Joe Voegtlin of Alberta Canada visit friends in Wayland during March. District seed corn and dairy testing topics appear with local moves and hospital updates. School music March 16 features a Wilie skit as high school contest numbers are planned.
An unnamed driver Melvin Metz loses control on a rut and crashes into a ditch west of Riverside but escapes injury. The report lists numerous local visitors and events at area homes, church, and hospitals including a surgery for Patsy Luckey and the christening of Karen Kay at the Melvin Duwa home.
The world’s largest soilless gardens spanning 80 acres grow food for U S troops stationed in Japan.
Congressman Ellsworth B Buck of New York presents a plan to Congress proposing a one million dollar appropriation to overhaul buildings and grounds around Bedloe Island and the Statue of Liberty nicknamed the Freedom Lady.
A brief note states she turned to her home in Riverside following attendance at a mid winter event.
The Des Moines high school hosted an American auxiliary conference weekend gathering with national officers from Indianapolis and Algoma Wisconsin. Robert Colflesh opened the meeting as past state commander. Governor Robert Blue attended the closing banquet at the Fort Des Moines hotel where Paul A. Tornquist spoke. Delores Krotz is named as a student in the report.
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