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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1944
Page
6
Staff Sergeant Oscar C. Wilson sends a quiet update from a distant post. He praises daily Journal readership, notes improving conditions, sparsely describes local life, and mentions native customs and grass huts. He thanks the Red Cross and American Legion for gifts and asks readers to keep the home front strong.
CPL. Robert E. Keyser writes from England to his mother Mrs. Margaret Keyser describing a London reachable location and English farm scenes. He notes neat farms with no weeds, compact trains, and improved quarters with electric lights and stoves. He misses candy and asks for updates on old friends and home.
A new chemical process makes paper, cloth and wood flame resistant. The treatment renders these materials unable to spread flames, potentially boosting fire safety in multiple industries and consumer goods.
Riverside March 10 members of the Women s Society of Christian Service of Trinity Methodist Church met at Mrs John Soukup s Riverside home with nineteen ladies present. Mrs Cloud Cress led the program in the absence of Mrs R I Marner. Plans were made for spring benefit teas. The shepherd ship supper at the church parlor will be held each Wednesday starting March 15 until after Easter. The next meeting will be April 5 at Mrs J M Soukup s.
Paramount comedy stars Eddie Bracken and Betty Hutton in a Presley Sturges directed tale of Trudy Rockenlocker’s wild night and a soldier marriage mix up. Norval Jones aids the escapade as Trudy navigates a strict father and a mysterious wedding.
Barrymore leads in a medical mystery as epidemics hit Blair Hospital. The cast includes Van Johnson Keye Luke Donna Reed and Marilyn Maxwell with Margaret OBrien delivering poignant child scenes. Willis Goldbeck directs a blend of drama romance and comedy in the prison break subplot.
A reviewer notes the film’s bold farce as Norval is urged to propose in desperation and the confession scene drives the comedy. The reviewer calls the miracle sequence a highlight and says the movie delivers unexpected fun in a long time.
Funeral services for 83 year old Mrs Mattie Wood will be held at the Brighton Christian church with Rev W Fillmore officiating and burial at Hillcrest cemetery. She died yesterday at Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield after ten days there and years of ill health. Survived by brother Russell Bonar and several nieces and nephews.
In Wyman Iowa March 11 Mr and Mrs Homer Davis hosted supper for Leslie Humphreys Louise Humphreys Mr and Mrs E V Humphreys Dewey and Sarah Davis Also noted patient F E Humphreys at University hospital Iowa City expected home Saturday F E Humphreys Mrs FE W Humphreys and Della Humphreys of Washington visited Iowa City Thursday Surgical dressing quota arrived work began Friday and continues Wednesdays The boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Conesville Friday night for season final games.
The Health Unit lists activities for the week beginning March 1. Tuberculin testing at Stewart School and child health conferences occur Tuesday and Wednesday, with a bleeding clinic for convalescents and tuberculin readings at Stewart on Thursday.
Brighton reports funeral attendance for Mrs. Sarah Pfeiffer and family updates on local residents. Students Annabelle Lauderdale and Lois Farrier join Federal Communications school in Omaha. Sgt Gene Seaton killed in the South Pacific. Local elections: Brighton school directors race, T T T chapter meets, and residents head to Chicago, Washington, and Michigan for family matters and travel.
In decorating a long wall a secretary style desk blends better than a knee hole desk, reducing gaps and creating a unified look. The secretary’s height and line suit the space, avoiding unattractive negative spaces and balancing the room’s proportions.
The Homestead Farx reports a mix of folklore and local anecdotes about weather predicting groundhog shadows on March 1 2 3 and moon signs goose feathers and winds. It mentions Washington coal yards warm winter profits auctioneer G L H Rinner famed for livestock prices and a note about John Frederick Mouser and a deed bearing a U S president's signature.
Ruth Norris reports the Red Cross surgical dress class has resumed. Sessions are Thursday afternoon and evening with Everte urged to attend. Mrs Estella McCaleb’s property hosts the move for Mr and Mrs Albert Jeff and daughter. Don Woods relocates to a farm near Wapello. Mrs Coleman travels to Leavenworth Kansas to visit her stationed husband. Mr and Mrs Chas Weber move into the Rhodes property they recently purchased.
Buying sweet potatoes by the bushel saves time and money when proper storage rooms are available. They keep best in a dry warm place around 60 degrees, and decay occurs if they get too cold. A furnace room in the cellar works for bulk purchases, while a week’s supply stays good in a vegetable bin or pantry shelf.
Soybean flour gives a pleasant flavor to pastry and enhances browning. It is popular for prune pie or tarts. Used in 12% proportions, home kitchen terms translate to substituting 2 tablespoons of soybean flour for 2 tablespoons of white flour in each cup of flour.
Ancient road reveals gravel first surface with paving arriving later. Milestones and repair records shed light on chariot era traffic and maintenance along the Roman route.
Early cleaning used camphene solvent and simple equipment like earthenware pans, scouring boards, and white hair brushes. Dresses were torn apart, cleaned piece by piece in solvent, brushed, redipped, dried in a hot room to remove odor, then resewn.
Other materials besides humus help make clay soil friable. Pulverized limestone wood ashes hard coal ashes sand and even cinders are usable. Much is accomplished by tillage.
An extension dairy man says cows in good condition before calving yield 5 to 10 percent more milk and higher butterfat in the first 45 days of lactation. He advises feeding ample roughage and a grain ration with calcium, phosphorus, and 1 percent salt to build up condition.
Mr and Mrs Robert Stevens entertained the bridge club at their East 76 district home last Thursday night with a late lunch and prizes for high and low scores. Other social notes include Eastern Star instruction in Keota, visits to Wellman, an appendectomy in Iowa City, and APO address news for James EB Clark formerly of Washington.
Brazil exported about 100000 pounds of radio quartz crystal annually in normal times, reflecting steady demand for high purity minerals used in electronics. The figure underscores stable trade levels for the essential component in radio and communications manufacturing.
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