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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1952
Page
7
Ship lap floor costs and repairs offered by F. F. Vawter & Co United Presbyterian Home. Sale listing notes shed dimensions and condition with contact at the home for details.
Classified ad offers a chance to earn up to 100 dollars weekly with a part time business option. No selling required and experience is not necessary. Company supports the reliable party to expand to full time operation and provides a contact phone number.
Salable hog receipts 500 with active trade. butchers 25 cents higher. sows steady to 10 cents higher. 220 lb loads at 98.35. 250 lb and 280-825 weights range 1700-1750. Lambs and sheep steady with scarce shorn lambs. cattle steady on light weights, cows slow. Best steer action under 1100 lb, yearlings around 5.50. Bulls 24.50-27.50, cows 21.75-25.50, stockers mixed around 25.00.
The article lists church positions and committee members including financial secretary Lucile Forgey missionary committee members Carol Forgey and others, reporting roles, organists, Sunday School officers, vacation Bible School staff, cradle roll, home department, fellowship officers, nominating committee, and related church governance. A brief note follows on Belgian towns in the Middle Ages describing their wealth and autonomy as textile centers.
Washington notes millions of American travelers coming home from abroad unscripted by tours or reservations. Birds guide their migrations by learned routes along Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific flyways. The piece recounts ancient theories of migration and details about barn swallows and other birds, including gender roles in migration and nesting.
To test lacquer varnish or shel lac for coloring, pour a small amount over clear glass. An amber hue predicts darkening of wood. for a clear protective coating use water white lacquer or bleached shellac.
A Johannesburg dispatch notes segregations policies hinder South Africa’s postwar industrial expansion. Restrictions on training nonwhites for skilled white jobs and limits on European immigration curb manpower needs of 45,000 to 50,000 white immigrants yearly. emigration to Rhodesia rises while overseas arrivals lag.
A nostalgic look at sulfur and molasses tonics shows their faded home use yet ongoing industrial importance. Freeport Sulphur Co. spends 20 million dollars to develop new deposits in Louisiana and Texas while sulfur remains essential to newsprint fertilizer and automobile production.
New Delhi reports Mos cow radio broadcast dedicated to the memory of George Washington. The station claimed Washington valued liberty while accusing his successors of waging a senseless war in Korea. It cited letters from American soldiers to parents and noted some parents refused posthumous awards for sons, saying America fights a senseless war in Korea.
A London airport tragedy ends with Boonma the zoo elephant dying after a long journey from Thailand to Brussels via Tripoli. Keepers battled a stomach ailment and fear of heights, using brandy and various foods, but the animal deteriorated and passed away despite efforts and a bedside bulletin noting "dangerously ill."
In Rochester New York a pet Japanese deer named Lambie, shot by a boy hunter, is recovering and expected to bear a new fawn around July 1. Owner Charles Weylman reports Lambie can stand and walk despite partial paralysis from three shotgun pellets. Another pet deer Susie was found dead nearby.
Randolph Field in Texas unveils a 420000 Consolidated Dining Hall at the B 29 training center. The two and a half story facility serves about 4200 meals daily, uses four cafeteria lines, and seats 1400 per meal with four man tables.
CHICAGO Indiscriminate use of sulfa or antibiotic preparations can cause more harm than good says Dr. William Bolton of Chicago. Casual taking of these drugs for colds sore throats or coughs may delay recovery and foster germs resistance. The doctor notes germs alone develop resistance not the body and warns against repeated driblets of wonder drugs.
Harlan Kentucky authorities opened an inquiry after a workman uncovered several skeletons in a shallow Cumberland grave. Initial theories linked the remains to moonshiners and revenuers, but the Smithsonian Institution offered help, identifying the bones as prehistoric Indians including a brave, three squaws, and a male.
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