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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1944
Page
5
The text states My Church is an instrument organized and impelled by divine love. Membership offers cooperative usefulness, not guaranteed salvation in this life or the next. Matt 16 18 is cited.
A reflective essay contrasts wartime humbleness of returning servicemen with social issues. It notes taxation harms industry, likens Chinese labor to American rail work, and questions planning after Pearl Harbor. It cites Europe invasion, China struggles, and a wary view of future prosperity amid war memories.
Letters from Corporal Francis Haney in the South Pacific reach his mother Mrs Frank Haney just before Mother’s Day. The trip home of a package amid wartime mail quirks underscores how mail can be delayed or timely.
A humorous exchange between Mrs Noowed and Mr Noowed centers on why a nautical mile is nearly a seventh longer than a land mile. Mrs Noowed ponders the difference while Mr Noowed explains that measurements swell with water.
A restaurant guest demands the head waiter with anger claiming the steak was the toughest ever seen. The waiter replies he will call the head waiter if instructed, setting a tense dining room scene.
Kalona May 10 98 alumni attended the high school banquet with 21 seniors and faculty members at the honored table. A Catholic Ladies dinner served by the junior class and decorations in blue and white highlighted the event.
Cadmium coatings are being electroplated over fifty times thicker than usual to protect iron and steel sheets in certain war equipment. Cadmium plating, once limited to small radio parts and some aircraft components, now has an expanded application scope.
Notice invites bids on Commodity Credit Corp. wooden bins in Washington County Iowa and West Chester Ohio? This item lists two lots of ten bins each with dimensions 14 by 24 by 10 and capacities 2790 bushels. Bid forms and instructions obtainable from the County Office. Bids due by May 22 1944 with opening at 2:00 PM and awards within 19 days.
More than 4,000 of the nation s 22 000 intercity buses exceed eight years in age marking the end of their expected life span as concerns rise over maintenance and reliability.
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