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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1943
Page
5
Receive Honorable Discharges from Camp Phillips Kan and from Salina Kus as families welcome veterans home. Local notices include births, new emergency food chair appointments, canning demonstrations, fair association leadership, obituaries, military moves, and hospitalizations in Muscatine Estherville Davenport and Des Moines areas.
The article recalls early 20th century work on rubber constitution and synthesis, noting that the term synthetic rubber originally signified the product formed by synthesizing the rubber hydrocarbon, the chief constituent of natural rubber, with lore dating back before the last war.
Polly Miller spent Saturday and Sunday at the Don Simmering home. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Miller attended Sunday supper at Don Simmering. The Meyer and Koehler families hosted and visited across multiple households. Community members attended a senior play at Ainsworth high school and various family gatherings in Prairie Center and nearby towns.
The text notes a congregational dinner following installation services for Pastor Milo Phillippi. Attending were Mr and Mrs Don Simmering and children, Mr and Mrs Marion Sheetz and children, and Mr and Mrs Albert Zieglowsky and children. Also mentioned are condolences for Bob Shannon and visits to Henry Sutherland's home.
East Highland updates report Marious Leonard Moberly improving and out of hospital. Bernard Marshall helps at Robert Gwens home. Donald Birka arrives safely at a Boulder Colorado camp and likes the climate. Henry Pryniek buys sheep from Gail Murdock. Mr and Mrs Eddie Hoffner visit Ivorsky home. Norma Goetz visits Leona Mineer and Wieland children. Mrs Jane Foster and Mrs Lucy Windess with Mary Dvorak and Anna Rath. Joe Luther Isie Smid visit Ralpey Wieland home. Gail Murdoch visits Washington and sees Glenn Lambert off on 10 day furlough. Austin Collins and Frank Mincer visit Henry Prymek. Lewis Moberly helps Betty Skala and husband plows. Cpl Lloyd Wasson and James visit par.
Riverside May 11 relatives report Clifford Birrer son of Henry Birrer of Hamilton Montana a former Riverside resident has been cited by the government for bravery while on duty in the Guadalc canal section Private Birrer enlisted in 1940 and was at Pearl Harbor when Japan attacked on December 7 1941. He is nephew of Mrs Cornelius W Walsh and Mrs George Deutsch both of Riverside.
The essay observes wartime dress simplicity and grooming, noting fabric conservation and military influence. It contrasts modest fashion with a critique of women smoking, emphasizes immaculate details, and recalls frequent sightings of soldiers, sailors, and airmen in transit locations.
The excerpt describes soldiers undecided about a long war after elections, Mary leaving for severance and pay, home leave notices, and a week of paid vacation. It notes farmers reporting washed fields and flood damage, and details about French Somaliland's status under Axis control as a strategic colonial point near Bab el Mandeb.
The pig crop was near half crop on numerous farms, with shortages especially among litters born early in February and March. The text notes widespread reduced hog yields affecting early-born piglets.
The article notes a likely expansion in poultry, with longtime chicken keepers increasing flock sizes and farmers boosting backyard poultry as the season grows.
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