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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1943
Page
5
County auditor Walter Schoeder releases the annual Financial Report detailing officer duties, salaries, census figures, tax levies, and hospital costs. It lists township populations, commissions, welfare workers, and bonds, plus 1942 receipts from vehicle licenses, county home operations, and farm values.
At a Washington county Republican Women meeting in Mrs. William Beggs home plans were set for the district convention to be held Thursday May 20 A cooperative luncheon at noon will precede the business meeting Attending include Martha McClure Mrs Pleas ant National Republican committeewoman Mrs Bess Lainson Iowa Council president Mrs Alda Crew West Branch district president and others Names of officers for the next year were accepted with Mrs Beggs as president and committees named for the convention to be held at the Y M C A Flue gases from furnaces burning common fuels are highly corrosive to metals.
Cotter seniors gathered for a church service with Barbara Jones at the piano. Dr. Eastwood of Washington preached on life with a purpose as baritone solos and congregational hymns filled the service. Local gatherings followed with Mrs. Duncan hosting Westminster Guild and members sharing devotionals, stewardship thoughts, and spring Presbyterial reports during May gatherings.
The article states 15,000 kinds of paper are manufactured in the United States and estimates that the wood used for newsprint would build a pile spanning coast to coast if stacked four feet wide and four feet high.
A breezy romantic comedy features Ameche and Miss Bennett in a tale of a valet and a beauty amid a rubber industry caper. The cast includes Frank Craven Billie Burke and Alan Dinehart with a light, chronological romp and comic misunderstandings.
Ronald Colman and Greer Garson star in a haunting romance and dramatic tale from James Hilton in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presentation. The film opens at the State Theatre on Sunday for a five day run.
Mrs Ed Nelson and Mrs Carl Nelson co hosted the Walnut Women's Club May meeting on Thursday afternoon. Sixteen members answered roll call with chicken raising experiences. Others present were listed.
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