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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1938
Page
4
A set of price classes produced a complex list of winners in the Gilmore Yosemite run. Overall, the Graham Supercharger tops ten mile per gallon ratings, with Lincoln-Zephyr second and Nash Ambassador 6 third. Tie-breakers used weight and ton-mileage to resolve close results among Terraplane, Graham Super Charger, and others.
May 27 notes Doris Blanchard of near Washington visiting with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jones. Betty Johnston spent an afternoon at the Jones home playing with Doris and Doris visited with Mrs. Ralph Howell Monday afternoon.
A busy social ledge shows numerous visits and gatherings. Joe Schlatter and guests hosted an Aluminum demonstration with Marie Johnson assisting. Many families shared dinners and fish fries across Washington West Chester Davenport Mt. Union and Burlington venues with extended clan visits and graduation attendance.
Hudson Motor Car Company launches a nationwide economy test inviting private owners to drive the Hudson 112 on measured routes from May 22 to June 18. Owners record mileage with device readings, submit a 50 word feature, and three new Hudson 112s are awarded weekly. Newspapers with a combined 30 million readers aid the effort.
Eight new automobiles and trucks were registered in the county in the past week keeping the month’s average above one per day. Through May 26 the county total reached 5 080, compared with 5 058 a year ago, while year to date truck registrations stood at 670, up 30 from last year.
The text explains rank insignia for U S Army officers. General ranks use silver stars: four for general, three for lieutenant general, two for major general, one for brigadier general. Colonels use a silver eagle, lieutenant colonels a silver oak leaf, majors a gold oak leaf, captains two silver bars.
Women have been barred for centuries from Mount Athos, a sacred site on a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, where male monks reside and restrict access to nonmonastic visitors.
A line from Uncle Eben contrasts two kinds of music. One brings pleasure, the other burden, highlighting a coastal community's sentiment on art and life.
Tropacocaine is a drug with anesthetic and stimulant qualities similar to cocaine. It is an alkaloid extracted from a small leaved coca variety grown in Java.
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