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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1940
Page
8
The Gass family extends gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and floral offerings at their bereavement. Mrs. Lottie Gass and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gass with family, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shaffer express appreciation.
The Republican caucus for the Second Ward is set for Friday evening at 7 30 p m at Mace Garage with W S Kyle as committeeman.
Notice of tax sale in Washington County Iowa for Lot 20 South West Addition Crawfordsville. Property sold for 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 taxes on January 27 1936 to Elmer A Sheets. Redemption expires ninety days after service of notice. tax deed will be issued. Dated May 16 1940.
Committees announce the annual Memorial Day events set for May 30 on the school grounds and at the cemetery. The program begins with the Ainsworth school band directed by Milo Serden at 1:30 p.m. with songs, invocations, addresses by FE R Butterworth and Rev Hemphill, and a march to the cemetery led by the band. Veterans, women and children participate in the ceremony with flowers, wreaths, and a finale of taps.
Wonder Windown Winter egg production rose 75 percent in a New Jersey egg laying contest after installing cellulose glass windows in the poultry house. The glass passes violet rays from the sun, aiding health. it is used on poultry houses, porches, dairy barns, dog kennels, hog houses, and hotbeds and is sold by hardware dealers.
In 1658 colonial rulers mandated planters plant mulberry trees to foster silk culture. Each planter had to grow at least 10 mulberry trees per 100 acres. Silk gained a brief foothold, with export of silk from Savannah to England by 17385.
In Amsterdam Holland a famed restaurant keeps a ledger of each beefsteak served. Since opening in 1870 each steak is numbered and diners today see checks bearing numbers well over four million.
Collier's reports France has assembled about 200 women described as lying nurses equipped for parachute jumps. skilled in nursing and trained to be dropped with medical kits to urgent frontline locations at a moment's notice.
University of Minnesota scientists captured a photograph in one hundred millionth of a second using a cathode ray oscillograph. The image records electrical oscillations on a photographic plate and marks a vast improvement over prior oscillographs.
Children receive a special invitation to attend an event hosted by the community with entertainment organized by several women led by Mrs Glatus Evana.
John C. Owen, born 1914, son of Prof C A Owen and Margaret Corette Owen, is a Republican candidate for county attorney. A Monmouth College and University of Iowa Law School graduate, he has practiced law in Washington since 1938, with strong church and civic ties.
An advertisement prepared by friends of Mr Dhwen invites community support. It highlights a fundraising effort, calling for contributions to assist the named individual within a local context.
Joe Long, secretary of the Iowa Tax Payers Association, spoke to the Rotary Club about cutting the tax load through три paths: reduce services, do with less, or buy for less. He cited 145 proposed measures in the legislature that would cost Iowa millions if enacted and urged school district reorganization to end wasteful one room schools. He stressed careful budgeting for both personal and government finances.
In Denmark a historic church lies buried by sand dunes south of Skagen. A sand storm in the eighteenth century buried the body of the church, leaving only the tower visible to visitors today.
Iowa experiment station data on over 1,000 cross bred hogs show they are more vigorous at birth and gain weight faster than purebreds. Pigs reach 225 pounds in 10 days to two weeks sooner and require 25 to 39 pounds less feed.
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