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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1946
Page
5
A fragment notes a transformation of a person once cruel to a life of faith, referencing a 1946 date and a shift to devotion. The text mentions the Jonal and Memorial Association and Paul as a model of a new man guided by a heavenly vision.
A column mix covers a reader poll on knowledge of the Bill of Rights, rising inventories and inflation risk, and warnings about speculative fever. It cites a 1930s demonstration, comments on air routes over the Arctic, and anecdotes from various newspapers. It ends with light quotes from Bainbridge Mainsheet and other papers.
A collage of witty lines and civic notes features an invite to a district Fourth of July program with speakers and a firing squad, junto with humorous quips about fashion nerves, manners, and gossip, capturing a playful era vibe.
At a national electronics conference in Chicago Charles E. Nobles of Westinghouse outlined using airplanes to extend television and FM radio waves beyond the horizon. He cited the potential to improve coverage and reach for broadcasts and discussed technical feasibility and implications.
Berlin reports that the American Military Government will establish zonal courts to try hundreds of Germans as war criminals. Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay said 77,000 internees in the US zone may be selected, with plans for American judges to arrive soon. The three acquitted Nuernberg defendants Franz Von Papen Hjalmar Schacht and Hans Fritzsche may be prosecuted under denazification laws but not retried for the same charges.
Specially built airplanes flying 30,000 feet apart could link New York and Hollywood in four television and five FM broadcasts simultaneously to 75 percent of the U.S. population. The system, named Stratovision, would use planes over New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Kansas City, Western Nebraska, Western Colorado, Salt Lake City and Los Angeles.
Ames Iowa October 18 Harold Beaty extension agricultural engineer at Iowa State College warns Iowans against dry cleaning in the home as part of Fire Prevention Week observances.
Beaty warned that a pint of gasoline or naptha has destructive power equal to a pound of dynamite. He urged homemakers to use professional dry cleaners where hazards of flamable solvents are understood and guarded against.
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