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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1948
Page
4
In a Dorchester Beacon letter column the writer critiques postwar policy debates. They argue price controls falter, inflation persists, and markets self adjust. The piece warns against mixing Wall Street blame with domestic corruption while urging prudent voting and economic understanding.
A T cent nickel suggested by two lawmakers as a way to curb rising prices. The plan would allow the coin to be used in place of a dime for some items. As prices spiral, two 7 centers could cover what used to cost 10 cents.
The Aviation Bulletin reports Washington municipal airport is among the 13 Iowa airports rated superior in a semi annual AOPA survey. Other superior fields include Burlington Clarion Des Moines Eldora Estherville Iowa Falls Jefferson Marshalltown Sac City Shenandoah Waterloo Fort Dodge and One City. Federal funding covers about half of the cost with cities covering the rest.
The general manager notes pilots travel 100 miles to reach high quality fields, signaling Washington field’s good management and popularity. Iowa leads in airport projects with nine new airports and 12 improvements, under the national plan, costing about 2.2 million dollars. First work began last October and progress is rapid, with all 21 projects underway.
Washington furniture dealer Dick Hayes promotes a pricing method based on exact profit margins rather than psychological pricing. He displays tags like 68.38 34.02 50.12 25.17 10.11, a practice he says began in OPA days and sticks with despite market trends toward odd prices.
A history note about a former pastor of a Washington church and his wife who died as martyrs to their faith and are buried in a Washington cemetery at Woodlawn. It recalls their steadfast beliefs and burial site.
The piece recalls Rev. Samuel F. Vanatta, who arrived in Washington in 1855 as pastor of the Second United Presbyterian church and later became a mission worker for Iowa Synod. In 1862 he moved with his family toward the freed South amid guerrilla danger as emancipation unfolded in 1863.
The 1863 incident on the steamer Brazil near Vicksburg left Rev S F Vanatta dead and his wife Mary S Vanatta killed by a cannon shot fired by guerillas. The couple, missionaries among the freedmen, were mourned in inscriptions read at their Washington graves.
The term Hell On Wheels described temporary rail worker camps that formed along the Union Pacific route as workers moved west. From these camps permanent towns such as North Platte Julesburg Cheyenne and Laramie later grew into established communities.
The marker for Mrs. Van Atta records an age of 28 years. The brief inscription notes the death of the individual and provides the scant biographical detail visible on the stone.
Riverside residents Mr and Mrs H E Ford attended a rodeo in Marengo recently. Merle Blieu Doris and Ethan Blieu with Fred Annas visited Columbus Junction. Mrs Clement Dautremont of Riverside traveled to Iowa City to visit her mother Mrs Celia Kron in Mercy Hospital. Carson Sweeting of Omaha visited with Melvin Bone and R A Knittel. Betty and Ernestine Bulger of Iowa City visited with their mother Mrs Gertrude Bulger and family.
Riverside observes aging resident William Tener returning home after months in a Columbus Junction convalescent facility. Though frail with poor eyesight, he still visits the barber and local friends weekly. Tener, eldest Riverside resident, turns 95 on November 27 and is cared for by his sister-in-law Mrs. Bertha Tener and her daughters.
Adam Mickiewicz, born 1798 in Nowogroden and died 1855 in Constantinople, is Poland's most cherished and widely read poet. His masterpiece is Pan Tadeusz.
The term highball entered American usage through railroaders who used a two foot diameter ball to signal engines. A ball pulled to the top indicated not to stop, allowing cars to pass through small settlements at speed.
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