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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1947
Page
4
The piece surveys calls for charity and neighborliness, critiques of communism and Hollywood hearings, notes aid challenges in Europe, warns of child sexual violence danger, and cites England’s nationalization versus free enterprise debates with local reflections from Ottumwa Courier.
The Washington County 4H drive highlights hands on projects tied to real farm work and daily life. Leaders stress the dignity of labor and pledge to clear thinking and better living through health with county support and parental help.
The report notes a first test flight this week in California of a high horsepower craft resembling a bird with 32 000 horsepower engines. It questions whether jet propulsion and 600 mph travel will bring happiness and suggests true progress requires honesty and kindness.
The 1947 Boys 4 H enrollment increased by one club with 17 new members. Project numbers rose notably in pigs with market litters up from 14 to 32 and purebred litters from 15 to 36. Baby beef calves grew from 48 to 67, dairy projects added six head to 18, feeder lambs stayed at 63, and purebred beef heifers declined from four to none. saddle colts rose slightly.
The plan includes one garden and one chicken project with an aim to raise enrollment by 40 percent in 1948.
Noble report lists Dallas Leiehty injured by icicle caught in a pump sack and hospitalized in Mt. Pleasant. Family and neighbors on brief trips include the Widmers returning from Elkhart with Jacob Widmer Jr. doing chores, Rebecca Safely visiting Wm Schantz kin in area, and Mary Schantz in Des Moines. Several dinners and visits are noted with Graber, Wenger, Nebel, Wyse, and Frey in attendance.
Washington Evening Journal lists subscription rates per week by carrier in Washington. PAT rate is 2.60 dollars.
Mrs Ella Oswalt of Aurora Neb hosts visitors while Mr and Mrs Edd Wyse entertain. Edwin Leichty and Sarah Stutzman visit Goshen Indiana. Raymond Rich family dine with Allen Roth. Mrs Harry Martin from Downing Missouri visits Paisley family. Michael Sexton and Henry Sexton host Nashville relatives. Community women pack 160 pounds of used clothing and 20 pounds new clothing at Wiecher church for MCC foreign relief in Akron Pennsylvania.
The baby food sector crossed the 100 million dollar threshold last year driven by strained and chopped foods sold in cans and jars. Sales rose 777 percent over five years, making baby foods the largest single canned item and about 3.5 percent of all canned fruit and vegetable sales.
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