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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1948
Page
8
Vi ce Vi ce Hattie McConnell of Washington becomes the first patient to benefit from the new hospital insurance offered to Washington County residents through the Washington County Hospital. Now is the time of year when vitamins are needed, and the ad promotes Bexel Multivitamins with a one month trial refund if no improvement.
Bruce Cowden notes a bumper corn year in Washington County Iowa with fields loaded with big ears and widespread mechanical harvesting. Don Radda, a county corn specialist, shows a historic field that yielded 135 bushels per acre last year in poor conditions and could top county and state records as ten acre tests finish. Kenneth Bakehouse, John Lee, and Frank McFarlane accompany the visit and photos capture heavily loaded stalks and tall corn in the Radda field.
Top on hogs reached 25 dollars and 60 cents in a market report. Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures tonight and tomorrow with no major storms expected.
Dr. Wm. O. Lynch discovers Elwood Haynes demonstrated one of the first U S automobiles near Kokomo on July 4 1894 using a bicycle chain to link engine and rear wheels. He also notes Indiana fur fashions worn by French court ladies in the 1600s and early Indiana newspapers including the Indiana Gazette at Vincennes in 1804 with colorful titles such as The Coon Skinner The Grubbing Hoe of Truth and the Round Ax of Freedom.
The article recalls county corn champions with ears up to 19 inches and stalks reaching 23 feet 10 inches while noting a long history of corn and agriculture around Cedar township. It mentions the 1941 Festi corn map and argues for reviving a Washington county corn show next year to celebrate local farming heritage.
A field on the Radda farm in Cedar township shows corn husking yet to be done this year. Ears are peeled for visibility with John Lee Don Radda and R F McFarlane identified in the photo. The writer is noted as nearby, hidden by the corn.
Local visitors include Mrs J W Lonergan and the Hale family at the Kelly home for the weekend. Arizona weather reports 89 in Phoenix with a four inch rainstorm praised as that storm. WRC officers called on Mrs L R Baker, now improving at home, as they travel to West Chester for J W Baker Post ceremonies. Olds high seniors photographed in Washington with supervision from Superintendent Bros trom and sponsors. Des Moines trip to hear Gen Omar Bradley, and houseguests for a week with Dr A C Peterson.
In Paris on October 28 Britain asked the UN Security Council to order withdrawal of Jewish troops from the Negev and to consider economic sanctions against Israel if not obeyed. China joined in sponsoring the resolution with the United States Canada France and Belgium while Russia sought delay. Israel offered to negotiate the Negev situation with Egypt directly or via the UN. The joint draft urged urgent study of sanctions for violators of the UN cease fire order mediated by Ralph Bunche.
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