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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1948
Page
4
The piece surveys postwar politics with notes on Stalin era uncertainty and Henry Wallace's segregational stance, laments Mitchum's marijuana arrest, and critiques fundraising by the Iowa State Society for a Washington ball. It also remarks on the enduring appeal of softball and the hired girl as a fading American institution.
Myrtle Marsh signed a contract to teach Summit school for 200 dollars monthly but cannot find lodging in the community. She may seek a position that allows her to stay at home, while Van Buren county rural districts consider consolidating schools.
A column recaps early jobs of Washington figures like Art Brown who drove a milk route in Mason City Iowa, Dr P L Etter who farmed then pursued osteopathy, John Lee who worked at Deere and drove corn, and others who started as milk routes, clerks, bakers, carriers, or farm laborers before their notable work in public service. It notes a slow ongoing project to capture more such stories.
A national magazine predicts the Hoover commission will release a January report on government reorganization. It warns the plan may strip power from departments and independent offices, likening its effect to calomel with a castor oil chaser. The commission is described as non political and composed of hard boiled practical men.
The article recounts a group of women leaving London for Virginia in 1641 to be sold for tobacco, notes reader curiosity about buyers’ satisfaction, and mentions Anita Christine Weeks arriving with her three year old brother Eddie and grandfather Dewey Weeks in attendance.
Churches worldwide will ring bells and offer prayers on September 19 for world readers gathering in Paris for the UN General Assembly. The event is organized by the Layman's Movement for a Christian World with silent and audible prayers from 11:55 a.m. to 12 noon in each time zone.
A two and a half inch barley plant from Yugoslavia was grown at Belgrade University experimental farm. It matured normally and was unusually heavy with grain. The report claims barley from Yugoslavia has not changed in 700 years.
J. H. Jones and Bob Liechty attended the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. Mr. Jones exhibited Tamworth hogs there. Delbert Woods of Cedar Rapids spent the weekend at the Clark W Woods home. Mrs. J. H. Jones and children went to the Diamond Jubilee in Tracr. The Jones family and relatives visited California during a month long vacation. Wayne Davis cared for Howell chores while away. Mrs. Mary E. Jones stays with daughter in Mediapolis. R. H. Waltz of Hagerstown Indiana visited the J. H. Jones home overnight. New school pupils Shari Hamil Sharon Swank and Gary Fletcher. Local residents attended Iowa State Fair: Gerald Howell Marshall and Maurice Rose Mr. and Mrs. John Hamil Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones Gwyneth and Joe. Mr. Jones is exhibiting Tamworth hogs.
The Washington Evening Journal lists staff and contact details including publishers editors and managers. It notes publication schedule afternoons except Sunday, Christmas and July 4th plus post office classification and press association memberships. Subscription rates are given for in town and outside Iowa with terms payable in advance.
Art Whiting helps care for hogs while Mr. and Mrs. Chester Piper and Judith Ann visit relatives in Springfield and St. Louis Missouri. Miss Jane White spent the weekend with home folks and does stenographic work in Davenport.
Englishmen Granville Wheeler and Stephen Gray sent electricity through 886 feet of wire marking an early experiment in electrical conduction.
Sales of oil burners in 1947 exceed 820000, raising the nationwide operational total to more than 3500000 units. The figure reflects robust adoption across households and businesses as postwar demand sustains fuel heating installations.
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