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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1947
Page
4
An editorial quotes Jesus declaring I am the light of the world and critiques power that brings suffering to many. It frames the idea of divine guidance versus human misrule and references John 9:5 to emphasize spiritual illumination.
A broad column surveys isotopes as by-products of the atomic age and the promise of new life science insights. It notes Iowa corn estimates, rising hog prices, a looming meat shortage, and the impact on farmers, then shifts to taxes, Taft Hartley, and a Pennsylvania election showing labor sentiment.
Bridgeport Conn Post notes women increasingly enter law but cannot match the scope of their new commitments. The Dallas News item mentions widespread delivery slowdowns with only the stork seemingly unaffected.
The piece recalls a Municipal band concert amid a thrashing rain on Thursday, with spectators sheltering under doorways and tents, notes on crinkling dresses, and hints of local happenings from J. E. Linder to a pair of women starting a linen rental business. It also quips about rain showers calming milk cows, a tiny pup named Chichi, and a Harvard president receiving a request for his seven greatest thoughts.
Des Moines report from Sept 12 cites Dr Loren P Chancellor acting director of the division of vital statistics showing Iowa loses about 20 000 people annually to migration. Population growth over six years was 42 000, births in 1946 more than doubling deaths, with migration linked to perceived opportunities elsewhere.
Iowa's 1945 birth count reached 57,202 with a 22.2 per thousand rate, up about 8,000 from 1944. The death count declined to 25,890, a rate near 10 per thousand, continuing a 30 year pattern of similar mortality.
The stork visited Lancaster General Hospital with a full house of newborns yesterday. In 47 minutes, Mrs. Far Farley welcomed two boys and a girl, while Mrs. Lester Newswanger had a boy and a girl, marking a remarkable double set of multiple births.
The national school lunch program feeds more than eight million U S children daily, highlighting its reach across the United States and the role of cafeterias in student nutrition.
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