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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1944

Page

4

Dewey Impresses Iowa Reporters In Fort Des Moines Conference

The Des Moines event shows Governor Dewey calmly handling a tough press session with a wide range of questions. He emphasizes nonpartisan peace efforts, informs the public, and asserts that world peace must involve many nations rather than a few powers.

The United States Thomas E. Dewey Des Moines Fort Des Moines Iowa Dewey Louisville America

Miscellany of Jokes and Childlike Tales

A collection of light anecdotes and comic vignettes. A Washington man offers a sleep remedy by imagining himself a night watchman. A barberish exchange about shoe leather as gasoline substitutes and a ventriloquism graduate selling talking parrots appear alongside a fumbling essay on hens and a librarian's inquiry about a mother’s name.

B Vitamins Lossed In Cooking And Liquid Use

B vitamins are often missing from diets due to cooking losses. Heat degrades B vitamins and some leach into cooking water. Save that cooking liquid for sauces gravies or serve with vegetables to recover nutrients.

Riverside Needle Club Social at Mrs Lafourek Home

Mrs Frank Lafourek hosted the Senior Needle club in Riverside with an afternoon of needlework and cafeteria style refreshments. Estelle Cruz will host the club on September 21. Attendees at the Mrs James Sims funeral from Riverside and vicinity included Minnie Holtz William Sims Jos eph Linsley Helen Tener Mrs F Fitzsimmons William Tener and Dr George W Godlove plus Jennie Kaye visiting from Boulder and Ora Sims of Iowa City. Irma and Irene Beranek, workers in Clinton, are visiting their home.

Riverside Frank Lafourek Estelle Cruz James Sims River Junction Minnie Holtz William Sims Joseph Linsley Helen Tener F. Fitzsimmons William Tener George W. Godlove Jennie Kaye Boulder Colo Ora Sims Iowa City Irma Irene Beranek Clinton

Riverside Residents Welcome Old Friends Visitors Share News

Ella McLaughlin of Cedar Rapids visited Riverside friends before moving on to Washington with Mrs Walton. Jennie Kaye formerly of Riverside now in Boulder Colo visited relatives. Elvira and Lorraine Eberwein of Chicago stayed with Charles B Rice family. Elmer Davis and family from Cedar Rapids visited Earl Walton and family. Mrs Jennie Tener of Riverside and William Tener hosted relatives.

Albie Beranek Ella McLaughlin Cedar Rapids Miss McLaughlin Riverside Prmary Riverside Public School Elmer Davis Earl Walton Washington Walton Jennie Kaye Jennie Tener Boulder Colo William Tener John W. Tener Harry Walton Louis Deatsch Iowa City Elvira and Lorraine Eberwein Chicaeo

Arable soil share vs forest cover worldwide

Global land use shows only 11 percent of the earth's surface is arable while forests cover 24 percent. This contrast highlights limited land suitable for crops compared with extensive forested areas.

Spinach Variety Don’t Like Heat Matures Slowly

Don’t Like Heat Spinach takes 40 to 50 days to mature and dislikes hot weather. Harvest is by pulling the plant from the roots, producing a single crop per season.

Indians Used Cipher Before European Influence

The text notes that cipher use predates European contact, with reference to sixth and seventh century Europe and ancient Maya calculations involving cipher concepts and Indians.

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