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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1950
Page
6
Local residents report trips to Monmouth Illinois and Des Moines Iowa while students prepare for Westminster College. Nash dealer Gilbert Mills previews the 1951 Nash models in Chicago and plans public unveiling September 22. Page highlights visits from Washington to Hancock Oakland Grand Rapids Minnesota and Cedar Rapids with family gatherings and notable retirements.
Preparations are in progress for a rousing reception as Wendell L. Wilkie is due to stop for a few minutes. Officials expect a crowd of several thousand to fill the area within a block of North Fourth avenue Rock Island crossing where the rear of the train will halt.
Between 650 and 700 public school teachers from Washington, Louisa and Jefferson counties will attend the Multiple County Institute in Washington on Wednesday Sept 27. The event is under the joint auspices of the Department of Public Instruction and county superintendents with M. M. Schell overseeing Washington, Wayne Pratt in charge of Southeast Iowa, and faculty from the state university and other colleges. Schools in the three counties will be dismissed for the day and all teachers are expected to attend.
Attractive shallow bread pans can be converted into decorative plant containers for living rooms or porches. Coat inside with enamel to blend with furnishings for a durable, easy project.
Workers in loud environments should wear ear protectors to cut noise by up to 25 percent. The guidance emphasizes reducing exposure and protecting long term hearing health.
Otto Shen of Bethel claims a direct descendant of the fairy tale beanstalk grows in his yard. The 50 foot vine climbs a poplar with beans up to 31 pounds, four feet long. Shen hosted 26 friends who tasted the giant bean, prepared variously, and earned hopeful plans for bigger harvests next year.
Yesterday Gerald Hahn of Keota underwent an appendectomy. Evelyn Krotz of Ainsworth also had an appendectomy and Mrs. Floyd Smith of Richland had a surgical procedure. Dismissals include William Kennard of the city and Mrs. Gerald Smith with daughter from Columbus Junction. A son named Omer Ropp was born yesterday at Kalonas at 1 32 p.m.
Edith M Gates details travel from Kearney Nebraska to Green River Wyoming on Route 30 with sights from alfalfa mills to Sinclair town, notes winterlike weather, a new University of Wyoming fieldhouse, geese, trains, and a poor dining experience in Green River while planning Salt Lake City stop and Boise return.
Former Representative Andrew J. May of Kentucky, 75, serving a war contracts fraud conspiracy sentence at Ashland federal prison, was granted parole. Board chairman Dr. George Killinger said May will be released Monday to return to his Prestonburg home and is expected to resume private law practice.
Evidence showed May received 53000 dollars from Henry M Garsson and Murray W Garsson in a munition contracts case. May, sentenced to eight to 24 months, began serving his term last December. Killinger cited age and health for the release. The piece also notes land fallow-season care to prevent soil blowout.
The milk ring test is a quick method used to detect brucellosis in cattle, offering rapid screening for dairy herds and affecting herd health management decisions.
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