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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1944
Page
2
Department worker Marie Baker reports WOC president Mae Sporn of Davenport will broadcast tomorrow at 10 45 AM from Des Moines station WOC 1420. Message targets men in service as Grand Army day observances unfold. Margaret Ragan in New Orleans receives a promotion to storekeeper first class.
Archie Clyde Horak and Ruth Sammons of Alnsaworth secured a marriage license at the court house today, confirming their forthcoming wedding.
District price panel checked stores for compliance and will recheck the week of April 8. Stores out of line on the second visit will meet with the price panel and deliberate violators may be referred to the district OPA office for enforcement action.
The office of price administration says 600000 retailers face relief as expiration dates are removed from red and blue food stamps. War Ration Book Four stamps for meats fats oils and processed produce will never expire, matching shoe and sugar stamps. No change in stamp redemption timing.
Civilian meat supplies for April show a slight drop from March, but ration point values effective April 2 remain almost unchanged. All fresh beef pork veal and mutton will stay at March low point values, while butter remains 16 points as in recent months.
The Office of Price Administration announced that point values for all frozen fruits and vegetables will be zero from April 2 through April 29, reflecting a 6 percent share of processed foods. Canned peas also drop to zero, while jams and figs lose value. Most other rationed processed foods keep their points, with canned fruits and vegetables largely sustaining current levels.
A jury of 12 including 10 women and two men was selected to hear conspiracy charges against Roy W. Smith former Pottawattamie county attorney and Martin A. Gluckman druggist in Council Bluffs. Opening statements set for today relate to indictments dating from March 1940 arising from a narcotics case involving a doctor and alleged payouts to avoid prosecution.
John H. Gillespie is appointed special state representative to assist the Iowa director of selective service in handling deferments of essential transportation workers under 26. Brig. Gen. C. D. Young announced the appointment. Gillespie serves as ODT district manager of the division of motor transport in Des Moines.
The text discusses road construction bonds under the original Motor Club plan to improve Iowa's 42,000 miles of secondary roads, reducing farmers' weather dependence. It notes labor-heavy costs and a postwar employment cushion, with $24 million for cities over 10,000 for off street parking and $48 million for paving and widening primary roads. The state highway department may allocate part of $45 million for parking projects in towns under 10,000.
Rev Milo J Phillips leads the union worship tonight at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church with Hymns Benediction and Sermon. Reads Matthew 26:56 46 and lists invocation responsive reading pastoral prayer and a sermon titled Asleep and Indifferent followed by There is a Green Hill Far Away and Tis Midnight On Olive's Kirow.
Mrs. Mary A. Moss, widow of Scranton, Oklahoma, told Muskogee police she was fleeced of 4000 dollars in an oft repeated confidence game. She filed charges against Ray Brown and Charles Lane, both sought by authorities as the two suspects.
Guidance on branch removal warns to cut parallel to the main trunk and close to it to ensure wounds heal. It cautions that stubbed cuts from improper removal may not heal and can cause disease later.
Monona County coroner’s jury recommended that Frederick Karr, a 60 year old traveling magician, be held for the grand jury over the death of 6 year old Helen Phillips who was struck Monday afternoon on Highway 75 four miles south of Blencoe Iowa as she walked home from school.
Mrs Cyrus Birka route two was admitted yesterday afternoon as a medical patient. William McCartney Ainsworth and Harry Maxwell route one were admitted this morning as medical patients. Mrs Marie Berger was discharged this morning to the Proud Harvey residence.
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