Ration Stamp Confusion Noted by Local Board
The rationing board reports some hook-holders present the wrong stamp for canning sugar. Book 4 shows two sets of stamps both numbered a7 with one set misprinted or misassigned.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1944
Page
6
Wartime ration details for sugar tires and gasoline stamps
The notice outlines sugar ration stamps Spare-37 and Sugar-37 for canning and table sugar purchases. It lists tire certificate changes, inspection periods for Class A to C ration, and licensing for commercial vehicles. Gasoline coupons A through E and R variants specify quantities and validity from late 1943 to 1944.
Waapintaton Lodge Meets Last Friday Each Month
Waapintaton Lodge No 26 A A M holds regular meetings on the last Friday of each month. Russell Goodin serves as Worshipful Master and A W Yard is secretary, overseeing lodge affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waapintaton
Russell Goodin
W. M
A. W. Yard
Ecretary
WAR QUIZ CORNER: WHOS THE U S AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN
A quiz item asks who became the United States wartime ambassador to Great Britain. The prompt offers 40 points for the correct name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Great Britain
World War II Quiz Prompt on Pacific Territories
The reader is asked to identify which Pacific island was not captured by Japan among Guam Samoa and Wake. It mentions a soldier receiving a sugar report in the mail and asks for last names of four star US generals Dwight Eisenhower George Marshall Douglas MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Islands
Guam
Samoa
Wake
U. S
Dwight
George
Douglas
Answers Count and Names From the Era
The item lists numbered items with names and places, noting John Gilbert Winant and Samoa, plus references to a wife or sweetheart letter. A garbled trailing segment shows unclear names and terms, suggesting a wartime context or roster but largely unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbert Winant
Samoa
Eisenhower, Marshall, MacArthur
Wartime Coupon Details and Expiration Dates
Period No 4 coupons 10 gallons each valid through Sept 3. Period No and coupons 10 aly 24 sugar coupons No 30 Book 4 5 lbs each valid indefinitely. Coupon No 40 Book 4 5 lbs each valid through Feb 28 1945. A max 20 more pounds sugar per person may be requested from the rationing board. Applications may be filed now. Various blue and red stamps valid indefinitely with specific book numbers and items listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holme-Canning
Focal Rationing Board
Women’s Corps in Peace Time
Edith N. Rogers argues for permanent full-time women in the armed services after World War II. She cites WAC success, Hobby’s volunteer call, and precedent from nurse corps, dietitians, and therapists, urging training of women for peacetime defense roles and national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Corps
Edith N. Rogers
Mass
Oveta Culp Hobby
Wacs
Daytona
Fla
North Africa
Army
Navy
Congress
Armed Services
Weather Bureau
Brazil Co operatives Surpass One Thousand With 131000 Members
Brazil hosts about 1016 co operatives serving more than 131000 members. The largest is the Rail road Employees Consumer co operative in Rio Grande do Sul with over 10000 members receiving free education and hospital services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Rio Grande de Sul
Bus schedule notes for Washington departures
Eastbound Daily Omaha to Chicago service lists bus No 2 leaving Washington at 2 50 a m Bus No 6 at 10 86 a m and Bus No 10 at 8 50 p m via generic timetable format with no additional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Omaha
Chicago
Castor Seed Trade Sparks Oil and Fertilizer Reuse
The piece notes that most castor oil in the Americas enters the United States as seed. This allows the castor pomace left after oil extraction to be repurposed as fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Americas
United States
Railroad Schedule for Washington Area Destinations
Washington to Iowa City Cedar Rapids and other towns daily train times listed. Departures from Washington include 6:40, 10:35, 6:50 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. with multiple arrivals at Iowa City Fort Madison Winfield Oskaloosa and Burlington options. Tickets sold at local depot 107 West 2nd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Ft. Madison Ly
Ft. Madison
Winfield, Burlington
Ordnance
Youigourney
Oskaloosa, Oxy
Orange consumption methods affect vitamin C preservation
A reader notes that peeling or sectioning an orange before eating preserves more vitamin C than juicing it. The point is that mechanical processing exposes juice to air and heat, reducing ascorbic acid.
New Lightweight 30M1 Ammunition for U S Soldiers
Remington Arms announces production of 30M1 ammunition in multiple plants at over 130 million rounds monthly. Designed for guerrilla tactics, paratroops and commandos the ammo is lighter and smaller than standard rounds, fitting 100 rounds in a tunic pocket, and used with the new .30 caliber carbine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
United States
Sicily
Aleutians
Remington Arms Company, Inc
Army Ordnance Department
Fiji Provides Aid for United States Forces
The United States receives reciprocal aid from Fiji valued at about 2.883 million pounds annually. For four months Fiji supplied U S forces with labor transport and timber worth 183000 173000 and 89000 pounds respectively plus monthly food supplies including 80000 pounds of bananas 40000 pawpaws 20000 pineapples and 100000 pounds of sweet potatoes 50000 pumpkins and 40000 pounds of green corn. All items are paid for by the United Kingdom government and turned over to American forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Fiji
Colonial Office
United Kingdom
Gets Seven Recruits Six Named Adkins
CAMP LIBERT, ALA. A sergeant lining up seven recruits all Indians asks the name of the first Private Adkins. The first six answer Adkins, the seventh parts with Holmes. The Adkinses are Chickahominy relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adkins
Camp Libert
Ala
Holmes
Adkinses
Wood Scarce Forces Army to Switch Cargo Plane Plans
The army ends its all wood cargo plane program citing wood scarcity and plentiful metals. Contracts with Curtiss-Wright of Louisville and Higgins of New Orleans are canceled and reissued for the Curtiss C-46 Commando transport, replacing the all-wood C-76 Caravan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Curtiss-Wright
Louisville
Higgins Company
New Orleans
Mississippi Town Sold with 130 Houses Included
Electric Mills Mississippi area witnesses sale of an 880 acre townsite including 130 dwellings a hotel two stores and a private lake. Buyers F J Hughes of Meridian and Ernest Temple of Electric Mills acquired the property from Sumter Lumber Mill company after the mills closed in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Mills
Miss
F. J. Hughes
Meridian
Ernest Temple
Sumter Lumber Mill Company
Lumber Company
South
Plan to Land Airplanes on Caterpillar Treads
Akron ohion officials said Firestone Tire and Rubber company has developed a caterpillar landing gear allowing planes to land on rough ground or sand. The new equipment provides traction similar to tank treads used by the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Army
Corridors Stretch Seven Miles At Farragut Naval Hospital
Long corridors define the massive U S Naval hospital at Farragut Idaho with seven miles of passageways shaping a sprawling medical complex for military care across the vast facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Naval Hospital
Farragut
Idaho
Brighton Seniors With Supt Paxson On Tri Cities Trip
Brighton high school seniors joined Supt B H Paxson for a sight seeing trip to the Tri Cities. The day’s social notes list residents visiting relatives in Long Beach Waterloo Detroit Chicago and Des Moines with various other local events and travel updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Supt
Paxson
Tri-Cities
Edna S. Crile
B. H. Paxson
Brighton High School
Tri Cities
John McConacey
Frank Berry
Long Beach
Calif
J. H. Brier
Iowa City
Earl Hoover
Florence Lloyd
Chicago
Frank McClean
Antioch
Frank Frazey
Order of the Eastern Star
Helen Bowers
Harper
Charles Arnold
Methodist
Inedible Soap Scraps Purposed For Laundry Use
Odd bits of soap are air dried and then ground in a chopper to be used in the dishpan or washing machine. The improvised soap supply is described as ready for household cleaning tasks.
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Washington Directory
Business City & County Officers
Theodore B. Bailey
Washington St
Barclay's Grocery
W. Livingston
West Main St
Court House
George F. Morrison
I. GC
Penney
TY Officers
Commissk Assessor
Lloyd Lytle W. HE Fulton
C. P. Weldin
Henry Bailey
Hancher
H. H. Reister
Ralph Minick
A. L. Griffith
Ruth Church
Marion
Malley
Frank B. Miller
J. B. Remmon
W. B. Dupuis
C. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
A. W. Ward
Clarence Jacobs Woearth
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruth Lytle
ILE Line
Southwest Express
Golden State Limited
Kansas
Kansas City
California
Oskaloosa Branch
Shhioeposa Steel
Bungayee
J. L. Goodlander
C. F. Anderson
ST. P
Davenport
Kansas City-Davenport
W. Cy Boll
DR. C. F. Boller
State Bank Corner
Astairs
East Main St
Sherman
Lemmonsohn
W. Lemmon
East Side Square
Walter Schroeder
R. R. Noonan
W. P. Rawn
Laura Kehoe
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnam
George County
Lester B. Krabill
Kyle
Ned Morrow
Harve P. Wilson
Ernest Rudolph
Chiropractors
Chas
Brown
Washington Independent School District
H Igh
Paul T. Dixon
Ethel McCreedy
Behoo
Richard A. Stewart
Harry Ramseyer
Fred 8. Downing
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Charlotte Baldrige
W. A. Erbe
WNU
Womans Home Companion
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Brehon B. Somervell
Africa
Burlington Trailways
Chi
Cago
Winga
North Side
North Side Square
Winga’s Cafe
Castor Seed
Iowa Wesleyan College
MT. Pleasant, Iowa
Chevrolet
Ford
Sorrell
West Madison
BEE Line Transit
Journal Building
U.S
Mississippi
Odessa
Black
BE. E. Voss
Ivor Nord
Bernard Nord
Mitchell
Ed Arnold
Toledo
Lyle Arnold
Ottumwa
Godwin
Willard McGaffey
Dale Hunt
Glen Willits
Geraldine
Des Moines
Son
Teddy Willits
Boston
Willits
A. E. Horton
Robert Hamilton
Pvt
Las Vegas
Nev
S. Oak
Eugene Hoover
Mt. Pleasant
Floyd Arnold
Hoover
Arnold
Charles Kessel
Donald Robison
Charles
Dale Jones
Carolyn
Tom Stacy
Edna Crile
Albert Saunders
Kenneth Donovan
Harry Stacey
Mary Lou
Charlene Hesseltine
Dan Pringle
Hoskins Funeral
Fairfield
G. P. Judson
Ira Saunders
Dora Saunders
Kermit Oswalt
Richland
B. V
Eloise Everette
Washington Dairy
John Shields & Sons
Italy
Italen
Vernon Dennis
Northomne
Minn
Harry Boone
Oneonta
U. 4S
Army Phone Te Nit
United States Army Si Gnal Corps
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